Team Poland
Previous Captains:
NC XIII:
n00nNC XIV:
numericPrevious Achievements:
NC XIII: Loser bracket semi finals (elimination by
Estonia)NC XIV: Loser bracket quarter finals (elimination by the
United Kingdom)This Year's Applicants:
Robaciek- Entry:[quote]I would make a good captain because no one else who can be arsed would :D + I have no buddies so you can be sure only those who deserve it will play for Poland and not my buddies, because I have none. And no more shizzle like "omg he raped 3 years ago, he didn't play at all but he raped 3 years ago so I must take him". I jak mnie wybierzecie to ogole pachy.[/quote]
- Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: My name is Robert, more commonly known as Robaciek, I'm 20 years young, fuck ugly and I spent half of my life on this game. Looked upon as a retard by most people in the community which amuses me. Also I swore that if I win, I will shave my armpits.
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: I think I'm the best man for the job, because I have no life and other candidates are bad, signed up for troll or don't have heart for the job. I'm also up to date with community and I know who is ready to play.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: Lineup in my head is almost complete, but I have to say the task is really hard. Not only there is not much Poles left playing at a decent level, but I also need to take into account that some people won't play with each other. I'm quite confident I'll be able to get the lineup I want.
Q: Would you mind giving us a sneak-peak in your cards and give us this line-up? (including backups)
A: I would rather not show my cards this early and rather wait for Turn and River as I still need to do some talks and probably have a little gamble on 6th. What I can say is that some fanboys won't be disappointed.
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: I think that with current state of Polish community it is safe to say this lineup can reach top5. Sadly golden years of our country have passed and I don't see them coming back. But we have to be positive and hope for our team to surprise us in upcoming NC. And let's hope CB won't screw anything up like they did in the past months.
dIZEL- Entry:[quote]enough experience and knowledge about that, have mentality of winner[/quote]
- Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: I’m Marcin, 21yrs old, I’m studying of administration (3year) on Kazimierz Pułaski Technical University of Radom. I’m playing ET since 2004
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: why me? I have enough experience and knowledge about general and polish scene. I can create a super team with mentality of winners.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: I was talking with FragStealer numeric zMk palemki hunter Krein syriusz fanatic and they’ve expressed the wish to play for Poland.
Q: Would you mind giving us a sneak-peak in your cards and give us this line-up? (including backups)
A: Frag'Stealer, zMk, numeric, kot, ska, hunter - Krein, fanatic, syriusZ, wiadro, edain
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: With that team top4 will be, but we are hungry for gold.
tanchez- Entry:[quote]Because it is one and only choice. I am not nc/ec experienced, I am not even so skilled player. I just love this online game! Got new, fresh ideas, vote if you want something unique.
- Poniewa? to jest jeden jedyny i do tego w?a?ciwy wybór. Nie mam do?wiadczenia ani nc/ec ani nie jestem za skillowym graczem, po prostu kocham t? gr?. Mam nowe, ?wie?e pomys?y. G?osujcie jak chcecie czego? niepowtarzalnego ![/quote] - Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: My name is Tomasz 'tanchez' Zagubień, I live in northern Poland in Koszalin. At E-Sport scene I have been since 2007 but my ET career started in 2008. Currently I play for
ceWEge.
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: It is really simple. I am hard-working & ambitious person, if is start something, i do my best to succeed. I have got uniqe ideas which are worth presenting.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: I have got some lineup ideas but it is not complete, first of all it will be different than in the past. I think I will be able to get players I choose because in my opinion everyone wants to be involved in their national team, moreover I think that players find me ok
Q: Would you mind giving us a sneak-peak in your cards and give us this line-up? (including backups)
A: hmm... Everything is top secret but I can say that my types will base on polish EC teams and Polish All-Stars challenge 2012.
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: I think there are few goals to achieve with this team. First of all we need to create a connection between the players, then a trust & in the end we should start winning. So according to this the chosen squad (this right one) cannot consists of more than 10 player as it happened in the past. Coming back to your question my main goal with Team Poland is top3 in NC.
aDman- Entry:[quote]I am not sure if someone reliable and smart enough will apply for this job[/quote]
- Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: I am aDman, reliable 22 years old man, pretty awesome dude with stupid sense of humor. I played with polish finest players, made savak (eliteplayers) play good. Able to get rid of my ego to make a good team.
