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The countdown to extinction is reaching a fevered pitch in GGL’s Warhawk tournament, as only eight teams remain in the entire tournament.

These tough cookies are the result of a whittling down process that included nearly 100 teams. Let’s meet the survivalists and hear their stories!

#1 seed [WAR!] has rolled through the bracket, true to their seed. They will face off against #9 Lock’N'Load, who undoubtedly face a strong challenge. L’N'L dropped a higher seed, 1FG, to get this far, so an upset isn’t beyond them. Still, we’re talking about the #1 seed. We’ll see if they can make it happen…

#4 God’s Illest will battle #12 Bomb Squad Kittens in a match where it seems they are already anticipating controversy. BSK’s bucket415 is already demanding a referee be present for the match, and he has also unilaterally disallowed video recording of the match because he claims it induces lag. I suppose the admins will have to handle it!  Continued…

All of the round one bracket matches in GGL’s Warhawk tournament are finished, setting the stage for round two.

BOOM dropped Agents of Kush on their heads to advance to a second round matchup with Bomb Squad Kittens, who slapped SlaPaHo Tribe. Meanwhile, Known Outlaws topped ICU.

Toward the bottom of the bracket, Strategic Assassins defeated Krypto Kingpins, and lastly, ARMED^ASSASSINS assassinated Syndicate.

With these matches complete, we can look forward to a full plate of round two matches! Keep your eyes peeled for more updates regarding this exciting tournament.

Who will be champion? Only time can tell!

One.

Competitors have one day to change their fates in GGL’s Warhawk tournament, as only the top 32 teams will advance to the bracket phase of the competition. In other words, judgement has arrived.

Let’s take a look at who’s making the cut right now!

In 32nd, we see East Coast Killaz holding onto a narrow points lead over Detonators. If the standings don’t change at all, ECK will make it, but will have the unenviable privilege of facing off against [WAR!] in the first round of the bracket. That’s going to be a difficult match.

[NUKE] and Strategic Assassins, meanwhile, have lifted their stock to 27th and 26th, respectively. They will face strong teams in the bracket, but can give them a good fight — both [NUKE] and SA are recent comers to the ladder, and SA sport a 16W streak!

Who’s out? Who’s in? We’ll find out for sure tomorrow, June 29!

Three.

Three days are all you have if you are borderline on the ladders for GGL’s Warhawk tournament, because it switches over to a 32 team bracket after June 29.

Tensions are already running high among the teams as they jockey for the last few spots. I’m no longer concerned with who is in first place; instead, I’d like to take a look at who is in last.

That would be Red Dragon and Strategic Assassins, who are currently tied for 31st place. [NUKE] and Frownie Face are tied for 29th place, as well.

On the elimination front, Agents of Kush fell to 34th, and teams like /7 and Detonators may challenge for a top 32 spot as well.

Time’s running out!

Let’s face it: The average vanilla ladder report breaks down maybe the top 10 teams in any given competition with a little bit of speculation as to future positioning, but GGL’s Warhawk competition is a different story.

While the top five teams have settled into a pattern of mutual symbiosis, beating each other into a pulp for points, not much has changed from last week, and [WAR!] still holds the lead.

The best part of this tournament is that teams in the top 30 (and beyond) are still fighting it out, putting together massive win streaks and grinding out matches for the purposes of bragging rights and respect. It’s what online competitive gaming is all about.

In the end, once we switch over to a bracket phase, there can only be one winner. But until then, teams like [NUKE] will continue to zoom up the ladder. [NUKE] has just entered 30th place from around rank 70, leapfrogging some less motivated squads and putting together a 10W streak in the process. Hats off to you guys!

As long as teams like [NUKE] keep it up, the bracket competition will definitely be something to behold.

Ladder play only continues for 6 more days in the Warhawk tournament, with the top 32 teams advancing to the bracket stage. Here are some teams on the border of elimination: Red Dragon and Agents of Kush (tied for 32nd), shadow battalion (34th) and NNN (35th, though they may just be getting a late start). These teams should be going into desperation mode very shortly, which will make for an extremely interesting week.

With that in mind, keep your eyes peeled for more coverage as we go down to the wire in the Warhawk tournament.