21:13 - bsl

SK with Spawn back from the hospital:

Roccat biting SK's de_dust2



SK took their opening pistolround win and used it to pick up a ton of momentum. Their terrorist half was dominant, and ended with a half time score of 13 rounds to two.

The odds were long for a Roccat comeback in the second half. SK quickly pushed the match to game point and took the game, the points and the last spot in tomorrow's playoffs. Roccat go home disappointed.

The teams that advanced were:

Mousesports, Fnatic, eSTRO, SK Gaming, MYM, MTW, Emulate, Alternate ATTAX

Check back to the site to get the draw from the quarter final. There will be some extremely good matches to look forward to tomorrow.

This is Gotfrag signing off from ESWC's first day.

20:56 - bsl

As we are waiting for interesting details to surface from the SK-Roccat match we would like to take this opportunity to say happy birthday to one of the finest human beings out there, so without further adieu:

Congratulations Scott "Sirscoots" Smith!


20:54 - bsl

SK and Roccat went live - they are fighting for the last spot in the playoffs. The Finnish team just took the opening pistol round as counter-terrorists on de_dust2.

20:40 - bsl

2007's finalists emerge from Group C:

Danish dynamite knocks MYM off the stage



In the exciting culmination of group C Danish MTW has fought back to progress from the group along with their opponents on stage, MYM. This eliminates the last American hope, x3o, from ESWC 2008.

The Polish MYM team could not find an answer to the Danes dynamic terrorist half that effectively closed out the match by a 16 to 10 margin.

20:26- bsl

MYM and MTW are back at it again. That score is currently at 10 to 8 for the Danes.

20:25- bsl

SK shakes off the initial Beneluxian scare to win their match 16-9 and thus stay alive to fight the Fins for that last spot in the final 8 at ESWC.

20:17- bsl

Half time score between MYM and MTW is 6 to 9, the Danes turned it around and picked their CT play up putting them in good shape. Meanwhile the match that decides SK's fate is coming down to the last few rounds with the Swedish behemoth up by 11 rounds to 9.

20:16 - bsl

We are not losing sight of the match between SK and Low Land Lions either - which is equally dramatic right now. The team from the Benelux countries got 7 rounds on their terroist half, the overall result is now 9 to 8 for SK.

20:15 - bsl

Group C's dramatic eruption:

MYM with early lead - MTW fight back



MYM has been all over MTW in the early parts of this stage match which the Danish team HAS to win to avoid elimination. You can heard their manager "guddo" all the way to the press area as the claw their way back into the match. The score right now is 6 to 5 in favor of MYM who are playing as terrorists on de_inferno.

The stage set up is sweet, both for the players and the spectators but the commentators are leaving a lot to be desired.

20:03 - bsl

While the stage match, and the situation in group C, is worth monitoring Low Land Lions are currently giving SK a run for their money. They are up 6 rounds to 3 on the offensive, and presumeably harder, side of de_inferno.

20:01 - bsl

MYM took the first pistol round on stage to the roaring appreciation of the crowd.