Wow, really great teams signing up for this league. This league is going to be incredible. I personally think FXOpen, LG, or NrG should get the last spot. FXOpen and LG hasn't been around for too long but they seem like they're really organized. NrG's been around forever so I have no doubt in their leader's ability to make things happen. But, I don't know, I'm kinda leaning towards NrG. It seems like some of their players are being overlooked, they're all immensely skilled. It's going to be close though, GL to all the teams!

majestouch

United States395 Posts

December 29 2010 20:24 GMT

#244

On December 26 2010 13:23 blade55555 wrote:

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No that was Nova and only 1 player from vvv went there from what I know unless others got an invite

Also yeah NRG also. I'm surprised VT was picked over one of those two especially considering NRG has been dominating lots of clans lately and vvv just won the SCL and I dunno what VT has done lately in terms of clan wars.

they got a ginger (torch) why wouldn't u want vt? on a side note, no idea what they have done lately either, and personally some of their members i wouldn't say are top notch got a few on ladder and i won pretty convincingly (i don't consider myself amazing or anything either). note: i'm not saying they are bad by any means (b/c they aren't) i am simply stating personal experience.

Zlasher

United States9129 Posts

December 29 2010 20:50 GMT

#245

lol saying aAa has "by far the strongest sc2 lineup" is absolutely ludicrous, they have sarens and to a lesser extent nerchio, two players who have done little in the global scene and significantly less in the european scene than teams like mouz dignitas even liquid's couple representatives in EU, among other teams.

They're a team, they have good players, but they aren't BY FAR THE STRONGEST.

since other people have said it, i'll feel less guilty pointing it out now. I voted for LG, I have no affiliation towards LG, but if you look at the format of team leagues, it has never been about one individual star (sorry vT, spades is a good player but even he has only top 32'd at MLG's and done little in the ways of top 3'ing online tournaments).

LG has one of the best overall lineup for competing in a team league, headed by obviously PainUser, but also with players like Agh, Zelniq, Shew, sykness, response, ranged, etc.

the only teams that can hold a lick to that are NRG (with 3 extremely solid players). coL, although I love their players, really they're like another vT, except their Spades is Stalife, who does better in tournaments and is a bonafide star player. FXO is another team that along with NRG and LG should be, in my opinion, looked at more closely, since their team has some of the top players around like Sheth (who takes breaks on and off quite a bit, but has shown to be great at online events), as well as mOOnglade, the #1 SEA player, and Filthy, another top SEA player, and OptikZero. I believe they'll need at least a 5th player to compete in most formats of team leagues.

After all that, you can look at vVv with players who haven't been as much on the radar lately like Murder, but also has players like Rigid, Time, and NGry.

In order to compete in the team league the team needs to not necessarily hvae more sponsorships or players, but they need 4-5 extremely solid players. I honestly think only LG, NRG, and FXO can offer that.

my 2 cents.

NrG.NeverExpo

Canada2114 Posts

December 29 2010 20:51 GMT

#246

Since we are posting roster and achievements i can post a few

Roster: (Competitive CW roster)

NrGdde (dde) - Canada, Terran, 3407 pts
NrGMihai (AhhBoxxah) - Canada, Terran, 2542 pts
NrGViBE (sixjaxViBE) - USA, Zerg, 3053 pts
NrGCheese - USA, Protoss, 3275 pts
NrGCocoA - USA, Terran, 3047 pts
NrGostojiy - Canada, Zerg, 3312 pts
NrGSteve - Canada, Protoss, 3065 pts
NrGHumble - Canada, Zerg, 3086 pts
NrGGuN - USA, Protoss, 3008 pts
NrGMalice - USA, Zerg, 3031 pts

Achievements:

-LAN ETS SC2 Tournament #1 5th-6th Place (NrG.AhhBoxxah) $100 http://142.137.247.108/brackETS/SC2_Group/SC2ETS.htm

-SPGL Weekly #2 1st Place (NrG.CrY) $50 http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1163/nrgcryspgl21stplace.png

-NoMi Cup #7 2nd Place (NrG.CrY) http://challonge.com/nomicup7

-US CraftCup #6 2nd Place (NrG.AhhBoxxah) http://www.bitsperbeat.com/ussc2/?site=brackets&tID=250#round1

-Stay Alive Cup #5 1st Place (NrG.eve) http://stayalive.tourney.cc/5/brackets/?display_type=full

-PolyBASH VIP LAN Montreal 1st Place (NrG.AhhBoxxah) $100 (10/10/10) http://www.comic.polymtl.ca/Pages/bashvip/

-Stay Alive Cup #6 1st Place (NrG.Ahhboxxah) http://stayalive.tourney.cc/6/brackets/?display_type=full

-Stay Alive Cup #6 2nd Place (NrG.Bamboo) http://stayalive.tourney.cc/6/brackets/?display_type=full

-US CraftCup #8 1st Place (NrG.AhhBoxxah) $25 http://www.bitsperbeat.com/ussc2/?site=brackets&tID=264#grid

-BTT Baltic Qualifier 1st place (NrG.Viktor) http://www.online-kingdom.org/events/23

-Stay Alive Cup #9 1st Place (NrG.CrY) http://stayalive.tourney.cc/9/brackets/?display_type=full

-SPGL Weekly #8 2nd Place $10 (NrG.CrY) http://www.thespgl.com/tournaments.php?tourney[id]=29

