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The G7 Teams today are proud to open the group to another representative from the northern American region. Within the next three months, Evil Geniuses (EG) will have the chance to prove themselves within the group and become a full member after this.

EG will send its Executive Director, Alexander Garfield, into the G7 Teams to represent the brand.

"It's one of eSports' largest honors to have your brand be given the opportunity to have a voice in the G7, which has amassed such an impressive and elite array of brands and individuals," said Garfield regarding the invitation.  "EG will certainly do its absolute best to make North America proud alongside Craig Levine and Jason Lake as the region's team representative to the G7."

"We have been working with Alex in the past, especially regarding the CS Pro Mod topic," said Alexander T. Mueller, Spokesman of the G7 Teams. "Back then we had the feeling he could be an asset to our group and we started talking to him more intensively. At the ESWC Grand Final, we discussed the matter more and shortly after we decided to give EG the three months invite status to become a full member. We are looking forward to their input and are happy to have yet another representative from the northern American region."

The invite status starts on 5th September and will end on 5th December 2008 with the goal to welcome EG as a full member of the group. read more

The G7 Teams today announces the release of its official open ranking system, beginning with the first game Counter-Strike 1.6.

The G7 Teams strives to improve professionalism and transparency in all areas within Electronic Esports and previously has announced initiatives such as the standardized G7 player contract, prize money dispute system and now the official release of the first version of the Counter-Strike 1.6 ranking system. The G7 Teams strongly believes that to improve transparency, and reward the achievements of teams and players a balanced ranking system is needed. This will enable the comparison, improved reporting and measurement of the world’s Esports teams and players.

With this new ranking, organizations will be able to:

• Know exactly where to place in a tournament to retain their current positions
• The ability to predict possible outcomes of a tournament
• Create more accurate seeds
• Know which events are the most competitive and therefore more valuable

Current Counter-Strike 1.6 Rankings:

1.		fnatic	390.08
2.		mTw	298.16
3.		SK Gaming	216.31
4.		Made in Brazil	216.02
5.		Team Roccat	164.51
6.		mousesports	162.41
7.		Meet Your Makers	143.38
8.		emuLate	97.02
9.		aTTaX	83.83
10.		e-STRO	72.12

To understand fully the methods behind the ranking system, please view the attached presentation and excel work sheets uploaded the download section. We encourage the community to get involved by submitting their feedback, and suggestions for improvements. Feel free to send us an email to rankings@g7teams.com ! read more

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World Champion US teams compLexity and Team 3D have officially been removed from the roster of G7 Teams. Since becoming the Los Angeles and New York franchises in the Championship Gaming Series, the teams no longer have the autonomy and independence that is required of G7 Member Teams. Jason Lake, founder and current manager of the Los Angeles compLexity, along with Craig Levine, founder and long time manager of Team 3D, will continue to be members of G7 Teams and represent the interests of the North American e-sports scene among the international association. read more

Launched in April of 2006, G7 Teams was created to help grow e-sports through relationships and partnerships with players, teams, and event organizers / promoters. For the past year and a half G7 Teams has worked quietly behind the scenes to help make improvements and push all parties involved to improve themselves in order to better the entire industry. read more