Here, for each team there is a short introduction, achievements, lineup, player roles, player backgrounds, short quotes to describe each player, and a statement about the future of each team. The quotes are relatively random, and the person quoted is noted at the bottom of each section.
Speedlink
Speedlink, formerly team helix, is one of the strongest german teams around. With an ET based lineup the team should have the necessary playstyle required to hit the top. Having already won a german LAN, the team is off with a headstart, and has hopes of attending
i32 LAN. With relatively high experience coming in from players like Melkor and chaoz, it will be interesting to see how one of germanys finest teams will continue in the future.
ESL ET:QW DE 6on6 Demo Cup
C-MaxX Enlarged LAN
ESL ET:QW DE 6on6 Beta Cup
florian - Q4 - CovertOps - "playing with arrow keys"
HEADi - ET, Q4 - Engineer - "gg"
chaoz - ET - Hog / AllRounder - "<insert random flame here>"
Melkor - ET - FieldOps - "Wacken? Wacken ist vorbei du Spast!"
morb - ET - AllRounder - "30-years-old and having his midlife crysis"
Sporty - BF2 - Tanker - "vehicle whore."
zAm - RtCW, ET, CoD - Medic - "Achievements: Hogger clear ( nSK )"
mylo - CS - Medic - "played in the 2nd ice hockey league!11"
#team-speedlink
Quotes from florian
Statement (florian) :
Almost a month is over since ET:QW has been released. Unfortunately we could not practice as much as we wanted to in the first half of October because of vacation, but this has luckily changed. Now we are able to play more often and are hoping to achieve some good results on and offline.
In the past we have only had some good results in some german cups, while we could not confirm our performances in european tourneys. This is a thing we want to change on medium-term. I think we have a good chance to close the gap if we practice more and more against stronger teams to increase our teamplay and personal skill. At the moment we are only an underdog.
Kompaniet
With the recent addition of aneki and soltis from Cph, the team has to show how it will compete with it's new lineup. Curiosity arises due to their loss of Biermann, their main tanker, and one can only wonder who will be filling the gap left. With a mix of UT, Quake, ET, and BF backgrounds, the team hosts a mixture of playstyles, and is heavily teamplay based, as well as having the incredible aim of Wayfarer and Rvn. One of the few teams to beat Copenhagen, Kompaniet is definitely worth looking for.
inQuake.de Cup I
Mson - UT2k4/BF2 - Leader - "Smart player with clever control"
xeTyk - UT2k4/CS - Sweeper - "Skilled at most things"
rvn - Q4 - Sniper - "Loner with impressive aim"
Wayf - Quake - Medic - "Teamplayer deluxe"
Soltis - BF-series - All Rounder - "Smart playingstyle"
aneki - RTCW/ET - All Rounder - "Good fragging instincts"
#Kompaniet
Quotes from Mson
Statement (Mson):
After some time now of talent searching we yesterday picked up what we think is a perfect fit for us in many ways with players: aneki & soltis from former One2/Cph. This give us a jumpstart pretty much and spares alot of the headache of training new players which is very nice.
Eyeballers
Formerly known as Ninja, EYE is one of the best teams in ETQW at the moment, having been one of the best all round teams in BF2. With a completely BF2 based team, it's possible that the team will lack the style of play carried over from ET, but should the player's experience and skill from BF2 carry over, eyeballers will definitely be hitting the top. Having been inactive since the early beta stages, the team did play some of the beta and demo, but not all of it. Currently lacking achievements in ETQW, the team will be fighting hard in most upcoming tournaments to earn the status it deserves.
Tork - BF2 - Sniper - "Emo"
JaZze - BF2 - General Vehicles - "pro aimer"
Spyan - BF2 - Medic - "MSN Hero"
Speedyheadshot - BF2 - Rocket Launcher - "Slow and lethal"
Inglorion - BF2 - All Rounder - "Do what you are told"
wona - BF2 - All Rounder - "Coolboy 89"
Redux - BF2 - Soldier - "Whiiiiiiine"
#eye
Quotes from JaZzE
Statement (JaZze):
We will participate in CB OC, EMS qualifier and Nordic Championship; all of them start soon, so we will be playing more seriously. Until now we've just been playing around not taking anything too seriously. With some more practise and more official matches we can live up to the 'legendary lineup' thing that was mentioned in our newspost :)
wArning!
