Team Switzerland
Previous Captains:
NC XIII: 
vegi
NC XIV: zeKxa
Previous Achievements:
NC XIII: 3rd in group stage (1 win)
NC XIV: Loser bracket round 1 (elimination by
Croatia)
This Year's Applicants:
kneJii- Entry:[quote]Because I am:
-friendly
-active
-lot of experience
-got the "know how"
and finally attractive :P
Ps. I want to bring Team-Switzerland back into the top 5! And that can only happen with a new leader on the top.[/quote] - Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: Hello everybody, my name is Chris, I'm 17 years old and from . I play ET since 4 years. And I'm very proud to be a Swiss!
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: Because I want to bring the Team Switzerland back into the top nations. I'm very motivated and able to lead the team as a Captain!
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: Yes I've... it's hard to get these, because most of them are inactive :/
Q: Would you mind giving us a sneak-peak in your cards and give us this line-up? (including backups)
A: gifty, dabster, olgaa, gunner(??), reaver(??), and me - backups are hard to say since there are to many possibillities.
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: Just don't underestimate us, we're able to surprise, but we'll see how far we can get ;)
Zekxa- Entry:[quote]Because I was captain last year.
Because I rule and I will pick the best players to play together.
Luv <3[/quote] - Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: I have been playing ET since 2004. I played a lot of etpub mostly with HESS Clan then I moved to etpro. Only the Swiss boys and some old-schoolers from 2.55 should know me :]
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: I’m the best man for this job because even if I’m not very active on the ET scene at the moment, I can get smart, fun, skilled and reliable players for the next NC.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: I'm thinking about giving chance to 'new' guys who never played NC and which are motivated.
Q: Would you mind giving us a sneak-peak in your cards and give us this line-up? (including backups)
A: Never, it's our secret weapon.
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: As always: having fun, pass the group stage and then trying to kick some great nations’ asses.
Conclusion:
By the looks of things
kneJii is trying to build up a lineup consisting of oldschoolers to bring his nation back to higher ranks. However this will be hard since most of them are inactive so I personally would go for
zeKxa who will try to build up a line-up consisting of active players
to be sure that his line-up has had enough playtime lately.
Team Ukraine
Previous Captains:
NC XIII: 
malczik
NC XIV: malczik
Previous Achievements:
NC XIII: Didn't pass qualifiers (elimination by
Romania)
NC XIV: Last in group stage (0 wins)
This Year's Applicants:
yamesdorenz- Entry:[quote]i'm good![/quote]
- Q&A:
I was unable to contact this person due to him not being registered here on CF and ClanBase preventing me from sending more than 5 PM's per day
Conclusion:
We can be sure he'll be voted captain. All we can do is wait and see whether he'll be able to field a line-up and whether they'll pass the qualifications this time round.
Team United Kingdom
Previous Captains:
NC XIII: 
hYpe aka KAMZ
NC XIV: Yaki
Previous Achievements:
NC XIII: 
NC XIV: Loser bracket semi finals (elimination by
Germany)
This Year's Applicants:
Artstar- Entry:[quote]I am aware of/acquainted with all of the current top UK players that would be interested and motivated to bring an active performance to this season of CB NationsCup, I was always the type who can push players into activity and I will not choose a roster that will treat this NC as a joke. I will try to avoid the conflicts that happened in the previous 2 seasons of NC for the UK with disagreements between players.
Vote for me for an unbiased choice of the strongest and most active lineup! (Hopefully without all of the drama too)[/quote] - Q&A:
Artsar hasn't been able to send me his reply yet due to the holidays but ensured me he would as soon as possible.
darkrider- Entry:[quote]I think I should be the captain, for many simple reasons, nations cup is here to be won. Not to be treated as a joke, and a laugh (although it is good to have a laugh) I can offer great motivation tactics, and a great atmosphere, in addition I am aware of the most top et UK players within the community, and I am aware of what aspects we can achieve! I feel that UK can handle this Nations cup series with the Lineup I have in mind. I will also try my best to avoid any conflict within the Players, and try to eliminate any problems that may occur.
Vote for me, if you want to see some serious UK massacre and to see some old players back in which will ensure this year’s WIN!![/quote] - Q&A:
I haven't heard back from darkrider yet.
