Germany with no CS team at WCG?
By: MIRAA
Time: 2010-06-30 18:35

The German WCG organiser has indicated that the country's participation at the WCG finals for Counter-Strike is in doubt.

According to a statement issued by WCG Europe, budget cuts from sponsors have put the possibility of sending a German Counter-Strike teams to Los Angeles in the balance.

The costs of sending five players to play one tournament appear to have made the organiser opt to channel its funds elsewhere, given that German teams have recently been on the fringes of the action in WCG events.

Due to the lack of funds to organise a proper LAN qualifier for Counter-Strike in Germany, WCG Europe has announced that the tournament will be played online.

However, it is unknown whether the winner will be assured of a spot at the WCG finals, which will take place at ths Los Angeles Convention Center, in Los Angeles, United States, from September 30 to October 3.


mouz at WCG 2009

Last year, Germany was represented by mousesports, who failed to go beyond the group stages with a roster containing two stand-ins.

Meanwhile, it has been announced that Carom 3D will not be part of Germany's roster for WCG 2010 and that every game except for FIFA will have only one competitor in LA.

Germany's WCG 2010 roster:

3x FIFA 2010
1x Warcraft 3 TFT
1x Starcraft: Broodwar
1x Tekken 6
1x Forza Motorsport 3
1x Guitar Hero 5
1x Trackmania Nations Forever

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That's b4d for Germany =/
2010-06-30 18:37:17
by: AzurA
#2
To bad
2010-06-30 18:37:45
What? So they're paying for FIFA 2010 players etc but not CS? That's bullshit.
2010-06-30 18:37:49
because cs teams consist of 5 players i guess so if there is a lack of money it's a better solution to send 5 representatives, each playing different game that just 5 CS players.
2010-06-30 18:43:20
Yeah, that makes sense.
2010-06-30 18:52:35
I think you are right :)
2010-06-30 18:52:38
last year, both German fifa players got 1st and 2nd place, and mouz didnt even go far this and previous year
2010-06-30 21:27:41
ESL bubble preventing german counter-strike teams to build skill that wins them events.
2010-07-01 08:36:04
what do you mean?
2010-07-01 10:14:00
by: rochk
#4
W_T_F :|
2010-06-30 18:38:34
+1
2010-06-30 18:40:10
bad news o.O
2010-06-30 18:40:58
Owh too bad for them =/
2010-06-30 18:41:49
mousesports definitively have to be in WCG 2010 :S
2010-06-30 18:44:59
Yeah mouse has to be there.

Out of all those games no Cs. wow
2010-06-30 18:47:30
mouz is a must!!! and imo the only team that is able to do something on international level. We will see now on ESWC how the germans will play.
2010-06-30 18:49:09
propobly reason is that they every year use 1-2 stand in
2010-06-30 21:28:39
lol
2010-06-30 18:46:53
No german Team@WCG AMERICA.. in America (cplfeeling):o
2010-06-30 18:48:49
mouz don't have a proper team for WCG, with gob b being turkish. And Alternate didn't do good time before that.
2010-06-30 18:49:38
+1
2010-07-01 05:42:31
"Due to the lack of funds to organise a proper LAN qualifier for Counter-Strike in Germany, WCG Europe has announced that the tournament will be played online."

Lots of talents will be found...
2010-06-30 18:49:38
3x FIFA 2010
1x Tekken 6
1x Forza Motorsport 3
1x Guitar Hero 5
1x Trackmania Nations Forever

