Fragbite proudly introduces a Swedish cs ChampionShip in contribution with QPAD, Kaspersky and M @ trix. Active since 2003 the organisation was providing us with news , videos , pictures etc , from many different events and now they have worked the way forward and will present us with Swedish cs ChampionShip.
Sweden's top four counter-strike teams will be granted a spot. In order for other four teams to participate in this competition they will have to compete in the upcoming Online Qualifiers. The contest will be held at M @ trix , which is located in Haymarket Square Subway station in Stockholm. The LAN was renewed only a short while ago , old pc platforms and gear were replaced with new.
Additional Information :
March 26 - Qualifiers #1
March 27 - Qualifiers #2
April 9 - Qualifiers #3
April 10 - Qualifiers #4
April 17 - Group stage
April 18 - Finals of the Matrix
Prizes :
1. 18,000 USD
2. 8,000 USD
3. 4,000 USD
The participating teams and any more information about this event will be posted later on.
As most of you all know we were doing the Ask Series almost every month, however this time we decided not to do it and do a little Pre-GN2010 interview with out lovely bot coder kalhimeo.
You can find the interview bellow
To most of the users you are known as kalhimeo or as the bot coder who along with myst created one of the most successful gather-network systems in Europe, however could you tell us who kalhimeo is and what does he do besides coding for GN?
Hi there! Well, it's quite a vast question. Let me introduce myself first: I am a 27 years old “french speaking” Belgian guy, living close to Brussels. My people use to call me Laurent, but in fact it does not sound as cool as "the bot coder" ;-). After a few years of long studies, small jobs and a lot of parties, I entered three years ago the DHL Company as First Officer on the Airbus A300B4. When I am not behind the computer working on the bot, the sky is where I spend a lot of my time.
How did you come up with the idea to create something big like Gather-Network?
Very simple: originally there was not such a plan.
Then years ago I played in a major Counter-Strike clan in Belgium and since we are a small country I quickly met most of the important Belgian players. This high-end player community was a little bit pissed off playing on public servers with whiners, people treating you as cheater, etc. So I decided to create a gather bot to make it easier to play with my CS friends. That's how the first gather channel was opened with the first bot version called PWF (standing for "Play With Friends").
After a few months of successful activity, we saw a lot of gather channels opening everywhere on Quakenet using my bot code (which was open source and free of download at that time). Then started the problems: to have a successful gather channel you need a good pool of players to fill the 10 slots and to play as substitute when needed. With all those new channels, the pool of player became split on all the different channels and the quality/number of gathers started to decrease. Then came the idea to build a united gather community, distributed on channels based on concrete criteria like the game played and the spoken language. I decided to call that union the "Gather-Network".
Which year do you think was ONE of the best years for GN?
I am someone very optimistic in every day’s life, so I always want to do better than the previous year. That's why I would answer that this year will be the best :) If I look back in the GN history, I remember some important milestones like when myst caught up the team with the creation of the website or the first time I successfully linked the bot with a game server.
You can read the rest of the interview by pressing the Read More button
Emil 'HeatoN' Christensen has finaly released his last video of the 'Tips & Tricks' video series.
The video teaches you how to develop some tactics for your team. The video is produced with the help of QPAD. Christensen explains that you need to stick with your best skill, like but that you need to improve the tactics.
You can check the last video here.
At the moment HeatoN isn't planning any other Tips & Tricks videos. If you want to view one of the Tips & Tricks video, go to the QPAD YouTube channel . This was the final installment of the HeatoN Tips & Tricks videos, no words have been given on addition additional episodes as of yet. To view all Tips & Tricks videos, head over to the QPAD YouTube channel.
H2k-Gaming have today reported that Samuel "Zyppe" Martinsson has decided to step down from his team and rather focus on his real life.
Just two weeks ago H2k-Gaming announced a new Swedish lineup that went all the way to the Semi-Final at the WES Masters Cup. Today one of their players Zyppe has decided to quit due to lack of motivation. His replacement was already found and it's none other then Jon "hyvlarn'"Edelsvärd. The former PlayZone member who recently won LanBauer has agreed to step in for H2k.
Jon had the following to say about joining H2k:
"I am very pleased to join such an organisation as H2K and take my gaming onto the next level. Along with H2K I also team up with some of my old mates who I've always wanted to play with again. But leaving Playzone wasn't an easy choice at all. I wish all the best luck to my teammates and Playzone-Gaming."
H2k-Gaming are now:
Andre "BARBARR" Möller Danny "pop" Oldenburg Markus "pronax" Wallstenen Richard "Xizt" Landström Jon “hyvlarn” Edelsvärd
More info and statements regarding H2k's new lineup can be found on the website.
Couple of weeks ago the organisation Pandemic announced that after the end of the season of ESEA Season 5 finals they will "close their doors". Today it became clear that the ex-team of Pandemic have found a new home, Damage Inc. The team will be joined by Dan 'mehleR' Mehle, who played for teams like x3o and Gravitas, and Garett 'grt' Bambrough who is ex-member of Evil Geniuses and Blight. Dustin 'dizzaman' Dilyerd decided to leave the team. For the moment isnt clear who will be the titular team but we will find this out soon. Let us wish them good luck!
The new team of Damage Inc :
Mikey 'Method' So Travis 'tuBBy' Bechtol Mason 'mason' Dickens Dan 'mehleR' Mehler Alex 'millipede' Abbott Garett 'grt' Bambrough
Fragbite proudly introduces a 
Mikey 'Method' So
Garett 'grt' Bambrough
