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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 United States of America Nabore, United States of America kZu, United States of America Skinz, United States of America Prank and United States of America crzg of United States of America 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 Canada Team EG in the group stages. However their luck ended when they met an astounding performance from the Benelux LowLandLions followed by a disheartening performance against Canada Team EG. I know United States of America 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
image: i34-logo4th Prize €500
5th Prize €250
6th Prize €250
7th Prize €250
8th Prize €250
Total Fund €12,000

Major Teams Attending

fnatic]Sweden mintr (captain)
Sweden odyx
Sweden LINQAN
Sweden tidde
Sweden zEm

Meet Your Makers]United Kingdom LoOkzor (captain)
United Kingdom Mark
United Kingdom SoCLoN
United Kingdom d1ablo
United Kingdom stat

Reason-Gaming]United Kingdom Juszn (Captain)
United Kingdom lighters
United Kingdom rze
United Kingdom phantasy
United Kingdom nreo

LowLandLions]Belgium Sticky
Belgium Restyle
Netherlands qwerty
Netherlands doekoe
Netherlands joepoe

Dignitas]United Kingdom Mick
United Kingdom Raz
United Kingdom Blackmane
Netherlands Sko
Norway Zenith

Team EG]Canada wombat (Captain)
Canada rob-wiz
Canada wiseguy
United States of America ntt
United States of America deny

Infused]United Kingdom Vanner (Captain)
United Kingdom Brkn
United Kingdom V1oqor
United Kingdom Revoltz
United Kingdom will

Sample This]Netherlands Imprez (Captain)
Netherlands Mean
Netherlands Nielsson
Netherlands lrs
Netherlands Kajsk1ng


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.