Legit Reviews

With a surprising 3-0 win in FIFA and a commanding win in Counter-Strike, the Birmingham Salvo team became the first team to advance at the CGS World Finals as they defeated the Rio Sinistro 30-16, before a boisterous crowd at Sony Studios in Los Angeles, CA.

Prior to the match, the confident Birmingham Salvo General Manager, Michael "ODEE" O'Dell anticipated the teams large margin of victory stating that, "If everything goes to plan we should have a big win."

With wins in four of the five matches, only losing in Project Gotham Racing by a small margin, Stockholm Magnetik defeated Sydney Underground 27-20, progressing on to the Quarterfinals in the CGS World Finals.

Despite the 7 point margin in the final score, the score remained close going into the DoA female match until strong play from Sophie "Miss" Breton secured the win with a 5-2 final score.

The first night of the CGS World Finals has proven that there is a very talented pool of players, itching for a portion of the $1,000,000 prize purse and the chance to call themselves the first ever CGS World Champions. However, with two experienced American teams, Chicago Chimera and Carolina Core awaiting their opponents in the Quarterfinals, every team will need to remained focused as both Core and Chimera are favored by many to be the dominant teams in the tournament. Carolina Core will see its first match since losing in the Region 1 finals, as they face off against the Seoul Jinwha on December 7.

Next Match on December 7, 2007
7:00 PST Carolina Core vs. Seoul Jinhwa

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Results from December 6:

TEAM SCORE
Birmingham Salvo 30, Rio Sinistro 16

DoA Male
Messy (Mingzhi Deng) (Birm) 5
SnaKejorge (Jorge Alberto Zavala Gudino) (Rio) 2

DoA Female
Yo Succubus (Barrera Gallegos Alma Adriana) (Rio) 5
Ricochet (Samantha Whale) (Birm) 4

FIFA
Bazza (Michael Barrett) (Birm) 3
Davisso (David Ernesto Pineda Garcia) (Rio) 0

PGR
NeoJake (Jason Holmes) (Birm) 1st (5pts)
LegitRacer (Luis Ibarra) (Rio) 2nd (3pts)
Daveyskills (David Kelly) (Birm) 3rd (1pt)
M3talX (Francisco Alberto Gómez Alegría) (Rio) 4th (0pt)

Counter-Strike
Salvo (Birm) 12
Sinistro (Rio) 6

TEAM SCORE
Stockholm Magnetik 27, Sydney Underground 20

DoA Male
Neji (Aissani Meziane) (Sto) 5
Berzerk! (Daniel Chlebowczyk) (Syd) 3

DoA Female
Miss (Sophie Breton) (Sto) 5
Monkey kong (Georgina Matthews) (Syd) 2

FIFA
Chud1k (Volodymyr Nedoviz) (Sto) 4
Haroutig10 (Harout Atachparian) (Syd) 1

PGR
Cam (James Davey) (Syd) 1st (5pts)
MadneSS (Tomas Thorsell) (Sto) 2nd (3pts)
Morpo (Dale Baker) (Syd) 3rd (1pt)
Kinetic (Mark Kenny) (Sto) 4th (0pt)

Counter-Strike
Magnetik (Sto) 10
Underground (Syd) 8

CGS World Finals Results
December 7, 2007

With solid game play from the entire lineup, Carolina Core defeated Seoul Jinwha in commanding fashion with a 36-15 final score. Enthusiastic fans at Sony Studios in Los Angeles, CA witnessed CGS history as a strong Core team secured the largest margin of victory to date, scoring 21 points more than Jinwha.

Following the match, Carolina GM Mark Dolven commented on the performance of his lineup. “Everyone on the team played amazing today, everyone did their job, just like we talked about. Every single person needed to step up and they all did."

With the first round of CGS World Final matches coming to a close, Carolina Core, Stockholm Magnetik and Birmingham Salvo have defeated their opponents with strong play from all team members. First round winners will move on to the quarterfinals where they will square off against the CGS regional winners from across the world. While Core, Magnetik and Salvo are one step closer to a share of $1,000,000, the road will not be easy as five more talented teams eagerly wait to show off their gaming skills in the quarterfinals of the Championship Gaming Series World Finals.

Upcoming Matches:
December 8, 2007 - Live webcast on thecgs.com
9:00am-1:00pm PST World of Warcraft 2v2 Arena

December 9, 2007 - Live webcast on thecgs.com
12:00pm-6:00pm PST Individual World Finals

December 10, 2007 - Quarterfinals
7:00 PST London Mint vs. Carolina Core
8:30 PST Berlin Allianz vs. Mexico City

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Results from December 7:
TEAM SCORE
Carolina Core 36, Seoul Jinwha 15

DoA Male
OffbeatNinja (Ryan Ward) (Car) 5
Sarafan (Yong Hyeon Baek) (Seo) 2

DoA Female
Mystik (Katherine Gunn) (Car) 5
pure0528 (Yeon Hee Jeong) (Seo) 1

FIFA
unlimited (Gwan Hyeong Kim) (Seo) 6
Peekay (Nicholas Depalmer) (Car) 5

PGR
Phantom (Joe Tackett) (Car) 1st (5pts)
ReX (Brent Dimapilis) (Car) 2nd (3pts)
Hikaru (Su Kyung Kang) (Seo) 3rd (1pt)
Yoon (Sung Yoon Kang) (Seo) 4th (0pt)

Counter-Strike
Core (Car) 12
Jinwha (Seo) 6