Earlier this week kot made his second appearance for Dignitas after surprising the world when he played against FF.org. Since then he featured at the cost of r3vers in the 4-2 defeat to pro5 and tonight Dignitas have announced that the switch is permanent. r3vers is leaving for schooling reasons.

Quote by kot

After playing in Polish-only teams for over 3 years I wanted to play in an international team for a change and when I received an offer to join Team Dignitas, I decided to go for it. I'm very happy that I was given a chance to become a part of the team which achieved so much in recent years and which consists of the most experienced players that the community has to offer. I hope that I will be able to live up to the expectations and that I will not let people supporting the team down.

Kot joins bringing lan experience from both PGA and shGopen, however replaces someone who can boast Quakecon gold and silver, aswell as shg and CPC gold. Since joining Dignitas the former idle side have been on a downward spiral, joining after 12 months unbeaten they side debuted by winning shgOpen, however lost their CPC gold and their record in the past 6 weeks reads with 5 defeats. Is kot the man to steady the ship?

Source: Team Dignitas

Additionally senji has moved to quash rumours about his abscence from the sides defeat to pro5. He is currently suffering from tonsillitis aswell as needing to prepare for his final exams and will be back with Dignitas in about two weeks.

This night brings us a clash. One that has been repeated many times in recent history. Not in a gaming server nor in a swimming pool but on the football pitch. The teams of Portugal and The Netherlands have fought out many important battles over the last years and those matches always contained fire and extraordinary pictures.

I bet you'll all remember the last time they met at the World Cup 2006 in Germany where there was a mountain of yellow and red cards given by the referee. I dare to say that any meeting between Portugal and The Netherlands is as tense one. And therefore all of you should look forward to this match:

Portugal, with a fairly unknown history in ET, are a team to take account of because they won two excellent matches in their group over Canada and Denmark, and then lost by only one round to the current reigning NC Champions Finland.

On the other hand we have a whole new fresh Dutch side. Players like Modus and N30 have replaced teKoa and M1lk. Though they have already showed their class against opponents like Australia and Norway. Now are the dutchies able to beat a team like Portugal? Be sure to tune in at gamestv.org.

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Shortly after the spectacular end to the Pro5 vs Dignitas ClanBase EuroCup round 3 game tonight bans for Keran and Shy were filed on ClanBase. These players were banned for cheating on a public server and, hence, these players will receive a suspension from all games in ClanBase competitions.

There has been much speculation as to what this will mean for the Pro5 team after their recent victory over defending champions Dignitas. After discussion of the rules and the situation at hand, the decision has been made that the result of this match and all previous matches in which Keran and Shy played for Pro5 will stand. This is due to the fact that the cheating offences were on a public server and there is no indication that these players cheated in these or any other official ClanBase matches, and is in accordance with the ClanBase cheating and abuse policy.

Thanks as always must go to Bulld0g for his relentless hard work in tracking down the evidence to stop the cheaters in the ET community.

A Winter Premiership is definitely misplaced in a time where the temperature is about to rise above 30 degrees again. It's about time we get to the final, and tonight we're going to do so with the support of GIGA 2.


roYality have progressed to the final game without a loss in the playoffs. Although they have dropped one match in the group stage, their record so far is flawless and they only need to win one best of three. Cheat buster mens0 is quite eager to win and has bet all his money on oxid - at least that's what he says.
Lineup
altrnt
gzd
mens0
loku
sal
skoy


teamoxid did not lose a match in the group stage, but they dropped to the lower bracket of the playoff tree and do therefore need to win twice to take the victory in the overall final. ESL admin chosen wants to show us that he's not only skilled at adminning but can also put bullets into opponents.
Lineup
chosen
Cobra
dCk
FimS
flame
Funi


After most of the EuroCup matches have recently provided us with a lot of new maps to be seen, this time it's getting far more traditional, we have two veterans when it comes to maps:


There is a lot at stake here - whoever wins today is going to qualify for a possible second season of the International Premiership at the ESL and has the chance to win a lot of money.

GIGA 2 is going to bring you the spectacle live on the video stream. If you do not own an account (which is 2 Euro per month), here's your chance to win - write a creative comment until 22:30 CET and get one of 10 free accounts.

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Dignitas and pro5 face off in another epic in the Clanbase Eurocup XV. The cup which has seen more twists and turns than a snakes back is in the headlines again as these two top sides face off.



Dignitas come off the back of victory over FF.org in the last match, but still facing the reality of 4 defeats in 6 weeks after a perfect 14 months prior. Anything that could have got in their way, has got in their way with players having exams and falling sick contributing towards an inactive period. The side have faced pro5 on many an occasion under their zeroPoint banner and never failed to beat them and will look for a repeat performance

pro5 head into the game again with nothing to lose. The side who many expected to be dumped out of the Eurocup long ago because of both cheating and roster changes have kept fighting away despite the ever growing odds against them. Their resiliance has seen them knock out both Impact Gaming and Insignia Cadre aswell as put in a spirited performance against TLR.

Theres not an awful lot to chose between the two sides and in this writers opinion it will be far closer than many predict. Dignitas' ever growing list of problems contributing to inactivity hurts them each and every day. If Dignitas lose it will pile pressure onto a lineup that was once untouchable. The underdog factor has favoured pro5 thourghout the tournament and will be on their side again.

