Day 2 was a day sans any glitches or goof ups. Buddha’s paradise was filled with over 150 spectators trying to catch a glimpse of all the action. By 10:30 the action had begun to its optimum level. With all the CS amateur and professional teams arriving, it was time for the Counter-Strike event to begin. Alongside the DotA matches were to continue for the loser’s and winner’s bracket!
DotA:
The World GameMasters Tournament uses a double elimination format, thereby giving the clans a chance to redeem themselves and rally back to reach the finals. So it was time for clan AS to face off against clan DT where Sharom played an excellent game. But yet didn’t get enough support from the rest of his team and soon it was time for this team to bid adieu. The match which lasted for an hour, was rated to be one of the toughest matches fought all day.
In the background, the second game of the tournament was in progress. This match was the first match of the winner’s bracket. A one sided match between Greek Gods and hmp, where hmp played with the same combo as Day 1, found it quite a cake walk against Greek Gods. Rockhound, playing with Tidehunter yet again was unstoppable and his support team was an amazing combo of grit and hit. So, hmp was proclaimed as winner.
Only 7 teams were left behind and the 2nd match of the winner’s bracket was about to begin. The match featured MYE and Noobs, where the latter were really pumped up after an amazing victory on day 1. But MYE made short work of them. MYE is really on a role here and quite an undefeatable if one may say so. This time around Nachiket was the star for them and Pumba gave the support, while all round play by cither helped them secure an easy win.
Amongst the loser’s, it was do or die for Xplod and Urs. Xplod went in for a combo and used the basic strategy of constantly preventing Urs from making any kind of substantial inventory. This strategy really paid off for them because in the end it was Xplod who emerged victorious. So we bid our farewell to Urs who were remarkable competitors in their own respect. The match lasted 85 min.
The other 2 clans which had a do or die situation on hand were teams DT and Greek Gods. Again, unable to repeat their amazing display in their first round, Greek Gods were just unable to win and handed a simple victory to DT. Even though Greek Gods went in for a different combo, they just weren’t able to pull off this combo. The match lasted just about an hour.
Counter-Strike:
The CS pro first saw X-es, the best line-up, in the tournament take on a much weaker Indian Army. However it was a one-sided match with the final score-line reading 16-4.
The match in the same league was the one between Xplod and TB which turned out to be a non-starter because team TB was d/q due to non-reporting on the venue. After patiently waiting for 3 hours for this team to arrive, finally the organizers decided on giving Xplod a bye. Similar fate was in store for team What, who got a bye in their first round match.
The next match was between Psycho Ducks and Super Dogs saw victory going to Psycho Ducks, who were 16-4, thus moving to the winner’s bracket. Now, it was turn for the amateur tournament to begin. The first game was not so close and Noobie beat DX 16-1. The next game saw IA against FOD. After a good start on both Terrorists’ and Counter Terrorists’ side, IA lost the plot. Losing the game 3-0, FOD came back strongly to win the next 7 rounds. But in the end FOD was just too strong for IA and won the game with ease.
Noobs faced off against LODa in another one-sided match but this team was challenged for the use of a pro player which led them to change this player and continue in the tournament. LODa eventually won the game 16-2 with the kills being shared by all the team mates.
The losers bracket playoffs then begun. IA faced off against Noobs and IA tore through the opposition. Then came the two most exciting games of the day. The first one was Noobie vs. FOD. Both teams had secured easy victories over the opposition and were looking to beat each other in similar fashion. However, that was not to happen. The game momentum swung wildly. In the fourth round, Ravi (playing for Noobie) planted the bomb and killed 2 people to win them the round. However strong team play kept FOD in the fray and was able to beat Noobie 16-14. But it was not that easy. In the 28 round, Roshan using only a deagle managed to pull of an amazing clutch round (1 v 4) and save his team from losing there itself. However all these individual heroics couldn’t help there cause.
The next match also went down to the wire, with Xtinction playing against LODa. Here both teams had very good co-ordination and displayed some amazing skills and strats in the game. But, LODa beat Xtinction 16-14 and kept them in the winner’s bracket.
Highlight for Day 3 is the crowning of the CS and DotA champs who will be given a chance to display their skills against the best in the country. So keep visiting Gameguru.in to know more.