ClanBase have announced the invites & qualifiers for the inaugural ClanBase EuroCup XV. A total of 16 clans will compete, with 8 teams being awarded invites whilst 16 other teams will fight for the remaining 8 qualifier spots. Where as the CoD2 EC has a massive 24 team Eurocup after an astonishing 800 teams signedup, the CoD qualifiers will be 2 rounds long.

ET Invites

elite
Team Dignitas
K1ck eSports
polar eSports
Vicious & Evil - 4i
zeroPoint! Gaming
Impact Gaming
TLR.eSports

ET Qualifiers

Insignia Cadre vs. venue
AuxiliA vs. Team infrag
Incomplete vs. Vicious & Evil - team- nv
Fear Factory X-Fi vs el Vigorz (old vib)
morrigu vs. #eZ
ultimate Conspiracy vs. snd
cZar Gaming vs. eC4
retroactive vs. suXus

[bMap List[/b]]
Bremen_b1
Braundorf_b4
Frostbite
Karsiah_te2
sw_goldrush_te
Radar
[bPrizes[/b]]
6 SteelSound 4H Headsets
6 SteelPad S&S Solo Mousepads
6 SteelPad QcK Heavy Mousepads


CoD2 invites

Republic inteRaction
eSuba
Logitech.fi
Insignia Cadre
EmuLate
Team SPEED-LINK
Evoplay
Bouncer4You Gaming
Team Adocom
Serious Gaming
H2k-Gaming
suXus esports
Reason Gaming
Team Dignitas
Team c4u
uMu
Team oxid
Tek-9
Copenhagen eSports
Stheno eSports

CoD2 Qualifiers

In Rectum Love vs Rhenium Gaming
Scubadivers vs Cubesports
n!faculty vs phantasmagoria
aktive Sterbehilfe vs viciousandevil
nEcro.cod2 vs inFlux
Exotic Island vs Team EDiT.benQ
rewind vs Team Impact
GUMMI vs Team excello

[bPrizes[/b]]
2700 Euro
1500 Euro
1000 Euro
4th 800 Euro

ClanBase have finally revealed the prize distribution for their 2007 Spring season. Enemy Territory has been awarded SteelSeries product prizes worth up to £480.

Prizes are distributed as follows:

6 SteelSound 4H (Retails £39.99)
6 SteelPad S&S solo (Retails £19.99)
6 SteelPad QcK heavy (Retails £19.99)

As an added bonus at the end of the season, every EuroCup & OpenCup participant will be entered into a random draw, with the winners receiving one of 10 SteelSound 3H sets or one of 10 SteelPad QcK mousepad's.

Currently there are 286 ET clans registered for this Spring season.

Source: ClanBase

The life of a map maker is a hard one at best. Much time invested, little credit rewarded! Think of the thousands of maps that come and go without an eyebrow raised within the competitive community, here at Crossfire we hope to change that.

With the upcoming Crossfire Lan 2 scheduled for April 13/14/15, we decided to host a map competition for both ET & CoD2, with the winning maps included in the 6 map pool at the lan finals and the winning map designers taking home over 100 euros worth of SteelSeries products.

The deadline passed last Sunday March 11 and we got a phenomenal response. In total Crossfire received 6 maps for Enemy Territory and 1 for Call of Duty. Please remember these maps are still in the early stages of development due to the short timescale available - all feedback is appreciated.

They are:

Enemy Territoy

Bremen_b1 - Map Overview
Field_hq_b2
Odenthal_b2 - Map Overview (Note - the tank will have a purpose past the wall in _b3)
Sub_base
Wolken1_cpc - Map Overview
Vio_grail_b3 - Map Overview

All of the maps are now being looped on the Crossfire server - 82.192.84.231:27930

Call of Duty

Due to only one entry there's no contest. Changes are currently being made after feedback from private testing. More information will be released shortly.

All this week intensive play testing will begin, with exhibitional matches running during the week and competing teams needing to test the maps. Each clan leader will vote for the winning map which will be announced next week on Wednesday 21 March.

Update - Viograil is also in the competition, TosspoT foolishly forgot to forward it. Really sorry to Violator for this

Welcome to the most prestigious online tournament in Enemy Territory, EuroCup XV. Bigger and better than ever before, with even more coverage of games between Europe's top teams as they battle it out for ET's ultimate title, this is an event not to miss. Precise details of the size, format and schedule of the cup are still to be confirmed, but we can promise it will be a season you can't afford to miss. So buckle your seatbelts as we prepare for another few months of supreme Enemy Territory action in ET's seventh EuroCup season.

With the dominant force of Team Dignitas coming off a run of two straight EuroCup season titles, will anyone be able to challenge their dominance? Can they be defeated, or will they continue their unbeaten run for an unprecedented third straight EuroCup victory?