Warning, once a top team in enemy territory is looking to set the standards in ETQW. With an all spanish lineup, the team consists of a fair mix of ET and BF2 players. With Winghaven in the tank, the lineup is questionable, though the team is rumoured to be looking for lineup changes. The team's all spanish lineup hopes to stay that way, and has intentions of competing in all of the upcoming ETQW cups.
4th ETQW CB Beta cup
dr3am - ET - All Rounder - "The fuckerman"
Winghaven - ET - Tanker - "Just lame"
morbit - ET - Medic - "lolita hunter"
Zheroc - BF2 - All Rounder - "Sir contacts"
Wildkah - BF2 - Sniper - "Are we starting?"
Icaro - BF2 - Medic - "Farmer boy"
[irc]#wArning![/irc]
Quotes from dr3am
Statement (dr3am):
We are confident we can go on besides the lineup changes we have done, the team is motivated and we are about to be joining a big MGC which will support us with money and hardware. All we have to do now is work hard to reach our objetives, since our main goal is being an stable team from now on and keep praccing over and over until we can build a solid block of teamwork.
point blank
Yet to actually play their first official match, people don't really know what to expect when talking about point blank. Individually the team's experience extends as far as quakecon and CPL, with players coming from a high level in CoD, BF, CSS and Quake. Currently the only UK team competing at a relatively high level, we can expect to see point blank holding up the UK flags at the upcoming i32 LAN. With its mix of playstyles and backgrounds, it's questionable how the team will play, but should their experience carry through, point blank has a lot of potential. As well as a cool name.
nkm - CoD/CSS - Sniper - "Point and click"
Antipop - Tribes/CoD - General Vehicles - "Hater of hogs"
Fenda - Q3/CS - All Rounder - "Ragequitter"
Hazz - RTCW - All Rounder - "Destroyer of keyboards"
Imentiu - BF2142 - General Vehicles - "Likes wrestling."
Demun - Q3/CS - All Rounder - "What map is this?"
rglaf - BF2 - All Rounder - "Bonus norwegian"
#point-blank
Quotes from nkm
Statement (Fenda):
I think we'll be the flagship team for the UK for quite some time and because of this we have alot of responsibility to act accordingly to represent our country. We aim to attend almost all LAN events in the near to far future and I know we have the individual skill and team chemistry to place top 5 EU. As it's still very early days, playing together as a team only since release, we know that we have a huge challenge ahead of us if we want to place high in the early online/lan tournaments.
dignitas
Widely known as the best quakewars team at the moment, dignitas is under a lot of pressure to perform. With an excellent mix of infantry and vehicles, and a lot of experience from a mixture of previous games, the team has a variety of playstyles mixing up nicely. Having won quakecon 2007 in the beta, dignitas has shown what they are made of, and people expect them to hold up such standards. Despite various losses to one2, the team now stands at the top.
Quakecon 2007
cZar Infantry Cup
Scorched Earth Demo Tournament
QWL Demo Cup
i3D Beta Cup
CB ET:QW Beta Cup
SonDac - BF2 - Second Armor - "Whiner, headache, tired"
Huggo - BF1942 - Tanker/Hog - "Ego hero"
utr - BF1942 - Hog/Infantry - "Less stress please"
Bjorn - BF2 - APC/Infantry - "Nobody is better(if you ask him!)"
