SK Gaming initially came into Season XVII of the ESL Pro Series Germany with their doubters and those who wondered whether they belonged amongst the best German Source teams. Those doubts have been silenced for the time being as the team has torn off a perfect nine game winning streak in its first nine games. They sit atop the EPS with 27 points, nine more than third place.

After the first seven wins the team moved up to 5th in the Cadred rankings (first five highlight movies embedded within post also)

The nine game EPS winning streak:
-beat o) solstice 16:5
-beat n!faculty 16:9
-beat Team eVision 16:9
-beat Snogard 16:7
-beat Team SPEED-LINK 16:13
-beat Team ALTERNATE 16:8
-beat ESC Gaming 16:7
-beat Arsenix 16:4
-beat Team Thermaltake 16:12

Only two teams have thusfar managed to get above 10 rounds before losing to SK.