RTCW Fall Cup Playoffs Round 2

Round 1 is down and most of what people were predicting had come true with the higher ranked teams moving on in the winners bracket. KiH, Badazz, Highbot and Cave all move on, while Birdz, Mortis, nO and Amnesia head to the consolation bracket. It's not a losers bracket, we're all in the playoffs and that means something. :)

So lets talk about the upcoming matches. As of this post I don't think anyone has played their match yet so here goes nothing. Also clanbase and the original playoff bracket seem different so if I have the matchups wrong that's why. I am going based on the original bracket that was made.

Winners Bracket Matchups:

Stable vs KiH: Seems I was clueless about KiH and I must say I know very little about them. They seem like a strong contender and some people even have them winning the whole thing. However, they are facing the top US team we have here in the states and I personally played against the guys from Stable for many years. As much as they bust our balls and the smack they talk on us I can't help but admit they are some great players. With the right lineup they are devastating. The advantage Stable has in this match is they get 2 rounds AND the tiebreaker round on their server of choice so the pings will be in their favor and to me that spells doom for KiH. I look for the upset of sorts, based on what others think of KiH, with Stable taking this one 3-2 in overtime.

Highbot vs xei: From what I can gather about xei clan, they are strong, really strong. Highbot seemed to cruise past nO but they may find xei not so easy. Should be a good match. I look for xei to come out on top.

oP vs Badazz: All i've heard for two weeks is how great oP is and I don't doubt it. If all the hype is true then oP moves on without much difficulty. Badazz is a good team but we took a point from them when pings were closer on our server. Admittedly when we went to bad's server we got spawn camped but that doesn't really say much when we ping 148 and they ping 48. Sure badazz is strong, but by all indications, they are not oP strong. oP wins 4-0.

One vs Cave: One is another favorite to win this cup. In the regular season they took all their matches 4-0 and show no signs of stopping. Merlinator is a beast among the rest of his team. Cave is a great team but I just think One will be too much for them. One wins 4-0

Consolation bracket:

Mortis vs Birdz: European servers kill us. I know I sound like an excuse making wanker (that's my euro word for today) but it's true and everyone knows ping advantage makes all the difference. But we choose to play and we know what were in for and there's not crying in wolf. Zed and his band of misfits should prove very difficult for us. If its our last match then we look forward to the next cup and we had a lot of fun playing the game we love. We shall return! :) Good luck, have fun!

Amnesia vs nO: @ took points from both KiH and Xei and that says something. nO is a good team but I'm not sure they stand up well against a strong amnesia team. @ wins here.

Good luck to everyone and we look forward to watching the shoutcasts/steams from Warwitch, Sabo and crew.