SK Gaming not sent to GameGune

20-7-2012 14:46

Alexander "TheSlaSH" Müller has to HLTV.org confirmed that the German-based organization won't be sending the Swedish Counter-Strike 1.6 team to GameGune next week in Bilbao, Spain.

After it had come to our attention that SK Gaming was nowhere to be found on the list of attending teams for this year's edition of GameGune, we contacted Alexander "TheSlaSH" Müller, the Managing Director of SK Gaming, to get clarification on the matter.

Müller confirmed SK won't send the team to GameGune and furthermore stated:

"After what happened at Dreamhack and especially the way the team prepared for this tournament, we approached the Gamegune tournament in a different way than previous years. We don't see the investment of going there is worth it.

A lot of tournaments have been called the last one for 1.6 so far. Among those a couple we participated in. To me it was ESWC 2011. This was also the last title missing at our end, therefore we feel like we have closure on the whole CS topic no matter what."

SK won the 2011 edition of the Spanish tournament, beating ESC Gaming to win the 12,000€ first place prize. Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund & co. will this year have to watch the event unfold from their respected residences.

SK won't have a chance to defend the title from 2011

Asked on the future of SK's CS division Müller said the following: "Remains to be seen"..

By the looks of it, it very much seems like SK is closing the chapter of their Counter-Strike 1.6 division, probably eyeing on how CS:GO will unfold, but for now those are only speculations.

Stay tuned as we will be sure to update you once more information should become available.

lol sad

2012-07-20 14:46

fail,

2012-07-20 14:47

sad

2012-07-20 14:47

:| go play cs:go pls :) ok?

2012-07-20 14:49

6 replies

Yup this was confirmed. As a SK gaming employee I know for a fact that we'll have a GO team.

2012-07-20 22:18

5 replies

Ok:) Stop with this jokes , u're not funny ;)

2012-07-20 22:22

3 replies

Well, you won't find SK 1.6 team on any tournament in the near future.

2012-07-20 22:31

2 replies

i hope u're not right :)

2012-07-21 00:05

To expensive to run a 1.6 team because of salaries and everything. Im guessing thats why getright and forest are trying out cs:go because they still want to get paid to play. And they know SK will move into that market eventually.

2012-07-21 02:08

Go sucks man.. cs 1.6 always rocks.. errr this is really bad! ..

2012-07-22 09:27

bullshit -.-

2012-07-20 14:49

1 reply

2012-07-20 21:37

very sad :'( hope they will start their own team :D

2012-07-20 14:49

5 replies

With what funding?

2012-07-20 15:26

1 reply

i mean something like all the mix teams in Denmark, like Wikipediots, like Lemondogs, duttdutt. u know ;)

2012-07-20 16:20

That is like the dumbest thing I've heard for a while...

2012-07-21 01:02

2 replies

you would love to see them all retire?

2012-07-21 01:25

1 reply

The team hasn't even disbanded yet? Besides they wouldn't just make their "own team"... And please change your flag to your real country, it is misleading that a Dane should be this dumb.

2012-07-22 00:19

I hope not with the closing of the division, would be a real shame considering SK's history as an organization.

2012-07-20 14:56

15 replies

SK has no shame, they did many decisions with players that they should be so ashamed.

2012-07-20 14:52

10 replies

+1 they do what they feel it's better for their organisation and this is it. gg sk, you shall be missed.

2012-07-20 14:57

Lol. You know nothing.

2012-07-20 15:28

3 replies

i know smth and its true

2012-07-20 15:39

Yep the are great people that they gave zneel gifts when they kicked him and apologized a million times oh wait no one even talked to him and he learned that he was kicked through websites.

2012-07-20 17:33

Were you even here when the Gux affair occured?

2012-07-22 14:32

dude seriously stfu.

2012-07-20 16:00

2 replies

U STFU

2012-07-20 16:20

ok you said me and i will not speak anymore

2012-07-20 16:49

2012-07-20 16:11

for you it's a team and player, but for them it's many teams, and business, and community and sponsorship and many thing else. Trust me, I start to understand when I become a manager of 1st.VN gaming

2012-07-22 06:35

uhm ...this is SK gaming we are talking about the organization that cheated EVERY CS division they had out of prizemoney at one point....also players from other divisions also the organization that signed a player contracted to fnatic ....delpan.. it's not like these players did not know what they got into after what happened in 2003-2007

2012-07-20 18:20

2 replies

It doesn't change the fact they stuck with CS for 13 years while most organizations came and went. SK is considered the oldest organization in CS currently that's still in 1.6. At least in big organizations, I don't know about smaller ones.

2012-07-20 20:20

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2012-07-20 21:13

2012-07-20 18:32

nice

2012-07-20 14:51

4 replies

You are noob

2012-07-20 16:12

3 replies

yes

2012-07-20 16:56

2 replies

haha

2012-07-20 17:45

1 reply

bahaha

2012-07-21 23:37

New times coming...

2012-07-20 14:51

Fuck this shit

2012-07-20 14:51

sad

2012-07-20 14:52

SK will be disbanded soon

2012-07-20 14:52

last tournament 4 them I suspect

2012-07-20 14:53

bb SK bb dnolpan

2012-07-20 14:55

GeT_RiGhT has been playing with Free Agents (UK). Anyone could figure out that they weren't putting much effort into trainning, I suppose.

2012-07-20 14:55

1 reply

2012-07-20 14:57

Sad, sad...

2012-07-20 14:58

i guess delpan lost motivation.

2012-07-20 14:58

13 replies

u better to fuck off!

