The Cadred year in review takes a look back at the big stories of the year just gone by, 2008.

We’ve compiled, collected and sorted all the major stories, events and happenings of 2008 in Call of Duty 4, Counter-Strike: Source and Team Fortress 2. So sit back, get your mouse ready and click away as you take a trip down memory lane, 2k8.

January
3rd		Four Kings pick up a new Call of Duty 4 Team	link
6th		Captains and teams are announced for Counter-Strike: Source's Nationscup XI	link
8th		Call of Duty 4 modifcation PAM get it's final competetive release	link
9th		Team EDiT announces a new Swedish Source line-up	link
13th		Wizards CSS move to RedCode	link
15th		MeetYourMakers defeat ALTERNATE aTTaX to take third in Eurocup XVI	link
16th		Multiplay announce a 6000 euro prize pot for CoD4 at i33	link
16th		Multiplay announce a 10,000 euro prizepot for CSS at i33	link
17th		Team Ebuyer pick up a brand new Counter-Strike: Source team	link
21st		Four days on from the Ebuyer announcement FataL is dropped from the team	link
22nd		Fnatic announce their entry into the Call of Duty series with a new CoD4 team	link
24th		mTw finalize their Counter-Strike: Source lineup	link
24th		Counter-Strike: Source gets added to the European Nations Championship gamelist	link
27th		Russian LAN Asus Winter 2008 announces a 4,250 Euros prizepot for CSS	link
29th		Following the announcement that the ENC will be using Counter-Strike: Source a 9000 Euro prizepot is announced	link

February
31st		CGS announce details for the 2008 US season	link
2nd		Creativ announce a CSS team, the team would later go on to form Team Verygames	link
3rd		Reason Gaming confirm the addition of Helblinde and Giftig	link
5th		Epsilon eSports pick up a CSS team	link
5th		Four Kings top the Febuary Top 10 CSS rankings	link
7th		Ephix announce a new CoD4 team	link
10th		Blaze goes inactive, replaced by ylSs for fnatic	link
11th		Omega Sektor announce an online league	link
11th		eSuba defeat fnatic in the final of the Packard Bell EU open, their first major tournament win	link
11th		The CGS announce season their season two game list, CSS stays while PGR3 gets replaced by Forza 2	link
14th		Packard Bell announce a gaming team, their first announcement is Call of Duty 4	link
15th		IG5 kicks off at Birmingham's Omega Sektor, Salvo, London Mint, Reason Gaming and Team Ebuyer battle it out for the title	link
15th		The games for WCG 2008 are announced, both Call of Duty 4 and CSS miss out	link
17th		Chaos aplenty at IG5 as a Ebuyer win over London Mint is overruled following the discovery of an illegal defuse. London Mint would go on to win the game and a fist fight ensued	link
17th		Reason Gaming win IG5 smashing London Mint in the grand final	link
18th		American CoD4 team EG announce their participation at i33	link
19th		The Four Kings CoD4 saga begins as they announce yet another new team	link
22nd		AEF, a massive CoD4 and FIFA LAN is announced by Tek-9	link
22nd		The Six US CGS franchises announce their franchised players	link
21st		SK Gaming join the CoD4 fray with the pickup of The6Devlis	link
25th		Felix Morgan writes a feature on the 10 best retired CSS players	link
28th		CDC 4 kicks off in Holland as some of the best CoD teams battle it out	link

March
1st		The FGleague launches, one season later it shut down	link
2nd		fnatic claim top prize at the first big CoD LAN of 2008, CDC 4	link
1st		Delonge joins the Estonian team Double Trouble	link
3rd		Team ALTERNATE beat Epsilon and Creativ to win ShokLAN	link
5th		Manage of TLR, Chef, gets "grilled" in a feature interview	link
8th		crZ joins WebOne CSS	link
8th		The CSS eurocup gets its first prizes, in the form of gamestop vouchers	link
9th		Dignitas CoD4 pick-up SKO	link
9th		The six USA franchises complete their draft picks for the second season of the CGS	link
10th		LowLandLions announce a complete revamp of their Call of Duty 4 roster	link
11th		Fnatic CoD4 make changes to their roster	link
11th		A brand new UK CSS team Vii leads to hilarious Nintendo Wii puns	link
12th		FGL announce USD1,500 prizepots for CSS and CoD4	link
13th		Rytme is dropped from MYM, Haunted fills in for the next SLAP LAN	link
13th		The CPL, one of the first and most iconic esports tournaments shuts down	link
16th		Clanbase announce 40 teams invited for the CSS EC XVII	link
16th		Logitech.fi CoD4 calls it a day	link
17th		With only a month gone since ylSs replaced Blaze fnatic make a u-turn bringing Quint back to the line-up	link
19th		German EPS winners n!faculty change their line-up	link
20th		i33 kicks off with huge tournaments for both Counter-Strike: Source and Call of Duty	link
21st		Team Ebuyer leave the organisation admist a flurry of allegations of broken promises, form Guns4Hire	link
23rd		Dignitas defeated fierce competition from home and abroad to win i33's Call of Duty 4 tournament	link
23rd		Salvo and Mint make it a one-two finish at Newbury Racecourses' last ever I-Series	link
23rd		DSRack triumph over MYM at SLAP 14	link
25th		Multiplay confirm Stoneleigh Park as the brand new venue for all future I-Series events	link
27th		In France Creativ scored a one two knockout punch at Gamers Assembly winning two tournaments	link
27th		Only hours after the win at Gamers Assembly Creativ announced they would be leaving the organisation and taking on the "nameless" name	link
28th		The french CSS scene gets stronger with the announcement of a new RedLine team	link
29th		Multigamer win the Hellfragger LAN finals, a televised league in Norway	link

