EuroCup kicks off tonight!

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EDIT: After an unconvincing performance on braundorf by fatGames they went on to fullhold on radar and beat the and then take it to a decider by winning the offence round with relative ease. Third map was supply and fG had to put their shoulders in to it in the end to grab a 4-2 win and apart from some strange black screens popping up it was a pretty straightforward match.

MVP: Holz ! :D



As yesterday's game between impact-gaming and Tag was wildcarded by the latter, tonight will see the official kick off for Clanbase Eurocup XVII. And what a kick off it is as we may be in for a real treat.


At 22:00CET FatGames will face off against the surprising frenchies of dESIRE. Both of these teams had to fight their way in to this season's EuroCup to prove EC-worthy, and both teams struggled a bit to have their opponents (respectively oceans6 and muse) bow out with dESIRE actually needing a qualifier map against their fellow countrymen. Arguably though, these two teams had the strongest possible opponents for the qualifier matches so no credit should be taken from them there. Now it is time for them to show their worth. For group B, this game might prove important by the end of the groupstage as the second place behind impact gaming is still far from written in stone.


time 22:00CET
group Clanbase Eurocup XVII group B
admin EC|mst
maps braundorf_b4 and radar

FatGames
Sol
urtier
kot
s4rna
buzka
Holz

Statement by FG|urtier

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I guess we should be able to win the match 4-0 if everything runs smoothly. Radar suits us pretty well I think. Braundorf is probably not the best choice for us, as it has way too many walls for online competition in ET. We will see about that.

dESIRE
Bruce
Rizzle
Sinus
Karnaj
eht
Wezor

Statement by dESIRE|Bruce

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I think it will be very hard for us to beat FatGames. I hope it will be a close match and I hope we will be able to surprise everyone!

On paper FatGames should absolutely be able to take this one away and grab their first win but with a map like braundorf things are never certain. The guys over at Tag will probably be following this one with interest as the result may prove of importance for their progress as well. Personally I feel FatGames will take this one but I'm afraid chances are big they will need a decider to do so (all for the benefit of the spectator of course!)

And finally, my personal take on the player to watch for this game: S4rna
This player may not be recognized yet as one of the top players of this moment but he is of major importance to his team when on top of his game.

Good luck to both teams!