Multiplay i33 Preview

After the recent Crossfire Devotii Challenge in Enschede, the Netherlands last month, we will once again be preparing ourselves for yet another major Call of Duty 4 competition: the Multiplay i33.

The once mainly UK based tournament at the Newbury Racecourse will be the playground for some of biggest names in Call of Duty 4 and the first CoD4 event featuring a North American team. Fighting for a total prize purse of €12,000, an estimated 55 teams will be hitting it off in the i33 groupstages, after which 32 teams (unconfirmed) are set to compete in a single elimination bracketstyle playoff.


 Multiplay i33 Call of Duty 4
1. €6,000
2. €3,000
3. €1,500
4. €500
5. €250
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8. €250

Team Dignitas                    www.team-dignitas.org #dignitas (Quakenet)

Mick  raz  Blackmane     plaZma  SKO

TEK9 11:06 vs  VAE 11:07 vs  UF 13:07 vs  TLR 13:07 vs  TCM

Coming into the tournament as the first seed team is Team Dignitas, winners of the first i-Series event in Call of Duty 4, the i32 (13:07 against TLR in the Grand Final). After a somewhat dissapointing performance at the CDC4, losing to TEK9 is two straight maps, Dignitas announced their new in-game leader  SKO just under two weeks ago, who will be replacing lukZar in the main starting line-up. With a brand new ingame leader, Dignitas will be looking to prove the critics wrong and what better place to do it than the i-Series, an event they won five times in a row.

The Last Resort                        www.tlr-clan.co.uk #TheLastResort (Quakenet)

LoOkzor       SoCLoN  mark  D1ablo  stat

fnatic 02:00 vs  oXmoze 02:00 vs  DCC 02:00 vs  LGT 11:07 vs  BAPE

fnatic team                                www.fnatic.com #fnatic (Quakenet)

mintR       tidde  zsilts  odyxz  zEm

TLR 02:01 vs  eSuba 02:01 vs  H2k 02:01 vs  Intense 11:02 vs  -o_/

Seeded third are Crossfire Devotii Challenge winners fnatic, who were able to defeat TLR 16 to 13 in overtime in the Grand Final, after having a hard time in their matches against H2k, eSuba and Intense, all of which ended 2-1 in favor of fnatic. fnatic are the main candidate for first place according to the guest predictions, although quite a few people have argued whether it was smart to change a winning team. Following their first place at CDC4 fnatic replaced klanne with the experienced Swedish CoD player  zEm, who just returned from Thailand and was a part of the EYEBALLERS team that later became fnatic. fnatic however look confident and i33 will be their chance to prove the changes were for the better.

TEK9 Networks                www.tek-9.net #tek9 (Quakenet)

Davy  OZWALD       haya  kammYz  TW!ST

eSuba 02:00 vs  dignitas 11:09 vs  Evergreen 08:11 vs  DCC 11:08 vs  FF.org

After a 5-8th place at the CDC4, i33 would be TEK9's chance to shine. Fate however determined otherwise and TEK9 lack the preparation to play to their full potential, with  strelok having to sit out the event due to a crack in a bone close to his elbow joint. With  TW!ST acting as a stand-in for the i33, TEK9 are one of the outsiders at the i33 tournament and it will depend on the individual performances of the players whether they are capable of upsetting the main favorites.

Roskilde Ravens                www.roskilde-esport.dk #roskilde-esport

fRiJeC  wmzy  hmzy  LM  Champ

#9-16. CDC4 00:02 vs  SK 11:08 vs  L3 11:08 vs  srs 11:07 vs  Intense

Seeded fifth, behind Dignitas, TLR, fnatic and TEK9 is the all Danish team Roskilde Ravens, whose impressive results at the CDC4 have not gone unnoticed and have made them one of the main contenders at i33. With  Champ in Prague for a week, Roskilde were unable to fully prepare for the British event. Their CDC4 results, beating both Serious Gaming and LowLandLions 11 to 8, should however have given Roskilde a big confidence boost and they might be ready to take their next big step.

Evil Geniuses                  www.myeg.ca #EG (Gamesurge)

wombat  ntt  w!$eGUy      rob-wiz  maven

Nexus 13:08 vs  Guardians 09:13 vs  Nexus 13:07 vs  Pandemic 13:08 vs  PHG

Four Kings                        www.four-kings.com #4kings (Quakenet)

corp  wiz  Geordie  beNN  vasquez

#4. Multiplay i32 14:16 vs  TLR 13:06 vs  Diversity 10:13 vs  TCM 13:04 vs  phan 13:04 vs  iG

CoolerMaster            www.team-coolermaster.co.uk #team-coolermaster (Qnet)

mkz  aistrEEEy  roken  gifty  soppaj

The Challengers	The Players	CoD4 LAN Results
Exabyte                          Exabyte Website #exabyte (Quakenet)	Lighters  JUSZN  rzE  phantasy  LuNi
Packard Bell           #Packardbell (Quakenet)	WaKKo-  YoMma  Payne  Junior  HuNt3r	Centralan 19

The challengers at the upcoming i-Series are the two local teams Exabyte and Packard Bell, who have not been given a top seed but are expected to do well. Although unable to fully prepare with  LuNi, Exabyte's dominant performances online could make them a team to watch at the i33. i33 will also be the team's first real chance to prove the critics wrong, after the continued cheating allegations over the past month.

Centralan 19 winners [PB] on the other hand have the opportunity to prove they are worthy of wearing the Packard Bell name. Packard Bell are not expected to challenge the absolute top, but have the opportunity to prove their worth and possibly cause a small upset.

* NOTE: Latest results includes the most recent matches of a specific team at LAN. In some cases line-up seriously differ from the team that played those matches.