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World of Warcraft: MLG Anaheim Saturday Melee

By: Ryan Cole - Published November 07, 2009 at 12:09 PM EST - Writer Archive
Day two brings more intense competition to the playing field as eight of the top teams try to make it to Championship Sunday at the Anaheim Convention Center, here in Anaheim, California.


Day two is about to take the stage as eight of the top World of Warcraft teams battle it out to reach Championship Sunday and a chance at over $24,000 in cash and prizes. We haven't seen too many surprises here in Anaheim after Day 1, however, a couple matches do stand out over the rest.

The match everyone was hoping to see in terms of skill level and preparation coming into the event, SK.EU vs. Complexity, ended up being a quick steam roll for SK.EU as they took down Complexity in gruesome 5-0 fashion. Of course, SK.EU played Shadow Cleave coming into the event, but even then, they came out with Another switching to mage in the last match and still annihilated their competition.

Another great surprise was none other than Complexity.BHMS. Coming into the event, this team had no real LAN practice and was seen as a true underdog to the other professional teams. BHMS came out strong against SK.US and even though it was a really close match up, Brogo's strong showing in the later rounds proved to be just what they needed to pull out a last match win against SK.

Check-Six came out strong as they have been in the past with Beast Cleave and took Fnatic's RLS team down 4-1. The BM nerf didn't seem like it took much of a toll on them, as the chemistry and communication of x6's new healer proved to bring great success to this newer comp.

Don't count anyone out just yet as only one match has been played by all teams. Consider yesterday the warm up phase because today we're getting down and dirty.

Matches to look out for today: coL.BHMS vs. Fnatic and x6, SK.US vs Button Bashers, and the greatest match up of the day x6 vs. SK.EU.

Don't forget that the HD stream is an available special feature and will greatly impact what you see when it comes down to in game focus. Take advantage of it while you have the chance!


Prizes
1st Place - $9,000 US, 3 HP Firebird PC
2nd Place - $4,500 US
3rd Place - $2,250 US

Teams
United States SK.US: Enforcer, Pookz, Realz
United States Check-Six: Twixz, Flexxorz, Toes
South Korea Button Bashers: Hiren, Numberone, Orangemarmalade
France SK.EU: Another, Enigmz, Inflame
United States Complexity: Reckful, Sodah, Venruki
United States Evil Geniuses: Azael, Smatin, Tenderloin
United States Fnatic: Douja, Yog, Woundman
United States Complexity.BHMS: Brogo, Massive, Snutz

Standings
StandingsGWLTRW/RLP
CheckSix77--26/914
Button Bashers761-21/1412
SK Europe743-21/148
Complexity.BHMS734-16/196
Team EG734-16/196
Fnatic725-14/214
Complexity725-13/224
SK US716-13/222

Currently Playing

MLG Anaheim Group Play Round 6


Scoreboard1H2HOTF
Button Bashers3--3
Complexity.BHMS2--2
coL.BHMS
Brogo - Tauren Druid
Massive - Blood Elf Death Knight
Snutz - Undead Warlock
Button Bashers
Orangemarmalade - Undead Mage
Numberone - Undead Priest | Orc Shaman
Hiren - Undead Rogue
BHMS Ruins of Lordaeran BB
Ruins: Brogo gets trained from the start to finish and eventually dies.. 1-0 BB
BHMS Nagrand Arena BB
Nagrand: Massive gets killed through his AMZ. 2-0 BB
BHMS Blade's Edge BB
Blade’s Edge: BB ruins Brogo with ease.. 3-0 BB
BHMS Nagrand Arena BB
BHMS comes back and takes down BB. 3-1
BHMS Ruins of Lordaeran BB
BHMS targets Orange and switches to Numberone. 3-2

