RAPTOR Gaming versus Team Dignitas. Fortunately, Dignitas did not meet RAPTOR Gaming in the winner's bracket and therefore were not at a disadvantage in terms of games won, but Team Dignitas had to win the first series to take it to another series as a result of their coming up from the loser's bracket; otherwise, RAPTOR Gaming would win the final.

Dignitas comfortably stormed the first series beating RAPTOR Gaming three games in a row with Gripz putting in a good night's shift in games one (kill/death ratio of +14) and three (kill/death ratio of +6 with 62 seconds of ball time)

First Series Match Statistics
1. Multi Flag: The Pit v6
2. Team Slayer: Amplified v6.1
3. Team Oddball: Guardian v6.1

Under pressure and up against it, RAPTOR Gaming had to respond to Team Dignitas ascendancy and so they did by taking the first game in the second series. The first round was Capture the Flag Onslaught, and though Adi and Varddd posted an impressive kill/death ratio of +10 for the game, RAPTOR Gaming clutched it to negate the notion that stats win objective games by winning the game five captures to four, and the took the second and were one game away from taking the top spot. Dignitas replied with two games in a row, and had the mental strength and quality to withstand the psychological trap of accepting loss against insurmountable odds and won the fourth game to tie it two games a piece. RAPTOR Gaming clinched it in a tight last game and thus won the series and the tournament.

Second Series Match Statistics
1. Multi Flag: Onslaught v6.1
4. Team King: Construct v6
3. Team Oddball: Lockdown v6.1
2. Team Slayer: The Pit v6
5. Team Slayer: Guardian v6.1

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Tournament Bracket

1st €400 prize money RAPTOR Gaming
nighTmare | sTaTic N | KoKo | Whizkid

2nd €200 prize money Team Dignitas
Adi | Gripz | H3aVensWra7h | Vardd

3rd Bigben Hardware (€100) SK Gaming
FragTaLe | MaZzAcRee | Lion | ZicKneX

4th Faculty
GriZz | Baller | ElemenT | Squall

5th/6th Crack Clan Baxter, MVP, BUK 20, BUK 57

5th/6th No Money No Honey Iso J, Procis, SloQwer, ZaoC

7th/8th Fair Frag.Degats Chaman, Chineseeeeeee, KayaK, TiLou, Kiru4

7th/8th DKS Flash, Hateeeeee, HeRo, QuAsTe, sEcOnD sHoT

There was a €600 prize fund for the Halo 4v4 tournament, and all players of the top four teams for the tournament will additionally receive three months of Consoles.net Premium membership worth €40 each.

Thanks to all teams and players who participated, and to BigBen Interactive for providing great prizes. A full round-up of the tournament can be found here and you can download the games in the final from this fileshare and we will upload the second series soon.

Gerard Comerford July 2009 ©