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The demos from the third round of EQL:Pro have been collected in neat packages for your convenience:

• Suddendeath vs Quakeklan (Download demo pack)
• Teamkillers vs Slackers (Download demo pack)
• CCCP vs OJOJ VITUN HELPPO! (Download demo pack)

For Easy to Kill vs Fusion there are no demos available as the game simply didn’t take place. If you are looking for demos from the previous rounds of EQL:Pro then you can find them on the EQL:Pro demos page.

Tonight it was time for EQL:Pro games again. The following games were played at 20:00CET:

Group A

Quakeklan vs Suddendeath

Slackers vs Teamkillers

Group B

CCCP vs OJOJ VITUN HELPPO!

Easy to Kill vs Fusion (should have been played, but Easy to Kill couldn’t field four players)

The most anticipated game of the evening was the one between Suddendeath vs Quakeklan where we would get to see a quite even game, but Suddendeath could close the deal the last five minutes. On the second map, DM3, Suddendeath let their new hot prospect Rkd onto the map and he showed that he can find RL on the map at least.

The other game, that turned out to be even more exciting, was the one between CCCP and OJOJ VITUN HELPPO!. As you may know, should OJOJ have lost 1-2 against CCCP then the team currently on third place, Fusion, had been without any chance to advance to the semifinal. The game included an overtime E1M2 round aswell as a restarted DM2 round which ended with a very narrow margin.

The scores can be found on the Refragged EQL:Pro coverage page

Tomorrow it’s time for the final round in the group stages of EQL:Pro and this means it will be settled what teams move onto the semifinals.

As preparation for tomorrow, Refragged predicts the outcome of the games in case you already want to know the results.

Read the EQL:Pro Round 3 predictions!

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The final round of the EQL:Pro group stages approaches quickly and on Sunday it’s to be decided which teams make it into the semifinal round. A particularly interesting game is the one between the Swedish rivals Suddendeath and Quakeklan – two clans that are on equal points and will play a deciding game for the second spot against eachother.

To check whether the special circumstances requires special preparations i got hold of the godfather and founder of Suddendeath for an in-depth analysis of the situation. The person i’m talking about is of course coach Trash!

Check out what Trash had to say about the Sunday clash!

The demos from the first two rounds in the EQL:Pro league have been collected and divided per game. They’re also visible on a page separated from the scores as to avoid spoilers for those of you who have not been following the tournament that closely as of yet.

Check out the EQL:Pro demos!

The first group games in EQL:Pro have commenced and the rosters of the teams have been finalized. Changes compared to the rosters that has been reported on Refragged before are the following:

• Slackers: Added Phrenic
• Suddendeath: Lost Goblin, Arnette, and Andeh. They added Rkd and Trash
• Quakeklan: Added Grisling and Dahmer
• Easy to Kill: Added Lobo and Kat
• CCCP: Added Overdose

Check out the full rosters

The division 1 player Rikoll has written a preview on the EQL:Pro action coming up tomorrow where he takes a look at the teams participating and the upcoming games.

“I suspect this game to be quite one sided, but for excitements sake lets hope Quakeklan puts up the game of their lives. Quakeklans best hope would be E1M2, and pull off some magic teamplay / quad runs, and hopefully ruin some of Slackers moral before an eventual decider. Normally I think Slackers would simply be too dominating on DM2 and DM3, but I’ve been wrong before.

Something that Quakeklan should strive to use to their advantage is that Dimman and TheEvilDog have both been partly schooled into the division 1 players they are in the Slackers2 project, which has probably given them a great insight into master Paradoks’ tactical thinking, who’s now on the opposing side.”

- Rikoll on Slackers vs Quakeklan, one of the games tomorrow

Do you agree with the reasoning he’s doing in the article or is he plain wrong about pretty much everything? Let us know in the comments!

Check out the full preview on ESReality!

For those of you who have been longing for an opportunity to get rid of all your playmoney on Goldrush, now is a splendid opportunity to do so as the games in the first round of EQL:Pro has been added to the site.

Checking out the site after having been forgotten for a long time i realize that it would probably be a lot of fun to have a betting competition for the EQL:Pro games. Maybe next time…

Head over to Goldrush and gamble!

The groups and schedule for the first edition of EQL:Pro have finally been revealed by the tournament administrators. As you may have noticed, the first game date is this upcoming Sunday the 9th of January. Below you can find the schedule, groups and rosters of the teams.

Notice that the rosters of Slackers, Suddendeath and Fusion aren’t official as those teams are yet to add the players to their squads on the EQL website. The rosters showing for the mentioned teams have been taken from the EQL12 website in the meanwhile.

Another important thing to note is that the premiere on Sunday will feature the two first rounds of the league – a lot of action coming up that is!

Groups

Group A
Slackers: Paradoks, Murdoc, Zero, Shove it(aka Krab), En_karl, Striker, Mja
Quakeklan: Ok98, Dimman, Lethalwiz, TheEvilDog, Riker, Hagge
Suddendeath: Reppie, Razor, Molle, Bps, Mawe, Lakso, Goblin, Arnette, Andeh
Teamkillers: Soma, Medar, DDK, Squeeze, Hangtime, Snapcase, Ganon

Group B
Fusion: Nitram, Rikoll, Chris (aka Serox), Lacsap, Kingpin, Skillah
Easy to Kill: Derek, Niw, Pericles, Slabi, Tom
OJOJ VITUN HELPPO!: Diki, Blaze, Darkki, Hlt, Fix, Marklar (Fifi), Creature
CCCP: Meshuggah, XN (aka Unnamed), Xpr, Moltas, Votary

Schedule

Round 1 and 2 (Sunday the 9th of January):

19:00 Group A:
Teamkillers – Quakeklan
Suddendeath – Slackers

19:00 Group B:
CCCP – Fusion
Easy to Kill – OJOJ VITUN HELPPO!

21:00 Group A:
Teamkillers – Suddendeath
Slackers – Quakeklan

21:00 Group B:
CCCP – Easy to Kill
Fusion – OJOJ VITUN HELPPO!

Round 3 (Sunday the 16th of January):

20:00 Group A:
Quakeklan – Suddendeath
Teamkillers – Slackers

20:00 Group B:
CCCP – OJOJ VITUN HELPPO!
Easy to Kill – Fusion

Round 4 – Playoff Semifinal (Sunday the 23rd of January):
20:00
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??? – ???

Round 5 – Playoff Bronze & Final Games (Sunday the 30th of January):
19:00 Bronze Game
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21:00 Final Game
??? – ???

Source: European Quake League website