After two straight nights of absolutely cracking eSports entertainment, we have one final step to see who gets crowned as UK champion, and flies the flag for the UK in the online qualifiers. EMS Katowice UK Qualifiers Grand Finals Preview:







Over the next three days we will see which of the eight teams will make it into the Online Qualifiers for a chance to play against some of Europe's finest teams and try to grab one of six spots which will qualify them to the EMS Katowice Finals in March 2014, which has a whopping $250,000 partly funded by the CS:GO community.



With the Quarter Finals done on Monday, we watched the Semi-Finals last night where four teams became two teams. Slowly but surely we are starting to see the path to Katowice, and who can make it for the United Kingdom.



In the first match, we saw hudzG's team absolutely decimate a rather poor out of sorts myXMG, it was that bad, that in the second map, hudzG's team won 16 - 2 (dust2) and myXMG had nothing to show for it.



In the second match, it was much much tighter as the first map saw fm-eSports TOXiC lose a massive lead, to nearly losing the entire map before turning it around and managing to seize the moment 16 - 14 against TeamCRG on train. That had a rather bad knock on effect for TeamCRG as they just seemed to never be able to recover and went down 16 - 8 on inferno.



It seemed rather anti-climatic after I had hyped it up quite a bit in the previews yesterday as my only predicted score which came correct was between hudzG's team and myXMG.



However we move on, and tonight should see an absolute classic as two of the favourites come head to head in this competition, two of the more talented rosters which are in this competition will fight it out for one spot in the Online Qualifier finals where they will face 15 other teams in a fight to get one of six spots in the Finals in March.



Tonight's match takes place at 7pm GMT. Good luck to both sides.



hudzG's team Vs fm-eSports TOXiC:



HudzG's Team Lineup: HudzG, steel, nooky, weber, zonixx

fm-eSports TOXiC Lineup: Whindanski, neiLZinHo, rdl, Inzta, s0m



An interesting battle here will come to your minds as weber who was formerly of fm-eSports TOXiC meets his old friends in a match which will decide which one of these two teams manages to take the crown and the spot in the Online Qualifier Finals. Whilst it isn't much in the short term, in the long term it could make all the difference when getting to Katowice.



I really don't know what to feel about this match, but I certainly see this as a UK classic tonight, I also feel we could go the distance. TOXiC last night showed their nerve when they had been in the lead for so long over TeamCRG and let that slip to then come back and manage to take the first map. It then led them into a rather good mood for the second map as TeamCRG's train sort of ran of ideas on inferno, and crumbled to a 16 - 8 defeat. Meanwhile HudzG's team managed to absolutely destroy myXMG in a rather one sided affair over two maps.



I had looked at the brackets at the start of week and felt this is what we were leading up to and I was correct on that front, TOXiC haven't been disappointing, whilst hudzG's team look like the team on paper that could muster themselves through to the Online Finals. That being said I do see in at least the early stages of the first map, a real dog fight appear between the two sides as they some how both try and find their feet in the match and test out each others strategies.



Most people would say HudzG's team should win, and very little of the public seem to feel TOXiC could win, but there are two key men in this game that can make the difference.



Key Battle: weber Vs Inzta



Brandon "weber" Weber has been putting up consistent numbers over the last couple of nights, and has always been regarded as a fine rifler, but my reason why I feature him tonight is his knowledge of Neil Finlay's side fm-eSports TOXiC. What most people will seemingly forget is that weber has played with these people before in TOXiC, and most recently was a part of the insomnia50 winning side at Telford. If Finlay has not changed much in terms of strats deployed from previous events then weber can really do some damage by anticipating what would be the next step from TOXiC in the game. This I feel could see the difference in between winning and losing.



Meanwhile for TOXiC I decided to feature Inzta, I've been impressed with him of late and he has consistently been a key man for TOXiC over the last few nights, getting some good picks which opened up maps for them. If on point for TOXiC he could try and defy all odds and get to the Online Finals with this squad.



Predicted Result: HudzG's Team 2 - 1 fm-eSports TOXiC



What is your prediction for this game on Wednesday evening? Let us know in the comments below!



