Desperate last minute catch ups, a national team in identity crisis, a heated discussions about rule-breaking and a team getting cheated out of the playoffs. This and more in my last regular season review.
Most of the action was driven by
CCCP.se and
tKS. Understandable as tKS were fighting to make it into playoffs and CCCP.se wanted to secure a better spot for playoffs.
With the very late addition of
sQueeze to the CCCP.se roster they were finally able to get the ball rolling. They managed to play a whopping 4 rounds. Winning against
Slackers II (2-0) and tKS (2-1) but leaving points against
cMF (0-2) and Fusion (1-2). They actually needed to play 6 games to catch up but this was 2much2handle, so they had to give
SuddenDeath walkovers in both their games. Which was a real shame cause it was one of the games during this season both teams and spectators were looking forward to.
With the 2 WO's for SD they also managed to take down tKS (2-1) dropping a map surprisingly.
This begs the question though... where did all the Russians go? Have they been shipped off to a gulag camp? Will they be able to join us for the playoffs, and if they will, who will take the bench?
Moltas is a given to stay on the field, and
sQueeze brings more div1 teamplay experience than the all-in brothers,
votary &
overdoze put together. But with
meshuggah and
XN out of the game for so long is it worth the gamble to let them take the mat and batter up?
Slackers managed with some luck to get their game played against
Fusion. With an injured
zero using only 9 fingers they still pulled through a convincing victory over this strong team.
After the season ended there was given dispensation for some teams to play their remaining matches. Among those were tKS and
Demolition Crew who both needed to play BOTH of their matches. Both games were played same day and caused a bit of controversy. Mainly because it was a direct cause for Slackers II not making it to playoffs and because it was accomplished by breaking the rules (2 teams cannot play both their games on the same day, and how can you play after season ended without having announced a catchup week/day?).
This sparked a heated debate
over at EQL but brace yourself for possible trolling and long comments
Well that's my weekly review - if you want some predictions for the playoffs, please head over to my colleague
gaz's blog and check that out.