www.LANDodger.com for all your Counter-Strike: Source related news (and additional games to come).

Stay tuned to LANDodger tonight for Round 3 coverage of the CEVO-P Placement Tournament.

I’ve received an outstanding number of comments/compliments so far on my coverage of the CEVO-P PT. I’ll be doing the same… and far more over at LANDodger in hopes of bringing the players and fans the much needed coverage that is missing as of late.

A note from the LANDodger founder:

“I just wanted to make a quick post to avoid confusion. I’ve had a nasty itch to bring LANDodger back from the dead for a long time now. Months, really. Things are finally rolling now, and if you’ve been waiting for some content on this old horse … well, your wait is over. There’s only one catch: LD is no longer a one-man show.

To keep it short, I started LANDodger because I felt like eSports media wasn’t up to par. Some games or tournaments were ignored. Stats were almost non-existent. If you think for a second about those last two sentences, you’ll probably come to the conclusion that it describes the scene today, too. And it does. I feel the same way about eSports media today that I did when I wrong the “About LANDodger” page. We need something better.

Of course, I can’t do it myself. In fact, I’m not sure what my role will be on this page. I don’t even know where we’ll end up, how we’ll get there, or who will come along for the ride. All I know is that I want to build something eSports fans can call home; a place where they feel welcome, and a place where they can come for sincere discussion, news, and entrainment.

The only way I know how to get there is to jump in feet-first, and hope for the best. So I’d like to give a warm welcome to the first person to work on LD besides me: Heather “sapphiRe” Mumm. You’re going to see her around the site, because she’s one of the most dedicated people in eSports. I can’t thank her enough for coming on board, and I know you’re going to feel the same way.

It’s time for a new beginning. LANDodger, take two. I hope you join us. It’s going to be a fun ride.”

* Results will be updated as matches are completed. Stay tuned to glhfLIVE for updates.

** See post below for SourceTV/Scorebot information which will be updated throughout the evening.

*** Message “sapphiRe” on irc.gamesurge.net if you have any results/screenshots to share.

Click here for current CEVO-PT Standings as of 1:00am EDT on October 6.

Group A:
justBALLS, Chicago Chimera, KEYBOARD SMASHERS, Just Cause Project, icon

KEYBOARD SMASHERS vs. Chicago Chimera
– Final: 2-0 Chicago Chimera > KEYBOARD SMASHERS
* Chicago Chimera > KEYBOARD SMASHERS 13-5 de_train
* Chicago Chimera > KEYBOARD SMASHERS 13-9 de_dust2

Just Cause Project vs. icon
– Final: 2-0 jCp > icon
* jCp > icon 13-6 de_inferno
* jCp > icon 13-8 de_nuke

BYE: justBALLS

Group B:
Dynamic, San Francisco Optx, Fighting Bears, Carnage, eX

Fighting Bears vs. San Francisco Optx
– Scheduled for Monday, October 6 – 8:00pm CDT

Carnage vs. eX
– Final: 2-0 eX > Carnage
* eX > Carnage 13-3 de_dust2
* eX > Carnage 13-1 de_tuscan

BYE: Dynamic

Group C: CyberRevolution, LA compLexity, EZ5, stormaKt, eXult

CyberRevolution vs. EZ5
– Final: 2-0 CyberRevolution > EZ5
* CyberRevolution > EZ5 13-10 de_dust2 – First Half / Second Half
* CyberRevolution > EZ5 13-5 de_inferno – First Half / Second Half

stormaKt vs. eXult
– Final: 2-0 eXult > stormaKt
* eXult > stormaKt 13-4 de_dust 2 – First Half / Second Half
* eXult > stormaKt 13-6 de_nuke – First Half / Second Half

BYE: LA compLexity

Group D: Skull Gaming, 3D.NY, GH, viNdictive, Team.NEG

Skull Gaming vs. Team.NEG
– Final: 2-1 Team.NEG > Skull Gaming
* Team.NEG > Skull Gaming 18-16 de_nuke (in overtime)
* Skull Gaming > Team.NEG 13-11 de_inferno
* Team.NEG > Skull Gaming 18-16 de_dust2 (in overtime)