2012-07-20 15:43

1 reply

iditunahuipidrbleat

2012-07-20 15:52

made my day "D

2012-07-20 16:07

Very good one :DDD

2012-07-20 16:19

STFU!

2012-07-20 16:23

:D:D:D

2012-07-20 16:42

LOLOLOL

2012-07-20 17:00

:DD AHAHAHA

2012-07-20 18:51

hahahahahaha

2012-07-20 19:19

Oh yes, because it unbelievable to lost motivation in something where you in for years. Oh yes, we never heard about losing motivation in CS. So this statement should be repeated many times. But the real question is that if you don't believe it, what was the reason of his outage? Because if you know it was a lie, and that's why you are joking on it always you should know what is the truth? So? I'm very curious now...

2012-07-20 20:57

2 replies

Ok detective... It was a pretty funny joke. Relax.

2012-07-20 21:12

you shall remain curious, then. CHILL OUT

2012-07-20 21:33

This cracked me up LOL

2012-07-21 19:53

The oldest CS organization that is still active, to not attend the last 1.6 tournament (probably)... A bitter finale for an otherwise great CS team with a huge history.

2012-07-20 14:58

4 replies

mouz is older i think

2012-07-20 15:02

3 replies

Nope mouz was formed in 2002, SK had a cs squad in 2001. And mouz is not active

2012-07-20 15:06

2 replies

SK Gaming was founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players, but their reputation came from CS :).

2012-07-20 15:11

1 reply

SK had a CS squad in 2001, i didnt say SK was founded in 2001.

2012-07-20 15:12

sad

2012-07-20 14:58

CS:GO It is. No matter how much we'll criticize the game, it's the only game which can keep the CS-Scene alive!

2012-07-20 14:59

24 replies

So we/they should play a bad game just because it has "Counter Strike" in its name? Your logic is astonishing.

2012-07-20 16:58

23 replies

What you gonna play then?

2012-07-20 17:01

16 replies

Well I am still gonna play 1.6. It is not like all the online leagues are going to shut down over night just because SK ain't going to GameGune. 1.6 will live on, not on top competitive level, but you can still play online/small LAN tournaments, leagues and have fun.

2012-07-20 17:07

15 replies

Not really. The biggest teams will also shut down because there arent big lan tournaments and eventually the smaller events will also drop cs 1.6 out and include GO if sucessfull. If not, hello LoL, dota 2 and SC2 for the next 10 years.

2012-07-20 17:12

13 replies

I am nowhere near the skill level to be actually threatened by the end of Counter Strike. The leagues/servers within my skill range will live on, ergo I am totally not afraid of it. I am too old to get pro anyway, so why bother? You (and hundreds of others) might saw yourself standing on a box, holding trophy for being the best CS team in WCG/ESWC/IEM/etc., but face it, you wouldn't make it even if you could. I am at least not living in denial and false hope that I will one day surpass f0rest :) I'm gonna miss watching them play, though, no argument there..

2012-07-20 17:24

12 replies

I dont think you understand... Every league will shut down. And even if the higher leagues shut down and yours dont, the better players will take your place on those leagues you play. Cs will be dead... You could still play some mixes of course, but who wanna play a dead game? dafuqqq, i never said i wanted to become a pro like them.. besides, even if i wanted and have the skill, i wouldnt want it because in portugal living because of gaming is impossible.

2012-07-20 17:29

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They will, but it will take few more years... Look at other old games. Unreal Tournament - people still play it. Quake (no matter which number) - still has active players. Wolfenstein:ET - people still play it. Diablo 2 (not a competitive, but anyway) - still played by many. It will take ages before CS will disappear. I am really not afraid of it. The community around CS is fkin' huge, much bigger than any other FPS game had and will ever have. Players won't give up on it so easily ;)

2012-07-20 17:33

"every league will shut down," no, esea will always support 1.6, I'm sure esl will host things, cevo will be around forever, online leagues won't go away because they have consistent people playing in the league.

2012-07-20 17:57

2 replies

leagues without prizes lol

2012-07-20 19:08

1 reply

Who knows, maybe ladders will be our form of competition again ;) only new people feel prizes are important, for a game to live on.... cs isnt gonna die... just because the big events arent hosting it.

2012-07-20 19:21

afaik, a game cannot die, communities can. As long as you have fun playing with your steam friends, then why would you care if it's big in LAN tournaments?

2012-07-20 21:01

5 replies

If you are a competitive player, you will have nothing to fight for

2012-07-20 21:50

4 replies

Yep competitive players will probably retire, but why would that affect us?

2012-07-21 13:37

3 replies

im a competitive player, it affects me..

2012-07-21 18:13

2 replies

you're a competitive player? Never heard of you, in which team do you play? I don't wanna make it sound rude, but you're country's scene has never been really active outside its own frontiers, so international even dropping cs should not worry you unless you're playing for one of the best 2 portuguese teams

2012-07-21 18:27

1 reply

I currently dont have any team and since the game is dying, i dont really have the motivation to get into one right now :P I know, the best we had was some participations at DH winter and WCG but you know, its bad if the game is dying because just because there is only 2 "good" teams here, its bad for the rest of the players too..

2012-07-21 18:31

Very well written my friend.

2012-07-21 05:33

Have to "+1" this comment aswell :P

2012-07-20 21:39

they have no choice if they want to stay pro gamers grow up, not everything is sunshine and unicorns ..there is money involved in esports there is still hope that valve will improve the game ...

2012-07-20 18:21

4 replies

let's make a comparison here just for the laughter. Imagine you are a professional football player. Imagine everything goes well, but all of a sudden football gets dropped on World Cup, Olympics, Euro, everywhere. Ooops! Now, to stay a professional football player, you have to start playing basketball, because it shares a part of its name. Same logic, again very stupid one, because according to you, to stay a professional Counter Strike 1.6 player you gotta play Counter Strike: Global Offensive.

