Major change in EC XXII invites

by Homer • 22 Sep 2010, 20:01 • News

baserace.et has folded just before EuroCup XXII invites were announced. We had to make a last minute change. Now, Malta

toxic has informed me that Europe

wonderland won't participate in this season. Since I didn't want to simply switch them with another team, I have decided to revolutionize EuroCup Qualifiers pretty much.

EuroCup XXII groupstage will consist of 16 teams, 4 groups per 4 clans. There will be 4 directly invited teams who will create poule 1:

Impact Gaming
Team Dignitas
Aero Gaming
Rage Gaming

Then we will have 16 clans that will play in Qualifiers. 12 of those will play in EC XXII. Qualifier teams will make 8 pairs. 8 winners will create 4 pairs. Winners from "winners" - clans who won 1st game will create poule 2. Losers from "winners" will create poule 3. Then we got 8 "losers" - clans who lost 1st match. They will create 4 pairs. Winners from "losers" will create poule 4, while losers from "losers" will be automatically put into one of the OpenCup Premier League groups.

squad.ee - WinFakt!
TAG - vibe
EC Winners - Gamerz Connexion
zeroE.mvp - high5
Speedlink - 1stCav
two4two - stronger than hate
i dont know - ICTUS
energy wave - qualifier tournament winner

1st matchweek - till sunday 26 Sept (with exception of the last match, can be played on monday)
2nd matchweek - till thursday 30 Sept

Since we have to remove 3 clans recently invited, we have decided to make a tournament between 4 clans that has been added the latest. The winner of 1map matches tournament will take a spot in EuroCup XXII Qualifiers and will compete vs Germany

energy wave.

Qualifier tournament schedule:

Time: Thursday, 23 September

20.00 cet - sw_goldrush_te

Poland

:h -

blurred vision
Czech Republic

inteRaction - Europe

fuzion

20.45 cet - supply

Czech Republic

inteRaction - Poland

blurred vision - Europe

fuzion

21.30 cet - radar

Europe

fuzion -

blurred vision - Czech Republic

inteRaction

Prizes:

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#clanbase.et

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Nicely done. makes EC alot better.

Parent

well its true, ec should be only the 16 best teams. No need for 4 fill up teams :P. It has more prestige now & will make oc premier stronger aswell. :P

Parent

o I was on about direct invite but np :)

Parent

Ye figured :P

Parent

we already had direct invite other system too, just could become 2nd seed, now 1st seed for sure

Parent

FUCKING RHAND!

seems a little odd, tovarnak going down!

good desicion :P

Parent

first: dwukropekha – ICTUS

then: i dont know - ICTUS

YES

noobs joh appeltje eitje :P ik ben weg

Parent

Quali for EC Quali ":D" , that's funny . gl

So this means we dont have to play against Speedlink tomorrow?

No, you got a direct.

Parent

yup yup.

Parent

too bad :( :p

Parent

I'm totally lost now

clownbase did it once again...

ist doch jetzt einfacher für euch oder?

Parent

jo klar, ist halt nur wieder peinlich wie die clanbase ihre eigenen entscheidungen bereut und 2 tage später den ganzen plan umwirft ^^

Parent

sie können wenigstens noch fehler zugeben!

Parent

wo hast du das denn gelesen? :D

Parent

naja mit ihrer änderung geben sie den fehler indirekt zu^^

Parent

ich glaub er fand den satz so philosophisch und tiefgreifend, dass er davon beeindruckt war wie du dich da ausgedrückt hast :)

Parent

angeber!

Parent

du hast mit deinen deutschkenntnissen angegeben... ich kann kein deutsch tbh! dx-)

Vielleicht lieg ich ja auch falsch, aber dann ist duke echt low :DD <3

Parent

würd mich auch nich mehr überraschen^^

Parent

hmmm :D

Parent

wonder why you didnt invite all high qualifiers though and still make them play the game for the poule. anyway seems like a decent schedule nevertheless

looks nice
UK dominated ET :)

what is rage-gaming :O ?

former sleeperz

Parent

ok then didnt know it

Parent

Sleeperz

Parent

looks better now! (not for us thou)

humm3l will so not like this

......

