The MoB TurtleForce team beat their from MoB TurtlePower in the upper bracket final of ESL’s WoW 3v3 Arena tournament at DreamHack. They are now waiting for whoever comes out of the lower bracket to fight them for $45,000 for first place.
The match attracted a full mini-stadium of people in Hall C of DreamHack and a packed stand near the ESL area. Apparently, World of Warcraft is not as bad a spectator game it is claimed. Perhaps more than in any other country, the title has got mainstream appeal. It is enough to say that the jaw of the waiter in a restaurant in the center of Jonkoping dropped to the very floor when he found out that he was serving food to Blizzard employees that made the game.
People seem to understand the game and appreciate it here. What they saw at the event so far was a display of good strategy and teamplay from all the teams. More than ever, the result is not a foregone conclusion - the great favorites from Pandemic lost to TurtlePower and TurtlePower lost to TurtleForce.
It has gone down in a very rock-paper-scissors fashion. In this case, MoB TurtlePower seems to have the recipe for Pandemic and cannot beat TurtleForce. Will the result of the event hinge on whether Pandemic can draw conclusions and defeat Power this time around? Force are not worried about Power.
Pandemic may be a threat, although they are struggling at this event. In the lower bracket, they beat Fnatic.Insurrection for a spot in the lower bracket final, but it was an unconvincing 3-2. One thing is certain - the remainder of the competition will be interesting.
