Quake Nations Cup: Teams and predictions

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Quake Nations Cup

Quake Nations Cup is about to begin and here is a list of the signed teams for the QuakeWorld section along with some short predictions on the outcome.

Update: Denmark and Russia B added.

Teams

Czech
JohnNy_cz, Flamer, itmik, shpeq, jebak, Fr4g, moris, cuky

Germany
anni, 123, spoink, raptor, uig, iba, mae, Soma

Austria
Defcon 5, slash, hoshi, watzl, ori

Russia
A: xpr, starling, zepp, dot, doom, blaze, gor, unknown
B: VVD, bubliG, SS[3b]

Hungary
zero, milamber, orion, crash, stevens

Netherlands
purity, reppie, murdoc, dragon, skillah, mja

Sweden
XantoM, bps, riker, nabbe, lakso, phrenic, molecule, razor

Poland
cpe, billy, blasp, derek, insane, panczo, plast, slabi

United Kingdom
batfink, ser, marvelforce, keys

Finland
anza, fifi, fix, milton, blaze, mirage, skisso, ihminen, diki

Denmark
Zalon, ParadokS, nEmo, eMbAh, Shadow, pwr

Predictions

First of all, I predict that this tournament will become very interesting and I am as exited for the games I am about to play myself as for spectating the other games.

Outcome
I’m pretty sure that Finland, Sweden and Netherlands will be fighting for the top spots. These three teams have lineups that should be able to win against the other nations without too much of a hassle.

For the rest of the teams, I think that Russia A looks strongest and will take the 4th place. Other than that, i’m not sure at all and will probably lose all my Goldrush cash during those games.

Strongest lineups
The lineups I think would be the best choice for each nation, ordered by the strongest lineup.

  1. Finland: fifi, fix, milton, blaze
  2. Sweden: XantoM, razor, riker, nabbe
  3. Netherlands: purity, reppie, murdoc, dragon
  4. Russia A: xpr, doom, blaze, gor
  5. Poland: cpe, billy, insane, blasp/derek/panczo/plast/slabi*
  6. United Kingdom: batfink, ser, marvelforce, keys
  7. Germany: spoink, Soma, 123, uig
  8. Denmark: Zalon, ParadokS, nEmo/eMbAh/Shadow/pwr*
  9. Hungary: zero, milamber/orion/crash/stevens*
  10. Czech: JohnNy_cz, Flamer, moris, itmik/shpeq/jebak/Fr4g/cuky*
  11. Russia B: VVD, bubliG, SS[3b]
  12. Austria: Defcon 5, slash/hoshi/watzl/ori*

* Don’t know which of the players who is the best.

.. or am I totally wrong? You tell me!

Btw: If you know when you are playing a game, please tell us in #qwdrama or add it to QW Schedule and it will be open for bets at Goldrush asap.

38 responses to “Quake Nations Cup: Teams and predictions”

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Zalon
Sunday 13th January, 2008

Denmark is signing up today too :D

XantoM
Sunday 13th January, 2008

Woot? Perhaps ParadokS recruited some guys from the xmas table.

cpe
Sunday 13th January, 2008

can't wait for games of se/fi/nl between each other, as for a games vs. them :]

Zalon
Sunday 13th January, 2008

Hehe, it took some convincing to get him onboard, but atm our team is ParadokS, nEmo, Zalon, eMbAh, Shadow - and then i hope to get Face, Latency and tec/eclipse/y whatever he calls him self today to go for it too :)

Hagge
Sunday 13th January, 2008

I can't say I agree. I would without any doubt place UK as nr 4 since their lineup looks really strong. The lack of activity might be a problem though, but the polish players doesn't seem to be much more active. The russians are active, but I don't think they are skilled enough to beat UK.

Åke Vader
Sunday 13th January, 2008

How about a Rebellion of thunderish team for a Portugal/Spain mix team or something? :) Or maybe that's not allowed (though i think i read something about it once)

Åke Vader
Sunday 13th January, 2008

I definitely think UK is the fourth strongest team btw.

marv
Sunday 13th January, 2008

if i were denmark i would pick desmo hes quality. As for the uk team who signed that up we will see what happens if it does happen as hagge stated we are not active and i thought i quit? If the team needs me though ill try my best.

Åke Vader
Sunday 13th January, 2008

Another such combo could be denmark/norway to make things more interesting...but i guess the good norwegians aren't playing as much nowadays. :|

marv
Sunday 13th January, 2008

As for predictions i would go for sweden as razor is probably the smartest qw tdm player atm.

Hagge
Sunday 13th January, 2008

come on marv, don't go inactive just when bst has started to pull off really bad ass games! get active and make UK go to semis o/

plaz
Monday 14th January, 2008

Team Finland with a HAWT roster.

OrioN
Monday 14th January, 2008

ARSTAKURWA!

cpe
Monday 14th January, 2008

ASZAKURVA ! :D

cpe
Monday 14th January, 2008

it meant to be ASZTAKURVA ! :E

hellsan
Monday 14th January, 2008

missing roadrunner in .dk-lineup ;)

Zalon
Monday 14th January, 2008

Alot of danes missing, but they are nowhere to be found, please let em know we are looking for them :D

Hagge
Monday 14th January, 2008

I played against festher the other day.. get him to play for .dk! o/

phren
Monday 14th January, 2008

a question; isn't bulat a top player in the russian federation?

Åke Vader
Monday 14th January, 2008

I bet his power fades in the glow of enemy quad.

eject
Tuesday 15th January, 2008

Funland will be ruuls.. glgl

hoshi
Tuesday 15th January, 2008

i'd have loved to see a division based nationscup ... because as it is now we will probably lose three games straight in the group and move into the playoffs as worst seeded to get smacked again by the number one seed :] well anyway ... gonna enjoy the spanking ;) gl!

cpe
Tuesday 15th January, 2008

no divisions.

Hagge
Tuesday 15th January, 2008

why is there so much talk about bulat being the best in russia? haven't seen anything good from him and I think ppl like xn and doom is much better!

Åke Vader
Tuesday 15th January, 2008

Plz, 24/7 prac and you're div0 in no time hoshi!

batfink
Tuesday 15th January, 2008

lol xantom obviously doesnt rate us, but then i dont rate him so np :)

djevulsk
Tuesday 15th January, 2008

Hagge, since you're never on irc i'll just say it here. Congratulations on making the swedish b team!!

johnie
Tuesday 15th January, 2008

ireland would of owned all:P

Åke Vader
Tuesday 15th January, 2008

Congratulations whole of Oblivion on making the swedish b team!!1!1

oase
Tuesday 15th January, 2008

i wanna see oldskool "sollid as a rock" Amen in the nl line-up ;-)

WazMeister
Tuesday 15th January, 2008

hmm Did sign up my name for UK when no one else did.. and I did not got on list.

Feel insulted, first up and first booted.

lol

Anyway we can view these games live?

cpe
Wednesday 16th January, 2008

Poland team B is also a polish clan - DC

serox
Wednesday 16th January, 2008

I will be around to prac if the others are up for it. I would have thought we can manage 4th if we sort some shit out.

Looks good, lets play! :)

Hagge
Wednesday 16th January, 2008

omg what an honor o/

cpe
Friday 18th January, 2008

there's still one spot left. someone should make contact with phil, so he could gather US forces :D

Bill Hicks
Friday 18th January, 2008

too bad there is no norwegian team :(

VVD
Friday 18th January, 2008

Update "Strongest lineups" - new teams/members was added.

opel
Monday 21st January, 2008

Too pity there is no NOR and USA teams :(

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