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Encyclopedia > G7 Teams
G7 Teams
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4Kings
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Mousesports
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Website: g7teams.com

The G7 Teams or G7 Federation is an association of professional Electronic sports teams formed originally by five teams (4Kings, SK, Fnatic, Team 3D and Mousesports). After inviting NiP and MiBr the organization become the G7. They currently have 10 members. The organization aims to promote the interest of the community and players to the tournament organizers, sponsors and other professional gaming institutions. The G7 teams have active presence in the advisory boards for both the World Series of Video Games and KODE5 [1], but also relations with other tournament organizers including the Cyberathlete Professional League along with its players committee and the Electronic Sports World Cup. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... SK Gaming is an international electronic sports team who field teams in many different games and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Ninjas in Pyjamas Logo Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP) are a professional Counter-Strike clan based in Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Team Desire - Discipline - Dedication, better known as Team 3D, is an American electronic sports club with teams that compete in Counter-Strike: Source, Warcraft 3, and Dead or Alive 4 competitions, and formerly fielded teams in Counter-Strike, Halo 2, Painkiller, and Call of Duty. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Electronic sports, abbreviated e-sports or eSports, is used as a general term used to describe computer and video games that are played as competitive sports. ... The World Series of Video Games, or WSVG for short, is an international professional electronic sports competition. ... The KODE5 is an international gaming circuit that will take place in 16 countries (not yet announced) worldwide and a grand final at a undisclosed location. ... The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) was founded in 1997 by Angel Munoz as a professional sports tournament specializing in computer videogames. ... The Electronic Sports World Cup is an international professional gaming championship. ...


Meetings

The organization have an annual meeting to discuss the e-sport scene and related topics in order to make decisions on various subjets including the selection of official games, request of changes of regulations in leagues among others.


The organization currently has done one meeting. Their first meeting was in Cologne, 19th to 21st January.


Controversy

The organization has become a controversial because their actions on the electronic sports scene and has been criticised because of being self-centered orientated. While the G7 promote the interests of the e-sport community has been known for acting towards only the interest of their members.[2]


Criticised actions include their position of boycotting events, for example the organization almost did withdraw their teams when WSVG enforced the use of a specific brand and model of headphones. After negotiations this rule was removed.


External Links

  • The G7 Official Site
  • Interview at GotFrag after the announcement of G7


 

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