Iuro needs to really bring their A game if they want to continue on playing at the Antwerp Esports Festival, as for now they have been doing okay but just not as composed as the other teams in the group.
Power Gaming on the other hand have won everything in style, but have not had any real competition. They could use these two matches as a sorts of warm-up to really get their aim working right in anticipation of the matches versus Iuro, RAGE.ru and Fragmasters.
And the aggressive mix style of Iuro somewhat paid off for them on a small map like mp_crash, but the bigger and more complex maps give them more than a handful of problems, because they cannot draw their ace up their sleeve as well. Players such as Randy "sOOSE" Deveijer, Thom "verzZ" Berkhout and Jente "niZ" Pauwels have so far impressed with their influential performance, but that is exactly how you can sum up the Iuro style: Aggressive aim.
Power Gaming on the other hand have been one of the most consistent and most stable teams in the last couple of months, having proven that at several events and are looking to simply outstrat the Dutch-Belgian mix. A lot will come down to map choice in my eyes. If mp_district, mp_crash or mp_crossfire get played, then Iuro will have a fighting chance, but if it ends up being mp_strike or mp_backlot, then I will undoubtedly give Power Gaming the favour.
So, I am giving my vote to Power Gaming across all maps, but Iuro just has more of a chance on the smaller and quicker-ran maps. It is all in Iuro's hands, though, if they do not pick up a win over here, then they are definitely out of the tournament. They need to win or pack their bags, it is as simple as that.
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Power Gaming
 Jan "paradox" Duchon
Lubomír "Luboshmir" Pešák
 Nick "toxjee" Hol
Erik "FrosteR" van den Biggelaar
Petr "king" Elbogen |
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Iuro
Thom ''verzZ'' Berkhout
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 Jente "niZ" Pauwels
Randy "soose" Deveijer
Davy "prekii" Spens |
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edited 2010-07-30 14:50:16