ESC off to Prague; $20k guaranteed

27-11-2012 18:26

Heaven Media has announced that ESC Gaming have joined the participants' list for the AMD Sapphire CS:GO tournament, which now features $20,000 in prizes.

The Polish giants are now the seventh team confirmed for the Czech tournament, which will run from December 1st through 4th at the Corinthia hotel in Prague.

ESC Gaming will be hoping to finally make their mark in the CS:GO scene after crashing out of ESWC and DreamHack Winter in the group stage.

Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas recently admitted to being "ashamed" of the way the team played in Jönköping after they finished rock bottom of their group following defeats to Ninjas in Pyjamas, mousesports and fnatic.

Will ESC finally succeed in GO?

Despite comments in some quarters suggesting that the team should retire or undergo roster changes, Wojtas stressed that the so-called 'Golden Five' will stick together and prove their critics wrong.

The team list for AMD Sapphire now looks as follows:

VeryGames	dAT Team
myDGB.NET	k1ck
zNation	NiP
ESC Gaming

Meanwhile, it has been announced that the League of Legends tournament has been cancelled due to the limited number of teams who expressed an interest in attending the event.

As a result, the prize money of the CS:GO tournament has been doubled to $20,000, although the exact distribution of this figure has not yet been announced.

awesome! gl ninjas

2012-11-27 18:27

CS:GO so strong

2012-11-27 18:28

Na'vi wont play there??

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why would they attend at any lans? they will have to change roster first because they suck.

2012-11-27 22:27

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pretty much everyone sucks at first.

2012-11-27 22:56

and i thought they are getting $20k to attend :S

2012-11-27 18:30

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what a stupid thought lol

2012-11-27 18:32

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What a stupid title

2012-11-27 18:33

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There is the sign ; used by author, so I don't see any mistake made on that title.

2012-11-27 18:42

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if u read it again it actually looks like ESC attending the event and $20k guaranteed which means suppose there are 1st 2nd 3rd place prizes and 3 teams participating and 3rd place prize is $20k

2012-11-27 18:47

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+1. "ESC to attend 20k$ tournament in Prague"

2012-11-27 18:53

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He wrote $20k on the title because it was just $10k guaranteed before.. Only if you don't know how to read properly you will think like aelorababz.

2012-11-27 19:01

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its written in the title "ESC to attend ;$20k guaranteed" which would also mean ESC will get atleast $20k even if they finish last in the event

2012-11-27 20:45

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No, that's not the meaning of it. I told you in previous post and you must know that: Semicolon is used to separate two independent sentences In this case, author tells us two different things. First one, ESC Gaming is going to participate on this event, and second that event now features $20,000 in prizes.

2012-11-27 20:59

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is it written anywhere in the title that the event will feature $20k prize? NO. It will mean exactly what u say if u have read news about it before, but not if u are reading it first time

2012-11-27 21:03

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Man, why is so difficult for you to understand this? You don't have any reason to connect the first part of title with the second one.

2012-11-27 21:13

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dont have a reason? the title itself is the reason if u r reading it for 1st time...it will actually mean "ESC Attending prague event and guarantee themselves $20k" i.e they are going to attend and will get $20k even if they finish last

2012-11-27 21:16

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Just your brain thinks in that way. Don't have more to say.

2012-11-27 21:26

as i told u if u r reading the news first time ur brain will also think the same way

2012-11-28 05:12

dude, you're not getting it! First point: The semi-colon It means the part after it has nothing to do with the part before it, therefore they are independent. As such, you can't conclude that ESC has 20k$ garanteed because that's not what it says. On the other hand it's very common to say XX$ garanteed as a meaning for minimum total prize pool available. Specially in tournaments that don't have a fixed number of attendance in which prize pool can vary. So, to conclude, i don't find the title misleading at all

2012-11-27 23:48

i got it but after i read the whole article i understood that what i thought was wrong and no its not common to write $20k guaranteed for minimum total prize pool available

2012-11-28 05:16

well i've read it hundreds of times. pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/sunday-.. for example, it's everywhere on poker tournaments

2012-11-28 23:39

He is right. The title is very much ambiguous. You cannot simply deny that :)

2012-11-28 06:13

agree with u, although there is a semicolon in betn but the title is really misleading as it only consists 1. Esc gaming 2. $20k guaranteed and yeah my first expression was "wow esc participating with already a guaranteed $20k prize" however it wasnt to be after reading the post completely, in fact they seem to be earning big 0 in this tournament once again since we can already see big giants in the team list edit: hltv.org/news/9630-rush3d-spoil-navis-de.. Na`Vi's CS:GO campaign started as the CS 1.6 one did; with a loss i think even there is a semicolon in betn above two sentences but they r inter related

2012-11-28 09:12

That pretty much sums up all...

2012-11-29 12:32

That's why you need to know when semicolon ( ; ) is used.

