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SK IS THE 2003 WINTER CPL CHAMPION
1st Half
NoA as Counter-Terrorists - 4
SK as Terrorists - 8
Switching sides, going live soon!
Remember, de_dust2 is a heavily terrorist-sided map. If NoA can keep it moving and planting, they can win this map and therefore force a final game for the championships!
NoA as Terrorists - 0
SK as Counter-Terrorists - 5
Round One - SK wins pistol.
Round Two - Dehli kills SK.Potti in B. All NoA sitting in B tunnels camping. Dehli moves to middle and is killed by Spawn. SK pushes them and eliminates NoA.
Round Three - NoA buys up. Trades kills, NoA heads to catwalk to A. Naikon moves to long. Potti sitting in T spawn and eliminates him.
Round Four - Benger gets killed lower B tunnels, rest of NoA heads long A. One in pit, two against wall area. Saving with glocks. So goes to jump in pit and is shot and killed by HeatoN. Time runs out, SK has the tie.
Round 5 - NoA buying up with AKs/AWPs. Benger picks middle but misses. 2 NoA middle doors, 1 going cat, 1 b tunnels, 1 long. Trade kills, bomb down B tunnels. Push So and kill him.
SK.swe -over- NoA :: 13-4
SK IS THE 2003 WINTER CPL CHAMPION
For those not in the know, NoA is a team that was formed a month or so ago with 3 top european players and 2 north americans. Calling themselves Norwegians/North Americans, or NoA, they have proved that combining the styles of American and European play can achieve second place in the world shortly after formation.
Click through for more of my commentary.[break="All the info"]Well, what to say about this CPL? Many upsets, many surprises. As I see it, NoA (and several other teams) owe a lot to 3D. If 3D hadn't dropped that early game to U5 10-13, 3D wouldn't have met mibr where they did and U5 wouldn't have ever played/beaten 4Kings. If 3D had stepped it up a notch to compensate against U5, then this tournament would look quite different. In my view, I could have seen 4Kings taking it to 3rd place. Obviously U5 and NoA were some surprises, but I think the standout surprise in everyone's mind was mibr, or made in brazil. Defeating 3D 13-3 and clutching a 5th place finish over Team64, I should say that most everyone was surprised that Brazil could churn out such talented players.
1st - SK.Swe
2nd - NoA
3rd - mousesports
4th - Adren[GX]
5th - mibr
6th - Team64
7th - United 5
8th - 4Kings
Upper Bracket
NoA -over- Adren[GX] :: 13-2
SK -over- mousesports :: 13-2
SK -over- NoA :: 13-10
**NoA sent to 3rd place match**
Lower Bracket Finals
mousesports -over- Adren[GX] :: 13-9
7th Place Match
United5 -over- 4Kings :: 13-5
5th Place Match
mibr -over- Team64 :: 13-11
3rd Place Match
NoA -over- mousesports :: 13-2
FINALS
NoA vs SK
SK IS THE 2003 WINTER CPL CHAMPION
1st Half
NoA as Counter-Terrorists - 4
SK as Terrorists - 8
Switching sides, going live soon!
Remember, de_dust2 is a heavily terrorist-sided map. If NoA can keep it moving and planting, they can win this map and therefore force a final game for the championships!
NoA as Terrorists - 0
SK as Counter-Terrorists - 5
Round One - SK wins pistol.
Round Two - Dehli kills SK.Potti in B. All NoA sitting in B tunnels camping. Dehli moves to middle and is killed by Spawn. SK pushes them and eliminates NoA.
Round Three - NoA buys up. Trades kills, NoA heads to catwalk to A. Naikon moves to long. Potti sitting in T spawn and eliminates him.
Round Four - Benger gets killed lower B tunnels, rest of NoA heads long A. One in pit, two against wall area. Saving with glocks. So goes to jump in pit and is shot and killed by HeatoN. Time runs out, SK has the tie.
Round 5 - NoA buying up with AKs/AWPs. Benger picks middle but misses. 2 NoA middle doors, 1 going cat, 1 b tunnels, 1 long. Trade kills, bomb down B tunnels. Push So and kill him.
SK.swe -over- NoA :: 13-4
SK IS THE 2003 WINTER CPL CHAMPION
For those not in the know, NoA is a team that was formed a month or so ago with 3 top european players and 2 north americans. Calling themselves Norwegians/North Americans, or NoA, they have proved that combining the styles of American and European play can achieve second place in the world shortly after formation.
Click through for more of my commentary.[break="All the info"]Well, what to say about this CPL? Many upsets, many surprises. As I see it, NoA (and several other teams) owe a lot to 3D. If 3D hadn't dropped that early game to U5 10-13, 3D wouldn't have met mibr where they did and U5 wouldn't have ever played/beaten 4Kings. If 3D had stepped it up a notch to compensate against U5, then this tournament would look quite different. In my view, I could have seen 4Kings taking it to 3rd place. Obviously U5 and NoA were some surprises, but I think the standout surprise in everyone's mind was mibr, or made in brazil. Defeating 3D 13-3 and clutching a 5th place finish over Team64, I should say that most everyone was surprised that Brazil could churn out such talented players.
1st - SK.Swe
2nd - NoA
3rd - mousesports
4th - Adren[GX]
5th - mibr
6th - Team64
7th - United 5
8th - 4Kings
Upper Bracket
NoA -over- Adren[GX] :: 13-2
SK -over- mousesports :: 13-2
SK -over- NoA :: 13-10
**NoA sent to 3rd place match**
Lower Bracket Finals
mousesports -over- Adren[GX] :: 13-9
7th Place Match
United5 -over- 4Kings :: 13-5
5th Place Match
mibr -over- Team64 :: 13-11
3rd Place Match
NoA -over- mousesports :: 13-2
FINALS
NoA vs SK
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