EuroCup: OVERLOAd beats Kirwa

I don't know about where you guys are, but down here the weather just keeps getting better and better and my regret for promising I'd cover the entire EuroCup on crossfire keeps getting bigger and bigger =). No time for whining though, tonight there is another big game on schedule in the form of OVERLOAd versus Kirwa as well as a second game for group D.

Yesterday MegaProGaming once again proved too strong for their opponents as they made Incomplete! bow out of the season with a 4-0 loss. This means that we now have our first finished group, namely A. MPG have very easily and convincingly made their way through the groupstage winning all of their games without losing a single round. Second through came Team CoolerMaster who were significantly less convincing as they won only played two matches ( 8bits unfortunately had to fold from the EuroCup) and won only one of those two.
They will be back in the playoffs nonetheless though and perhaps they will be able to improve their game before their time comes again.

Concentrating on tonight again, as said there are two games on schedule; OVERLOAd versus Kirwa Kirwanderin Kirwurit definitely being the match of the evening, and ephix hardboys, who have quite some catching up to do, will be playing versus Fear-Factory Xfi.




time: 21:00CET
group: ClanBase EuroCup group C
matchweek: 14-21 April
maps: supplydepot, bremen
gamestv.org: http://www.gamestv.org/event/5013-overload-vs-kirwa-kirwanderin-kirwurit/

Kirwa Kirwanderin Kirwurit
Kirwa - Mztik
Kirwa - Tiigeri
Kirwa - Azatej
Kirwa - TeKoa
Kirwa - Xpaz
Kirwa - Jauhis

OVERLOAd X-Ray
OVERLOAd - Kevin
OVERLOAd - vila
OVERLOAd - lioco
OVERLOAd - acid
OVERLOAd - Matias
OVERLOAd - Sheep

OVERLOAd, silver medalists of last season have been looking very strong so far this season taking very easy points over both highBot and n1ce. The fact that their lineup looks slightly different than it did last season has proved to work in their advantage rather than against them and to me, they have so far shown they are definitely up for the challenge of going all the way this time round.
The team has had quite a long break now though not having played a single EuroCup match since the tenth which is kind of a long time. The question is whether they have been able to keep on practicing properly in the mean time?

Kirwa on the other hand had their last game on April the fourteenth where they took a comfortable win against n1ce. The allstar team has however known some disappointment as they lost a round already against highBot. When looking at their lineup one would assume that surely this team can get the better of any opponent? Tonight is the sort of challenge they need to prove these assumptions right.




[center]:EDIT: FF 0 - 4 ephix[/center]

time: 21:30CET
group: ClanBase EuroCup group D
matchweek: 14-21 April
maps: supplydepot, bremen
shoutcast: HeadShot - bandiT
gamestv.org: http://www.gamestv.org/event/4848-fear-factory-x-fi-vs-hardboys/

HardBoys ephix.ET
ephix - slajdan
ephix - nordan
ephix - olBaa
ephix - .X.!
ephix - isENxL
ephix - snail

FearFactory X-Fi
FF - Fragstealer
FF - Wrobel
FF - s0me
FF - r1co
FF - wiadro
FF - uf0l

Although overshadowed by the game above, this match shouldn't be underestimated. Group D is still not completely decided and ephix still can have their shot at the playoffs. They do, however, need to win their game tonight. Under normal circumstanced I would have probably given them a very good chance to do so, but seeing as FearFactory have been in a very fine form lately, and mister .X.! who will be playing again tonight is experiencing a lot of problems with his pc.
Other than all that FF certainly isn't a team you want to meet at the moment if you have to take a win. Surely, the Poles will take their third 4-0 win tonight?

Quote by Wrobel

After two games Fear Factory X-Fi is in the playoffs. That's something that really suprised me.. Tonight we play our third and last match for the groupstage againts ephix. I don't know them, but obviously they are amongst ET's best 16 teams right now so they can't be low. I can promise we will do our best and after epic fail on bremen we'll beat them in decider ! GL for ephix and na berzie pidars ! Oh and I will be engi on supply depot defence so you can see 321312312 cheating nades :)

Quote by isENxL

I think FF is the strongest team in this poule, it will not be a surprise if they beat us 4-0. We on the other hand have to win 4-0 to make a chance of getting into the next round, we didn't get any preparation for this game because since our last EC game vs vae, there were allways things popping up which didn't allow us to prepare for this game. I don't expect too many problems for FF, but I hope it will be a pleasant game for both sides.

A lot to look out for tonight all in all and I wish all four team good luck!