Parent

hör auf dich zu amüsieren, doofi :(

Parent

you jus' mad coz im amüsiering on you

Parent

shouldnt you be reallifing?

Parent

feel sorry for you :p

Parent

Sorry :(

Parent

very cool :DDDD

waiting for the lowest EC ever comments.

crazy EC

looks weird now

God that makes so much more sense - nicely done

this is fucked up
Ever thought about the fact that not all teams play on a thursday...

if i was allowed to post logs i'd show you how many times realize said "we are avi thursday 100%" at first.

Parent

QuoteTime: Thursday, 23 September

Makes no sense at all

Instead of keeping your chosen format and giving another team (hi@HB) a chance to prove themself (like you basicly already did with EC Winners), you skip the whole thing and introduce a new quali system with no justified reason.

Did I also get it right that you basicly took Speedlink's direct invite away? Some might say you dont like the Yermanz...

Please, stop about Highbot, they're shit and definitely not deserving an EC quali. Based on what Speedlink should have a direct invite ? I've made #evu.cup 6 for a clear purpose - to see who is performing well at the moment. SL signed up and couldn't have been arsed to play a single game, besides, they forfeited their matches @ SummerCup as well which never looks good.

There is a justified reason - having 2 teams with decent players less -> makes no sense with making EC 20 clans. The prestige should be kept and it won't if a lot of med+ clans gets (check what happened in last EC). None of the games were played, none of the teams that were previously invited, were now dropped out without a chance of playing.

Yeah, some say I don't like the Yermanz - it's people like you who desperately try to grab a nationality argument when they know they're out of anothers.

Parent

Don't take it that seriously man. I didn't say that SL is worth anything, just asked if you took them their invite away, what you, afaik actually did. Also about the nationality thing. It's usual that there is some wondering about your choices as almost noone knows those Polish teams, yet you took four of them into EC qualis. It's just the way it is, deal with it. Although you justify your actions not everybody has to have your opinion now.

Also I didn't bring any nationality argument into play but rather said people "might think" which is not automaticly my opinion.

Parent

I'm not saying that everybody needs to think in the same way as I am but if you think otherwise, come up with arguments, why X is better than Y instead of offence without explanation. It's always easy to throw a mud.

Parent

so because we didnt play some random cup which didnt have anything with cb/esl it means that we were automatically out of "competition" for direct invite?

Parent

Based on what you should have a direct invite ?

Parent

I dont see why rage or aero should have one.

Parent

Comparing the results from last 2 EC's, lans - why not?

Parent

rage didnt attend the lan, they werent rly shining in last season of EC nor EMS.

Parent

got 4th 2 seasons ago @ EC
previous EC after ending 2nd in our group (group with idle) - we had to play f5 in the first playoff bracket, and then impact in the loserbracket. (because of the fuckup @ Group D - where people gave forfeits to get easier brackets)

& Didn't play in the previous EMS, so no didn't rly shine. :)

Parent

dave :PP

Parent

thats not answer to my question...

Parent

'random cup'. some precup for oc/ec run be the one person who makes the qualies. Only smart to play it :P

Parent

people who dont figure out its worth playing shouldnt be invited to eurocup, you can never know if they understand what ur talkin about to them :D

they should name it sherlock cup or sth

Parent

some people are just too stupid to understand this:(

Parent

your team dropped for the lan and has been playing since what 1/2 weeks again? Can't see a reason for direct invite

Parent

Just because we werent attending the lan it doesnt mean we didnt play. We were actually one the most active teams around (if not the most). We just had played for ~3weeks with merc all the time because of vacation time (but was still playing).
I am not saying we should get fucking invite ffs. I just dont see any reason why should rage get one. They didnt play at lan, in last season of EMS/EC they (as zZz) placed worse than we did. At the end I just dont see why they are getting rated over us, who did well last season and didnt change any single person in lineup for 4 months...