2012-07-20 18:43

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Haha. Funny. Not. Nobody said they have to switch to dota2/quake/sc2. If someone said that then your comparassion would be accurate. This way it is really bad comparasion. Basketball and football have nothing in common, while cs:go and cs are almost the same game. If you are pro in cs1.6 it pretty much means that you would be good in cs:go. On the other hand if you are pro in cs1.6 it is highly unlikely that you are any good in dota2 (unless you are g0g1).

2012-07-20 19:30

2 replies

I get your point and I agree, I just don't think people should switch to CS:GO just to keep on playing Counter Strike game even if they don't like it. It is like if your Lamborghini Gallardo stopped working, so you switch to one of Lamborghini tractors just to be faithful to the brand. I don't get it :)

2012-07-20 19:47

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2012-07-21 12:17

2012-07-20 21:38

noOOOOO!!!!

2012-07-20 14:59

waiting for 200+ comments on how cs 1.6 wont die.

2012-07-20 14:59

And the next team will be fnatic :]]]]]

2012-07-20 15:02

1 reply

haha no way!

2012-07-20 15:44

gg forp

2012-07-20 15:01

They have a bit because of SK, do not train in some tournaments, what I mean is that it does not mean they'll end up with Section cs 1.6, are saying that it is not worth taking a team that goes beyond the think will win it all and have no results, I bet that the organization is doing this to train them in the next tournament to win it all.

2012-07-20 15:02

4 replies

Next Tournament? :S

2012-07-20 15:03

3 replies

Dreamhack and CPH.. Omfg only two Tournaments in one year GREATNEWS !

2012-07-20 15:06

1 reply

Wrong quick reply :s

2012-07-20 15:14

:s i don't Know :S

2012-07-20 15:45

GG SK!

2012-07-20 15:02

ahahah theslash is not dumb , he knows hes wasting his money in that guys...that have talent but their time is over...so they dont have the same motivation for the prfessional scene , sk will disband soon

2012-07-20 15:04

normal no events, no team. what do u expect?

2012-07-20 15:05

2 replies

To be respectful to the game that brought this organization to where it is right now and send the team to probably the last tournament in CS just like fnatic is doing.

2012-07-20 15:11

1 reply

Yeah right, SK management should listen to you.

2012-07-20 22:20

SK. u fucked with CS players right from heaton/spawn until ur final lineup.. Just think what u did to the lives of potti, walle, zet , ins, tentpole, heaton, spawn etc and the same is gonna hppen to the present line up, YOU USED THE MOST IMPORTANT STAGE OF A HUMAN'S LIFE TO PLAY GAMES..... asshole what will these ppl do now, be salesman like potti?

2012-07-20 15:07

3 replies

You don't know anything about that.

2012-07-20 15:34

2 replies

Because u do know everything mr.nobodygivesadamn...

2012-07-20 16:28

1 reply

No I don't, but I don't pretend to know everything. People have seen, what, a couple of interviews about SK and now they know the whole story? Lol, please...

2012-07-20 16:36

WTF

2012-07-20 15:08

omg

2012-07-20 15:10

this is bad...

2012-07-20 15:10

DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT CS:GO! CSPROMOD, pleassseeee :D

2012-07-20 15:10

1 reply

its not the player's choice its the tournament organizers's choice ... and 20 bucks says all tournaments prefer csgo cus of the graphics ... its sad but its the world we live in

2012-07-20 18:23

no CS:GO fuck!!!

2012-07-20 15:10

You'll be missed.

2012-07-20 15:11

gg sk XD!

2012-07-20 15:12

so what tournaments will they attend? eswc cancelled, wcg cancelled iem cancelled, am i right?

2012-07-20 15:15

1 reply

they ll not attend ny, now they r planning to disband the cs1.6 squad

2012-07-20 15:16

rip sk-cs1.6-gaming, i ll be missing f0rest n company playing :'( 1. IEM removes cs1.6 2. WCG removes cs1.6 3. ESWC removes cs1.6 4. SK-gaming removes cs1.6 5. Navi-gaming removes cs1.6 6. Fnatic removes cs1.6 7. Esc gaming removes cs1.6 8. All other major clans remove cs1.6 9. HLTV.org shuts down gg, game over

2012-07-20 15:15

29 replies

We aren't shutting down..

2012-07-20 15:18

24 replies

do u guys cover cs:source ever? or ve i been missing something? i do see the cs:source forum but i ve hardly seen any post regarding their tournaments and stuffs

2012-07-20 15:24

14 replies

No point in covering a game that has always been worse off than 1.6..

2012-07-20 15:28

9 replies

What if CS:GO will be worse?

2012-07-20 15:33

8 replies

I refuse to believe that millions of tactical FPS game fans will just disappear overnight, they will go somewhere, and we will go there with them.

2012-07-20 15:34

7 replies

man, you're the new 1.6's Bill Adama haha

2012-07-20 15:46

I also do believe fans won't disappear and 1.6 will continue, at least at local.Just wondering what is going to happen with hltv.org if the scenario would be bad 4 CS:GO.Meaning of question above was will it be worth to do coverage for you.Doing all this is also just some kind of work,isn't it?Or is it just your personal interest without earning any money at all?

2012-07-20 15:47

ikr, and im sure ppl from most events will notice the lack of spectators after shutting down cs 1.6

2012-07-20 16:39

they will go somewhere, and we will go there with them. Hahahaha VODAFONE Punchline

2012-07-20 18:12

To the South, quick march!

