Razer NeXT Crossfire Tournament: Stage Two
The Top Two from Both Conferences Have Been Decided
Pacific Macta and Pacific Wara stand at the top of the Northern Conference while NxA and Spammers have triumphed in the South. It’s looking like the next stage will be an all-out slugfest between Cebu and Manila.
Updates via Brackets as of 3:51 p.m., April 25:
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Matches Playing as of 2:51 p.m., April 25:
Things are heating up in the Southern Conference as two Cebu teams face off against Bacolod and Iloilo.
After a minor dispute between teams and marshalls, NxA bested TagaSogid and will proceed to the top 4. They will face PaF from Bacolod.
NxA (Cebu) vs PaF (Bacolod)
Spammers (Cebu) vs EnjoyUrself (Iloilo)
On to the Semi-Finals
Pacific Macta and Pacific Wara are through to the semi-finals after a tense 10-7 game. Unfortunately, Strategic AC Gaming has forfeited their match, bowing out of the conference with a prize of P2,000. Their forfeit gives Pacific Macta an automatic 10-0 in their match.
Team Parak secured 3rd place in their group and will also end the day with P2,000.
The Matches are Live!
Check out the live updates to the conference brackets by clicking this link.
Tomorrow marks another day for Crossfire and FPS enthusiasts out there as the second stage of the Razer NeXT tournament will commence, featuring the surviving teams from the harrowing elimination stage which was concluded a couple of weeks ago at designated Internet cafes all over the country.
The second stage actually begins with the Southern Conference as technical issues prevented the said conference from determining their final four. Thus, Team NxA (Cebu) and TigaSogid (Davao) will fight for the last slot in the group stage of the Southern Conference at 1:00 p.m., Philippine Standard Time. Sub Base is up for the taking; it is a map which contains many opportunities for fast rotations between both teams. Similar to the previous stage, the first team who gets ten rounds on the board wins.
After this particular matchup, the winner goes on to face Cebu’s Spammers, Iloilo’s EnjoyUrself and Bacolod’s TeamPAF at 2:00 p.m., with Black Widow to be the map of choice. The map is basically a reworked version of Dust 2. There are many opportunities for both sides to execute on a particular site due to the map’s structure, as well as for snipers to dominate the map due to its open spaces and wide alleys. The group stage will be in a round-robin format with the following point system:
A. One match win gives 10 points
B. One match loss gives 3 points
C. One round win gives 1 point, regardless of how the match turns out
D. Not showing up for the match gives 0 points
Based on the system above, a team can theoretically rack up 20 points per match win. At the same the “round win” system motivates teams to give their best as a 10-8 loss actually gives a good amount of points for the losing team (3+8=11 points) in comparison to a 10-5 loss (3+5=8 points), which is actually a great tool in determining who gets to the next stage!
Mark your calendars tomorrow, April 25, as smoke grenades and flash bangs will rain all over once again on the battlefields of Crossfire!
CrossFire is an online tactical FPS for the PC by South Korean developer SmileGate. The game is currently the largest and bestselling FPS title in China, where it is published and distributed by Tencent.
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