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Sundays are the most active days in NQR and all divisions got games played tonight. Many close calls this evening and some of the teams have nearly played 50 % of their games, already. We are starting to believe that the clans will fulfil the quest of getting all their season games played, or at least close to it. So after two weeks of playing, 42 clans have played 3 games or more, and are keeping up with the schedule pretty good. 29 clans have played maximum 2 games, and they need to speed things up a little bit, or they will have trouble finishing off all games and loose valuable points. 4 clans have not played _any_ games yet, they are:
Lockup - bodyjar - nobles - DvL ...... hello, are you there? :-)
In division 1 we saw one game, the Scandinavians from Slackers met Swedish Campbusters. ]SR[ made no mistake and took it home safely on dm3 and dm2, with clear margins. It will be interesting to see how strong ]SR[ is this season, especially when they face off with the other favorites.
Division 2 got two games played and Swedish Hellfire gained top spot in the table again by battling down Fraggers United 2-0. Dm2 went smooth for the Swedes but they got a pretty hard fight on e1m2, even though the 3 point'er was never threatened.
In the second game we had a heavy prestigious matchup when UK clan Justified Ancients of Menace clashed off with UK/EU pro clan Four Kings. 4K started out as an UK clan in the early days and are still UK based, and both these two clans go way back and have played each other on several occasions. First map was JAMS' home map e2m7. 4K got close, but yet again they could not castigate JAMS on this map, but it was close; 146-131 to JAMS. 4K is very strong on dm3 and JAMS did put up a good performance, but could not prevent a 4K victory here. Random map was drawn to be dm2 and "the battle of Britain" came down to a narrow 9 frag margin, to 4K's advantage. GG both teams!
In division 3 five more games was added to the played games list, and division favorites from Sweden, Euthanasia, got two more victories this night, but had to fight hard for it. First up they played their countrymen EarthQuake and took the first map, dm3, with just 10 frags. Then EQ showed that it is not only JAMS who can play e2m7 and they beat the strong first line up that [E] has, and secured a point with only 13 frags. On decider map, dm2, the division favorites got too strong though and took it home with a fairly clear margin. EQ really showed potential in this game and will for sure be fighting for those top spots in this division.
Then [E] faced off with the strong Polish clan Ax3, and Ax3 took dm3 home with a surprisingly clear margin. Then on the second map, dm2, Ax3 got a good start and had the chance to inflict the first loss of the season upon [E], but the Swedes showed good moral and turned the tables around taking home the second map with a 100 frag margin. I think the Pole's will be irritated with that mapdefeat, because on the decider map, e1m2, [E] showed no mercy and took home the second 2 point'er of the evening.
Another well known Swede clan, The Fighting Foes, also played two games tonight, and first off they met countrymen griffin's tappra gossar (which means: griffin's brave men). GTG took their choice of map, dm2, home with a clear margin, securing them their first point of the season. Then TFF's home map, e2m7, went to TFF with a fairly clear margin. Decider map, dm3, was another close third-map call, it went to overtime (!) at 110-110, and TFF got the fifth penta, that probably made the difference as they secured 2 point's winning it with only a 10 frag margin. Bravely fought by GTG, but they came up short. With a little luck/margin on their side, they could have been at the other end of the table, as their first match vs Cobots also were close calls. NQR4 is surely a game of margin's.
Then TFF faced off with their neighbours from Norway; FUDOH. The Norwegians put up a really nostalgic lineup this night, only thing missing here was color 4 and team GO :-) The point-securing-map for the Norwegians, e3m7, did not fail, but it did not fail for the Swedes either, as they won their home map in The Underearth, with a clear margin. Decider map, dm2, was a real nailbiter, but the routined oldskoolers from Norway took this exciting decider home with 8 frags. TFF is probably happy with earning 3 points this evening with all the close calls they where involved in, it could have gone either way.
Swedish Quadrangers finally decided to play NQR4 too, and matched up with countrymen Campbusters Team 2. CB2 were looking for their first points this season, but was unlucky on the first map, dm3...they lost it...with a single frag! On the second map, e1m2, ruffnux of QRNG showed no mercy at all and destroyed all hopes for CB2. 3 points and a nice first appearance for the Quadrangers.
In division 4 the Swedish clan suicide commando and Dutch clan Unidentified Quake Entity both played their second game of the season, facing each other. UQE took home a nice 2-0 victory, winning both dm2 and e1m2 with over a 100 frag margin. Quite surprising as SC should be a fairly good division 4 clan, strong performance by the Dutch team.
Division 5 saw two more games and euro clan Frag Shack showed the other teams that they want to fight for top spots in the division as they gunned down the strong Swedish clan; Vet's. FS took dm3 home after a tough fight, and the Vet's won, as expected, e1m2 with a clear margin. On decider map, dm2, FS showed just how good they are and left no doubt what they will be fighting for this season; for a promotion spot. Vet's are still up there though, they have gained points in every game so far.
Clan Edge from Hungary faced off with Swedish IRL clan Feske Gobbah (who ever came up with that name?!). EDGE showed how well they master dm2 and secured a point with over 200 frags. Newly recruited player from Hellfire, Maso, stepped inn for FG in the second and third map, leaving the Hungarians not a big chance to win this one. And that's just what happend; FG took home e1m2 and dm3 with clear margins. FG collected their first victory of the season and are looking _much_ stronger with this new lineup.
In division 6, Swedish clan OLW put on their promotion challenge as they beat up countrymen Speed Up without breaking a sweat. Both maps, dm3 and e1m2, were won with over 200 frags.
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vs. HellFire 
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