Parent

cause we proved ourselves at that evu cup ?

Don't think your results were either that good previous season ? Why should you deserve it then, for the mediocre achievements last season ?

+ judging from pracs we did (yes omg prac) we're better than you guys atm too so w/e

Parent

once again, i dont think we should get an invite and i dont think u deserve one. And from praccs its more like we are even, its going up and down from pracc to pracc...

Parent

Someone had to get an invitation.

Personally I'd pick vibe, because they won OC Premier last season, but Rage wasn't a bad choice at all. And to be honest they are better than your team.

Parent

u r wrong, nobody had to get an invitation, thats my point, it was much better the way it was before with 2 invited teams only. btw, isnt vibe dead since last OC?

Parent

So he would need to replace some teams. Who should he get then? HB? No way, they probably won't pass the group stage. Savak? No way, we are playing like shit. Blah, blah, blah... In my opinion he made a great decision.

Vibe is playing actively again I guess.

Parent

well, on first look it seems that direct invites increased from 2 to 4, but actually its reduced from 8 to 4. I asked Homer one simple question, he didnt answered yet and he prolly wont. I just cant see (besides that evucup shit we didnt even play) why rage got direct invite.
On the other hand, this situation would have not occur without those dropouts, but its kinda stupid to change the whole qualification system because of one team who wasnt even involved in high qualifiers. In mid qualifiers were already many quastionable teams, I dont think one more would make any difference... I am done here, dont have anything more to say, howgh

Parent

http://www.crossfire.nu/?x=news&mode=item&id=6223#comment339157
Here is your answer.

Parent

Please hummel #2

Parent

Me saying what team is better than the other one is subjective, hence needless. Also I don't care enough as neither myself nor any rockit team is involved. The players should do that (like FiluS does) themself, although it might not change anything.

Parent

hohoho i better play your amazing hosted cup that has nothing to do with CB if i want to get invite next season, hoho. You still didnt answer why ECW orginally got a high quali.

Parent

Because ECW are going to be the ECW and shouldn't be anything lower than a high quali?

Parent

Try to answer on a question why my tournament has such timing. I make it to see the difference between clans. If I got doubts (and I certainly have if some teams have similar achievements), I can simply put them in the same group of league to see who is better at the moment and use it. Why dignitas or impact didn't play it? (Although they could of course, they would have some good games granted for sure - pretty good pracc for them) They didn't need to - it was obvious they will receive a direct. Who else got such achievements that can be sure about receiving a direct ? None, hence the tournament. Teams are earning it, because they can show that now they are better than other teams who got similar achievements. I've responded to your previous enquiry already.

Parent

It is a useful tournament, great for teams looking to get an invite. However, i dont agree that you should basically force them to play otherwise there is a chance they wont get invited to EC. Impact didnt play it because we arent active atm, starting praccing again this week.

Parent

Please, show me one team that got forced to play my tournament. It's pretty obvious that you're proving your value by results, isn't it?

Parent

You cant force any team, in essence your saying dont play your cup and you might not get an invite...

Parent

No. If you read it like that way, in my opinion, you're misunderstanding me. But hey, for someone glass is half empty, for another, half full.

Parent

if the glass is half empty, it means im half full... as every real gentleman

Parent

glasses should be empty, otherwise, laffe borrelaar

Parent

it was just a shit time where u started the evu-cup we where in our summerbreak, we thought we could handle to play this cup, but it wasnt like that so it was just a shit time

Parent

QuotePlease, stop about Highbot, they're shit

Shouldnt you be objective as an admin?

Parent

This is objective, sorry if you can't see the obvious.

