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Yesterday the first match of the second round offered little surprise as Impact-gaming did what they had to as they did the day before. They have now worked themselves up to a solid top placing in their group and team FatGames are the only ones that can do anything to change it. Whereas their previous lineup on a first impression did not quite seem up to that challenge, perhaps their new additions will give them just the edge they need.
Tonight we have other things to focus on though as tonight it is group C's turn to step in to the spotlight. We have a big match for you on schedule which may well turn out to be the most important one of the entire groupstage...

We start things off early with the Call of Duty 4 Live2Win League Lower Bracket Round 5 on Crossfire between 2 of the recently ranked European top ten. We then move onto the non-stop action realm of Team Fortress 2. After 2 Champions League nights in the Football we take it one step further theSGL Team Fortress 2 Champions League Finals.

[bCoD4 - 19:30 CET Thursday 10th April - Fnatic vs Roskilde Ravens - Crossfire[/b]]

Fnatic come into this match from a superbly fought game with ephix on Backlot that went to overtime after some excellent clutch plays from both teams. Fnatic came out on top though and move into this match with Mintr looking likely to be back in action.

Roskilde Ravens will have an uphill struggle but many claim Crossfire to be their strongest map. Champ will have to work hard to give his rushing team members an advantage but if Mintr is back on his game this is a challenge I look forward to seeing. frijec will be looking to make amends after their dissapointing match against Dignitas in the EuroCup.

Join Deman for this early start Live Video Coverage on QuadV TV1.

[bCoD4 – 20:00 CET Thursday 10th April - 4Kings vs Speed-Link – EuroCup XVII[/b]]

Wait just a moment, new longer lasting double action quadV CoD4 coverage!. That's correct not just one TV stream of CoD goodness but two, as 4Kings take on Speed-Link in the ClanBase EuroCup. Speed-Link and Four-Kings are the perenial favourites of Group H in the 17th edition of the prestigious EuroCup. Many would argue that the winner of this game will top their respective group and thus have an easier time in the Double Elimination portion of ClanBase's most noteworthy on-line tournament.

Benzine and the boys will suerly be looking to keep their momentum coming hot off the heals of their i33 performance. Speed-Link on the other hand can call on the formidable talents of sM!Ty and Nitro among others. With 4K slipping up in the first week and Speed-Link triumphant, 4K will surely have a proverbial fire lit underneath them. Tune into TV2 for what promises to be a clash of epic proportions.

Join Jay live on QuadV TV2 from 20:00 CET

[bTF2 - 21:00 CET Thursday 10th April - Four Kings vs Kompaniet - Granary, Well, Badlands[/b]]

Four Kings are perhaps the favourites coming into this match with a very close battle against Syre in the Semi-Finals which ended in an overtime Stopclock round on Gravel Pit. They will be looking to pick up theSGL before starting a busy season in the ETF2L.

Kompaniet have been dominant throughout the tournament winning all their matches convincingly. They will want to get one up over their rivals in this match viewed as the clash between the top 2 in europe.

The main story of this game along with the teams is perhaps the maps in which it is played. Viewed by many as perhaps the main 3 maps within Team Fortress 2 this game is surely due to be an epic encounter. Well, Granary and Badlands are perhaps the most entertaining maps I could dream of for this final so lets hope the game lives upto the challenge.

We will bring you Live Video Coverage on QuadV TV1 with Deman & Kee_RinG.

This Weeks new Video on Demand:
Revolution 13 - 10 Bangin it eurostyle
Fnatic 16 - 14 ephix
Dignitas 25 - 9 Roskilde Ravens
SK-Gaming 25 - 3 Team Coolermaster.EU

Whilst the last match of the first round is still to be played ( n1ce versus Questionable is due for thursday), we are today entering the second matchweek. Yesterday saw a strong Impact side easily overcome Tag with a 4-0 win. The other match was less obvious and the Dutchies of Team CoolerMaster eventually managed to grab a win on the decider map versus the likes of Incomplete!.

Today we have just one match on schedule, as the title already suggests. Let's have a look at what we can expect.

Former Enemy Territory squad of Team EDiT lately also know by the name of 'Questionable' now became the new ET team of Overload Gaming. As ovr lost it's team to the british multigaming clan Team Coolermaster, the dutch organisation around Headmanager Sainted were forced to look for a new ET site since they did not plan to quit focussing on Enemy Territory and its community. After being a bit disappointed due to losing a strong team, Overload Gaming should now be able to smile again, as they should have found a decent replacement with last Eurocup's second placing team EDiT. The team's lineup has undergone minor changes only, but have a look at the new Overload.ET yourself.

acid
Kevin
lio
vila
Matias
Sheep
r1co (backup)
snot (backup)

Indeed, the title says it all as tonight brings another two big matches to your screen. It is time to round up the first groupmatches round and these four teams still have their parts to play.