2012-07-20 18:27

GET TO DA CHOPPPAAAA!!!

2012-07-20 20:30

You're the best bro.

2012-07-21 02:48

They don't.

2012-07-20 15:29

1 reply

youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=cC..

2012-07-20 15:37

CSS is dead since a while

2012-07-20 15:32

1 reply

yeah , since 2004...

2012-07-20 15:48

you shutting down our mouth so its same. Btw. nomad why you back? Maybe focus on prices from your contest not about delete our posts...

2012-07-20 15:41

7 replies

Keep up your idiotic comments and I will silence you way more effectively, now shut up, your comment was deleted because it had NOTHING to do with the newspost.

2012-07-20 15:41

6 replies

i said about mTw and newspost was about mTw so? Now ban me cuz im teling true...

2012-07-20 15:43

BOSS

2012-07-20 18:09

Hey Listen to Eminem - Lose yourself.. will help you. Calm Down

2012-07-20 18:14

Wow. We all know there are a lot of retards here, but that's no reason to react this way..

2012-07-21 03:05

2 replies

He should act like this, the dude obviously has nothing valuable to contribute with.

2012-07-21 12:34

1 reply

I do not agree. Nomad tend to post a lot of "sharp" comments. Doesn't give a positive input to the "community-feeling" imo.

2012-07-21 14:03

With cs dying, you probably will :/ only if you start covering something like CS:GO - One of The Worst shooters out there.

2012-07-20 17:39

HLTV.org will be covering CS:GO most probably! :)

2012-07-20 15:18

fnatic will be the last one to shutdown their CS team.

2012-07-20 15:18

1 reply

navi and fnatic xD

2012-07-20 16:04

why would HLTV.org shut down their website. They can easily switch to other games if they want.

2012-07-20 15:19

pff ....

2012-07-20 15:16

R.I.P SK.cs squad

2012-07-20 15:17

fuck CS!

2012-07-20 15:17

csgo >

2012-07-20 15:18

bye bye SK

2012-07-20 15:21

wtf....

2012-07-20 15:21

f0rest...get_right...delpan... :´( i will cry

2012-07-20 15:22

It's sad, but from a business point of view, it makes sense. Spending the money to send 5-6 people to another country for the CHANCE to win a relatively small amount of money isn't very smart or profitable. Especially when you consider, as he put it, the team's recent results.

2012-07-20 15:22

4 replies

The money earned by the teams as prize money isn't the organisation's source of income. Their source of income is the sponsorship they have from various companies that are advertised by the players.

2012-07-20 15:37

3 replies

It's still a bad decision to go financially. Even more so if your source of income is based on sponsorship. Why risk them performing badly again and having the sponsors drop them?

2012-07-20 16:37

its wasting sponsors money

2012-07-20 17:55

1 reply

That would still imply no matter the game was dying or not. That's a completely different story.

2012-07-20 17:58

sad

2012-07-20 15:24

sad :( F0rest n1

2012-07-20 15:25

Only sad news on hltv.org...

2012-07-20 15:27

"especially the way the team prepared for this tournament" wise decision

2012-07-20 15:27

Right!!! wrckumar :( sadddddd

2012-07-20 15:29

next news Sk close door

2012-07-20 15:31

a complete failure by the leadership of SK, as could easily win this tournament

2012-07-20 15:32

11 replies

not really, they would be smashed by fnatic/Navi again.

2012-07-20 17:07

10 replies

not if they'd practice properly.

2012-07-20 20:12

9 replies

we saw that last time.. and now with trace.. too strong for those SK noobs

2012-07-20 20:32

8 replies

they had 5-10 hours on steam prior to the last event. they won the event before that, when they actually practiced.

2012-07-20 21:07

7 replies

no they didnt? i think SK hasnt won a single event this year lol cant remember

2012-07-20 21:50

6 replies

they won pod bot, IOLchalenge or smth like that, the first tournment since delpan returned

2012-07-20 22:09

3 replies

oh nice, such a big event.. nothing comparable to fnatic or NAVI. SK is 3rd this year. btw, pod bot? you 're talking about u right?

2012-07-20 22:46

2 replies

for your information, dreamhack summer had $3k less than Intel IO in first prize.

2012-07-20 22:56

1 reply

so what? fnatic won dh summer, sw championship, cph games.. and theres more...

2012-07-20 23:28

hltv.org/news/8541-sk-beat-fnatic-to-win.. they beat esc in the semi(2-0) and fnatic in the final(2-0).

2012-07-20 22:12

1 reply

#333

2012-07-20 22:46

Great news, SK is going to help the death of CS....

2012-07-20 15:33

RIP: f0rest, GeT_RiGht, RobbaN, face & Delpan :(((

2012-07-20 15:33

"To me it was ESWC 2011." What about the IEM Finals? Or is he like: "My team won every event at least once, now the game is dead."

2012-07-20 15:36

the end of an era? :(

2012-07-20 15:39

youtube.com/watch?v=m-HJ0AiLQqM

2012-07-20 15:40

your loss,goodbye

2012-07-20 15:40

CS:GO REALES NOMAD BACK hymmm interesting maybe now you can say how many Valve payed you to delte our bad words about CS:GO?

2012-07-20 15:42

7 replies

You are quite funny, another one of those "valve paid x and y".

2012-07-20 15:57

6 replies

you seem quite relaxed that 1.6 is dying : P hoping you know that 80% of the followers in this website wont follow cs:go

2012-07-20 16:04

3 replies

Does it annoy me? Sure it does, but it seems theres just no way around it. I'm not so concerned and honestly believe you are very wrong. It's quite obvious everyone has their own opinion about CS:GO, hell I hated it when I played it when the beta came out, but with that said, the game is not out yet, so lets just wait and see what the final product will be like.

