Hello on welcome to the first EQ2L playoff match this season!

Here meet two very strong clans, the old and famous 2.0 from snowy Finland and a newer clan + from Slovenia. Both clans picked dm1 and dm7.
And you know who was playing for 2.0 this time? No, not Nikodemus. Optimizer =)

q2dm1
The first map started out very fast as usual. The game was very base-oriented. + was attacking the megahealth room very aggressively with different weapons and 2.0 had a hard time keeping it under control, however they had better luck at railway. When half the time was over, frag difference was only about 10, 2.0 was leading. One minute more and + had catched up with 2.0, score was 65:65. For a few minutes heated battle continued and then 2.0 managed to get the situation under some control. They weren’t raping +, but they had a comfortable 20-frag lead for some time – in the end + started to frag more again, but they just didn’t have enough time for another comeback.
2.0 wins 126:109

q2dm7
+ got RA under control in beginning of the map and soon they had a considerable advantage over 2.0. Frenzy was owning like crazy with the hyperblaster and + was able to maintain its lead for a good time, but eventually 2.0 started to catch up. After ten minutes score was almost even and it looked like the game was lost to +, because they were running around, not knowing what to do. But they managed to get the RA back and five minutes before the end they we’re leading again with more than 10 frags. They kept up the slaugthering until the end.
+ wins 131:161

q2dm1
Second dm1 started very nervously. 2.0 knew what they were up against and didn’t want to take any chances. Optimizer was owning mad with chaingun and rocket launcher, but shg’s game seemed to go pretty bad in the beginning. + was behind by 20 frags after about 8 minutes when they decided to go chaingun-only, cutting 2.0 guys in half everywhere. Score difference was slowly rising tho, + got control too late. They managed to come closer to 2.0, but they just ran out of time again. Anyway, this was a hard match for 2.0 as well and the win didn’t come easy.
2.0 wins 132:109

q2dm7
This time + got a quick 0:7 lead in the beginning, Necro being the rocket launcher samurai, crushing all hope for 2.0 already in the beginning. This was pure and simple domination by +, after ten minutes the score was 42:99. 2.0 really needed a miracle to come out of this one alive.
Damiah(2.0): aimi ihan 0%
+necro: whine rox
No luck there, 2.0. =)
+ wins 106:193
Now it was time for map kicking. dm2 next1 next2 were the final ones left, and since that server didn’t have next maps they decided to play dm2.

q2dm2
Here 2.0 got the RA lift under control in the first moments, Damiah was camping there with 50 rockets and no rocket launcher until somebody managed to get him one. Nonetheless, RA lift remained under 2.0’s control. In the quad, shg was doing a good job, and even when + got a quad, they didn’t manage to do any fantastic quad runs with it. They had their little moment when 5 minutes was left, but it was just too little too late. 2.0 experience in this map is superb and + didn’t stand a chance here.
2.0 wins 150:91

So what can I say? + proved out to be a very tough opponent for 2.0, as they beat them TWICE on 2.0’s home map, q2dm7. The second dm7 was especially brutal. They also came very close to them in q2dm1. 2.0 won the match only because of their experience in dm2 this time. Next time it might not be enough.