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Goodbye from Paris
2007-07-08 11:58 AM PDT
Our work here is done!
We are finally done here and four days full of preparation and work are over.
We are happy everything went well and we hope you enjoyed the time during the ESWC as much as we did.
We had a lot of fun here and we're looking forward to the future of progaming and the events that come along the way.
This is gonna be my last post for you guys.
Full transcripts of the press conferences with the Electronic Sports World Cup can be found on the chatteox Xfire blog.
Please give us feedback in the comments here and on our forums about the event and about us.
I leave you with a few final impressions...
This is mibr | cogu and in this shot, he expresses how we feel. He's been having a lot of fun during our gaming event and also we've been having a lot fun during these days.
A picture says more than a thousand words.
Mad love for Xfire! Love to Jackzie from GotFrag
That was it.
It was actually Nicolas who became world champion and Soju just wanted to have an autograph. We tricked you all!!!1111one
Anouk at Giga.
Torsten aka [Xfire] Crispin =) ZOMG!1 ZME!!1
Yes, the food is good.
With this I take my leave from Paris. *sniff*
Good luck and good night wherever you are.
Take care
Torsten
P. S.: We're going to eat now. There is a party now and I think the booze is cold already. ,)
--T.
PGS - CS World Champion - Press Confe...
2007-07-08 10:57 AM PDT
It's official: PGS is the new World Champion in Counter-Strike. That's a great victory for them and a great victory for Poland in professional gaming!
The Xfire Press Conference starts now. We are awaiting the champions here to celebrate their title.
Come to Xfire and ask them how the championship was, here, live on Xfire.
Add "chatteox" to your friends list and get it on!
/Torsten
Update:
The press conference is over. For those of you who missed it, we put up a transcript of the conference with the champions. You can read it up on the Chatteox Blog
Here are some final impressions from the finals:
Congratulations to the ESWC Counter-Strike World Champion, PGS and congratulations on the second place to NoA who played a great game!
We hope you had as much fun as we had.
/Torsten
Press Conference CS World Champion - ...
2007-07-08 9:20 AM PDT
Are you watching the game right now?
We are as excited as you are!
You can ask the CS World Champions in Counter-Strike anything you want right after the match has ended in the Xfire Press Conference. You can ask your questions live to the team on stage.
Just add the account "chatteox" to your friends list and ask the champions what you've always wanted to know.
I was just visiting and watching the first round:
The atmosphere is just mad up there... 5000 people or more screaming!
You gotta be here!
This is just mad!
Stay tuned for more!
/Torsten
Ibrahimovic wins! PES 6 ESWC Grand Fi...
2007-07-08 7:32 AM PDT
They both are going to play “Internazionale F.C.”, the famous club from Milan. The club has two amazing players: Adriano, who can shot from (almost) anywhere on the pitch with tremendous power (his power stat is 99/100, the best a player can get) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic who is the best player of PES6 edition. He has excellent shot skills plus it’s almost impossible to make him fall, with great dribble stats he is the one that can make the difference at any time.
Both players are going for a 4-2-1-3 formation with Ibrahimovic on the right wing. They are both using the full game team set up possibility to outplay the opponent.
Spank is keeping the ball a lot; S-Butcher seems a bit shy here. Spank logically takes the first shot with a great stop from Toldo, the goalkeeper. Few seconds later, Spank score the first goal, with an assist from Ibrahimovic. He is holding a great defense as well, but S-Butcher is still fighting to stay in the game and got results from the one and only Ibrahimovic coming in the box from the wing. It’s a real pleasure to see them using that player at its maximum capabilities. Spank is now more versatile and it pays right, with an unpredictable shot from outside the box, giving him the lead again. But overall, the game is quite balanced now. We are reaching half time and S-Butcher is doing very well, even scoring at the 44th minute on a corner kick to tie the game again.
Second half is starting and the game is way undecided. S-Butcher is now much more in the game, abusing Ibrahimovic skills on the side. It’s ShowTime for both players! Spank is now having difficulties to keep the ball; the German player is totally in control of the game....
Really cool things happening!
2007-07-08 5:39 AM PDT
We have removed the PES final press conference, we are focused on giving you a wonderful experience with the CS 1.6 one instead, and we will also be changing the way it works.
We will have a guy up on stage, or close to it, that will be asking your questions live to the world champions. We will also be taking turns with the journalists, so there will be plenty of user questions getting answers.
Do you want to get your nick seen on community pages all over the world when the transcripts go up? Add Chatteox to your Xfire friends list and stand by in around 3 hours (18.00 CEST), then we will start the session.
It's either NOA or PGS, so regardless of which team that wins, it will be a BIG thing.
/Hans
And here's a treat for you all, this is a video of Mathieu hurting his back, he was going to show off for all of you, but ended up failing. It's fun to watch!
http://tieum.fr/eswc/20070707007.mp4
Warcraft 3 Grand Final
2007-07-08 4:25 AM PDT
We have a transcript online from the press conference of the Warcraft 3 World Champion. Just head over to the Chatteox Blog to see what the champion was asked by Xfire users and by the press.
