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Counter-Strike Source: The eXperience 2008 Melee

By: Jack Westerman - Published July 23, 2008 at 8:50 PM EDT - Writer Archive
One of the most anticipated European CS: Source tournaments of the year concluded on Saturday in Roskilde, Denmark.
The eXperience 2008 started on Thursday at 09:00 CET in Roskilde, Denmark. The group stage finished on Friday and moved on to double elimination, and the event finally finished on Saturday evening.

With defending champions fnatic out of the picture, the title was up for grabs, and there were several teams in attendance more than capable of taking the crown. Many of the teams who attended are highly talented and very experienced, making the eXperience 2008 one of the most anticipated events of the year.

All teams progressed past the group stages. The top three teams from each group went into the upper bracket, with the top team from each group getting a default win in the first round of double elimination. The bottom two teams from each group went into the lower bracket.

Alexander Flemming, the official photographer of the eXperience 2008, has released his first photo gallery of the event. View the gallery by clicking here. In addition, several videos documenting the event have been released and are available here.

Final Standings
1. France Epsilon - €6,750
2. Denmark Magnitude - €3,000
3. Sweden 4Kings - €1,350
4. Finland Logitech.fi - €200
5-6. Crossed - €600
5-6. Russia MGC - €600
7-8. Czech Republic Reason Gaming - €200
7-8. Hungary Old Boys Incorporated
9-12. Denmark Roskilde Ravens
9-12. Norway MultiGamer
9-12. Norway Tweaked - €200
9-12. Sweden Mortifier

Teams received small slices of the prize pot for winning Upper Bracket matches, as well as lump sums for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Hence, it is possible for two teams to finish in the same position (9th - 12th for example) but for one team to have more winnings than the other.


Grand Final
Map 2 - de_dust2

Scoreboard1H2HOTF
Team Epsilon105419
Magnitude510217

Map 1 - de_train

Scoreboard1H2HOTF
Magnitude115-16
Team Epsilon4--4


Consolation Final


Scoreboard1H2HOTF
Magnitude78722
4Kings87419


Upper Bracket Final


Scoreboard1H2HOTF
Team Epsilon97-16
Magnitude66-12


Event brackets are on page 2, elimination stage results are available on page 3, and group stage results are on page 4.
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