After the preliminary rounds (wrought with walkovers) we are finally getting to the good stuff in the
oldschool tournament. I still don't understand why people sign up and then don't play, I would much rather have 16 good players sign up and every game be a hot pro game, rather than have 128 people and 64 walkovers. Anyways, read on for the bracket breakdown and some predictions...
In the winner bracket we already have some hot match ups. Indeed, these games may shed some light on how good the shape is for some of the
dreamhack participants.
fifi vs
troll
The fix-killer troll is matched up against the fix-lovar fifi. Fifi will have to play good in order to avenge his immortal teammate's honor, because troll has shown he is not scared of a big name.
Kwibus vs
XantoM
If XantoM wants to do well in the dreamhack tourny, he has to completely own Kwibus, and kwibus is not a noob at all. Kwibus may be replaced by witka, depending on the outcome of their pending walkover in the previous round. Either way, the ball will be in XantoM's court.
Avenger vs
bent
Bent had what some might say an upset victory in straight maps over Medar. Avenger, of course, is the duelmania runner up to reppie some years ago, but we haven't heard from him since then and the real question is how long it will take him to get back to his old shape. Recent pov and ztndm3 results show he is not too far from it already.
BulaT vs
VVD
Late entry VVD, developer extra-ordinaire, is paired up against the unstoppable BulaT. VVD has quite a number of duel tricks up his sleeve, so it will be finnesse against brute aim power of BulaT, and the confidense will be on the side of Ufa for sure.
LocKtar vs
rikoll
If it was allowed by rules, these two might as well play 3 DM4. But it is forbidden by the rules! So we will see how these DM4 loves will do against each other on other maps. LocKtar is the favorite for dreamhack, and his form will be tested here.
goniec vs
pkk
Goniec has very good aim, and pkk is one of those immortal duelers that lurks in the background and can always kick ass on demand. Ping might be an issue in this match, and I hope it is not too much.
ParadokS vs
xer0
ParadokS is another player that is also signed up for dreamhack. Everybody will expect him to steam-roll over xer0, but it isn't over till the fat lady sings...
soma vs
bls
And finally there is soma vs bls (blasphemer?) I actually have to give a slight edge to bls here, just because there are so many other polish players signed up, so I am sure there is a lot of practicing going on.
You can see the brackets
hereAnd the website is here:
quakephil.com/oldschool