3D.NY vs. viNdictive
– Final: 2-0 3D.NY > viNdictive
* 3D.NY > viNdictive 18-16 de_inferno (in overtime) – First Half / Second Half /First Half OT / Second Half OT
* 3D.NY > viNdictive 13-7 de_dust2 – First Half / Second Half

BYE: GH

Group E: PK, vANSKAP, Mug N Mouse, Hyper, Mexico City Furia

PK vs. Mexico City Furia
– Final: 2-1 PK > Mexico City Furia
* Mexico City Furia > PK 13-7 de_train
* PK > Mexico City Furia 13-11 de_nuke
* PK > Mexico City Furia 13-4 de_inferno

vANSKAP vs. Hyper
– Scheduled for Monday, October 6 – 11:00pm CDT

BYE: Mug N Mouse

** SourceTV and Scorebot information will be updated throughout the evening. Stay tuned to glhfLIVE for updates.

MATCH OF THE NIGHT

Skull Gaming vs. Team.NEG (Group D)

– Skull Gaming Player to Watch: DaZeD
– Team.NEG Player to Watch: deciple
Sunday, October 5 – 11:00pm CDT
* SourceTV: tbd
* Scorebot: #skullgaming , #Team.NEG

glhf LIVE Prediction:
2-1 Team.NEG > Skull Gaming

I’ve heard a lot of discussion lately around the Source community about this Skull Gaming team, specifically that they’ve put up some good numbers in scrims against top teams. Just based off of comments scattered across various forums and IRC that I have read, Skull has put in a lot of practice time as of late. With recognizable names like hauNt and chewbacca, this line-up has potential for success.

Nonetheless, I’m not sure how much Skull’s preparation will help them against NEG’s stacked roster. DirtySecreT, nikon, deciple and REMiX all on one team? Impressive. I see NEG being one of the teams that makes it to the top 10 and earns a place in CEVO-P. I think Skull might be able to pull off a win on the first map (unless the map selected heavily favors NEG) but momentum will swing in NEG’s favor as they take the next to maps.

Guest Prediction by paradox (San Francisco Optx):
2-0 Team.NEG > Skull Gaming

“Initially I would say NEG will take it in 3 but looking more closely at the roster, I have to coin them as a high-energy, momentum-based team. Going with that logic it’s either all or nothing. Skull has fundamentally sound leadership in Chewbacca and a lineup capable of upsets. I’m going to go with the battle-tested and familiar lineup in NEG and say they take it 2-0. The match on Skull’s chosen map should be close while NEG will runaway with it on their map assuming they have choice of sides. NEG 13-10, 13-7.”

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Group A:
justBALLS, Chicago Chimera, KEYBOARD SMASHERS, Just Cause Project, icon

KEYBOARD SMASHERS vs. Chicago Chimera
– KEYBOARD SMASHERS PTW: Glockateer
– Chicago Chimera PTW: shaffer
Sunday, October 5 – 10:30pm CDT
* SourceTV: tbd
* Scorebot: #keyboardsmashers , #chicagochimera

glhf LIVE Prediction:
2-0 Chicago Chimera > KEYBOARD SMASHERS
- The first “big” test for Chimera’s new pick-up, shaffer as Chicago has not had a difficult match-up yet in CGS Pro-Am. From what I’ve heard, the team has been doing well with him in scrims. Tonight should be no different.

Just Cause Project vs. icon
– Just Cause Project PTW: DARKO
– icon PTW: kosei
Sunday, October 5 – 8:00pm CDT
* SourceTV: tv2.quantum-servers.com:3002
* Scorebot: #jcp , #icon.css

glhf LIVE Prediction:
2-1 icon > jCp
- Both teams went 0-2 in their opening round, each coming close in the first map and losing by a large margin in the second. This should be a closer match-up tonight. The winner may likely be determined by which team starts on the favorable side for 2 of the 3 maps. Just for predictions sake, I’ll go with icon winning in 3, but wouldn’t be surprised if jCp came out on top instead.