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: I am not the best man for this job. I just don't want someone unreliable to become captain.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: Just few players, not sure if they would agree to play in main LU, but they won't refuse me :)
Q: Would you mind giving us a sneak-peak in your cards and give us this line-up? (including backups)
A: No. Thing worth mentioning: "I am not going to play".
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: My goal is to make this team win NC, but becoming second won't make me feel sad.
dialer- Entry:[quote]Simply the best ! ! ![/quote]
- Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: No need to I’m known to every1 ;)
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: I have been playing for team Poland from 2006 up till now so I think it speaks for itself.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: Yes I do, already got 5 people that agreed to play if I will get chosen for captain.
Q: Would you mind giving us a sneak-peak in your cards and give us this line-up? (including backups)
A: It’s a secret ^^.
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: As far as possible
Artur/abrakadabrax- Entry:[quote]train hard, go pro![/quote]
- Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: Yes, I do.
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: Because I'm the best here.
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: Top secret
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: 1st place!
szczurek- Entry:[quote]I just want to save this nations cup.
Going to work with players - for players.
[/quote] - Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: ET Pro player since December '07 Played at 2 polish LANs in Bialystok + many CB, ESL and Warleagues Cup's and ladders
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: I don’t think that I am the best for his job, just want to make this voting more exciting.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: First of all – I have to win this. Then we will see if people want to play for Team Poland with szczurek as a captain.
Q: Would you mind giving us a sneak-peak in your cards and give us this line-up? (including backups)
A: For sure I would like to "use" only active players.It's not like we are in need of another "forgotten heroes".
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: In every competition, for everyone team/player main goals is a win. And that’s how I will try to mentally prepare my players.
Conclusion:
Having read everybody's answer I must say I'm most convinced of the team
dIZEL would put together so he'ld be getting my vote even with dialer running for captaincy.Team Portugal
Previous Captains:
NC XIII:
kryptoNC XIV:
LucifelPrevious Achievements:
NC XIII:3rd in group stage (1 win)
NC XIV: Loser bracket round 2 (elimination by
France)This Year's Applicants:
Basty- Entry:[quote]Because i am awesome.[/quote]
- Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: Hi my name is Basty. I'm playing ET since 2003, never really got into the competitive scene till late 2006, was playing mostly on xp-saving pubs (best times).
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: I am pretty good at doing the job since I'm active in the scene, I know who is playing and who isn't. I'm also currently leader of a mix team that's been alive since 2008. I'm very good at leading and finding out what's the best.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: I think the lineup should be: shade, punky, Basty, Sexclick, sexyhot, QkR This lineup has a variety of all classes from soldier to covert ops and should be able to compete greatly in the next Nations Cup.
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: I think our place should be to pass our group and make it off to playoffs, last 12 I'm aiming for. Hope this will work out and we can achieve something nicely. I wish to wish all the other captains and nations good luck too, see you on the battlefield.
punkyy- Entry:[quote]Because i'm punky.[/quote]
- Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: Hey my name is Punky. I'm playing ET since 2003, never really got into the competitive scene till late 2007, was playing mostly on jaymod servers (good memories).
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: I am pretty good at doing the job since I'm active in the scene, I know who is playing and who isn't. I'm also currently leader of a mix team that's been alive since 2008. I'm very good at leading and finding out what's the best.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: I think the lineup should be something like: QkR, Basty, Sexclick, sexyhot, setup, punky (there might be some changes after, depends on the availability of the players)
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: This lineup has a variety of all classes from soldier to covert ops and should be able to compete greatly in the next Nations Cup. I think our place should be to pass our group and make it off to playoffs, last 12 I'm aiming for. Hope this will work out and we can achieve something nice. Good luck to the other capitans and future teams! See you on the battlefield.
miraya- Entry:[quote]Because I am a panther[/quote]
- Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: Hi my name is miraya, otherwise known as boa. I'm playing ET since 2003, never really got into the competitive scene till late 2006, was playing mostly on xp-saving pubs (best times).
