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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Season 4 League 2 Tournament #3 | 5v5 | 04.12

« on: December 04, 2022, 12:32:52 pm »

Introduction Spoiler I welcome all readers and others who are interested in our tournament. This Sunday we are in for a life-and-death struggle, as League Two, as sad as it may sound, is slowly approaching to its final. It will be decided today who will get to the playoffs of the fourth season and who will be worthy to fight for the title of champion in this series of tournaments EGS. I remind our readers that only the best eight teams will be able to compete for the League Two Champions' trophy and they will qualify for the final round of the tournament - the playoffs, while the rest, alas, will have to leave the tournament. Today, the teams will play in a format already familiar to them - 5 on 5, which will show both the strengths and weaknesses of teams, today we will see and find out how the teams have prepared for the tournament and who will pass to the final, the last phase. Well, let's get started! [close]

Prediction Spoiler Before we start our predictions for tonight's tournament, we should take a look at the roster changes during this two-week transfer window. This week we have the following replacements . It is worth mentioning that Axuss, one of the key players of our team SubV has left. The player has been replaced by Egg. This substitution will play a big part in today's single ticket race called "Finals". It is also worth mentioning that the second-placed team in the last tournament, the Diggers, has been enlarged. They have prepared a replacement for today's tournament 5 vs 5 in the form of Hecke instead of Zenepl. This replacement strengthens the already strong line-up of "dark horses" from the last tournament 6 vs 6. Let's see how they do today. Chackiy for Seven Sins. This is the third transfer for this team this season. Vexis, Stanlox, Madara and other players have already played for the team but no one has been able to bring any positive result to the team. Today we will see if Chackiy will be able to get the last place in the finals for his team. But not Chackiy alone. The strongest reinforcement is the return of the Finnish beast, Ase, for Kungliga Svenska Armen. Which will undoubtedly have an impact on the team's results and their overall game as a whole. The last transfer of this transfer window is the replacement for GoJp: Stex , from the Russian team Lycoris - to GoJp , instead of Fluffy . The loss of Fluffy will play a big part in today's tournament, or give Stex a chance to prove his mettle. We'll see today. But the transfers aren't the only ones that may surprise us. Today's tournament will feature a new team - Arabia with Fred2 at the helm. Based on the results of the last tournament, and the aforementioned transfers, I would recommend to pay attention to GoJp, together with Stex, and Diggers, together with Hecke. These two teams will put on a really good and entertaining performance and will show the rest of the participants what they are capable of. Teams: GoJp , Diggers , Jordan , Impact - will be the unconditional favorites of the tournament and will fight for first place. In their turn: 7-Sins, Lycoris, SubV and Nr.59 are likely to get out of the group, but will drop out of the tournament in the first round or semi-finals. All other teams will probably not even make it out of their groups. Including the newcomers Arabia. [close]

Players to watch out for Spoiler I would advise you to follow the latest transfers of the teams, because it is on these players that the teams put "Va-Bank" in order to fight for reaching the final. I would be careful with: Ase, Stex, and Chackiy, and other top players from other teams, namely Tardet, pro100pro, Lvov, Lama, Vegi, Rikimaru, Yovko, Faser, Anubis and others. Good luck everyone! May the strongest win. [close]

   

WRITTEN BY Bodya

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Season 4 League 1 Tournament #3 | 5v5 | 27.11

« on: November 27, 2022, 01:12:29 pm »

Introduction Spoiler The last tournament of the regular season is on its way and some teams need to deliver today to clinch one of the very few playoffs spot. Since this tournament is the last tournament before the playoffs tournament in two weeks, everything counts. [close]