April
1st		Cadred fools some, not others in an april fools day fake announcement	link
2nd		MYM release a damning statement on Counter-Strike: Source with the removal of the entire CSS division	link
3rd		The Experience.DK 2008 announces prizepots for both CoD and CSS, CoD is twice as large	link
3rd		CGS announce details for the UK & EU Combine	link
5th		Logitech.fi lose Nashje and bring in Zaikovski	link
6th		The organisation Animosity is reborn, announcing CSS and CoD4 teams	link
6th		TLR pick up Animate.CSS	link
9th		Ephix pick up a new UK based CoD Team	link
9th		Vii go to ZBoard, swapping X for ben0 in the process	link
9th		Reason Gaming pick up team Exabyte	link
13th		Reason Gaming, one of the most iconic teams of 2008 so far, fold	link
13th		Nameless take down Multigamer in the SGL CCL final	link
16th		EMS confirm CSS and CoD4 for Season 3	link
17th		HudzG confirms he will be attending the CGS combine with London Mint	link
17th		Birmingham Salvo also confirm their CGS Combine team	link
18th		djWHEAT joins the CGS commentating team	link
22nd		The CGS announces a deal with Eurosport to broadcast matches	link
23rd		TheSGL announce their soon to be doomed Summer Slam LAN event	link
23rd		Ben Woodward is announced as the new General Manager of London Mint	link
26th		Cadred's Top 10 European CS:S Teams for April	link
27th		OBi wins Pro-LAN CSS	link
27th		Team Impact wins Pro-LAN CoD4	link
28th		TLR present a new CoD4 lineup	link

May
1st		CGS announces a CoD4 tournament at the CGS Combine	link
1st		Magnitude picks up Real Life Rejects as their CSS tea	link
2nd		LAN79 kicks off	link
4th		eSuba capture a win at their first international LAN	link
6th		AEF adds 20 000 to the prizepot	link
6th		Dreamhack announces a CSS tournament	link
7th		PC Gamer announce their Showdown LAN event	link
8th		4king's Finnish CSS team fold	link
9th		Days after winning LAN79 eSuba lose their CSS team	link
10th		Reason Pick up eSuba	link
14th		ESWC announces a prizepot of USD250,000	link
14th		G4H drop Crazycat and pick-up Mx	link
14th		MiBR announce their return back to CSS	link
15th		Multiplay announce the M Festival	link
17th		The CGS UK Combine kicks off	link
18th		The four UK and EU franchises announe their protected players	link
18th		EU / UK Drafts for the CGS season two are completed	link
18th		Fnatic wins the CGS CoD4 tournament	link
19th		QuadV expands into the USA	link
19th		The CGS announces a Pro-Am Division	link
22nd		zet out, hanes in for LA Complexity's CSS team	link
22nd		Sunman in for Classified	link
23rd		Team MGC with changes in their CSS squad	link
26th		4K Present a new Swedish Line-up	link
27th		The EuroCSS LAN organizer, xXhanubis is found posing as a manager of Club: AI	link
27th		TLR LAN is announced	link
28th		Guns4Hire are removed from the Eurocup for abuse	link

June
3rd		Defs pick up the Estonian team Double Trouble	link
4th		TEK9 CoD4 release Kammyz	link
4th		2008 North American CGS Schedule	link
5th		Stevy completes a Tek9 CoD4 Roster	link
7th		PC Gamer Lan	link
8th		The SGL Summer Slam event completely flops	link
9th		The very first eSports Weekly show is released	link
11th		TLR LAN shows its first sign of trouble	link
12th		Stockholm Magnetik regret REAL as their CSS draft pick	link
13th		emuLate change up their roster	link
14th		TLR LAN kicks off	link
15th		Dreamhack Summer 2008 kicks off	link
15th		Reason Gaming win TLR LAN	link
16th		Magnitude win their first LAN, winning Dreamhack	link
16th		CGS strikes a Deal with G4 to broadcast live shows	link
17th		Sourceradio announce a USD5000 Movie Contest	link
21st		aNgeldust, a gaming legend, retires	link
22nd		Crossed announce a new international line-up	link
23rd		Logitech.fi add Delonge	link
23rd		Cadred is brought by Heaven Media	link
25th		Fnatic drop the entire CSS division	link
26th		Giftig replaces REAL to play for Stockholm Magnetik	link
27th		Cadred reports live on the EU and UK CGS Championships in Los Angeles	link
28th		Birmingham Salvo and Berlin Allianz triumph	link
30th		LA compLexity announce a return to 1.6, while continuing to play Source	link

