It is Sunday the 21st of March and the day of the first ever fnatic Female Counter-Strike tournament hosted by their PLAY micro-site. As we reported yesterday, the tournament was to have 28 teams competing, in a 32 team bracket, meaning 4 teams would receive a BYE into the next round. The Play staff earlier released the brackets for the tournament, revealing that Pink Zinic along with Burning, aTTaX and mousesports would receive those next round BYE’s.

Bracket:

Quater-Finals	Semi-Finals	Finals	Winner
Zinic
[2:0]	Zinic
unFinished
	[2:1]	Zinic
Millenium
[2:0]	Millenium
Burning!
		[2:0]	Zinic
aTTax
[1:2]	69ers
69ers
	[0:2]	mouz
we are
[1:2]	mouz
mouz

Stay tuned to myZINIC.com for further updates on the Fnatic Cup and of course to see how the mighty Pink Zinic do.

As you well know, the ladies here at Pink Zinic regained their title of Major Series Champions, they will now also keep that title after ESL announced the end of the Female Competitions in their Major Series. However, female gamers are urged to not despair as the end of Female Gaming in the Major Series has opened a new door, which contains the new ESL Female Section. This section will contain all female gaming action, from Counter-Strike to CS:Source, the tournament structures will remain the same and of course will include some cash prizes!

So to kick of the section, the Electronic Sports League staff have put together a European League, which will feature the best teams battling it for the title. While other teams have to go through various qualification stages, our girls have earned themselves a place in the league, bypassing the qualification stages. Joining them will be the remaining teams who finished in top four of the last Major Series, they are;  German teams we are … and Frankfurt 69ers, and finally the French team of Burning!.

When asked what she thinks about the new ESL Female Section, Captain Mayra ‘IpSa’ Perez had the following to say:

“We are looking forward to it!!!“

Stay tuned to myZINIC.com for updates on upcoming tournaments and of course news on the new ESL Female Section!

The final game of the Electronic Sports Leagues Female Counter-Strike Major Series has  just concluded, with Pink Zinic reclaiming their titles of Major Series Champions!

They managed to beat the German team we are in the finals 2-0, ending their unbeaten run. The first map the teams were to play on was de_dust2, a map which was chosen by the Germans. Although they put up a tough fight, it ended up going in Zinics favour. The second map of de_nuke proved the key to the girls success, captain IpSa chose correctly yet again leading to the map and game win.

Map 1 - de_dust2
Zinic  CT [8:7] T we are
Zinic T [8:2] CT we are
Final Score: Zinic [16:09] we are

Map 2 - de_nuke
Zinic  CT [13:02] T we are
Zinic T [03:00] CT we are
Final Score: Zinic [16:02] we are

Overall Score: [2:0]

Your Major Series Season Five Champions:

- Julia ‘Julie’ Strunkowski
- Zainab ‘zAAz’ Turkie
- Sophie ‘inzane’ Regner
- Mayra ‘IpSa’ Perez
- Irene ‘iReNuKa’ Sanchez

Join me in saying well done to the girls, lets hope they continue their success in the upcoming tournaments, Keep it up!

Tonight, after many reschedules, the girls will undergo their final challenge in the ESL Major Series. They will be defending their title against the German team of we are, who throughout the tournament have not lost a map. Similarly, the Pink Zinic ladies have also not dropped a map, so the game will definitely decide the better team and also, champions.

Like before, the game will be played in a best of three format, the three maps to be played will be de_dust2 (we are choice), de_nuke (Pink Zinic choice) and the deciding map will be de_train.

Pre-Match Statement from Pink Zinic:

“Woah, we made it pretty far and put a lot of effort so far in this Major Series season. Coming so far, you get of course even more hungry for the victory then you are already and we really went to take the victory in this match - it shall be exciting!”

The game will be played at 20:00CET, the HLTV IP is hltv4.verygames.net:27084, be sure to stay tuned for updates and of course to support your favourite team!

The Semi-Final of ESLs Major Series has concluded, with Pink Zinic once again coming out of top with a straight 2-0 victory. The game was against the French team Burning!, who last week also managed a straight 2-0 win. However, on a high, ours girls managed to carry the momentum from the mousesport revenge to this game.

After the two maps of train and tuscan were eliminated, the French side chose to start with inferno. A map which proved challenging for both teams as it went into overtime. With the pressure on, it was the mighty Pinc Zinic to come out on top and win the map 21-16. It was then time for the second map, nuke, which was chosen by Zinic. The map selection by captain ipSa proved invaluable as they took the map in a straight 16-01 victory.

Pink Zinic		Burning!
	-vs- [21:16] inf [16:01] nuke
iReNuKa inzane zAAz IpSa Julie	Matchlink	Juuuuuuu Leeya SaAku aKaSha tOrkA

The next match will come in the form of German team we are, who have had an impressive run in the playoff bracket as they have not lost a map yet. The final will be played on the 4th of February (Next Thursday!) at 21:00CET, be sure you are around to support your favourite Counter-Strike team.

Tonight the girls here at Pink Zinic will be participating in the Semi-Final of the ESL Major Series. The game will be against the French team Burning!, who last week defeated Be-The-Best in a straight 2-0 victory. Like all the other Playoff games, the game will be in a best of three format, with inferno, nuke and dust2 being used.

Pre-Match Statement from Pink Zinic:

“Last week we played mouz in the playoffs and could knock them out on two maps which was a very important game for us and we were glad to be able to show our good game. In the next step to the EMS finals we have to manage to win over b! which actually eliminated BTB from the tournament last week. That shows that we have to play yet another time a good match in order to be able to win. We are convinced to be able to so!”