Parent

thats just sad :DD show me one of the NEW teams, which do good already...

it takes soem time to become good as a team.. but whatever,hater

Parent

Hater? :XD Sorry, Highbot, invited to qualifiers in XXI season decided not to play it in the day of their first official. Pretty much professional, isn't it ? Besides:
image: game21119

pretty decent results for an EC quali worthy team :D I've even saw your lost pracc vs Vae Victis, an EC quali worthy team should have some different results.

Parent

Please, we never ever played with our "normal" lineup,yet..true, we didnt play good in those offis, but judging by an prac result is pretty retarded.
Every new team needs some time to become good, i doubt that sth. or fuzion are doing better than we do atm.

Parent

cool, Sleeperz getting invite instead of Estonia

Squad.ee. :D:D:D
http://www.gamestv.org/event/21055-rage-gaming-vs-monks-of-bolivia/

And getting Poule 2 because of that...cool.

get an MGC :p

Parent

We will, as soon as the next lan is announced. Squad.ee going to lan, hehe. :D

Parent

Good luck with searching a gaming with full lan support + money on drinks and food :DDDD

Parent

:D
When will you come on IRC? Need to schedule Winfakt vs Squad.ee in EC, and you also need to schedule your EMS match.

Parent

ems scheduled, sunday 22 cet, vs squad 21 cet ?

Parent

As far as I remember, it was Rage who was playing in the final ?

Parent

Because we lost like AERO(last night) on adler and delivery. Woah! No EC invite for that!

Parent

yesterday Aero lost vs gZcon, so lets get them an invite also!

Parent

There are some teams which really deserved the invite, and poule 1. Your point is invalid.

Parent

was ems & he is talking about the evucup.

Parent

and STILL we got an invite :P conspiracy????

Parent

aerolow...

Parent

snogard dragons won of squad, they should get direct invite imo aswell

Parent

Snogard with cheaters :D

Parent

this only proves that none of these two teams (zZz & Aero) deserve direct

Parent

My team's got Impact, ESL Winners, ewave, Speedlink and zeroE in EMS qualifier while in another there is only dignitas and Ictus, and I'm not complaining.

Parent

which i must add is terribly formatted! thx ESL

Parent

ictus is fucking awesome they deserve a nice quali

Parent

wp vs mvp :)

Parent

Thanks Lazio m8, looking forward to play against you guys again! :)

Parent

a team filled with tons of unhittable estonian fags should never be allowed to play anywhere!

Parent

Replace them as usual?!

more polish teams to ec , they all deserve it

sad to say, but having blurred vision in qualifiers is a joke.

qualifier of qualifier*

Parent

does it really matter? i think that you overrated them a bit, but that's only my opinion.

Parent

lowest ec ever

lmao at qualis for qualis and cheaters getting direct invite

Quotecheaters getting direct invite

wat

Parent

lazio

Parent

trolled hard

ICTUS OUT OF EC HAHA!!

haha u mad ptit con

Parent

politesse grosse chiasse

Parent

ftg fdp ntm

Parent

QuoteDirect invite:

United Kingdom

Aero Gaming

nerds will rage

QuoteSince we have to remove 3 clans recently invited, we have decided to make a tournament between 4 clans that has been added the latest.

baserace dropped out before qualis have been announced (not big deal i think). wonderland is the only one team which folded so far (in fact you didn't say anything about '3rd' ghost team XD).

so basically instead of replacing one team, you decided to mess 'a bit'. so even if we won that qualiquali shizzle, we'd have to face energy wave. it doesn't make me smile because tag is at least skilled, clean european team (unlike them - no offence for hungarian powerhouse ;D).

its not only about us, you made it harder for other teams e.g spanish maffia, ictus, high5, while its easier for speedlink, squad.ee + not mentioning 2 more direct invites.

so many cheaterteams in qualifiers ;p

especially Poland

:PPP

cb always delivers :)

gl griim

Looks alright.

so basicly ICTUS had to play random lowshit (low on ETTV) polaks :h, and now we have to play IDK to get assraped, I dislike >:

anyway, not a bad idea, but in this format you should've given HB a chance imo

good thing ECW didnt get a direct invite

Basically, when you lose your 1st match, you will play vs winner of a qualifier tournament, which could be :h.

