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The first two North American WSVG events, LanWar and Intel Summer Championship (ISC) respectivly, have been filled with improbable outcomes and upsets. A prime example of this is the inclusion of two pugs, MouseSports (mouz) and g3nerationX (g3x), in the upper bracket semi finals. Could a pug advance to the upper bracket finals in a major international event? Unlikey, yes. Impossible, no. Despite being on an incredible hot streak, the Brazilians of g3x would have a very tough road through Complexity if they wished to remain in the upper bracket.

At the end of day two, I spoke with Complexity owner Jason Lake and got his thoughts on how his team had performed during the tournament thus far. Mr. Lake was very pleased to be in the upper bracket semi finals, but also concerned as the match would take place at 10 A.M. the next day. He spoke of Complexity typically underperforming in the mornings, and the other members of the table at which were we sitting suggested some remedies for this problem. The answer: cardio in the morning, and Mr. Lake had his team do just that. At 8:00 A.M. this morning Complexity took a one mile walk around the venue property to "get the blood flowing." How effective was their walk? Well, Complexity was able to dominate their match versus g3x and cement themselves as one of the two teams to beat at this tournament.

The match began with Complexity on the offensive side of Dust2. The pistol round started with Frod picking up an entry kill in middle, allowing his team to redirect their attack and take catwalk. Complexity closed out the round and started to heat up. The next round saw Frod start it off again with a few entry kills on the team's anti-eco.

In round 4, g3x showed a few glimmers of hope as they were able to flash and counter-flash Complexity into running out of time. Complexity would not make the same mistake twice. Round 5 saw the Americans run the same strategy as the last round, but at a faster pace. Frod began the round by aggressively AWPing middle, while Trip and Sunman covered the middle doors and catwalk. The flanks were held by Storm at B and Warden at long A. Complexity used this default strategy effectively for the duration of the half.

As Complexity started to pickup momentum, Mr. Lake called out "snow ball it", and watched his team calmly win the next three rounds.

Round 8 saw g3x use an interesting push strategy. The Brazilians picked up on Complexity's lack of aggression at the B bomb site and adjusted their defense to focus on A. g3x began the round by slowly pushing three defenders down long A, and up the flank to where Warden was waiting. The two teams traded frags at long A as the second stage of g3x's strategy commenced, with the two remaining players pushing up middle and catwalk respectively. The Brazilians effectively sandwiched Complexity near the green box in middle and forced Storm into a 1v2 without the bomb. Storm made a solid effort by fragging one of the defenders, but came up just short as g3x's Lance fragged him in the back to end the round. This was the second and final round g3x would win during the half.

By the end of round 10 Complexity was firmly in control of the match with an 8-2 lead and an even bigger mental edge as the entire g3x team had amassed only 15 total frags and failed to hold bomb site A despite sending four players to control the area.

Rounds 13-15 served as highlight reels for Frod's next movie. His AWP was absolutely devastating. At one point Frod fragged g3x's eduzin through two walls, to which eduzin could only lower his head and type "ns". The half ended with a 13-2 score in favor of Complexity including 64 offensive frags -- 22 of which came from Frod. The Brazilians managed a mere 19 defensive frags, and failed to have a player with a positive K:D ratio.

Despite being down 13-2, g3x's fantastic manager was able to motivate the team and get their heads back in the game. The Brazilians came out red hot by winning the opening pistol round via a slow long A strategy.

At this point the score was set at 13-3 and I was sure Complexity would deagle armor the next round. A 2nd round win for Complexity would have put g3x into a must-buy situation with a mere $1600, almost guaranteeing a win for the Americans. Even if Complexity only managed to frag three of g3x's players, the Brazilians would have been hard pressed for money. After some consideration, including the denial of Frod's request to buy, Complexity’s Trip decided that buying and potentially losing the round was a risk he did not want to take, considering the team needed only three rounds to win the match. Complexity full saved on both of their ecos and prepared for the half's first gun round.

Round 19 (the fourth round of the half) saw Complexity keep g3x at bay via effective flashes and counter-flashes; the round bore striking similarities to Complexities failed attack in round 4. Much like Complexity, the Brazilians waited too long and ran out of time.

Round 20 saw Sunman play the hero role by winning a big 1v1 which assured his team a tie as the score sat 15-6 in favor of Complexity. Not to be outdone, Complexity's Storm won a 1v2 in round 16 by approaching g3x from catwalk as the Brazilians planted for long A. Storm quickly peeked out cat, located the bomb planter and fragged him through the wall, forcing a 1v1 with g3x’s eduzin. In a 1v1 situation there is almost no better player in the world to have on your team than Storm. The two calmly exchanged volleys for the next few seconds until Storm put the final blow on eduzin and won the match.