OMG! Given WCG UK Wildcard

Posted by Myers at 15:23 5/8/2003.

OMG! have been given a wildcard straight to the finals of WCG UK. OMG! were given this wildcard as a result of their performance throughout the last year and high place finishes in both UK and foreign LAN events.

In the last year alone omg! have finished 3rd at Games Domain, 3rd at WCG UK Qualifiers, 3rd at Intel Masters, 1st at UKT2 and 2nd at UKT4 not to mention a good run at the recent Euskal CPL Qualifiers in Spain.

This wildcard means that omg! will not be qualifying through either the Game.Net online qualifiers or at one of the 17 iGames UK Qualifiers. Remember if you wish to take part in this year's WCG Pre-qualifiers then you must Register your team as soon as possible, signups close this Friday. The WCG UK Qualifiers are organised by iGames UK.

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Blade^
twisted Reality
15:27 5/8/2003
yay 1st post, and i think it was obvious they get it neway D: gl omg [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
emfive
15:28 5/8/2003
Never saw this comming, gl ! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Mpfive
15:30 5/8/2003
I think they deserve it really, well done omg! and gl! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Carzy
15:34 5/8/2003
omG! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
CyRus
15:37 5/8/2003
whats situation on 4K attending or? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
15:41 5/8/2003
4K can attend, but they'll be without Xenon and Dark. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Pimpboy
feo
15:45 5/8/2003
erm so what will 4k team be? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
15:45 5/8/2003
i'm sure once/if they announce it, it'll be on ukt :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Pimpboy
feo
15:47 5/8/2003
:) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Anisty-
Prozac
15:52 5/8/2003
shaq and kwak in? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ObZ^
15:53 5/8/2003
damn rite [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
poog
Disturbed
15:56 5/8/2003
anisty kwak is dutch so he cannot play either.
im sure if they did play it will either be
1. as stu said on tsn shoutcast a mercish team going there to have fun rather than win or
2. lucking and shaq [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Anisty-
Prozac
15:57 5/8/2003
thx poog, ill go in my corner now :( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz
Nocturne
15:58 5/8/2003
why bother going as 4K if they cant go at full stength. If they lose it will f*** there reputation and world rankings completely.

They will probably go with ***** (ahem) as 4K, as he's good enough and will fit right in, or go as a merc team and still wipe the floor. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
16:02 5/8/2003
sarge [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AL!CAT
16:06 5/8/2003
well done they deserve it :x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MadSpunk
Last Chance
16:28 5/8/2003
gl in the finals, hopefully see you there :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
mh
16:31 5/8/2003
lucking still plays a bit dont he? he will prolly jus go [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Loxam
Lite
16:32 5/8/2003
Omg! definately deserve this place, had a bit of a bad run recently but im sure thats just to lack of practice (ukt4). [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
k!o
16:40 5/8/2003
shaq and b0b :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz
Nocturne
16:54 5/8/2003
UKT4 was the build up for them for euskal, they didnt care about UKT4. If they cared about it they might have practiced at there bootcamp instead of kicking fried potatoes around and stealing my chicken nuggets. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smiffeh
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
16:56 5/8/2003
lack of practice haha [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
akujii0r
Infinity-eSports
17:11 5/8/2003
what time does stuff kick off at the lan centres? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
akujii0r
Infinity-eSports
17:12 5/8/2003
yea smiffeh clearly your scandanavian style 6hrs of pcw's a night paid off :D </sarc> [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nicklearse
Missing In Action
17:24 5/8/2003
controversial [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
17:27 5/8/2003
yep, had they practiced omg 13 - 0 monkey magic NO PROBLEM [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
conspiracy
17:33 5/8/2003
or not :x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Flavas
Game Dimension Online
17:39 5/8/2003
;) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AnNuM
17:40 5/8/2003
yay? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Demo
conneXion
18:01 5/8/2003
oooo this is super exciting 8D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rd
theb0g
18:02 5/8/2003
kill him sumit [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rph
Infinity-eSports
18:10 5/8/2003
omg! deserved it more than anyone considering they attended most of the recent lans. More so than ONE and constantly came in the top 2.

