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Division 5A Div 5A is the Scandinavian and Baltic conference of NQR?s basement division, and is a healthy mix of new clans and those who battled hard to keep off the bottom of division 5 in NQR6. Ryska Posten, EGDA, and 2oo have all sampled life near the bottom of NQR before and will be relying on that experience to help them through the new season. The unknown element is provided by Russian clan BEST and by the Ukrainians from Passive Warriors, as well as a handful of newly-formed Swedish clans and Bukkake Samurai from Finland. Little is known about most of these clans, but Suddendeath 2 have been looking pretty handy, having picked up the basics of teamplay pretty quickly. 2oo have strengthened by adding Ananas from Qandrane, but could still struggle to overhaul SD2. Division 5B Div 5B takes in the Southern, Central and Western European clans, as well as mjoelktand from Sweden. Sympozium and sad troops have ?changed codes?, having played q3promode previously, and will be looking for a playoff spot. Clan Cube Squad will also be hoping to get into the top 4 and have been looking useful during pre-season. Wicked Assault Rangers boast a strong squad including former UK 4on4 stalwarts Buffy and Sinner. We have also got 2 new Portuguese clans in NQR7; vadrigar and Masters of Quake Maniacs. This conferences looks tough to predict but Cube Squad, Sympozium, sad troops and WAR will all fancy their chances of making the playoffs. Division 4A Div 4A has a number of clans who will fancy their chances of taking the title. Fudoh, Jagarna, Shadow Minions, Gods of Hellfire and [MP] all played in division 4 in NQR6 but several of these clans have lost key members; MP in particular have suffered, losing their star man Rimez to div3?s Osams. All of these clans should still be strong enough to make a challenge for the playoff spots, but will face tough competition in the form of Polish clan Easy to kill and Hungarian clan Danube and the Poles from DOS won?t be easy prey either. It would be very surprising if the top 2 come the end of the regular season were not Portuguese veterans Defs and the Fins from SSC?s B-team. Defs have added team.dk?s Latency to their lineup and SSC-B have some talented players in their roster, such as Akhilles and Demonarch, and both clans will be disappointed should they not at least reach the playoffs. Division 4B Div 4B has the potential to be very interesting indeed. As with 4A, there are some clans that played at this level last season; EID (formerly JW) and JBR had differing experiences in NQR6 but will be hoping for a good performance this time round. Chopstick Ninjas have a weaker lineup than in previous seasons, but will not be easy opponents for any team; players such as Tengo, whimp and L3m are more than capable of doing damage at this level. CN?s main threat will come from Postal-Justice, Clan metally troopers, and Da Quaking Manjakks. DQM have followed in the footsteps of Veni Vidi Vici, moving over from CTF and showing remarkable improvement in a short space of time. Knockback are another q3promode-convert and will hope to continue the form they showed in NQR5, when they played very well in div 7 under the name Quick Omission. With former UK QW captain Acquiesce in their squad, they won?t be far away. Don?t rule out the experienced clans Smackthatass or Suicide Commando either? Division 3A Div 3A is a mainly made up of clans that took part in NQR5 & 6, but there is also a sprinkling of new clans in there. Olw & Holy were last season?s Bronze finalists but will be hard-pressed to repeat that achievement as there is some very tough opposition in this conference. New clan ZAK will be one such team hoping to break into the playoff spots, led by former Freedom member, Znappe. Batida Swing and Pulverising Mongo Strutsers both reached the Bronze playoffs in NQR6, before being beaten by Holy; they will be eager to avenge those defeats. However, the teams to beat will be Hippushnik, led by Joulokku (the new fix), and Veni Vidi Vici, a clan that has moved over from QWCTF and picked up the rudiments of TDM very quickly. Discharge, A2K and the rest will all have a chance of getting the final playoff spots, but it?s going to be very, very tight. Division 3B Like 3A, div 3B will be highly-competitive, and it will be very tough to predict the winner at this stage. There are a handful of clans that pride themselves on being good on particular maps; Osams on DM3, dybbuk and Klatch on DM2, Assassins and POFF on E1M2. The fate of these clans will rest on how they perform on the other maps, and I would expect to see a number of games being decided on CMT4 and CMT3. Polish clan Damneds did well last season and will hope to push for a top 4 finish, as will the Fins from Just For Fun. NQR also welcomes back the boys from fnu and the Danes from Fallen Angels. Both clans will face a tough fight to establish themselves at this level, but have the players capable of making a big impact. 21 comments |
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| Batida Swing had no pracs since last NQR and some key members left. In division 3A it will be LOL. | ||||
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| nice | ||||
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| Sorry but i dont consider Klatch as a real threat on dm2 :) | ||||
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| eid rox :< | ||||
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| actually it's quite wrong calling zak a new clan.. unless u were only referring to nqr that is.. :p we will soon be 6,5 years old actually! haven't really played any qw since 2000 but that is another matter :> | ||||
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| OMFG zak new clan... stryk ska ni ha | ||||
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| "reak into the playoff spots" yea right... two players that havent played for 2-3years.. and myself havent played for 623543months.. znappe is znappe, sucky usual:P | ||||
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| hehe.. 10 straight wins! that we'll do, lets smack em all.. do it for zundbyberg almeida! DO IT!!! topfragger of div3: almeida \\\o/// | ||||
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| troligt
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| GAZ IS A CUNT | ||||
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| i love you krass :))) | ||||
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| who's Joulokku? some new star i bet | ||||
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| fu :> | ||||
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| Nice-nice.;> | ||||
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| i feel the love | ||||
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| Whoohooo! NQR :)
Good luck! |
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| i promise T win all nqr what we have left.. in playoffs u meet us :><::<:< | ||||
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