Weird ends fourth in the ESWC.nl qualifier - 190 views

Yesterday the Dutch Electronic Sports World cup qualifiers took place in the Wzzrd LAN Café in Enschede, The Netherlands. Overload's very own Quake dueler Richard Krooman (Weird) was present to compete among some of the legendary names of the Dutch Quake scene, some returning to try their best to win this event and travel to San José, USA for the ESWC finals.

In the group stage Krooman had to face an early Quake 3 player, Wieke Loman (Lan-Di). Results of this match have not been published.
In the first round of the playoffs Krooman faced Kyra (Rikku) in a match which was easily taken home by Overload's Quake dueler.
In the second round of the winners bracket Weird faced Quake 3 legend Lemmy de Groot (if-22), who proved to be worth his legendary status.Krooman lost versus de Groot and was pushed into the lower bracket, where he faced and beat Christiaan Hondeveld (Terrifire) in a vital match to continue in the tournament.
In the next lower bracket match Krooman faced another legendary player, Sander Kaasjager (VoO), who is known for being one of the top players during the CPL World Tour in the game Painkiller. In a very though game Krooman eventually lost, meaning he ended fourth in the Dutch ESWC qualifiers.

Meanwhile the tournament continued to show some of the best matches Quake 3 has seen for the past few years. The final ranking looks as following:

1st Lemmy de Groot (if-22)
2nd Sander Kaasjager (VoO)
3rd Jeffrey Debipersad (draven)
4th Richard Krooman (Weird)
5/6th Geo Molenaar (geo) & Christiaan Hondeveld (Terrifire)
7/8th Wieke Loman (Lan-Di) & Kyra (Rikku)

Posted by: Sainted in category QUAKE 4 at 08 June 2008 9:44

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