IceQ- Entry:[quote]I am a new British upcoming talent and currently the best etplayer in et! If it wasn't this map, it's my sensitivity[/quote]
- Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: I'm IceQ, currently the best etplayer in et but koop is making me play bad
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: I'm currently one of the best etplayers in et like I said, killing them instantly with my 3hs and out aim almost every player if I have a better aim than them :)
although I can't aim with the luger with this mouse on this map with this sens
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: yes, these players I have in mind already played a game with me and I think they enjoy it as I give them a lot of motivation
Q: Would you mind giving us a sneak-peak in your cards and give us this line-up? (including backups)
A: fumble, r0ss, sqzz, Jinosta, razz, koop
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: I plan on winning NC without any drama this season!
reAlize-- Entry:[quote]I’m the only one capable of putting together a decent team and making sure it succeeds. It will be a very hard season without kamz.
Thanks x[/quote] - Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
I haven't heard anything from reAlize- yet.
Wakizashiuk- Entry:[quote]BOOM! Enough said.[/quote]
- Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: I am Wakizashiuk, 24 years old and if you haven’t heard of me you shouldn't be playing ET.
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: I have been the best man for the job for the last 6 years but people haven’t realized it yet.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: Oh I have a naughty lineup ready for when i get elected: Wakizashiuk, Skydeh, Fumble, Owzo, griim, Zurgy, Goso, baggiez
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: With previous years the UK hasn't performed since they always choose the worst players for the squad. This year, as you can see from my lineup I have chosen the best and bravest e-playas around.
MISTRY- Entry:[quote]Because I’m really pro and am king of console gaming.[/quote]
- Q&A:
Didn't get an answer from MISTRY yet.
Blu Mar Ten- Entry:[quote]I am aware of/acquainted with all of the current top UK players that would be interested and motivated to bring an active performance to this season of CB NationsCup, I was always the type who can push players into activity and I will not choose a roster that will treat this NC as a joke. I will try to avoid the conflicts that happened in the previous 2 seasons of NC for the UK with disagreements between players.
Vote for me for an unbiased choice of the strongest and most active lineup! (Hopefully without all of the drama too)[/quote] - Q&A:
I didn't receive anything form Blu Mar Ten yet.
KAMZ - Didn't contact him due to the obvious troll
Conclusion:
Reviewing the UK applications I can but notice that this poll will be battled out between just three players being
Artsar,
IceQ and
Wakizashiuk. However I don't think we should rule out
reAlize- just yet eventhough he didn't answer my PM yet. If i were to pick I'd say, based on the information I have at this time, I would pick
IceQ however lets wait on the replies from
Artsar and
reAlize- to make a final decision.
Team USA
Previous Captains:
NC XIII: 
Steveb
NC XIV: azuKi
Previous Achievements:
NC XIII: Loser bracket round 1 (elimination by
Latvia)
NC XIV: 3rd in group stage (1 win)
This Year's Applicants:
Sl!ck- Entry:[quote]Will present the best available lineup, I know everyone in the NA community. Don't worry, Kardons grandma will carry.[/quote]
- Q&A:
Haven't heard back from this player yet.
wesker- Entry:[quote]LOL ITS YA BOI
off the top of my head...
starter spot GUARANTEED: kARDON, Bliss
if former USA players want their spot hit me up: (Axcess, Ouch, Common, etc.)
new blood to inject into Team USA: sandbag, ohurcool, peaches, BRANDON, Larky (:D)[/quote] - Q&A:
Havent heard back from this player yet.
Ceres- Entry:[quote]Pick me because I will assemble THE REAL DEAL USA lineup for this event.
USA.LoL will be the best team ever.
Dyrus the Great will be our godmode carry top and bot (he likes switching around with teleport for the lulz) while saintvicious will be performing miracles ganking bot lane and leaving with a double kill and a tower.
Let's not forget our solo mid AP carry champion, RegiBro. He will call the shots and win us another WCG... err NC. Ofc, I have to mention the fragalicious AD carry monster Chauster and Xpecial stomping kids since 2008 bot lane.
We are here to win this shit, bro.
TRUST ME THAT!
Wait, this is not LoL... fuck, sorry[/quote] - Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: I am Ceres, long time BusDriver. I frag LoL
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: I am real TERROR! I also have the best roster.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: Yes
Q: Would you mind giving us a sneak-peak in your cards and give us this line-up? (including backups)
A: Dyrus, Saintvicious, RegiBro, Doublelift, Xpecial (Chauster - corki only)
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: We win this, np.
sandbag- Entry:[quote]I was on team USA for 5 minutes before azuki kicked me off. All USA player hate me but so I get anim to play. kardon not allowed on team USA. My team looks like this
Anim bN frosty sickfrugz *openspot*
backup is opiate (no slac though) and shafty and ipod and embarrassed and dominator and twoguns
vote for me I wont big led down[/quote] - Q&A:
Haven't heard from this player yet.