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: I am pretty good at doing the job since I'm active in the scene, I know who is playing and who isn't. I'm also currently leader of a mix team that's been alive since 2008. I'm very good at leading and finding out what's the best.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: I think the lineup should be: shade punky Basty Sexclick sexyhot QkR
This lineup has a variety of all classes from soldier to covert ops and should be able to compete greatly in the next Nations Cup.
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: I think our place should be to pass our group and make it off to playoffs, last 12 I'm aiming for. Hope this will work out and we can achieve something nicely. I wish to wish all the other captains and nations good luck too, see you on the battlefield.
the_panz3r- Entry:[quote]challange accepted[/quote]
- Q&A:
I haven't received a reply from the_panz3r yet.
quebra-tolas- Entry:[quote]considering the current ET situation
I q-t, apply
tendo em conta o actual panorama do ET nacional
eu q-t, candidato-me
(vai ser criado um post em etleagues.com para saber com quem se pode contar)[/quote] - Q&A:
I haven't received a reply from quebra-tolas yet.
Conclusion:
As far as I can tell it doesn't really matter who you vote for here. All players that applied will field the same lineup so I'ld vote for
Basty here.Team Romania
Previous Captains:
NC XIII:
FoaMeANC XIV:
FoaMeAPrevious Achievements:
NC XIII: Last in group stage (0 wins)
NC XIV: Last in group stage (0 wins)
This Year's Applicants:
FoaMeA- Entry:[quote]I've been observing new talents and we're ready to get the Wooden Spoon Title once again!
Been captain for the last 2 years...[/quote] - Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: I'm playing ET since 2003, been playing a lot on pubs and some wars in some random public clans before finding this community, in 2008. Since then, I've been quite active as an ETPRO player and I want to believe that I reached a decent level and that I gathered enough experience to manage and train a team.
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: I think that my experience would qualify me as being the most suitable Romanian captain that our community can give at this moment. And that I've been doing this job for the last 2 editions.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: Yes, I already have a line-up in mind. I've decided to let some of the new talents prove themselves in this edition. So you will definitely see some new names. No more miLi, R00NNY, FaKy, sadly.
Q: Would you mind giving us a sneak-peak in your cards and give us this line-up? (including backups)
A: I'm currently training the following: Tzuku, Bullet, Lover, Jimmy, Gruesome, Blizzard, Master, Robert, nebu, spitfire.
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: I'm currently planning on getting this team to a decent level. It's been too long since we haven't achieved a single victory in NC, so I'd say we're going for at least a win in this season. :)
Jimmy- Entry:[quote]Can say I am more active than others better than me and who want to apply for team ... 1st I see almost every day all players who worth to be in Nations Cup and can have a good point about team ... 2nd will improve ...[/quote]
- Q&A:
Was unable to contact Jimmy
bulletproof- Entry:[quote]I play with most of the best Romanian players every day, and I know who is worthy to be a part of our national team. My strategy is to choose the players who are in the best shape atm and not the ones with a big name but who are not active.[/quote]
- Q&A:
Q: Can you introduce yourself for the players that are rather new to the scene?
A: Hey, I'm bulletproof, I play ET on and off since 2004 and etpro since 2010, when I founded RR clan with some romanian friends and since then I started to play competitively and gain experience.
Q: Why do you think you are the best man for the job?
A: I think I am the best option because I am very active and I have gained the required skills. I play with the best romanians every day and I know who is in the best shape.
Q: Do you already have a line-up in mind and will you be able to get the people you want?
A: More or less. I have a line-up in mind but I don't think I will be able to get all of them to play.
Q: Would you mind giving us a sneak-peak in your cards and give us this line-up? (including backups)
A: Yes, I would mind :)) . But I can tell that along side me, Tzuku, Lover, Jimmy, Razy and Blade will most likely be in the team.
Q: What is your goal with this team and how far do you think you can go with this line-up?
A: The main goal is to qualify in to the groups. I don't think we can get far after that, mostly because there are only about 30 active etpro players atm in Romania.
Conclusion:
With both
Jimmy and bulletproof being unknowns to me, I would vote for FoaMeA since he certainly is on the job at the moment training a team. I hope he passes qualifiers yet again and that he might even pass the groupstage this year!
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