Finally we arrive at I34 after two long weekends at the Antwerp eSports Festival and The eXperience in Denmark. It has been an great trip for myself and the teams attending with everyone getting to know each other and several nights partying or joking around in the hot sun we were lucky enough to have.
We've seen ups and downs in many of the top european teams while the visiting American and Canadian teams took full advantage winning both events. While it will be a shame not to have Nabore, kZu, Skinz, Prank and crzg of Team Pandemic attending I34 I am sure many of the other teams will be very happy not to be facing them again.
They dominated at Antwerp and carried that form into The eXperience brushing aside their long time rivals Team EG in the group stages. However their luck ended when they met an astounding performance from the LowLandLions followed by a disheartening performance against Team EG. I know Nabore and crew were disappointed with the way things ended but for I34 I believe it turned out for the best that they never won. Else whoever does claim the trophy would always have "but Pandemic weren't there!" hanging over the victory.
Call of Duty 4 has proved to be a massive hit since it’s release last October. Hailed as the multiplayer game of the year by many, its accolades and awards are outnumbered only by the hordes of gamers frantically playing each night. Activision have teamed up with Multiplay to provide half of the gigantic €12,000 prize fund.
Prize Fund
1st Prize €6,000
2nd Prize €3,000
3rd Prize €1,500
4th Prize €500
5th Prize €250
6th Prize €250
7th Prize €250
8th Prize €250
Total Fund €12,000
Major Teams Attending
While I am aware there is a number of other English teams attending I've chosen to focus on the ones most likely to win in order to save time. The fact that there are nearly 600 people coming to I34 for Call of Duty alone is amazing.
Summary
- Deman's Thoughts and Predictions
- TosspoT's Thoughts and Predictions
- A Brief Chat with Reason Gamings Juszn
- Dignitas Blackmanes views on AEF, TEX and I34
- LowLandLions Qwerty gives his views on AEF, TEX and I34
- mYm Mark Gives us his Thoughts on AEF, TEX and I34
- A Chat with Fnatic Tidde about TEX and I34
- A Quick Chat with Infused Revoltz
- Finally a chat with Team EG's ntt
- Conclusions
Goodluck to all teams attending gonna be a great event. Ill be in my usual place - a great big carrier bag. <3
+ Deman
Nice preview Deman!
all the lans these days have 10k max on the first place prize. whats going on?
EG
L3
:X
nice work Deman, when will the TEX vods be up? =(
is this for real? :s lol
if so lemme know how he did that, wanna try @ next lan :p
2) tell your team not to shoot before you die
3) rage the opponent