G7 Teams

The G7 Teams or G7 Federation is an association of professional Electronic sports teams. It was originally formed by seven teams: 4Kings, SK Gaming, Fnatic, Team 3D, Mousesports, Ninjas in Pyjamas and MiBr. Currently, the organization is made up of 8 members. The organization aims to promote the interest of the community and players to 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 [ [http://ww2.ggl.com/index.php?controller=News&method=article&id=3981&page=2 GG1 .com] ] , and has relations with other tournament organizations, including the Cyberathlete Professional League, along with its players committee, and the Electronic Sports World Cup. The G7 teams have recently announced their recognition in Zonerank as the official world e-Sports rankings.

Time line

Founding members

* 4Kings, SK Gaming, Fnatic, Team 3D, Mousesports, Made in Brazil and Ninjas in Pyjamas

Further invites

* Meet Your Makers and compLexity. (August 8, 2006)
* wNv (January 19, 2007)
* PGS (August 2, 2007)
* Evil Geniuses (September 2008)

Removals

* compLexity and Team 3D (February 25, 2008)

Meetings

G7 has met once, on January 19th to the 21st, 2007 in Cologne, Germany. They plan on meeting annually. Among the subjects discussed were the selection of official games and change of league regulations. At the event it was also announced that the group would expand further and take in their first Asian team, wNv. The goal was to further enhance the connection with Asian eSport clubs and push forward the influence of world e-Sport. [ [http://www.g7teams.com/pr/G7_PR_wNv_070119_2.pdf G7 Teams . com] ]

Controversy

The organization has come under fire for their actions in the electronic sports scene, and has been accused of being self-serving. While officially, the G7 promotes the interests of the e-sport community, they have been criticized for acting only the interest of their own members. [ [http://ww2.ggl.com/index.php?controller=News&method=article&id=2913 GG1 . com] ] For example, they almost withdrew their teams when WSVG enforced the use of a specific brand and model of headphones. After negotiations this rule was removed.

References

External links

* [http://www.g7teams.com/ The G7 Official Site]
* [http://www.gotfrag.com/portal/story/32257/ Interview at GotFrag after the announcement of G7]