UKCT - UKCounterTerrorist

ESL have today announced the distribution of prize money with Counter-Strike 1.6 receiving over £3,000.

Breakdown:

1st. £1,750
2nd. £750
3rd. £440
4th. £220

Win Bonus: £25

An announcement will be made shortly regarding the dates of the tournament.

Less than a week after returning to full strength by recruiting Timi "aslak" Verkkoperä it now seems that Soltec have folded.

The team were hit by roster changes fairly early into their life with Atte "VIDI" Hyväkkä leaving for rivals Playzone and it seems the lineup was not able to properly recover, defaulting their WES Masters qualifier match against PGS D-Link.

Soltec was:

Timi "aslak" Verkkoperä
Joni "Freon" Huumo
Joona "natu" Leppänen
Matti "SPIKEONE" Järvinen
Ari "spin" Raimi

Good luck to all the players.

The European qualifier for WES Masters takes place today with a number of UK teams taking part. Due to the number of teams taking part we will only cover the UK teams in this.

cLip:

[01:00] BYE
[06:16] SimpleX

Infinitus eSports:

[01:00] BYE
[00:01] faivex

vitalsigns:

[16:02] I'm Not N00b
[10:16] neXtplease

strOng~

[16:08] europeanflavour
[14:16] NecroRaisers

free:

[01:00] BYE
[12:16] Canei

eMpathy:

[16:12] THiS iS
[16:04] Fresh-team.eu
[12:16] eSuba

Bang The Drum:

[01:00] BYE
[12:16] KerchNET

The Imperial:

[16:11] PlayFellows
[16:01] HSBG
[10:16] Specas (The Imperial used two mercs)

Unlucky to the UK teams.

RoyBacon of Cadred.org has posted his last Bringing Home the Bacon article entitled Odds and Sods.

In it, he discusses the current status of 1.6 in the runup to the ESL Extreme Masters world finals as well as Jogon's attempts to qualify for the UK's EPS.

Here's a sample:

I think the same can be said about 1.6 in Sweden and why perhaps they have never dominated CSS in the way they have 1.6 throughout its history. The Swedes have targeted 1.6 as a game they can dominate and with IOL and Dreamhack they have a fantastic breeding group for new talent. New players at the top level are still flooding into 1.6 in Sweden, where as in other countries perhaps other games have now taken prevalence (this was certainly true in the UK where CSS took over due in no small part to the effect of CGS). Sweden still seem able to keep their young blood hungry for 1.6 success.

Worth a read for sure.

Click below for the article.

Kebabs of XpreZ have now confirmed their lineup that will be trying to qualify for the new season of EPS Nordic. The team includes William "raven" Trulssen who was a member of the CPL UK winning team9 squad as well as as Martin "OmeN" Moskvil who played for GamingOrb.

The former Fainted man is apparently now living in Middlesbrough and commented:

I've always been an XpreZer, but playing Counter-Strike while focusing on work, studies and my girlfriend showed itself to be difficult. Now I only have my studies so it's pretty alright playing Counter-Strike again.

XpreZ is:

Stian "eVERLAST" Solheim
Sander "obaah" Johansen
Martin "OmeN" Moskvil
William "raven" Trulssen
Kåre "t0z" Kristoffersen

Good luck to them.