2012-11-27 18:55

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yeah

2012-11-27 19:00

#71

#79

2012-11-27 20:56

mention the reference of #101 :-)

2012-11-28 06:17

do you find it plausible that there would be a cs:go tournament in prague with $20k for the 3rd placer(the 1st prize at dh was $22,7k), where only three teams would attend? the title could've been worded better, but jesus christ, we are actually allowed to use our brains.

2012-11-27 19:23

why not? u think there wont be any event with higher prize money than DH?

2012-11-27 20:47

dude if the title was "MD Sapphire CS:GO tournament; $20k guaranteed" then yeah we would have understood that the tournament consists the prize money of $20k but here we ve "ESC off to Prague; $20k guaranteed" that just tells esc is guaranteed with $20k prize even if they come last in the tournament. My advice would be "Esc off to Prague; $20k tournament"

2012-11-28 09:26

last place finisher 20k guaranteed

2012-11-27 19:03

Go go for the 2nd place !!!

2012-11-27 18:31

Easy 1/2 for NiP/VG

I don't think that ESC will do it much better, they have few days only to step up, but also, the DH group was insane, so I hope they can do some damage!

2012-11-27 18:36

GOGO ESC :D

2012-11-27 18:37

GeT_RiGhT: pipedreamno20.wikispaces.com/file/view/m..

2012-11-27 18:38

VeryGames GL

2012-11-27 18:41

hope to be there

nice ESC!

2012-11-27 18:45

GL ESC, just let the pressure go and have fun.

KICK 1st

gl nip <3

2012-11-27 18:46

Sick sick gl esc also

Fnatic, navi and mousesports should be there..

"Polish giants" Especially in GO :D

they are talking about cs

another cash for nip

i hope they will get it;d

2012-11-27 18:49

Niceeee

2012-11-27 18:52

CS:GO stroonkkkkkk

will coverage from hltv.org from this event?

2012-11-27 18:56

NiP WON 4sho.

2012-11-27 19:07

Nice yellow media headlines :D hltv.org going GO

2012-11-27 19:33

good luck G5, don't worry about haters:P

2012-11-27 19:38

Title: esc off to prague, 20k guaranteed. I was like okay which shit teams are going to attend.. hmm verygames nip. Yeah sure 20k guaranteed

2012-11-27 19:39

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Notice the semi colon...

2012-11-27 19:56

Yeah but I didn't notice it when I was reading the title :D

2012-11-27 20:09

Haha

2012-11-27 20:05

The title is a bit misleading

2012-11-27 19:43

Not if you have a basic grasp of the English language

2012-11-27 20:03

Yeah. Well, at least I can speak two languages...

2012-11-27 22:20

I'm telling you it's not mis-leading in the slightest.

2012-11-27 22:25

good

2012-11-27 19:57

Hope they win so,ething. EZ 4 NIP though?

2012-11-27 20:02

+20k on NiP account lol

2012-11-27 20:06

yes - Nip will take 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ...... idiot

2012-11-27 20:27

he probably didn't read the last paragraph, "although the exact distribution of this figure has not yet been announced." that doesn't make him an idiot, makes you retarded.

2012-11-27 22:58

Probably 10k for 1st 7k for 2nd 3k for 3rd place

2012-11-27 20:53

I wouldn't expect any good results still from esc.Don't get me wrong,I'm their huge fan,but it's just not likely to happen' in this year.Maybe in 2013 they can make an impact,if they don't give up before that and I hope they wont.GL ESC

2012-11-27 20:07

GL ESC! <3 czech girls & weed :)

2012-11-27 20:24

again easy money 4 nip :D

2012-11-27 20:32

No , they won't because of nip and verygames

2012-11-27 20:33

hope mouz will send a team

2012-11-27 20:46

gl ESC , time to step it up

2012-11-27 20:50

Hmm, Chech near Poland I think I'll be there :D

2012-11-27 20:54

ESC will loose again imo...Only sauce teams can succeed in this game like mouz,verygames,Cph Wolves and nip with 2 saucers

Not sure how you figured that...

2012-11-27 21:57

only teams with gtr,f0rest and xizt can succeed :D

2012-11-27 21:58

+1 xD haha

2012-11-27 22:22

GO ESC

How many teams can attend? The lineup is really really weak atm.

2012-11-28 00:06

I haven't seen a max number listed anywhere in the news published so far. As there was also a 5k bonus depending on the number of attending teams I presume once the organizers see a decent number of teams listed they will call it a day.

2012-11-28 01:25

It was first said that 8 teams would attend but already 9 teams have been announced.

2012-11-28 08:24

LoL tournament has been cancelled so more likely to be in the region of 10 - 16 I'm guessing :D

2012-11-28 09:28

As said, unless the event organizers say it is enough teams are added.

2012-11-29 00:39

do you know, how to get inside the venue? it is easy to get to hotel, but where they will play? and how visitors can watch the games..if it is even possible) hope for your answer :) thank you^

2012-11-28 13:48

I unfortunately have no details on how to access the venue. I recall though a comment by a Czech user that visitors were allowed. You might want to review the news pieces published on this event and see if you are lucky to find info on it among the comments. Sorry for not being able to be of better help.

2012-11-29 00:34