2012-07-20 16:28

2 replies

We should really concentrate on CSPromod not that shitty cs:go. As professional cs players have said they are not gonna play with it not to mention the community that will really not countinue playing with it. Everybody who has their own interest keep saying that come oooon save cs 1.6 by choosing cs:go... If cs1.6 could be saved we would be saving it cs 1.6 itself not a completely different game.. Cs 1.6 was good and perfect while it lasted but everything ends at some point... Most likely cs 1.6's time has come to an end and we should accept it and close it and after that everybody can decide what they wanna choose. I.e. I would never pick cs:go it completely looks like source to me a game i really hate. And as i have noticed many of the people think the same way.

2012-07-20 16:57

1 reply

Sure CSP had a great chance, but its been too long with developing the game if you ask me. Sadly I don't think it has a chance anymore, I could be wrong but I very much doubt it.

2012-07-20 17:01

NixOn i have nothing to you but srly. look what he doing. Delete our post give ban for my own feelings what next?

2012-07-21 15:57

1 reply

Maybe you should try telling your oppinion in a more friendly way :) *edit typo edit*

2012-07-23 17:49

SK Gaming to disband - Report or SK Gaming release Counter-Strike 1.6 team But please don't add CS:GO team, because right now it's worse game than CS 1.6.

2012-07-20 15:43

1 reply

Every single game there will ever be made will be worse than CS 1.6, but if we want to keep FPS alive as a eSport title, they NEED to switch to CS:GO or CSP, but since there's no tournaments in CSP yet, it will most likely be CS:GO.

2012-07-20 19:09

FUCK THIS GO ! ! ! FUCK THIS WCG, ESTARS AND ESWC FUCK ALL SPONSOR ! ! 1.6 STAY <3

2012-07-20 15:44

sad :/

2012-07-20 15:47

every pro team should switch now to CS GO, there's no other option to save the pro scene.

2012-07-20 15:50

1 reply

they wont,if the game is bad people wont switch to it,simple as that,theres no such thing as "should " in games

2012-07-20 16:03

bad story!@!!!!!

2012-07-20 15:50

It wouldn't be a surprise if the shit organisation behind SK will throw the CS players like garbage out of the door. Their LOL team is losing game after game, they only have one good player and that is MC, and they cannot fuck with him as he could easily fuck with them back, he is the one that brings money to them atm. By the looks of it, they could very easily close the orga and move on to a different chapter. Not like MC will have problems in finding a new organisation to represent. It would make me so happy to see this shit organisation wipe out from the eSports scene. Not to mention that Get_right has been seen lately attending SC2 quallifiers, f0rest LOL's all the time, Delpan's "motivation" is again a problem.

2012-07-20 15:53

4 replies

True. I hope that they will kick CS team so that they can give even bigger salary for MC. He deserves it...

2012-07-20 17:00

Well you are saying something

2012-07-20 17:01

In moments like this I'm proud to be Romanian. Te iubesc.

2012-07-20 18:09

Sk Gaming won't shutdown ....not with 10 sponsors ....think ...they can always buy new fresh players ...

2012-07-20 18:26

expected, since ESC & NAVI (+fnatic) are sending their teams to spain. so the best sk could get is 4th place.

2012-07-20 15:53

1 reply

:D:D:D

2012-07-20 16:04

O.o epic haha

2012-07-20 15:54

OMG ! This is big fail with CS:GO .. I can't believe that SK will off. If they stop playing CS ,that will be the end of this awesome game ..

2012-07-20 15:55

sad :\

2012-07-20 15:55

very very disappointed

2012-07-20 15:56

dead dead dead dead dead...face it

2012-07-20 15:58

if SK dissband we are so close to burry cs 1.6 ...

2012-07-20 16:02

1 reply

less retarded fanbois...

2012-07-23 16:34

well they should stay home playin csgo

2012-07-20 16:05

one question: ESC gaming go to GameGun ?

2012-07-20 16:07

5 replies

unofficially yes

2012-07-20 16:09

1 reply

Ty man, i know that neo playing 400hrs on bootcamp with CO.

2012-07-20 16:11

Yeah sure,ESC in bootcamp pasha have 40hrs in steam now

2012-07-20 16:19

2 replies

so u think that ESC players have only 1 steam account ?

2012-07-20 16:46

1 reply

What? pokazywarka.pl/bnmfah/

2012-07-20 18:57

i knew this shit would of happened ! If SK is gone so will be a half of other teams and we all now what that means ! only hope is that CS:GO fails big time ! :)

2012-07-20 16:08

2 replies

Ofc u knew it, lol.

2012-07-20 22:10

1 reply

ofc i did..there was something i also read here about SK switching to CS:GO but it turned out they said no way that that's gonna happen.So i kind of saw this coming but didn't expect it so soon.. u dont have to trust me, didnt said nothing bad?! :)

2012-07-21 11:05

i think we all know this coming ... the players in sk played last 2 month bad bec they know org gonna soon close cs division :( this all sad

2012-07-20 16:08

sad

2012-07-20 16:08

Well yeah, CS is dead now. You know shits bad when the biggest name in CS is closing their team. Now you can choose how you wanna react to this as a community. 1. Act like immature kids and bash CS GO and the tournaments that closed the game OR.. 2. Make CS one community again and give CS GO a try 3. Quit counter-strike and say cs 1.6 was the only CS q.q @ll 0th3r v3rs10n$ suck and kill the fps scene and cry into your pillow every night.