Conclusion:
Based on their applications I'd say none of them is taking this 100% serious except for maybe
sandbag. However he's not very liked within his community so not likely to be picked so it's very hard to predict the outcome here this time.
Grtz, psy
not at cf and not at cb
Here on crossfire you're are apparently named differently so that is why I didn't find you (quebra-tolas at CB). Feel free to answer the questions in a pm. They can be found on all 9 pages. There's no need to get angry with me here :s
btw before page 10:HATER
Hoe is men West-Vlaams?
Nice try
got some invites, but dunno what to choose :p
obvious win for Basty!
Aber dann mach mal gewinnen tun hier!
awsome job man !
You couldn't be arsed to verify whether all applies had a common sense (people applying for other countries).
Lol....The only words worth writing that this guy is a fucking joke, nothing else.
:XD
So, Simoon's apply doesn't seem to be a troll for you but Kamz does? :XD I'd like to remind you that Kamz was already the UK captain.
Overall, if you want to contribute, do some PROPER research next time.
Also, I don't like the layout but that's a subjective feeling.
I've tried my best finding out most obvious trolls. That's why SIMOON's application was removed alongside with some others before the votes were opened. The ones that are still in there are the ones that were allowed by ClanBase. I've based my article on the votes allowed by ClanBase so don't shoot me for the mistakes still in there. (referring to for example
And about the conclusions I wish to remind you that I've stated in my intro that these are my personal views. I didn't pick
Doesn't matter. You are here as a journalist. So provide proper information for your readers instead of asking them for correcting your mistakes.
Does a team captain need to play? Besides, if you want to go deeper by writing "Even his application on clanbase states he's trolling" - maybe that's a troll statement (and thus a serious apply?) You never know with Kamz +D
I know those are your conclusions, I was just laughing at your opinion about team PL capt. So basically, what pros and cons do you see @ dizel and dialer and why would you pick dizel over dialer? I'm just curious how did you make that pick.
Furthermore, as someone stated, you could've mentioned nations that played last NC but did not have a single applicant.
I'm not saying that it's perfect job, but you're being way too harsh here. There are/were some mistakes and some parts of the text could've been written in a better way, but you can't really argue about his personal opinions (you could argue about whether they belong to this type of article or not, though).
I would say that this article offers a good amount of necessary information for the voters and gives a good overall look of all the captain candidates. Interviews had good questions and the article included answers from most of the major candidates. I personally think that the format is decent. Of course it could've been better and more stylish like everything can, but atleast it was clear and simple.
Atleast I enjoy reading this type of articles and we don't have too many active contributors around here.. I guess you have some grudge against P5Y, because otherwise I can't really understand your comment
1. Mentioning SIMOON applying for Bahrain was pointless as it obviously was a troll, but there was a mention that the application was removed for the reason that SIMOON has previously played for France.
2. About Kamz.. best way to handle it would've probably to ask him for the answers and speculate the trolling part as a personal opinion, but taking a look at Kamz's original application I think that it's just fine to not take it as a serious application.
3. Some mix-ups with player names and NC/EC
I don't think that there were any major mistakes that disrupted my reading experience. How ever the writer could've gone through the text a bit more carefully to find the smaller mistakes. Of course the texts are always more enjoyable to read when there are no spelling mistakes and all the facts are correct.
What comes to the feedback, of course it is by far more useful to post your opinions and point out the parts you liked or disliked and why than just post a generic response like "good job". Constructive criticism is very important and writers should appreciate it a lot. I just don't think that you really succeeded in giving it by just pointing out those 3 parts in your original reply without giving any hint as to what's really wrong with them and how to improve. Also one of those pointed out parts was his personal opinion about the best candidate for Poland based on the information/answers provided by candidates and you can't really criticize him for that.
Do you really see these as proper feedback for the writer to improve for the next contribution? (I know that you explained them a bit further in your next reply, but you could've already done it in the original reply in a more respectable way)
Besides, I wrote my comment in paragraphs. Some parts refered to mistakes but some (eg. team-PL one) refered to opinion with which I disagree and comment in a way I did.
humM3L's case is different as he has presented Russia in previous tournaments. I'd say that everyone who has been following top level ET closely knows that and the information is easily available (unlike possible second nationality in case of hvk and IceQ). This mistake should've been noticed by both CB and writer of the article in my opinion.
I already said my opinion about Kamz's application and yeah, I have to agree that the part about SIMOON wasn't written well at all and it shouldn't have been included in the article.
