#5 – 3D vs. MiBR

3D: Quach, Kim, Morgan, Geffon, Miller
MiBR: Corassa, Eduzin, pava, pred, kiko

The Background

MiBR was Brazil's entry team for the World Cyber Games competition in 2003. The team had used bsl as part of the roster for ESWC earlier in the year, and had performed decently in the competition. This unknown lineup, however, was to have a real trial by fire at WCG as the members of MiBR tried to carve the team name into the professional Counter-Strike scene. MiBR started the tournament hot, winning all four of their group-play matches and moving on to the single elimination playoffs. 3D was a favorite coming into the tournament, predicted to either win the tournament or lose to SK.swe, which had just acquired SpawN. 3D also started the tournament with flair, smashing the competition in their groups with wins such as 24-0 against g3x and taking their only loss to Neph. The match between 3D and MiBR would take place in the first round of the playoff bracket.

The Setup

WCG used a best two-out-of-three map format, meaning that teams would play until one team won two matches out of three on different maps. The first map to be played between 3D and MiBR was de_nuke, which happened to be the same map played when 3D lost to Neph.

The Round

After an intense match, MiBR scraped out with a win in overtime; however, MiBR exploited the nuke flash bug underneath the floating box in ramp room, not once, but twice. 3D pointed out the two flashes during the match. After more than an hour of dispute and debate, MiBR was made to forfeit the map, allowing 3D the win by disqualification of MiBR. By the rules imposed by WCG, the rounds in which illegal flashes occurred would be overturned automatically to 3D, changing the score from 12-12 (the score leading into overtime) to 13-11 (first overturn). Had MiBR won this match, they might have had more momentum to win the second map, and may have played SK in the finals instead of 3D. One round made all the difference.

MiBR lost the second map, de_inferno, to 3D in another squeaker, 13-11. MiBR ended up finishing 9^th-12^th in the tournament, eliminated in the first round, along with teams like 4K and Ocrana. 3D proceeded into the upper rounds of the bracket, defeating Against All Authority and Team9 and making their way into the finals, where they took second place after losing to SK.swe. Disputes over the same flash bug still arise today, most recently seen at the EverLAN tournament this past weekend in the NoA vs. u5 match. Despite their loss at WCG, MiBR came back to absolutely crush 3D on de_inferno at the CPL Winter 2003 tournament two months later.

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