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WCG06: ElakeDuck: My money's on ToD

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ElakeDuck was the clear favourite in Group P, and won all his matches. He really dislikes the map and counts out all the chances that any Orc player will win this year.
- I cant even imagine Grubby winning this, says ElakeDuck.



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Zeus and ElakeDuck after having sumo wrestled.

ElakeDuck won all his matches in Group P, and will now face ID.Dave in the first round of the playoff. When asked on what he thought on the outcome against Dave he was a bit doubtful.
- I should win, if not I am really really bad, but the matchup is Orc versus Orc and everything can happen. I have been playing lots of practice games here in that matchup and I have lost them all, he says not sounding very confident. Though he reminds to tell us that he does not think Dave is not really that good.
- I will probably go with the usual, do whatever feels right, says ElakeDuck.

Surprised that Paladyn did not do better


In a previous interview with ElakeDuck the Swedish Orc tells us about his thoughts of the group.
- Paladyn and Yarchick are good players but I should advance unless I fuck up, he said. Read more » here. Now afterwards he mentions that he was surprised that Paladyn did not play that well.
- He went Beastmaster and Firelord along with lots of archers, while I went mass Raiders. I was able to take down some of his Archers in the beginning, and then I pretty much had the advantage and won, he says on the match against Paladyn played on Terenas Stand.

There is no good Orc map at all, they suck so bad... I can't really imagine that Grubby will win this.


- Duck about the tournament maps and Orc's chances
Terenas Stand is the map that he dislikes the most of the maps. To have it more balanced he would like that it was replaced with a map like Gnoll Wood.
- There is no good Orc map at all, they suck so bad, he says. I asked a counter-question if he said that just because he was Orc, and he laughed and said "well, perhaps just a little". He further says that he really doubts any Orc player winning this. Not even Grubby.
- I can't really imagine that Grubby will win this, he says, and refers to the imbalance of the maps.

Wants best of three and double elimination


He thinks that World Cyber Games is alright apart from the tournament structure that really sucks. He thinks that it would be better with best of three in each group and double elimination.
- With this system there are too many surprises and upsets that aren't really supposed to happen, he says. ElakeDuck also reveals that many of the players have forfeited in deciding matches.
- I know that Creolophus did it against Ghost, so he was not going to play Grubby. This way I have to play him instead, says ElakeDuck.

Have you had the time to do anything else here in Italy apart from playing WarCraft?
- No, I haven't got time. I have been playing some with the attractions together with some of the players. I actually did some sumo wrestling with Zeus, and I won.
Even if the Duck might be good at sumo wrestling, he did not include himself as one of the top three players. He mentions Sky, ToD, Grubby and Deadman as the ones good enough to be in Top 3.
- A couple of our players have placed some money on who will win, and I have my money on ToD, says ElakeDuck. He explains that the maps are very Human friendly. But ToD himself is not that confident, especially not against Night Elf players.

At the end of our interview, ElakeDuck met up with the fnatic CEO Sam, who had brought some gamer gear for him. A new headset (he was playing with headphones with SK tag on before), and a fnatic t-shirt. The fnatic CEO seemed very happy with ElakeDuck qualifying.

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