http://roughnex.eu Latest news from http://roughnex.eu uk-uk Thu, 17 May 2012 08:48:25 -0400

Today RoughNeX is proud to announce our very first RoughNeX Cup! After a lot of debate on which game we would start having cups on the vote went for none other than League of Legends will kick it off in style.

The tournament will be played on Nordic & East and have 16 teams maximum to start off with and 8 of these teams will be invitational only from our League of Legends Admin Hamahe and Betrayed. The invited teams will be announced after each team has accepted and for the rest of the teams that are eager to participate you can use the following link to sign up: http://roughnex.eu/for...oughNeX-LoL-Cup-1-Signups A minimum of 1600 ELO from each member is required for the none invited teams to enter. This is in order to keep the tournament at a high level.

There will be a requirement of at least 8 teams participating for this cup to go live but we are confident we will reach our goal with 16 teams. Roster size is limited to five players per team, if there is any need of a substitute you need to contact either Hamahe or Betrayed at least one hour before the first match. Depending how many teams that sign we will use a different process on how the tournament will be played, double elimination brackets, single elimination brackets, groups then playoffs. You can also discuss this on the same thread as you sign up.

Of course there is one last think which I am sure you all want to know the most, what prizes will there be? Well here you have them:

1st place: €20 RP + Triumphant Ryze per player

2nd place: €15 RP per player

3rd place: €10 RP per player

4th place: €5 RP per player

Don’t forget to sign up to our forums to comment on the cup, follow us on twitter and facebook to receive all the latest news concerning the cup and RoughNeX in general.]]> (Jimmy Barendt)

You have heard underdog stories before, when a team does something remarkable and goes beyond everyones expections when hardly no one believes in you. That is exactly what the RoughNeX.360 squad managed to do at Englands biggest LAN Insomnia when the team grabbed a 5th place and caused some upsets along the way.

The team who was made just weeks before the event and had little time to practise was a team most thought as a easy task but all of them were going to be shown what dedication and motivation can to do a team. In the group stage the team were up against the first seed mythiX along with the two rather unknown teams EGG and Warped Reality. Everyone thought mythiX were going to win this group with ease but after delay of flight and some jetlag the mythiX roster had to wait quite a bit until they would be able to start playing their group matches. RoughNeX.360 started off playing EGG instead of mythiX and it did become a very one sided show as RNX started off as good as any team could and won the first map with an increadily score of 9-0. The second map was SnD and the EGG team gave a much better challenge this time with the score ending 4-3 to the favour of RNX. Having already won the match you would think the third map would be played at a much slower phase but RoughNeX.360 intended to keep their momentum and get a good aggregate that can decide the group standings. The team steamrolled EGG once again in CTF and this time managed to win with an amazing 10-0 difference! The team sure did look good now and knew that if they win the next match against Warped Reality they will get at least the second place in the group and a start in the winner bracket set in stone.

Still having the momentum from the EGG game and CTF matches the team once again put on a display by winning yet again with 10-0! However seeing the trouble the team had against EGG in the SnD nothing was done yet and they had to keep their focus if they wanted to make the second place in the group. They did just that however after winning 4-0 and Warped Reality surely did look like a beaten team coming into the third map. RoughNeX.360 once again finished the CTF in a great fashion but this time actually lost a flag with the score ending 9-1.

Now it was time for the biggest match in the f group, who would win the group mythiX or RoughNeX? RoughNeX.360 started off really well and made mythiX have to work very hard from the start, the team had a 3-2 lead in CTF but mythiX managed in the end to capture a flag to take the game to stopwatch. In the stopwatch mythiX came out top as they did a very fast capture which RoughNeX.360 could not come back from. On the next map, which was SnD, RNX managed to really push mythiX to their limits as the team got a 3-1 lead but mythiX, who were looking really desperate, came back and eventually won 4-3. After this defeat RNX knew they mythiX had won the group and the team would get second place so the last map they could not really concentrate as much as they should have and was thinking more of their next opponents. The game ended 1-6 for mythiX but the team was getting prepared for what was about to come tomorrow when the playoffs starts.

The brackets were not in RoughNeX.360 favour as the top seeds Prophecy, TCM and mythiX were all on their side of the bracket and it looked though for RNX to gain a high placement. The first game was against SkitLite which on paper looked to be a very close match between two good teams. However RoughNeX.360 once again showed the Call of Duty community that this team is to be reckoned with and took out SkitLite 2-0 in maps and looked very comfortable playing the best CoD they ever have. Now for the quarterfinals stage in the winner bracket playoffs RNX was up against the hardest challenge possible, to take down one of the best team in Europe TCM. TCM did in the end win 3-0 but it was not as easy as the scores suggest as TCM themselves say RNX put on a very good fight and they were also suprised how good map control and teamwork the team actually posses. The road in the winner bracket was now over though for the RoughNeX.360 team and they would have to battle their way through the loser bracket.

