UK/IE Clanbase Open Cup Entrants

Posted by ryano at 23:30 20/3/2002.

I am proud to announce the 10 teams that have qualified to represent the UK and Ireland in the Clanbase Opencup:

(In the order they are on Clanbase and with quakenet irc rooms for you to log into)

fusion.uk #fusionclan
CS-Marines #cs-marines
visual.pleasure #vp|
Cold Fusion #coldfusion
uninspired #ui
VETS #vets
Last Rites #lr
operation 0wnage #o0
Lights Camera Action #lca
Six Kittens #6k^
With dNc reaching the quaterfinals last time maybe we can go one or two steps further this season. Get yourselves a team to follow and support them through the open cup.

Another point of information is that the leagues will be drawn tommorow check here for more.

Comments

Marcus
calibre
23:42 20/3/2002
With dNc reaching the quaterfinals last time maybe we can go one or two steps further this season.

Hmm UI got good chance I think. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Marcus
calibre
23:44 20/3/2002
UI should go quite far. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
XLNC/Dr_Evil
00:14 21/3/2002
GL to all the clans. Especially VP who beat us so must be great :P. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Simmo
00:25 21/3/2002
Make it a LR vs o0 final :D

I know you b***hes can do it.

Tmc you best win or il slap j00. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Pho
08:50 21/3/2002
i rekon that most of the teams could do well but my money is on UI and LR =] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ryano
theb0g
08:58 21/3/2002
UI are our hopes I think. LCA may do well but it all depends on the group draw.

Deean [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nerf
Clan ONE
09:16 21/3/2002
we should have been there :( grrrr [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nerf
Clan ONE
09:17 21/3/2002
P.S. good luck to those UK clans competing. gwan LR! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
kaids-
12:04 21/3/2002
haven't ui lost half their team?

if LCA give it a proper effort they are the UKs best hope imo [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ColdFire
Croydon
12:27 21/3/2002
Out of intrest how were theses teams picked? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ColdFire
Croydon
12:36 21/3/2002
nevermind i remmeber now 120 clans had to sign up [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Mooballs
13:30 21/3/2002
Why do you speak of "us" and "our" like these teams have the entire nation behind them, I'm sure most people don't give a toss what any of these clans do. Opencup is just a eurocup for crap teams. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
VespR
13:50 21/3/2002
Who is in this eCore clan that has been established?

For some reason the news post got deleted (again). Btw who have left Uninspired? Also do they have a website? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Brian
14:00 21/3/2002
ui, LR or LCA.

Sorry but imo the rest don't stand a chance. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Alvin
14:23 21/3/2002
Is it just me or is that generally a very weak set of UK clans. I dont really follow the cs scene anymore, but at first glance id have thought we could have got a better set of 10 clans than the ones above.

With the exception of 1 or 2 clans who could possibly do well, i cant see see very many UK clans gettingo out the group stage. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Penn0r
14:49 21/3/2002
gl to all the teams

do us proud LR [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Brian
14:53 21/3/2002
Yes Alvin it is a weak set with 2 or 3 exceptions, some of the other strong UK clans are in the Eurocup such as:

Nocturne
dNC
Infinity-eSports [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
14:57 21/3/2002
If ui still use a team consisting of lil + toomy they've have an outside chance of winning, and maybe LCA could get far. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
15:59 21/3/2002
i recently saw Ex, ui's recent recuit at a lan party, top geezer, top player, very strong knowledge of the maps etc

gl ui :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
CyRus
15:59 21/3/2002
lan finals ;/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ryano
theb0g
16:10 21/3/2002
I speak of these clans as representative of the UK scene cos lets be honest we're rated as a middle of the road cs nation when it comes to skills so maybe with a bit of support one of the UK teams can do well.

As for weak teams I think they are a selection of some of the better UK clans that haven't gone to the Eurocup, not all because it was a 3 round knockout to get this position so some clans haven't got through and likewise some clans haven't entered. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
17:46 21/3/2002
We ARE a second rate csing nation, that's why [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
iron
18:04 21/3/2002
make opencup MR, and im sure well c alot more clans competeing [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ryano
theb0g
18:29 21/3/2002
It has been changed to max rounds, qualifiers were in co rules. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Fred
18:59 21/3/2002
I think LCA will get past the group stages and hopefully into the last 8. But that depends a bit on the draw. The only other clan which could get into the knockout , imo, would be LR(unless eCore replace ui). [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rob-
19:09 21/3/2002
I agree with Alvin, but then again, CS is well past it's sell-by date for me. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Vertakill
20:14 21/3/2002
Ahem, last time i checked Ireland wasnt in the UK :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Vertakill
20:14 21/3/2002
Ahem, last time i checked Ireland wasnt in the UK :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Vertakill
20:15 21/3/2002
Boll0x ^^ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Vertakill
20:15 21/3/2002
Says page cannot be displayed after posts, thought it didnt go thru :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Keefe
20:21 21/3/2002
gl ui, lca, lr

hopefully the rest of us wont do too badly, i'd be happy if we dont finish bottom of our group ;) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Sarge
20:31 21/3/2002
UI,LCA,LR

3 main teams to come out of the quals imo

but s*** can happen, as we found ourselves playing on servers with 180+ ping last time.

hopefully us,LCA,ui will get out of group stage,

at least make some sort of an "impact" [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Random geek
20:37 21/3/2002
Dont underestimate visual pleasure [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ryano
theb0g
21:01 21/3/2002
hasn't lr been throwing out some dodgy performances recently? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ryano
theb0g
21:38 21/3/2002
:P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
[6K^MadSpunk]
21:58 21/3/2002
gl to all UK clans participating [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DK
Stalk Confront Engage Eliminate
22:45 21/3/2002
No deean, Just some players :P

Honestly though, I hope we play well, we still seem to have problems when playing on crap foriegn servers (something we trying to get used to). I'll be very dissapointed if we don't get into the KO stage.

