Insomnia44: Team Preview - The Favourites

Posted by Peter ptER Mather on 2011-11-17 19:23:37


The Favourites



   


   
TCM at Grunex. Since this picture King and departed and Germaine has been drafted in as his replacement.

The team despite being plagued by organization instability have proven during recent months to be a strong contender within the current Call of Duty 4 scene. Despite a relatively low rank in the TEK9 rankings due to a lack of activity the team are in a strong position to take their place in several key podium finishes over the course of late 2011 and into the next year.

Prior to the teams move to TCM four of the key players attended the MSI Grunex LAN event under the banner of Online Kingdom, where they managed to smash their way through the competition knocking out Clan Poland, Phantasmagoria and previous up-and-coming side MIW during the playoff stages, but finally met there match against LAN giants Anexis.

Since this promising result the team have undergone some minor changes, switching out Petr "king" Elbogen in favour or Declan "germaine" Elcock as motivational issues struck the talented individual. Accompanying this change we saw the team departing from Online Kingdom after a limited one month stay, finding sanctuary within the cool and collected embrace of TCM.

Since the recent changes have come into effect the team have had a strong online presence amongst the majority of the online competitions, notably the Corsair Vengeance Challenge, where the team managed to stay in the competition until they once again met their nemisese Anexis. Alongside this the team are currently putting in a strong effort in the CGi ladders, currently ranking 8th trailing behind both Fragmasters and Anexis.

Despite the disruption I thinks it's a fair assumption to place this team on the podium, but how they will fair against other the othe top contenders only time will tell.
TCM-Gaming
Czech Republic Jan "paradox" Duchon
Czech Republic Lubomír "Luboshmir" Pešák
United Kingdom Declan "germaine" Elcock
Netherlands Erik "FrosteR" van den Biggelaar
Netherlands Nick "toxjee" Hol

Most Recent Changes
 Petr "king" Elbogen
 Declan "Germaine" Elcock
Online Kingdom -> TCM

Achievements
- MSI Grunex LAN
- Dignitas Charity Cup



















   



   


   

Mark and Blackmane back in the 2009 edition of Dignitas.

Since the name PROBOBS spread across the scene during mid-July the line-up fluctuated with ever increasing tempo until team captain Mark "phantasy-" Pinny settled on a final line-up during late August, seeing the team we now know as Dignitas step to the forefront of the European scene.

The team, despite trying to replicate the times of old striving for a UK line-up which was familiar with Dignitas' early success, struggled to find enough British talent seeing ex-Dignitas trio Mark "mark" Horner, Mark "phantasy-" Pinney and Chris "blackmane" Kinnair look oversees for the final two. First up was ex-Antwerp Aces and Epsilon player Dimitry "delroo" Decan who had floated in an empty void since his last teams disbandment. Weeks later the team found their final player, known as one of Sweden's most talented individuals Ted "KoWa" Hansson who had recently left Infused after a lengthy stay.

Since the teams dramatic creation the team have gone from strength to strength, firstly fighting their way through the UK EMS Qualifiers, where they are now poised to advance to the playoff stages of the tournament. The side have also seen similar success in the Corsair Vengeance Challenge, where they are now sitting in the Consolation Final waiting for their opponents to make themselves known.

Despite the teams age they are brimming with an array of well-known talent from a variety of teams that have dominated the European scene at one point or another. And now, with their first LAN event as a team looming in-front of them I expect many an eager spectator to be watching the carnage that they are about to unleash.

Team-Dignitas
United Kingdom Mark "phantasy-" Pinney
United Kingdom Mark "mark" Horner
United Kingdom Chris "blackmane" Kinnair
Sweden Ted "KoWa" Hansson
Belgium Dimitry "delroo" Decan

Most Recent Changes
PROBOBS -> Dignitas

Achievements
Qualified for EMS























   



   


   
Kex and Alpha at the previous Insomnia event, now the last two remaining since the team's line-up crisis.

Much like the other top contenders the promising side have also undergone a series of major line-up alterations. With three players leaving in quick succession the banner fell to the two remaining players, Chris "alpha" Bald and Chris "KexSTAR" Tuck. It wasn't long however until the void was filled, seeing the two seasoned players Sanjay "caesiuM" Gambhir and Leonidas "killzx" Krykos  falling into the line-up with relative ease, once again granting the team a definite British feel.

It was at this stage however where the team struggled to find more local talent, forcing them to extend their reach to the distant country of Finland, finding one of the country’s most sort after players Simo "Leaf" Mykkännen. Since the teams construction the side have been fighting to find their second place position which the team held throughout the majority of 2011.

Recently online the side have had success within the Electronic Master Series, which they had recently qualified for, beating one of their mine rivals at this event Team Dignitas, but then narrowly losing out to Anexis. They also managed to fight themselves to the upper bracket quarters of the Corsair Vengeance Challenge knocking LOOKING4ORG! to the lower brackets, but then finding their match versus Phantasmagoria losing both maps in quick succession, then finding themselves against KnightS* to which they also lost in a close 13-10 defeat.

The team, despite not seeming as strong as they previously were during early 2011, are defiantly not a side to be counted out easily and could possibly take the competition if they play their cards correctly.