July
1st		Dignitas CoD4 replace plaZma with Zenith	link
1st		Epsilon eSports add crZ and RpK to their CSS roster	link
2nd		Emulate took down mTw in the EC XVII CSS final	link
2nd		mTw change their CSS line-up	link
2nd		NVISION 08 GEFORCE LAN	link
2nd		CGS: Venom/Core win	link
3rd		iPower: Intro	link
3rd		CGS: Optx Wins; Advances to WF	link
6th		TLR win Sychosis 2	link
6th		mTw win ESWC	link
6th		Four Kings add netion	link
6th		Favorites Magnitude fail to win at SLAP #15	link
8th		Reason Gaming welcome Sneix to replace STR	link
8th		EnemyDown announce a 5,000 euro online tournament	link
11th		ReDeYe and Dr. Gonzo are among those nominated for the eSports award scene journalist of the year	link
11th		CLUK 21 kicks off	link
12th		Dallas Venom beat Birmingham Salvo in the thrilling CGS Individual Championships	link
13th		Danish team Aversion announces a four man roster	link
13th		ZBoard win CLUK 21	link
15th		Berlin Allianz beat the Sydney Underground in the first game of the CGS World Finals	link
16th		Reason Gaming win the first season of the FGL	link
16th		Cadred gets nominated for photo of the year in the eSports Awards	link
17th		Birmingham Salvo breeze past their first round game at the world finals, but in a thrilling twist their CSS team lose	link
19th		Cadred interviews OPTX GM Kat Hunter	link
21st		Berlin Allianz crash out to OPTX	link
21st		Salvo inch past core, earning themselves a place in the first ever international CGS world final	link
23rd		The Experience.DK, one of the most anticipated tournaments of the year, kicks off	link
24th		Guns4Hire find a home at Fragmasters TOXIC	link
27th		Epsilon eSports win The Eeperience	link
28th		Birmingham Salvo win the CGS World Finals	link
29th		MaxLan, a french CSS and CoD4 LAN is announced	link

August
2nd		Logitech.fi win Assembly Summer	link
3rd		Activision confirm the existence of Call of Duty 6	link
5th		mTw defeate emuLate in the EMS grand final	link
5th		ClanBase TF2 Summer Cup Playoffs	link
5th		XONE With a New Roster	link
5th		i34: Preliminary Seedings	link
5th		i34: Preliminary Seedings	link
5th		Odiouz switches with Topsiikrt after the Assembly win	link
7th		Cadred get it's first taste of Stoneleigh Park as i34 kicks off	link
10th		Birmingham Salvo defeat Reason Gaming in the i34 final	link
14th		The IeSF is announced	link
14th		After a poor i34 X is cut to make way for new face Re1ease	link
15th		CGS announce new CEO, Dale Hopkins	link
15th		The Future of CSS	link
18th		Multiplay announces i35	link
18th		The new revamped Top 10 EU CSS returns for July	link
22nd		Omega Sektor cuts back on PC's in the venue, later it closes	link
23rd		eSport Award 2008 Winners are announced	link
24th		The Czech Republic wins the CSS ENC	link
24th		Aversion join GIAL Gaming	link
25th		CPL is revived by a nameless Dubai investment group	link
26th		Team Coolermaster's UK CSS squad fold	link
29th		The ESL Pro Series UK is announced along with 30,000 of prizes	link
31st		TCM pick up Pause Gaming as their new CSS squad, a much criticized moved	link