Prediction Spoiler The last 5v5 tournament ended with RT clinching the gold medal, CocoTouch felling short in a nail baiter final and Renegades winning bronze over Snappers. Last season already showed, that some formats fit some teams better than others. This was especially shown in League 2, but League 1 also had its teams, which only really performed in certain tournament formats. Teams like Renaissance, Crappers, BlackKnights and NSS need to step up today, because all of them are out of playoffs contention. NSS however is on the edge to get into the playoffs, Kamikaze however will not give up without a fight. Even though teams like Regrouped or CocoTouch have quite enough points in their pockets, they both can still fall out of playoffs contention, if they show poor performance and drop out of groups early. The other teams on the other hand have to perform and come far obviously to make this happen. RT, Snapper and Renegades are most likely already through. All three already collected enough points in the last two tournaments, always comming at least into the semi finals. Even though they are most likely already through, they definitely shouldnt take this tournament on an easy shoulder, since their performance can affect their playoffs seeding. The higher they are placed, the more likely it is the team they are being placed against is weaker. After the last tournament a small roster shuffle happend. Shadey and Bagins both being traded. Renegades now play without their original Captain, but now got Gibby and HiReaper as the new kids on the block as captains. Shadey on the other hand took his place. Bagins took Shadeys place in Regrouped. Renegades also transferd Chuckster in from Snappers, which lost an important player. NSS add Aras in for JonnyBoy. [close]

   

WRITTEN BY Chainsor

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Season 4 League 1 Tournament #2 | 6v6 | 13.11

« on: November 27, 2022, 12:54:33 pm »

Review Spoiler   Dominance continues, teams continue to struggle to find ground and roster shuffles. Group A finished like most people expected - Round Table on top. The so called "great stack" once again showed what their team is capable of. In dominant fashion they clinched the first spot, only to have a nail baiter against later tournament second Snappers in a narrow 5-4 win. Snappers struggled a little bit in group stage, even though becomming second behind RT with a 2-2 score. The loss against NSS was preventable, but NSS was able to advance through that win to send Renaissance once again home early. Renaissance won their meeting against NSS, but later lost their matches in a nail baiter against Kamikaze, one sided against RT and again close against Snappers. Just because of bad luck they couldnt make it through this time. If Renaissance want to clinch one of those very coveted playoffs spots, they have to make ground and come far in the last tournament of this season. The groups midfield team Kamikaze were blown away by groups first and second RT and Snappers, but won their matches against Renaissance and NSS to clinch third place. Group B was a little less exiting for the teams in the back. Snappers academy team Crappers lost every single match, none remotely close, but never one sided. In every match they were able to win at least 2 rounds. They couldnt continue the surprise acts from last tournament, where they won 5-4 against tournament winners RT in group stage. Regrouped and Renegades topped the group. The match between both teams was the 3-0 match up, which ended in a nail baiter win in favor for Regrouped. CocoTouch and BlackKnights round up the rest of the knockout teams. They both either won their matches in true fashin or got blown away. In their meeting however CocoTouch had the upper hand, blasting BK 5-0. The knockout stage continued with either very one sided affairs or nail baiters. Four out of eight matches were 7-1 matches, two of them especially being in the semi finals. RT stomped their way to the final, only dropping 2 rounds throughout. Snappers on the other side also convincingly won their match ups 7-3 and 7-1 respectively. Renegades got their revenge against Regrouped in the battle for third. They were able to edge out Regrouped in a 7-6 match to claim bronze. Teams like BlackKnights, NSS, CocoTouch and Kamikaze fell out early in the quarters without much trouble. The latter having the closest match with a 7-5 score. RT once against was the best team and claim gold in a rematch against Snappers, in which the latter fell short again. The so called "great stack" got themselves in the favorites position for the soon upcomming playoffs. [close]

WRITTEN BY Chainsor

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Season 4 League 2 Tournament #2 | 6v6 | 20.11

« on: November 27, 2022, 12:26:16 pm »

