WCG Malaysia 2008 Day 2 Recap

August 17, 2008 by Chapree

Hai guise, welcome to yet another WCG Malaysia 2008 recap. As we get closer into the finals, more and more players were eliminated in Day 2. While things are more streamlined as there were less players involved yesterday, the tournament is still plagued by confusing and uneven brackets.

The fastest game to finished yesterday was NFS ProStreet which involved the final 8 players using double elimination bracket. Nothing unusual at this stage, where the outcome has been the same since few years ago except the arrangement of the Top 3 players.

For the first time in 3 years, the WCG Asian Championship 2008 bronze medalist - FoRza fell down to lower bracket after been defeated by M1-Heaven. FoRza now have to meet the lower bracket finalist - Liang before he can get another chance to defend his title against Heaven once again.

For FIFA’08, thing went on as usual where no upset results were recorded yesterday. Giant killer [MyFES]SilDes failed to make it to Top 8 elimination stage while another giant killer - Benaldo (who defeated [W|nDs]A13x, the CELgames’08 champion) also eliminated but at slightly further stage - at the 1st round of Top 8 lower brackets.

In the end of the Top 8 double elimination stage, fellow clanmates [W|nDs]Vin and [W|nDs]Lo0n4tic will meet each other today at the upper bracket finals while the sole MyFES survivor - [MyFES]Bush will meet the underdog [ToRnaDo]V.Pathetic in the lower bracket finals. Both of this will be played today.

Moving on to C&C3:Kane’s Wrath, which is using Top 16 double elimination instead of the usual Top 8 brackets. Eight players has been eliminated early on in Day 1 and the rest of them continued on yesterday. The 2007 champ - [r0r1]AlphaAurora who fell to lower bracket on Day 1 managed to survive until the end of the bracket. He is scheduled to meet Viral.V2 a.k.a Gamerholic today at the lower bracket finals. Waiting at the top of the hill is VicViper, the 1st Runner Up of CELgames’08.

For Counter-Strike 1.6, there is only one upper bracket match was played yesterday which is between LZ and Pu.Gimak. Since LZ managed to overcome Pu.G, they are now already at the finals, comfortably waiting for the team from lower bracket which will be finished today. The title holder, Team Hybrid who are trailing behind in the lower bracket have to win against PwyH first and then against Pu.Gimak before they can get a place at the finals.

In Starcraft, only four players left after a grueling tournament which consisted of almost all top Starcraft players in the country, being the sole international tournament for the game here. In the lower bracket, MYM.Ash and Marine overcame TinChoi a.k.a Cobo and BBtank respectively to book a place in the lower bracket finals. As for upper bracket, the match between legendary JohnRambo and Takaful was played only one round and will be continue today. JohnRambo has the upperhand though, with 1 - 0 score. The winner of both matches today will meet each other in the finals later today.

Last but not least, Warcraft 3. Upper bracket has totally been conquered by long-time champ, PaulYan and also, Sin[Pin.ZZ]. This match should be an interesting one as Pin has been seen as the one who will finally break down Paul’s domination. Whether this will happen today or not, we shall see.

As for the lower bracket, CT^Serry and TankLiew will meet other today after winning their matches throughout the bracket. As per Starcraft, winner for both matches are bound to finals on stage later.

Fuh…that was a lenghty one. Don’t forget to tune in to our live update of WCG Malaysia 2008 Grand Finals which are scheduled to take place in less than an hour time. (Sorry, no live update as we couldn’t find a proper place to setup our gears. ) See you in a bit

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