BYE: justBALLS

Group B:
Dynamic, San Francisco Optx, Fighting Bears, Carnage, eX

Fighting Bears vs. San Francisco Optx
– Fighting Bears PTW: Cr0nus
– San Francisco Optx PTW: Grt
Sunday, October 5 – 8:00pm CDT
* SourceTV: tbd
* Scorebot: #no-namers , #optx

glhf LIVE Prediction:
2-0 San Francisco Optx > Fighting Bears
- I haven’t had the opportunity to watch ‘Fighting Bears’ play yet… but there is no reason why this the Optx should have any trouble here. I see two quick and easy matches for SanFran.

Carnage vs. eX
– Carnage PTW: Foerster
– eX PTW: flash3
Sunday, October 5 – 9:00pm CDT
* SourceTV: tbd
* Scorebot: #carnage , #exegaming

glhf LIVE Prediction:
2-0 Carnage > eX
- While I’ve known of the eX team for quite some time, I’m not too familiar with their current line-up. From what I know about Carnage, I don’t think they put in too much practice time. eX may be more prepared for this, but I see old-school talent in HeliX, AC and Foerster on Carnage winning out here.

BYE: Dynamic

Group C:
CyberRevolution, LA compLexity, EZ5, stormaKt, eXult

CyberRevolution vs. EZ5
– CyberRevolution PTW: zDk-
– EZ5 PTW: UTP
* SourceTV: nearcry-sourcetv.hd-gaming.com:3090
* Scorebot: #cyberrevolution , #EZ5

glhf LIVE Prediction:
2-1 CyberRevolution > EZ5

stormaKt vs. eXult
– stormaKt PTW: mav0
– eXult PTW: Smedegard
Sunday, October 5 – 9:00pm CDT
* SourceTV: 76.74.150.201:27023
* Scorebot: #stormaKt , #exult

glhf LIVE Prediction:
2-1 eXult > stormaKt
- Not too familiar with either team, but I don’t see either team dominating the other. I think the map selection and sides will be a big factor in determining the momentum in this match-up. I’ll wage a guess and say eXult will take it in 3.

BYE: LA compLexity

Group D:
Skull Gaming, 3D.NY, GH, viNdictive, Team.NEG

Skull Gaming vs. Team.NEG
– See: MATCH OF THE NIGHT

3D.NY vs. viNdictive
– 3D.NY PTW: method
– viNdictive PTW: TerroR
Sunday, October 5 – 9:30pm CDT
* SourceTV: tbd
* Scorebot: #team3d , #viN

glhf LIVE Prediction:
2-0 3D.NY > viNdictive
- Sorry viNdictive. 3D has this one by a long shot. The only way I can see 3D being slighty off tonight is if juan is still devastated from both the Brewers and Packers losing on the same day and refuses to call strats.

BYE: GH

Group E:
PK, vANSKAP, Mug N Mouse, Hyper, Mexico City Furia

PK vs. Mexico City Furia
– PK PTW: pNo
– Mexico City Furia PTW: v1koo
Sunday, October 5 – 7:00pm CDT
* SourceTV: 74.63.69.13:27020
* Scorebot: #furia , #teampk

glhf LIVE Prediction:
2-0 PK > Mexico City Furia
- Furia is currently playing their Round 3 match (vs. Mug N Mouse) prior to Round 2 and lost 3-9 while on CT side of de_train. That is not a good sign at all. Is dEiMON not awping anymore? He should. He was impressive vs. Salvo during the CGS World Finals. PK should have this one if Furia continues to play the way they are vs. Mug N Mouse.

vANSKAP vs. Hyper
– vANSKAP PTW: Polar
– Hyper PTW: Daemos
Monday, October 6 – 11:00pm CDT
* SourceTV: tbd
* Scorebot: #vanskap , #teamhyper

glhf LIVE Prediction:
2-1 vANSKAP > Hyper
- I think a win for vANSKAP would be an upset here but with a 13-0 win over Furia combined with sub-par performance at CORE Lan this weekend in Montreal, vANSKAP might be able to pull it off. I would have expected Hyper to get nothing less than 1st this weekend. Taking into account Hypermay be exhausted from a weekend of lanning, the team will really need to give it a good effort to overtake vANSKAP. Even if Hyper loses, they should still have no troubles advancing to double elim.

