CS:GO
As promised SK Gaming comes with a basic preview of the teams that will be battling each other today in Sweden.
Although that the tournament is not major, nor the prize pool covers such standards, the Swedish event will definitely be a great challenge for all the players out there at the Inferno Online Stockholm computer club and as well as excellent experience for the viewers, both on site and via the stream.
The Inferno Online Stockholm Pantamera CS:GO Challenge features six world class teams, with LGB eSports being the only team with slightly lower level than the rest, but nevertheless managed to qualify for the tournament by overcoming 127 teams from all over Europe including some notable names.
The tournament's structure is also a big factor, as all the six teams will meet each other once in the early stage, thus ensuring an awesome opportunity for all participants to test their skills against different styles of play.
Moreover the Swedish tournament will also be an absolutely great warmup for the teams for the upcoming big events. The majority of the top teams combined with LAN environment will force in-game changes and improvements, thus ensuring we will see the best of the best when it matters.
Nevertheless, read below to find out what is the teams' current condition and what to expect from them during this event.
For more information about the Inferno Online Stockholm Pantamera CS:GO Challenge click here.
Stay tuned to SK Gaming for updates.
Although that the tournament is not major, nor the prize pool covers such standards, the Swedish event will definitely be a great challenge for all the players out there at the Inferno Online Stockholm computer club and as well as excellent experience for the viewers, both on site and via the stream.
The Inferno Online Stockholm Pantamera CS:GO Challenge features six world class teams, with LGB eSports being the only team with slightly lower level than the rest, but nevertheless managed to qualify for the tournament by overcoming 127 teams from all over Europe including some notable names.
The tournament's structure is also a big factor, as all the six teams will meet each other once in the early stage, thus ensuring an awesome opportunity for all participants to test their skills against different styles of play.
Moreover the Swedish tournament will also be an absolutely great warmup for the teams for the upcoming big events. The majority of the top teams combined with LAN environment will force in-game changes and improvements, thus ensuring we will see the best of the best when it matters.
Nevertheless, read below to find out what is the teams' current condition and what to expect from them during this event.
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Lineup:
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Adam 'friberg' Friberg
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund
Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill
Richard 'Xizt' Landström
Recent notable achievements:
1st @ ASUS ROG Winter 2015
2nd @ MLG X-Games Aspen 2015
2nd @ DreamHack Winter 2014
Upcoming matches:
Vs.
LGB eSports - 12:00 CET
Vs.
Titan eSports - 13:00 CET
Vs. Team EnVy - 14:00 CET
Vs.
Virtus.pro - 15:00 CET
Vs. Fnatic - 15:00 CET
Status:
Ninjas in Pyjamas is still the most dominating team in the history of CS:GO, but by far not successful now as back then. Back in early November last year, The Swedish team decided to replace long time member Robin 'Fifflaren' Johansson with the former SK Gaming star Maikelele after several disappointing results. However 2015 so far seems to be promising for the Swedes, as the needed spark for the Ninjas was given by Maikelele, who performed considerably well at DreamHack Winter 2014 and was the NiP's MVP in Aspen at MLG. Ninjas in Pyjamas finally managed to fit the need for AWPer, thus giving more space to f0rest to do his best. Despite the little time the old players had to suit with Maikelele, they still managed to make their fourth final placing at a major and as well as win ROG Winter 2015 and finish second at MLG. The Ninjas are back on track. You can bet on it.
Lineup:
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Adam 'friberg' Friberg Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill Richard 'Xizt' LandströmRecent notable achievements:
1st @ ASUS ROG Winter 2015
2nd @ MLG X-Games Aspen 2015
2nd @ DreamHack Winter 2014
Upcoming matches:
Vs.
LGB eSports - 12:00 CETVs.
Titan eSports - 13:00 CETVs.
Team EnVy - 14:00 CETVs.
Virtus.pro - 15:00 CETVs.
