CommanderX — Look who it is with more news about matches, I promise we will have stv for this one and on time too. Two of the favourites for Division 1 gold meet on the two original maps, cp_badlands and cp_granary. The action kicks off a little earlier than we’re used to, mainly cos of Russian timezones, but it is definitely worth tuning in for. Me and the Gregster will be bringing you the voice over while Comedian lines up some moving pictures.
Now we have some context let’s look at the individuals that make up these teams. The best players for both teams are their respective scout pairs. Both scout pairs play close to each other and both have the ability to change the game so it will be fascinating to watch how the battle of the flanks evolves. Redzzzz made his name reaching the finals of an ESL Scout 1v1 cup and his aim hasn’t gotten any worse since that time he beat wltrs. Alongside Reko they are a much more direct scout combo that want to push the flank hard and punish weaknesses there. While kiler4fun and Marcu prefer getting in the enemy combos face and spamming that space bar, jumping around and creating space for their team mates. This fight is too close to call but if I had too I think Reko and Redzzzz will cause more trouble in the grand scheme of the match.
Onto the dark side of the line-up. In my books, that I borrowed from Greg, Hitman has the demoman department sewn down in this engagement. The way UV play really play to his strengths and while Reaper gets the job done he does not have the same calibre as the Russian and Hitman hits some big pipes which could change the tide of a battle.
Soldier combos will be an interesting match-up. Forsak3n and Ordinator are not really beast soldiers that will get a bucket load of frags and and dish out damage like it’s going out of fashion. They are more enabling soldiers that enable the more capable (death match wise) players of their team to shine. On the other side of things Coinz has more experience than anyone else on the server and top aim to compliment it, he wont miss the clutch shots when they come around and this could help Eq if it goes to a tight finish (Which I predict it will). Kalho is a pocket soldier I really like, makes more intelligent plays than not and has a strong shotgun and this soldier advantage will give them a stronger footing on Granary.
As for medics.. shut up and heal me.
I found time to talk to players from each team about how they think they match will go and if they are worried about any of the players on the other team.
Equilibrium medic Volum had this short statement to say:
In my opinion this game it’s the game that will decide who wins the division1. LMS have a good team, we already played against them and the results weren’t the best ones for us, also i think that maybe we can win granary.
LMS team isn’t based on a player (s), but is based in team play, so no.
Forsak3n had even less to say, we know what he wants:
Hopefully 6:0, us
Why should we [fear anybody]? nobody
Now I’m going to call it and try and look like a genius. 4:2 to UV overall. 5-3 Badlands to UV, 3-3 Granary, Golden Cap to Equilibrium.
Originally published on VanillaTV (vanillatf2.org) on 2012-03-11 by CommanderX.
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.