BYE: Mug N Mouse

**See my previous blog for the line-ups (http://www.thecgs.com/index.php?s=upanel…)

Note: Was not able to track down every score/map.. but I have been able to confirm the winning team of the best of 3 series. If you have any scores/maps/screenshots for any of the below matches, please PM me or post in the comments section. Thanks

Here is the lowdown…
-25 teams in 5 groups.
-5 rounds of group play // Best of 3 maps.
-Top 3 teams in each group advance to a double elimination bracket
-Final 10 advance to CEVO-Professional where they will join last seasons top finishers: Dallas Venom, Carolina Core, Zomblerz and ’94 Knicks.

Round 1 // October 2 // Results (+ screenshots where available)

Group A: justBALLS, Chicago Chimera, KEYBOARD SMASHERS, Just Cause Project, icon

FINAL SCORE: 2-0 KEYBOARDSMASHERS > icon
- KEYBOARD SMASHERS > icon 13-12 de_nuke
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- KEYBOARD SMASHERS > icon 13-8 de_inferno
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FINAL SCORE: 2-0 justBALLS > Just Cause Project
- justBALLS > Just Cause Project 13-11 de_inferno
http://i34.tinypic.com/e13hhx.jpg (TEAM DUCK is justBALLS)
http://i36.tinypic.com/35n67if.jpg
- justBALLS > Just Cause Project 13-6 de_russka
http://i35.tinypic.com/21ov501.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/2nhdr8g.jpg

BYE: Chicago Chimera

Standings:
justBALLS 1-0
KEYBOARD SMASHERS 1-0
Icon 0-1
Just Cause Project 0-1
Chicago Chimera 0-0

Group B: Dynamic, San Francisco Optx, Fighting Bears, Carnage, eX

FINAL SCORE 2-0 San Francisco Optx > Carnage
- San Francisco Optx > Carnage 13-8 de_dust2
- San Francisco Optx > Carnage 13-9 de_russka

FINAL SCORE 2-0 Dynamic > eX
- Dynamic > eX 13-5 de_inferno
- Dynamic > eX 13-7 de_russka

BYE: Fighting Bears

Standings:
Dynamic 1-0
San Francisco Optx 1-0
Carnage 0-1
eX 0-1
Fighting Bears 0-0

Group C: CyberRevolution, LA complexity, EZ5, stormaKt, eXult

FINAL SCORE: 2-1 CyberRevolution > stormaKt
- CyberRevolution > stormaKt 13-4 de_train
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- stormaKt > CyberRevolution 13-11 dedust2
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- CyberRevolution > stormaKt 13-11 de_inferno
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FINAL SCORE: 2-0 LA compLexity > EZ5 (now renamed AnwarGaming)
- LA compLexity > AnwarGaming 13-1 de_season
- LA compLexity > AnwarGaming 13-6 de_inferno

BYE: eXult

Standings:
LA compLexity 1-0
CyberRevolution 1-0
stormaKt 0-1
AnwarGaming 0-1
eXult 0-0

Group D: Skull Gaming, 3D.NY, GH, viNdictive, Team.NEG

FINAL SCORE: 2-1 Skull Gaming > GH
- GH > skull 13-6 de_contra
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- Skull > GH 13-11 de_inferno
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- Skull > GH 13-6 de_dust2
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FINAL SCORE: 2-0 Team.NEG > viNdictive
- Team.NEG > viNdictive 13-10 de_???
- Team.NEG > viNdictive 13-? de_???