As always teams which sign up to 6v6 OpenCup Spring 2007 season are eligible for a EuroCup XV spot (teams can however choose not to be considered for a place in the prestigious EuroCup event if they wish). After the close of OpenCup signups the teams selected to fight it out in this season's EuroCup will be announced in the ClanBase #eurocup channel.

Tournament Structure: 6v6
Supervisor: Adacore
Co-Supervisor: Nightraver
Coverage Sup: Lab
Map List: Braundorf_b4 / Frostbite / sw_goldrush_te / Radar / tba / tba

Prizes?
It is unconfirmed which games will have cash prizes and / or LAN finals.

Quote by ClanBase

With their support, the amount of cash prizes for the 2007 Spring Season will be at a minimum of €20,000 and another €10,000 in hardware will be up for the taking for the best teams and players in selected EuroCup and OpenCup tournaments.

Update: It's been clarified by CB EC Chief Cup Supervisor darvey that every EuroCup will have a prize purse.

21 March - Signups Closing
25 March - EuroCup Invitations Announced
26 March - EuroCup Qualifier Week and OpenCup Groups Online
2 April - First Matchweek
June - End of Season
August - EuroCup XV LAN Finals

Source: ClanBase

Danish LAN organizers SLAP.dk have announced their inaugural 11th LAN for the weekend of April 5th. Including Call of Duty, Counter Strike 1.6, Counter Strike Source, Battlefield 2, Day of Defeat Source, FIFA & Quake 3 with a prize purse of just over 168.000 dkk (22.600~ €)

They will be hosting a Call of Duty 2 BYOC LAN with a prize purse of 26000 dkk. (Liable to change dependant on signups)

Prize Distribution

15.000 dkk (2,011 €)
8.000 dkk (1,073 €)
3.000 dkk (402 €)

Date: April 5-8 2007
Place: Ballerup Super Arena (Just outside Copenhagen)
BYOC: Yes
Directions & Hotels: http://www.slap.dk/live/uk_content.asp?pageid=uk_hoteller

Tickets are currently on sale and are priced at 56€ before 19th March and 69 € after 19th March. With the deadline for team signups on March 19'th.

Signup on the slap.dk site.

After much wrangling and rescheduling, ClanBase have confirmed the ClanBase Enemy Territory EuroCup XIV Grand Final will be played today (Sunday, 18th February) at 13:00* CET.

Meeting for the 4th time in the past two weeks, zP must once again try to overcome unsurpasable odds in facing an inform dignitas team. Though steadily improving, zeroPoint have yet to take a map from dignitas (in 6on6).

Prior to this sHg weekend many considered the loss of Butchji as a massive hinderance for zP, with their online game relying heavily on his aim. But in keran they've drafted in a more than capable replacement with many commenting on the apparant improved teamwork - with less reliance on their two big players. That isn't the only positive from the weekend for zP, rapture has finally found his form and gifty is playing a more disciplined game.

But for all their improvement, if yesterdays play is anything to go by they' fall well short of dignitas. Dignitas walked through the competition, easing their way to a third successive LAN title - continuing their run of not dropping a map in 2007. One to watch on Frostbite is Night, who seems to have mastered every trick shot possible.

Could it be fourth time lucky for zeroPoint?



Time: 13:00* CET
Maps: Radar & Frostbite
ETTV: http://www.gamestv.org/war.php?wid=2112
Shoutcast: iTG`TosspoT (Unconfirmed)

Dignitas

Night
Reload
r3vers
senji
urtier
JaKaZc

zeroPoint!

potter
Darky
rapture
keran
hatred
gifty

Should zeroPoint! win, a second BO3 match will be played immediatly afterwards to decide the Champion.

* The scheduled time is liable to change at anytime.

ClanBase, in partnership with sHg have released the groups for the Enemy Territory tournament.

With ten teams signed up, the pool has be split into two groups of five of which the top three will advance to a double elimination play off of six teams.

The group winner will be granted with a BYE in the first Winner Bracket round, while the runner up and third place winner will have to play each other in that round.

Group A:

Dignitas1st Seed

Night
r3vers
reload
urtier
senji
JaKaZc
dtekt4th Seed

Snuble
uniX
wizzel
Lakaii
kiitos
kris
Nils
Defining Star5th Seed

gyzr
rbnt
melkor
nonix
kris
perfo
GiB
chapter
Recruit
herbal
Alex
Mumm-Ra
Deepra
Munchies
Solomon
noneSens
none
bamZe
Squash
goscinny
Fryzer
fisken
imi

Group B:

zeroPoint!2nd Seed

rapture
potter
darky
gifty
keran
hatred
vae.KiH3rd Seed

arnjee
FeTTe
eddie
smutzig
ozzy
zerom
Black Magic6th Seed

decem
sol
licid
kot
mrozu
blaze
Kapow
Ludvig
bLAZ3R
suA
Pading
oBs
Flex
Merc.dk
Deslock
Rastlink
Sizo
Spektr
Huhannes
Dengse

