Good Lan / Bad Lan !
The Long Long Long............Long day of the brisbane RCG Brisbane qualifer is over and after spending time filming and supporting my Voxe members i had the pleasure of spending 12 hours in total at the event and decided i might try and give you a highlight of the days play.
This is the sole opinion of myself and not by the COD or Voxe organisation as i give what i thought were the highlights , the good , the bad , ups and the downs of the event.
Haymo (Thumbs Up)
Have to start off giving the TLS repersentitive a shoutout for his fantastic work at the event. There is alot of things i did not agree with for the event but as i whinge about being there for 12 hours he wouldve been the first one there and last one to leave. His tireless efforts all day made it possible to always talk to an admin and get the event rolling and sorted. Every moment of the day we knew what was happening and always ask the players/teams for advice on the tournament. So thanks Haymo!
Ian (thumbs up)
By far the best dress at the event i think he was the only that one that got the memo about the fancy dress at the Lan. In all seriousness he invited the voxe boys over for beer and abit of kick of the footy at his place which only lasted one kick due to Nicks first attempt at a drop punt. This isnt the only reason i gave him the thumps up , its because players like these turn up to lans and make a team for the sole purpose of playing the game and getting numbers at the tournaments. So good work ian! ta 4 the beers
Bo3 Double elimnation Finals (Thumbs Down)
First time i have heard of a tournament being ran like this but apparently it was something players were interested in having due to most of the teams at the event were Interstate teams and nothing is worst then traveling all this way to play 3-4 games. Still this caused massive delays and the 3 times 3 triple over times we saw Exile5 face didnt help the time schedual on the day. After Voxe's 3-4 hours wait for the lower bracket games to finish fray would of had to win 4 maps against voxe just to take the 1st place spot after Semi Finals went to Vox Way. Only advice for future is to delay the winner bracket final when all the Lower Bracket games are done.
GameStah B-Ray! (Thumbs Up)
Being a pass caster i know whats its like to Solo cast a match , this guy did it for 12 straight hours with over 10 games with a smile on his face. Never Whinged once and was always keen to talk to the players at the event. Thumbs up mate and gamestah!
Brisbane Weather (Thumbs Down)
Well the weather was fantastic but not perfect gaming conditions at the lan event where they seem to have trouble keeping a cool tempature at Elysium. It sucked staying in that event for most of the day with 50 other gamers.
Exile5 vs Voxe (Thumbs Down)
Was a shame that the game never seem to take place. I know personally the boys were keen to play the X5 lineup at the event due to their recent Draft Competition matches which saw the teams both finish extremely close to each other with voxe finishing the game off 16-14. Thought Exile5 lost to Fray 3-1 and voxe defeating fray4-1 it was a shame to see what the difference could of been in the event enviroment. Wouldve made for an intense encounter
Brisbane Players (Thumbs Up)
The cod4 scene for brisbane seems to be going strong with a total of 9 teams showing up on the day. Compared to the other events getting a showing of 4 teams max it goes to show that COD4 is strong in Brisbane. Another note it seems like the lan community is alot stronger in means of sportsmanship and general knowledge of the players as i saw many having strong bonds even after some friendly banter in matches this will be mostly due to events like GGF lan for the scene here. COD4 lacks alot of lan time
Managers/Supporters (Thumbs Up)
Being one of these at the event i saw most teams bring friends or managers who sat behind their respected teams taking photos and footage all day.Its great to see at any event and As being one of them expect to see some Vlogs and Photos of the Voxe's progress over the weekend on our page!
Omen (Thumbs Up) (Thumbs Down) ( i dunno LOL)
I thought i should just give him a mention, After being the loudest player in his matches or even the room it was hard not to notice the intensity and his passion for the game. Althought after all this we saw many handshakes and hugs come from the man regardless of his results which just shows you its a Game that we all enjoy and nothing is wrong with abit of Friendly banter as long as that is all it is....Harmless Friendly banter
Fray (Thumbs Up)
I dont know much about cod4 and i havnt followed it for long but i am positive if these same 5 players stay together with their proven lan expirence i have no doubt they are going to be surpising alot of teams with results especally on LAN.
mr12 (Thumbs Down)
Dont rate the mr12 i think we should be moving forward and using the same game format for everything rather then randomly changing in scrims/matches/events. I think mr15 is a more universial Game format and makes for fair gameplay for possible comebacks. As we had serval overtimes i wonder how many of them wouldve been if it was mr15
Summary -
The brisbane community and its players made this lan great, Regardless of the event and its PC's everybody had to play on the same conditions and it was worth wild because players got something out of it. Plenty of games to play and spectate with quality teams turning up and playing. This is something COD4 has been lacking and i think this gives abit of hope for the TLS event in Sydney. I also think COD4 CG-I teams are closing the gaps and i think we will probably end up having 4-5 teams contending for the title or challenging those going for it. Shout outs to everybody i met and thanks for making the time more enjoyable because at the end of the day Lan is better when you can actually socialize and see how teams perform under certain circumstances.
Stay tune in the coming days for the Vlogs and pictures that were taken at the event. Congratulations to my boys and badluck to fray it was differnently an intense game to watch.
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