Day three at epic.SEVEN saw the tournaments get well under way with the teams for the finals being decided. As is tradition for our saturday evening at epics we had our pub quiz and boat race! All the results will be posted shortly and also the images will be going up in our galleries in the next half an hour or so, keep your eyes on the galleries and facebook for todays images!

LiNK vs Rasta – Upper Bracket Final


LiNK – PEZ, mini, bash, KritikaL, zed

Rasta – des, mole, jakem, HengryG, Sliggy



Map 1 – de_nuke


Having come straight into the upper bracket final from a close match against TLR, LiNK were definitely well warmed up for the match against Rasta. This clearly showed as despite losing two early rounds the the two time epic.LAN winners they went on to secure the first half 12-3. Kritikal seemed to be playing with the Rasta team especially when he held the ladder at A against the three remaining Rasta players. Zed's team kill grenade against Pez was also a comedy moment for me in the last round of the half.


The second half was a much closer fought battle between the two teams especially with HenryG showing his skill with a nice 4-man. Unfortunately for Rasta it was Bash who sealed the first map for LiNK with a successful plant at B leaving the final score at 16-8.


Map 2 - de_dust2


The second map of the upper bracket final mirrored the first in many ways with LiNK taking the first half (13-2) very easily but the token team kill this time was from des against mole in the second half. The second half again was a much closer affair with a nice moment from Sliggy, hiding at B, taking out Bash during the defuse. Unfortunately it was too little too late as LiNK were able to secure the rounds they needed (16-7) to advance directly into the Grand final to be played tomorrow at 11am.

LiNK vs TLR


Lineup


LiNK – PEZ, mini, bash, KritikaL, zed

TLR – debaser, keita, acky, Tucker, jmase


Map 1 – de_nuke


Unfortunately my skills in multitasking do not extend on watching two matches at once and so I am unable to give a more detailed analysis on the first map other than the final score being 16-9 to Link.

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Rasta vs Team CRG


Lineup


Rasta – jakem, desbourke, sliggy, mole, HenryG

Team CRG – bOWZAr, redsnake, b3n, pritch, chanb0i


Map 1 – de_dust2


CRG took the knife round and decided to go CT first which paid off initially with them taking the first couple of rounds. However it was short lived with Rasta coming back to take the lead 4-2. Some nice team work in mid saw CRG pull back the score to 5-5 but after that the rest of the half went all Rasta's way with some particularly good work from des and jakem. Chanb0i manged to save the last round of the half with a last man standing defuse bringing it to 9-6 to Rasta.


The start of the second half continued where the first left off with Rasta dominating but as CT this time. At 12-6 CRG started to stage a comeback but this was to no avail as Rasta took the last rounds they required to secure the crucial first map win 16-10.


Map 2 – de_nuke


Rasta were CT first on this map which had an explosive start, quite literally, with a nade from HenryG knocking redsnake back for 90dmg. Some successful plants at A saw CRG take a couple of rounds back with some nice nades flying from b3n and pritch combining to take out mole. However jakem and des spoilt the party with the half ending 10-5.


The second half was a lot more balanced with rounds exchanging between the two teams frequently but it was too little too late for CRG with the final score ending at 16-9. Rasta therefore advance to the upper bracket final to take place at 5pm. CRG on the other hand will need to come through the lower bracket and will face XPLICIT first at 5pm.

CSS Tournament Update


So far so good with all the higher seeded teams from yesterday making it through to the next round of the elimination stage. Team CRG are currently tucking into a well deserved full English breakfast out in the sunshine which I am sure will give them the energy they need for their next match against Rasta.Xd. The other upper bracket match will see LiNK face off against TLR. These will definitely be very close matches and well worth a watch on Source TV.


The rest of the teams have now dropped to the lower bracket where they will need to fight their way back through the opposition to make it to the grand final at 11am tomorrow.

Rasta vs CRG - 13:30 - server1.epiclan.co.uk:27115
LiNK vs TLR – 14:00 - server1.epiclan.co.uk:27116

Day two of epic.LAN saw more teams arriving for their tournaments loads of big games and our community work shops. DJ haden did his live set and during the evening the epic.TEAM, GamerFM staff and some of the community members dressed up for halloween (yes early we know) as part of our fright night activities where we played games like Zombie Panic and The Hidden. Images from day two can be found in our galleries and on our facebook page.

The fixtures for the £2000 CSS tournament are now live and can be found here

Source TV ips

Server 1 Internal External

Server 2 Internal External

Server 3 Internal External

Server 4 Internal External

Server 5 Internal External

The demos are being uploaded at the end of each round and are available here or if you are at epic.SEVEN the event ftp here

ROCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTT!

Some great news from the guys over at Roccat, they've sent us a load of their fantastic gaming peripherals for people at epic.SEVEN to win!

We've already given away a Roccat Kone [+] mouse to chronic for his 1v1 CSS win, and plenty more to give away for activities in both halls!

The 5v5 CSS Tournament is now under way with a round-robin group stage for seedings to go into the double elimination stage tomorrow. Match details and source TV information can be found by clicking on the match link on the live feed.

Demos can be found here! or if you are at epic.SEVEN the event ftp here

Epic.SEVEN CSS 1v1 Winner

16 players have been battling it out since 11am to secure themselves a spot in the 1v1 final. The hotly contested match was fought between chronic and Avash who are both from the team R.I.P WaWa who formed as a mix for this event. The final standings:

1st Place: chronic
2nd Place: Avash

The prize for the winner is a Roccat Kone [+] mouse and the pride of being the epic.SEVEN 1v1 aim map champion.

Thank you to all who took part and we shall see you later for the start of the 5v5 tournament.

Demos can be found on our demo FTP server:

• ftp://demos.epiclan.co.uk/pub/demos/epic.SEVEN/CSS%201v1/