BYE: 3D.NY

Standings:
Skull Gaming 1-0
Team.NEG 1-0
viNdictive 0-1
GH 0-1
3D.NY 0-0

Group E: PK, vANSKAP, Mug N Mouse, Hyper, Mexico City Furia

FINAL SCORE 2-1 vANSKAP > Mexico City Furia
- Mexico City Furia > vANSKAP 13-11 de_inferno
http://i33.tinypic.com/2sahwd4.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/15qpyeq.jpg
- vANSKAP > Mexico City Furia 13-0 de_train
http://i37.tinypic.com/2hrdd6q.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/2hwcnmd.jpg
- vANSKAP > Mexico City Furia 13-11 de_dust2
http://i37.tinypic.com/2i1gxnq.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/w8w4k6.jpg

FINAL SCORE: 2-0 PK > Mug N Mouse
- PK > Mug N Mouse 13-9 de_nuke
- PK > Mug N Mouse 13-6 de_inferno

BYE: Hyper

Standings:
PK 1-0
vANSKAP 1-0
Mexico City Furia 0-1
Mug N Mouse 0-1
Hyper 0-0

Here is the lowdown…
-25 teams in 5 groups.
-5 rounds of group play // Best of 3 maps.
-Top 3 teams in each group advance to a double elimination bracket
-Final 10 advance to CEVO-Professional

Teams:

1. justBALLS (CEVO-P 7th)
GODE, DUBE, boomermayne, Hyper, Miller-1, TN, solraK

2. Dynamic (CEVO-P 8th)
adren, JoKa, bmK, NoObLeR, demonic, sil

3. CyberRevolution (CEVO-P 9th)
frozt, drAgon, eterNity, zDk-, xperience, NearCry, ridic

4. Skull Gaming (CEVO-M 1st)
DaZeD, hollywood, kstyle, Stryker, chewbacca, hauNt

5. PK (CEVO-M 2nd)
bits, JaP, pNo, ms, bReAkDoWn, xc0n, Mose5, ER1c

6. Vanskap (CEVO-M 3rd)
a!M, moseph, aL|ve, trerobinson1c, tech, Polar, hyperion, BumpstatiK

7. 3D.NY (CGS CSS 2nd)
Ksharp, Volcano, juan, nickn0it, method

8. LA Complexity (CGS CSS 3rd)
Warden, fRoD, Storm, Rambo, hanes

9. San Francisco Optx (CGS CSS 5th)
paradox, Warmach1ne, mOE, clowN, Grt

10. Chicago Chimera (CGS CSS 6th)
da bears, lari, hahN, stevenson, shaffer

11. KEYBOARD SMASHERS (CEVO-M 4th)
Nile, Torrr, Alex, Monkey, Glackaeer, DamiaN

12. Fighting Bears (CEVO-M 5th/6th) aka no-namers
nayr, tactical, -tRiGGa-, drmm, genes.s, darkone, sixster, Cr0nus

13. EZ5 (CEVO-M 5th/6th)
JAYC, jackals, UTP, chek0, godson, mav0

14. GH (CEVO-M 7th/8th)
brnn, mepz, messiaH, vulpine, Hamrick

15. Mug N Mouse (Thermaltake Winner)
Showtime, ArabianKing, w1redNP_, Jerbear, jareD

16. Hyper (Thermaltake Winner)
PenguinMURDA, waxxt, AlphA, Daemos, Shredder, Mingus

17. viNdictive (CEVO-M 9th-12th)
Jyro, CrazieFool, CypheR, TumTum, FluX, hp, kurridGe, TerroR, default

18. stormaKt(CEVO-M 9th-12th)
Prec1sioN, Fractured, NaDeZ, RealOne, mikeHmikE, pppppppppp