:: Seeding
1. Dignitas
2. zeroPoint
3. vae.KiH
4. dtekt
5. defining stars
6. black magic[/hide]
:: Schedule
Friday:

18:00 CET: Group stage starts and will run until 01:00 CET

Saturday:

10:00: Group stage continue with remainder until 12:00 CET
13:00: Play off Stage starts with Winnersbracket Round 1, Game 1
13:30: Winnersbracket Round 1, Game 2
14:45: Winnersbracket Round 2, Game 1
15:15: Winnersbracket Round 2, Game 2
16:30: Losersbracket Round 1, Game 1
16:45: Losersbracket Round 1, Game 2
18:00: 5th/6th Place Playoff
19:00: Losersbracket Round 2 (LB Semi-final)
23:00: Winnersbracket Round 3 (WB Final)


In addition to make it fun for the lower skilled teams, it has been decided that also a second play off stage was added for the 4th and 5th place finishers in the group stage. Their scheduled looks as follows:

14:00 Consolation winnersbracket Round 1, Game 1
14:15 Consolation winnersbracket Round 1, Game 2
16:00 Consolation losersbracket Round 1
17:30 Consolation winnersbracket Final
19:30 Consolation losersbracket Final
21:45 Consolation Grand Final[/hide]
:: Prize Distribution[/b]The ET Prizepot will be 5067 Euros split in the following method:

- 2667 Euro
- 1333 Euro
- 667 Euro
4th - 267 Euro
5th - 133 Euro
:: Source

Tonight sFx murso take on NetRunners in a winner takes all clash of the nations. Though awash with individual talent, most consider sFx as rank outsiders tonight. Though I envisage a much closer match than many are predicting, with a deciding map on the cards.

sFx murso vs. NetRunners

Time: 22:00 CET
Maps: Adlernest / supply
ETTV: http://www.gamestv.org/war.php?wid=2044
Shoutcast: iTG`TosspoT

[bLineups[/b]]sFx murso

twidi
lettu
mikza
hessu
tommi
cadein

NetRunners

kot
buzka
chester
gotti
rio
robol

Over on ClanBase NightRaver caught up with two of tonight's competitors for their predictions, sFx Twidii and a not so confident NR Kot.

Quote by Twidii

We're definately the underdogs for this game, not many people are expecting us to win, but we're definately gonna do our best to make it a nice game tonight. Since both teams have already used their best maps, we might see some very suprising maps tonight, so it's not that easy to prepare for this game. I'd think that we'll see a decider tonight, but can't really say who'll manage to take the decider home and win this game.

Quote by Kot

In the current shape we are performing lately it will be an easy bash for Murso

You can find more predictions from community figures including former ET Sup Cash & idle urtier here.

The winner tonight will progress to take on either aMenti or cdap, still three wins away from a place in the Grand Final, whilst the loser can take consolation in the fact they're one of the few to have made it past the ClanBase EuroCup group stages.

(Retrospectively once again [CB lost interest?]) Last night saw zeroPoint! become the first team to reach the Winners Bracket Final. They're now just two wins away from EuroCup glory, a title they intend on winning.

The match itself was relativly even with neither team dominating, it was only decided by a monumental mistake from the cdap team on supply. They'd previously rode their luck when zP held them for over 4 minutes on the tank stage of goldrush, yet collapsed during their courtyard defence allowing cdap to change what could've been a disastrous time, to about average [8:59]. This took the match onto a decider.

Here's an extract from match admin n3co's report.

Quote

With 1:30 to go they got the west radar parts and it seemed almost certain they would secure it, but gifty sprang out with an impressive tripple grenade kill and saved the ass of zeroPoint. One minute was on the clock and Xylos made another snatch but was easily cut down. There was time for one final grab, as kris got it with just thirty seconds remaining - but butchji, potter, and Darky where at main and they took down all 6 cdap teamates. So zP won this very exciting map!

You can read the rest of that report on ClanBase.

Tonight, Sunday 14th January was dubbed "A Night To Remember" by ClanBase supervisor NightRaver. As two intense clashes left GBooky addicts near bankrupt. The first match of the night saw Rewind take an unconvincing zeroPoint all the way to three maps, whilst NetRunners pulled off arguably the biggest upset of the season over pre-tourmaent favourites team helix. Meaning both NetRunners and zeroPoint progress to the semi finals to face idle and cdap respectivly.

Upper Bracket Semi Finals:


Lower Bracket Round 1


Both helix and aMenti where touted by many as possible pre-tournament favourites, but this draw means we'll lose one of them at the first possible stage.

:: ClanBase EuroCup Homepage
:: Playoff Article