Similar to the Swedish RaceWars, Germany yesterday started with their own RaceWar event. The first teams that battled were Terran and Zerg, who both showed a great German lineup.
About 24 hours ago, the leading German StarCraft website » BroodWar.de started off the popular event called the RaceWar, an event that many nations and communities host once a year. In the » Swedish Racewar not so long ago, the war was won by Zerg. How is it going to end up in the German community?
Zerg taking the lead with a win over Terran
In the first match, the Zerg players with their captain BetrayaL took on iv.Bert and his Terran team. And things worked out just as BetrayaL had hoped, apart from SoL.ScHnibL0r's disconnection problems, which caused the Zerg team to lose their second game in the match.
There were hardly any tactical aspects behind which players were chosen in this lineup; it was functionality. InFiNitY[pG] was out first because he was short on time, says BetrayaL, Zerg Captain. "But we did however place our strongest players on #4 - #6" he says to SG.com. When asked if he was satisfied with the result he said that Zerg are seen as the favourites. "I'm satisfied, but i think I'm not the only one who thought that zerg will win this thing, even before the games started because we have many many very good zergplayers here." says a semi-satisfied BetrayaL.
ToT)Rob( | < | InFiNitY[pG] | @ Nostalgia |
(BHC)Fenris < SoL.ScHnibL0r @ Lost Temple
iv.GoOdy < SoL.ScHnibL0r @ Guillotine
poxxeLo[pG] > SoL.ScHnibL0r @ Nostalgia
poxxeLo[pG] < Dashwriter[pG] @ Namja Iyagi
ash.doLife > Dashwriter[pG] @ Lost Temple
ash.doLife < BrEaKdOwN[pG] @ Guillotine Cope_TU < BrEaKdOwN[pG] @ Nostalgia
Protoss up next for the Zerg team...
In a matter of minutes, the Zerg Team will face their second and last opponent in the German RaceWar - Protoss with the very experienced FiSheYe[pG] as one of their best players. The Team captain is Crime, a fairly unknown person, but he was the founder of the idea of the RaceWar, according to BetrayaL.
...where Mondragon isn't playing
One of the hottest names in the Zerg lineup is undoubtedly the multi-racial ToT)Mondragon(. He is however not playing, he is in Finland visiting two of his Finnish clanmates. "Versus protoss I think we have a good chance of winning this thing," says BetrayaL. "But i guess it will be harder than vs the terran because the protoss team will play with players like fisheye or hexer, who have a very strong PvZ. Although BetrayaL seems positive at the end of our interview, and thinks the Zerg team will win this.
Zerg wins the RaceWar!
By winning their second match which was against Protoss, the Zerg team has now won the German RaceWar, just like the Swedish RaceWar went! Star of the match was BrEaKdOwN[pG], who won three games for his team, and gave them a really good start. After that, the Protoss team really couldn't do much.
FiSheYe[pG] | > | Dashwriter[pG] | @ Nostalgia |
Socke[pG] < BrEaKdOwN[pG] @ Lost Temple
iX.Selector < BrEaKdOwN[pG] @ Guillotine
ash.kar > BrEaKdOwN[pG] @ Nostalgia
ash.kar < ToT)EnTi( @ Namja Iyagi
heXer[pG] > ToT)EnTi @ Lost Temple
heXer[pG] < Methos[pG] @ Guillotine
iv.gRuMMeL < Methos[pG] @ Nostalgia
Protoss versus Terran remaining
However, the Protoss and the Terran still haven't faced eachother yet, to determine the runner-up spot. That match will be played tomorrow at 17:00 CET.
Links
BroodWar.de - Hosts of the German RaceWar
BroodWar.de - Protoss vs. Zerg Replay Package
BroodWar.de - Terran vs. Zerg Replay Package