Reload - ET - All Rounder - "Always blame Reload"
senji - ET - All Rounder - "German mastir"
JaKaZc - ET - All Rounder - "Slovenian fatal1ty"
#dignitas
Quotes from SonDac
Statement (Huggo):
If we keep having the dedication we have atm, then i guess we will stay at the "top". I hope more teams will pick up the game since its the bestest, tho it doesn't look like it. Atm we have i32 qualis, CB opencup, EMS and Nordic championship coming up next week. So the future is good, hopefully Bjorn can make his achievements list even longer xD
grof
Formerly known as TLR, the whole team comes from a high BF2 background except for hentai, who has come from an average ET background. The team carries a fair amount of experience and is expected to do well. Having gained various awards in both infantry and vehicle based styles throughout the demo & beta phase, people are aware that the team carries potential to do well and has yet to hit its peaks.
trophee fnac Lille LAN
i3D Beta Cup
team4 Demo Cup
inQuake.de Cup II
cZar Infantry Cup
ESL Demo Cup
Baldrick - BF2 - Manager/Backup - "Skills to pay the bills"
sin - BF2 - All Rounder - "High as a kite"
hentai - ET - All Rounder - "Mid skiller"
athex - BF2 - Medic - "Lacks hit registration"
Quark - BF2 - Tanker/Hog - "Ninja"
2easy - BF2 - Sniper - "Words cannot explain this boy"
rufio - BF2 - All Rounder - "Workhorse"
Waste - BF2 - Second Armor - "Crushed by deployables"
#grof
Quotes from athex & hentai
Statement (Baldrick):
I think that in future, GROF has the potential to be very successful. We have a number of competitions over the next few months, both online and offline, and will hope to place ourselves with the top teams in these events. As long as we keep motivated then we should do well both online (CB OpenCup, ESL EMS) though our focus will be on Multiplay i32 & Fnac Tournament Finals where we will be looking to perform as well as possible and hopefully win both events.
pelit
Coming from a relatively mediocre background in BF2, pelit has definitely picked it up when moving into ETQW. Having played since the early beta stages, pelit has been carrying a heavily infantry based team into ETQW and now carries the finnish flag on its back, representing well. With a mixture of Call of Duty, ET and BF2 in their lineup, the team carries a variety of play styles, holding plenty of potential. The team are currently underachievers, and hope to change this when moving further into the upcoming cups.
Late - BF2 - Sniper "Objective ninja"
kullerva - BF2 - Medic "The one your clanleader warned you about"
karkkis - CoD - Field Op - "Violator king"
Stuka - ET - Medic - "Let loose killing machine"
Smigel - BF2 - All Rounder - "Gets the job done"
neosinn - BF2 - All Rounder - "Rocket launcher wonder"
doomsteri - BF2 - Tanker/Hog - "Vehicle whore"
#pelit
Quotes from kullerva
Statement (kullerva):
Pelit will continue to shine as the underdog without mgc support or foreign pro player recruits unlike all the other lame clans. We will show that the basic one nation unsponsored clan is just as good as all these international lan-support nerds!
SpeedlinkSpeedlink, formerly team helix, is one of the strongest german teams around. With an ET based lineup the team should have the necessary playstyle required to hit the top. Having already won a german LAN, the team is off with a headstart, and has hopes of attending
i32 LAN. With relatively high experience coming in from players like Melkor and chaoz, it will be interesting to see how one of germanys finest teams will continue in the future. ESL ET:QW DE 6on6 Demo Cup C-MaxX Enlarged LAN ESL ET:QW DE 6on6 Beta Cup florian - Q4 - CovertOps - "playing with arrow keys" HEADi - ET, Q4 - Engineer - "gg" chaoz - ET - Hog / AllRounder - "<insert random flame here>" Melkor - ET - FieldOps - "Wacken? Wacken ist vorbei du Spast!" morb - ET - AllRounder - "30-years-old and having his midlife crysis" Sporty - BF2 - Tanker - "vehicle whore." zAm - RtCW, ET, CoD - Medic - "Achievements: Hogger clear ( nSK )" mylo - CS - Medic - "played in the 2nd ice hockey league!11"#team-speedlink
Quotes from
florianStatement (florian) :
Almost a month is over since ET:QW has been released. Unfortunately we could not practice as much as we wanted to in the first half of October because of vacation, but this has luckily changed. Now we are able to play more often and are hoping to achieve some good results on and offline.
