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Counter-Strike Source: CGS North American Playoffs Preview

By: Nick Bee - Published July 02, 2008 at 8:40 PM EDT - Writer Archive


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Canada Garett "Grt" Bambrough
United States Mohamed "moE" Assad
United States Yazan "Clown" Ammari
United States Mike "Paradox" Stanowski
United States Laurent "Warmach1ne" Keoula
Forza



United States Chad "Miximup" Neil
United States Kevin "Sackamonjaro" Uribe
FIFA



Italy Alessandro "stermy^" Avallone
DOA (Male)



United States Chris "NinjaCW" Harris
DOA (Female)



United States Vanessa "Vanessa" Arteaga
The narrowest point differential in the league has boosted the OPTX towards a #3 seed in the playoffs and a shot at moving on to the Region 1 finals. A seven and five record doesn't stand out as a blockbuster title for the OPTX story, but they fall nowhere near the parade of disappointment that is the Carolina Core, however they also do not reach the hieghts that league juggernauts the Venom and 3D.NY have become.

Much of the blame needs to be placed on the Source team. They lead only the Chimera, and then only by four points in the overall diffrential. They did however overcome the Venom earlier on in the season, and in their most recent match won 10-8 over the Chimera.

In the Fifa department, the OPTX have been carrying themselves quite well. Stermy is second overall behind Eafra who has a massive lead over the competition. The Italian gamer has held fast to the reputation of being a reliable player throughout the season.

Along with their Source squad, a sub-par Forza season has held this team back from day one. Four wins to eight losses has hurt the OPTX, but the combonation of Miximup and ACKAMONJARI have managed to keep the losses close, having a small -8 point differential, not as bad as the overall record would let on.

Finally we come to the light at the end of the tunnel for the San Francisco franchise. Vanessa has been absolutely trouncing the competition, and similer to her male counter-part Master, has given up only a single loss. NinjaCW's consistency with a six and six record mirrors his ability to minimize net point gain.
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