First game against VT was a very one sided game and RNX won it with ease not dropping a map and with some big scores. The game that would follow would be a very hard one as now they faced mythiX once again but this time more were at stake as this could mean the end for one team at i45. RoughNeX were very eager to gain revange on mythiX as they were so close on beating them in the group stages. This time it was a completly different game as RoughNeX.360 didn't drop a single map in SnD against the top rated french team and eventually won with 3-1. Now this was a score no one would have suggested prior the event as mythiX was seeded in the top 3 and RoughNeX.360 was just inside the top 10, now however the team would be at least 5th place and mythiX fell down to 7th.

What would get to be their last match at i45 was against the allstar pickup team Network Esports with players such as XLNC and Tommey in their team. Network won 3-0 after, once again, some very very close fought games and Network did just about managed to secure their win but with what would seem to be fear in their eyes from what this team can accomplish later on.

The final placements for the top 8 is as followed and brackets can be found here:

Final Placements
1# Prophecy
2# TCM Gaming
3# pMp Gaming
4# Network Esports
5# RoughNeX
6# Skitlite
7# Mythix
8# Downfall

Decerto got a hold of RNX Switchy after the win against mythiX and the video can be found here. For the full Decerto article you can view and comment it here.]]> (Jimmy Barendt)

We will keep you updated with results from the RoughNeX.360 team at i45. Due to delay of flight Mythix has yet to play a match in their group but will play their first match any minute now.

Group F

Mythix 3 Wins 0 Losses
RoughNeX.360 2 Wins 1 Loss
EGG 1 Win 2 Losses
Warped Reality 0 Wins 3 Losses


RoughNeX.360 starts off the playoffs with playing SkitLite who came second in their group behind eNigma.

Link to the playoffs bracket can be found here.

RoughNeX.360 - SkitLite 2-0
RoughNeX.360 - TCM 0-3
RoughNeX.360 - VT 2-0
RoughNeX.360 - mythiX 3-1
RoughNeX.360 - Network 0-3]]> (Jimmy Barendt)

The groups for i45 has been completed and are as follows:

Seeding Group 1
eNigma, TCM, Prophecy, Network, Mythix & pMp

Seeding Group 2
Downfall, SkitLite, TEC, Roughnex.360, Virtual Talent & Antidote

Seeding Group 3
ProTo, NGG, EGG, VNM, WR & The Ferocious Marshmallows

Seeding Group 4
UKF, WR X, Roy Boy, M3l's B3lles, The Misfits & BUK

From these seeding groups the teams were then selected randomly to generate the six tournament groups which are as follows:

Group A
TCM, TEC, VNM & MisFits

Group B
Prophecy, AD, NGG & RoyBoy

Group C
eNigma, Skitlite, WR & UKF

Group D
pMp, vT, The Ferocious Marshmallows & M3l's B3lles

Group E
Network, Downfall, ProTo & BUK

Group F
Mythix, RoughNeX.360, EGG & WR X

RoughNeX.360 are as you can see in Group F and will have a though challenge when they go up against the top French Org Mythix. First match will start any minute against EGG and you can find the link to the i45 stream here.]]> (Jimmy Barendt)


This weekend, 24 teams will attend the Multiplay iSeries at Telford, and amongst them will be a newly aquired team in the form of RoughNeX.360.

Heading up the team is captain Joe "Switchy" Barratt, who recently attended ELG5 and has represented orgs such as Vital and Infected. Along side him are Doyle "Tango" Williams, Jake "Notoriouz" Barton and Marcus "DeJavu" Fylan-Smith, who have some LAN experience having attended EGL 5 as well.

They will face some stiff competition in the form of Mythix, Prophecy and some other high calibre teams, however seeding around the middle mark, the team are poised to spring some potential suprises.


RoughNeX.360 (i45)

Joe " Switchy " Barratt (C)
Marcus " DeJavu " Fylan-Smith
Jake " Notoriouz " Barton
Doyle " Tango " Williams


Good luck to the team at the event, and there will be coverage on the site throughout the weekend.]]> lanky@roughnex.eu (Sam Allen)