In the past we have only had some good results in some german cups, while we could not confirm our performances in european tourneys. This is a thing we want to change on medium-term. I think we have a good chance to close the gap if we practice more and more against stronger teams to increase our teamplay and personal skill. At the moment we are only an underdog.
KompanietWith the recent addition of aneki and soltis from Cph, the team has to show how it will compete with it's new lineup. Curiosity arises due to their loss of
Biermann, their main tanker, and one can only wonder who will be filling the gap left. With a mix of UT, Quake, ET, and BF backgrounds, the team hosts a mixture of playstyles, and is heavily teamplay based, as well as having the incredible aim of Wayfarer and Rvn. One of the few teams to beat Copenhagen, Kompaniet is definitely worth looking for. inQuake.de Cup I Mson - UT2k4/BF2 - Leader - "Smart player with clever control" xeTyk - UT2k4/CS - Sweeper - "Skilled at most things" rvn - Q4 - Sniper - "Loner with impressive aim" Wayf - Quake - Medic - "Teamplayer deluxe" Soltis - BF-series - All Rounder - "Smart playingstyle" aneki - RTCW/ET - All Rounder - "Good fragging instincts"#Kompaniet
Quotes from
MsonStatement (Mson):
After some time now of talent searching we yesterday picked up what we think is a perfect fit for us in many ways with players: aneki & soltis from former One2/Cph. This give us a jumpstart pretty much and spares alot of the headache of training new players which is very nice.
EyeballersFormerly known as
Ninja, EYE is one of the best teams in ETQW at the moment, having been one of the best all round teams in BF2. With a completely BF2 based team, it's possible that the team will lack the style of play carried over from ET, but should the player's experience and skill from BF2 carry over, eyeballers will definitely be hitting the top. Having been inactive since the early beta stages, the team did play some of the beta and demo, but not all of it. Currently lacking achievements in ETQW, the team will be fighting hard in most upcoming tournaments to earn the status it deserves. Tork - BF2 - Sniper - "Emo" JaZze - BF2 - General Vehicles - "pro aimer" Spyan - BF2 - Medic - "MSN Hero" Speedyheadshot - BF2 - Rocket Launcher - "Slow and lethal" Inglorion - BF2 - All Rounder - "Do what you are told" wona - BF2 - All Rounder - "Coolboy 89" Redux - BF2 - Soldier - "Whiiiiiiine"#eye
Quotes from
JaZzEStatement (JaZze):
We will participate in CB OC, EMS qualifier and Nordic Championship; all of them start soon, so we will be playing more seriously. Until now we've just been playing around not taking anything too seriously. With some more practise and more official matches we can live up to the 'legendary lineup' thing that was mentioned in our newspost :)
wArning!Warning, once a top team in enemy territory is looking to set the standards in ETQW. With an all spanish lineup, the team consists of a fair mix of ET and BF2 players. With Winghaven in the tank, the lineup is questionable, though the team is rumoured to be looking for lineup changes. The team's all spanish lineup hopes to stay that way, and has intentions of competing in all of the upcoming ETQW cups.
4th ETQW CB Beta cup
dr3am - ET - All Rounder - "The fuckerman" Winghaven - ET - Tanker - "Just lame" morbit - ET - Medic - "lolita hunter" Zheroc - BF2 - All Rounder - "Sir contacts" Wildkah - BF2 - Sniper - "Are we starting?" Icaro - BF2 - Medic - "Farmer boy"[irc]#wArning![/irc]
Quotes from
dr3amStatement (dr3am):
We are confident we can go on besides the lineup changes we have done, the team is motivated and we are about to be joining a big MGC which will support us with money and hardware. All we have to do now is work hard to reach our objetives, since our main goal is being an stable team from now on and keep praccing over and over until we can build a solid block of teamwork.