I've discussed the situation of hummel before the votes were finalised but he was allowed to enter the world cup for germany when clanbase nc didn't take place and it was cf world cup or smth and now he's allowed to play for germany since then. If you want a better explenation ask the admins...
Also I feel a bit offended that you quoted my text as it would've been written by tornis :D
I don't know of the rules changed for this nationcup, but afaik zerender and hummel or even fireball have tried it before and they couldn't make it because rules were clear: once you play for 1 nation, you can't play for anyother nation anymore.
but in ET at first i tought it was same rules, but i think some russian ( hummer? zerender ? ) played for russia & also germany, its better to not change country, better if its not allowed.
:o
cheers
but if you're able to give criticism you should as well say what's good about the work and not only what's bad.
Lately i don't see much active journalists around here. Even EC was totally fucked when it comes to coverage untill baggiez wrote a newspost about the final...
Looking at it this way i think we should be thankfull for the work P5Y did here.
And ofcourse it can still improve but then that's for the next time as i think the consept is realy good to start with imo
Its not his fault he doesnt know every single applicant and that CB lets them apply even though they have no relation to that country. If you want to point fingers, point fingers at CB for implementing a ridiculous system that allows non members to apply.
As for your "criticism" on his personal opinions about captains picks, as he said it is of his own opinions concluded from the interviews he conducted.
He obviously spent a hell of a long time doing this article and putting aside CB's fuckups and his own opinions, then it was a great job. Most ppl didnt even know who had applied for their own country.
Your post wasnt critical, it was pointless.
I've been critical over mistakes. At opinions - everyone has it's own but I can comment it in any way I want to. If I totally disagree, I can laugh, cry, whatever and it doesn't need to be presented in a sophisticated way. So no, it wasn't criticism @ opinions, but it definitely was @ meritorical mistakes.
And don't call me a prick if I judged someone's work negatively.
he's became one of us!
EDiT: Robin Hood "Directors Cut" on Sky Cinema HD awweeee
as argument for ignoring his application
japan and who also left?
Thank you :-)
Found a small mistake:
http://www.crossfire.nu/?x=article&mode=item&id=272&p=2
Should be "NC" instead of "EC", shouldn't it? :-)
I'd have used enter a bit more tho :)
and
at "Previous Achievements" for USA.
but thumbs up for actually putting something like this together
makes it easier for us and is definately better than working yourself through this horrible FUCKING shit site called cb
Oh boy XDDDDDDDDDDD
Name Clan Game ICQ
abrakadabra hAbility - HIGH ABILITY
abrakadabra High Ability
abrakadabra Rainbow
abrakadabra sobotni MIX
abrakadabra specjalnoje naznaczenije
abrakadabra Yo! #contra.et
abrakadabra Yo! RIPAZHA
Atrje` FocuS!
Sprajt #dunno.et
Sprajt Bijemy Plebs
SprAjT blutSTURZ
SprAjT chakS
SprAjT Conspiration eSports
SprAjT Life-ending
SprAjT mindtouch Gaming
SprAjT nonpro-gaming
SprAjT some1s
SprAjT 1on1
SprAjT Team 4fun Digital Players
Sprajt Team Delvix ...
SprAjT Team Delvix NetGamers
Sprajt Team-Delvix
SprAjT unnoticeable
SprAjT venG gaming
Sprajt versus
SprAjT zajebisty team
sprAjtoslawny team-Serious
Spri7e duNNo
at least now the little kids get a chance to play since all the skilled Slovenian players have retired from ET \o
1. ping 250+
2. meth fail jump = no backup
3. rifle
4. RAMBO!!!11 ftw
The only reason he considers himself like this was cause he actually used hacks (and got busted) and thus could shoot decently.. but in no way could he ever beat the Codelust gang!
UPL <3
Not looking to start a fight or debate, just replying to this old comment for fun & clarification. What I said is the truth :) (and that's what most active 2.55 players from those times know to be true, by the way. The only ones accusing me of cheating for the whole time are mostly players that had already moved to .6b)
http://pastebin.com/W5vyk2NL
Though if you meant just missing countries which have participated NC in the past, I can't really be bothered to go through all the seasons, but atleast these countries came into my mind:
Italy
Spain
Latvia
Denmark
Ireland
Also I'd guess that atleast Slovakia, Greece, Lithuania and some other European countries have played in NC earlier
Thanks!
China, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Brazil, Kazakhstan applied at least once or more times :)
+ Marocco and Korea played 3o3 NC :)
wut, simoon team france?? :p
racist faggot
TALKING OFCOURSE ABOUT TEAM
No personal offence though.
gifted never thought u would be a cap :p
and xperia has a nice mindset