Lasthero picked q2dm1 and q2rdm2. Careem picked ptrip and q2rdm7.


First map - q2dm1, Lasthero\'s choice.

Careem spawned at water arena and Lasthero spawned near box/lower rocket launcher entrance. Both did not go for their spawn weapons and made their way to the base. Unfortunately for Careem, Lasthero had better position to acquire CG faster, which made Careem flee the base, leaving MH uncontested. After a minute, Lasthero managed to camp out Careem at lower rocket launcher and did nice job brining him down.
After that kill, the main lift became the main attraction for both players: Careem camped whenever he was coming from lower rocket launcher, and Lasthero camped there whenever Careem was at arena, in hope for a lift/lower rocket launcher frag.
Six minutes to go, and the score was still 1:0. Careem finally dared enter base with earlier acquired CG and was instantly cornered in the CG room. A few (lucky) rocket shots took a huge amount of health from Lasthero and made him run away, but raging Careem did not want to give this frag away and got him with chasing CG string.
Lasthero managed to retake the control in no time and did impressive job with railgun/rocket launcher controlling the map and slowly increasing the lead. The first homemap of Lasthero was uncontested.


Second map - Ptrip, Careem\'s choice.

Well, q2dm1 was a tactical and good map to camp, but Ptrip is a direct non-stop action. If you are not ready to face the 15-minute fully-packed rocket madness, this map is not for you. Careem spawned next to rocket launcher and decided to ge this first, and he was damn right to make that decision. In no time, he fragged Lasthero and started to show all the observers why this map is his homemap - total annihilation with no luck for Lasthero to win the map.


Third map - Q2rdm2, Lasthero\'s choice.

Probably one the interesting maps, that was played during this match. The first three maps were played on Dediz, that had very strange lags: players freeze, but the map is still living by itself - the time is ticking and weapons respawn. All in all, Careem was leading till the very last seconds by one frag and when Lasthero managed eventually bring him down and tie the score when the timelimit hit (going on overtime), it was proposed to replay the entire map in new server. Both players agreed and we moved to mHs.

At the start, Careem spawned at RG and Lasthero at rockets room, which granted Careem the control over the map. For some time, it was a pure hide-and-seek game, until they both met at rocket area, both fully bodyarmored and with chainguns in hands. Careem managed to survive that battle with 7 HP left, but his feast did not last for long. A few minutes later, they faced with CG on CG again and this time Lasthero was to dominate the situation. From there, it was a plain good map control with excellent RL control shots and predicting RG hits. Lasthero managed to secure his both homemaps.


Fourth map - q2rdm7, Careem\'s choice.

Careem really needed to win his second homemap otherwise it would have been over for him. But we all know that q2rdm7 was once Careem\'s favourite and there was no way he was going to give this away without a fight. Even more, with nice tactical play Careem succeeded to overcome himself by playing very strategically and fine all together. Lasthero had some potential runs, but those were not brought to life since Careem had his action-daisy going on.
What a thrill! Both players secured nicely their homemaps and we are heading to the deciding map!


A decider - Ztn2dm3 was left after elimination.

Both spawned near railgun, Careem at lower spawn and Lasthero at upper spawn. Lasthero decided not to take his chances and headed straight away for the RA and CG, while leaving MH and RG to Careem. The entire match was plain equal action until the last 5 minutes. During last five minutes, Careem was leading 4 to 2 and Lasthero lagged out, but Careem made a spawn frag by reflex. It was decided that if Careem agreed it would be still 4:2 with 4 minutes left to play (considering that Careem is fully armed and dangerous!) - and Careem agreed. This did not help Lasthero a lot. Careem managed to increase score with some spawnrapes and prevented Lasthero to get his spot in semi-finals. By the the clock hit the 0, the score was 9:5 to Careem!


I would like to say a few words (like I have not yet :))) ). Good luck to Careem in semi-finals versus Covell. FU to Lasthero and thanks for incredible season in BDL. Last, but not least, gg! :)