Review Spoiler   Another League 2 tournament ended and alot has happend. The League 2 winner streak continues, teams playing under their expectations and other teams showing surpringly good form. Group A was anticipated as the strongest group out of all from the Admin Team, which is why it got changed basically last second to make it more balanced. The last tournament winner Guardians of Japan successfully and convincingly advanced to knockout without dropping a single round. The last knockout spot was therefore in the first match up between SubV and Amigos. Amigos showing a poor and very disappointing form since tournament 1 lost this match up in once again a narrow 4-5 defeat plus loosing a big round advantage. Since 31stIN did not participate every team gained an automatic 5-0 win. Group B was form-wise the best group. Three out of four teams advanced last tournament. 115e was the biggest loser in this group. Tournament favorite Impact topped the group with solid scores, Lycoris round the knockout spots convincingly up. Despite topping the group in the 5v5, 115e fell short in the 6v6 format which results in them falling behind in the tight amount of playoffs spots. KSA was placed last without a single win and only 2 rounds in their pocket. Group C was the closest group out of all. Three out of four teams with a 2-1 record and the later tournament final teams being in this group. Sherwood Foresters missing out the knockout stage narrowly because of a worse round difference. A very one sides defeat against Diggers, a close win against 1tesMB and a surprise win against Jordan. Even though Jordan fell short against SF, they managed to beat Diggers but still ended up being second due their round difference. Diggers being the new kids on the block upsetted group D as the group winning team, only loosing to the later tournament winners Jordan, which they later met again. In Group D Nr59 once again couldnt live up to the favorites role being placed second behind the once again surprise team RG which currently shows great form. Even though RG barely won their matches against Seven Deadly Sins and Children of Chaos they managed to win the 2-0 match convincing against Nr59. RG scratched through competition to take the highest spot. Seven Deadly Sins had a very disappointing results with a poor showing, loosing every match in this edition. A narrow defeat against group winners RG, a one sided affair against Nr59 and absolutely crushed by Children of Chaos in the 0-2 matchup. New League 2 team Diggers already made impact in the group stage, their tournament run continued in knockout to beat Lycoris and upsetting tournament favorites GoJP to advance to the final. GoJP on the other hand won their quarter final match in expected fashin against Nr59. On the other side of the bracket Jordan successfully also went all the way to the final, convincingly beating Impact and SubV on their way. The surprise team RG fell short against SubV, which booked themselves a semi final spot against Jordan, which they ultimately lost. The Bronze match was a very one sides affair, GoJP crushing SubV to claim bronze. Jordan successfully defeated Diggers again, after already meeting in group stage, where Diggers took the first knockout seed. A successfull first EGS campaign ended for Diggers with silver, which is already enough to possibly be part of the soon comming playoffs tournament. Jordan became the second tournament winning team in this season, therefore they continued the already existing League 2 streak, in which every tournament saw a different winner. [close]

WRITTEN BY Chainsor

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Season 4 League 2 Tournament #2 | 6v6 | 20.11

« on: November 19, 2022, 12:23:50 pm »

Introduction Spoiler Hello all! I'm glad to welcome all EGS readers and players. This Sunday, the battle for the League Two title will continue. Over the past two weeks - a lot has changed: the team representing the North American region - RSL - left, in its place will play an experienced and quite interesting team under the name - "Diggers". They will be backed by some of the seasoned veterans from previous EGS seasons, and some players from some of the stronger teams in the First League. The first League Two tournament of the season, with a six man vs. six man format. We will see where it takes us and what the results will be. Whether we have a repeat of the winner, how the teams perform in a different format for them, and how the new players perform, we will find out tomorrow. Let's keep our eyes open for developments. [close]

Prediction Spoiler Since last year's tournament many teams have changed their line-up, which cannot but affect the overall result and team performance. Last season in league 2 we had a new winner every tournament, which made the tournament memorable and very entertaining. Will the teams be able to give us a new winner this time around? Let's find out. This time the teams are prepared more seriously and many teams have been actively preparing for the tournament than last time. Tomorrow we will see how the main substitutions will play out in terms of team results. Tomorrow we will see: Faisan for Jordan, Axuss for SubV and Mushypeas for Children of Chaos. Each of these substitutions will make a decisive difference in the teams' results, strengthening each of these three squads and helping them to overcome the first test - the "exit from the group" with the tough conditions - two out of four. Tomorrow's tournament is also not without its twists and turns and surprises. Today we are going to please with their game a "newly formed" team of strong players from different teams, including from the first league - "Diggers". This team's line-up inspires confidence and will be a challenge for the favourites tomorrow evening. The teams to beat tomorrow are: Impact, Guardians of Japan, of course Nr.59 and Lycoris. The format of the tournament, six against six, will allow the teams with the strongest line-ups to show their best performance, which will be an advantage for them. Teams with fewer experienced players in their line-ups will have a weaker result. The four teams listed above all have the strongest players in their squads and this will give their "Team Potential" the best of them tomorrow. The teams with fewer experienced players in their squads will have a more modest showing. The squads with only three or four experienced players out of six are likely to make it through the group, but will never make it past the first round of the play-offs. These teams will be: Seven Deadly Sins, Sherwood Foresters, RG and SubV with Amigos. The other teams, for whom the format is not "winnable" in this situation, will probably have trouble getting out of the group, if they make it at all. Such teams are: Children of Chaos, 1tesMB. [close]

