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BB victorious in Anaheim, SK 2nd
Button Bashers have defeated SK EU to win the MLG Anaheim grand final.
By Michael 'Zechs' Radford
Nov 9, 2009 03:33
Button Bashers have defeated SK EU to win the MLG Anaheim grand final.In a truly epic series of matches, Button Bashers defeated their European opponents by six maps to four. SK Gaming EUROPE came from the lower bracket and started with a 2-3 deficit but fought hard to keep themselves in the game.
It started out well for SK, as they immediately leveled the scoreboard in game one. A dispel onto Unstable Affliction put Seoungouk 'Numberone' Oh behind on healing and he was unable to catch up. A Strangulate straight after was enough for SK to win the first map. But the Koreans restored their advantage on Ring of Valor, putting some great control onto Valent 'another' Sebastijan while putting damage onto SK's druid. Alexis 'Enigmz' Martin went down at the exact same time as BB's rogue and the game came down to a 2on2. With a little help from a perfectly-timed pillar, Numberone was able to keep himself alive and it was a routine map win from then on.
The next game saw another cross-kill, this time 'Hiren' was joined by Another in ghost mode while the other four players went through the motions until time was called. The rematch was on Dalaran and it looked early on like BB were going to take a 6-3 win. But as the game drew on, DoTs ticked away on every member of the IEM champions and with hitpoints bouncing up and down like crazy, it was the rogue who was first to die once again.
But Button Bashers weren't to be denied. Ruins of Lordaeron was up next, and some questionable positioning from Enigmz gave BB the window of opportunity they needed. Almost pure healer-training was enough to put the druid down and claim first place for the Korean team; an ironic end to a weekend where they had been the most swap-happy team.
If you missed any of the games this weekend be sure to check out our coverage.
It started out well for SK, as they immediately leveled the scoreboard in game one. A dispel onto Unstable Affliction put Seoungouk 'Numberone' Oh behind on healing and he was unable to catch up. A Strangulate straight after was enough for SK to win the first map. But the Koreans restored their advantage on Ring of Valor, putting some great control onto Valent 'another' Sebastijan while putting damage onto SK's druid. Alexis 'Enigmz' Martin went down at the exact same time as BB's rogue and the game came down to a 2on2. With a little help from a perfectly-timed pillar, Numberone was able to keep himself alive and it was a routine map win from then on.
The next game saw another cross-kill, this time 'Hiren' was joined by Another in ghost mode while the other four players went through the motions until time was called. The rematch was on Dalaran and it looked early on like BB were going to take a 6-3 win. But as the game drew on, DoTs ticked away on every member of the IEM champions and with hitpoints bouncing up and down like crazy, it was the rogue who was first to die once again.
But Button Bashers weren't to be denied. Ruins of Lordaeron was up next, and some questionable positioning from Enigmz gave BB the window of opportunity they needed. Almost pure healer-training was enough to put the druid down and claim first place for the Korean team; an ironic end to a weekend where they had been the most swap-happy team.
If you missed any of the games this weekend be sure to check out our coverage.
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realy realy awesome to watch it was
Edit: welldeserved win for BB.
Quote: "I also like it a lot because it’s the best setup an affliction warlock can play in"
Learn to understand what you read before replying next time.
an us tournament with two non us teams which made 1st and 2nd place it's ridiculous xD
OOOOOO, guess how ridiculous it must have been when TSG won BlizzCon over Europe and Asia's best, but guess what they didn't brag about it nor make a big fucking deal about US>World either. When the Koreans won IEM they also didn't start stating in interviews that they were the best.
So now correans will take over the World of WArcraft...also...^_________^