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BFB LB Round 5 results

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Loser Bracket Round 5 results!



Tonight we saw the 5th round of the Loser Bracket in the Battle For Berlin. The winner of tonight's game will advance to the Loser Bracket Final tomorrow night where they will play against the loser of the Winner Bracket Final: Europe G2P vs. Europe Anexis. The loser of tonight's game will be out of the competition and place 4th. Below are the full results from tonight's action, including match reports and statements from each of the competing teams.

BFB LB Round 5

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Loser Bracket Round 5!



image: znvg3mimage: 35kifliimage: oszjarTonight we have the 5th round of the Loser Bracket in the Battle For Berlin. The action will be coming at you thick and fast in the next 2 days as tomorrow we will have the Winner Bracket Final followed by the Loser Bracket Final - both games being covered here on Crossfire.nu and being shoutcast live by United Kingdom TosspoT.

On to tonight: Europe Queens vs. Estonia k1ck starts at the slightly later time of 22.00 CET. The winner of tonight's game will advance to the Loser Bracket Final and be guaranteed a top 3 finish.

MLG Providence SCII Lineup Announced

image: mlg_logoimage: nybvawMLG Providence is less than a week away and the full StarCraft II lineup has recently been announced. The Pro Circuit returns to United States of America Rhode Island for the sixth and final event of the season. The previous instalments of the MLG Pro-Circuit in 2011 have each delivered 3 days of memorable StarCraft action. The year began in Dallas at the beginning of April with Sweden NaNiwa taking home the Gold. The first Koreans to enter MLG via the MLG/GSL exchange program were highly successful, with Korea, Republic of MMA winning in Columbus in June. Further Korean victories followed with Korea, Republic of MVP winning in Anaheim in July and Korea, Republic of Bomber winning at Raleigh in August. Fan-favourite Protoss Canada HuK ended the run of Korean Terran victories as he swept the field at MLG Orlando just last month. There really are no notable absentees from the pool of invited players to MLG Providence - how do you pick a winner? Winners of all of the previous MLG's are present and so are the two (recognised) best players in the world right now: Korea, Republic of MVP & Korea, Republic of Nestea.

Steam database hacked

image: 2mhzzg0image: oszjarThe online distribution and game service Steam has announced that it's forums, servers and database had all been hacked. The news broke yesterday afternoon after Valve confirmed spreading rumours that their users information was in jeopardy. This is the second high profile security breach in recent memory, following the continued hacking of Playstation network. Many a PC gamer turned their noses up at the difficulties suffered by their console-gamer brethren but unfortunately it is now our turn to up our security levels. It was originally thought that only their forums were breached but a public statement from CEO Gabe Newell stated:

Quote by Gabe NewellWe learned that intruders obtained access to a Steam database in addition to the forums. This database contained information including user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information.

BFB LB Round 4 results

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Semi Final Result!



Tonight we saw the 4th round of the Loser Bracket in the Battle For Berlin. The winners of tonight's games will meet on Sunday to give themselves the chance to advance to the Loser Bracket Final on Monday. Where there are winners there also must be losers and unfortunately we have to say goodbye to two more teams. Below are the full results from tonight's action, including match reports and statements from each of the competing teams.

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Game #1


Seed 8 vs. Seed 3


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RussiadisQonnect

Russia humM3L
Russia jOKE
Germany predi
Germany Kevji
Poland fanatic
Turkey fireball
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EuropeQueens

United Kingdom razz
Latvia Clown
Poland kot
Finland miNd
Netherlands perfo
Sweden NuggaN
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Europe Queens started on the Axis side and begun the round well as Poland kot picked himself up 5 quick frags which really set the tone for the early going. It took the Allied side almost 5 minutes before they were able to get near the tank, and thanks to some good medic work from Germany predi, Germany Kevji was able to repair. The Axis continued to play aggressively and with all of their medics pushed up to Russia disQonnect's spawn, they were able to construct the barrier and defend it for another 4 minutes. The aggression was relentless, with Sweden NuggaN and United Kingdom razz spending more time in their opponents spawn than their own. Russia disQonnect never looked likely to set a time and the end result was indeed a fullhold.

BFB LB Round 4

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Loser Bracket Round 4!



image: 186-quadv180x120Tonight we have the 4th round of the Loser Bracket in the Battle For Berlin. Russia disQonnect vs. Europe Queens will be cast live by United Kingdom TosspoT @ QuadV. A link to the stream can be found here. The winners of tonight's games will meet in the 5th round of the Loser Bracket on Sunday 13th. The winner of that game will head to the Loser Bracket Final. The very next day on Monday 14th we will be bringing you a monster double-header as we will have the Winner Bracket Final directly followed by the Loser Bracket Final, all shown on ETTV and casted live by United Kingdom TosspoT & QuadV. All sounds complicated? Fear not, there is an updated tournament bracket at the bottom of this newspost. Below we have a full preview of the upcoming games so get ready to tune into another night in the final stages of this Enemy Territory tournament.

BFB Semi Final results 2/2

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Semi Final Result!



The second semi final in the Battle For Berlin was played tonight. The winner will go on to face Europe G2P in the Winners Bracket final and the loser will drop down to the 4th round of the loser bracket to face Estonia k1ck.

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Game #1


Seed 1 vs. Seed 4


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EuropeAnexis

United Kingdom R0SS
Estonia Night
Finland Squall
United Kingdom sqzz
Belgium mAus
Italy XyLoS
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Netherlands Mouse-Control

Netherlands saKen
Netherlands SQuid
Netherlands Joshua
France an7ho
Slovakia filuS
Poland zMk
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Europe Anexis started on the Allied side and begun with a heavy medic push high, as almost every team does these days, however they are more successful than most given that their medics are United Kingdom Sqzz, Finland Squall and Belgium mAus. They capped the flag and planted lower within the opening 2 minutes. The Allies took a suit but their initial rush was shut down, as were the following few because of the standard artillery spam. Netherlands SQuid was having bad connection troubles which were really hampering his sides efforts. Europe Anexis planted main and East but were held up for a few minutes by some effective spam from the Axis side. Finland Squall jumped up the back and watched his teammates die to the upstairs defence of Netherlands MouseControl. Assuming there were no more Allies remaining, the Axis let their guard down which allowed the Fin to built the controls and begin the end of the map.

BFB Semi Finals! 2/2

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Semi Finals!



Tonight is the second semi final in the winner bracket of the Battle For Berlin. Europe G2P won the first semi-final against Europe Queens last Thursday and due to some scheduling problems, the second semi-final was delayed until today. The top four seeds all made it to the final four with relative ease but the semi-finals provide them with their first real challenges.Europe Anexis vs. Netherlands MouseControl begins at 21.00 CET.

This Week in Gaming - November 1-7th

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Each Monday I plan to cover the past week's latest news surrounding the world of gaming, including major tournament results, headline gaming news and notable gaming releases and updates.

BFB LB Round 3 Results

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Loser Bracket Round 3 Results!



The loser bracket of the Battle For Berlin advanced another round tonight and we are down to our final 6 teams. The winners of tonight game will advance to the next round where they will face Europe Queens and the loser of Europe Anexis & Netherlands MouseControl
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