19. Carnage (CEVO-M 9th-12th)
Octan3, benn1tt, HeliX, AC, beck, breWer, Foerster, Spooner, Dutch

20. Just Cause Project (CEVO-M 9th-12th)
fondler, neiL, DARKO, zack, Forever0, aMbU$Ht

21. icon (Application Spot)
dbatt, kosei, seuss, simo, Jarhead, calgeR, Digi

22. eX (Application Spot)
5stars, miller, flash3, cibor, Freeway, thebes

23. eXult (Application Spot)
Knockers, smedegard, RaGs, ryan, manbearpig-, ABM

24. Team.NEG (Application Spot)
DirtySecreT, akhaN, RUFF-, nikon, REMiX, deciple

25. Mexico City Furia (Application Spot)
Secret Agent, v1koo, Caby, aladar1, Pis7ol, dEiMON!

Groups:

Group A: justBALLS, Chicago Chimera, KEYBOARD SMASHERS, Just Cause Project, icon.css
Group B: Dynamic, San Francisco Optx, Brotherhood, Carnage, eX
Group C: CyberRevolution, LA compLexity, EZ5, stormaKt, eXultance
Group D: Skull Gaming, 3D.NY, PRIDE, viNdictive, Team.NEG
Group E: PK, Vanskap, Mug N Mouse, Hyper, Mexico City Furia

Predictions // Thursday, October 2nd

Note: These are very quick predictions with very little research. I want to get out the predictions for tonight before the matches start!!

Double Note: I don’t know the maps for these either! So predictions could be very off =) Go easy on me! Not going to predict scores for this time. Just map wins… and I suppose a PTW on each team as well (Player to watch).

MATCH OF THE NIGHT:

Mexico City Furia vs. Vanskap

Pred: Vanskap 2-1

-Vanskap PTW : aL|ve

-Mexico City Furia PTW : dEiMON!

SourceTV: tv2.quantum-servers.com:3028
Scorebot: #Furia ; #Vanskap
Time: 11:30pm EST

I think this should be the best/closest match-up of the night. A much improved Furia team from CGS season 1 which took down the world champion Salvo team this past July in Los Angeles will put up a much harder fight than their previous season in CEVO . I recall watching dEiMON awping during his World Finals matches and I was impressed. I hope he can bring the same tonight. However, I think Vanskap has the fraggers to win this match. They have a few guys on their roster that have been around the scene for awhile – aL|ive, trerobinson and tech among others. I’m going to go with Vanskap winning in 3.

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Other matches:

stormaKt vs. CyberRevolution
Pred: CyberRevolution 2-0
-stormaKt PTW : RealOne
-CyberRevolution PTW : ridic

GH vs. Skull Gaming
Pred: Skull Gaming 2-0
-GH PTW : messiaH
-Skull Gaming PTW : chewbacca

viNdictive vs. Team.NEG
Pred: Team.NEG 2-0
-viNdictive PTW : hp
-Team.NEG PTW : nikon

San Francisco Optx vs. Carnage
Pred: San Francisco Optx 2-0
-San Francisco Optx PTW : Warmach1ne
-Carnage PTW : HeliX

EZ5 vs. Los Angeles compLexity
Pred: Los Angeles compLexity 2-0
-EZ5 PTW : JAYC
-Los Angeles compLexity PTW : fRoD
SourceTV: 66.228.122.147:27025
Scorebot: #compLexity
Time: 10:30pm EST

eX vs. Dynamic
Pred: eX 2-1
-eX PTW : 5stars
-Dynamic PTW : demonic

PK vs. Mug N Mouse
Pred: PK 2-0
-PK PTW : pNo
-Mug n Mouse PTW : Showtime

justBALLS vs. Just Cause Project
Pred: justBALLS: 2-0
-justBALLS PTW : TN
-Just Cause Project PTW : aMbU$Ht
SourceTV: tv2.quantum-servers.com:3002
Scorebot: #jcp
Time: 11:00pm EST

icon vs. KEYBOARD SMASHERS
Pred: KEYBOARD SMASHERS 2-0
icon PTW : dbatt
KEYBOARD SMASHERS PTW : Torrr

eXult vs. BYE

3D.NY vs. BYE

Hyper vs. BYE

Chicago Chimera vs. BYE

Fighting Bears vs. BYE