HB @ EC, sorry but I laugh hard. Besides, how on earth I should give HB a chance when I reduce teams :D? Where's the logic?

Parent

"when" :D

Parent

WHY ARE THERE 3 CLANS FROM UK WITH DIRECT INVITE AND 9 CLANS FROM SOME BLUE SHITFLAG COUNTRY??

WE NEEDS EXPLAINS, HOMER!

Wtf 3 UK teams, I be hatin Yermanz :(

Parent

3 uk orgs, 0 uk teams

Parent

RLY?

Parent

trolling is a art, son.

Parent

dolar mad

Parent

a bit :<

Parent

why u ppl care so much about EC qualis and stuff?

As if anyone could win against dignitas and impact... its just pointless to play EC

hahaha good point :D but its worth to take a shot...

Parent

ecwinners will be strong. Also some other teams can make it hard for them ^^

Parent

make it hard and win against them are different things...

and i dont belive in ECW... ET is so 5o5 now, and they got prolly the most useless polak ever...

Parent

Well if they keep playing they will rape :P

Parent

u cant rape with 4 players only...

as some smart guy said lately... in 5o5 u cant have one useless player[to frag or to do obj]... all must be decent aimers, and all must be teamplayers...

why do you think clowns team isnt in the best of the best anymore? cause they got clown, who was great 6o6 player... all he did was obj, while rest could frag... now he also needs to contribute some heavy damage, but hes just unable to do so...

ET's main format is now so similar to 3o3...

PS. i hope i dont make too much sense

Parent

a 5on5 team with wiaderko and dialer aint able to rape

both players dont fit into the 5on5 format.

Parent

Parent

date/players ...

Parent

"As if anyone could win against dignitas and impact... its just pointless to play EC"

I only showed that it was possible last EC/EMS season, so it's possible now also, so fuck off :)

Parent

not pointless actually there is a 3rd place free

Parent

heh heh

YOU FIND THIS FUNNY DAVE???

ITS SERIOUS BUSINESS, SOME TEAMS LOST THEIR INVITES

Parent

aero got a direct invite? :S

why shouldnt they ?

Parent

cuz they suck?

Parent

aero noobs lost to magico:PPPPPPPPPP dont u read news homer?!

lol

who plays for aero?

bF

Jere uNDEAD Lun4tic AL1 Sup3r Gifted

Parent

Check you're TS3 records, maybe you already flamed them :)

Parent

he acts weird towards us so could be : )

Parent

Congratulations for the direct invite. You deserve it! :)

Parent

Danke :D

Parent

nice, and still no hB h3h3h3 nice!

why rage directinvite Oo

Stability, they've kept the same 4 out of 5 players since 2007/2008(?) when they won OC Premier, I think its about time teams get rewarded for being stable (even MGCs won't pick-up unstable clans).

Parent

Aero Gaming
Rage Gaming

ROFL

honestly, i think idk should've been over them but as they're not mgc they didnt get it

ROFL

Parent

wat

Parent

well bv in ec qualy is.. i dunno how to describe this sry

Homer is our meight.

Parent

lets see if u can "confirm the trust" of homer with decent games ":D"

Parent

its not about being trustworthy, simple corruption.

Parent

still show that the corruption was a good investment :DXDDD

Parent

iR i hope you'll take it, deserve it atleast tho.

much better! well done

hard to pick the 4 teams who would get a direct invite. Nice to see stable teams like bF&Rage be rewarded, they might not be better than the quali-teams, but they are more stable.

Good job imo.

+ Also: OC premier will become more interesting to watch/play.

image: Yo-dawg-I-heard-you-like-qualifiers-so-we-put-a-qualifier-in-your-qualifier-so-you-can-qualify-while

Parent

well,you just wrote it in that channel, tho I was thinking about it before too :D

Parent

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