Players to watch out for Spoiler Without a doubt the main "stars" of tonight will be the "new" transfers, namely: Faisan, Axuss and major players from the team favorites namely: Fluffy, Shneider, Trexons, Tommy, Rikimaru, Rikus, Ratsu, Lama, Maxifighter and Vegi with R1bazZz. No less interesting to watch will be the players: Tardet, pro100pro, Yovko, Anubis, browarx, StudioS and czRabixel. Each of these brave guys will give their best, giving the best result for their teams. Good luck to all! [close]

   

WRITTEN BY Bodya

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Season 4 League 2 Tournament #1 | 5v5 | 6.11

« on: November 13, 2022, 09:06:11 pm »

Review Spoiler   Greetings to all readers! Groups The first EGS League 2 tournament has come to an end! It filled this tournament with some unpredictable twists and interesting events, now you will find out how the first five against five tournament in League 2 went. Here we go. The tournament started in its usual format - the group stage. This season, we have 16 competitive teams who are capable of competing for the win. Unlike last season, the teams were divided into four groups, four teams in each group, with the method of selecting two teams from each group. Let's start with the groups. Group A had two competitively capable teams in Impact and 7-Sins along with a Turkish team from Regiment 31 and a group fighting team from Regiment 45 - Sherwood Foresters. During the group stage, the Turkish squad displayed erratic, erratic behaviour, entering the arena in other matches and playing six or more players, for which they were disqualified and left the tournament, so the other group members got an automatic 5 - 0 for beating them. Impact easily defeated SF with a score of 5-1, thereby already 100% securing a ticket to the final of the tournament, there remained an intense battle between SF and 7-Sins - who of them beats each other - will get to the next stage of the tournament. The Russian team from 7-Sins underestimated SF, and was very close to losing, but out of the last forces pulled out a victory with a score of 5 - 4. The final match was Impact v 7-Sins for first place in the group. Without a great fight 7-Sins lost 0 - 5 "without a fight" losing to one of the main teams, the favourites of the tournament. The stoppage of pro100pro in the middle of the tournament must have taken its toll and did not reflect well on the team. Group B. There were also some interesting contestants. For a place in the finals of the tournament competed cybersports teams such as: 115e , Nr.59 , SubV and a team representing the North American region - RSL. Unexpectedly for all was the victory of French team, led by Tardet 5-4 in the group stage of his team 115e over the favourite of their group and a former veteran of EGS - SubV. The 115ers snatched victory from the favourite. Also Nr.59 easily defeated almost all the members of the group, 5 - 1 SubV, 5 - 0 the team from the USA RSL. Only at the end of the group stage, we are left with two matches, which will show who will move on in the group stage, and who will leave our tournament. The 115ers beat the team Nr.59 by a narrow margin with a score 5 - 4, thus 100% securing first place in the group, what astonished quite strongly veterans of EGS such as kk.nr59, who previously won the silver and bronze places, and incredibly experienced SubV. In the end the 115ers left the group having beaten all their rivals, and Nr.59 having lost only one meeting - with 115. The SubV, as a very experienced team, lost all the meetings in the group, beating only the team from America - RSL. Group C. Group C proved to be incredibly interesting to watch . This group featured last season's winner Vegi - Jordans, EGS veterans Amigos and RoyalGuarde, and this season's newcomers 1tes[MB]. It was in this group that the real battle for making it to the final was on the line, where every team was on the verge of defeat. RG beat Amigos 5 - 4, Jordan also beat Amigos 5 - 4, but then unexpectedly for all the young team from 1tesMB, losing all games in the group, also defeated Amigos with a score of 5 - 4. The final meeting between Jordan and RG ends with Jordan winning 5 - 3. So Jordan and RG made it to the final, beating everyone in their group, only the veterans from Amigos lost to all the teams and left the tournament in last place. And finally - Group D. In my opinion: this is the most interesting group in this tournament, perhaps even rivaling Group C in terms of interest, but let's take a closer look at what happened here. In the last group was a team of tournament favorites - GoJp. With them, for the exit from the group will compete second Russian-speaking team in the tournament under the command of MrKnight - Lycoris, a newly formed group of "Children of Chaos" and the Czech-Finnish team - Svea. Almost all matches were won by the two teams - Lycoris and GoJp - leaving no chance for the enemies to win. The two leading machines Lycoris and GoJp faced each other, and in a tense struggle GoJp won the victory by beating their opponents 5 - 4, thereby ensuring a one hundred percent exit to the final in first place. Svea lost all their matches in the group, giving their points to Children of Chaos Svea lost all their matches in the group, giving their points to Children of Chaos, who also finished in third place and left the tournament. Knock out stage The knockout stage was as interesting and competitive as the group stage. Upsets happend and two expected potentional league winning teams played out the first final. The first upset happend in the upper half of the bracket, where Nr59 defeated Jordan, which were one of the three teams to be expected to win the tournament. Nr59 though are no strangers and no big underdog in this matchup. The surprise team RG won their match against 115e and Impact and GoJP won their quarter matches without any big problems. Semis though were a little more tense for the bigger teams. Impact defeated the later bronze winning Nr59 in a nail baiter 7-6. GoJP won against RG comfortably. In the final match between Impact and GoJP both teams gave their all, but GoJP won despite a few people betting on Impact. [close]

