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SK win Intel Extreme Masters, Chengdu

by essah • 3 Oct 2009, 13:55 • News
image: IEM_09_logo_bigTwo weeks before the Event, Sweden SK decided to change 2 players. Nobody expected them to win, but they have proven the world wrong.

Today, 07:30 CET, SK|1.6 played fnatic in the Grand Final of the Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge, China Chengdu. A match of amazingly high tense and great frags ended 2-0 in favor of SK.Gaming. Eventhough the score is 2-0, it was exciting till the end, it was one of the closest Grand Finals in history. After winning de_nuke 21-18 in Overtime, what shows how close the match was, SK could pull things up on de_train. This map also went into overtime, but SK managed to win it 21-16. Until the last moment it could have gone either way and this final will be remembered as one of the best ever. fnatic's star player Sweden f0rest tried to pull things up for fnatic as good as possible, but SK has just been too strong this week. On SK's side we have to mention Sweden walle who played amazingly this week. All in all, SK is going home with 15,000 $ and the Intel Extreme Masters Season 4 title.

Final Standings

Sweden SK Gaming ($15,000)
Sweden fnatic.MSI ($7,500)
Korea, Republic of WeMadeFox ($5,000)
4th: China TyLoo ($2,500)
5-8: Germany mouz($1,500)
5-8: United States of America Evil Geniuses($1,500)
5-8: Indonesia fTitaNs($1,500)
5-8: China wNv.cn($1,500)
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spng 3 Oct 2009, 15:04
which game was?
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essah 3 Oct 2009, 15:05
cs 1.6
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spng 3 Oct 2009, 17:43
wow, really nice prices for cs :)
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unizo 3 Oct 2009, 21:33
Isn't actually that much for CS lol, CS has always been a bit of a money grabber.
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Shortje 3 Oct 2009, 15:05
the final was great even tough fnatic lost. sk played well with the new guys, face and khrystal
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urtier 3 Oct 2009, 15:07
Motivation is one, if not the biggest factor to success in any game. I guess SK finally got it back with adding face and kHRYSTAL.

Fnatic did the same a few months ago when they added Gux and gtr to their roster. They were even considered unbeatable at that time.

I still prefer fnatic for being some totally crazy guys :-D

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sandi 3 Oct 2009, 15:10
Soo true 8)

+ a lol for f0rest :'D
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Shortje 3 Oct 2009, 15:10
but compared to gux or get right, khrystal isn't that good at aiming so i think fnatic is still a little bit better. time will tell
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urtier 3 Oct 2009, 15:16
Well if they thought that they needed more firepower I'm sure they would have taken FYRR73 instead of kHRYSTAL. Maybe they needed someone who is motivated, follows the tactics and got a good timing. Aiming isn't everything, not in ET, not in CS or any other game.
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butchji 3 Oct 2009, 15:34
What about Moorhuhn?
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urtier 3 Oct 2009, 15:37
Even there you gotta watch the time and shoot the right things at the right time to get max points! :-(
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Shortje 3 Oct 2009, 15:25
true but the awp of FYRR7E is amazing. <3
but it's a pity that face and khrystal left h2k!
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zeec 3 Oct 2009, 16:31
If you take a look at mTw even tho they have mje & zonic they are always focusing on teamplay instead of outaiming the opponents.
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Shortje 3 Oct 2009, 16:38
i never said that aiming is the most important thing! especially in cs tacs are important. mTw is a team who cares a lot about their tacs and 2008 was an amazing year for them. but just take a look at the current fnatic. even carn said that their tacs are aim based and look which success they had this year.
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STICKER 3 Oct 2009, 23:26
do this guys live on playing cs? (I mean no school, job, like grumpy in warcraft?)
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urtier 4 Oct 2009, 00:42
Ye, most of them do and I think atleast the top teams do quite well. Though I think it's not comparable with the earnings of top Starcraft players or a few WCIII players (Moon for example).

And I think with grumpy you mean Grubby :-P?
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STICKER 4 Oct 2009, 00:54
Yeah the awesome dutch guy :)
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Felix 4 Oct 2009, 04:13
Heard they make around 700-800 euros a month.

