Razer NeXT Crossfire Tournament Leg 2: Finals Blog

Only four squads remain in finals of the second leg of the Razer NeXT Crossfire Tournament as the action begins today.

Once again, the top two teams of the Southern Conference will be pitted against the top two squads from the Northern Conference and the semi-finals looks to be another Manila-Cebu affair thus far.

Will the South be able to get a team or two to the finals and write another chapter in this tournament? Or will the two Pacific teams make it an all-Northern final for the second time around?

The matchups are as follows:

Pacific.Macta versus HASleftxSPM

Pacific.Macta wins!

HL.Decapitatorz versus Pacific.Wara

Pacific.Wara wins!

What are the maps for this Final?

The first map, Mexico, is a Global Risk (GR)-dominated site as both bombsites are pretty hard to get through due to easily defensible setups. However, once Black List (BL) takes control of a site, the game quickly turns into their favor as they can have very strong afterplant positions.

As for the second map, Sub Base is a fast-paced map which contains many opportunities for both teams to quickly rotate across the map, thus giving a sense of uncertainty for every round played on this place. This is favored slightly by the GR side due to the fact that they already start inside the B bombsite, thus allowing them to focus on getting control of A instead.

Finally, Ankara is well-known for its “three-way” system that allows GR to do any defensive setups that they want earlier in the round, thus allowing them to do aggressive plays early on. On the other side of the coin, BL can get map control early on through controlling the middle, thus allowing for splitting maneuvers later in the round. Thus, one can expect teams go for plays in order to control the middle portion of the map so that they can have an easier time rotating across the map.

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