I think LCA got a good chance if they click, and wish Ecore to be able to get in aswell, that would be good for UK clans. Just hope the rest enjoy it and do themselves justice, some clans in there capable of turning alot over on their day.

GL to all. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
.dNC.Verifyor
01:13 22/3/2002
Alvin has a point. 2 opencup seasons ago a UK team reached the semi (#) and the final (-CSA-). Then last season it was a quarter (.dNC). The standard was high last year but that's no excuse, we really didn't show. LCA / LR / UI are teams I have played against and are good but you have to work hard and be special on a map against a german or scandanavian clan as they will have worked a lot more than any UK clan. That's why we're second rate partially kus we don't play it enought due to not having a competitive league or LAN (mainly). [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
btw
01:15 22/3/2002
el alv .. ltns
P.S. Hi mum gws :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ryano
theb0g
08:01 22/3/2002
What is the UK's number one league? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
[6K^MadSpunk]
08:02 22/3/2002
deean - www.enemydown.co.uk ;) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
lca.mag
08:12 22/3/2002
uk teams don't usually fair too badly in the opencup, theres been at least 1 uk quarterfinalist in it every season since the first (sa/lca/csa/dnc). I think the uk selection is weaker than usual but then I'd say thats true of the competition as a whole, there aren't as many really good clans as usual. Of the 8 quarterfinalists last season 4 are in the eurocup this time round so I could see 1 or 2 of the uk clans going quite far, depending on the draw. LR looked very good when we played them recently so they could do well. We've just got a few new faces in and started playing on a fairly regular basis for the first time in months so we will do alright too with anyluck. Not sure whats happening with ui atm as I have been following the past week or so. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
.dNC.Verifyor
11:00 22/3/2002
(taken from www.clandnc.com survey over past month)
Wireplay CSL 11.76 % (14)
Savage CSL 1.68 % (2)
Barrysworld CSL 26.05 % (31)
Clanbase UK 40.34 % (48)
Blueyonder CSL 1.68 % (2)
ECSL 5.88 % (7)
Don't know / Never played in a league before 12.61 % (15)

But if 1 league gave a server / fx cards / pc gear as prizes and was decent you'd have I-eS / CSA / noc / LCA / ui / LR all playing against each other and bringing the standard up.

imo. no disrespect to clanbase but it's a crap league (CB.uk) and every top clan hybernates. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
12:40 22/3/2002
CSA arent UK. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
XLNC/Dr_Evil
13:39 22/3/2002
The UK could do with a regular league with quality teams, some prestige, good anti-cheat online and more LAN tournies more often. But the way TPF and LA are or did go the later isnt going to happen and online cfg is god.

ATM clanbase is a farce cos everyone is cheating or just hording points trying to look good in a ladder thats worthless and other tournies seem to play f***ed up rules that ppl looking to practise MR12 wont touch. These tournies do tend to cater for low level clans though. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
13:59 22/3/2002
enemydown.co.uk is a great ladder with a lot of potential given its only early days, there's some great clans such as fusion, 6k, fcc, soda

i urge u to at least give it a try :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m
14:07 22/3/2002
cheating, who's cheating on cb uk, eh, give us some names... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
.dNC.Verifyor
14:08 22/3/2002
I know they ain't UK but they have played WP, CB.uk, BWCSL at some stage. I may be wrong tho. And when they were in opencup weren't they in UK section? dunno my memory ain't too good these days. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
14:21 22/3/2002
When CSA got to the final CB didnt use the current qualifying system, and the flag they used was European since they had a team made up of Ireland, England, France, Belgium and Holland. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
kaids-
17:10 22/3/2002
if the groups on the roster pages are correct then it looks like it will be an interesting cup.

the groups seem to be of 8 clans each;

i noticed LR have Ocrana, uG and Insanity Circles in their group, tough matches.

ui have SeeN, o0 and pod among others (looks like a nice group imo).

while LCA and marine have been drawn together along with TRCC and nf! (LCA had them in a previous opencup until they left after having one of their players caught with opengl). [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Sarge
17:19 22/3/2002
the main UK teams have got some hard matches to play,
but tbh, what do u expect :).

our hardest game will probably be ocr, followed by uG, i dont know alot about the other teams but IC have been mentioned a bit.

if the main UK teams can get to the play off's i think it wud be great, whether it will happen or not is another matter :P

btw is it top 2 from each group that progresses? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Sarge
17:22 22/3/2002
But if 1 league gave a server / fx cards / pc gear as prizes and was decent you'd have I-eS / CSA / noc / LCA / ui / LR all playing against each other and bringing the standard up.

^^

v true, lack of decent UK leagues is a factor.

If something half-decent was actualy set up that teams actualy WANTED to play in, and wanted to do well in an environment where u know ur gonna get good games with no bs in them, i think teams would try harder, wud make for an exciting league that : [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ryano
theb0g
18:51 22/3/2002
UK teams seem to have done okay, our group (e) has a chance with cold fusion and 6k in a group.

Who knows?!? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Fluke
Official Capybara Herder
UKTerrorist
19:03 22/3/2002
I know. And I'm not telling! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ryano
theb0g
22:48 22/3/2002
lol [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
uG-fan
04:51 24/3/2002
uG are better than ocr sarge u should watch them.
Beware of the chicken ! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Doctile
22:25 25/3/2002
gl lads [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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