5v5 Epic.LAN CSS Tournament UPDATED: Grand Final ~ Crash To Desktop

Group Stages Begin

The group stages for the Counter Strike Source tournament at Epic.SEVEN has begun with 8 teams fighting it out for a £2000 (plus tickets to Epic.EIGHT) prize. The reigning champions Rasta-Gaming (known as Rasta.Xd at Epic.SIX) have been confirmed for entry to defend their title along with Epic.SIX's finalists Link Gaming.

The tournament will be played in a group stage followed by double elimination format whereby competitors will have 2 chances to succeed before being knocked out. Although hard it's possible for a team to lose early in the tournament and fight through the "Losers Bracket" to win a tournament so keep your eyes peeled, this is a tourney to watch.
The teams we have playing this time are:

Divi5ion
LiNK
R.I.P. WaWa
Rasta-Gaming
TEAMCRG
The Last Resort
XPLICIT
Xtreame One

We'll keep you updated live on the goings on of the tournament so I reccommend you get yourself a drink, sit back and enjoy the fragging.

Heres the results of the group stage:

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Diff	Streak	Points
LiNK	7	6	0	1	111	49	62	1	19
Rasta-Gaming	7	5	1	1	105	54	51	4	16
TEAMCRG	7	5	1	1	99	50	49	1	16
The Last Resort	7	4	2	1	86	65	21	3	13
XPLICIT	7	3	4	0	79	83	-4	-2	9
R.I.P. WaWa	7	2	5	0	83	82	1	-4	6
Divi5ion	7	1	6	0	28	96	-68	-1	3
Xtreame One	7	0	7	0	0	112	-112	-7	0

UPDATE: Elimination stage begins

The group stage has finished and the teams who have made it through to the double elimination are now facing off in the Upper bracket.

The current match ups are as follows:

LiNK vs -X1-

TLR vs XPLICIT

Rasta.Xd vs R.I.P.

TEAMCRG vs Divi5ion

UPDATE: Elimination Upper Semi Final

The first set of matches have finished with the following teams now facing off against each other:

LiNK vs TLR

Rasta.Xd vs TEAMCRG

UPDATE: Elimination Upper Final and Lower Bracket Opens

It seems that the Upper bracket final is a match up between both finalists from Epic.SIX, only one can progress to the grand final however.



LiNK	2

-X1-	0
		LiNK	2

		TLR	0
TLR	2

XPLICIT	0
				LiNK	2

				Rasta.Xd	0
Rasta.Xd	2

R.I.P.	0
		Rasta.Xd	2

		TEAMCRG	0
TEAMCRG	2

Divi5ion	0

Meanwhile the Lower bracket has opened up with the losing teams from the previous bracket fighting for that elusive spot in the grand final:

Lower Consolidation 1		Lower Semi Final		Lower Consolidation 2		Lower Final


-X1-	1	TEAMCRG	16
-X1-	1	TEAMCRG	16
XPLICIT	16	XPLICIT	2
XPLICIT	16	XPLICIT	2	TEAMCRG	16	Rasta.Xd	10
				TEAMCRG	16	Rasta.Xd	10
				TLR	13	TEAMCRG	16
R.I.P.	16	TLR	16	TLR	13	TEAMCRG	16
R.I.P.	16	TLR	16
Divi5ion	6	R.I.P.	14
Divi5ion	6	R.I.P.	14

UPDATE: Both brackets finish - Grand Final imminant

Now both the upper and lower brackets have concluded the winners of both brackets go on to face each other for the grand final of the 5v5 tournament and the very tasty £2000 prize. So who will win? Since last years winners were taken out late game by TeamCRG I'm expecting them to push it through last second to win the tourney.

Withou further ado here is the grand final match up info:

LiNK Nickname
JAMES_PERROTT
mini
bashx
KritikaL
zed

TEAMCRG

Nickname
redsnake
bOWZAr
b3n
pritch
chanbOii

UPDATE: We have a winner!

Last years runners up LiNK have just clinched it after knocking out the reigning champions Rasta.Xd in the Upper Bracket final and facing Lower Bracket winners TEAMCRG. Congratulations to the team, they should be enjoying their prizes and hopefully we'll hear more of them at Multiplay i44.