XGC 5 Nations - England Squad

Posted by Blitz at 01:52 12/11/2002.

A little earlier, DK, captain of the English team for the XGC 5 nations, sent me over a message saying that he had announced the England squad for the competition. Without too much waffle, here it is:
Team: Sarge, Toomy, Danfrag, Righteous, Puneet, ND, KingKiller, Vip
The final place has yet to be decided although it should be soon. Apparently, the man DK wanted for the final spot is offline these days...back to the shortlist it is. Looks like a pretty formidable line-up though...you'll find the guys in #england.cs on irc.

For those of you that missed it, you can find the Scotland squad in this news post or catch them in irc channel #scotland.cs.

I'm not quite sure of the other teams yet, but if they have been announced feel free to mail me and I'll post the teams up. Best of luck to all involved.

Update: A quick update on other announced teams, firstly Ireland's squad (#cs.ie):

Badazzle, BArra, Benji, Funky, Invictus, Loco, Practical, Tazzle
Secondly, the Wales squad has also been announced (#wales.cs):
erm^TeppuM, erm^WaZ, ONE|KhAoS, kronic, Dazz[marine], and m0o|malds
Again, both look like quality teams...we're shaping up for some good matches.

Comments

DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
01:59 12/11/2002
KEEFE FOR TEAM WALES

tpdrhtpdhrptihtbh.com [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS`
02:31 12/11/2002
MiG pickin his mates over SkiNNeR :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Choke|MaT
Choke
02:39 12/11/2002
I reckon we should have player voting polls like they do for the all star games in america for baseball, football and basketball - that way you cant really argue with the majority....and no really biased decisions. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
shads
theb0g
06:02 12/11/2002
i dont agree with that ("MaT")

good team, nice to see clint finally getting a long overdue proper ego inflation, tom back in a uk squad, ND finally being picked for summin (thats not meant negatively u w**kers), The UK's Best Indian Player in action, an dont take no s*** jamie even tho u are a manc t**t :P

dunno about this "unconfirmed" bloke though i mean that name just sounds like a [UK2]Demo[SponsoredbyWASD] kinda name :/ another type for Rhyzz to be jealous of ;(

.

(yes i know, that's a joke)

give em hell for the ole H&D/LR rejects crew jamie! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
shads
theb0g
06:02 12/11/2002
oh yeah and, :G [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nzg
06:07 12/11/2002
i agree with mat, needs some kind of vote. then again this aint a proper tourney so wot they hey.

wots the point having quality players in there like ND and toomy, when ur gonna pick SCEE players... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
shads
theb0g
06:09 12/11/2002
and why shouldn't he pick a scee player if he's good enough to be in the squad. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Gristy
07:30 12/11/2002
lol i agree with the team about from 2 names up there so i hope they dont play :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
vip
Online Multiplayer Gaming
08:33 12/11/2002
urm keith hes not the best indian cs player. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Stu^
08:35 12/11/2002
DirTy Harry is......... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
vip
Online Multiplayer Gaming
08:39 12/11/2002
lol. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
shotti
theb0g
08:54 12/11/2002
great lineup [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smiffeh
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
09:00 12/11/2002
gl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper-
09:07 12/11/2002
Song/Arak for the final spot! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
tiSSue
09:34 12/11/2002
whose kingkiller??? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
09:35 12/11/2002
ex lr i think? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
09:36 12/11/2002
plays for scee now [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rd
theb0g
09:42 12/11/2002
GL looks like a strong squad :))
Good 2 c Toomy back in coz i hav always thought he is best UK player (just his connex :(()

Should b a fun tourney 2 wotch really
GL All teams :DD [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Timber
09:45 12/11/2002
I hope you was joking Ripper!

Suprising choices :) gl lads. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
boon
Spec-Ops Detachment Alpha
09:51 12/11/2002
Nice team.

gl england! :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smiffeh
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
09:56 12/11/2002
SiN for final spot :| [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
09:58 12/11/2002

I hope you was joking Ripper!

no........ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
kaids-
10:04 12/11/2002
the welsh team is in the topic of..... #wales.cs not surprisingly

and the irish team was announced a couple of days ago, remember blitz you were in the channel when the team was in the channel topic ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Luke
10:05 12/11/2002
nice one!! - gl KK and the rest [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rph
Infinity-eSports
10:07 12/11/2002
finally sarge gets the credit he deserves. gl lads [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rph
Infinity-eSports
10:08 12/11/2002
vip for that last spot imo [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Nick^
10:28 12/11/2002
"i agree with mat, needs some kind of vote. then again this aint a proper tourney so wot they hey.

wots the point having quality players in there like ND and toomy, when ur gonna pick SCEE players..."

Yeah sorry can't be a proper tourney cos it's not run by Clanbase or Jolt. "Knives to decide who wins!"

