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Part 1 (X3O) http://www.x3o-gaming.com/events/2008/win..
Part 2 (Gravitas, LOOK, deadendtheory) http://www.x3o-gaming.com/events/2008/win..
Part 3 (FD, Drift, Southern Aggression) http://www.x3o-gaming.com/events/2008/win..
Part 4 (makeSHIFT, PAY, Initial) http://www.x3o-gaming.com/events/2008/win..
Part 5 (Dynasty, Backdraft, AGENT) http://www.x3o-gaming.com/events/2008/win..
Part 6 (Sure Shot, ATP, TFM) http://www.x3o-gaming.com/events/2008/win..
Part 7 (Varsity, Gordon Bombay, Hypnosis) http://www.x3o-gaming.com/events/2008/win..
Part 8 (PMS.Divas, SEP, cpd) http://www.x3o-gaming.com/events/2008/win..
Part 9 (eMg, BOPC) http://www.x3o-gaming.com/events/2008/win..

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X3O Gaming Center has been preparing for its first event of 2009, the Winter Classic scheduled to be held from January 24-25th, 2009. The registration for the tournament started with the regular 16 teams however filled up very quickly. With the demand of the public, X3O Gaming Center made the decision to expand the tournament to a total of 24 teams. This does nothing but expand the excitement and the competition at the LAN. This tournament held at X3O is the only major North American LAN event for the 2008 gaming season for Counter-Strike 1.6. They have set the bar from the previous tournaments brought to you by Dust-Off held earlier this year (the 2008 Dust-Off Championships Final was from August 15-17th, 2008). The plan is to continue and expand from the success the Dust-Off tournaments had


Continue reading at http://www.x3o-gaming.com/events/2008/win..

Team list: http://www.x3o-gaming.com/events/2008/win..

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Here are my predictions with those teams attending:

1. X3O
2. Gravitas Gaming
3. Frag Dominant (formerly f2)
4. Dynasty Gaming


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What are your preds?

This comment was edited at 01/18/2009 9:19 PM
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whats a lan
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goodread!

1. X3O
2. Gravitas
3. f2
4. drift
shocking.
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So who here is going to be at X3O anyway?
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GotFrag Prime!
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Not me...
My crosshair is large and in charge
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That be me
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Initial ftw! I think they are going to be a very strong competitor that many will overlook, especially now that the beast Ray is playing. Best of luck guys!
#srh - 11-5 CALp || TFM for life.
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dynasty > idemise
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EG.usa is not attending. :'[

WAHHHHHHHHHHH!
Graduated June 06, 2009!
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whos cbnz on the gravitas roster?
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#9 - Nope...
#10 - Owner, most likely registered as their 5th isn't announced to the public yet :P
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1.x3o
2.gg
3.f2
4.dynasty
5.enh
rest dosent matter
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1. Gravitas
2. x3o
3. F2
4. Initial
5. Dynasty
KSHARP SAVE US!!!
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x3o
gravitas
f2
dynasty
idemise
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If you guys are saying idemise will place you have no idea about 1.6.

idemise is a chill team and their good but they won't place.

x3o
f2
Gravitas
Dynasty
Initial/ATP/enh
add me to friends

#15 thats cuz idemise usta be the name of a good team

gravitas will beat x3o i think, not sure about how old eg will do
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who cares RETURN OF JSTONE
I Started the FURY craze!
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i might be out of the loop but isnt mehler on gravitas still? how come hes playing with x3o/old POV team? and wtf is cbnz?
i play cz and make movies rofl
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pretty nice little list there
#ESEA.TF2
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mehler traded with thomz between GG and x3o GG hasnt announced their 5th, cbnz is the owner and registered as their 5th for the time being.. prolly will announce in early jan
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see you guys there ^^
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1.x3o
2.grav
3.f2
4.initial

EVERYONE KNOWS GRAVITA"S FIFTH IS hostile ;zzzzzzzzzz
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1. GG
2. x3o
3. f2
4. Dynasty Gaming
5. iDemise
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jstone[LG] was nuts. nice to see him playin again, but wrd and those guys are terrible on lan, so he may be out fairly early.
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1. x3o
2. GG
3. FRAG DOMINANT (f2)
4/5. Dynasty Gaming/ iDemise
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idemise wont make it far @ all.

its a new idemise w/ their best player leaving for ENH

1. GG
2. FD
3.x3o
4.enh
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#26 idemise's current team has a good lan lineup..."synikal" was definitily not their best player either you fool, O EM GEE HE HAS "1HiT" iN HIS NAME HE MUSTTTT BE GOOOD!
#highhopes
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who is then, never herd of any of them doing decent @ a good lan other then synikal"1HiT"..
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x3o
GG
f2
enhanced
venom
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#28

What do you consider decent? They finished 3rd or something at cygamz and did well at the last x3o trny... I believe without him.
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im in there like swimwear!
nickfyadig
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#30

getting 3rd @ cygamz which they did not i think it was 4th or 5th idk/idc but thats pretty bad lol

and x3o im pretty sure they had a WHOLE DIFF lineup which they got like 8th lol..

#15 i agree people think its hostile and PH_AMs lineup lol its nothing like it @ all its a cal main team

This comment was edited at 12/25/2008 1:21 PM
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1. gbomb
2. randies
3. randies
4. randies
~
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why do ppl keep saying initial? ive never even heard of them who are they?
figadealme?
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x3o, gravitas, and f2 will obviously place top 3, but i think 4/5 is up for grabs for Dynasty/ENH/iDemise
#highhopes
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iDemise aka HighHopes aint bad

This comment was edited at 12/25/2008 2:19 PM
Addicted 2 Trance
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Although we plan on previewing as many teams as possible before the event, what team(s) do you guys specifically/really want? :P

This comment was edited at 12/26/2008 6:56 PM

gg, fd of course :P
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do enh and f2
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#40 - f2, now Frag Dominant will be in the third edition :)
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ENH ... 1st place!!

:)
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ATP will place.

enhanced looks to be the one after frag i guess
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Enhanced will be in the fourth one, any more requests?
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haha thanks confire =) ... you da man!!!
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i'd like to see idemise / highhopes writeup, and maybe initial as well, i see both as underestimate strong lan squads
#highhopes
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enh, dynasty, idemise, cpd
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1st: x3o
2nd: Gravitas
3rd: f2

Don't really care about the rest =/
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***RINGER***

This comment was edited at 12/28/2008 3:55 PM

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