Not to mention they went spain, and ok, didnt play as well as they could, but least they went and played which probably got the recognition they deserved to get the wildcard

gl lads [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
emfive
18:14 5/8/2003
Shouldn't talk like that yet alex [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AnNuM
18:15 5/8/2003
I miss u alex, come home hunny! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Keiju
UKT 1v1 winner 2003
18:35 5/8/2003
The wildcarded teams would have qual anyway, does it matter who deserved it or not. Everyones taking a stab at ONE these days :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Raider
theb0g
18:39 5/8/2003
m0rph, you say OMG! deserved the wildcard the most?? Now are you sureeee??
Wildcard means 'An athlete or team selected to compete in a tournament or playoff from among those who did not qualify by meeting the regular requirements.'
I ask again, do OMG! most deserve the wildcard? :P I think maybe WCG should consider rewording it :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
akujii0r
Infinity-eSports
18:49 5/8/2003
f*** ONE and f*** their crew!!!!! :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Shaw
18:57 5/8/2003
spose these "wildcards" do help a lot :)
means that some of the other good teams dont get knocked out from getting to go to london by one of the top teams....

wp omg! u deserved it :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
poog
Disturbed
18:57 5/8/2003
ye dave i too thought the same, i thought when i first read about the wildcards it was a great idea, but i also thought they were going to be used to invite the top 3 teams that failed to qualify for the main event for whatever reason. that in my opinion is the best way to use them and is in the true sense of the word "wild card" [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Obi
Clan ONE
18:59 5/8/2003
yea but scott with clans like 4k one and omg not being at the quals, theres no reason why these teams shouldnt qualify is there? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Pimpboy
feo
19:16 5/8/2003
morph omg did play well at spain you were just outclassed by better teams dont make it sound like you didnt play well,have the balls to admit you got beat by better teams and you cant wait till you get another chance to try again. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
BelleH
Rush!
19:32 5/8/2003
a little burdy tells me Dan Luck1ng is playing 4 SA! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Psy^
xtreme9.uk
19:36 5/8/2003
I'll go for the most improbable one, KhAoS. ;) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rph
Infinity-eSports
20:17 5/8/2003
I'm not in omg! so its not 'you' its 'them' marco :)

omg! didnt play well in spain. They can do much better than what they did. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rph
Infinity-eSports
20:24 5/8/2003
belleh : ur little birdy's mouth = rectum ;P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Pimpboy
feo
20:24 5/8/2003
ummm you leave?

AdY gets a post joining lc but you dont get one leaving omg?

sigh cant keep up with the soap operah that is the uk clan scene :/

unless your a different morph? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AndersSchm
20:31 5/8/2003
Shouldn't they let the teams qualify and then award a wild card to the team that didn't qualify but they thought should have qualified? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
20:35 5/8/2003
sarge! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rph
Infinity-eSports
20:36 5/8/2003
nah same one, just I didnt want a post for it and neither did craig which is hairy muff :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
akujii0r
Infinity-eSports
20:37 5/8/2003
annum ? go mikey! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MagiciaN^
Jay Bee Eye!
20:51 5/8/2003
Myers finally gets his chance! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
poog
Disturbed
20:54 5/8/2003
ye i know g but thing is wildcards have allways been as a fallback for big names not making it to events, i believe they are used in tennis alot [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Obi
Clan ONE
20:56 5/8/2003
if the 'big names' cant win a qual tho, they dont really deserve to be there =] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ssj
20:56 5/8/2003
gl omg dudes [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
messeh
deliverance
21:02 5/8/2003
thought i heard kwak cud play wcg cuz hes been a resident of uk long enuff or somin and wcg making an exception. duno tho jus wat i remember from sumwhere. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Psy^
xtreme9.uk
21:03 5/8/2003
but he lives in holland lol [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
poog
Disturbed
21:20 5/8/2003
g my point is that is what wildcards are traditionally used for
now go pick some fruit from mongolia for doz fruit eating freak he is [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Loxam
Lite
21:40 5/8/2003
wheres the quirky pun headline like "OMG! they got a wildcard!" or "They got a wild card, OMG!"

