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aTTax.Roman wins King of Kings

King of Kings Championship: Counter-Strike, is a 1-on-1 tournament organized by fnaticMSI and sponsored by Bestpoker. The tournament featured 4 qualifiers (16 players each qualifier), having 4 players qualify from each qualifier which gives us a total amount of 16 qualified players. On top of that, 16 professional players were invited.

Details:
map: aim_map
First player to gather 16 frags is a winner

Final standings:

1st. Germany aTTax.Roman
2nd. United Kingdom Dignitas.Sp|ke
3rd. Sweden moddii
4th. Sweden Giants.THREAT
5-8th. Russia DNS
5-8th. Sweden fnaticMSI.Archi
5-8th. France Lodun
5-8th. Germany Ghost

Gravitas, x3o collide in CEVO-P Week 3:1 on de_dust2.
The CEVO season keeps chugging along, as it moves onto the ever so popular de_dust2.

After winning the KODE5am qualifier this past weekend over teams like 34 and TX Allstars, EG.usa was humiliated on forge in week 2:1 by the very same t34m.

Gravitas and x3o are the only two undefeated teams remaining, and they will collide tonight to determine who will be able to keep that loss column squeaky clean.

Other matches to keep your eye on this week include FD vs EG.usa, as well as Gravitas vs EG.usa.

The groups for the European Continential Finals for the Extreme Masters have been set.

After an exciting season of high level matches in ESL's Extreme Masters
III, the groups have finally been set to determine who is the best team
in Europe.

On March 3rd-5th at CeBIT, we will see which 7 teams make it out alive
to face MiBR, x3o, Gravitas Gaming, wNv-teamwork, and Wemade Fox at the
Global Finals.

Group A:

mTw
XLBet.ATS
fnatic
Blank
n!faculty
Millenium

Group B:

SK
mousesports
Meet Your Makers
Giants
Team Alternate
emuLate

In 2006 Made In Brazil had been at the top of the World as ESWC champions, and continued being successful through the 2007 season with wins at shgOpen and Dreamhack WGT respectively.

As the 2008 season came around though, the team wasn't performing as well as they had hoped and management became worried, warning of possible roster changes if the streak continued.

After cutting Bruno "bit" Lima last December to allow the return of legend Carlos "KIKOOOO" Segal, MiBR once again made a huge move today by releasing young star Lincoln "fnx" Lau. Management made it very clear that the organization was
serious about wanting players who were motivated to win.

When asked by GotFrag.com about why Lau was cut, manager Leandro "chataum" Loiola simply stated that Lau was "without motivation in both practice and games."

In place of Lau, MiBR brings to the ranks the well traveled Guilherme "spacca" Spacca, a former member of several Brazilian teams such as Firegamers, vsONE, and GC.br.

When asked about why they made the choice to pick up Spacca, Loiola told Gotfrag.com that "He had already played for several good teams, was one of the best players in last years Brasil Cup, has a very strong awp, and is very dedicated."

Now only time will tell if this new, more focused MiBR will be able to capture the glory that the team once had behind leaders Segal and Raphael "cogu" Camargo.

MiBR plans to play with this new roster at the ESL EM Global Finals in March.

The fourteenth season of the German EPS league is about to be underway with matches kicking off today! The top teams from the nation include such squads as Alternate and n!faculty. Perhaps the most highly anticipated team though is Mouz. As consecutive two-time champions of the league, all eyes will be on them as they go for their third title.

Complexity gets KODE5 Invite

Following on the heels of announcements for x3o and Gravitas Gaming, KODE5 has announced that Complexity will be joining the list of invites to the league's U.S. Finals in March. Complexity will be the last of the invited teams and will join qualifier Evil Geniuses and invited teams Gravitas and x3o for the US final on the 14th in Dallas, Texas.