South Corean Starcraft players can come on an income of over 100.000 euros a year. Even if they dont belong to the top5.
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monkeybusiness 3 Oct 2009, 15:16
nice money :o
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beggin 3 Oct 2009, 15:17
Nice post essakz, but why so much money for an old game? :o Can't ET get this kind of support?
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essah 3 Oct 2009, 15:24
cs 1.6 is still the most succesful and most beloved game in the world, ET will never get this awards :D
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homiee 3 Oct 2009, 16:31
sad but true :(
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lettu 3 Oct 2009, 15:18
giev url to vods
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v3rmin 3 Oct 2009, 15:28
They go home with the title of Global Challenge Chengdu not of the Intel Extreme Masters season 4 but the have qualified for the global finals.
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Nemesis- 3 Oct 2009, 17:48
Thanks for clarifying. I was wondering why the Global Finals were so unbalanced in terms of teams per continent :P
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TosspoT 3 Oct 2009, 16:37
Shame fnatic didnt win :(
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nuggan 3 Oct 2009, 17:07
was a nice tourney, couldn't be arsed to watch the finals though ]x
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Torrent 3 Oct 2009, 17:23
Does anyone have a link to the VOD?
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v3rmin 3 Oct 2009, 17:25
it will be on esl-tv's vod section soon

main highlight of the match robbans ace
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Felix 3 Oct 2009, 17:52
stop fanboying cs!
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Torrent 3 Oct 2009, 18:07
stop planting LANDMINES >: )
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MunKy 3 Oct 2009, 17:39
goddamn @that price money :/
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bbqs 5 Oct 2009, 01:34
lol....kenji...
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Torrent 3 Oct 2009, 18:07
What happened to the glory days when the top teams were US?
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nuggan 3 Oct 2009, 19:18
sorry to break it to you but there has never really been a time like that, swedish and scandinavian teams in general have pretty much dominated in CS since the early years :p

team 3D did manage to pull a few upsets here and there, but you could just take a look at the CPL winners throughout the years

CPL World Championship Events:

# 2006 - Sweden fnatic - (Counter-Strike)
# 2005 - Sweden SK Gaming - (Counter-Strike)
# 2004 - Norway NoA - (Counter-Strike)
# 2003 - Sweden SK Gaming - (Counter-Strike)
# 2002 - Sweden SK Gaming - (Counter-Strike)
# 2001 - Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas - (Counter-Strike)
# 2000 - Sweden e9 - (Counter-Strike)
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BrooodjeAap 3 Oct 2009, 19:23
United States of America compLexity
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nuggan 3 Oct 2009, 19:28
lol, what about them?
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Torrent 4 Oct 2009, 01:48
they were ranked 1st in the world for a little while, and they would have been for a while if CS:S didn't fuck everything up.
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v3rmin 3 Oct 2009, 22:47
wasnt there a summer and winter event?
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nuggan 3 Oct 2009, 23:20
ye, there was, including events all over europe :p

Quote by FragbiteNations with most medals (Incl. European Events)

1. Sweden (29)
2. USA (12)
3. Germany (7)

Nations with most gold medals (Incl. European Events)

1. Sweden (15)
2. USA (4)
3. Norway (2)

Nations with most medals (Excl. European Events)

1. Sweden (17)
2. USA (12)
3. Norway/Germany (3)

Nations with most gold medals (Excl. European Events)

1. Sweden (9)
2. USA (4)
3. Norway (1)
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Aniky 3 Oct 2009, 18:13
how many teams particaped?
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BrooodjeAap 3 Oct 2009, 18:34
lineup SK?
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v3rmin 3 Oct 2009, 18:40
allen robban walle khyrstal face
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duumed 3 Oct 2009, 18:54
also related to intel extreme masters: Quake Live Global Challenge in Dubai
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Nilash 3 Oct 2009, 19:58
15k?
*installing cs*
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tactics 3 Oct 2009, 21:20
This news made me think... look how popular CS is, and for how long it has been "mainstream", yet it still gets these low 5 figure prize purses, with the odd exception. Granted, I know shit all about the CS scene.
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v3rmin 3 Oct 2009, 22:26
ESL had to reduce the prize money for the Intel Extreme masters fom $750,000 to $500,000 due to the economy, in the previous season the first prize at the global challenges was $25,000
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chaser 4 Oct 2009, 00:23
I'm wondering, when was the last time a German team was actually doing well?
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urtier 4 Oct 2009, 00:41
Mousesports placed top3 in quite a few events the last months/year.
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fUnner 4 Oct 2009, 09:58
mousesports reached first place at the Intel Extreme Masters Supercup by beating fnatic and mtw. it was in the end of august i guess.
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revee 4 Oct 2009, 04:39
QuoteNobody expected them to win


oh plz,they have been like the best team in cs for many years,especially that they got walle he pwnz. Watch this :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diPonkYH0iU

and this if u wanna see tosspot going wild :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWkyQpr7Sqk&feature=fvw
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sharky 4 Oct 2009, 13:32
really nice shot
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essah 4 Oct 2009, 13:36
QuoteCadred.org

After changing 2 players only weeks before the event nobody expected SK to finish anywhere near first, let alone win it.
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walle 4 Oct 2009, 12:01
walle <3
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