Division 3 - overview

The 2 most active teams in this divisions are also the 2 most likely teams to take the top spot. Paras and Concept BlitzKrieg both have 5 matches played but with cBK with an amazing frag difference of over 1200. Unfortunately the results have been tainted as cBK has been discovered as nothing but a fraud. Players faking to get into lower division and just in generel being lame. More on this topic and hopefully a follow up on this can be found at EQL news.

Wtihout cBK it looks like machinery will most likely be the biggest threat to Paras.

As for the rest of the division the new Russian team Aut Vincere Aut Mori has also been pretty active, although collected 5 out of 5 losses with a straight 10 map loss. Hard start on the season for these guys.
Although a couple of those losses were taken against the top teams, so lets hope they can bounce back and regain some honor against the rest of the field.

In the middle of the pack we have Fallen Angels with not a single match played yet. Probably due to the fact that Zalon has been out of the game for nearly a month now. Lets see if his return can spark some life into this, as of now, lifeless team.

Division 2 - overview
Unfortunately over half of the teams have played 0 or 1 game. This makes it hard to really distinguish the teams and their progress but i'll try my best anyway though.

Another new russian team Dinosaurus & Noobs are on the top of this board with 5 games played. But don't let that deceive you. They are only a single point ahead of lastenharha and only 2 points ahead of OClan as these 2 clans only has 3 games played so far.

Everyone has been awating the outcome of Fraggers United's request to recruit Diki. A steady player in the famous clan the Viper Squad.
The debate has been heated and arguments flying around. From what I have gathered so far, Diki was not granted access to play in FU and one might wonder if that is the reason they have not yet played a single match this season.

This division really has a lot of contenders for the top spots. And I can see at least 3 teams who haven't played any games yet, that could be candidates for that.

We will have to wait another week at least to see how this division develops - I sincerely hope that the teams shape up and get some games played ASAP.

Division 1 - overview
Activity has been better in this division as we see a fair ammount of games played throughout the board. Only Fairy Tail with only a single match is falling behind, but it seems to be expected considering their lineup.

Demoliltion Crew has taking a beating this week but seem undeterred and still motivated to take on the challenges of this tough division. Some might call DC easy prey, but with their dedication, passion and activity level they set it's hard not to think they will get better fast.

Fusion has had a rocky start this season with 2 map wins and a whopping 5 maps lost. The absence of nitram and lacsap has obviously had a big impact. Although they did recruit dimman and blAze they have not really shown much strength so far. This could partly be contributed to blAze being on vacation and should return shortly, but also in my opinion fielding weaker lineups in important games. Playing without kingpin is a big mistake as he has shown to be a great asset and a real solid 4on4 player that can make things happen on his own. Missing KP on dm3 is like playing handicapped for this team. Most notable they lost a map to TeamKillers which is to be unexpected from a team that showed such promise last season, and many predicted would be a top challenger against Slackers this season.

With 3 games played and 2 wins, Slackers II is positioning themselfs in the middle of the pack trying to secure a spot for playoffs. A win over DC and a loss to SRwere no surprising results although their 2-0 game vs TKS has to be considered their first real test this season.

clan Malfunction has taken this season in strides and as far as I know scheduled lots of games into the future securing a steady flow of great games from these finish comeback guys. So far they have taken out TKS and DC with relative ease. Only F managed to barely win 1 map on e1m2, but was totally crushed on dm3. We haven't seen much prac activity from cMF and it's like they only come out of hiding on Sundays. I'm not sure that is enough to be a serious threat this season, but cMF has a tendency to surprise when it comes to playoffs.

At the very top of the board it's no surprise this season that Slackers is sitting comfortably on the throne. So far it's been a flawless 5 games. Especially the humiliating game against CCCP shows that you have to get up early to catch SR. A surprising match indeed considered the upgrades CCCP has gotten in 3 strong swedes.

Unfortunately we did not see any games from SuddenDeath this week and I hope they too will pick up the pace, as we are moving into mid-season soon.

Remember that 6 of the 9 teams in division 1 will head off to the playoffs. I think there will be a big fight between TKS, Fusion and CCCP to see which team will be left out in the cold when we get down to the nitty gritty.

PS: My knowledge on divisions lower than 1 is limited, so excuse me if I missed some important stuff during the week
Anyone willing to help me cover the activity of div2 and div3 are very welcome to join me in next weeks EQL weekly cover!