Don't forget for those teams that crashed out of the UK Qualifiers, you do have a second chance of making the Online Finals by going to the European Qualifier Cups which grants four sides from each cup to the Online Finals. To see that check the link at the bottom of this article.





CS:GO in front of a huge audience! (More photos of IEM Katowice on Flickr.com) Over the next three days we will see which of the eight teams will make it into the Online Qualifiers for a chance to play against some of Europe's finest teams and try to grab one of six spots which will qualify them to the EMS Katowice Finals in March 2014, which has a whoppingpartly funded by the CS:GO community.With the Quarter Finals done on Monday, we watched the Semi-Finals last night where four teams became two teams. Slowly but surely we are starting to see the path to Katowice, and who can make it for the United Kingdom.In the first match, we saw hudzG's team absolutely decimate a rather poor out of sorts myXMG, it was that bad, that in the second map, hudzG's team won 16 - 2 (dust2) and myXMG had nothing to show for it.In the second match, it was much much tighter as the first map saw fm-eSports TOXiC lose a massive lead, to nearly losing the entire map before turning it around and managing to seize the moment 16 - 14 against TeamCRG on train. That had a rather bad knock on effect for TeamCRG as they just seemed to never be able to recover and went down 16 - 8 on inferno.It seemed rather anti-climatic after I had hyped it up quite a bit in the previews yesterday as my only predicted score which came correct was between hudzG's team and myXMG.However we move on, and tonight should see an absolute classic as two of the favourites come head to head in this competition, two of the more talented rosters which are in this competition will fight it out for one spot in the Online Qualifier finals where they will face 15 other teams in a fight to get one of six spots in the Finals in March.HudzG, steel, nooky, weber, zonixxWhindanski, neiLZinHo, rdl, Inzta, s0mAn interesting battle here will come to your minds as weber who was formerly of fm-eSports TOXiC meets his old friends in a match which will decide which one of these two teams manages to take the crown and the spot in the Online Qualifier Finals. Whilst it isn't much in the short term, in the long term it could make all the difference when getting to Katowice.I really don't know what to feel about this match, but I certainly see this as a UK classic tonight, I also feel we could go the distance. TOXiC last night showed their nerve when they had been in the lead for so long over TeamCRG and let that slip to then come back and manage to take the first map. It then led them into a rather good mood for the second map as TeamCRG's train sort of ran of ideas on inferno, and crumbled to a 16 - 8 defeat. Meanwhile HudzG's team managed to absolutely destroy myXMG in a rather one sided affair over two maps.I had looked at the brackets at the start of week and felt this is what we were leading up to and I was correct on that front, TOXiC haven't been disappointing, whilst hudzG's team look like the team on paper that could muster themselves through to the Online Finals. That being said I do see in at least the early stages of the first map, a real dog fight appear between the two sides as they some how both try and find their feet in the match and test out each others strategies.Most people would say HudzG's team should win, and very little of the public seem to feel TOXiC could win, but there are two key men in this game that can make the difference.Brandon "weber" Weber has been putting up consistent numbers over the last couple of nights, and has always been regarded as a fine rifler, but my reason why I feature him tonight is his knowledge of Neil Finlay's side fm-eSports TOXiC. What most people will seemingly forget is that weber has played with these people before in TOXiC, and most recently was a part of the insomnia50 winning side at Telford. If Finlay has not changed much in terms of strats deployed from previous events then weber can really do some damage by anticipating what would be the next step from TOXiC in the game. This I feel could see the difference in between winning and losing.Meanwhile for TOXiC I decided to feature Inzta, I've been impressed with him of late and he has consistently been a key man for TOXiC over the last few nights, getting some good picks which opened up maps for them. If on point for TOXiC he could try and defy all odds and get to the Online Finals with this squad.What is your prediction for this game on Wednesday evening? Let us know in the comments below!Don't forget for those teams that crashed out of the UK Qualifiers, you do have a second chance of making the Online Finals by going to the European Qualifier Cups which grants four sides from each cup to the Online Finals. To see that check the link at the bottom of this article. Gumpster , Wednesday, 12/02/14 04:09