Infused.Tt
United Kingdom Chris "alpha" Bald
United Kingdom Chris "KexSTAR" Tuck
United Kingdom Sanjay "caesiuM" Gambhir
United Kingdom Leonidas "killzx" Krykos
Finland Simo "Leaf" Mykkännen

Most Recent Changes
Simo "Leaf" Mykkännen

Achievements
Qualified for EMS



















   
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76 comments

7 months ago
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Nice read! al though a few mistakes :P
7 months ago
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go on VYE!
7 months ago
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Highjinx lads got this :P

7 months ago
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great cover, gj

did orixz actually attend then? heard he had problems, also he's belgian :}

edited 2011-11-17 21:08:43
7 months ago
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He's coming tomorrow bro
7 months ago
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nice read, although same shit, another i-series (near enough)
Gutted i cant be there for this one (kinda good that im not as of my currecnt situation)!
iI45, yes sir ! :D
7 months ago
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Sinner to wallbang everything on city just like VNUK :p

GL to all
7 months ago
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Kev, It's Gary, your a cunt!
7 months ago
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Hey i was being nice :p
7 months ago
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dig to take this lan :D
7 months ago
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7 months ago
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great read peter. I think we'll either fail horribly or do great, hopefully the latter. gl to all teams attending and see you on the virtual battlefield soldiers.
7 months ago
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cant wait to see big geir on stream again
7 months ago
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phanmix got this, lighters got this.
7 months ago
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Watch out for efzu he's the really hench guy with massive muscles
7 months ago
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moron
7 months ago
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lol wtf ur sat right next to me and my arm muscles are practically knocking you out of ur chair
7 months ago
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Nice efforts pter. Thanks for the Dark horse ^^
NB: it is Shifty not Swifty :O
7 months ago
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gl tcm
7 months ago
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Now I'm at the event will give this a proof read, been having to balance a uni project alongside this.

Like I said this will have 100% of my attention now I am here though :)
7 months ago
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damn mark you got a bit bigger :D
7 months ago
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highjinx are shit
7 months ago
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thanks bro
7 months ago
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nice coverage peter, phan to take it imo and tcm next anyone after that, shame about the amount of teams compared to the last lan not sure why it went down but none the less go gogoog
7 months ago
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Winter event mate. Always lackign in teams. Thanks for your support. Cheer us on !!
7 months ago
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ye suppose just iseries had say a bad year a while ago struggling to get like 18 teams etc then we got 40/50 last time thought it might of been on an up defo not, im cheering for vae and ono but ye good luck
7 months ago
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nice coverage pter
7 months ago
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I shall be there Saturday to hopefully bring you some more coverage!
7 months ago
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I'm so excited, haha. I would love to see Team Dignitas win some :))

Good luck everyone!
7 months ago
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RELINQUISH GGOGOGOGO!
7 months ago
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DANNY BALLLLLLLLLLLLL
7 months ago
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Rob and I have got 6 hours to kill at the airport, when we find free wlan what better way to do it than keen it up on eSUba public with 250fps laptop and 60ping;

7 months ago
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sick :D
7 months ago
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LOL.. that is KEEN haha
7 months ago
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lmfao
7 months ago
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ahhaa amazinnn
7 months ago
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The laptop is better than my computer.

7 months ago
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Good article!

If dignitas can play as well as they did against LLL in the UB final of CVC they might take it! TCM are always absolutely solid on LAN though.

Also Orixx is Belgian not German :p
7 months ago
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nice read peter mate
7 months ago
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tcm take this, gl all!
7 months ago
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nice cover maybe do the from left to right thingie at the team pictures ;)
7 months ago
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gogogo Highj!nx + VYE! Not enough teams like you guys who stick together and keep improving and improving.

<3 Sinner + Bryn!
7 months ago
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cheers lad! xx
7 months ago
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Visualize Your Enmity*

TnyYye*

Other than that, nice article :)
7 months ago
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anexis to stay home? to bad , would love to see them kick some more ass :)
7 months ago
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2-1
7 months ago
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will be embarrassing to lose a local lan after your amazing online performance :P
7 months ago
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1. TCM
2. Dig
3. Infused
4. Phan

edited 2011-11-18 14:30:47
7 months ago
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hope tcm wins
7 months ago
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Phan
Dig
TCM
Infused

somehow.. It`s kind of hard to say.. All sick teams
7 months ago
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hi5
7 months ago
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1/2 tcm/phan
3/4 dig/infused
7 months ago
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hi3
7 months ago
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phan to come 4th cos of gizzor steady 5 bomb
7 months ago
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hey, im aiming for a solid 10frags
7 months ago
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Since when is orixz from germany? Hes Belgian haha :D
7 months ago
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Anyone got any hair wax?? :(((
7 months ago
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phanmix got this boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyssssssss!!!! <3<3
7 months ago
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1. tcm
2. dignitas
3. phan/infused

Should be the top3/4, but it's cod4 so you never know

good luck to all teams gogogizzo0rr and erik en nick ofc

edited 2011-11-18 17:42:50
7 months ago
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<3
7 months ago
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i love it here
7 months ago
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Lubo mate, wanna play 1v1 killhouse some more :D
7 months ago
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no i cant play it anymore @@ >DD
7 months ago
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feel free to go there, toxjee is man to beat now
7 months ago
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telford is a vast improvement on the other venues for iseries
7 months ago
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everything is in one place, so good
7 months ago
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it's not cuz my brother orixzz cheats that he's german... :DDD

Fix it to belgian flag plz :)?
7 months ago
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venue is sick, hotel so close, awesome so far, 70mb/sec download speed

cometh at all of us
7 months ago
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bryn hit oli for me please
7 months ago
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link of groups plz
7 months ago
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haha gizzor as if ur playing :))) gl d00d.
7 months ago
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daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn right, thanks brov D:
7 months ago
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Hope High Jinx pull off something good, Top lads <3
7 months ago
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Groups have been up on the coverage for a while now for anyhow who is interested :)
7 months ago
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heard orix got caught with x22
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