UKCT - UKCounterTerrorist

A new concept of gaming has arrived in the form of MyGamingTeam. The essence of MyGamingTeam project is an idea to create a team owned and managed by fans. The people, who will join the project via its website (mygamingteam.com) will be asked to invest 25€ per year as a membership fee. The starting point of a project is 6,000 members and once 6,000 people have registered, the functionaries of MGT will start looking for the team to buy or start a new one.

This is a possibility for everyone to become a part of the most democratic of esports franchises, where fans-members would vote over the internet on everything from the name of the team, to kit manufacturer and salaries of the players. With the control given to the fans, unorthodox financial transparency and independence MGT promises to be one of the most appreciable projects of its kind.

The man behind the project is Mikhail "casual" Kuleshov, one of the electronic sports enthusiasts and an experienced journalist. Mikhail is known in the CIS for his work on the popular competitive gaming website and for taking a Latvian National Team manager position for the last two years.

Statement Mikhail "casual" Kuleshov:

"My Gaming Team is a great opportunity for all of us to test ourselves on a manager position of a professional electronic sports club. I personally believe that gaming community deserves to have its own team. To have its own top team with the best possible players in it. It's not about money from now on, it's about having our own representatives in there."

Project administration:

Mikhail "casual" Kuleshov (Founder)
Janis "THUG" Are (Main developer)
Martin "MRTN" Mueller (Designer)
Vadim "Drive-" Mihalev (Public relations)

Good luck?

Modified by raz`` on June 5, 2008, 2:51 pm.

German team TBH.eSports have axed 3 of their members in what seems to be a summer clear out. They have, however, stuck with the two newest members of Roman "roman" Ausserdorfer and Christian "todi" Hackmann. The plan seems to be a massive rebuild with these two as the foundations to what could be a great side.

Mathis "LnK" Edel, manager of TBH.eSports:

We are not satisfied with our results this year. Last season we recruited roman and todi, and their playing styles were so different from the "old"-tbh-players' so it do not fit. That was one of the main reasons why we just placed fifth this season. Our problems now were to build a team that wanted to play together because each member had a different idea about which players he wanted to play with."

The team have arranged a bootcamp for the 14 & 15th of June in order to test some new players out. Should they be successful, TBH.eSports will announce the team soon.

TBH.eSports is currently:

Roman "roman" Ausserdorfer
Christian "todi" Hackmann.

Modified by raz`` on June 5, 2008, 3:06 pm.

With theSGLs Summer Slam event kicking off tomorrow, the groups for both the ESWC 1.6, CS Source and 1.6 tournament have been announced. I've been roped in to help with coverage and interviews so if you're attending, come over and say hi.

ESWC groups: (starts at 13:00)

Group A

dignitas
whizpah
immolate
sexytime

Group B

4Kings
Team-Coolermaster
Satyr
Acuity

whizpah are currently unconfirmed and if they do not attend oRdeaL will take their spot.

The top two teams in each group will go through to single elimination best of three.

Maps are:

de_dust2
de_train
de_inferno
de_nuke
de_tuscan

1.6 groups: (starts at 14:00)

Group A

Team-Coolermaster
idk
oRdeaL
team blubs
way2play
Romposturosstomplewompers!

Group B

Acuity
NETTO
BERWATTI.br
siik
catch my drift
everglow

Group C

immolate
InControl
sexytime
state
crash
deceptive

Group D

cZar
NeP
cy@~~
euphoria
bd
Satyr

Top two teams in each group going through to single elimination best of three.

Maps are:

de_inferno
de_dust2
de_nuke
de_train
de_cpl_mill

CSS groups: (starts at 14:00)

Group A

Infused Gaming
Team Infectious
Zeta
SGL Admins and Friends

Group B

zen
zealous
complete-control
Team-vVv

Group C

Ondskan
eyeGaming.eu
Rated Irish Gaming
Reason Gaming.managers

Group D

TLR.eSports
fate.eSports
Trentham Plow
Elite Clan Killers Bravo

Once again, the top two teams in each group will go through to single elimination best of three.

Maps are:

de_dust2
de_inferno
de_nuke

UKCT will be in attendance at the event providing coverage for each tournament.

Modified by Nic on June 6, 2008, 4:45 pm.

This weekend Dignitas are heading to the Omega Sektor in Birmingham to attend the ESWC 2008 UK Qualifier. In case of a victory their flights and hotel for the ESWC 2008 Grand Finals in San Jose, USA, will be paid for by the organiser. Their organisation has set up a catch up interview prior to leaving for the event.

Last year in Paris our former Counter-Strike team surprised everyone with wins against teams like emuLate or TR.Victory and even a draw against NiP which noone had expected before. Provided you win ESWC UK and have a bootcamp or two prior to the Finals, realistically how much damage do you think you can do?

Kurt1s: With the teams that we are able to practice against at the moment, and with the recent lan experience vs top CS teams, I personally think we can do a lot of damage to teams, we have learnt a lot from playing and watching them.

101: Depends how it goes on the day but we know we can compete with the best teams, we just need to be playing and communicating well and anything’s possible.

Suffz: At the moment we're looking really strong, playing against top teams in pcw's and learning from it. With all this I'm pretty sure we could upset the bigger teams.

Sp|ke: If we had proper practice before the event and were able to review our games and tactics to fix everything that we see going wrong then I think we would have a very good chance of surprising people and pulling off an upset against the top teams.

To read more of the players views on their chances at ESWC UK and potentially ESWC Grand Finals, visit dignitas.org

Good Luck guys and everyone attending.

Modified by Nic on June 6, 2008, 10:32 am.

ESWC have announced their French teams that will be invited to the Masters of Paris along with the previously 16 invited teams. The top four French teams according to ESWC rankings have been chosen.

They are:

• emulate!
  
• dimension4
  
• Get2Gev
  
• against All authority

They join the rest of the teams invited:

• DCC gaming
  
• estro
  
• Evil Geniuses
  
• Fnatic
  
• Four-Kings
  
• Hellway
  
• Made in Brazil
  
• Meet Your Makers
  
• Mousesports
  
• mTw.AMD
  
• nEophyte.AVG
  
• Nextlevel e-Sports Club
  
• SK Gaming
  
• Team Dignitas
  
• TEAM ROCCAT
  
• wNv.CN

It will be held July 4-6, 2008. The tournament has now gathered together its 20 teams, 4 French teams & 16 international teams. Only 3 spots will be up for grabs for the lucky winners to attend the Grand Finals, which is bound to stir up some cracking entertainment and competition. The ESWC Grand Finals are organised to take part during the NVISION exhibition in San Jose, August 25-27, 2008. There is also a healthy overall prize-money total of £35,000.


GL.

Modified by blubs on June 21, 2008, 10:07 am.