| Columns - gaz |
| Division 1 coverage coming your way! 041007 | ||||
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This Sunday, the 10th October, we will see the clash of two old rivals in NQR division 1B. The new-look Slackers lineup will meet Firing Squad at 21CET, and it promises to be a fascinating contest. Some people will say that whoever wins this match will be favourites to take the Div 1B title and thus ensure an "easier" game in the 1/4 finals of the playoffs, and they could be right. Both sides will expect to beat the other teams in the group and will want to get off to a good start in this game. SR will be confident about this match. After all, FS haven't even taken a map off the NQR champions since NQR3. Since then, they SR have defeated Reppie's boys in the semi-finals of NQR4, NQR5 AND NQR6, all 3-0. FS will see this as their chance to end that run. SR are likely to be without their real match-winner, Hib, who seems to be taking a break from 4on4. On top of this, Gamer, another key player from SR's last 3 NQR campaigns, has left SR to play with KOFF this season, and so the reigning champions will be looking to new boys Xerial and Circle to bolster their chances. A lineup of Paradoks, Goljat, Xerial and Circle certainly looks strong, and they can of course also call upon Champ and Xalibur as reserves. Nonetheless, FS will fancy their chances. Last season's playoff semi-final was 3-0 to SR, but FS played well on all 3 maps and it wasn't an easy victory by any means. If FS play their strongest lineup (Reppie, Razor, Blixem, Spoink) then they can beat any team in QW on a good day, but they may well suffer from inactivity recently. SR have been practicing fairly hard (albeit with standins Nikke & Crazymac) and look to have polished their DM3 play to a high level once again. Because of this dedication to the Abandoned Base, I fancy SR to pick DM3, and to win it. FS will almost certainly take DM2, and as we all know, on DM2 anything can happen. Provided FS don't suffer from the dreaded "SR start", I would fancy Reppie & Razor's quad running skills to be sufficient to win the map for FS. The final map is anyone's guess though I would expect it to be either E1M2, as neither side is known for its proficiency on CMT3 or CMT4. So we could be in for an interesting game and while I can't promise a 3-map-thriller, I can promise that it will be a very intriguing game to kickstart NQR div 1. The NQR crew will of course be on hand to provide Qizmo cam coverage, and I will be running my usual Teamspeak show with qw.nu. So join me and possibly HangTime, Sassa etc for the first "big" game of NQR7 on Sunday at 21CET! 17 comments |
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| first comment goes to faker. | ||||
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| hejja FS! | ||||
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| this'll be a very great match! how do i follow this match using the qizmo cam? do i have to connect to a server that nqr will announce? :P | ||||
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| 1. connect to the announced qizmo to see the match
2. use Teamspeak2 for live commentary:) |
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| Vleesch i will explain it to you upcoming sunday when the game starts. Altough i'm not sure i'm online at that moment, but i really do want to see the game so I will be online. Anyways else I will show you tonight:) | ||||
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| http://equake.quakeworld.nu/qizmo.png | ||||
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| tnx! never understood a thing of qizmo, never had to use it tho :p now i get it :) | ||||
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| fs-sr 2-1 | ||||
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| fs with reppie has a chance, but I don't know much about the current form of
blixem. Last time i saw him play he looked a bit rusty. I sure hope he ain't
rusty:)
go fs!:) |
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| FS all the way baby. Reppie show some old vvv powah ;) | ||||
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| I think FS are rusty but SR aren't quite the best team at this moment as well. I hope that FS wins! :<< | ||||
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| hope that fs wins
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| so hyped ... :[ | ||||
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| Nice review gaz, here are my thoughts about the game.
. First of try to make sure the pings are fair! we know how it can be (read the link collumn about sr-la final if u havent). I recon ]SR[ is the clear favorites to this game tho =( they have a really good lineup. I have played a few games vs [fs] the last days and they are really good, with equal pings they form a big threat to any team. I would actually say thier best map is dm3 atm, they play it really solid when they are in control have high pressure on yellow armor. Today most clans play good at dm2 and so does [fs]. ]SR[ have played around 20 maps last week and about 50% of them on dm3, i dont think they have lost more then one dm3 of those games. Tho thier dm3 game depends alot on individual skills. Circle and Xerial have awesome/godlike aim and prolly outaims most 4on4 players in sweden...Tho with fair pings and prolly minping 39 it will be another story for sure! My guess: ]SR[ picks dm3 and wins it, then its dm2 and thats kinda random, tho with some luck [fs] wins it. As for the decider im sure [fs] gonna remove the lg-only map and ]SR[ wont gamble with kenya3 and goes for e1m2..Its a good pick! its for sure the best map in the pool imo, and itdoenst depend so much on the start. If it goes this far its gonna be a battle of skillz vs teamwork i guess. And with that in mind i know who im cheering for :> even tho i really like some of the sr guys \o/ benja \o/ - immortal technique - rev. vol2 track 11? \o/ peter \o/ - kramar fr?n lund |
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| haha manu. | ||||
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| manu nice bullshit ownz :)
is playing. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the silence |
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| EiD | ||||
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