2012-07-20 16:10

3 replies

or helping cspromod yeah and btw , dont come with the escuse "ow it's to late" , it isnt , if all the comunity helps the game can be big

2012-07-20 17:24

4. switch to Starcraft 2 a game that has skillcap , a huge playerbase , and alot of reputation :) will take some time to adjust -___-

2012-07-20 18:27

1 reply

5. ban all the romanian kids of this site

2012-07-21 03:32

f0rest:(((((( see ya in heaven :X

2012-07-20 16:12

Since f0rest and gtr doesn't give a fuck about 1.6 than I wouldn't send them either to GameGune. Delpan's motivation probably 0 already and RobbaN and face should find fast new lineup for SK :D

2012-07-20 16:13

1 reply

lineup for 1.6? Are you from the 3rd world where cs is still being played? :P

2012-07-20 17:41

Gl in future Robban and co. My favorite team have always been SK =)

2012-07-20 16:14

kurwa mac dlaczego God why ?! ;(

2012-07-20 16:16

2012-07-20 16:18

noooooooooo come onnnnn cs go is bullshit!!

2012-07-20 16:19

I believe that f0rest and GeT_RiGhT will make the transition to CS:GO, at least GTR...

2012-07-20 16:23

6 replies

css players > cs 1.6 players in cs go

2012-07-20 16:36

5 replies

u crazy? :D

2012-07-20 17:08

Yeah we saw that on Copenhagen games. :)

2012-07-20 18:24

1 reply

i think players from 1.6 are better, but cs:go is css v2. ESC SK fnatic etc... isn´t normal teams, the rest of comunity css > 1.6 cause cs:go is css2 PD: i was css player and 1.6 player 1.6 > ALL

2012-07-20 18:59

uhm ...rockstar did win the first csgo event when they had f0rest

2012-07-20 18:28

fuck no.

2012-07-20 19:06

CS:GO > 1.6 :trollface:

2012-07-20 16:25

1 reply

:okay:

2012-07-20 16:36

cs 1,6 > all .

2012-07-20 16:28

why dot play las big tournament from cs??? Sk sucks, they dont play last tourny, SK SUCKS

2012-07-20 16:31

Good news cs:go<3333

2012-07-20 16:31

4 replies

i dont understand people like u css is better than cs:go cs:go its a bullshit

2012-07-20 16:37

2 replies

u not right

2012-07-20 16:50

CS:GO is gettin' better and better! Brainless bashing... it will never be like 1.6, sure, but it's on a good way and already rapes CSS quality-wise.

2012-07-20 22:54

<33333333333

2012-07-20 16:49

did Delpan lost his motivation again? :D

2012-07-20 16:31

Like any company or organization, SK looks to profit. A CS 1.6 team is a lot of money to send around traveling due to it being a 5-man squad. Even in games like SC2 where it's just one person, some people will be cut just because a few months of disappointing play. I wouldn't be surprised at this point in esports seeing the CS 1.6 released and SK taking a new path either CS:GO or a different title.

2012-07-20 16:39

2 replies

SK has won $10,000 dollars few months ago, they could've sent them to the probably one of the last 1.6 events... Switching to the other title is highly unlikely,to be good at SC2 you must really have big skill,just as pro SC2 players are former BW/WC3 players. You can't just transfer yourself to the other game and expect to be at top in the few months. You need years for that. That remains for the LoL too.

2012-07-20 18:30

1 reply

they should've asked you what to to...

2012-07-20 19:37

GeT_RiGhT and f0rest play CS:GO, gg SK

2012-07-20 16:40

oh man... Fuck this! Good Luck in future face & co.

2012-07-20 16:41

next week the very last big event CS 1.6 =\

2012-07-20 16:44

3 replies

Probably there will be a really big 1.6/CSP tournament in Serbia at the end of the year. :) We expect top teams such as Navi,fnatic etc. :P

2012-07-20 18:32

I don't think so, DreamHack Winter is probably the last event of CS :c

2012-07-20 18:45

1 reply

DH winter is in november. I don't think that organisations like ESC, Na`Vi or fnatic will w8 5 months and pay salary to the teams to send them to 1 tournament at the end of autumn.

2012-07-20 19:15

sad, damn

2012-07-20 16:44

hahahahahaha :DD ILLUMINATI :P

2012-07-20 16:44

So the rumors were true afterall...

2012-07-20 16:48

1 reply

Yeah..

2012-07-20 17:21

lololo this is new era of cs new players and teams r comming its not the end of the wolrd if some of the great players rtrs

2012-07-20 16:51

wanted this team to lose everytime they played .. but very sad at their departure.. R.I.P SK

2012-07-20 16:53

2 replies

it's all your fault :P

2012-07-20 17:25

1 reply

+ 1

2012-07-21 13:47

sad :(

2012-07-20 16:55

sk gaming since 1997 and he is gone are u kidding wtf :(:(

2012-07-20 17:05

1 reply

sk gaming has more squads then just cs ...the organization wont dissapear....just the CS 1.6 division they probably , no, they WILL have a csgo division sooner or later.

2012-07-20 18:29

pretty sad hope it wont happen

2012-07-20 17:07

It was really nice while it lasted GG

2012-07-20 17:10

Bye SK :)

2012-07-20 17:11

sad :'(

2012-07-20 17:13

Is it means cs1.6 is dying? >_<

2012-07-20 17:16

bye SK

2012-07-20 17:22

remove CSS instead of CS1.6

2012-07-20 17:26

the mays knew it :((

2012-07-20 17:28

1 reply

the mayans?

