ESG News: Weekly Update #1
ESG News is back with our new, weekly installation of CrossFire coverage!
Last week marked the launch of E-Sports Genesis' own Factions Under Fire!
This event, detailed here, is CrossFire NA/UK's first qualifier for the CrossFire Stars event held this Fall. The top 3 teams from this event will advance to the next stage of the CFS qualifier, in addition to receiving portions of a 3,000USD prize pool. Not to be outdone by other events, Factions Under Fire offers more than 600,000ZP in prizes to the other top 8 teams.
The layout of this event is done in a league format, with teams being parsed into two divisions: Alpha, and Bravo. The top 4 teams from each division will then advance into a double-elimination 8-man bracket.
Looking at each division, there are clear favorites and potential dark-horse candidates already emerging:
In the Alpha Division, Ace Gaming, Fly Society, and FragStarsX lie as clear superiors to their counterparts, leaving teams such as she got sprinkles, ALLSTARS, and ABC to battle for the coveted 4th spot.
However, With a sure sigh of relief from each of those three teams, Fly Society seems to be withdrawing from the competition, as they have taken a DQ in each of their first 3 games. An additional surprise is Ace Gaming's loss to team ABC, who demolished them in a 14-3 victory on Ceyhan.
In the Bravo Division, there are only 2 teams who are the clear favorites: Jeden, and !nstinct. This, coupled with a host of active teams, leaves the last two spots up for grabs by Bio and Prime, both of who are currently top 8 in ESL standings.
Yet even this division has had its surprises. !nstinct faced a near loss to Bio, winning the map by a single point, 9 rounds to 8.
Jeden faced a similar situation, narrowly beating WelFare 12 points to 8.
With 6 weeks to go, and already some intense games and upsets, Factions Under Fire already promises an interesting qualifier.
Other News:
ESL has been rocked with repeated upsets, with a new champion crowned each week for the last month.
ESL current monthly standings lie at !nstinct, Ace gaming, she got sprinkles, FragStarsX.
AlphaFive has not made an appearance all month. Will they return?
Carbon is back! xfam0usx and Andrej have been spotted playing scrims and even uploading videos.
Andre. is currently floating between several teams. Where will he land?
JPurvis' Indianapolis LAN has been indefinitely postponed.
Comments
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taking orders from players from undaunted gave me cancer
also only reason you got picked up as a sub was to be there to take screenshots for ffw's.
yeah, ggwp man
this insult is irrelevant because you got benched on the team he's pretty much starting on xP -
this insult is irrelevant because you got benched on the team he's pretty much starting on xP
Being subbed/cut was probably the best thing to happen to me tbh, that team is toxic as **** lol. It'll be funny watching ardit/whoever their 5th is become the scapegoat!
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Being subbed/cut was probably the best thing to happen to me tbh, that team is toxic as **** lol. It'll be funny watching ardit/whoever their 5th is become the scapegoat!
if it was toxic you would've left instead of waiting to get benched xP -
if it was toxic you would've left instead of waiting to get benched xP
Still wanted to play/practice and there were no half decent teams picking up at the time. Luckily for me, right after I got subbed off, bio picked me up as a 5th! Being cut from a team that has a hard time beating obliteration to starting for a team poised for ESG playoffs sounds like a pretty good trade-off to me
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taking orders from players from undaunted gave me cancer
also only reason you got picked up as a sub was to be there to take screenshots for ffw's.
yeah, ggwp man
watching you try to defend yourself with a pathetic excuse like that makes me cringe
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