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06/12/11 04:18pm
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With WCG just days away and not much (zero) content about it I thought I'd write up some information/statistics about the previous and current teams that have/will represent(ed) Australia in WCG and to get discussion rolling. The most common trend is the majority of players sent overseas for WCG have been at least twice (excluding WA's 23 stint) and as of this year the most sent team being Immunity. This years team has arguably the most international experience of any team we have sent overseas amongst the players and it should be interesting to watch how their matches unfold.
Team History:
2001 Synergy
Arvind "loki" Sundaram
Billy "7.62" Ho
Dimitri "dimitri" Liolio-davis
Jeremy "RasE" Doyle
Sean "5.62" Pieres
2002 iCHOR
Hossein "Kalgo" Ghertassi
Michael "Megahertz" Hazilias
Billy "7.62" Ho
Sean "5.62" Pieres
John "VenoM" Redwood
2003 function zer0
David "Davio" Kaye
Andrew "fer0" Gollner
Matthew "flatbeat" Farries
Justin "Kurandus" Evans
Ben "nebu" Farrell
2004 23
Danny "sastroopa" Rogers
Michael "wizzamabob" Atkins
Bradley "mole" Holding
Dino "az__" Zahirovich
Matthew "HBB" Clews
2005 iCHOR
Hossein "Kalgo" Ghertassi
Andrew "Lazyjai" Wang
Li "YnFiRe" Yang
Rory "Diggity" Burke
David "Davio" Kaye
2006 emg
Jon "Somus" Pfeiffer
Jeremy "RasE" Doyle
Rory "Diggity" Burke
Nathan "wstd" Banks
Peter "oxey" Lo
2007 Sequential
Daniel "messi" Anderson
Miles "rizE" OConnor
Michael "apoc" Aliferis
Soren "Soren" Larssen
Otis "pupajoN" Duncan
2008 Immunity
Yaman "Yaman" Ergenekon
fergus "ferg" stephenson
Gareth "gazR" Lynn
Alexander "steel" Panov
Ben "benoR" O`Reilly
2009 Sequential
Emir "Rumil" Keser
Soren "Soren" Larssen
Michael "apoc" Aliferis
Rory "Diggity" Burke
Otis "pupajoN" Duncan
2010 Immunity
Otis "pupajoN" Duncan
Gareth "gazR" Lynn
Miles "rize" O`Connor
Yaman "Yaman" Ergenekon
Justin "Kurandus" Evans
2011 Immunity
Gareth "gazR" Lynn
Yaman "Yaman" Ergenekon
Ben "benoR" O`Reilly
Mark "kram" Pearce
Mark "deStiny" Kagan
Placings:
2001 Synergy: 5th-6th
2002 iCHOR: 8th-16th
2003 function zer0: Groups
2004 23: Groups (Eliminated by Kuwait)
2005 iCHOR: 5th-8th
2006 emg: Groups (Lost on round difference)
2007 Sequential: Groups
2008 Immunity: 8th-16th
2009 Sequential: Groups
2010 Immunity: Groups
Noteworthy Wins:
Synergy: g3x, M19
iCHOR: redcode
Sequential: k23
Immunity: dignitas, roccat
Most Representing Players:
Yaman (3)
gazR (3)
pupajoN (3)
Diggity (3)
Most Successful Teams:
2001 Synergy: Winning 5/6 games in groups finishing equal first followed by a victory over a major title winner, russia's M19 in playoff's. 2008 Immunity: Not the highest placing but (in my opinion) the best roster and the best victories.
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06/12/11 04:18pm
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2011's Immunity's WCG Path:
Immunity have been placed in a relatively tough but beatable group stage against the likes of ENTiTY, project_kr and Nervana. Nervana should (hopefully) be a downhill battle for Immunity meanwhile facing the two favourites of the group to pass through to playoff's may pose a greater challenge considering the amount of practice the team have put forward between IEM Guangzhou 'til now. Although it would be favourable for Immunity to place first and potentially play NEXT(k23) in the first round of playoff's in the lower half of the bracket, they most likely will be playing Moscow 5 in the upper half of the bracket assuming they can push for a second placing in groups upsetting either project_kr or Macedonia's ENTiTY.
Between the team there is much experience, having played against many top teams such as roccat, fnatic, SK, alternate, lions, EG and anexis to name a few the team has the potential to get through groups but their lack of practice may see them bring Australia yet another early leave from groups. From what I know the opening ceremony is on the 8th followed by groups on friday the 9th at 12PM AEST.
