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TSM win Counter Pit League but was it fair?

TSM defeat EnVyUs in the last game of the online Counter Pit League 2-0. NV, who was the team from the upper bracket, only needed to win 1 map to take the series as they were given a 1 map advantage. TSM, however, was able to win 2 maps in a row (de_cache and de_dust2) to win the grand final. But was this a completely fair win for TSM? The members of EnVyUs, having moved into a gaming house in France, had to play this online best-of-3 off wireless hotspot Internet while their fiber network is still being installed. TSM picked up the lead early on during the first half of each map (10-5 on de_cache and 11-4 on de_dust2) which made it simple for them to close out each map. The top 6 teams in the league split a $50,000 prize pool. TSM taking almost $24,000 and NV taking just below $11,000. Virtus.Pro, Na'Vi, FlipSid3, and PENTA all received rewards as well. Was this a fair game since NV was on wireless hotspot Internet? Do you think the match should have been postponed until their fiber network has been installed? What do you all think?

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Still one of my absolute favorite clips.

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ESL Polish Championship

The ESL Polish Championship will be taking place this coming Saturday as the online portion of the tournament has ended. The offline championship will take place in Lodz as part of the International Festival of Comics and Games (something that is now on my bucket list). The four teams we will be watching battle it out for the title of the ESL Polish Champion are Vexed Gaming, VERY TOX1C, Lounge Gaming, and 31337. We saw Vexed and Lounge Gaming compete in DreamHack Stockholm for the chance to qualify to be a part of the Major in CLuj. While Lounge Gaming lost to CLG 1-2 and to CPH Wolves 1-2 and Vexed Gaming lost to HR 0-2 but won against Skyred 2-0 and then beat HR 2-1 to move on to the Major, I believe Lounge gaming stand a good chance against Vexed.

The winners of the Polish Championship will play against PENTA Sports for a 60/40 split of $10,000.

We’re predicting that Vexed Gaming will go on to face PENTA but Lounge Gaming isn’t going to allow them to get there without a fight.

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ESL & CEVO CSGO Predictions September 28, 2015 to October 3, 2015

It’s a bit late in the day and I’ve missed a few games but I’ll post for the games that haven’t finished yet:

Monday, September 28, 2015:

Team Conquest v. LG best of 2 - tie CLG v. Enemy best of 2 – CLG

Tuesday, September 29, 2015:

HR v. VP best of 1 – VP SK v. VP best of 1 – VP Na’Vi v. VP best of 1 – VP SK v. Titan best of 1 – Titan Mousesports v. Infinity best of 2 – Mousesports G2.Kinguin v. HR best of 2 – G2.Kinguin Team Coast v. LG best of 2 – LG 3sUP v. Method best of 2 – tie Liquid v. Mythic best of 1 – Liquid 3sUP v. Complexity best of 1 – 3sUP Team Conquest v. Complexity best of 1 – Team Conquest Mythic v. Team Coast best of 1 – Mythic

Wednesday, September 30, 2015:

Na’Vi – TSM best of 1 – TSM VP v. NV best of 1 – NV Titan v. VP best of 1 – VP Dignitas v. Titan best of 1– Titan PENTA v. HR best of 2 – HR Mousesports v. E-Frag best of 2 – Mousesports Lounge Gaming v. Dignitas best of 2 – Dignitas CLG v. 3sUP best of 2 – tie CLG v. Method best of 2 – CLG Liquid v. Enemy best of 1 – Liquid Complexity v. LG best of 1 – LG Cloud9 v. Follow eSports best of 1 – Cloud9 Cloud0 v. Mythic best of 1 – Cloud9 Mythic v. Follow eSports best of 1 – Mythic 3sUP v. Enemy best of 1 – 3sUP

Thursday, October 1, 2015:

NiP v. HR best of 1 – NiP SK v. NV best of 1 – NV SK v. Dignitas best of 1 – Dignitas Dignitas v. NV best of 1 – NV CPH Wolves v. Titan best of 2 – tie FlipSid3 v. Mousesports best of 2 – FlipSid3 Lounge Gaming v. CPH Wolves best of 2 – tie Follow eSports v. Casaless best of 2 – Follow eSports Complexity v. Enemy best of 1 – Complexity Cloud9 v. LG best of 1 – Cloud9 Liquid v. Mythic best of 1 – Mythic Team Conquest v. LG best of 1 – LG Cloud9 v. Team Coast best of 1 – Cloud9

Friday, October 2, 2015:

N/A

Saturday, October 3, 2015:

N/A

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The Future of G2.Kinguin

Since their recent organization and roster change, G2.Kinguin have been finding substitutes to play for them in their upcoming games. The first game G2.Kinguin played without ScreaM (who now plays for Titan as he did in 2014) was a best of 2 against PENTA Sports on September 22, 2015. The team used Olofmeister (also known as Olof), one of the current heavy-hitters for Fnatic, as their fill-in. G2.Kinguin tied against PENTA despite Olof having a good KDR during the two games. Since then the team have used Pauf (of 1337) and Flusha (of Fnatic) to fill the fifth spot of their team. The 3 players G2.Kinguin have used to stand in for them have one thing in common. They are all Swedish. Now this is something I’m sure we all expected to see since two of the four members of the team are Swedish (Dennis and Maikelele) and Rain is from Norway, which to my understanding Norwegians are somewhat able to understand Swedish reasonably well.

From looking at the players G2.Kinguin have been using we can only assume they are trying to find someone who is Swedish to take the spot ScreaM left behind. This being a reasonable assumption as Sweden is home to more than enough players to make at least three full and successful Counter-Strike teams. It would not surprise me at all if we saw Pauf (who filled in for G2.Kinguin on September 23, 2015 against E-Frag.net and Sententia Mortis), Twist (currently on CPH Wolves) Schnieder (formerly of Fnatic and currently on Dignitas), or someone from one of the higher tier teams such as NiP or Fnatic taking the fifth spot of G2.Kinguin after their current contracts run out. All in all I see G2.Kinguin becoming a completely Swedish team within a year from now.

What do you all think about G2.Kinguin and ScreaM splitting up? Who do you think will take the fifth spot on the team?

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The legend of NiP facing time?

We all know NiP (Ninjas in Pyjamas) as one of the largest CS organizations in the world. They've made their name known to anyone who pays attention to the Counter-Strike professional scene as the former best team in the world in 2014. But where did NiP start? How did NiP get where they are today?

NiP was founded in 2000 and was thought to have been the most successful and best organization in the original Counter-Strike scene until 2007 when the team disbanded. Emil Christensen, also known as HeatoN, was one of the founding members of NiP and part of the team that won the Cyberathlete Professional League World Championship in 2001. He wasn't on the team long until he, and the other members of the team, went on to organize SK Sweden. After having some success on SK Sweden HeatoN and the rest of the team reformed NiP in 2005. HeatoN moved on from NiP in 2007 but later came back to the org in 2012 as the organization's manager.

HeatoN has been called the greatest CS player of all time by many. He is known as the legend of NiP but as we all know, some legends must fall. On September 28, 2015 HeatoN, along with the other former owners of NiP, are facing trial after failing to supply a financial statement to an auditor who then reporter the case to authorities. What basically happened was the organization in charge of NiP's operations (Stockholm E-Sports Produktion AB) failed to pay employment taxes on any of the players' salaries. Stockholm E-Sports Produktion AB transferred the team over to Ninjas in Pyjamas Gaming AB before filing for bankruptcy.

HeatoN and the other former owners face fines and up to six years in jail if found guilty. HeatoN has gone on record stating that he had nothing to do with the finances of the company and that one of the other members of team was responsible for that area of the company. What will become of NiP now as HeatoN goes through this trial? Will it affect the current CS team?

Let us know what you all think!