2012-07-20 22:15

zonic: "cya in hell SK"

2012-07-20 17:31

sk deaded

2012-07-20 17:32

i think, some guys will go inactive, if team will choose csgo

2012-07-20 17:46

sad :(

2012-07-20 17:50

gr8 history in 1.6..hope they dont drop 1.6

2012-07-20 17:58

1.6 for LIFE!!! FUCK CS:GO and other shit!

2012-07-20 18:04

expeted

2012-07-20 18:10

No more SK and fnatic is danish-flagged... WHAT UP NOW SWEDES?! WOOOOOOOOOO

2012-07-20 18:12

5 replies

7 years too late

2012-07-20 18:29

3 replies

epic win

2012-07-20 22:43

2012-07-21 02:41

hahaa

2012-07-21 08:05

hahah

2012-07-20 19:24

Oh :C

2012-07-20 18:13

MOTHERFUCKING SAD

2012-07-20 18:15

Well,Rip cs.

2012-07-20 18:19

3 replies

You should also add RIP CS:Go with that... cuz the game is shit its goin nowhere,so fking boring to watch teams playing in GO. Evryone will lose interest in GO and it will be the end of CS

2012-07-20 18:23

2 replies

cspromod will always be there if csgo dies that is , if people will remember it exists

2012-07-20 18:30

2012-07-20 19:01

OMG -.- SK Gaming become famous with the CS squad... now they are playing with them ....

2012-07-20 18:22

1 reply

NOW? they have been playing with their cs players since 2003 when they fucked over heaton and co then they fucked over zet and co in 2007 .....

2012-07-20 18:30

Schroet Kommando, end of a era.

2012-07-20 18:25

I was always excited to see the latest news of CS here on hltv, but now.. I hope that they'll still support the CS 1.6 division, they're since many years supporting it ;)

2012-07-20 18:26

i think cs go has something to do with this

2012-07-20 18:31

youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY CS 1.6 please !

2012-07-20 18:53

1 reply

2012-07-20 19:01

if team like SK say it's not worth for them to attend on one of the biggest CS tournaments, for who is it worth then ? competitive CS 1.6 is going to die within next year or so... sad -__-

2012-07-20 18:59

start minecraft :P

2012-07-20 19:10

hltv.org/news/8715-get-right-slams-csgo-..

2012-07-20 19:15

No matter what they do,no matter how much they enhance the graphics in GO,no matter how much money they give to the major events,no matter how much streams they start,no matter what they change in the game they can never make it anywhere close to 1.6...The game was complete shit to me frm the beginning when i saw the trailer LOL..1.6 the best fps game ever made,we all should not be sad because the game completely kicked ass in the past 10 years we should be proud of 1.6 8)

2012-07-20 19:21

sad, if SK closes its devision then cs is completely dead^^

2012-07-20 19:21

1 reply

the three best teams in the world will still be there ;)

2012-07-21 03:44

WTF IS WRONG WITH THEM???

2012-07-20 19:25

SK gaming GO CS:Global offensive :)

2012-07-20 19:31

1 reply

U can call it Call of Duty:Global Offensive :)))) exactly the same blurry scenery

2012-07-20 19:39

good news

2012-07-20 19:34

they would have failed anyway :)

2012-07-20 19:41

wohooo sickers understand that they didnt win and start play cs go

2012-07-20 19:45

2012-07-20 19:57

LOLED -.- sk suck !!!

2012-07-20 19:58

live @ hltv now f0rp paiktara

2012-07-20 20:02

sad sk.

2012-07-20 20:27

i wouldnt figth for 4th place either. Good call!

2012-07-20 20:30

Sad. Next news: neo & co. move to LoL

2012-07-20 20:40

- friis - xizt + getright + f0rest moddi getright f0rest trace karrigan trolling cs is dead i will miss u

2012-07-20 21:01

1 reply

you removed their primary (and best) awper and igl in favor of two riflers ...

2012-07-20 21:58

sad ...

2012-07-20 21:10

I think SK are scared, they know that fnatic gonna win this with out any doubt

2012-07-20 21:19

2012-07-20 21:26

I totally understand Alex, I mean GTR has played a lot CS:GO and f0rest as well... Face, Delpan and RobbaN don't seem to play that much anymore. And I think it's really not fun to watch CS without good strategies or very high skill-level.

2012-07-20 21:33

everything comes to an end

2012-07-20 21:44

omg ppl i love cs 1.6 1.5 mates its end 1.6 ? I can belive omg i dont care if 1.6 die i play vs bots real fan msg . Love and Peabe

2012-07-20 21:53

SK 2004 all over again ?

2012-07-20 21:57

GTR looks like a gay :D

2012-07-20 21:58

1 reply

he always does look like that!1 XD

2012-07-21 08:03

this is the end of the most famous game ever. CS:GO isnt Counter Strike. I think we still having one hope. CS PROMOD is a decent evolution of the game. but cmon, GO is another game

2012-07-20 22:00

1 reply

It's the same game! Some maps (nuke!!! and train - community will fix that) and weapons (recoil) need improvement, but the movement is getting better and better with every patch... play it and u will feel some cs-magic. But no doubt... 1.6 is the king and will never be matched by any game. Even NEO (bashed it once in a interview) likes it now and plays with GTR and f0rest... and when it gets popular I will enjoy the CS-comebacks of organisations like mTw and mouz.

2012-07-20 23:09

oh no I miss my gamegune 2011 video :(

2012-07-20 22:02

RIP sk :D

2012-07-20 22:03

gg SK :D

2012-07-20 22:14

SK BEST EVER :( GG guys..

2012-07-20 22:38

ite that's it...