And maybe an SCEE player was picked because he's been playing at the highest level for years and is excellent? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
10:29 12/11/2002
^^^^^^^^ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Timber
10:31 12/11/2002
for once Nick^ you didnt chat complete dick :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ryano
theb0g
10:54 12/11/2002
Best player with an awp (in uk) is in there just none of you know it.

But I do. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
FELLA
10:59 12/11/2002
And nzg = ?????
Yeh thought so ... a nobody.
KK would pwn you ... SCEE have been around for 2+ years as a clan if you check our history we've had our ups and downs but have consistently been one of the best (top 10 ?) UK clans in all that time both online adn LAN.
We're no as 1337 as other clans mainly 'cos we're not that serious ... the hardcore of SCEE are mates who work together.
KK was ex LR and one of their best players ... LR were top 3 in UK not long ago.
Do a little research before you make stupid f***ing remarks again t**t. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Lyo`
eSports.Edge
11:05 12/11/2002
u referring to puneet deean? :)

FELLA chill out...... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Hav|Work
11:18 12/11/2002
Notice how the people who make stupid comments are the people who are to scared to use there real nick or are nobodies who havnt got a clue.

KK top player hes a manc but hes a top player. :P

GL Clint and his wonky beard. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
callous
Specster
11:23 12/11/2002
DK PICK ME!!

ss0ds-0d-s0d [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Nick^
11:29 12/11/2002
Ithangyew. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
l3ig2
Game2XS
11:37 12/11/2002
what the f*** is wrong with mancs u soft c***s? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
11:38 12/11/2002
um nzg isnt fake nicking :> [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Choke|MaT
Choke
11:39 12/11/2002
I wasnt so much basing my views on the UK selection, but you do have to say - if DK wasnt captain would Kingkiller have been picked?

There's enough people who follow the UK CS community closely enough to make a fair vote for these things so you definitely wouldnt get biased voting if it was broadcast properly and people had time to vote.

Same with the UK captaincy. Even Genius says it was a fix, when clearly he had 1/10th of the support that DK and Benji had.

A lot of the CS players in the respected countries take pride and interest in the team selections - they should have more say imo. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
erm^Bom
11:42 12/11/2002
I agree with the above, there should be more input so its not biased.
My input is Kingkiller for eng team. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Negotiator
Clan ONE
11:43 12/11/2002
alex how much did you pay him? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
11:51 12/11/2002
Best player with an awp (in uk) is in there just none of you know it.
But I do.

ubj is better :d [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
11:53 12/11/2002
ubj is better than everyone [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
I-eS
12:02 12/11/2002
yeh gg, let the ukt noobi vote for a uk team, no what would be funny... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Choke|MaT
Choke
12:04 12/11/2002
kaids if the irish team was announced - where is it? :o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Blackbelt
12:05 12/11/2002
#cs.ie m8 :| [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Keefe
12:11 12/11/2002
having played against ND and KK, i can safely say that KK > ND, which is good enough for me ;) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Timber
12:12 12/11/2002
Smittins
11:51, 12/11/2002 Best player with an awp (in uk) is in there just none of you know it.
But I do.

ubj is better :d

LOL only cus he has a config bigger than Johnny_R's, I could outsnipe him with s*** in my eyes. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Marcus`
12:15 12/11/2002
ND rocks [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
12:20 12/11/2002
thems-1on1-grudge-match-HLTV-hosted-public-viewing-showdown words Timber [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dsa
12:22 12/11/2002
you could config all you want, but AWP still takes a good aim :/. and i thought a few weeks ago there were those news items about how the "haxor" commands don't actually do anything significant.

as for that team it's good, but I'd have put in D'Artagnan rather than DanFrag.

gl england team :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
malds
Stalk Confront Engage Eliminate
12:24 12/11/2002
VIP for the last spot imo [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rph
Infinity-eSports
12:26 12/11/2002
I think KK's place is deserved. He was in LR who were a top 3 clan and performed consistently, I would say you have no justification for flaming his inclusion [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Timber
12:29 12/11/2002
"you could config all you want, but AWP still takes a good aim :/"

LOL stop chatting dick plz [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Timber
12:29 12/11/2002
true m0, bet theres better players available.. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Kid
Clan ONE
12:34 12/11/2002
GL to all the team, should get some PCWS goin with CB UKNC team can only be good for both teams :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rd
theb0g
12:40 12/11/2002
you all say ubj is a gr8 awmer which he is BUT I hav played wiv him and Xs and i personally fink Xs is a betta 1, and betta allround player. Trav is a gr8 player/person but i personally fink Xs is betta!
Tho im suprised not 2 c Ex in the team, he is quality :)) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
12:49 12/11/2002
http://www.petitiononline.com/243685/petition.html [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rd
theb0g
12:51 12/11/2002
=0] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rph
Infinity-eSports
12:52 12/11/2002
lol craig : [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
12:52 12/11/2002
Anyone know who made that petition? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DK
Stalk Confront Engage Eliminate
12:52 12/11/2002
No matter who I picked, people will have a different team. I will agree that if I wasnt Captain KingKiller would probably not have been picked. That however would have nothing to do with the fact he isn't good enough, more the fact he aint a 1337 arse kissing wannabe. Let's expand a little, lets not say KK is SCEE lets say he's been 'dOh' and 'LR' and 'H&D'. Clans that in their time were the omg! and ONE of CS and most people could only wish to have played for.

