The host builds up the event.
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I think this was one of the main guys, who expressed his delight at the event this year.
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The underdogs line-up and are greeted with huge support from the crowd.
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An overview of the Danish team.
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NoA's coach speaks about their chances.
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Nervous times as they await the start of the match.
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Losses to wNv and Emulate are the only blots on their copybook.
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The manager introduces each member of the team. This is zonic.
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mJe is next up. I missed one!
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The Polish powerhouse's profile.
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The team stand below, and are favourites to win the match.
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Unbeaten throughout the group and bracket stages thus far, and winning every game apart from one draw against the Chinese team TR.Victory.
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An organiser talks to the Polish manager.
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With configuration and interviews out of the way, the match could finally begin.
At this point, my camera battery died (RIP), so borrowed a friends for the remainder of the event.
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With my last ounce of battery, a sneak peek from a later break in the tournament, with Neo up ahead.
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Poland is soon to be crowned the 2007 World Champion for Quake 4.
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Polish fans flock to the front stage as Av3k takes a 2-0 victory over his Russian mentor. A superb victory for the 16-year old.
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The gladiators talk to the hosts post-match.
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The runner-up is interviewed.
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Cooller takes his loss with grace, and speaks highly of Av3k.
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Although here he's saying 'but the PCs are different here, and the equipment...' and similar things, although he didn't make many excuses.
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Not too happy looking for just having won the World Championships!
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Av3k talks about the game.
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Sujoy spotted! Got a funny look after this picture, and told him to check ESR later ;P /wave
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The cameraman has grown 2 more arms, and holds his prize aloft.
Ok... so it's winz really.
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The cup aloft and medal around his neck, Av3k claims his crown!
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The guys walk to the front to get photos from the awaiting press (and me!) Mr. Singov is obviously angling for some catalogue work here ;)
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Too much energy drink, I think...
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This is actually a shot of the PES6 tournameny being set-up.
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This was a shot of the crowd - again, huge.
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Frank Butcher?
No...
It's Spank from France vs S-Butcher from Germany.
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And shakes hands with the hosts.
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The German's profile on the big screen. He represents A-Losers.
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The guys chat to S-Butcher before the game.
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S-Butcher talks about his chances. There are a few murmours from the back of the crowd when he exclaims 'we'll see how it goes, it's a luck game after all'.
O_o
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Spank is questioned by the interviewers.
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Spank talks about his chances, but my French sucks so I don't have a great idea of what was said. You can probably guess anyway.
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The Frenchman's statistics.
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A commendable set of results, losing only 2 matches on his travels.
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Here you can just see the final bracket for PES6. As mentioned earlier, El Matador won the loser's bracket.
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Both players select Inter Milan, and are relieved to see that they have no major issues with player condition.
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The competitors sit side by side (unfortunately on the other side of the stage from me!)
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A shot from behind the players, looking at the screen.
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The game begins, with Spank playing in Blue and S-Butcher playing in White.
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Spank being French and playing in blue meant you heard this being chanted quite a lot.
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Spank scores, and the game is 2-1 early on.
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The game is tied up at 2.
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After some superb play from both sides during a tense game, S-Butcher takes the lead.
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Stoppage time plays out. Spank skied a sitter in the dying minutes just before this shot, leaving S-Butcher to take the acclaim.
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The lights flash and the contenders stand.
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The A-Losers metzger chops down his opponent.
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Mr. Singov's vital statistics on-screen. His team is of course Mousesports.
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Av3k takes the stage and the crowd go wild, in particular the Polish fans.
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Av3k's profile on-screen, with his team being Serious gaming.
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Av3k speaks about the final, and talks about his friendship with Cooller.
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Equally as unrelenting as Cooller.
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The interviewers wish Av3k good luck, and he acknowledges the support of the spectators.
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Av3k and an organiser behind his monitor.
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Russia vs Poland - mouz vs Serious - Cooller vs Av3k.
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Some pre-game chat between the players.
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The warmup begins, and the in-game spectator takes us around the various points of interest in the map. Megahealth here.
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The lightning gun, in all its glory.
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The players duke it out in the pre-match.
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The match begins, with some hyperblaster action from Cooller.
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Cooller takes a slim lead early on.
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The Russian merely goes by 'C' in this tournament.
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Av3k takes a 9-3 lead with some spectacular play at just under 11 minutes to go.
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A little fuzzy, but you can make out that Av3k extended his lead to 13-3.
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A clearer view, just after Cooller grabbed a frag back.
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A shot showing Cooller and his unique stage positioning.
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Av3k calls a time-out due to some issues with his headphones.
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One of the organisers dashes onto the stage and proceeds to take a pair from another PC for Av3k to use.
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Cooller is on pause duty as Av3k is sorted out with a new pair of cans.
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Av3k readies himself again, and the game recommences... but not for long.
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Av3k is clearly not happy with the headset on-stage which he has been supplied with, gets up out of his seat and grabs his own pair from his bag off to the side of the stage.
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The organiser quickly comes over and informs the Pole that he is not allowed to use his own set of headphones, and that he will have to make do with what he's been supplied with.
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Time to ponder tactics for Cooller as he is once again on pause duty while Av3k makes his feelings known.
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Av3k waves frustratingly at the organiser as he expresses his discontent about having to use the stage headset.
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Another organiser comes over, alt-tabs back to windows and has a poke around in the Realtek sound manager.
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The game restarts, and a split-screen of the action is shown here.
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With 4 seconds left to play in the first map, and after somewhat of a comeback by Cooller, Av3k takes the first map by a score of 15 to 12.
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Statistics of the first map.
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Sorry guys, my camera wasn't playing ball today.
Cooller shafts Av3k in the early stages of map 2.
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Much better! The game so far is extremely tight, with Av3k holding onto a slender 3-frag lead.
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A view of Av3k's side of the stage, and the main screen. Av3k has extended his lead to 5 frags with just 2:48 remaining.
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More shaft exchanges towards the end of the 2nd map, with the Pole, having pulled some mightily defensive tactics, maintaining his lead.
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