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COVERAGE: Fnatic CSS 2nd, CoD4 1st @ CGS Combine

by bidy on May 17th, 2008 at 16:07 CEST

Saturday the 17th of May will be the beginning of the Combine for the second season of the Championship Gaming Series for United Kingdom and European regions.

Featuring tournaments in Counter Strike: Source, FIFA08, Dead or Alive 4, Forza Motorsports 2 and also a guest Call of Duty 4 event with a prize purse combining to £10,000. Fnatic.CoD4 and Fnatic.CSS will be in attendance at the CGS UK/EU Combine which is set to be one of the biggest eSports events to have graced the Omega Sektor. As Call of Duty 4 is not a CGS game the players will not be up for drafting after the combine but also players from Fnatic.CSS could theoretically be drafted.

Simon 'Bidy' Bidwell and James '2GD' Harding will be providing first hand coverage from the event and this article is the hub for all Fnatic games and interviews at the draft.

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Update: Fnatic.CoD4 win the CGS Call of Duty 4 tournament from the lower Bracket.

Update: Fnatic.css finish second in the CGS CSS tournament

TimeGame
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Result
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Finishedpictureflag Fnatic.CoD4[02:00]Dignitas flagBacklot, StrikeGrand Final
Finishedpictureflag Fnatic.CoD4[02:01]Wizzards flagBacklot, Strike, DistrictConsolation Final
Finishedpictureflag Fnatic.CSS[00:02]Salvo flagNuke, Dust2Finals
Finishedpictureflag Fnatic.CoD4[02:00]Reason flagBacklot, StrikeLower Bracket Final
Finishedpictureflag Fnatic.CSS[02:01]London Mint flagDust2Semi Finals
Finishedpictureflag Fnatic.CoD4[02:00]LowLandLions flagDistrict, BacklotLower Bracket R4
Finishedpictureflag Fnatic.CSS[00:01]London Mint flagInfernoGM Challenge
Finishedpictureflag Fnatic.CoD4[13:06]Team PB flagDistrictLower Bracket R3
Finishedpictureflag Fnatic.CoD4[13:08]CN* flagStrikeLower Bracket R2
Finishedpictureflag Fnatic.CSS[02:00]Magnetik flagDust2, InfernoBracket R2
Finishedpictureflag Fnatic.CoD4[07:13]Reason Gaming flagCrashBracket R2
Finishedpictureflag Fnatic.CSS[02:00]Club:AI flagNuke, InfernoBracket R1
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Comment by uk cra1g - 7 mon

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GL Fnatic :)

 

Comment by nl LionQ - 7 mon

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Good luck in both games!

 

Comment by lt sloppi - 7 mon

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Hax0RZ~~~wOw~~~

 

Comment by uk CA$A - 7 mon

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Gl guys, hope you do well in both events!

 

Comment by nl aSpeN - 7 mon

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go bidy/2GD/CSS/CoD4!

 

Comment by be P0rndoll - 7 mon

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Good luck ! <3

 

Comment by lt mikronaz - 7 mon

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Good Luck mates! hope u will be champions :)

 

Comment by be Replay - 7 mon

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GL!

 

Comment by us ArchsageVal - 7 mon

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CGS sure has developed into an organized professional league. GL to fnatic :)

 

Comment by in Noname - 7 mon

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Excellent write up, good luck everyone one of you :)

 

Comment by nz Annaky - 7 mon

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Great read Simon.

 

Comment by se wnkr - 7 mon

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kom igen nu gubbar, håller tummar och tår som vanligt :)

 

Comment by za roskii - 7 mon

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nice read :)

 

Comment by nl AaiGht - 7 mon

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nice interview, but saying the badbeats online are more frequent is just bullcrap =)

you play 85% more hands if u play multitabled, and u prolly play too many hands =)

obvious example of some1 stacking regs if u ask me =D

 

Comment by uk Söik - 7 mon

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gl LinQan <3

 

Comment by se sNb - 7 mon

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CoD4 is great but it lacks cod4TV, I've been watching a few games over at quadv.com and even though they have great commentators it's almost impossible for me to understand what's going on in match. The rounds are very fast and it's hard for the commentators to cover everything that is going on at the same time. It's a great game though and I'm sure CGS will pick it up.

 

Comment by in Noname - 7 mon

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Guess we lost that GM Challenge match, tomorrow it's time to win! :)

 

Comment by uk CA$A - 7 mon

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CSS on the whole though have been playing awesome! gl for tomorrow guys!

 

Comment by pl mTK - 7 mon

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sorry for posting this here, but...
where is the news about Cypher playing in Asus Spring cup and the EDL?