This may be the last time an Australian team goes overseas to represent for Counter-Strike 1.6 so I hope you all try your best to make time to spectate!
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06/12/11 04:31pm
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didn't know Synergy beat M19 at WCG 2001, that's pretty cool
who was in the redcode team? Never heard of them before
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06/12/11 04:32pm
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06/12/11 04:44pm
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the old redcode was a spanish team that went to pretty much every tournament, the players moved on to x6tence which have also been at pretty much every tournament (with the same players from back then)
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06/12/11 04:51pm
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interesting to note, the current project_kr team signed up according to WCG is:
zeff (recently joined the usual project_kr, untested player)
hiva (unknown)
termi (oldskool korean pro)
Sen (unknown)
hee (oldskool player)
So without their best players (glow, enemy, peri, solo) i'm not sure how good Korea will be.
This is assuming this is their actual lineup, and not just some random team they signed up to get extra entry cards or something dodgy.
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06/12/11 05:04pm
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06/12/11 06:36pm
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06/12/11 06:53pm
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well they havent played with solo for ages, and hee was leet if that is actually him playing, would be a big loss for them if glow/peri arent playing though (enemy was a bit average in his return).
nice writeup though bish gw
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06/12/11 07:26pm
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haha @ eliminated by kuwait, brilliant
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06/12/11 07:47pm
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great news for immunity
peri is their main fragger and glow their awp, wont get far without them two
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06/12/11 08:05pm
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interesting to note that teddyT is my friend
and also rizE is one of australias greats
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07/12/11 01:18am
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mr cot tell me is that really you
I wonder what you've done
to become so big and dumb
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07/12/11 01:39am
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07/12/11 07:16am
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wow immunity can actually come out top of group then, which could see them getting to quarters and possibly semis vs again
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07/12/11 07:48am
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Even if that is the Project KR lineup i still think they will be good and beat iM. Koreans are crazy on their games, i bet they have been pracing 10 hours a day for the past month for this also the home soil will have its advantages. Entity according to lurppis have also been putting in heavy prac, i still cant see iM getting out of groups unless they just hit shots all day long, i hope im wrong though would be good to see them advance especially in the number 1 spot to see them take on the poles potentially.
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07/12/11 08:03am
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assuming they come first their road should look something like this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17352051/bish/potwcg.jpg
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07/12/11 08:26am
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07/12/11 09:12am
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LOL sam <3 your work mate
the community misses ya
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07/12/11 09:37am
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yes im sure with all there prac they will make the semis
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07/12/11 09:37am
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Already gone all iM in dreamteam.
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07/12/11 10:30am
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it's not something you can buy or steal...ya cot it when you're alone
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07/12/11 11:16am
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unless they added de_blades_edge_arena to the map pool, gonna be a tough road
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07/12/11 11:42am
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07/12/11 03:53pm
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08/12/11 06:33am
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project_kr vs. Immunity de_inferno 7:00PM THU
Nervana vs. Immunity de_dust2 12:00PM FRI
ENTiTY vs. Immunity de_tuscan 1:00PM FRI
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08/12/11 11:21am
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I will be at christmas party tonight, so I will be unable to witness peeks unbelievable feed again...
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08/12/11 11:23am
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if iM lose to Iran does that count as a more embarassing loss than 23 to DungeoN_q8....I'm thinking yes
hopefully deStiny and brenoR can carry peeks sorry 12" of meatrod
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08/12/11 01:10pm
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despite all cot's rage he is still just a rat in a cage
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08/12/11 01:49pm
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08/12/11 02:30pm
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not so sure milky, Dungeon_q8 doesnt even have a flag uploaded on fragbite... iran does ;)
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08/12/11 02:39pm
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It would be interesting to see what it might look like if you factored in the IEM's (China, Taiwan, South Korea), KODE5 (Russia), ESWC (France) results as well.
I'd expect gazR to have represented Australia more times than anyone else?
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08/12/11 03:32pm
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yeah gaz is the most experienced overseas player for sure
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08/12/11 04:13pm
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wtf? I remember when gazR just got recruited to sg or whatever and fed hard
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13/12/11 03:21pm
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Nice write up, didn't f0 beat 3D or something along the way on cbble or something? My memory could be going though.
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13/12/11 06:01pm
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14/12/11 02:12pm
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I demand a re count, shed be a close finish, the gbald might just beat me at the post though :(
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14/12/11 03:21pm
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if you factor in ESWC's Big Evans and Kayeker are in there
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