Don't send the people from these crap games, problem solved.
2010-06-30 18:53:05
I dont care now :D ESWC is coming! :D
2010-06-30 18:56:18
crisis?
2010-06-30 19:00:36
lol
2010-06-30 19:00:44
by: 1945
#23
Portugal, Poland and now Germany...fucking crisis :|
2010-06-30 19:03:30
you are defendly living in 1945 :D
2010-06-30 19:07:06
by: hpn-
#24
mousesports have to be there !
2010-06-30 19:03:43
C'mon, if Germany don't have money to send players at wcg then who has???
2010-06-30 19:11:54
agree
2010-06-30 19:15:42
Sweden :D
2010-06-30 19:59:37
India had money let dem IN :x
2010-07-01 05:14:13
A+E could not find sponsors for attending ESWC even though qualifiers were held. Its very sad scene here in India regarding attending international events.
2010-07-01 10:02:56
Nah we didn't, that's why only one Nordic team gets all expenses paid, all other teams have to pay for themselves. =)
2010-07-20 14:27:10
So they can afford rescuing budget of greece but not sending their cs team to LA? Ridiculous :D
2010-06-30 19:24:51
bad ((((
2010-06-30 20:09:45
Lol look at Blizzard he's always sleeping
2010-06-30 20:26:11
Last wcg's are rock for Germany, rly.
2010-06-30 20:28:36
Cancel this shit wcg man? :S
2010-06-30 20:29:09
sad news.gl to the rest countries
2010-06-30 20:29:20
what's the meaning behind WORLD CYBER GAMES, if 3/4 of all countries playing games don't have the money to send their teams to the event.

Post edited 2010-06-30 20:43:26
2010-06-30 20:43:10
mhm Baaad :|
2010-06-30 20:46:17
Wait, it wasn't Beholder to organise travel to Paris for German players, so what's the problem
2010-06-30 20:47:04
Can't edit so I'll reply myself.

I'm really proud of it that i've "read" the news and noticed it's bout organising WCG quals, not about going to Paris to play at ESWC :D
2010-06-30 21:58:08
oh come on, just make a qualifier for German team, mouz or Alternate will surly win, so those two teams can easly pay for their players on their own
2010-06-30 21:30:01
Why would they pay when the expenditure is huge and even if they win WCG the prize money will not be sufficient for covering expenses of a whole team + support staff
2010-07-01 10:04:59
it's mousesports... they got money, and if that was the only chance for their players to attend, I'm sure they would accept it
2010-07-01 10:13:05
by: MejW
#41
bahhhhhh LAME
2010-06-30 21:56:02
<3 mouz
2010-06-30 23:37:46
paging Mr. Arbalet
2010-06-30 23:41:29
Thats b4d ;\
2010-07-01 00:30:54
style of TYLOO's tragedy
2010-07-01 06:51:55
They have money, but due to bad performance by german teams, they don't want to send them.
2010-07-01 07:04:52
How many gold Medals did Russia won @ WCG? ever? of all time? Im sure i can count them on one hand.
2010-07-01 08:39:41
You don't need to count actually :D
2010-07-01 10:05:35
Hey, guy. I don't criticize german teams at all. And did you know that my favourite team for all the time was mouz? I just say that it's wrong position of the german wcg organizer. So relax, guy and hope for a german team at wcg 2010.
2010-07-01 10:42:45
celoZ WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? GERMANY HAVE QUALITY PLAYERS IN FIFA THEN IN CS!!! IF YOU DIDNT KNOW hero HAS PLAYED MORE THAN 7 WCG FINALS AND WHAT ABOUT CS TEAM?
2010-07-01 08:20:43
please dont compare fifa with counterstrike.
2010-07-01 08:53:56
Agree.
2010-07-01 15:41:12
...bad ;f
2010-07-01 08:33:04
kinda similiar to slovenia we have every shitty game on qualifiers but CS, and that goes for ESWC, for WCG we probably won't even have a qualifier... Olympic games my ass..
2010-07-01 09:49:22
by: ALTI
#57
Too bad
2010-07-01 09:57:29
This whole WCG'2010 seems to be the most disgustingly run affair. No team from Norway, no team from Finland, no fnatic, no German powerhouse. New Zealand had a qualifier for WCG this year, but it appears thats in trouble since there has been no mention what so ever of their involvement in the final in LA. In Australia the organisers didn't pay for all of the domestic flights they promised to pay for, this was after the players paid their registration fees.

If WCG wanted to cut back on their funding for CS, I would understand. These things are expensive to run. The problem is that they're leading people to believe it's the same event as last year.. When clearly it's not.
2010-09-08 03:39:45
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