Tonight the first match round of the highly prized ETQCup powered by Cadred.org as well as Crossfire.nu and GamesTV.org took place. With ET's finest teams out there participating in the Cup this should become a tournament not to be missed!

As the first round features fixtures with a more or less clear winner we decided not to write match preview's for every single match but to summarize the results in a smart table to keep you up to date!

Here are the matches and results of ETQCup Matchday 1:



Since not all scores are registrated by the ETQCup organization yet; the scores will be updated on a later date.

As the next match day is coming very soon there is no break for you to breath. Round two - containing more hot matches with bigger names facing each other - will already be played this Thursday and bring you Enemy Territory action at its best!

Text: bo
Graphics: xRio

We're in the 3rd match round already with the exception of one match today and the World Cup is advancing towards the Play Offs Phase. Somewhat less than a month ago it all started with Portugal - Denmark a the first match and we're almost at the end of the Group Phase now. A few nations already qualified like Croatia and Finland, they are sure of a spot in the Play Offs. Tomorrow will bring us a spectacle of matches. With meetings starting at 15:00 (GMT+1).

The leading UK shoutcasting station QuadV have announced that they have secured the services of Crossfire owner Stuart "TosspoT" Saw, formely of Radio iTG.

It is with great delight and excitement that QuadV can announce we have secured the services of one of the world’s most talented and well known shoutcasters, Stuart “TosspoT” Saw.

Stuart joins us from inside The Game (iTG), where he covered many major tournaments throughout the world and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience. Not only will Stuart be joining QuadV in a senior commentary position, he will also serve as one of the executives of the company, helping the company to grow as part of the management team and as a shareholder.

“I am particularly thrilled with Stuart joining us at QuadV, which adds even more quality to our already great line up of commentary talent”, commented Head of Commentary at QuadV, Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner, “Stuart is without doubt one of the finest commentators of eSports in the world right now and I feel his addition leaves us with the best line up of shoutcasters in the UK and possibly Europe.”

“I am personally looking forward to working with him again having had a very successful working relationship and friendship during our time at iTG. Everyone at QuadV is thrilled to have him on board with us and we are looking forward to his unique way of bringing eSports to people with the QuadV brand.”

Stuart said, “I'm very happy to be moving to QuadV and starting a new chapter in my gaming career. Anyone that knows me will know I take shoutcasting and all the other aspects in gaming very seriously. Thus leaving iTG and joining QuadV was not a decision I took lightly, in fact it's been one of the hardest decisions I've ever made. I'll be the first to admit that without iTG and Marcus “djWheat” Graham, I wouldn't be anywhere in this business, I wouldn't have travelled the world and I wouldn't have made so many great friends.”

Reason Gaming have once again taken the knife to their roster and rung the changes. After placing second at i30 behind Dignitas and playing well at CPC its been downhill for the side ever since, who had lost Blackmane to Dignitas and Niggle to infused Gaming. Their new roster failed to live up to expectations and they lost all of their Eurocup games bar one.

In a massive shake-up the side have brought in four fresh faces;

KarL
torsh
Niggle
wiz
fuku
pal (backup)

Niggle returns and former Logitech.Fi star Fuku looks to rekindle his career in this multi-national lineup. Crossfire caught up with Reason manager Dallow and he talked about the changes:

Quote by Dallow

As a manager i dont like to see constant changes in the squad. You build up relationships with new players and its hard to see some of them leave. But our results had been below par recently and when Karl suggested the idea of bringing in strong players such as NiGGLE and wiz i jumped at the chance. Then when he said they would be trialling Fuku as a 5th my day got even better

More at Reason-Gaming.net

Tonight saw two ET EC games and the identity of the final for the compelling Clanbase Eurocup XV which is living up to even the most wildest expectations.

junk52 defeated TLR in a 3 map game that will live long in the memory. Radar was an end to end contest that was only decided with 10 seconds to spare as Razz made one last gasp attempt to move the West radar parts home. Radar went the way of TLR, but in the end that was all that went their way. Karsiah was short and sweet, that despite being quick and featuring some attractive document grabs was always going against TLR. Faced with the choice of Frostbite or Bremen, TLR chose to play Bremen as the decider and that was to be their downfall. junk52's defence was nothing to write home about, but their attack was lightning fast. junk52 are in the grand final!

Dignitas eliminated FF.org who took joint 5th place overall in the competition. The return to winning ways for Dignitas came with reinforcements as former NETRunner, Kot stood in for the sick senji and absent sol. The former Idle side got back to winning ways in rather efficient fashion not dropping a map in the process, have they bounced back? The loss of senji to injury could not have come at a worse time, having lost Night and then losing Reload to school commitments the side thought they had overcome their problems, but in Chelsea like fashion they lost another just after getting their roster back together.

So the final four is known, Dignitas face pro5 on Monday with TLR awaiting the winners and junk52 sitting in the grand final. Whilst all under new names and with new faces, this eurocup does still feature the same 3 teams who placed top 3 last season. However the beauty is, the banker is rich! gbooky money is being lost left right and center as the form guide favours a side seeded outside the top 4 at the start of the season.

Fancy another twist in the tail? Pro5, victors overs Impact and Cadre could yet be expelled from the tournament with no decision yet made over Keran and shy. Dignitas could find themselves finishing without a medal, and junk52 could win the season without losing a match! Be sure not to miss a click.

Who's going to win? Junk52, TLR, Dignitas or pro5