Fnatic - 15:00 CETStatus:
Ninjas in Pyjamas is still the most dominating team in the history of CS:GO, but by far not successful now as back then. Back in early November last year, The Swedish team decided to replace long time member
Robin 'Fifflaren' Johansson with the former SK Gaming star Maikelele after several disappointing results. However 2015 so far seems to be promising for the Swedes, as the needed spark for the Ninjas was given by Maikelele, who performed considerably well at DreamHack Winter 2014 and was the NiP's MVP in Aspen at MLG. Ninjas in Pyjamas finally managed to fit the need for AWPer, thus giving more space to f0rest to do his best. Despite the little time the old players had to suit with Maikelele, they still managed to make their fourth final placing at a major and as well as win ROG Winter 2015 and finish second at MLG. The Ninjas are back on track. You can bet on it.Fnatic
Lineup:
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist
Jesper 'jw' Wecksell
Freddy 'KRiMZ' Johansson
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer
Marcus 'pronax' Wallsten
Recent notable achievements:
1st @ ClutchCon 2015
4th @ MLG X-Games Aspen 2015
1st @ ESEA Invite Season 17
5-8th @ DreamHack Winter 2014
1st @ ESWC 2014
Upcoming matches:
Vs. Titan eSports - 12:00 CET
Vs. Team EnVy - 13:00 CET
Vs. Virtus.pro - 14:00 CET
Vs. LGB eSports - 15:00 CET
Vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas - 16:00 CET
Status:
Fnatic had a fairly long and absolutely dominating period, but is struggling recently. The Swedish team managed to win almost everything both online and LAN competitions, and also overcame teams such as NiP and LDLC multiple times. Fnatic recently won ClutchCon 2015 in North America and also finished top four in MLG, losing to Ninjas in Pyjamas and Team Dignitas in the playoffs. Unfortunately lately Fnatic's star player flusha simply is under-performing and as an addition to Fnatic's struggles lately, jw failed to reach his standard height too. It's not like the Swedes are heavily under-performing, but still something is missing in their game. Team Fnatic is still among the very best, but not for long if continue to perform like in the previous month. Hopefully we will see the old Fnatic today.
Lineup:
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist Jesper 'jw' Wecksell Freddy 'KRiMZ' Johansson Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Marcus 'pronax' WallstenRecent notable achievements:
1st @ ClutchCon 2015
4th @ MLG X-Games Aspen 2015
1st @ ESEA Invite Season 17
5-8th @ DreamHack Winter 2014
1st @ ESWC 2014
Upcoming matches:
Vs.
Titan eSports - 12:00 CETVs.
Team EnVy - 13:00 CETVs.
Virtus.pro - 14:00 CETVs.
LGB eSports - 15:00 CETVs.
Ninjas in Pyjamas - 16:00 CETStatus:
Fnatic had a fairly long and absolutely dominating period, but is struggling recently. The Swedish team managed to win almost everything both online and LAN competitions, and also overcame teams such as NiP and LDLC multiple times. Fnatic recently won ClutchCon 2015 in North America and also finished top four in MLG, losing to Ninjas in Pyjamas and Team Dignitas in the playoffs. Unfortunately lately Fnatic's star player flusha simply is under-performing and as an addition to Fnatic's struggles lately, jw failed to reach his standard height too. It's not like the Swedes are heavily under-performing, but still something is missing in their game. Team Fnatic is still among the very best, but not for long if continue to perform like in the previous month. Hopefully we will see the old Fnatic today.
Virtus.pro
Lineup:
Paweł 'byali' Bieliński
Filip 'NEO' Kubski
Jarosław 'pasha' Jarząbkowski
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
Recent notable achievements:
5-8th @ ASUS ROG Winter 2015
2nd @ ESEA Invite Season 17
3-4th @ DreamHack Winter 2014
3rd @ ESWC 2014
Upcoming matches:
Vs. Team EnVy - 12:00 CET
Vs. LGB eSports - 13:00 CET
Vs. Fnatic - 14:00 CET
Vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas - 15:00 CET
Vs. Titan eSports - 16:00 CET
Status:
Virtus.pro had not changed much these couple of events, but is still in considerably stable form. The Polish pride are still struggling to reach the famous Katowice level, but interestedly came up with a potential solution. The Poles already have all the firepower needed, but are lacking of standard tactical approach and here's the interesting part coming. Just few days ago, Virtus.pro announced that Jakub 'kuben' Gurczynski reunites the Golden Five as a team coach. Many of you know kuben from the 1.6 era, where he was among the best and most successful in-game leaders in the discipline. He will definitely be a great support for the Poles to reach their dominating level again and force strategic in-game changes in the team, but how effective they will be is a good question. Nevertheless, the Polish team now have everything needed to start conquering the scene again.
