About ESL
Yes we got disqualified. That sucks. Everything that could have been done was done. Our next aim :

More practises for improved gameplay and weekly tournaments. Stay tuned for more detail

Aleksbest expressed a wish to make his own competetivr team. The arrangement was for that to happen after the league is over.

Okay guys I took some time to think and review all the demos. As it turns out the Wire anti-cheat caught something in Mercury. So here are the roaster changes :

Mercury won't always play as a first pick. Until second notice.
Why isn't hr removed?
Because I talked with the ESL admins and even they can't /won't explain. On the other hand I will have this case in mind and further measures will be taken.

Okay guys here we are standing 2:0 in the groups. Its due for us to actually become tryharding and competetive learning all the smokes we can and becoming as good as possible.
So I allowed myself to schedule 3 practises on the 2/2/2018, 2/3/2018, 2/4/2018 make sure to RSVP to them on the forums :
https://di.community/calendar/event/9523-di-iv-team-a-practise/

https://di.community/calendar/event/9524-di-iv-team-a-practise/

https://di.community/calendar/event/9525-di-iv-team-a-practise/

5.8. Cheating in Open League
If a player participating in Open League gets caught cheating this will result in a disqualification for the team. That means all matches are deleted. If a cheater fakeaccount gets detected, matches where he participated will be deleted.

5.9. Disqualification
Teams showing no real effort to play matches or teams that are obviously blocking may be disqualified. If a team has three or more no shows until including the fifth play date it will be removed from Open League.

Best regards,
Your Admin Team

5.7. Overtimes
If you play a draw in your matches, you need to play as many overtimes, as needed to have a win situation. Overtimes will be played MR3 with $10.000 startmoney.

5.6. Lineup Changes
Every team can add new players through the whole season, but 60% of the standard team lineup must participate in every match. The standard team lineup consists of all players that are in the team account on the first default match date. If one player leaves the team and rejoins he counts as a new player. Any failure to this rule need to be reported via protest prior to match start. If the lineup is not clear you need to wait until all players have connected and Anticheat logs are available. If a team cannot compete due to an invalid lineup construction, this will be handled as a no show. Despite this rule you can still agree to play with a different lineup if the opponent agrees. The agreement must be given in the match comments. Protests regarding breach of this rule that have been filed after the match has been played, will be rejected.

5.2. No show
The waiting time is 20 minutes starting from the time of the match. You have to confirm the match and start ESL Anti Cheat in order to show your presence and willingness to play. The Anti Cheat Logs prove your presence. In case of Steam problems (e.g. VAC authentication error) the waiting time may be extended by 15 minutes. A screenshot showing the error has to be uploaded to the match page immediately. Please open a protest to get a default win, this is the fastest way to get your match checked, as the admins can not check all matches of a tournament manually.

Important read :







Congratulations, your team is part of the CS:GO Open League Spring 2018.

You can find the schedule and further information here: http://play.eslgaming.com/coun...rike/csgo/csgo/open/league

Please note the following:

Matches are played bo3 and there is no draw.

Matchdays
There will be one match per week. We are fine, if you and your opponent find a date on your own, where it fits best. However, we will have a default matchday, where the match has to be played at last. This will be a Tuesday evening.

Matchmedia
Please remember to record your POV demo for each map.

Okay guys here is how we are going to play.

Team's core (the 3 guys without who a match can't be played)

DieLabtec, Darkaa, Mesopotamija9

Main 5 - DieLabtec, Darkaa, Mesopotamija9, Brechstag, Aleksbest

Substitutes :
1. Ifighter (due to motivation)
2. Plaulup (due to limited avaliability)
3. Bloom (due to avaliability)
4. Volby (due to administrative stops)

Note : All players and substitutes are required on the match day. Warm and ready for a game.

Keep practising as mentioned in the other comments.

I require everyone to be present to the matches. No matter if he is playing in the current match or not we need everyone. I can't stress that enough !

When and who is playing?
1. By avaliability.
2. I keep my right to change players between and in matches. Especially when switches are needed for technical reasons (Shutting off, any technical problems, armagedon etc.)

Mindset towards the enemy :
The enemies are just the dummies we will be shooting at. We care about them only if we can research them or/and they are not showing up for the match. Feuding and trashtalk are strictly forbiden by me and by the rules.

Self mindset :
Keep calm and collected ,be productive with your time. Communicate and be ready for everything.

Preparation : From now on practise in CS at least 2 hours per day. Including Grenades and their consistancy, HS only DM (community only). Afterwards play as much as you possibly can. To get better we have to play more.
Here is the tricky part. A day before the match (on the 22th in this case) do not play CS at all take a break.
The next day 23th play all day, become a consistant CS zombie in that day.
Practise makes perfect.

Format :
Maps: Map vote, BO3
Game Integration Guide (Mandatory reading everyone has to know how to join and start ) :

https://play.eslgaming.com/counterstrike/gameintegration

Max Rounds: 30
Standard ESL Mappool:

de_inferno
de_nuke
de_mirage
de_train
de_cache
de_cbble
de_overpass

Alright everyone. The time has come. Our matches are oficially announced see them all over here : https://play.eslgaming.com/counterstrike/csgo/csgo/open/league/spring-2018/open_matches/

Great to hear that.

As it turns out Volby can not be removed from the ESL team. The ESL admins called that if he is using the Wire he can play. So at the end of the day he might as well play.

Volby has been connected to multiple banned accounts and we can't have him like that. Even if he is not cheating if someone finds the bans we may be penalised.

What happened?

In the light of recent events Volby has been removed from the competetive team.

Okay guys we are officially signed up for the league. Now all you need to do is go and fill out your CS:GO ID (found through the ESL website if you are not sure). Also be sure to visit the ESL site tomorrow 13:00 EET even from mobile. Just in case I am not the only one that has to check in.

Meeting on the 10 January 20:00 CET on Discord : https://discord.gg/j7HWNA

If you don't have Discord then install it.

Full schedule : https://play.eslgaming.com/counterstrike/csgo/csgo/open/league

ESL Officialities
The ESL team is created. You will receive your invite to it. After you send me a screenshot that your "Wire" anticheat is fine. Technical failures won't be tolerated! (Broken hardware, bad internet connection, disruptions in your enviroment e.g)

Registration : Until the 12 January.

Team meeting - to be announced

(Most likely on the 10 January 20:30 CET)
If you can be on earlier always be. Play play play.

Timezone : CET
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/cet

Calculate it for yourself and talk about time only in it. Its the timezone for the groupstage as well.

This is in all caps :
"PLAYING WITHOUT THE ANTICHEAT RESULTS IN AN INSTANT LOSS"
This is a golden rule

The team is created.It has the same name. You will receive your invite after sending me a screenshot that your system is compatible with the official "Wire" anticheat.

Duration :

The full schedule.

https://play.eslgaming.com/counterstrike/csgo/csgo/open/league .

I can't stress that enough. Everyone add each other and join.

Okay guys this is it. We all want to go and play in the ESL open league 2018 ,because of that I made this group so that we can organise easily. Hurry up get in the group and invite each other. Game and practise as much as you possibly can.

Details will be posted shortly.