UKCT - UKCounterTerrorist

Every CPL in the last 2 years has been dominated by one clan, SK.swe. Whether its coming 1st or in the top3, these guys have always performed well, and this year was going to be no different. With the recent addition of Hyper, SK.swe looked set to win another CPL event.

However, the CPL team have confirmed that SK will not be attending CPL. The reason being, that the SK organisation want to send their SK.ger team, and CPL rules state that no clan from the same Organiseation are allowed to attend.

A shock for all to here, so who will be the favourites now? There are still plenty of hot teams going! From the U.S.A we have 3D, u5, zEx, DiE, NoA and GCO (former Rival). From Europe we have 4Kings, Titans, EYE, Begrip, Astralis, Dsky, TAG. There are also the usual south American teams that turn up, g3x and Mibr for example.

It still looks set to be a great event, with some really big names going. Without the addition of SK.swe, this is the best chance our british teams have of making it big. Go on boys!

SK.swe have not made an official statement, but the CPL doods have! Read the GOTFRAG POST for all the statements that i couldn't be bothered to include!

The CPL have released their official seedings for the upcoming Extreme Winter Championships, due to kick off this Wednesday 15th. The obvious eyebrow-raiser is the lack of multiple-time champions SK.swe, with the SK corporation choosing to go with their German outfit instead as aforementioned.

Both Four Kings and Team AMD Gamer will be flying the Union Jack flag at the event, seeded 11th and 21st respectively - although both would hope to do better than their seeded places, competition will be very tight, with European teams bulking out much of the top seeds.

1. EYEBALLERS
2. Team Gamer Co.
3. D-Skyline
4. Death is Eternal
5. The Titans
6. mousesports
7. g3x
8. Team NoA
9. Made in Brazil
10. Team 3D
11. 4Kings
12. United5
13. TEC
14. astralis
15. zEx
16. TitaNs
17. mTw
18. Team64
19. ALTERNATE aTTaX
20. Begrip
21. TAG
22. Pandemic
23. adrena
24. 2dimensions
25. Meepins
26. Evolution
27. compLexity
28. DeadZone
29. SK Gaming
30. The Select Few
31. Team Forsaken
32. Green Berets
33. e-police
34. x6tence
35. TeamSuper
36. Above the Rest
37. Rj45
38. MamazKillaz
39. viGor
40. RCS
41. missed me
42. Epiphyllum
43. Mug N Mouse
44. Out of Focus
45. JaX Money Crew
46. Lethal Hippies
47. halcyon * tgc
48. Covert Chaos
49. ESportsea
50. eclipse
51. HAD
52. 69
53. Team eOs
54. eltonjohnd
55. Prominence
56. Hyper!
57. Hatred
58. FY2
59. 2tek
60. mugNmouse Color

Hello! A quick post before I go to work, meh

The Trigger happy killerz, thk! have found their complete lineup! After being with only 3 for a few weeks, Lukeh and AndyKK from fluid element go back to their routes to complete the roster!

benneh
richeh
the Roar^
Lukeh
AndyKK

Wish these all the best, as I love them all dearly.

puNtera and g00z, both formerly proficient (I think ) have teamed up with the the all scottish endEffect. I am not sure what this leaves their lineup as, sorry! I am also not sure what nationality g00z and punt are, once again, sorry!

Optical-Gaming have had a name change. 0o0o! With the name change, brings them better management and sponsors, so Rattlesnake tells me! They are going to get BNC's, a server and ventrillo all free of charge! Ladies and gentlemen, I present Sypher (IRC channel is the same as the name):

Highlander
Darryl
EvErSmAnN
Pimpboy
RattlesnK

With Jeppo and Jaz as 6ths. Best of luck doods ;o)

Right, off to work I go, take care all. Remember, In a million years when you are just dust, you have to make your dust stand out.

Hello, another quick post before I am forced to go to work ;-0

The unicon gaming centre in Manchester is holding several events for our lovely community.

First of all, a 36 hour BYOC will be held, offering the players a chance to win a number of prizes from the informal competitions. It will be held on the 18-19th of December, and costs £25 to enter! Unicon state there will be many different games to compete in. See the list of players going, and to sign up, HERE.

Secondly, on the same date as the BYOC, there is the official UniCon 5on5 Counter-Strike tourney, boasting a huge prize purse, of £500 for the winners. Not a bad little bit of money, right before xmas! It costs £20 per person, but is half price for all BYOC goers! Here is a list of all confirmed teams so far:

UniCon.cs
thk
Reload
Remodulate
Satisfied!
deceptive

To signup, click HERE.

Last but not least, the much awaited CSGN season 5 LAN finals are approaching. They too will be held at UniCon, the day after the UniCon 5on5 Tourney, on Sunday (19). All the best teams of CSGN should be attending, so it looks to be a right hottie. This also means that the list of clans attending the 5on5 tourney the day before, should improve Its invite only, so dont bother with applying.

So how do UniCon have the space for all this? Well I hope you have your dancing shoes on, as it will be held in the nightclub below the UniCon centre! Flashing lights, Large space, Main stage - All these features will help make this one of the best events the UK has seen in 2004.

Best of luck from UKCT, and a personal gl to thk to win money for my xmas prezzies

Ahead of this week's CPL Winter Extreme Championships, Chinese Counter-Strike website CGA has interviewed Four Kings' GoodFella. The interview centres around the teams preperations and GoodFella's expectations for this week's event. Here's a sample:

CGA: What does a team most need if they want to win a CPL title? Good players? Or good tactic?

GoodFella:

Both of them... And a good day 4Kings has the players needed but we havent played enough together yet to be consistant. To play and WIN a CPL you need to be on the same level through the whole tournament! If you make 1 early bad match, you got a very hard way to win it...

Overall, the interview is a bit brief but worth the read - find it here.