WRITTEN BY Bodya (group stage) & Chainsor (knock out stage)

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Teams and Sign-Ups Season 4

« on: November 13, 2022, 08:57:11 pm »

Emergency Sub Requested: Lebrave
Emergency Sub GUID: 62821
Team Loaning Emergency Sub Player IN: Kamikaze

Emergency Sub Requested: Maxi
Emergency Sub GUID: 1429221
Team Loaning Emergency Sub Player IN: Kamikaze

ACCEPTED

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Season 4 League 1 Tournament #2 | 6v6 | 13.11

« on: November 13, 2022, 07:38:17 pm »

Preview posted and here is todays brackets: https://challonge.com/x3voy3ut  GLHF tonight!

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Season 4 League 1 Tournament #2 | 6v6 | 13.11

« on: November 13, 2022, 07:37:55 pm »

Introduction Spoiler The first 6v6 for this season will be tonight, and after an eventful 5v5 there’s a lot of expectation and now much more added pressure on some teams to prove their mettle. Last 5v5 we saw RT come out the victors, after a desperate tooth and nail fight with Coco Touch, the lack of the cherry of the ‘stack’  in Python may now make this a walk in the park with his appearance tonight. [close]

Prediction Spoiler The big four contenders tonight are RT, Snappers, CocoTouch and renegades all of which made it to the semis last tournament. Despite an early victory in groups for snappers last fortnight, they fall short heading into the semis and eventually lost out in the Bronze too, coming into the 6v6 they do have decent depth in their team and the added player in a middle position may prove them a little more deadly, I’d place bets on them getting a bronze tonight. CocoTouch coming into this 6v6 may likely bring in komar to finish off the triple polish threat. Hopefully they’ve got their seatbelts and helmets on in case of another car crash performance such as  in the final round against RT. They will likely need to muscle up some extra vigor to see them through the semis into another final tonight. Renegades are hoping to sink their teeth into a top 2 spot tonight, the 6v6 will prove helpful with a top heavy mid player skill set. The added player should prove most welcome in securing rounds. After dive bombing out of semis last tournament, it’s likely some players in the team are going to need to strengthen their mental fortitude in case of any early round loss streaks which are not unlikely to happen. RT, empowered by the scaly reptile have got another pair of fangs to add to their arsenal. I'd expect them to be having their cake and eating it this tournament, but after such a struggle to overcome the impressive cocotouch I wouldn’t be surprised to see some upsets along the way. Challenging the big four tonight are Crappers who yet again have been making surprising upsets but after their big daddy tucked them into bed last time they’ve got to put on some big boy shoes. 6v6 will add another player potentially weakening their roster. NSS should be more deadly in 6v6, they put up some good fights last time and i’d expect them to potentially make some group stage upsets. Regrouped retirement home are still not to be underestimated, despite lackluster performances from some members last tournament a 6v6 format may allow them more room to improve here. Renaissance CIS power will be looking for a groupstage exit if possible and they have a lot of competition, but having faced them in some pracs recently they’ve been improving a lot and I think in a 6v6 they could do better. Blacknights and kamikaze will both be fighting to not finish last tonight, both teams underperformed and it may be more difficult for both now having to field an extra player. [close]

