iNFiNiTY*SKiLLS have been one of the most heavily discussed teams in the recent weeks and the comments made in yesterday's Team Talk item showed that the views within the community differ a lot, with some teams expecting them to do better than expected and others claiming the complete opposite.
The Crossfire Intel Challenge 7 will be their first opportunity to rid themselves of the cheating accusations and show the community what they are capable of at LAN. Having beaten fnatic 13-9, the Hungarian team will be the team to beat in Group B, but might face some unexpected competition from the remaining teams, D-Link PGS in particular.
The Polish team feature a set of experienced players and could prove to be a difficult opponent to overcome. In their shadows, 1stCav have proven to be a side to be reckoned with, having tied H2k and MCA in the CIC7 seeding tournament and beaten infernal Gamers, only to miss out on the playoffs (and a top 16 seed) with a third place.
Both Validus and Team eMpathy have interesting lineups and could challenge PGS and 1stCav for second place, assuming they are in form and prepared well.
Group B
iNFiNiTY*SKiLLS David "Stormy" Fézler Gabor "sT1ng3R" Sakal Tamás "kZstaR" Ádámszky Viktor "eLastic" Bálint Attila "boco" Árvai
D-Link PGS Mariusz "marikkkk" Klimowicz Krzysztof "Lokacz" Klaptocz Jacek "r4z0rju" Kêpa Piotr "dEviaNcE" Antoszkiewicz Arkadiusz "areckzur" Dul
1stCav Jakub "B33MN" Grotowski Lukasz "opses" Kondej Filip "m4jster" Smolibowski Mateusz "DENISLAW" Juszkiewicz Pawel "fOX" Kopala
Hubert "exile" Gawronski Pawel "fOX" Kopala
Validus SnowzZyE Viazu slaai NEOX stokley
n!faculty Andreas "shadjEAH" Pullitzky Malte "Spang" Suhl Björn "neyki" Bähr Benjamin "eSEl" Kebat Maximilian "mAx" Hartmann
Team eMpathy Robert "fluXe" Barton Matt "luNARrRR" Booty John "GlaDiA" Hoye Anthony "vithos" Taylor Mathieu "Diavolo" Kolber
Anthony "vithos" Taylor Mathieu "Diavolo" Kolber
"Before the groups were released I was little scared of getting placed in a really tough group. After I saw our team was placed in Group B I was just happy with it, because I think we are able to beat them if we can play our game. Still, we have to play our best and we have to concentrate against all teams."
mouseFX is getting underrated, they did placed 2nd in the poule and won from infinity skills on backlot with 13-4 where fnatic lost from infinity skills with 13-10
David "Stormy" Fézler
Mariusz "marikkkk" Klimowicz
Hubert "exile" Gawronski
Pawel "fOX" Kopala
SnowzZyE
slaai
Andreas "shadjEAH" Pullitzky
Hope yyt will do well
good job
edited 2010-03-04 11:03:59
nice read
Good luck my to team xxx (and others ;D)
good job jetset
<3 k1lmo
<3 sKum
Great work Jetset!
Such a good read, hat off to you sir!!
Only minor mistake I can see is corgz's lineup, I believe myzz is attending in place of VAE due to VAE being unable to get time off of work.
edited 2010-03-04 13:12:34
Sick read!, really looking forward to the event
GL to all teams
Besides that nobody said a word about mouseFX. Nobody said they hade no chance.
No offense but you just want your team getting hyped and shit even though there is no reason for it. They didnt achieve anything yet!
Gl though, would be nice for them to go to the playoffs
edited 2010-03-04 16:18:11
but hey they might surprise
Sam "tOPZcHEN" Opie
Alex "Redbot" Pattenden
Ryan"ERASUS" Williams
Chris "alpha" Bald
Gavin "reworK" Fairydale
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btw in group G GFO gaming si3l replace ik :)
edited 2010-03-04 18:04:15
I wish all the competing teams the best of luck and let it be the best COD4 event we've had so far!
as I quote