Championship Gaming Series 6-28-08: European regional championship!

London Mint vs. Stockholm Magnetik

The night’s opening competition would determine the European region’s third place finisher. London got off to a early start in this regard as its player Strobe beat Stockholm’s Miss, 5-2, in Dead or Alive 4 (DOA4) female. The following FIFA 08 match was even more one-sided. London’s ChrisyB scored his first goal on Istvan roughly half-way into the first half. ChrisyB followed this up with another goal in the second. Istvan was unable to make up the point differential, resulting in ChrisyB’s 2-0 win.

Stockholm trailed by five points, 2-7, going into the Counter-Strike Source (CS:S) match. The Nordic team was first up as the counter-terrorists on the map de_tuscan. London squeaked into an early lead with a score of 5-4 at the end of the first half. Stockholm likewise led 5-4 at the end of their tenure as the terrorists. This 9-9 tie resulted in an overtime round. With pistols blazing, London broke the stalemate and won the match, 10-9.

With two games remaining, London led by a margin of 17-11. Paddaman and SkatanMilla traded rounds in DOA4 male until the former gave London a 5-4 win. This brought the overall score to 22-15. Even with a perfect run in Forza 2, Stockholm would lose by two points. To add insult to injury, Stockholm’s iBrYce only placed second in the race while its other player MadneSS came in fourth. Meanwhile London’s NT 101 and Stune placed first and third respectively. This 5-2 victory brought the overall score to 27-17 with London victorious.

Birmingham Salvo vs. Berlin Allianz

The second match between Friday’s winning franchises would determine the European regional champion. Berlin snagged an early point advantage when its player THE TACTICAL beat Messy, 5-2, in DOA4 male. The German franchise expanded this lead in FIFA 08, in which Manyna carried the game 2-0 over Birmingham’s star player, Bazza.

Birmingham turned things around in CS:S. Playing as the terrorists, the British team finished the first half of the match, 5-4. The franchise performed even better as the counter-terrorists. Birmingham ended this second half 7-2. These points more than brought Birmingham back from the dead. They now lead Berlin by a single point, 14-13.

Birmingham’s Sarah Lou increased her franchise’s lead with a 5-3 victory over Liefje in DOA4 female. With the score at 19-16, Berlin needed its racers to finish both first and second in Forza 2 to claim an outright victory over Birmingham.. After some intense back and forth, Berlin’s racers, FinPro and Yggdrasil, placed first and third respectively. This 5-2 outcome tied the overall score 21-21. In the subsequent overtime round, Birmingham’s Daveyskills sped into first and retained this standing for the rest of the race. His victory gave Birmingham the win they needed to beat Berlin and claim the European Regional Championship, 22-21.