Imperium — After the mishaps of last week, this week’s games have run smoothly with 8 teams remaining for the finals, albeit in different rounds. They are in with a chance of grabbing the $200 first prize or $100 2nd prize! Let’s go through them:
Quarter-final 1: caLóóó(Kalho & Kiler4fun)* have had a straightforward route to the quarter-finals, winning every game 2-0 and without default wins. While no particular team stands out from the 16 teams they emerged from, a respectable performance in the previous cup (only losing to Haunter & Coinz and Hocz & Cookye) suggests they have potential.
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Internet download manager (Tek & Rabbits) are first-time entrants and have had a slightly more difficult run to the quarter-finals. Dropping a round to ponies (runners up of cup #3), whilst winning all other games 2-0, leaves the quarter-final in the balance
And the winner plays…
virile unhumen (HarryHook & Estanis) once again go unbeaten so far this ultiduo cup, with 4 wins and 1 default. As it seems with their play, they are 1 step ahead in the cup too as they played quarter-final #2 against SG-1 (hocz & dajackal) (who I forgot to mention in my last post – sorry!) with a stream here (courtesy of Martn). A fairly close encounter (or at least for these players), but an unsurprising result. They also beat other notable teams such as 2 Soldiers 1 Cup (Brego & Insanity) and Power Gaming (Traxantic & Kurt), although they dropped a round (against Power) for possibly the first time in their ultiduo tournament history.
In the other half of the draw;
Quarter-final 3: Elegant People (Atty & D1ego$) are another team to have not dropped a round, with a default win and 3 2-0 wins. While not having any particularly notable wins, they have experience from previous ultiduo cups (albeit without any spectacular performances).
vs Cardinals (Dav1dd & Imperium) follow suit having not dropped a round so far, in an attempt to defend their ultiduo crown. Their best victory so far was against Panier Balle, albeit it was hardly a close match. The quarter-final, though, is set to provide the toughest challenge so far this tournament.
Quarter-final 4: Call of Duty Gamers UK (Shintaz & Cook) have also not dropped a round and had 4 wins without any defaults. While first time-entrants, the power of CoD trolls has unknown boundaries.
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bunchiez (Sajtos & knuckze) are once again first-time entrants, although have dropped the most rounds of any team… 2 (shock, horror). They had a notable win against dearjohndaleth (Daleth & _Ben (djc)), where they dropped one of the rounds, who in turn provided the biggest upset by defeating Sex Robot (Gubbins & Side|Effect). Emerging from a tough 16 teams is impressive, but I think their next match will be their toughest game yet.
So where can you see all this action? All games are to be played today (Tuesday), at the following times:
21:40: All 3 quarter-finals
22:20: Both semi-finals
23:00: Grand final
I will do my best to get sourcetv’s posted in the comments, but no guarentees. By the same token, there may be casting for the semi-finals & final, but no guarentee there too. Full brackets are here. Good luck to all teams!
Originally published on VanillaTV (vanillatf2.org) on 2011-07-19 by Imperium.
Recovered from the Internet Archive (archived copy) as part of tf2esports.com's preservation of VanillaTV's TF2 coverage. The original site is no longer online. All rights remain with the original author; reposted for historical reference.