Your losing it Myers. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
21:57 5/8/2003
the whole omg! it's bla bla thing has been done too often and it's just lame and annoying now. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
22:25 5/8/2003
Its on SoGamed Loxam, courtesy of CyRuS [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Domje
22:29 5/8/2003
a good run at euskal.. OK. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ogg^
#Harmless
23:17 5/8/2003
Woohoo no OMG! to play at the pre quals now. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
silva`
ForsakeN
23:47 5/8/2003
To be honest, i think the whole idea of a wildcard hasnt been used correctly

omg! and ONE would most probably qualify online, never mind the several lans they could go to

definition of wildcard is - an unknown entity, therefore i think it should of bin given to a clan that perhaps would not of got there by other means, who have nostalgic history or similar

maybe a team like snipers alley, marines or something similar

they may aswell of just been called autoberth's along with 4k [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nicklearse
Missing In Action
23:56 5/8/2003
but there not so they called em wildcards [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Marcus
calibre
23:59 5/8/2003
does anyone REALLY care about the correct usage of WILDCARE here? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Otis
Rush!
00:11 6/8/2003
thats not how you usually deal out while cards, but nm, the lower teams will just have to make sure they qualify :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Fox
ClanNEW
00:16 6/8/2003
no ones walking about while cards [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Fox
ClanNEW
00:16 6/8/2003
walking? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Atemi
ForsakeN
00:18 6/8/2003
took the words right out of my mouth silva, literally!1!

i think igames have not looked up the definition of wildcard cos giving omg and one wildcards is just auto berths

this is like giving the number 1 tennis player in the world a wildcard for wimbledon. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
silva`
ForsakeN
00:19 6/8/2003
yup

where as giving one to john macenroe or boris becker would be more suitable [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DooMeh
Lite
01:47 6/8/2003
definition of wildcard is - an unknown entity

where as giving one to john macenroe or boris becker would be more suitable

yeah no one has ever heard of john macenroe or boris becker, is every1 from stockport idiots or something? oh wait.. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
VespR
01:52 6/8/2003
Who was that guy who won Wimbledon the year before last? He recieved a wildcard so that he could enter the tournament because he didn't have any sponsors or such to compete. But they figured he might make 'some sort of impact'.

Needless to say, I agree with some people and think that wildcards shouldn't be given to any top seeded clan. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DooMeh
Lite
01:58 6/8/2003
goran ivonesavich or sumthin :) was year be4 that, him then hewitt then federer this year (i think) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Drenz
09:49 6/8/2003
agree with silv, atemi. would have been better to see if they qualified and ig they didnt then offer wildcards out, because im sure they'll be a clan or two expected to qualify find themselves knocked out [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
10:56 6/8/2003
lol does it really matter about the correct definition of a wildcard?...just treat them as byes....CHRIST!!! ;p [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Atemi
ForsakeN
11:01 6/8/2003
yes myers it does cos it makes igames seem a little uneducated by giving out wildcards when they dont even know wot the hell a wildcard means, but if thats how they wanna do it fair enuff, just seems utterly daft u give wildcards to prolly 2nd and 3rd best clans in UK when its blatantly obvious they would of qualified anyway, wildcards should of been kept for good teams who didnt qualify due to certain circumstances but maybe deserved to qualify becasue of past performances. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
11:02 6/8/2003
Yeh it matters a great deal. Me, myself and I are extremely offended by your incorrect usage. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DArk0r
Infinity-eSports
11:32 6/8/2003
Hey messiah i dont like ur attitude mate so how about u shut the f*** up [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
11:43 6/8/2003
Ur homo, Timo's on to you [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DArk0r
Infinity-eSports
12:32 6/8/2003
i'l kill timo [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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