Championship Gaming Series 7-10-08: Mexico City, Sydney win Regional Championships

The outcome of Thursday night’s matches would determine the ultimate make-up of the World Finals. First up was the Latin American Final, where the Mexico City Furia faced off against the Rio Sinistro.  This bout was followed by the Pan-Asia Final between the Wuhan Dragon and Sydney Underground.

Mexico City Furia vs. Rio Sinistro

The first franchise match of the night opened with Dead or Alive 4 (DOA4) male on the DWA Coliseum.  Both players chose Ninja Gaiden star Ryu Hayabusa, as their fighter.  Rio’s SnakeJorge took the first round.  The Rio player however would not score another point as El Divino Xmas won the next five rounds in a row.  His win gave Mexico City an early 5-1 lead.

Rio managed to prevent Mexico from pulling further ahead after Patan won FIFA 08, 1-0, over Zerocero. This was followed by DOA4 female on the Kyoto in Bloom stage. Mexico’s Hitomi1 and Rio’s Yo Succubus traded the first and second rounds respectively. From there Hitomi1 defeated Yo Succubus four rounds in a row, winning the game for Mexico, 5-1.

The total score was now 10-3 with Mexico in the lead. Rio would need to perform extremely well in the last two games in order to have a chance at making it to the World Finals. Unfortunately for the Brazilian team, Mexico City’s Forza 2 racer, LEGITRACER, managed to get a significant lead on the competition. This resulted in Rio only managing to take second with its racer UFO-79ERN. Mexico’s other racer, mEtAlX, came in third, giving Mexico a 5-2 2in.

With the score at 15-5, Rio would need to play a virtually perfect game of Counter-Strike: Source (CS:S). This actually seemed like it might be a reality. After the first half as the terrorists, Rio led 6-3. This meant that the team would need to dominate, 9-0, in the second half to win the game outright. Rio only came in 5-4 in the second half as the counter-terrorists. Although the team won CS:S, 11-7, Mexico won the overall match 22-16.

Wuhan Dragon vs. Sydney Underground

In DOA4 male, Wuhan’s player Kindfox dominated Sydney’s Berzerk on the Seaside Market stage, 5-1. Wuhan continued its good fortune in FIFA 08, in which its player ZZ scored two goal in the first half. Despite his best efforts, Sydney’s haroutig10 was unable to even get on the board. As a result, yet another win went to Wuhan.

The score was now 7-1 with Wuhan in the lead. It looked as if Wuhan would continue its domination in DOA4 female. Its player catpower defeated Sydney’s Eileen in the first two rounds. Eileen, however, came back and won the next five rounds in a row. This finally gave Sydney the win the franchise was looking for.

Could Sydney narrow Wuhan’s 9-6 lead? It turns out, yes. In Forza 2, Sydney’s MORPO jetted into first. He would finish in this standing with Wuhan’s XOS coming in second and Sydney’s other racer, cam, making third place.

The score was now tied 11-11 with only CS:S left to determine which team would win the Pan-Asia Championship. Wuhan squeaked out a win in the first half as the counter-terrorists, 5-4. The Underground came back in the second half and won 6-3. As a result, Sydney won the match 22-18 as well as the Pan-Asia Championship.