point blankYet to actually play their first official match, people don't really know what to expect when talking about point blank. Individually the team's experience extends as far as quakecon and CPL, with players coming from a high level in CoD, BF, CSS and Quake. Currently the only UK team competing at a relatively high level, we can expect to see point blank holding up the UK flags at the upcoming
i32 LAN. With its mix of playstyles and backgrounds, it's questionable how the team will play, but should their experience carry through, point blank has a lot of potential. As well as a cool name. nkm - CoD/CSS - Sniper - "Point and click" Antipop - Tribes/CoD - General Vehicles - "Hater of hogs" Fenda - Q3/CS - All Rounder - "Ragequitter" Hazz - RTCW - All Rounder - "Destroyer of keyboards" Imentiu - BF2142 - General Vehicles - "Likes wrestling." Demun - Q3/CS - All Rounder - "What map is this?" rglaf - BF2 - All Rounder - "Bonus norwegian"#point-blank
Quotes from
nkmStatement (Fenda):
I think we'll be the flagship team for the UK for quite some time and because of this we have alot of responsibility to act accordingly to represent our country. We aim to attend almost all LAN events in the near to far future and I know we have the individual skill and team chemistry to place top 5 EU. As it's still very early days, playing together as a team only since release, we know that we have a huge challenge ahead of us if we want to place high in the early online/lan tournaments.
dignitasWidely known as the best quakewars team at the moment, dignitas is under a lot of pressure to perform. With an excellent mix of infantry and vehicles, and a lot of experience from a mixture of previous games, the team has a variety of playstyles mixing up nicely. Having won quakecon 2007 in the beta, dignitas has shown what they are made of, and people expect them to hold up such standards. Despite various losses to one2, the team now stands at the top.
Quakecon 2007 cZar Infantry Cup Scorched Earth Demo Tournament QWL Demo Cup i3D Beta Cup CB ET:QW Beta Cup SonDac - BF2 - Second Armor - "Whiner, headache, tired" Huggo - BF1942 - Tanker/Hog - "Ego hero" utr - BF1942 - Hog/Infantry - "Less stress please" Bjorn - BF2 - APC/Infantry - "Nobody is better(if you ask him!)" Reload - ET - All Rounder - "Always blame Reload" senji - ET - All Rounder - "German mastir" JaKaZc - ET - All Rounder - "Slovenian fatal1ty"#dignitas
Quotes from
SonDacStatement (Huggo):
If we keep having the dedication we have atm, then i guess we will stay at the "top". I hope more teams will pick up the game since its the bestest, tho it doesn't look like it. Atm we have i32 qualis, CB opencup, EMS and Nordic championship coming up next week. So the future is good, hopefully Bjorn can make his achievements list even longer xD
grofFormerly known as
TLR, the whole team comes from a high BF2 background except for hentai, who has come from an average ET background. The team carries a fair amount of experience and is expected to do well. Having gained various awards in both infantry and vehicle based styles throughout the demo & beta phase, people are aware that the team carries potential to do well and has yet to hit its peaks. trophee fnac Lille LAN i3D Beta Cup team4 Demo Cup inQuake.de Cup II cZar Infantry Cup ESL Demo Cup Baldrick - BF2 - Manager/Backup - "Skills to pay the bills" sin - BF2 - All Rounder - "High as a kite" hentai - ET - All Rounder - "Mid skiller" athex - BF2 - Medic - "Lacks hit registration" Quark - BF2 - Tanker/Hog - "Ninja" 2easy - BF2 - Sniper - "Words cannot explain this boy" rufio - BF2 - All Rounder - "Workhorse" Waste - BF2 - Second Armor - "Crushed by deployables"#grof
Quotes from
athex & hentaiStatement (Baldrick):
I think that in future, GROF has the potential to be very successful. We have a number of competitions over the next few months, both online and offline, and will hope to place ourselves with the top teams in these events. As long as we keep motivated then we should do well both online (CB OpenCup, ESL EMS) though our focus will be on Multiplay i32 & Fnac Tournament Finals where we will be looking to perform as well as possible and hopefully win both events.
pelitComing from a relatively mediocre background in BF2, pelit has definitely picked it up when moving into ETQW. Having played since the early beta stages, pelit has been carrying a heavily infantry based team into ETQW and now carries the finnish flag on its back, representing well. With a mixture of Call of Duty, ET and BF2 in their lineup, the team carries a variety of play styles, holding plenty of potential. The team are currently underachievers, and hope to change this when moving further into the upcoming cups.
