Prediction: NGL One second place
By: Nix0n
Time: 2008-02-22 09:33
Event: NGL-One Season 4
Game: Counter-Strike 1.6
HLTV.org predicts the team to place second at the NGL One Season 4 finals this weekend.
roccat
Juuso "contE" Sajakoski
Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen
Samu "plastE" Aalto
Niko "naSu" Kovanen
Max "ruuit" Aspe
Mysterious team from Finland, a part of the better PR promotions in eSport history. Known as 69N-28E for a longer period, made many wondering and take wild guesses what was going on. The promotion of the roccat products has however nothing to do with the performance for Finland’s best team.

Playing together for so long and knowing each other, means a great deal when spending this much time together, both online and travelling the world. The Finnish team came closer to performing at best, when beating PGSPokerStrategy (now MYM) at WCG 2007 in Seattle. roccat did bring home a few trophies during 2007 and made it clear they are the absolute best team in Finland for the time being. roccat did already win one trophy from NGL One, when beating fnatic in the second season final. roccat want victory so bad you can sense it by the look of the eyes and intense screams during LAN events.
Strengths
They boys in roccat have been playing together for a long time. Latest addition to the team, young star plastE, came into the team last year, replacing natu. plastE and naSu are without any doubt the guys to kill the enemy. They both have the ability to hide and stab the enemy when they least expect it.

Ingame leader lurppis has traveled the world, experience ups and downs, played a ton of different teams, meaning this guy knows his stuff. lurppis has led the team to win tournaments several times, due to him known the teams playing style and positions so well. He’s a great player with a great mind, setting up the best possible anti-tactics.

roccat has the skill to surprise when least expected. naSu and plastE often jump out from their hiding spot and take several enemies in the back. This skill to surprise can be a key for roccat to win.
Weaknesses
The team has tensions to either go crazy and beat everything on their way to victory or fail measurable. Often it has been a mixture of the two for roccat. Lately the team has shown great play. They crushed mTw.International 16:2, in the battle for the last spot at NGL One Season 4 finals. Just a glimpse of great play, mTw being unprepared for the match or just a fact that roccat is going strong.
NGL One Season 4 results - 5 wins - 1 tie - 3 losses
vs. Alternate - de_inferno 8:16
vs. Excello - de_dust2 16:0 (default win)
vs. Gravitas - de_train 15:15
vs. mousesports - de_nuke 4:16
vs. SK Gaming - de_inferno 16:4
vs. wooSai - de_train 16:2
vs. fnatic - de_nuke 9:16
vs. MYM - de_dust2 16:0 (default win)
vs. mTw - de_inferno 16:2
Why will roccat not make it to the top, but finish as runner up at NGL One Season 4 finals?
roccat lack the luck and the skill to bring home the important and deciding victories when needed. The team will however run across the two German teams, not without a fight from the German teams. roccat will have they luck in the long run to make it to the final.

Tune in at 15:00CET to follow roccat at NGL One Season 4 finals. All their matches will be broadcasted here on HLTV.org. Drop by our event coverage to stay fully updated.
Don't agree with the prediction.

But great chronicle! Im sure as hell gonna take my time and read it! ;)
2008-02-22 10:31:49
by: kpc
#2
fnatic WTF
2008-02-22 10:53:34
"The team has tensions to either go crazy and beat everything on their way to victory or fail measurable"

agree.

2008-02-22 11:28:55
by: MadeInLondon - HLTV.org
#4
that's nice :D hltv.org - the oracle :D
2008-02-22 12:13:10
gl roccat
2008-02-22 13:29:53
I don't agree with the strengths. I mean what u say it's true but I can't accept that u forget to mention the solid play of contE always playing good games and the aggressive play of ruuit fragging like crazy in many matches. Another strenght is that they usually use unexpected tactics to surprise the enemy.

I'd also add that the main weakness is that they have the ablitiy to loose rounds that are already won making stupid mistakes.
2008-02-22 14:22:57
agree with #6
2008-02-23 11:46:19
When you see their playing against fnatic, mouz and alternate they lose and those teams are ( my opinion) the best 3 teams in the world so.. alternate will take second place i think
2008-02-23 12:35:42
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