Gamapalooza 08 Leg #1

Team Sublime staged a stunning victory on day 2 to win the tournament crawling back from the lower bracket to win the tournament in an action packed 1st Leg of Gamaplooza.

The 4th place WCG finisher Sublime was sent to the lower bracket early on de_inferno despite their 10-5 lead in the first half when they clashed with their greatest rivals Dr. Ramachandran (DrR). From that moment onwards, Sublime had a series of close games but none closer than when they faced DrR again on de_nuke in the Grand Final.

Coming from the losers bracket, Sublime had to win two to secure their victory over DrR. As the match started, DrR shot to a 11-4 lead in the first half and was in great form to take out Gamapalooza undefeated when they further extended their lead to 15-9 on CT half. However it was not to be when Sublime pulled back with coordinated ramp rushes with fake tops throwing the game into overtime 5 times in what can only be seen to be believed. Sublime pulled ahead 31-27.

The deciding map was train which again went into overtime and came down to a 1v1 (after a 1v2) with arguably the two best players for both teams, rickeh & blank. The bomb was down at vines and Rickeh had an awp in the yard next to E Box. Both players knew where eachother was. Blank spots Rick first, fires but doesn’t do enough damage. Rick returns fire with the awp but misses as blank slides in and out behind the 6 train into vines. Rick switches back to glock and walks queitly to vines and charges around the corner to surprise blank and end the game 19-15.

Final Leg 1 Standings

1st: Sublime - 17 points
2nd: DrR - 15 points
3rd: 400 - 13 points
4th: cardsvip - 10 points
5th/6th: motivated - 9 points
5th/6th: ultimo - 9 points
7th/8th: dicevip - 8 points
7th/8th: vhm - 8 points
9th/12th: ead - 6 points
9th/12th: smile - 6 points
13th-16th: mothtrap - 3 points

Day 1 Results:

demo DrR > sublime 16-13 de_inferno
demo dicevip > mothtrap 16-12 de_inferno
demo sublime > mothtrap 16-13 de_dust2
demo DrR > dicevip 16-10 de_dust2
demo ultimo > ead 19-17 de_dust2
demo 400SZ > vehement 16-2 de_inferno
demo 400SZ > cardsvip 16-5 de_dust2
demo motivated > smilE 22-19 de_dust2
demo cardsvip > ultimo 16-3 de_inferno (fun match)

Day 2 Results:

demo vehement > ead 16-2 de_nuke
demo sublime > smilE 16-5 de_nuke
demo cardsvip > vehement 16-6 de_inferno
demo sublime > dicevip 16-14 de_inferno
demo DrR > motivated 16-0 de_train
demo 400 > ultimo 16-5 de_train
demo cardsvip > motivated 16-6 de_nuke
demo sublime > ultimo 16-7 de_nuke
demo DrR > 400 16-6 de_inferno
demo sublime > cardsvip 22-18 de_train
demo sublime > 400 16-4 de_dust2
demo sublime > DrR 31-27 de_nuke
demo sublime > DrR 19-15 de_train

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Gamapalooza Leg #2: October 11/12