NationsCup Action: UK versus Israel

UPDATE: The match has been rearranged - it'll be played this Sunday (12/02/06)

They're two teams who gave us some of the more memorable lineup news on crossfire, and tomorrow (well, nearly today) team Isreal and team UK take on each other in a game which could make-or-break their qualifying prospects.

Group C is the venue, and neither team can be said to be doing fantastically at current. Team UK's only previous game was against group favourites Finland, to whom they stumbled to a 0-4 loss, including letting the Fins set a time around the 5 minute mark on Oasis. Clearly, in the time since a lot of head scratching will have been done, as the UK attempts to recover some of the great form which saw them emerge as suprise bronze medalists last season. Isreal too are without a clean record. Having beaten underdogs Latvia in the first round of games, this was followed by a forfeit loss against Finland, leaving their group image much reduced from what it should, many might argue, be. With Finland having won both of their two games to leave them in a commanding position, 4 teams including Italy, Latvia and Iceland are all vying for the elusive second qualifying position along with said laggers.

I disturbed Mztik's 3v3 braundorf defence to pose the question, how much does ping difference affect games such as these?

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Mztik: Well the ping difference does matter, however it's a double edged sword, the israeli players are gonna find it harder to play with high ping of course, but luckily they ping best on UK servers so it's the best situation for both of us. The ping makes them harder for us to hit them, but it's also difficult for them to play so it will an interesting game =]

Unfortunately, all the Israelis had gone to bed at this point =(.

Match: United Kingdom vs Israel
Date: Friday, 10th February 2006
Time: 21:00 CET
IRC: #nationscup.et
Maps: supplydepot2, et_ice
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