For the first part of the DG bracket update, hit this Wire post.
Heated battles in the Digital Games brackets continue, and some of the best players in each game are getting ready for a major slugfest.
In the FIFA European regional bracket, dragua has already advanced to the third round after a victory over Winzzz. He’ll play the winner of droter vs. icantplaygood. beLu finds himself in the same position, awaiting the victor of Zaraza1 and pavjke.
In South American FIFA, the field has been whittled down to four players! Teruliro will battle franklinsoto for a chance at supremacy, while maryfer faces off against pclloh in the bottom portion of the bracket. Who will reign supreme in South America?
Lastly, in North American FIFA, only three remain. caleb1984 is in the final already, and awaits the winner of KiFireLedius and Mojo.ca. Continued…
GGL’s Jason Lee filed this Warcraft III report.
This year’s Warcraft 3 Champions League Finals will feature Kevin “Rotterdam” van der Kooi shoutcasting matches in English. Rotterdam is currently a top Orc player hailing from the Netherlands, and said in a statement:
“When TaKe heard I would come to the WC3L Finals as an observer he asked if I was interested in doing something with coverage, which sounded perfect for me. I could cry about imbalance as a neutral shoutcaster; that’s just a dream that comes true. I’m looking forward to the finals and hope it will be a nice show with great games.”
Rotterdam recently joined up with Serious Gaming’s Warcraft III team after the breakup of fnatic’s WC3 squad. He also placed 4th at GGL’s DigitalLife Pro/Am Tournament.
Shoutcasts for the WC3L XII Finals will be provided in both English and German. Details for the full event can be found at the ESL WC3L Finals landing page.
One week after the dissolution of Fnatic’s Warcraft 3 team, only one of its players is still unemployed. Teams aspiring to qualify for the Warcraft 3 Champions League have torn apart Fnatic’s remains like piranhas.
The killing blow dealt to Fnatic came when Fnatic’s best players received offers from other teams. Robert “Rob” Abdrakhmanov and Mikhail “XyLigan” Ryabkov left for Gravitas Gaming and moved in with their team mates in Moscow. Juha-Matti “Satiini” Bäckström joined up with Mortal TeamWork.
The leave of the above players caught Kevin “RotterdaM” van der Kooi and Radoslav “DieSeL” Kolev unawares, but RotterdaM has already found a new home. The second best Dutch Warcraft 3 player will join with the Dutch team Serious Gaming. DieSeL is the one player still without a team. Continued…
Fnatic’s Warcraft 3 team was disbanded today after three of its key members have left for other teams.
Fnatic did not play their Warcraft 3 Champions League playoff to stay in the competition against Four Kings today. The match was a forfeit loss to 4K.
As it turned out, Fnatic’s Russian players Robert “Rob” Abdrakhmanov, Mikhail “XyLigan” Ryabkov and Finnish star Juha-Matti “Satiini” Bäckström received offers from other teams and decided to leave the organization.
This left Fnatic with Kevin “RotterdaM” van der Kooi and Radoslav “DieSeL” Kolev and the options to either try to rebuild the squad or give up. The management chose the latter and disbanded the team. Continued…