Pink Zinic		Burning!
	-vs- inferno nuke dust2
iReNuKa inzane zAAz IpSa Julie	MatchlinkPlayoff Bracket	Juuuuuuu Leeya SaAku aKaSha tOrkA

If you want to support the girls, you can watch via HLTV (hltv4.verygames.net:27084). The match is scheduled to start at 21:00CET, be sure your on time to support the mighty Pink Zinic!

The lovely ladies here at Pink Zinic last week defeated mousesports in the Quarter Finals of the Fifth ESL Major Series. The game, like all the playoff games, was in a best-of-three format, with Zinic coming out on top with a straight 2-0 victory.

The girls got straight down to business on the first map, with mousesports hardly putting up a fight they took the map of de_nuke 16-03. They gained the advantage and they capitalized on it early on by taking the half 13-2. The mousesports team seemed to have given up on the map by then, but managed to claw one round back.

Down but not out, the Russian team still had a chance to pull it back on their map choice of de_inferno. However, on a high, our girls once again started as CT and put 11 rounds on the board, they then won the remaining 5 rounds to win the game and match.

Pink Zinic		Mousesports
	[2:0] 16:03 (nuke) 16:07 (inf)
iReNuKa inzane zAAz IpSa Julie	Matchlink Playoff Bracket	Ashlee Greeny sve Exilia ehu

The victory here means the team have got revenge after the Pan European Tournament in Poland a few months ago, it also means they are one step closer to the final. Their next challenge will be in the form of French team Burning, which will be played this Sunday at 21:00CET.

Read a short interview with zAAz just before she went to Jönköping below - first matches start on Thursday afternoon.

What are your goals for the tournament?

ZINIC|zAAz: Our goal is to try and play as good as possible and of course, we hope to beat many boy-teams.

Did you have any special form of preparation for the tournament?

We played and played and that’s actually because we took a new player, so we had to practice with her as we had to feel how it is to play with her in a perfect way and of course so that we can get used to the new situation.

How do you feel about Julie joining Pink Zinic?

It feels really good with her in the team. She knows how to play and that’s what we needed and wanted in this team. So welcome once again Julie!

Pink Zinic is like a hurricane lately: just unstoppable. After the first two matches in EMS you lost only 5 rounds which is amazing. Is there anybody who can stop you from winning EMS again?

We all in the team only want to win. It’s the first thing we think about, and yes of course having fun in-game as well, but we don’t have any problems with that as the joy factor is there. We will do our best again so it shouldn’t be any problem but of course we all know that the last thing you should do is to not underestimate any team at all… Despite to that, always a little luck is needed, so wish us good luck :)

Who will be your toughest opponent, are you able to fight against top male teams?

I think BTB and mouseports will be our hardest opponents. Yes, I have answered a lot on that question and I got a bit tired of it already (smiles). Everyone knows what had happened vs. top male teams so we should just skip that question. But only god knows what will happen in the future, maybe it will come a day there every female team owns the guys :o.. Hehe kidding =)

Attending Dreamhack means signing autographs and taking pictures, do you consider yourself as a star? Do you feel like one?

Is it okey if I lie a little bit? Nah haha, tbh.. sometimes it feels like I am a star especially when I am out on an event and when people coming to me and asking for photos and autographs. It’s like a really good feeling. Always when stuff like that happens I think like “Oh god so I am a “famous” girl for real…” Haha…

I wanna say Hi to my fans out there and thanks for all your support… Keep cheering for us, it really makes us happy and helps!
Have a good day and take care… Peace out!

Hello people!

Hope everything is fine with you and you didn’t get a cold as it became kinda cold those days. I am doing great and enjoying the weekend.

I’m gonna write a few words about about Poland today where we placed second at the Pan European Tournament two weeks ago and especially how it was on the after party!

As you might know we played against mouzesports in the finals and it was a BO3 match. It didn’t went so good, we didn’t played how we were supposed to play and that was a mistake as we didn’t show our A-Game but of course you learn from such mistakes and it was somehow a good experience we made. So we ended at the second place, but thats not that bad either. After the PAN-tournament we went out to party. All of us went to a club and when I say all of us I mean, PINK ZINIC, Alternate, Aurora-Gaming, Mouzesports, the boys from Vitriolic (at least some of them) and photographers and editors from different websites.

Mainly I don’t want to go too much in details, because we decided all together during this party, or mainly it was Mr. TaZ, that what happens in the club, stays in the club. To summarize things in six words: We had alot of fun! I think we went home at like 6am or so and at the end everyone had more then only drink there. We danced, we talked, we made jokes and enjoyed to be together. But let the pictures speak!

Don’t forget to join our IRC channel #zinic and check the nice offers at www.zinicauction.com

Click the photo to see the whole gallery!

Click the photo to see the whole gallery!

/ zAAz

Last but not least, I want to share this photo with you which slop3 from rakaka.se sent you me two days ago. In every of his video blogs he sends greetings to me and now he even tried to change his look on order to join Pink Zinic. I am not sure if he can make it to be a player in our team. What do you guys think?

As you all now, Irene joined the team a few weeks ago and if you wrote the previous blogs here on myZinic you also know that she did a photo shoot in Copenhagen before we left for the Pan European Tournament in Poland. One of the photos she did is now used for a new wallpaper which you can download below (thanks to readmore.de for hosting it) - we hope you like it!

Set this picture as you wallpaper - take a screenshot of your destkop and upload the picture - post the link in the comments and we find out who has the most beautiful Pink Zinic Destkop!

(right click on the picture and click ’save image’ to get it in 1600×1200)