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Battle of Sweden

[s]clanwars[/s]Team BW- finds themselves winners in a classic fight against the Nerds

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The two dominating Swedish teams, clan BW- and NaW-, yesterday faced off in the Nordic Clan League. The match was (as usual) won by BW-.



With a 0-7 match record against BW-, Nerds at Work went into the match with a strong line up. Despite their past struggling against BW people thought this time things would be different. On GosuBet the percentages were 59%-41% in favour of NaW.

However, NaW were not the only ones to bring a strong line up. Residing in WGTCL div 1 (even though they are having difficulties there), BW definitely got the player base to take down a lot of teams. With several SWE-A and SWE-B members on both teams it was all set for a great fight.

Sweden NaW- vs. Sweden BW- 2-3 (6-6)
Sweden NaW-RataN vs. Sweden BW-Gurram 1-2
Sweden NaW-Mireille vs. Sweden BW-Space 2-0
Sweden NaW-DeliCato vs. Sweden BW-haypro 1-2
Sweden NaW-datoby vs. Sweden BW-ZpuX 2-0
Sweden NaW-Marine
Sweden NaW-ex[ T ]as
vs. Sweden BW-Gurram
Sweden BW-haypro
0-2

It surely does not get much closer than that. 6-6 in games, 3-2 in matches for BW. A draw with replays can be found » here.GosuGamers made sure to catch NaW’s clan leader Emerald, who is also responsible for the Swedish national B team for a couple of questions.

NaW-Emerald interview
emerald.jpgBefore yesterday’s match you were 0-7 against BW-. The match resulted in a very close loss. Why do you have such a hard time against them? When will we see the first win?
I thought the first win would have been like 4 clan wars ago or so, but its some kind of curse stopping us from winning. Many times it has been 2-3 or 3-4 etc and yesterdays result is just one of those typical moments. It basically sucks, but it feels we arent meant to win versus our rivals and great friends in BW. But i don’t cry, there is always a next time.

What are your thoughts about the line up? Both for NaW and BW.
The line ups were very strong from both teams overall. BW- maybe lacked one player, but so did we, not mentioning our 2on2 duo that didn’t work at all. Very fun for all Swedes to see some of the best players from Sweden fighting off each-another i think.

You were demoted to division 3 in WGTCL after last season, but are going very strong with only one loss so far. What can stop you from getting back to division 2?
Just yesterday i calculated some about our current WGTCL-situation and i came up with the fact that all teams in top4 still has very good chances of reaching division 2 advancement. Not many points are in between the teams and in the last remaining rounds most of the top4-teams in our group will face each-another so the season will be decided by those matches.

We are naturally aiming for winning versus every one of our opponents and if we succeed with doing so we will advance back to division 2. And i really hope we do so because division 3 is definitely not in proportion to our level.

Is there any rivalry between NaW and BW, or is it a friendly feeling between the two clans?
There is a very special relationship between us and Team BW- and it has always been so. We have a very good contact between the teams. I myself talk a lot in the phone with the leader of BW- and most of the members in both teams have a nice contact with each-another and practice against each-another etc. We could basically be one team, carrying 2 different clan tags.

But there is some differences between us like management, different types of demands on the members in each of the teams etc. and that’s why some people like it better in NaW- while others like it better in BW-. Both teams are still great though, both are very good teams and both have a lot of fun players in their teams. But when facing each-another in CW it’s like a big thing for us, for them and whole of Sweden actually.

And then we can spit on each-another and get in a real rival-mode and so on. But directly after we have fought our match we can go back to hugs and sharing beers with each-another again. Btw, did i mention we also have IRL-meetings/parties NaW- and BW-? However, now I have said that also. :)

If you were to rank the three best clans in Scandinavia, how would your list look?
The three best clans in scandinavia hmm.. NaW- and BW- definitly fits in that list without doubt. Sweden also has eVo. and a) but i would say its either the finnish team 360, former NeC, or the norwegian team Get. who takes a third place in that list. I like Finland better so lets say 360 then, so: NaW- BW- and finally 360. are the three top teams of Scandinavia, there you go.

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