2012-07-20 22:46

deserved

2012-07-20 23:01

guys let face it, new times come, every single game will die someday(lol,dota2,etc) i just have to say thanks 1.6 for this amazing years, best game ever, propably next year will play csgo, its sad but we cant do anything its part of life, old things die new things born.

2012-07-20 23:11

suckers

2012-07-20 23:11

EPIC FAIL(

2012-07-20 23:15

youtube.com/watch?v=yEoHFzEmld0&feature=..

2012-07-20 23:19

nice, now we have real teams, no money-teams =)

2012-07-20 23:35

2 replies

yeah... the fnatic guys play 4 free...

2012-07-20 23:38

1 reply

thats not what he meant ;)

2012-07-21 03:46

SK giving up, no surprise there after their last performance

2012-07-20 23:41

FIrst right decision SK makes in so much time. Whats the point of investing money on players that didn't effort enough to win?

2012-07-20 23:52

CS1.6 4LIFE!

2012-07-20 23:54

In the later stages of CS scene SK organization never really care about much but only to have f0rest in their lineup and to win ESWC. They got both and they do not care much now. f0rest and GTR will certainly shift to CS:GO if seeing current inclinations.

2012-07-20 23:59

1.6 died source died welcome cs:go, or byebye fps games in competitive mod.

2012-07-21 00:03

2 replies

This is in my mind too.

2012-07-21 01:28

+1 i dont see COD anywhere

2012-07-21 08:02

nothing new..

2012-07-21 00:22

life is 1 but cs its 1.6 :$

2012-07-21 00:28

fnatic TOP 1 Gamegune

2012-07-21 00:31

VAI CORINTHIANS <3 =DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2012-07-21 00:48

honestly theslash is right by not sending them if they are not preparing at all for tournaments but still the last big fucking tournament???? theSlaSH clearly doesnt give a fuck about fans of SK.

2012-07-21 01:06

4 replies

TheSlaSh is not the problem here. I don't know why you say he doesn't give a fuck about the fans when its actually the players the ones who are not practicing and training for 'the last big fucking tournament'. TheSlaSh did the right thing here.

2012-07-21 02:29

2 replies

half right half wrong. yes theslash is not the problem. no the players aren't not practicing for this tournament; the article says they didn't practice for the last tournament, not that they were not practicing for gamegune.

2012-07-21 05:33

1 reply

Well, the article don't say if they were practicing for GameGune. We don't know if they really were, but I would say they didn't, they didn't practice for DH (event in their own country), why would they train for GameGune?

2012-07-21 15:22

it isnt only about fans...what about money? why should he send section which doesnt practice?

2012-07-21 07:03

sad but i guess SK the organisation feel that they dont get their moneys worth to send 5 people to an event that is not considered a major and dosent have that much attention and marketing value. dunno how the players contracts is but would be cool if some other organisation would pick them up and send them.

2012-07-21 01:29

My post is addressed to the morons: If you are happy that the SK team is being disbanded, you obviously don't understand the impact that this will have. SK is one of the oldest organizations, CS is now dead. What a fucking shame.

2012-07-21 01:41

1 reply

CS was dead before this new. SK has been expending their time in a different game that what they are supposed to be paid for play (and win). Not sending them and closing the 1.6 division (if they finally do) is the most logical solution for this situation.

2012-07-21 02:32

gg sk

2012-07-21 02:17

This is as far as cs 1.6 goes.

2012-07-21 02:35

vay amk sikiş var burda

2012-07-21 02:42

f0rest, say something pLease, about this **

2012-07-21 03:21

Apollo Creed saw this coming already in Rocky III: -It's over. It's all over...

2012-07-21 03:25

one day dey wil com bak

2012-07-21 04:11

1 reply

hope u r right(

2012-07-21 05:15

CS is dead now. good bay

2012-07-21 04:17

it was nice while it lasted

2012-07-21 04:42

its just cs:go propaganda

2012-07-21 05:19

YEAAAA NOW ESC WILL WIN!!! WERY GOOD NEWS FOR CS 1.6 COMMUNITY

2012-07-21 05:40

3 replies

rather lose vs good players than win vs noobs.

2012-07-21 06:32

lol

2012-07-21 06:53

fnatic and navi kick ass fucking esc !

2012-07-21 15:52

R.I.P. SK.cs

2012-07-21 06:22

2012 is the end of the world...for cs 1.6

2012-07-21 06:52

Css is deaded cs 1.6 is also deading but hope that it doesnt deaded before 21st Dec.

2012-07-21 08:01

haha good:D

2012-07-21 08:03

Was wondering why the fuck the even got sent to Dreamhack. That was just sad. Cant believe they dont step it up for the money even... Fnatic wont both the Swedish championship and Dream Summer, it was probably the last time that a team will win like (was it something like?) 30,000€ in one place (two tournaments though). Really not professional in my mind.. Very childish acting by the SK players. Deserved the stay-at-home-playing-cs-go punishment. Have fun losing in 100€ online tournaments in CSGO.

2012-07-21 08:54

sad :(

2012-07-21 09:19

SHAME

2012-07-21 09:58

FUCKsk

2012-07-21 10:02

dont like them,but sad for cs community.

2012-07-21 10:29

rip

2012-07-21 10:33

best clan in history is closing their cs 1.6 doors... its so over, me sad.

2012-07-21 10:34

wtf is this hsit..

2012-07-21 10:43

so sad

2012-07-21 10:56

sad .....................

2012-07-21 11:11

"A lot of tournaments have been called the last one for 1.6 so far. Among those a couple we participated in. To me it was ESWC 2011." And if your team had won IEM this year, it would have been that, silly git.

2012-07-21 15:26