It’s been an incredible game, Soju was really dominating. He won 2-0 and honestly, he never seemed to be losing it at any moment. The first game was a mirror match, with Night Elves, both summoning the same DH hero with archers but Soju really went aggressive, like jumping on Creolophus, almost rushing him. Creolophus got really overwhelmed and never got back in the game, though he fought to the very last moment. The strategy of Soju was totally fitted to outplay Creolophus, probably set before the game even started. We saw nice micro from both players, Soju saving his naga hero with almost no life on a nice ambush by Creolophus. I must say Soju seemed extremely confident, he did anticipate very well his opponent moves.
Game 2 wasn’t a real mirror as Creolophus switch his strategy to something more slowly with huntresses and priestess of the moon hero. He went for a second base quite early, hoping in a longer game to take the economical part on his side. But again, Soju discovered the scenario Creolophus had in mind really fast; he must have studied him a lot. Soju decided to go for the Panda hero as a great support, and few creeping minutes later Soju comes in Creolophus first base. He knew he had to take the game fast to win. Soju population is 60/60 with DH(2) and Panda(3), full of archers and enchantresses. The first encounter in the wood leaves one of Creolophus’s huntress dead, and he is totally outnumbered when Soju reach his first base. He launches enchantress production too late to keep up with Soju perfectly circling the base. There is not much to do for Creolophus. It’s GG time for Norway.
Very nice game to watch, Soju was so dominating here. Though he won against him in the first stage round of the...
Last day at ESWC 2007 starts now!
2007-07-08 2:03 AM PDT
Here we are for the last day at the Electronic Sports World Cup 2007. Today, Xfire will be having live press conferences where you will be able to ask your questions from home to 3 World Champions! To take part in these press conferences, simply add "chatteox" to your Xfire friends list. The exact schedule for the conferences is the following:
12:00 CEST: Press conference with the WarCraft 3 2007 World Champion, Soju from Korea. Read the full transcript on the chatteox Xfire blog.
18:00 CEST: Press conference with the Counter-Strike World Champions.
While I'm here, being the King at predicting, let me tell you that my money is on PGS from Poland to win the World Title in Counter-Strike (even though they're down 0-1 in their semi-final as I write).
/Incolas
We have removed the PES final press conference, we are focused on giving you a wonderful experience with the CS 1.6 one instead, and we will also be changing the way it works.
We will have a guy up on stage, or close to it, that will be asking your questions live to the world champions. We will also be taking turns with the journalists, so there will be plenty of user questions getting answers.
Do you want to get your nick seen on community pages all over the world when the transcripts go up? Add Chatteox to your Xfire friendslist and stand by in around 3 hours (18.00 CEST), then we will start the session.
It's either NOA or PGS, so regardless of which team that wins, it will be a BIG thing.
/Hans
SK Gaming won the finals!
2007-07-07 1:11 PM PDT
The Counter-Strike Women tournament ended with the girls from SK Gaming as the winners!
The transcript for the press conference that followed their win is available in the chatteox blog.
Here are the girls at the Xfire press conference:
Congratulations to the SK girls on the win and GG EHONOR!
/Torsten
CS female world champions!
2007-07-07 10:11 AM PDT
Thanks to all the users that attended, and we hope that even more of you will show up to ask questions to the CS Female world champions, that will be live on xfire later tonight, in about 1½ hours. We will get plenty of tasty picutre, but really need your questions to make it as good as it can be.
So, add Chatteox to your xfire friendslist, and start posting questions already.
/OliT
From the left: Mathieu, Lucifer from Team MYM, Torsten, Hans and Nicolas.
Chat and play with Lucifer at 18:00 C...
2007-07-07 7:08 AM PDT
We're proud to present a very nice opportunity to all the Warcraft 3 lovers out there.
You're gonna be able to play with Lucifer from Meet Your Makers live here on Xfire.
Lucifer is the current world champion in Warcraft 3.
Just add the account "chatteox" to play and chat with Lucifer.
He will be here from 18:00 to 19:00 CEST.
First, we're gonna do a live chat session in which you can ask him everything you ever wanted to know about the Korean Pro.
Afterwards, you get the chance to play with an FFA Warcraft 3 game.
Make sure to drop by at 18:00 and get the chance to chat and play with this great WC3 player.
Update:
Here are some shots we've taken during his match. SOS-Jolt from Canada was the lucky one to play against Lucifer. It was a funny match. GG Jolt.
/Torsten
And here's a picture of Neo from PGSPokerStrategy.cc.
You may wonder why we don't do the hats any more. The answer is simple, they were stolen from us, so we actually don't even hats to wear for ourselves. It's a horrible crime, but we're still happy, even considering that.
We also had a really nice press conference with the Trackmania champions, you can read the transcript on http://www.xfire.com/blog/chatteox
/OliT