Even though some consider QuakeWorld a dead game, this tournament truly proves the differ. A dm2 tournament with players like LocKtar, bps, Xterm and Griffin certainly is one worth spectating.
That's right. Griffin is playing, and he is playing well. Thus far he hasn't lost a single map and he has already faced a couple of really good opponents, namely bps, andeh and The_Dead.

I am pretty sure that if you look back a month or two, nobody would believe that there would be a dm2 tournament with such a stacked lineup with legends returning and current top players playing in the near future.

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Round one:

We didn't see any particular upsets in round one, except for the fact that there was almost not a single drop-out. Only one game had to be awarded a walk-over which is a huge success. Most games ended the way everyone would think they would end. Sadly for mm, he ended up facing Xterm in the first round, which ended up in a quick entry into the Loser's bracket for the Swedish player. Make no mistake, mm is a stellar dm2 player so I am pretty sure that he'll wreak havoc in the Loser's bracket. A part from that, no 'upsets' were made. The top players beat their respective opponent and they all moved on to the next round.

A small shoutout should be given for the tightest game between Mushi and Panic (sherriluv). Their second game ended in a nailbiting 7-6 victory for Mushi, however with Panic having fired a rocket that would have killed Mushi that was only the tenth of an inch away from his face when the time ran out. Was quite a game to spectate!

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Round two:

As we are in the second week of the tournament, not all round two games have been played. I'd like to take this moment to remind everyone that the deadline for the second round is Sunday the 11th.

However, we have seen a few games. Kippo managed to take down Mushi, bps threw his teammate Trash into the Loser's bracket and Griffin beat andeh in a two game sweep. Griffin is indeed looking hot, especially taking the next part into consideration...

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Round three:

One game has actually been played already in the third round, namely Griffin vs bps. Do note that this is a top of the top game. Griffin probably didn't expect to win this game, as bps has been playing actively the last couple of years. However, the games went perfectly for Griffin and he seemed to hit every rocket he had to hit. The games were a bit cat-and-mousy (which is awesome, by the way) - bps having to chase for frags, trying to get back into the game. However, some perfect defensive play from Griffin secured him a 2-0 victory. The games were streamed and commentated by SuddendeathTV, in case someone would like to see the VODs.

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So far the tournament has been awesome and everything one could hope for. Let's keep it that way! Keep fraggin' and I'll see you in another article later in the tournament!

Cheers!

Links:
Tournament brackets and results!
VOD for bps vs Griffin - YouTube | Twitch.tv
.MVD demos of all games
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Writer: andeh