Also if I wasn't captain, would ND of been picked or Puneet? I put my email on here, on XGC for people to submit 'their' opinions. IF you have such an interest in UK CS, whey did I only recieve 30 emails? Quite frankly, people only have an interest in themselves and only voice their UK CS interest when it suits them.

I tried to spread the players around clans, to give as many clans as possible, someone who is representing them. I could quite easily have made a team strong enough from ONE & omg! players alone. I could easily make a strong enough team with the shortlisted players that didn't get in.

I'll now let the last player be decided completely by public opinion. Ill even list the people who had support or expressed and interest who made the shortlist:

omg! vip, omg! Fred, m0o-KID-,m0o-skz, Ex^, [SA]Gatty, [SA]Bombjack, DaibZ, iLLu.Tmc, bullet-Valkyr, Atom, Denzil, Kensai-Shiyrou.

Ive typed this in work over an hour period (busy atm) so ive probably missed a few more opinions and also a few names that was sent to me (apologies).

So get spamming this thread for that last place. Registered user only. Then when it's decided you can flmae each other. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rph
Infinity-eSports
12:55 12/11/2002
amen [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
12:55 12/11/2002
go play serious sam [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
12:58 12/11/2002
omg! vip, omg! Fred, m0o-KID-,m0o-skz, Ex^, [SA]Gatty, [SA]Bombjack, DaibZ, iLLu.Tmc, bullet-Valkyr, Atom, Denzil, Kensai-Shiyrou.

well if some of those players are on the list, i should be too along with about 200 other UK CS players :P

oh and if i had seen u post ur email i'd have let u know my thoughts :[

either way, i reckon tmc should grab that last place in the team :x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ColdFire
Croydon
12:59 12/11/2002
Rav0r
hes deserves a shot! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Timber
13:00 12/11/2002
ex_correct "0"
ex_diminishextrap "0"
ex_extrapmax "1.2"
ex_interp "0.01"
ex_maxaccel "2000"
ex_maxerrordistance "0"
ex_maxspeed "750"
ex_minvelocity "0"

that enough mr.alias? anyone who uses those commands and has eyes can be a good sniper. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
t0m
13:01 12/11/2002
atom? as in atomik? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Timber
13:01 12/11/2002
p.s Rav0r for the last slot!!!!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rph
Infinity-eSports
13:01 12/11/2002
I'd say that looks a solid team. I dont understand why there are even flames. Sarge is without a doubt one of the best players in UK on lan and online and just missed out of a uk team spot. Toomy has showed time and time again hes a big game player and if he wasnt on isdn i think he'd of been a definite for uk team.

dan is i-es nuff said.

righteous pld solid at every lan where clanone have finished well. hes an excellent player.

Puneet is good with the awm and the fact that he has 9 sensitivity should warrant a callup in its own right :>

I havent pld much v or with ND but he pld well for noc at gdoc and that should warrant a position in the team.

(unconfirmed) - i pld with him in UKLA, hes one of the best players i have had the pleasure of playing with. Hes got good general play and great aim, probably one of the stronger additions as his name suggests. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rph
Infinity-eSports
13:03 12/11/2002
I justified reasons for picking KK futher up. He pld for LR and played as consistently as anyone. If you were captain and knew a good player under wraps that no one else seen much of before you'd play him. Its positive bias if anything [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Timber
13:03 12/11/2002
good team, its just missing 1 thing.. Rav0r! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Kronikal
Anti-Climax
13:04 12/11/2002
rofl
omg...
Please, for the sake of comedy, PICK ATOM !
...yes, over vip, fred, KID and valkyr etc :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smiffeh
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
13:04 12/11/2002
tmc ! ;x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nerf
Clan ONE
13:07 12/11/2002
gotta be m0o-Kid- for that last spot :P (move along, there's no bias here).

o/ go alex (righteous) o/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
SuperNick
13:07 12/11/2002
i sure do love these popularity contests. :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Timber
13:08 12/11/2002
Kid or Rav0r, VOTE NOW! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Kronikal
Anti-Climax
13:12 12/11/2002
Atom fs,
I think you're all forgetting that this guy should be given a chance after playing in the dark for FOUR YEARS ! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
t0m
13:13 12/11/2002
yer [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Timber
13:14 12/11/2002
I think Kid is a better choice Kronikal, he's almost as amazing on LAN as me! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
SuperNick
13:15 12/11/2002
er, why should he... loads of other deserve a chance over him. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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