Decisive Encounter!

A first encounter on the Thursday evening, is what is up for you this time! Group A continues it's exciting show, with re-play zZz vs Zero Empathy dNan! An intersting game this will be, not only if we look at both team's previous results, but also by means of skill and the setting around the match itself.
Re-play, who haven't played a game yet, still need to experience their first taste of EC priveledge. With only one player in their roster who is EC-experience, their most important job would be not to get their nerves get them and perform like they always did!
Zero Empathy, on the other hand, have played their first game against the favorites of the group, Vicious & Evil, from whom they suprisingly managed to take a map. The team has enough experience to keep their nerves in order, while looking at their roster we can see a big variety of newschoolers, oldschoolers, EC and NC experienced players!

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Re-play zZz:
A team which has been together for a relative long time now (in ET terms, that is), they won last season's OC Premier and thus find themselves on step higher upon the ladder. Not the most skilled compared to the others with neither the same amount of experience, this team represents the rewards of playing as a team and improving yourself. And it is this what they need the most in the group A, playing as a team and letting their nerves get the better of them and they might even suprise us all.

Quote by re-play|griim

Well I honestly have very little idea about how this game is going to go, we are quite well prepared but still make stupid mistakes. I guess the result will depend on how many stupid mistakes we make.
[17:56] <re-play|hell> "PS. I'm a fat nigger".

Zero Empathy dNan:
This team has already proven to be able to take upcoming active and skilled teams head on by winning their qualifier versus FiF*Green, a team similar to today's opponent in many ways. Besides that, the advantage of experience is also upon dNan. Looking at their roster we can see a mix of oldschool players and some newer talents, guided by the EC and NC experienced in their team. Already played 1 game against Vicious & Evil, they managed to show that they wont be beaten easily by taking 1 map from them. But still, they too need to keep their nerves in check, because they can't afford another loss if they want to keep an eye on the Play Offs!

Quote by zeroE'joop

I think and hope it will be a close match. They've been playing with each other for quite some time now which is in their favour. Adding Nonix to the roster should give them even more confidence. If we play the best we can I'm sure we can win this match, but I think we'll need a decider.

Again, one of those games which is hard to predict. Both teams having their ups as downs, it will come down to ho will make the first blow to each other's confidence. Re-play needs to make sure that they can keep theirselves focussed on the job ahead and not lose themselves in the grandeur feeling of reaching the highest level, while dNan must make sure they dont go down on the pressure of winning this game. While they have more to play for and more to lose, Re-play knows that if they lose this as well their chances of continuing the EC are getting real slim.
All by all, these teams are equel to each other in aspects of taking the win. Both having to prove themselves, one with experienced players in a new team, while the other has no experience on this level but a well estabelished team base to boost it up with big beats hopefully.
No matter what, I can see this turning out in a real close called 3-map thriller which will be taken by Re-play in the end, eager to show their newfound worth and that they're more then just 'another OC winner', with 4-2.