-ESL Go4SC2 Cup #3 2nd Place (NrG.dde) http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/go4sc2/cup3/rankings/

-SPGL Weekly #9 2nd Place (NrG.CrY) http://www.thespgl.com/tournaments.php?tourney[id]=30

-Skadi Weekly Cup #3 2nd Place (NrG.CrY) http://challonge.com/skadiweekly3

-Hyper Crew Open #4 2nd Place (NrG.CocoA) $5 http://challonge.com/Hypercrewopen4/module?width=700&height=900

-SPGL Weekly #10 1st Place (NrG.CocoA) $55 http://www.thespgl.com/tournaments.php?tourney[id]=33

-Team Liquid Open #3 1st Place (NrG.AhhBoxxah) $100 http://www.teamliquid.net/tournaments/admin/?action=bracket&id=334

-ESL Go4SC2 Cup #8 1st Place (NrG.dde) http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/go4sc2/cup2/rankings/#/us/sc2/go4sc2/cup8/rankings/

-tQ Open #6 1st Place (NrG.CocoA) http://challonge.com/tqopen6

-ESL Go4SC2 Cup #9 1st Place (NrG.dde) http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/go4sc2/cup2/rankings/#/us/sc2/go4sc2/cup9/rankings/

-Undeniable Tournament #11 2nd Place (NrG.dde) http://undeniablygamer.com/tournaments.php?tourney[id]=24

-HyperCrew Open #6 1st Place (NrG.dde) http://challonge.com/Hypercrewopen6/module?width=700&height=900

-HyperCrew Open #3 2nd Place (NrG.Malice) http://www.hypercrew.com/tournaments/halloffame.php

-SCD Weekly #5 1st Place (NrG.dde) http://challonge.com/scd5

-SCD Weekly #6 2nd Place (NrG.dde) http://challonge.com/scd6

-Hyper Crew Open #9 1st Place (NrG.dde) http://challonge.com/Hypercrewopen9/module?width=700&height=900

Zlasher

United States9129 Posts

December 29 2010 20:52 GMT

#247

On December 30 2010 04:20 desrow wrote:
omg aaa is gonna win so hard, they have so much votes in the pool haha

On December 28 2010 07:26 Xeris wrote:
I never said I was going to choose the team based on the poll result ... @_@

and rightfully so.

PS: Many of those tournaments are fairly empty without much representation from strong players, not to say that they are all like that, as obviously a tournament with allaboutyou, fenix, or another with ddoro taurent kiwikaki etc. are no small feat. but I do think both NRG and aAa posting every top 8 they've gotten won't help unless it shows the competition as well. That proves merit much moreso than placements at small 25 dollar tournaments. But after looking at brackets and list of achievements, NRG blows aAa out of the water sorry.

NrG.NeverExpo

Canada2114 Posts

December 29 2010 21:15 GMT

#248

I understand it's not huge but not a lot of people know our team or what we do, and i think we deserve the spot so im really pushing for it.

Zlasher

United States9129 Posts

December 29 2010 21:18 GMT

#249

Yeah I agree, I think obviously it sucks only 1 team can make it but there is no doubt NrG is underrated, a lineup with mihai dde vibe and cheese is much stronger than given credit for.

mordk

Chile8385 Posts

December 29 2010 21:20 GMT

#250

Xeris, this is going to sound a lil biased, since I'm from LA anyways (playing in US server though), but it seems to me it'd be good if you take CNB, or some other non euro/non US team, just for the sake of making the tournament more global, that'd be better for the scene as a whole. Plus, I'm pretty sure they could put up a nice performance.

icedragon

86 Posts

December 29 2010 21:24 GMT

#251

My vote goes to nrg. That list of achievements is very impressive, and they have a whole bunch of top 200 players. In addition I remember watching a very close and well played match between dde and huk at mlg.

I think that their team, from top to bottom, is the most competetive, even if they do not have the best overall stars. To go back to a basketball reference, I would compare them to San Antonio. They rarely are flashy and they don't have all the cool top players, but they just keep winning.

-my few cents.

Zlasher

United States9129 Posts

December 29 2010 21:37 GMT

#252

I think if it comes down to expanding viewership, it should be FXO, since that opens the doors to the SEA server, if it comes down to merit it should be between NRG and FXO and LG. NRG does have some very impressive tournament wins and CW wins now that I'm looking over it all again.

^ good comparison to basketball teams actually lol.

debasers

737 Posts

December 29 2010 21:39 GMT

#253

Increase the size of the tournament to 12 teams, two 6 teams division, lol

Grroar

United States291 Posts

December 29 2010 21:45 GMT

#254

Site is down

Denizen[9]

United States649 Posts

December 29 2010 22:12 GMT

#255

The top 2 european teams for this spot would be Empire and Millenium. US LG, NrG, and FXO

mrgoochio

United States557 Posts

December 29 2010 22:16 GMT

#256

my vote goes to LG.. strong lineup

MandoRelease

France374 Posts

December 29 2010 22:23 GMT

#257

My vote will go to either vVv or NrG. I can't decide yet, i'd like to see them both in the league.

EDIT : yay just voted for vVv

Ghad

Norway2551 Posts

December 29 2010 22:59 GMT

#258

On December 28 2010 08:02 eNtitY~ wrote:
Would be cool to see Vile or Complexity in this.

I was kinda hoping to see Vile get a shot, what with Hashe being listed as a coach at Gosucoaching and all. Guess more of their lineup needs to get out there and make a name for themselves.