The incessant rains, delayed start, followed by power cuts mid-way and a few along-the-line debates about rules with the admins, couldn’t deter the spirit of the Pune gamers at the World GameMaster Tournament being held at the Buddha’s Paradise from 3:30 onwards. Amit with his Asus team and Abhishek with his v-street.net staff, undoubtedly did an amazing job on the first day of the tournament.
There were 60 DotA participants and over 100 spectators. The tournament was officially underway. The first day’s iternary included all the first round matches of DotA, which was thunderously appreciated by the gamers and fans alike with 12 clans registering for this comprehensive multi-player game.
The first match amongst a series of 6, featured clan hmp vs. clan urs with clan hmp taking the early initiative. Inspite of the untimely power cut in the midst of the game, things got on track again with the same competitive edge displayed earlier once the power returned. However, even this time round when the match restarted hmp was as dominating as the first time with shaq, playing with Tide Hunter taking first blood. Then the most impressive player of the game, Rock Hound, joined the gang. Playing with Bone Clinks, Rock Hound dominated the match. He was extremely well supported by Shaq who made an MKB and Butterfly. With urs playing Sentinel, the match lasted 80 min.
The second match was between .A and Greek God saw an outstanding comeback by Greek God who despite suffering early setbacks rallied around to win this game. .A took the early initiative by drawing first blood and pushing the mid tower first. However, Hader of clan Greek Gods playing with Rikimaru pulled the game back. With amazing support from Zeus (playing as Lunar) they managed to come out victorious. With very capable admins (Asim and suJ) on the job the appeal was overturned and game was continued. Greek Gods playing Sentinel won the game in 84 min.
The third match was between DT vs. MYE was one of the most one-sided game of the day. MYE just owned DT, with Pumba rocking the tournament. Pumba, playing with Bone Fletcher just kept pawning the DT players’ one after the other. However, equal credit goes to Nachiket, who was playing with Medusa, who supported Pumba. The match lasted a mere 45 min. This team is one of the tournament contenders and a major crowd favorite. Let’s hope they keep the crowds flowing in.
After this was the most exciting and nail-biting game between clan TB and clan Xplod. TB starting as Sentinel eventually stood tall amongst the ruins but at no point of the game was it a one-sided affair. With the crowd split evenly between both teams it was hard to determine who the favorite was. The hero for TB was Gaara, playing with Tiny. He was the key element in this victory with phenomenal support from Edge, playing as Crystal Maiden. However, Xstacy (playing with Sand King) didn’t make life any easier for TB. With his amazing game sense and character control he suppressed most of the attacks throughout the game against them. This game lasted a staggering 95 min. but the last 15-20 mind was pulse racing gaming which geared up all the other waiting clans and furthered the popularity of this tournament with more people filling up the venue.
In the fifth game clan Noobs played one of the other tournament favorites, AS, everyone expected the match to be a short one, which it indeed was. A few bad plays by AS caused them a very bad start and were practically forced to quit the game within 25 min. WEED, playing as Doom Bringer, and Danger (playing as Vecromancer)were the heroes of the game who upset the tournament favorites game-plan. This team surely looks capable of pulling some big upsets.
The sixth and the final game of the first round saw the Asus sponsored team, A-es, which was an extremely easy outing against a newly formed clan. This was another one-sided game. The hero of the game was the ever-reliable ViPer. Displaying the amazing skills that have pushed him to e-sport fame, he was absolutely dominating. However, he was backed up by a truly dreadful array. They totally justify Asus’s confidence in them. This team is the other crowd favorite and is pulling crowds by the dozen.
Thus, the completion of the first round alongwith a with the tournament’s double elimination format, the winners and losers were separated and the loser’s bracket matches started. The loosing clans surely have the next year to look forward to.
Day 2 will mark the start of the all-time favorite and crowd pulling Counter-Strike 1.6 (Amateur and Pro league) tournament and with the DotA competition heating up and seeing the upsets on the first day who knows what will happen on day 2. With registrations jus building up, it promises to be an action-packed experience. Stay tuned to our site, to know what happens next in the event that delivers much more than sheer gaming.