fnatic over New4 for third place
By: lurppis
Time: 2012-11-04 19:09
Game: Counter-Strike 1.6

fnatic has beaten New4 in K1 League Season 2's third place decider 2-1 (10-16 de_train, 16-3 de_tuscan, 16-12 de_dust2) to win 30,000 RMB (~$4,800) in their final tourney prior to CS:GO switch.

The world's best Counter-Strike 1.6 team in 2012 started off their final matches in the older version of the game in Shanghai with a 2-13 half as terrorists on de_train. They attempted a comeback after half time, but could only hit double digits before New4 clinched the opening map.

Second map de_tuscan was completely different, as the Danes showed strong terrorist play while dominating New4 almost as well as they had in the previous map, but by topping it with a clear 4-0 second half for a 16-3 win.


fnatic end their CS 1.6 career with a win

It all came down to de_dust2 where fnatic surprisingly scored eleven rounds as the defenders, while struggling as terrorists. Ultimately they were able to get the needed five rounds, and they secured a podium finish at K1 League Season 2. The VOD is available here.

Result
K1 League 2012 Seaso..
fnatic
2
New4
1

K1 League Season 2 final standings:

1. TyLoo / ETeng - 150,000 RMB (~$24,000)
2. TyLoo / ETeng - 60,000 RMB (~$9,600)
3. fnatic - 30,000 RMB (~$4,800)
4. New4

K1 League Season 2 grand final has been delayed until December 8 due to the presidential election taking place in China. fnatic's next tournament will take place sooner, as they will attend DreamHack Winter 2012 on November 22-24, making their CS:GO debut.

nice
2012-11-04 19:10:37
gj, i'm sure they had fun there
2012-11-04 19:11:23
by: Jawnt
#3
gg fnatic, great year!
2012-11-04 19:12:25
year isn't over for fnatic yet
2012-11-04 19:45:15
1.6 year
2012-11-04 21:10:32
oh, then yes)
2012-11-04 21:40:24
GJ fnatic!

I would love to see fnatic vs. TyLoo in 1.6. BO3.


fun-fact:

K1-prize-money >>> ESWC-prize-money

The second place gets almost the same prize as NIP did by winning the ESWC and the first place gets 2.4x of NIP's prize.

Post edited 2012-11-04 19:18:37
2012-11-04 19:12:45
because you can totally compare a side tournament to the main game for a league
2012-11-04 19:25:33
ESWC has always been a major international tournament while K1 is some kind of China only tournament with no international reputation (not even other Asian countries seem to be part of it).


Post edited 2012-11-04 19:29:48
2012-11-04 19:28:54
CS:GO was a test game with more invites now stfu
2012-11-04 19:39:27
So what?

I was just pointing out that a China only tournament is able to offer a higher prize money than the international ESWC. Although the K1 got no international audience they managed to get a shitload of money from sponsors. That means the Chinese market must be extremely strong.
Therefor it would be great for CS if China respectively Asia would become a part of the scene. Also because 1.6 got dropped by the IEM because it wasn't "global enough". But I doubt this will ever happen since Valve allowed Nexus to release a new CS:Online which will separate the Asian scene even more from the western scene.

Btw: Do you think the fact that CS:GO is just a "testgame" 3 months after its release and 1 year of Beta is something that should us make confident for the future?

Post edited 2012-11-04 19:50:56
2012-11-04 19:50:12
when you have a potential client base of almost 500million you can afford to spend more money
2012-11-04 20:03:10
Yeah sure. And that's exactly what I was on to. During the past 12 years the major CS audience always came from Europe+Russia+S/N-America, but it seems like there's now a pretty big CS:O community in China.

Post edited 2012-11-04 20:09:05
2012-11-04 20:08:04
The community is 1.6, only the sponsor is CSO.
2012-11-04 21:47:16
Let's not forget the money people have to put in to actually run ESWC smoothly.

K1 isn't half the size of an event that ESWC is, probably less expensive to run.

2012-11-04 22:29:25
2.4 times???? Glad you weren't my mathteacher
2012-11-04 19:49:05
10k * 2.4 = 24k

problem where?
2012-11-04 19:53:12
sorry tought eswc was 20k ;)
2012-11-04 20:00:47
GG fnatic. Amazing year for them. <3
2012-11-04 19:13:15
nice
2012-11-04 19:13:28
you are so fast with news :D
2012-11-04 19:30:46
GG last news of 1.6
2012-11-04 19:31:43
at least they arent empty handed!
2012-11-04 19:33:04
Does anyone know where i can get those great models the stream uses?
2012-11-04 19:36:14
RIP fnatic 1.6 <3 :)
2012-11-04 19:36:38
holy shit 24k for the 1st place?
2012-11-04 19:36:39
rip 1.6 go switch and rape those weaky VG
2012-11-04 19:37:33
niceee
2012-11-04 19:40:04
demo?
2012-11-04 19:47:02
wow 24 000$ for 1. place..chinese sure know
2012-11-04 19:53:22
there are more player playing CS:O than 1.6 in my country..

the games is like lagging compare to 1.6
2012-11-04 19:55:30
Because of the target audience being bigger than ESWC, there's no doubt in the reasoning why the prizes are massive.

I don't see why you complain since China got one and a half billion people. And many millions are interested in games.

Plus, the company behind K1 League have established connections to companies willing to invest.

The reasoning behind is that ESWC don't have qualified marketing managers to provide a ROI in sponsoring such premier event ESWC is!

2012-11-04 19:59:57
I never complained about anything. I was just pointing out a fact and yes, it's actually surprising that the target audience of a China-only-tournament became bigger than the audience of a major and "legendary" Europe+America-tournament.
2012-11-04 20:03:51
Then I suggest you recommend ESWC another marketing manager.

As I said, its all about connections. ESWC don't have good enough management in regards of marketing plans.
2012-11-04 20:26:11
When was ESWC ever a premier event?
2012-11-04 21:50:29
It's considered alongside WCG the most prestigeous event a player can win.

1. ESWC (World championships)
2. WCG (Olympics in CS)
3. IEM/CPL (World Series and league)

So yes, it's a premier event.
2012-11-04 23:14:03
GG,have a fun and safe trip guys,hope you guys like travelling there.
2012-11-04 20:00:28
Great prize pool. Especially for the first place
2012-11-04 20:08:54
gg
2012-11-04 20:16:40
GG fnatic 1.6 guys
Now gear up
Hope to see you guys in top4 of CSGO Scene
NiP, NaVi, ESC, fnatic
2012-11-04 20:18:59
CS:O is sh1t
2012-11-04 20:28:53
Is there any 1.6 tournament happening soon or can we guess a move to cs:go from fnatic now ?
2012-11-04 21:11:11
They will attend dh winter
2012-11-04 23:57:45
Oh ye I forgot, thanks. Finally a team to cheer up to !
2012-11-05 00:21:20
expected gj
2012-11-04 21:18:59
Good job to Fnatic on finishing 3rd (even though this is somewhat old news by now)! Now I'm just waiting on the Fnatic vs. TyLoo 1.6 showmatch that K1 wanted to organize.
2012-11-05 00:11:30
24k bucks for the first place :O
well played, TyLoo
2012-11-05 08:14:58
gl in GS:GO
2012-11-05 10:01:44
24k not bad!
2012-11-05 17:44:52
Comon its unbeliveable
24 $ ...holy shit
anyway china is going up
gl Fnatic
2012-11-06 13:05:56
well end
2012-11-07 08:19:46
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