rapha claims Extreme Masters Pro/Am title

Posted by Corbie corbie Corbie on 2009-08-22 17:11:30
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SK-Gaming's Shane "rapha" Hendrixson followed up his Quakecon success with another top placing this afternoon, claiming the $1,000 first prize in the Intel Extreme Masters Pro/Am Challenge in Cologne, Germany. The 20 year old American's participation at the event was only finalised earlier this week but there was no sign he wasn't totally prepared as he eased past Magnus "fox" Olsson to reach his second major final in as many weeks.

His opponent, Richard "noctis" Gansterer, was unable to attend Quakecon despite being offered sponsorship from Fatal1ty but had controversially earned the number three seed at the Pro/Am after winning ESL's recent QL Invitational. His victories over Jeffrey "draven"
Debipersad and Quakecon finalist Sebastian "spart1e" Siira definitely silenced his critics but it was in "rapha" he was to meet his match.

The pair began proceedings on T4 with "noctis" rushing to challenge his opponent at the megahealth only to be shotgunned down in an exchange that proved a sign of things to come. Unable to ever fully wrest back control, "noctis" went down 22 to 12 and came off second best again in a tight affair on DM13. European fans thought the comeback was on after a 7 - 9 reversal on T9 but "rapha" was not to be denied, closing out the match 5 to 4 on ZTN to claim his second major QuakeLive title.

IEM Pro/Am Challenge Final Standings

1st Shane "rapha" Hendrixson ($1,000)
2nd Richard "noctis" Gansterer
3rd/4th Sebastian "spart1e" Siira
3rd/4th
Magnus "fox" Olsson


Grand Final (B05)

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson
3 - 1
Richard "noctis" Gansterer

(T4: 22 - 12)
(DM13: 7 - 3)
(T9: 7 - 9)
(ZTN: 5 - 4)


Semi Finals (B03)


Shane "rapha" Hendrixson 2 - 0 Magnus "fox" Olsson

(ZTN: 11 - 6)
(T4: 14 - 10)


Richard "noctis" Gansterer 2 - 1 Sebastian "spart1e" Siira

(T9: 7 - 11)
(CA2: 16 - 3)
(T4: 12 - 10)


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25 comments

36 months ago
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rapha going huge :)
36 months ago
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sick br3z
36 months ago
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rapha's on another level atm :(
36 months ago
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was tense after the restart on ztn :D
36 months ago
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Nice week he had ^^
36 months ago
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sick rapha
36 months ago
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roy_chez said:
rapha's on another level atm :(



not really, wp though
36 months ago
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rapha 2 gd
36 months ago
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adamz said:
was tense after the restart on ztn :D

36 months ago
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Congratz rapha, seems that he is dominating the scene so far.
36 months ago
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Gz Rapha

Any demos?
36 months ago
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tomaz said:
roy_chez said:
rapha's on another level atm :(



not really, wp though


Yeah, fuck the results man; they mean nothing! WE'RE REBELS!!!!!!!

edited 2009-08-22 21:30:47
36 months ago
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SequencE said:
Gz Rapha

Any demos?


Spartie - noctis: www.fnatic.com/demos/395/
Spartie - d1ablo: www.fnatic.com/demos/393/
36 months ago
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roy_chez said:
SequencE said:
Gz Rapha

Any demos?


Spartie - noctis: www.fnatic.com/demos/395/
Spartie - d1ablo: www.fnatic.com/demos/393/



Nice one cheers
36 months ago
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gz btw, noctis surprised spartie i guess
36 months ago
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revoltz said:
gz btw, noctis surprised spartie i guess


hmm, not really.. they are training partners so they both know what they can do + everyone expected noctis to do well. AND! Spartie has a good excuse since his gear got lost by the airline he travelled with ;)
36 months ago
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so it was a surprise then bar the fact that he lost his equipment
36 months ago
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revoltz said:
so it was a surprise then bar the fact that he lost his equipment


roy_chez said:
hmm, not really.. they are training partners so they both know what they can do + everyone expected noctis to do well.



edited 2009-08-23 00:36:52
36 months ago
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fazz and fox are training partners, do you see fazz raping fox - no. Stop defending your own players with boring arguments.
36 months ago
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revoltz said:
so it was a surprise then bar the fact that he lost his equipment

36 months ago
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well done
36 months ago
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revoltz said:
fazz and fox are training partners, do you see fazz raping fox - no. Stop defending your own players with boring arguments.


Did fazz win the ESL Inv? No, but noctis did and he was seeded 3rd for a reason. noctis was the only player who was expected to be able to beat rapha, so if you don't know anything about the community, please don't act like you do.

And the whole fox - fazz thing makes no sense.. You say Spartie was surprised, but as I said: they are trainings partners, they know what they can expect from each other so they don't get surprised as they know what they can and cannot do. noctis is one of the worlds best players, fazz isn't.

It wouldn't even be a surprise if noctis won vs rapha, so winning versus Spartie isn't a surprise at all.

My arguments might be boring, but they are valid. Unlike yours.

roy_chez said:
hmm, not really.. they are training partners so they both know what they can do + everyone expected noctis to do well.


Please reply to everything I said (also the bold part), instead of nitpicking to win a discussion.

edited 2009-08-23 16:31:01
36 months ago
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rapha definately the man in shape !

congrats
36 months ago
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*Magnus "fox" Olsson
36 months ago
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and wp Rapha, another awesome display.
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