shgOpen: Predictions

The danish lan shgOpen 2007 are getting closer. The doors opentomorrow at noon. As a part of our coverage, we here bring you thepredictions.

1. Team Pentagram G-Shock

Pentagram had an amazing year in 2006. Coming first at WSVG UK ahead of teams likeSK, hoorai, seven, mTwand 4K.As WSVG UK was not enough for these five polish stars. They also won the polish WCGqualifier, representing Poland at the WCG Finals in Monza, Italy. At WCG they represented Poland incredibly well - Pentagram advanced fromthe group play with 6 wins, and 0 losses. They made it to the final, bydefeating; H2k.thermaltake(former wNv.eu), Hacker.PK& NoA. Facing the Swedish Ninjas in Pyjamas.Forcing the match into a third map, they won in favor of 2-1, and theycould call themselves WCG 2006 champions. They claimed first place onthe Gotfrag: World rankings of November 2006. Pentagram are alsoparticipating in the ESL Core 2 Extreme Masters. They are in apainkiller group. As we speak they share first place with fnaticand H2k.thermaltake.Pentagram were one of the few teams in 2006 that only made onereplacement in their lineup. Based on their results and performance in2006, we predict them as winners of shgOpen 2007.

2. Mousesports

The German team mostly known as mouz, are ready for 2007 with a new and absolutely astonishing lineup. They brought in former mTwplayers; silver, Tixo and Kapio. Especially Tixo and silver made a lot of progress regarding team development in 2006. Starting off with ALTERNATE aTTaX, who went to shgOpen 2006. They lost to the teams advancing to the final NoA& Serious Gaming, placing them at a 5-8th. place. Though they had some nice results during the summer period. They also attended the Intel Summer Championship(ISC 06), with a mixteam consisting; mooN, Tixo, silver, CHEF-KOCH and Kapio. They came 2nd after losing 2-0 in the final to compLexity. They both then joined mTwand after having no good results to talk about - The players then changed to the Mousesportsorganasation. They are ready for the Intel Core 2 Extreme Masters finals, taking place at this years CeBitin Hannover, Germany.

3. SK-Gaming

The Swedish powerhouse SK-Gaming,had a terrible year in  2006. They did not perform well at any of the eventsthey went to including ESWCand WCG qualifiers. Now this is the team everyone has been talking about, with the acquisition of two ex-NiPplayers, SpawN and Robban building on the solid skills that allen andsnajdan have, this is one huge recipe for success this year. Theyhowever made still in the run for the NGL-One Season 2finals. A close loss to MiBRthis week at Inferno Onlinedemonstrates that either they are holding back, or they’re just notready. Despite they had a terrible 2006, we believe in this lineup, andwe see them going in as third on the podium.

4. 69N-28E

Formerly known as hoorai, the team consists of world class Finnish talent, they have been fairly unlucky as of recent as at most events naSuhas not been able to play (considered one of their best players) because of his young age. WCGthey were close getting to the final, but a well playing NiPbeat them to it. Though they managed to beat the danish NoA, putting them third on the podium. Recently finishing a lower than expected 7th place at CPLWinter 2006 (with barrackas a stand in), this team will be charged up and ready to win this tournament looking to prove their critics wrong.

5. NoA

After an excellent year, NoA can be considered the best CS team in
Denmark.The team NoA, went to the last edition of shgOpen, beating fnaticin the final. The team went to WSVGwith a small replacement. They brought in Paddy, and xione took abreak. Nothing great happend though, and after a few weeks, a new teamwas formed. In came mJe and ave, our went the norweigans; prb, XeqtRand xione. WCGshould be they breakthrough. They played very well through they whole tournament. They faced Pentagramin the semi-final, after defeating Mousesportsand KGB_4Glory.Unfortunately they did not advance to the final, since they lost on 2maps. However they are in a bit of a slump at the moment demonstratingmediocre performances in the Core 2 Extreme Masters, will theycarry this losing performance to the tournament this year? We thinkthey will perform their very best and reach the top5, on theirhomecourt.

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