Kinguin win Gaming Paradise Qualifier

Kinguin secure the final qualification spot for the $50,000 Gaming Paradise tournament by defeating FlipSid3 Tactics 3-0 (starting from a 1-0 map advantage, 16-4 on de_inferno, and 16-8 on de_cache).

The Gaming Paradise is a $50,000 tournament for eight teams which will run from September 6-13 in the town of Portorož, located in southwestern Slovenia. Six teams are directly invited to the event, while the first offline qualifier located in Belgrade, Serbia was clinched by GPlay. 

The second closed qualifier, occurring "in-house" at a villa near the Slovenian seaside saw four teams travel to Slovenia in order to secure the final qualifying spot.

In the double elimination bracket, the first of the teams to fall was the Hungarian Rock team, followed by Gamers2. The grand final saw FlipSid3 moving through the consolidation final against Gamers2 to take on Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill's Kinguin once again.

Kinguin through to The Gaming Paradise 

Using a stand-in of Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač due to Alexander "⁠SKYTTEN⁠" Carlsson's severe case of illness, Kinguin entered the best-of-five grand final with a 1-0 advantage. The first map was seemingly a breeze for the European mix as they crushed Yegor "⁠markeloff⁠" Markelov & co. with a score of 16-4.

Any hopes of a close series were dispelled on the next map, de_cache, and although FlipSid3 put up more of a fight, it was ultimately Kinguin who walked away the victory: 16-8.

Therefore, teams confirmed for the $50,000 Gaming Paradise so far include:

NiP	TSM
GPlay	Kinguin

Four more teams remain to be invited; all attending teams receieve travel support and accommodation. More information about the event in September, including ticketing, can be found here.

Gaming Paradise Inhouse QualifierBest of 5 KinguinMatchpage 3 0 25th June 2015 FlipSid3 1Default 0 16Inferno 4 16Cache 8

Kinguin	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	41 - 22	+19	-	1.42
Mikail 'Maikelele' BillMaikelele	36 - 22	+14	-	1.30
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	36 - 27	+9	-	1.26
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	32 - 22	+10	-	1.24
Ricardo 'fox' Pachecofox	34 - 23	+11	-	1.13

FlipSid3	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Andrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyB1ad3	25 - 34	-9	-	0.84
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	24 - 34	-10	-	0.80
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff	26 - 37	-11	-	0.74
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	22 - 38	-16	-	0.58
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	17 - 36	-19	-	0.51

Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov Age: 27 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 533 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.64 Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill Age: 24 Team: Kinguin Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 236 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.63 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 18 Team: MOUZB Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 162 KPR: 0.83 DPR: 0.70 Alexander 'SKYTTEN' Carlsson Age: 22 Team: Kinguin Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 215 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67