This year's WSVG Dallas Quake event was a huge success and showcased some of the world's most talented Quake 4 duelers. Though it started out slow, like many other tournaments do, matches quickly started getting exciting around the third round of both the Upper and Lower Brackets. Here are the final standings from the event:

WSVG Dallas 2007 Final Standings

1. Johan "toxjq" Quick - $5,250 + $1,000 travel
2. Alexey "Cypher" Yanusheuski - $3,000 + $1,000 travel
3. Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $2,100 + $1,000 travel
4. Magnus "fojji" Olsson - $1,200 + $1,000 travel
5. Chance "chance" Lacina - $1,200
6. Rafik "LoSt-CaUzE" Bryant - $750
7. Thomas "Griffin" Wall - $750
8. James "ERMAC" Boyd - $750
9-12. Andrew "gellehsak" Ryder
9-12. Sabian "Clamp-ok" Hayblum
9-12. Evan "Nomadic" Bradshaw
9-12. Aaron-Anton "HELL" Jones

Best Performance: toxjq
Johan "toxjq" Quick played nearly flawless this weekend, losing only one map the entire tournament. Oddly enough, it was on Monsoon, a map tox is well known for playing and also his map choice at the time. Nonetheless, he showed what he could do with a lot of practice before an event and I really can't wait until the next time Quick is able to face his Polish-rival Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski, who opted not to go to WSVG Dallas, and instead attended and won ESWC Finals.

Least Impressive Performance: icel0re
After being on and off for a little while, Dave "icel0re" Ritson seemed to really struggle this past tournament. After going 0-2 against griffin in the Upper Bracket and again in the Lower Bracket against HELL, Ritson’s tournament was over. After talking with some of the players, I was later able to find out that Ritson missed out on a lot of practice during the bootcamp due to technical difficulties with the computers. With the break in between now and the next WSVG event, I'm sure he will be practicing hard.

Stock Rising: DaHanG
Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty seemed to really impress spectators as he battled through tournament tooth-and-nail, after being knocked down into the Lower Bracket by fojji. He would later face fojji again, and beat him 2-0. His tournament would end though when he lost to Alexey "Cypher" Yanusheuski in the Consolation finals. In doing so though, he managed to make great strides in his level of play and had the highest finish among the North American Players. With every tournament this summer, he seems more comfortable with the game and playing in a LAN environment. Expect more things out of Fogarty in the upcoming WSVG events. On a side note, also keep an eye on him at QuakeCon where his Quake 2 experience will definitely come in handy in the "Quad Damage" tournament.

Fan Favorite: Lost-Cauze
With Fatal1ty not playing on the professional Quake circuit anymore, the American Quake scene needed a new face, and Rafik “Lost-Cauze” Bryant was more than happy to be that face. Not only was he coming into this tournament trying to break out of somewhat of a slump, but Rafik is also a Texas-native and had quite the crowd at some of his matches cheering for him, not to mention the IRC channels were going crazy when he went into the third map against HELL. During matches he may be quiet and reserved, he is a really nice guy just to hang out and talk with .

Biggest Upset: chance vs. DaHanG
In the lower bracket, we saw an amazing matchup between chance and lower-seeded DaHanG go three maps with DaHanG getting the "W" in the end. These two have played eachother in both the Warfactory and WSVG Louisville tournaments with chance winning 2-0 both times. After major bootcamping though, DaHanG seemed to be in top form when they met this time. On Phrantic, we saw him mount a huge comeback, but it just wasn't enough, tieing up the series 1-1. In the third map though (Placebo Effect), he would play a very conservative match until he was able to pull away in the last couple minutes, winning the set.

The next WSVG Quake competition will be held in Los Angeles and is nearly 3 months away, with QuakeCon being the only major event between then and now, giving players plenty of time to practice and prepare.

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