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EMS VIII: Qualifiers done, fnatic out!
The fourth and final qualifier for the ESL Major Series VIII was held on Sunday and we have the 16 participants, fnatic is not one of them largely due to a seeding scandal!
By Mario 'Kolapz' Mađer
Mar 2, 2011 18:39
The fourth and final qualifier for the ESL Major Series VIII was held on Sunday and we have the 16 participants, fnatic is not one of them largely due to a seeding scandal!The ESL Major Series VIII: Qualifier Cup #4 is behind us and we now know the four last teams that qualified to the main tournament.
ESL Major Series VIII Heroes of Newerth list of participants:
Team Empire
Cool Tag Bro
Infused Gaming
Imperial eSports
Voodoo Festers
mortal Fraternity
YouMadBrah
Danish Dynamite
Jokes on you
Fap Fap Fap
wake up bro
Reason Gaming
Stop Attacking Axe
Online Kingdom
plan-B
Glittering Prizes
In what was once again a terribly seeded qualification tournament, fnatic fought in the last round against Online Kingdom . 16 minutes into the game, while the match was fairly even and the end result unknown, 
Kalle 'Trixi' Saarinen disconnected from the game and was unable to reconnect. Due to ESL's remake policy, the game continued and Online Kingdom hopped onto the last train for the ESL Major Series VIII Tournament.
Although it could be argued that fnatic should have taken the chance to qualify via one of the earlier qualifiers, one can only wonder about the competence of the administrators that repeatedly force top teams like Dirty Minds , Team Empire , fnatic , Online Kingdom , Reason Gaming , Team unZ , Infused Gaming and Imperial eSports to fight it out by dumping them all into the same, stacked bracket; while less known and less talented teams get an easier run to one of the 4 qualifying spots.
The ESL Major Series VIII Heroes of Newerth Tournament, featuring a €5.000 prize pool, will continue shortly with the group stage being next on schedule.
ESL Major Series VIII Heroes of Newerth list of participants:
Team Empire Cool Tag Bro Infused Gaming Imperial eSports Voodoo Festers mortal Fraternity YouMadBrah Danish Dynamite Jokes on you Fap Fap Fap wake up bro Reason Gaming Stop Attacking Axe Online Kingdom plan-B Glittering Prizes In what was once again a terribly seeded qualification tournament,
fnatic fought in the last round against Online Kingdom . 16 minutes into the game, while the match was fairly even and the end result unknown, Kalle 'Trixi' Saarinen disconnected from the game and was unable to reconnect. Due to ESL's remake policy, the game continued and Online Kingdom hopped onto the last train for the ESL Major Series VIII Tournament. Although it could be argued that fnatic should have taken the chance to qualify via one of the earlier qualifiers, one can only wonder about the competence of the administrators that repeatedly force top teams like
Dirty Minds , Team Empire , fnatic , Online Kingdom , Reason Gaming , Team unZ , Infused Gaming and Imperial eSports to fight it out by dumping them all into the same, stacked bracket; while less known and less talented teams get an easier run to one of the 4 qualifying spots.The ESL Major Series VIII Heroes of Newerth Tournament, featuring a €5.000 prize pool, will continue shortly with the group stage being next on schedule.
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