Lineup:
Paweł 'byali' Bieliński Filip 'NEO' Kubski Jarosław 'pasha' Jarząbkowski Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasRecent notable achievements:
5-8th @ ASUS ROG Winter 2015
2nd @ ESEA Invite Season 17
3-4th @ DreamHack Winter 2014
3rd @ ESWC 2014
Upcoming matches:
Vs.
Team EnVy - 12:00 CETVs.
LGB eSports - 13:00 CETVs.
Fnatic - 14:00 CETVs.
Ninjas in Pyjamas - 15:00 CETVs.
Titan eSports - 16:00 CETStatus:
Virtus.pro had not changed much these couple of events, but is still in considerably stable form. The Polish pride are still struggling to reach the famous Katowice level, but interestedly came up with a potential solution. The Poles already have all the firepower needed, but are lacking of standard tactical approach and here's the interesting part coming. Just few days ago, Virtus.pro announced that
Jakub 'kuben' Gurczynski reunites the Golden Five as a team coach. Many of you know kuben from the 1.6 era, where he was among the best and most successful in-game leaders in the discipline. He will definitely be a great support for the Poles to reach their dominating level again and force strategic in-game changes in the team, but how effective they will be is a good question. Nevertheless, the Polish team now have everything needed to start conquering the scene again.
Virtus.pro's CS:GO division is now under the guidance of kuben.
Titan eSports
Lineup:
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub
Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez
Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy
Recent notable achievements:
2nd @ ASUS ROG Winter 2015
6th @ ESEA Invite Season 17
5-8th @ ESWC 2014
Upcoming matches:
Vs. Fnatic - 12:00 CET
Vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas - 13:00 CET
Vs. LGB eSports - 14:00 CET
Vs. Team EnVy - 15:00 CET
Vs. Virtus.pro - 16:00 CET
Status:
Titan eSports' level dropped drastically after losing Hovik 'KQLY' Tovmassian due to VAC ban. The French squad used the team coach Jeremy 'ioRek' Vuillermet in few events as a stand-in until finding a proper replacement for KQLY and eventually came up with the coming out of retirement after over two years of inactivity, RpK. RpK was one of the world's best players back in Source and have a lot of experience under Ex6TenZ's leadership in VeryGames. Unfortunately despite RpK's CS:GO history being commendable, was also very short. The French team is definitely superior at the moment in terms of tactical play and kennyS' devastating sniping abilities are greatly endangering every single team in this competition, but the needs to overcome a world class team are much higher and requires apEX's tip-top form.
Lineup:
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRecent notable achievements:
2nd @ ASUS ROG Winter 2015
6th @ ESEA Invite Season 17
5-8th @ ESWC 2014
Upcoming matches:
Vs.
Fnatic - 12:00 CETVs.
Ninjas in Pyjamas - 13:00 CETVs.
LGB eSports - 14:00 CETVs.
Team EnVy - 15:00 CETVs.
Virtus.pro - 16:00 CETStatus:
Titan eSports' level dropped drastically after losing
Hovik 'KQLY' Tovmassian due to VAC ban. The French squad used the team coach Jeremy 'ioRek' Vuillermet in few events as a stand-in until finding a proper replacement for KQLY and eventually came up with the coming out of retirement after over two years of inactivity, RpK. RpK was one of the world's best players back in Source and have a lot of experience under Ex6TenZ's leadership in VeryGames. Unfortunately despite RpK's CS:GO history being commendable, was also very short. The French team is definitely superior at the moment in terms of tactical play and kennyS' devastating sniping abilities are greatly endangering every single team in this competition, but the needs to overcome a world class team are much higher and requires apEX's tip-top form.Team EnVy
Lineup:
Vincent 'Happy' Cervoni
Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey
Nathan 'NBK' Schmitt
Richard 'shox' Papillon
Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux
Recent notable achievements:
1st @ MLG X-Games Aspen 2015
1st @ DreamHack Winter 2014
2nd @ ESWC 2014
Upcoming matches:
Vs. Virtus.pro - 12:00 CET
Vs. Fnatic - 13:00 CET
Vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas - 14:00 CET
Vs. Titan eSports - 15:00 CET
Vs. LGB eSports - 16:00 CET
Status:
The Frenchmen of Team EnVy, formerly known as LDLC, are definitely the heavy favorites to win this tournament. It's not like the French team is absolutely dominating everything, but nevertheless managed to take down Ninjas in Pyjamas twice in the grand finals of DreamHack Winter 2014 and MLG X-Games Aspen 2015, and as well as winning against Fnatic several times. Despite achieving these titles, Team EnVy had up and down moments, as both endings against NiP finished 2-1. The French team also lost against significantly weaker teams, but again managed to find a way to the top. Team EnVy is the best team in the world right now and as well as favorites to win Inferno Online Pantamera. The Frenchmen are all experienced and skilled players, but needs to perform better than before in order to defend their title as the number one team in the world.
