n! and LGB qualify for MSI Beat it! EU

LGB eSports and n!faculty have secured the two spots from pre-qualifiers for the upcoming European main qualifier for MSI Beat it! 2013 in Shanghai, China.

In the Shootout tournament that took place this evening, LGB eSports opened up the action by defeating Vincent "Happy" Cervoni's mix-team WE GOT GAME 2-0.

First map was very close, as the Swedish side, who left the Refuse organization this week, came out on top after full thirty rounds 16-14 on de_inferno_se. de_dust2_se proceeded to be an even fight with the half ending 8-7 in favor of the French, but the winners of qualifier #1 emerged with 9 straight T-side round wins and a 16-8 win overall.

MSI Beat it! 2013 EU ShootoutBest of 2 LGBMatchpage 2 0 24th August 2013 WE GOT GAME 16Inferno_se 14 16Dust2_se 8

LGB	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	50 - 30	+20	-	1.45
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	45 - 34	+11	-	1.19
Alexander 'SKYTTEN' CarlssonSKYTTEN	46 - 39	+7	-	1.16
Mikail 'Maikelele' BillMaikelele	36 - 33	+3	-	0.99
Marcus 'windster' Anderssonwindster	28 - 31	-3	-	0.88

WE GOT GAME	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	48 - 40	+8	-	1.19
Jérémy 'liptoN' GirardeauliptoN	35 - 39	-4	-	0.86
Joey 'fxy0' Schlosserfxy0	31 - 40	-9	-	0.78
Victor 'Roombang' HenkinetRoombang	26 - 43	-17	-	0.64
Robin 'GMX' StahmerGMX	26 - 43	-17	-	0.61

In the other semi-final, Dutch-Belgian mix-team Flamelux put up a great fight against n!faculty, showing that the Benelux scene does have talented players, but it wasn't enough in the end.

Markus "pronax" Wallsten's squad prevailed in a closely contested de_mirage_ce 16-13, while de_nuke_se seemed to be going the other way after Chris "chrisJ" de Jong's mix took an 8-7 T-side lead on de_nuke_se. However, n!faculty were unstoppable after sides changed, and they dropped only one round before securing a 16-9 victory.

MSI Beat it! 2013 EU ShootoutBest of 2 n!facultyMatchpage 2 0 24th August 2013 Flamelux 16Mirage_ce 13 16Nuke_se 9

n!faculty	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Christian 'Spitfire' SchiöldeSpitfire	54 - 31	+23	-	1.55
Jonathan 'lidde' Lidgrenlidde	51 - 33	+18	-	1.34
Alexander 'rdl' Redlrdl	40 - 35	+5	-	1.00
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvipyth	33 - 30	+3	-	0.97
Markus 'pronax' Wallstenpronax	33 - 35	-2	-	0.92

Flamelux	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Mike 'mikeS' TunsmikeS	40 - 37	+3	-	1.15
Fréderic 'Monu' DeweverMonu	33 - 45	-12	-	0.86
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	32 - 41	-9	-	0.81
Stefan 'stefan' Hofstefan	30 - 42	-12	-	0.73
Tom 'STRYKER' ColynSTRYKER	29 - 46	-17	-	0.69

LGB eSports and n!faculty will be joining the eight already invited teams in the group stage of MSI Beat it! EU Finals. The $5,000 tournament will be played online and will contain a total of 12 teams divided into two groups.

NiP	VeryGames	Astana Dragons
ESC Gaming	fnatic	CPH Wolves
Lemondogs	Natus Vincere	n!faculty
LGB eSports	TBA	TBA

The final two invites, as well as groups, will be announced tomorrow, while the matches will begin on Monday, August 26th.