Players to watch out for Spoiler Python, Bagins, Blitzkrieg, Herishey, Chuckster, janne, Marxeil, Zenon, Troister if all here tonight i’d expect to be the big carries of their respected teams, keep an eye out for some good performances from them! [close]

   

WRITTEN BY Golden

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Season 4 League 2 Tournament #1 | 5v5 | 6.11

« on: November 06, 2022, 08:32:59 pm »

Introduction Spoiler Hello everyone, EGS welcomes everyone back to yet another League 2. Last season was spectacular in every way possible where each tournament saw a different winner. This season we welcome back familiar teams, new teams, familiar faces and new faces. Since the beginning of the year a lot has happend in the Mount & Blade: Warband Napoleonic Wars scene. [close]

Prediction Spoiler This season we have 3 direct tournament and tital contenders: Jordan, Guardians of Japan and Impact. With most likely the strongest looking teams they will try to win League 2 of Season 4 of EGS. Even though last season also had a few real title contenders, no one could really imply a real dominance. Trying to annoy the contenders are teams like the Germans from Amigos and Nr59 which already played a big part in last League 2 season, both being in the top 8 teams. Amigos on one hand were inactive in the past couple of months, Nr59 was always consistent. SubV, Lycoris and Seven Deadly Sins, a new formed team by Bodya, will try to keep track on the Germans and the possibly top 3. Behind those teams there are several new and familiar faces. Sherwood Foresters (SF) and RG are back together with new League 2 teams like 115e, Children of Chaos or the all-Americans Royal Scottish Lowlanders (RSL). On our paper we have a few teams, that we think will definitely advance, but behind that it could be uncertain. Since only two teams can advance per group the group stage will become as competitive as ever, because Tier 2 and Tier 3 grouped teams want to advance. Newer teams like Kungliga Svenska Armen (KSA) or 31stIN will have a difficult time in their first EGS season.   [close]

Player to watch out Spoiler Nearly every team has a player who can carry and most people have to watch out for. Players like Rikus, Faser or for example R1bazZz can be deciding factors for their teams. [close]

   

WRITTEN BY Chainsor

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Season 4 League 1 Tournament #1 | 5v5 | 30.10

« on: November 04, 2022, 11:28:12 am »

Review Spoiler   First review for season four, and it’s been an interesting first 5v5. Groups The group stages for Group A saw yet another RT loss to crappers, posing the burning question of a possible throw. Or some kind of weird play to see seeding misplaced heading into quarters, or merely an overly cocky early playstyle leaning into an impressive crappers win. The rest of group A fell into unsurprising predictions. With Renaissance finishing last with a scrappy 5-4 win over crappers, regrouped struggled in ‘grouped’ and lost out 2-5 to their toughest competition coco touch, crappers took the last 4th place spot, lastly CocoTouch fell short in groups to RT resulting in a 2nd spot. Group B saw an early renegades vs snappers first match, resulting in an early snappers win  pulling ahead 5 rounds to renegades two. Snappers went on to dominate the group stages and NSS almost clawed a win against Renegades with voluble managing to win a 1v2 clutch securing the 5th point for a Renegades 2nd place position. Blacknights pulled up last in the race and lost to Kamikaze, who have certainly proved their position in league 1 after some competition with Impact over in league 2. Quarters Heading into quarters we saw Round Table face kamikaze and decimate them in a clean sweep 7-0. Renegades battled with regrouped with some matchups you might have witnessed in a final four years ago, renegades pulled ahead mid match and secured a 7-4 win. Snappers faced their baby crappers and put them back to sleep with a 7-1 victory. CocoTouch faced NSS and showed them who’s the boss with a quick and easy 7-2. Semis Waltzing into semis we saw some very tight matches, the goliath faced their david early in a ft 7, Renegades came out on top in the early rounds with a 3-1 lead, RT switched up their game, and after some very messy rounds used their heavy picking ability to pull ahead in an aggressive flank game. Fietta pulled off some questionable moves to put off renegades perfect player Bagins, Voluble struggled falling asleep in middle and RT pulled ahead with a 7-4 win. Over in the other semis a closer 7-5 saw CocoTouch pull ahead with much the same flank meta at play, despite snappers impressive lineup the new power in Natsuu and Ciomcio saw them race ahead to the finals. Finals & Bronze The final might have been predicted as an RT stomp however betting men would have been mistaken, with an incredibly close final and rounds diving back and forth, RT were struggling to find their footing with only the spartan picking ability of Jakob and the wild unyielding Domi keeping them afloat. Tourney MVP Natsuu was causing mayhem across RT’s lineups with unpredictable plays across a mostly steady CocoTouch  it looked like RT might just slip up. An ever steady Marquez and Hypno pulled up the expertise and posed threats to RT’s powerhouse. Despite this at a nail biting 9-9 an RT call saw both flanks fast attack and the inexperience in the likes of Blitzkrieg saw them drop like flies in the historically incredibly slow 9-9 scenarios. RT took home the first win of EGS S4 with a 10-9 victory over CocoTouch. Over in the Bronze, Renegades struggled yet again vs snappers in the first few rounds, but after some lineup shuffles regained some confidence and after some impressive solo performances, Renegades settled it with a 7-5 win over Snappers earning them 3rd place. [close]