Lineup:
Vincent 'Happy' Cervoni Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Nathan 'NBK' Schmitt Richard 'shox' Papillon Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxRecent notable achievements:
1st @ MLG X-Games Aspen 2015
1st @ DreamHack Winter 2014
2nd @ ESWC 2014
Upcoming matches:
Vs.
Virtus.pro - 12:00 CETVs.
Fnatic - 13:00 CETVs.
Ninjas in Pyjamas - 14:00 CETVs.
Titan eSports - 15:00 CETVs.
LGB eSports - 16:00 CETStatus:
The Frenchmen of Team EnVy, formerly known as LDLC, are definitely the heavy favorites to win this tournament. It's not like the French team is absolutely dominating everything, but nevertheless managed to take down Ninjas in Pyjamas twice in the grand finals of DreamHack Winter 2014 and MLG X-Games Aspen 2015, and as well as winning against Fnatic several times. Despite achieving these titles, Team EnVy had up and down moments, as both endings against NiP finished 2-1. The French team also lost against significantly weaker teams, but again managed to find a way to the top. Team EnVy is the best team in the world right now and as well as favorites to win Inferno Online Pantamera. The Frenchmen are all experienced and skilled players, but needs to perform better than before in order to defend their title as the number one team in the world.
LGB eSports
Lineup:
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad
Pål 'Polly' Kammen
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel
Morten 'zEVES' Vollan
Recent notable achievements:
13-16th @ ESWC 2014
Upcoming matches:
Vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas - 12:00 CET
Vs. Virtus.pro - 13:00 CET
Vs. Titan eSports - 14:00 CET
Vs. Fnatic - 15:00 CET
Vs. Team EnVy - 16:00 CET
Status:
The Norwegians are slightly below the level of all the rest teams, but as I said above, LGB eSports managed to overcome 127 teams to fly to Sweden. It is clear than the team is against the odds, but it's not the first time we see the LGB eSports upsetting top tier team and might as well do that today. Aside of ESWC, the Norwegian team managed to finish second in the Main European division of the seventeenth season of ESEA League, losing to PENTA Sports in the end. The team might be lacking of experience, but is definitely on fire and prepared for the tournament. Winning the qualifier against numerous known teams from all over Europe is praiseworthy and shows that LGB eSports deserves to be in this tournament. I doubt the Norwegian team will proceed forward to the playoffs, but surely can put a good fight and win a map or two.
Lineup:
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Pål 'Polly' Kammen Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel Morten 'zEVES' VollanRecent notable achievements:
13-16th @ ESWC 2014
Upcoming matches:
Vs.
Ninjas in Pyjamas - 12:00 CETVs.
Virtus.pro - 13:00 CETVs.
Titan eSports - 14:00 CETVs.
Fnatic - 15:00 CETVs.
Team EnVy - 16:00 CETStatus:
The Norwegians are slightly below the level of all the rest teams, but as I said above, LGB eSports managed to overcome 127 teams to fly to Sweden. It is clear than the team is against the odds, but it's not the first time we see the LGB eSports upsetting top tier team and might as well do that today. Aside of ESWC, the Norwegian team managed to finish second in the Main European division of the seventeenth season of ESEA League, losing to PENTA Sports in the end. The team might be lacking of experience, but is definitely on fire and prepared for the tournament. Winning the qualifier against numerous known teams from all over Europe is praiseworthy and shows that LGB eSports deserves to be in this tournament. I doubt the Norwegian team will proceed forward to the playoffs, but surely can put a good fight and win a map or two.
For more information about the Inferno Online Stockholm Pantamera CS:GO Challenge click here.
Stay tuned to SK Gaming for updates.
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