Late - BF2 - Sniper "Objective ninja" kullerva - BF2 - Medic "The one your clanleader warned you about" karkkis - CoD - Field Op - "Violator king" Stuka - ET - Medic - "Let loose killing machine" Smigel - BF2 - All Rounder - "Gets the job done" neosinn - BF2 - All Rounder - "Rocket launcher wonder" doomsteri - BF2 - Tanker/Hog - "Vehicle whore"#pelit
Quotes from
kullervaStatement (kullerva):
Pelit will continue to shine as the underdog without mgc support or foreign pro player recruits unlike all the other lame clans. We will show that the basic one nation unsponsored clan is just as good as all these international lan-support nerds!
btw #aMenti
Skuff.
#aMenti
gl with ur clan meight!
And mAus' skill in ETQW would suddenly raise.. (no offence to you good-looking mAus :])
<33333333333333333333333 AHahahAHAHAHHA ROFLMAO
that was AWESOME FuN
(I could understand if :>)
I'm gonna go:
warning! -> RedCode or possibly x6tence
Point Blank -> Reason
Pelit -> Logitech (if old logitech squad sucks)
Kompaniet -> h2k
Think Tek9 would only go for a benelux team
All those are made up, so sorry if I get it right :)
kompaniet > h2k or cph?
pelit > logitech
warning > redcode/x6tence
my cbooky
hmm i loled:D
anyway nice article
I can confirm that SK:
a) Going to be covering ET:QW when the new site comes out.
b) bds knows about ET:QW and 'its interesting' and considers it a possible esports title.
For it to get big though and to be considered by the big guys (NiP is dead by the way and was '1.6 only, so they wouldn't have picked it up anyway), but for the likes of MYM, SK, 4Kings, Fnatic
- Needs a ET:QW TV mod as soon as possible
- At least one of the big competitions to pick it up (WCG has opened up its selection, so this is viable)
- Single language/country teams are a big advantage. Although I think multi-national sides have the most skill, this is just better logistically.
For any of the players from the teams mentioned above, I could try and get contacts for some big organisations [that would be suited for you, eg Warning - redCode] so you could send them a formal email to inquire about joining, although I wouldn't expect anything.
But I hate to ask the question, will ETQW take the backseat as the release of CoD4 comes?
but then again. these are the teams You feel will be dominating, and that's your personal opinion, so i can't say you're wrong either :)
But....
ONE CAN ONLY WONDER!!!
And I'm sure there even are private and personal bots out already to ETQW...
It's not a high price for ET-cheaters to show that they own in other games too.
Well, I don't care really, they can own so much they want in a game, but I don't think anyone is clean until they play on a LAN where its impossible to install cheats..
Yes, paranoid is the word.
but NiP is dead rahul
fnatic, SK, mouz and MYM are the teams, who has the money...
As you can see there :
ET: QW isn't the BIG success awaited, for me and many others RtCW and ETPlayer, ET: QW is a big disappointment.
The game is overhyped at the moment, we'll see if it'll growing up alone, I'm realy septic about that.
I agree the numbers haven't been all that, peaks aren't usually reached for the first 2-3 months of retail on a game anyway, but those numbers can't be coming from a reliable source.
http://archive.gamespy.com/stats/
Haha
2. Gamespy, haha always less then 3K
Now lets look at those teams:
Speedlink nearly all ET
Eye all Bf2
dignitas more than half bf2
Grof all but one bf2
.b not too many from ET there
Kompaniet only one from ET most bf
Pelit nearly all bf2
Warning half of them bf2 players.
Hmm guess none of them will have any style of play :P
Just one ET player to bring that mindset on board when a team is looking at tactics would be a huge help, at least in the initial stages of the game's development, where standard tactics and plays haven't been developed yet, would be extremely useful.
EYEBALLS have another LU, so im not so sure about them.