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Recent announcement by the CPL that the World Tour won�t begin until May leaves a gaping hole in competitive play to start 2006. Teams must resort to other tournaments and one such tournament is shgOpen, taking place February 17th-19th in Fredericia, Denmark. The tournament currently has 82 teams signed up for the 350,000 Danish kroners, DKK, ($56,727 USD) purse prize which has been �guaranteed�.

Right now the major teams signed up for the tournament, which is 29 days away, are: Fnatic, 4Kings, Serious Gaming, and NoA, who all are featured on the Top Ten list for Europe. Still, rumors suggest that both American Powerhouse teams Complexity and Team3D are looking at attending the event due to the nice cash purse. Current prize breakdown sits as follows:

1 100,000 DKK ($16,206 USD)
2 70,000 DKK ($11,344 USD)
3 45,000 DKK ($7,293 USD)
4 30,000 DKK ($4,862 USD)
5 20,000 DKK ($3,241 USD)
6 17,000 DKK ($2,755 USD)
7 12,000 DKK ($1,945 USD)
8 8,000 DKK ($1,296 USD)
9-12 6,000 DKK ($972 USD)
13-16 3,000 DKK ($486 USD)

GotFrag will continue to provide updates on this possible major International event as details are made available. Check out the entire list of teams attending here and find a list of noteworthy International teams from before below.

Sweden

fnatic

4Kings (Independently confirmed not listed on the website)
Finland

Serious Gaming
Norway

NoA

Alternate aTTax
Denmark

Asylum

seven

Gamehotel

The remaining 75 teams consist mostly of local Scandinavian teams but because of Fredericia�s location on Jutland, Denmark�s mainland, it could be ideal for getting both more famous Swedish teams and mainland Europeans such as Germany.

Finally the event has also announced a smaller Counter-Strike Source tournament. This will make up the final 10,000 DKK with 5,000 DKK for first place and 3,000 and 2,000 for second and third respectively.

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looks like its gonna be a good tourny if 3d and col go

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3D should try the source tournament :)

cool :/

Asif

yeah actually 3D should enter both

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sounds good #4

I've never scrimmed DoD but if you offer me a spot on your team, I guarantee I'll make you look pro!

They need to start playing on LAN more and this is a good start imo.

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just wait there will be more top teams, atleast from europe. NiP, SK and so on will probly attend...

whats attax lineup?

Im a fan of "put any germany team here"

If this goes through and coL/3D goes, should be good :D

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It looks good without coL and 3D going... it will just make it better if they do =P

Hope more European teams attend... 4K, SK, NiP, mouz etc... could be a brilliant tournament if the Americans come too.

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basically another winter cpl but with a little less top teams but still a big turnout from the local teams. Would be cool to see col and 3d to be there or other top NA teams. So it should be a great tourney no matter what.

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#11 4Kings just confirmed they would be attending.

#8 new aTTaX lineup will be published on January 27th I think. There are some roumors about it, but I dont believe in those. :)

Dont know where the people who put coL on the topic got that idea from? This is the first time I have ever heard of this tournament.

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You're going whether you like it or not, now be quiet

I would laugh if some asian teams attended. SK or NiP ftw if they attend

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#15 your in the dark about your own team then. :o

This is perfect. Now the world can see some Danish talent besides the top teams that are already established.

lol #17

You would expect a few more swedish teams to be signing up

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not enough money, the airplane tickets is prob 1000+ for 6 players

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shiznit, midway just told fr0d what's up with his own team

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danish babes are hot ^^

cool

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lol @ fr0d
you heard it here first!

midway you better pay me off before I tell all of these people you just want to get some extra hits for this story so you can get a free trip to Denmark... whoops

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Ahhh, sounds sweet.

: ^ D

alltherage.dk are attending this event aswell

Dunn just doesn't want everyone to know he's flying to Copenhagen.

haha #16, harsh but true.

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good luck and take us home another one

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I hope they go, then this event will actually be covered.

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fR0D is a beast so it doesnt even matter

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who cares if 3D or coL go, as proven by CPL there nothing compared to the euro teams.

needs mouz.

Mouz fan!!

oh man dunn

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looks nice. #36 is dumb

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Great to see more large tournaments occuring with international attendance.

it's not worth either team going, unless you're positive you'll place in the top three. The cost of tickets, lodging, and food would outweigh any of the other prizes, and perhaps even the third place prize.

interesting event!

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Not always about the money, its about the experience to face other teams on LAN. coL and 3D need a lot of lan experience against euros if they wish to dominate. To go far, they will need to travel far, just for the experience of it.

f0rrest~you

the amount of prize money doesnt count concerning the decision to attend the event because it's for players, not for paying back the travelling costs.

every team fighting for top10 @ eswc or cpl summer this year should go at this event. The more active teams will be the more successfull in 2006 due to the incredible talent they all have.

#41 Competition = exposure = good for sponsors.

Looks like it gonna be a great competition already, and I hope it will get even better.

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#45 true.

But as a euro team it is at least 5000� cheaper to go there, so more euro teams will be there

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This is great news.

And when you think about it geographically, Denmark is really the best place to have a tournament. Centrally located and surrounded by all the big esports countries.

This comment was edited at 01/20/2006 7:08 AM

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sorry but alternate attax will be raped. no matter what line up they may consist of.

This comment was edited at 01/20/2006 7:24 AM

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