Scoreboard1H2HOTF
CheckSix3--3
Team EG2--2
Check-Six
Twixz - Orc Hunter
Toes - Blood Elf Paladin Undead Priest
Flexx - Orc Shaman
Evil Geniuses
Azael - Undead Warlock | Gnome Warlock
Tenderloin - Orc Shaman | Draenei Shaman
Smatin - Undead Rogue | Human Rogue
x6 Ruins of Lordaeran EG
Ruins: EG manages to kill flexx while toez fat fingers his alt+z key to disable his ui.. 1-0 eg
x6 Blade's Edge EG
Blade’s Edge: x6 cleaves azael down.1-1
x6 Ruins of Lordaeran EG
Ruins: EG kills Flexx again with clutch wind shears on toes from tenderloin.. 2-1 eg
x6 Dalaran Sewers EG
Dalaran: Long match with EG and x6 but x6 pulls a kill on smatin. 2-2
x6 Nagrand Arena EG
Nagrand: Intense match between x6 vs EG, both healers run oom and even with a cc chain on toes, flexx manages to live and x6 kills smatin.. 3-2 x6

Scoreboard1H2HOTF
SK Europe4--4
Complexity.BHMS1--1
coL.BHMS
Brogo - Tauren Druid
Massive - Blood Elf Death Knight
Snutz - Undead Warlock
SK EU
Inflame - Gnome Warlock | Undead Warlock
Enigmz - Tauren Druid
Another - Undead Mage | Blood Elf Death Knight
SK.EU Dalaran Sewers BHMS
Dalaran: BHMS blows their cooldowns in an attempt to kill SK’s DK, but SK does the same and kills BHMS’ DK afterwards. 1-0 SK
SK.EU Ruins of Lordaeran BHMS
Ruins: SK plays a much more aggressive style than BHMS, targeting pets and spreading damage all over the place.. Brogo gets shit on with full locks and dies.. 2-0 SK
SK.EU Blade's Edge BHMS
Blade’s Edge: BHMS manages to do a ton more damage this time and causes SK’s druid to run oom way earlier than SK’s. 2-1 SK
SK.EU Ruins of Lordaeran BHMS
Ruins: SK displays crazy damage pressure on BHMS. Massive is killed. 3-1 SK
SK.EU Dalaran Sewers BHMS
Dalaran Sewers: SK takes down Snutz 4-1 SK

Scoreboard1H2HOTF
Button Bashers4--4
Fnatic1--1
fnatic
Douja - Orc Shaman | Draenei Shaman
Woundman - Undead Rogue | Human Rogue
Yog - Undead Warlock | Gnome Warlock
Button Bashers
Orangemarmalade - Undead Mage
Numberone - Undead Priest | Orc Shaman
Hiren - Undead Rogue
BB Map Fnatic
Ruins of Lordaeron Douja gets sapped at the beginning of the game, making the rest of the match an uphill battle. Woundman dies as Douja is controlled with his trinket down after a rather long rogue vs rogue battle in which fNatic put tons of pressure onto Numberone but fails to kill him after Woundman cloaks offensively. Score: 1-0, BB's Favor
BB Map Fnatic
Ruins of Lordaeron Woundman dies again in the second match after Douja is controlled for most of the game, making it difficult to gain momentum against the Korean RMP. Numberone and Hiran scored the kill after a very defensive Woundman jumped over the tomb in the middle and was immediately caught in a bad position. Score: 2-0, BB's favor
BB Map Fnatic
Nagrand Arena Douja gets sapped in the middle of the arena on his mount with Water Shield on and is cheap shotted immediately. Despite efforts from Yog and Woundman to peel Button Bashers were able to easily score a kill on the shaman. Score: 3-0, BB's favor
BB Map Fnatic
Ruins of Lordaeron Woundman brought out of stealth at the beginning by a holy nova from Numberone but are able to turn the game around with consistent pressure on Numberone and Hiran. Numberone managed to get a couple of drinks off but on the second one, Woundman is able to get a sap onto Numberone after getting a clean restealth. With the rogue at 30%, fNatic is able to score a kill even with Hiran living through the sap duration. Score: 3-1, BB's favor
BB Map Fnatic
Ruins of Lordaeron Woundman dies as Douja goes for a hex on the priest and is unable to Nature's Swiftness -> Healing Wave in time to save him. Score: 4-1, BB's favor


Past Results: Round 1 Results | Round 2 Results | Round 3 Results | Round 4 Results | Round 5 Results | Round 6 Results

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