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Season 4 League 1 Tournament #1 | 5v5 | 30.10

« on: October 29, 2022, 06:37:49 pm »

Introduction Spoiler Here we are back again for the 4th installment of EGS, after a long 8 months much has changed across the scene, some players gone and others returned. We’ve got 10 teams for this season of league 1, with some old favorites kicking around like snappers and NSS. A return of some of the old guard in regrouped, and a new powerhouse in RT. This season will be limited to 5v5 and 6v6 and the small format is going to make the teams a lot more competitive in the upper echelons of the scene, with the ability to rely on your best core members, teams lacking depth in roster will be more competitive this season. [close]

Prediction Spoiler The obvious favourites of this season should be RT, wielding a line up of players that some might call the ‘great stack’ they are a formidable force lining up to bat this season. With the new additions of Gerher and sHype returning to their team they’ve added extra depth to an already overwhelming team. However, early calls have risen regarding some inability for players to attend this Sunday due to a halloween party at Fietta’s house that might damage their depth coming into this first tournament. Challenging RT this season the more humble renegades lead by one of the greatest all-time Bagins, and a returning resurrected certified game legend Voluble are facing a battle for first place akin to the story of David vs Goliath. However the last ATS tournament proved RT may not be as scary as some thought, losing a decisive 10-6 in the classic 6v6 format. This 5v5 Sunday may not be as predictable as it should be on paper. This season however is certainly not a two horse race, with Snappers now leading a German vanguard with Bunterigel at the helm, a french EGS hall of famer in Chuckster, and the classic snappers in Gi and Firefly in would not be surprised to see them in the some of  finals this season. Additionally an ever stronger team led by the famous Coco has been lurking round the corner, this season they’ve incorporated an impressive polish trio in Natsuu, Ciomcio and Komar. And they’ve topped their lineup off with experience in Hypno and Marquez. They’re no stranger to competition and I'd imagine could upset any team on the day. Over in the tombs of veterans, Regrouped have been reborn with a refreshed lineup and look promising this season. NSS are back again with another good lineup. Renaissance, Kamikaze, Blacknights and Crappers forming the rest of the league should bring some much needed added spice to the group stages.   [close]

Player to watch out Spoiler This season it’s most of RT’s lineup: Jakob, Achilles, Python, DOMI. I’d imagine all 4 of these could rack up some big kills this Sunday (If they’re there) and this season. Bagins, Voluble, Bunter igel, Natsuu, Ciomcio, Louis, Marxiel & Zenon should all be watched out for in their respected teams too. [close]

   

WRITTEN BY Golden

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Media

« on: October 29, 2022, 01:29:18 pm »

The official trailer for EGS Season 4 will launch today at 6pm CEST (5pm GMT).

Go watch it here:

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Admin Team

« on: October 24, 2022, 10:22:35 pm »

We will be adding NickCole and Chriseh to the admin team to help assist in running League 2, welcome!

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European Groupfighting Series / Re: EGS | Discussion

« on: October 19, 2022, 09:30:01 pm »

Fietta shut up