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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:44:04 +0000
CGS Season Two
| Coverage headlines | |
|---|---|
  CGS: Grand Final Gallery | 44 |
| CGS: World Finals Recap | 13 |
| CGS: Grand Final - Salvo Win | 302 |
  CGS: Overtime from Hell | 33 |
| CGS: Semi-Finals Gallery | 28 |
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As I sit in the airport for the next nine hours, with no internet as T-mobile decides to hate debit cards, I have a chance to reflect on two weeks of Championship Gaming Series and the close of the second season. I've thoroughly enjoyed myself, taken over 3000 pictures (most got deleted), done over 30 Audio interviews (They will be slowly going up over the next few weeks) and eaten at Subway 18 times. Before I give an in-depth reflection I'm going to quickly recap the season for those of you who haven't been following it.
FINAL PLACINGS
| Franchise | Placing | Prize Money | Season One placing | Change* |
| Birmingham Salvo | 1 | $500,000 | 3-4 | +2 |
| San Francisco OPTX | 2 | $150,000 | N/A | N/A |
| Berlin Allianz | 3-4 | $70,000 | 3-4 | N/A |
| Carolina Core | 3-4 | $70,000 | 2 | -1 |
| Wuhan Dragon | 5-8 | $30,000 | N/A | N/A |
| Dallas Venom | 5-8 | $30,000 | N/A | N/A |
| Sydney Underground | 5-8 | $30,000 | 9-12 | +4 |
| Mexico City Furia | 5-8 | $30,000 | 9-12 | +4 |
*The Season World Final had 12 teams in.
INDIVIDUAL FINALS
| Game | Winning player(s) | Franchise | Prize Money |
| Dead or Alive 4 Male | Emmanuel "Master" Rodriguez | Dallas Venom | $5,000 |
| Dead or Alive 4 Female | Vanessa "Vanessa" Arteaga | San Francisco OPTX | $5,000 |
| Counter-Strike: Source | Dallas Venom | Dallas Venom | $25,000 |
| FIFA 2008 | Eafra | Chicago Chimera | $5,000 |
| Forza Motorsport 2 | Philippe "YggdrasiL" Vaillant and Erno "FinPro" Kuronen | Berlin Allianz | $10,000 |
OTHER AWARDS
| Award | Player(s) | Prize Money |
| Tournament MVP | Dean "Picaso" Sutton and David "Daveyskills" Kelly | $25,000 |
| World of Warcraft | Nihilum Arena | $25,000 |
Now that that's out of the way let's enjoy the aptly named "Goodeh Awards", where I finally get a chance to cast my discerning eye on the players and happenings of the last two weeks.
GOODEH AWARDS
| Award Title | Winner(s) | Notes | Prize Money |
| Tournament MVP | Birmingham Salvo Forza | This was a tossup for me between these two and Ryan "Offbeat Ninja" Ward. At the end of the day this pair have won every single match, clutched the overtime against Berlin Allianz and generally been superb. |
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| Biggest Under performer | Alessandro "Stermy"Avalone | I expected great things from Stermy before the finals. I'm as shocked as anyone to see him going winless with a minus four points differential. He simply didn't perform when it mattered. | 0 |
| Most Improved | Livia "Liefje" Teernstra | Season one of CGS saw just two females turn up for the European draft, Livia was one of them. The same was true of the season two draft, yet Livia has turned from a female that plays Dead or Alive into a Dead or Alive player that is female. Superb results against Sophie "MISS" Breton, Vanessa and other players saw me praising a player I originally wrote off. Other strong contenders for this award were Mingzhi "Messy" Deng and the Berlin Allianz Forza pair. |
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| Best Interview | Mark Dolven | I can only apologize profusely to Mark for not getting this up on time, it will still be going up albeit cut down with questions made invalid by time. Mark is an intelligent, passionate and downright awesome General Manager, in a 40 minute interview he managed to convey to me exactly what makes him one of the best GM's in the CGS. |
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| Best Match | Birmingham Salvo vs. Berlin Allianz | I'm problably going to be lynched for not saying the Birmingham - Core match, but wow this match was crazy. I'm not usually a huge fan of Forza, but no match in the CGS has ever had me on my feet shouting at the top of my voice before. For Berlin to pull through in the last corner and take the win to force it into overtime must rank among the best things I've ever seen in eSports. |
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| Most Enthusiastic GM | Augusto "NoobZaiBot" Zapata | While all the GM's have immense enthusiasm no one carries themselves on stage like Augusto, his twirls during the Counter-Strike: Source win will forever remain in my memory. | 0 |
| Best Chef | Craig Levine | Ironically just as I was typing this Craig literally just walked into me at the airport, scary stuff. Thanks for the barbeque(s)! | 0 |
| Best Hair | Milan "xertion" Vegeer | Could it really be anyone else? Stermy came close to winning his second award but the Dutch won this battle. Note the award amount, he owes me money for a pizza. | $-10 |
In the follow-up article to this I'll be evaluating all 8 world finals teams. Stay tuned!