As usual I merely stumbled upon this game as well, and by the time I arrived the server was chosen and maps were being picked. Bulgaria chose q2dm1 and Czech Republic chose q2dm7 for reasons soon to be obvious. The Czechs had the pingadvantage, but since the teams seems eager to start I sat back in my chair ready for the game to start.

Q2DM1 :: 's map



Well, this was a chaotic game for sure. First off, kkubass seemed to suffer from some problem with his quake2 as he was disconnected twice during the course of first half of the game, but that didn't hinder the Czechs from starting their maplockdown. wision showing off some nice rocketing skills in the mega, outbatteling several suicidal Bulgarians who just couldn't frag the damn bastard. What immediately struck me was the obvious lack of organization on the Bulgarian team, they were all over the map with most of them trying to get the railgun. I was switching povs a lot to see if any of them actually tried to hold a position, and realized noone cared for the lift at all to begin with. But guess main realized his -1 score early on didn't help him or his team much, so he took control of the lift after a while. Not to much effect, but he showed me that they were aware of basic teamplay strategy on this map. After kkubass was disconnected for the second time, Marty took his spot in the mega room, and was their main position holding player while wision was gathering frags all over the place. Of course, when people in observer started to cheer his rocketlauncher aim he was having a streak of missed rockets that made his accuracy drop quite a bit. I must admit I was a bit unsure how the Czech Republic positioned their players early on, as they were chasing frags all over the damn map, but think they had rejpal and mrzak at rail, while the other two had mega, so noone at lift really. Anyway, the map was very chaotic and the Czechs had the better teamplay and also the best pings, and good railers on this map is pure gold. Bulgaria managed to get the megaroom under control during the last 5 minutes of the game, but to no avail, by then the game was already over and Czechs were chasing frags FFA style.


Q2DM7 :: 's map



Ok, then we went to the map that can turn an already unequal game into a massacre: The Slimy Place. I expected the Czechs to completely control this map, but unsure how high they would score. wision set the pace early on, putting his 15ms ping to good use with his mean SSG. Marty had the upper rocketlauncher position, and did so well to begin with. rejpal helped wision by Red Armor room, while mrzak spent most if not all his time by the ssg-tube and hyper, constantly fighting blastering Bulgarians. As for the Bulgarian team, not much can be said about their positions, they were all pretty much fragbaits and weaponless. Mpk tried to drop weapons and ammo, but that only got him killed. Sniper did a good job though, showing off some good aim. Blue and Mpk had a tough time while Malefactor seemed awfully happy each time he died. The game consisted of the Czechs controlling all areas and weapons while the Bulgarians had to fight hard for every frag they got, and often ended up killing eachother instead not having much of an organization at all. wision being the man of the match, and showed how control the Red Armor area with good aim and a keen eye for teamplaying.


A bit chaotic game, but Bulgaria were just outplayed in every aspect of the game, and their worse ping didn't help them either. Czech Republic has a team that has performed very well this far, and it's fun to see them playing like this. Hopefully they will improve even more as the season progress, and Bulgaria had a good showing never giving up playing the game untill the end!