Yesterday evening saw, to some surprisingly, ephix take a round versus the Finnish side of vae but eventually bowing out with a 4-2 win for the Finns. Then there were ze yermans of MegaProGaming who did what they had to and took a relatively easy win against the 8Bits team. Very interesting was the game between cortana and Fear Factory X-Fi as the Poles definitely put their shoulders in to it and showed everyone that they are here to stay. Even though still very early in the groupstage, it seems FF are likely to be pushing through to the playoffs if they keep up their game.

But that was all yesterday and as said, there are three games left to be played for the first round two of which are due tonight!

After last nights epic encounter between Fnatic and ephix (formerly audacity) which saw ephix.will getting an ace, fnatic.tidde pulling out a triple deagle kill as well as overtime, we return once again to the Live2Win league which has given us some great matches so far and they will only get better as we near the final stages.

21:30 CET Monday April 7th - Upper Bracket Final - Bangin it eurostyle vs Revolution - Crossfire

Bangin it eurostyle have come a very long way in their online performances and myself along with a good few others are keen to see how they will perform at a lan. So far in this competition they have took on and defeated Fnatic, MYM (formerly TLR) and Roskilde Ravens to name but a few. For me they have to be favourites for this match up but anyone Hungarian may disagree!

Revolution have had a clear path plowed right through this league with big wins all the way, however now they meet a real challenge in the team they meet. With Crossfire as the map they will need to contain the fierce play style of Bangin it eurostyle if they intend to win.

Final Score and Video: Revolution 13 - 10 Bangin it eurostyle

Join Deman and Kee_RinG tonight on QuadV TV1 for all the action as it happens.

Click for this weeks Video on Demands
Live2Win League - Fnatic 16 - 14 ephix (This is bad quality as I forgot to capture)
Clanbase Eurocup - Digntias 25 - 9 Roskilde Ravens
Clanbase Eurocup - SK-Gaming 25 - 3 Team Coolermaster

After a two day break it is now time to get back in to action with Clanbase Eurocup XVII again for tonight we have no less than three big games for you on schedule. So far we saw two expected wins by KKK and by FatGames and the question everyone will ask themselves is will tonight perhaps see the first few surprises?

There is still about 4 months till the-experience kicks off in Roskilde, but already the 18 teams which is directly invited has been announced. The event is running for 2 weeks with CoD4, CSS and Fifa2008 tournaments. The CoD4 tournament is split into two, A and B, where the B-tournament will be played first and 4 teams will proceed to the A-tournament.

For the A-tournament, with the mind-blowing pricepurse of 25.000 euros, 18 teams are directly invited, there will be 10 "buy in" spots and 4 teams will come from the B-tournament. The 18 invited teams has already been announced:

Roskilde Ravens
fnatic
Oslo Lions
Meet Your Makers
Exabyte
4Kings
Dignitas
Tek-9
Serious Gaming
esuba
H2k.Qpad
Team Impact
Low Land Lions
SK-Gaming
Speedlink
Evil Geniuses
Pandemic
Nexus Gaming

The A-tournament will be running from the 31st of July till the 2nd of August. For information about the CSS and Fifa2008 tournaments go to the-experience website.

*EDIT*
I just had a small chat with Sarabande, who is manager for Roskilde eSport and one of the organisers behind the event. The north american teams is confirmed to show up.

Sources:
- the-experience
- CodGaming.dk

Mapmaker Chris has been working on his map Meltdown since late 2007 and the first public beta is now released. The map has been designed from the beginning for 6on6 and the sole goal has been to make a good map for competition. Now you can help test the map and provide feedback on how to improve it.

Meltdown features close quarters infantry combat as GDF assault a Strogg facility and there are no vehicles on the map.

Read on for information, screenshots and download mirrors.

eSports Community website gotfrag.com have released their top 10 ranked European Call of Duty 4 teams. The ranking has this time been decided by an 'expert panal' but also conciders the input and opinions of top CoD4 teams.

The panel consisted of:
Head Panel
- Liam Crowley (GotFrag CoD4 Game Manager)

European Panel Members
- Kenneth Jensen (GotFrag European CoD4 Senior Writer)
- Stuart Saw (QuadV CoD4 Shoutcaster)
- Robert Black (Tournament admin)
- Davy Sysmans (TEK9 player)
- Mick Bradshaw (Dignitas player)
- Martin Rojder (fnatic player)

The ranking they came up with swayed towards teams offline perfomances however their online play certainly were taken into concideration.

The Top 10 teams are as follows:
1. MeetYourMakers
2. fnatic
3. Team Dignitas
4. eSuba.HAL3000
5. H2k.Qpad
6. TEK9 Networks
7. SK Gaming
8. LowLandLions
9. Roskilde Ravens
10. Exabyte


Source: GotFrag Rankings