 

Comment by pl urgen - 7 mon

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i tidde and linqan love very muth, hope i you win plz.

 

Comment by se dohfOs - 7 mon

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gl in the consolation final guys

edit: and now, gl in the grand final :)

 

Comment by pt lost - 7 mon

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gl to finals

 

Comment by uk Javax - 7 mon

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love you ben!

 

Comment by in Noname - 7 mon

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huh?

 

Comment by in Noname - 7 mon

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on topic! Hope you guys dont get exhausted before finals, goooood luck! fighting!

 

Comment by lt sloppi - 7 mon

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gl ;)

 

Comment by se wnkr - 7 mon

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skynda på å spela finalen nu då!! :O måste ju åka snart. hade velat se kriget mot spanjackerna :<

 

Comment by in Noname - 7 mon

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R.I.P fnatic.source :(...

good luck to you boys :)

 

Comment by at vaneX - 7 mon

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OMFG

though iam happy for xertion and Blaze the draft is bull**** for fnatic.css :(

 

Comment by at izeer - 7 mon

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today the world has lost its best and most popular css team ever. :(
i just hope the preparation for the european finals doesnt work out well, so bsl takes in proph and darky for those shitnoobs majk and fifflaren and we have at least 4 fnatic people in the starting 5 of berlin allianz. im sure olander could fit in a team with them, hes a great person, the fnatic boys are great persons, so no problem for them.

still:

what

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edit:
http://images.readmore.de/gallery/smallphotos/7813.jpg

dunno, but that picture pretty much says all about it ... so sad.

 

Comment by nl ylSs - 7 mon

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izeer..

the picture shocked me seeing quints face like that says enough..

 

Comment by at izeer - 7 mon

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im having the same face here at home ... just like blaze. really really sad. i really loved that team, the spirit, its type of gameplay ... everything.


and well, xertion also seems to have a huge problem with losing his mates.

http://images.readmore.de/gallery/smallphotos/7816.jpg

i really just hope proph and darky are replacing fifflaren and majk very fast. so at least 4 of them are back in 1 team. :|

 

Comment by se dohfOs - 7 mon

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watch http://www.thecgs.com/index.php?s=playlist&d=view&id=1113 and you'll come to see atleast xertion isn't that unhappy with him being drafted.

 

Comment by nl doekoe - 7 mon

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it says that quint is gay imo :P

 

Comment by se dsn - 7 mon

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congrats cod. also, congrats blaze and xertion, i guess.

 

Comment by nl Qu1nt - 7 mon

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Nice congrats fnatic.cod4 nice final.. L-king ermined :O :) i liked it :) congratz with taking 1st spot !!

 

Comment by se sNb - 7 mon

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grz fnatic.cod4!

 

Comment by uk adn - 7 mon

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Nice article Bidy. I have to agree that CSS' future is looking bleak whilst CoD4 is progressing in huge strides!

 

Comment by be davy - 7 mon

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nice one martin&co!

 

Comment by nz Annaky - 7 mon

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Great win COD guys. Also CSS good second place but very disappointing losing you all. I hate this CGS system so unfair to organisations bringing squads on and supporting them We can't say we're happy to lose you, we're not happy :( Also splitting up a team is dreadful,all those hours of bonding and hard work.

 

Comment by nl technics - 7 mon

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amazing work cod4 guys!! Sad to see the css guys go :(

I guess morg's loving must've worked huh tidde? :)

 

Comment by se sNb - 7 mon

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I really don't like the CGS and I hope they don't pick up cod4, that would ruin the scene.

 

Comment by nz Roychez - 7 mon

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Good job guys!!

Sad to see the CSS team go like this :( gl though

 

Comment by fr klwN - 7 mon

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Could someone quickly explain what's happening to the Source team ? :/

btw, amazing job CoD4 guys, you rock hard :D

 

Comment by nz Roychez - 7 mon

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xertion & blaze got picked up by Berlin Allianz :((

 

Comment by fr klwN - 7 mon

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It means that they absolutely can't play for fnatic.css anymore ?
Or it's just CGS-only stuff ?

 

Comment by nz Roychez - 7 mon

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Indeed, they are no longer in Fnatic.css and will be playing fully for Berlin Allianz now =(

 

Comment by nl Eko - 7 mon

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Too bad that fnatic did not do ALL or nothing.
splitting up a team that has been together for so long....

btw, recruit 2 members and keep on! :D

Proph + airraid + darky + warclown + nOLA ?

 

Comment by gb Neary - 7 mon

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CGS 4 cod 4 wp in both tourne's fnatic, wonder if css team will be dropped and by the read may follow suit

 

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