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Free Agents tops FireCore 4
After another intense day of action in the city of Manchester, in which the playoff stages were played, the local squad Free Agents managed to beat ColdGame in the final to get the title and the $2,170 prize pool.
By - 'anGeRrR' -
Aug 6, 2012 20:23
After another intense day of action in the city of Manchester, in which the playoff stages were played, the local squad Free Agents managed to beat ColdGame in the final to get the title and the $2,170 prize pool.FireCore's fourth edition came to an end after two days of intense Counter-Strike action, where the teams took part of the battle for the title and the $2,170 prize pot. The second day of the event started with the round of 16, where the two finalists got a BYE as they were the teams with the biggest round difference on the group stage.
The quarter finals round showed only one surprising result when
[UKLA] defeated
WebOne who in the previous stage won all their matches.
At semifinals, the runner up
Coldgame managed to take a victory against [UKLA] with a double 16-10. On the second match of this stage,
Free Agents had a hard battle against
iGamerz fr as the local team won the first map, de_tuscan with a score of 15:19 and took the second and definitive, de_inferno with 16-12 on the scoreboard.
The final match started as a very disputed fight, where both teams showed consistent teamplay and effective strategy to finish the first map, de_dust2 tied in 15. In the overtime, ColdGame wasted no time and took the 4 first rounds to win the map with a score of 19-15. The second map, de_tuscan showed a strong reaction from Aaron 'AaroN' Hemmings's team that kept a steady performance just a bit above the Swedish squad efficiency, allowing them to take the map with a final score of 16-10 and forcing a third and last map to decide the champion.
The map chosen for the definition of the championship was de_nuke, where
Christian 'arch1e' Pedersen and company dominated since the first pistol round with a total overwhelming performance that broke ColdGame's resistance. At the end of the map, the scoreboard showed a 16-3 in Free Agent's favor, closing the final match with a global score of 2-1.
With the victory, the English squad gets the champion title as well as the respective prize money.
FireCore 4 final standings:
The quarter finals round showed only one surprising result when
Quarter finals results:
ColdGame 2-1
ohyea
[UKLA] 2-1
WebOne
iGamerz 2-0
straightsix
Free Agents 2-0
barbarians
At semifinals, the runner up
Semifinals results:
ColdGame 2-0
[UKLA]
Free Agents 2-0
iGamerz
The final match started as a very disputed fight, where both teams showed consistent teamplay and effective strategy to finish the first map, de_dust2 tied in 15. In the overtime, ColdGame wasted no time and took the 4 first rounds to win the map with a score of 19-15. The second map, de_tuscan showed a strong reaction from Aaron 'AaroN' Hemmings's team that kept a steady performance just a bit above the Swedish squad efficiency, allowing them to take the map with a final score of 16-10 and forcing a third and last map to decide the champion.
The map chosen for the definition of the championship was de_nuke, where
The grand final
Free Agents 15-19
ColdGame
Free Agents 16-10
ColdGame
Free Agents 16-3
ColdGame
With the victory, the English squad gets the champion title as well as the respective prize money.
FireCore 4 final standings:
1st.
Free Agents - $2,170 + 5x SteelSeries Kana
2nd.
ColdGame - $930 + 5x SteelSeries mouse pads
3rd.
iGamerz - $465
2nd.
3rd.
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