September
2nd		Rio Sinistro's CSS team go back to 1.6	link
3rd		SLAP #16 announce a 10,000 Euro prizepot	link
3rd		London MiNT win the Rustlers GameSafe tournament, earning them a six month supply of microwave burgers	link
3rd		emuLate! are reduced to a three man roster	link
4th		One day later emuLate complete their roster and the French CSS scene sees further changes	link
7th		EGAMING win PowerColor Iberian Cup	link
7th		Five Norwegians form a new CSS team called Freelance	link
8th		Epsilon join the French scene shuffle	link
8th		as do RedLine	link
8th		as do H2K	link
9th		eMazing Gaming return with a source line-up featuring Pez	link
11th		The G7 drops 4kings and PGS	link
12th		Polls get added to Cadred	link
12th		RedLine win their own invite tournament	link
14th		Clanbase announce the invites for EuroCup XVIII	link
15th		Zen join wtm-Gaming	link
19th		DreamHack Winter with 2700 Euros for CSS	link
25th		Magnitude CSS leave their organisation, become xoxo	link
26th		Cadred arrives at PC Gamer SHowdown	link
27th		Epsilon join Crack Clan	link
27th		Crack Clan also announce CoD4	link
28th		Birmingham Salvo win PC Gamer	link
28th		Four Kings win PC Gamer	link
28th		Dignitas win PC Gamer	link
29th		The bracket for the Eurokrieg is released	link
29th		ForZe pickup Russian team MGC	link

October
2nd		Team Logitech swap two	link
2nd		xoxo win the MySites Cup II	link
6th		In the middle of the first Eurokrieg ED announces a second Eurokrieg Winter Invite	link
9th		Omega Sektor shuts down for good	link
9th		Multiplay respond to i34 Critics	link
13th		HMV acquires the Gamerbase LAN centre(s)	link
17th		EmuLate join Team Verygames	link
18th		Fnatic Win CoD4 at SLAP	link
19th		mTw beats xoxo in a thrilling final at SLAP	link
19th		Logitech.fi become Team zOo-	link
20th		A new Finnish team, Team Bangcock forms	link
21st		ESL hands out snd_restart bans, Reason's WT among victims	link
23rd		The latest Top10 Euro CS:S Teams is released	link
27th		Mx is linked to a London Mint move	link
27th		Despite earlier rumors, Url remains in MiNT	link
29th		Mx is removed from FM! Toxic	link
29th		TLR pick up eMg.CSS	link
29th		i35 kicks off	link
29th		Verygames win the first Eurokrieg	link
31st		The UKeSa Launches	link

November
2nd		Verygames win MaxLAN	link
2nd		ButtonBashers win MaxLAN	link
2nd		i35: Gallery Four	link
2nd		Dignitas win i35!	link
2nd		QuadV release new Site	link
2nd		Salvo win i35	link
4th		Czech player Boss is killed after MaxLAN	link
6th		Roskilde Ravens drop CoD4	link
10th		wTm join Sway Gaming	link
11th		Norwiegan team Freelance join Swedish organisation EvilZone	link
11th		Spanish Superstar: Dumbazo	link
12th		EXABYTE become FatGames	link
12th		TLR's CSS team move to Four Kings	link
13th		i36 sees lower prize funds for both CSS and Call of Duty	link
18th		The CGS Shuts Down	link
20th		Left 4 Dead is reviewed by sister site Gaming Heaven	link
20th		Ray Mia explains the UKeSA	link
21st		FIFA gets a £10,000 prizepot at i36	link
21st		November's Top10 CSS Teams is released	link
25th		xoxo join Team Roccat	link
27th		The UKeSA announce their basic structure	link
27th		Audio Technica announce a new CSS team	link
27th		Stuart "TosspoT" Saw joins Heaven Media	link
29th		Roccat win Dreamhack Winter 08!	link
30th		FatGames announce roster changes	link

December
1st		Powers Gaming, former USA CSS heavyweights, return	link
1st		Corin Cole explores the fall of the CGS	link
4th		Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner joins Heaven Media	link
4th		Sjakki make their former fnatic line-up official	link
4th		Activision Blizzard announce Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	link
5th		UKeSa Event Structure and Seasons Announced	link
6th		EvilZone win the Hellfragger Finals	link
6th		A new team named Heroes rises from CGS remnants	link
7th		Dignitas announce the former Birmingham Salvo source team	link
7th		mTw win the EPS LAN Finals	link
8th		ButtonBashers win The Game Land	link
8th		Team Coolermaster add Vizzion	link
10th		EPS announce the date and location for their UK LAN Finals	link
12th		CC5 kicks off	link
12th		WT gets his ESL ban reduced	link
14th		FatGames win CC5	link
14th		coL.css move to EG, losing Rambo in the process	link
14th		ESL Clarify Rules	link
15th		EvilZone split up due to a new team in the making	link
15th		And that new team is Team Versus	link
19th		Crack Clan remove their CSS team	link
19th		DAMN shoutcast update	link
20th		z0o win the EK Winter Invite	link
21st		Cadred announces it's first Top 10 for CoD4	link
21st		Heroes move to Crack Clan	link
22nd		FatGames join ATS	link
22nd		December's Top10 CSS Teams	link
24th		Merry Christmas!	link
29th		Cadred releases 2008 CoD4 Awards	link
30th		Cadred releases 2008 CoD4 Money List	link
30th		Cadred releases first ever Hardware Review	link
31st		Cadred releases 2008 Awards nominations	link