The 15th season of the ESL Pro Series Germany has ended tonight, concluding with the Call of Duty 4 finals live on ESL TV.

16 teams began the season back in mid October with €5,000 up for grabs. 15 teams survived the regular season that ended in the last week of November, with Competo being the only casualty of the season.

The finals had to be played online, due to German law regarding 18+ games and the German EPS Finals being played in a public arena meant that it was impossible to have them played offline at the event. However ESL TV were on hand to cover the match less than a week after, with the semi finals being played on the 8th of December and the final and 3rd place playoff being played yesterday.

The semi finals went fairly to plan with both SPEEDLINK and mTw progressing after beating tera and TBH respectively. The final was a thriller, with a huge 5 overtimes in a best of 3 matchup using the mr15 ruleset. The first map was mp_backlot was settled after two mr3 overtimes 15-15, 3-3, 4-2, leaving the score at 22-20 for mTw. The second map was mp_crash, and mTw went close to winning the first prize of €1,250, however SPEEDLINK pulled it back and once more another 2 overtimes were played. SPEEDLINK took the map 15-15, 3-3, 4-0 (22-18) meaning mp_crossfire would be the deciding third map of an already thrilling final. The icing on the cake was another overtime at the end of the decider after another tense 15-15, SPEEDLINK ended the victors, taking the overtime 4-2 and €1,250 in the process.

Brackets

mTw.Mindfactory 2
	mTw.Mindfactory 1
Tera-Gaming 0
		SPEEDLINK
TBH.MSI 1
	SPEEDLINK 2
SPEEDLINK 2

Tera-Gaming 1
	TBH.MSI
TBH.MSI 2

Prize Money Distribution

1. €20 match bonus for winners, €10 each for draws
2. Each minor penalty point is a 3% prize reduction
3. Each major penalty point is a 10% prize reduction
4. Teams gain money from the PP pool of the % of the original money they won
5. All teams gained the match bonus vs Competo

Team	Win Bonus	Finals	Minor PP	Major PP	Penalty	+PP Pool	Total
Team SPEEDLINK	€260	€1,250	1	-	-€45.30	€179.69	€1,644.39
mTw.Mindfactory	€300	€750	3	-	-€94.50	€124.95	€1,080.45
TBH.MSI	€250	€400	4	1	-€143.00	€77.35	€584.35
Tera-Gaming	€220	€200	4	1	-€92.40	€49.98	€377.58
logiX e.V.	€200	-	6	-	-€36.00	€23.80	€187.80
RAPTOR-GAMING.	€160	-	3	-	-€14.40	€19.04	€164.64
LeiSuRe	€160	-	1	-	-€4.80	€19.04	€174.24
TerraNex e.V.	€160	-	5	-	-€24.00	€19.04	€155.04
Team Thermaltake	€160	-	6	1	-€44.80	€19.04	€134.24
Kinetics e.V.	€130	-	10	-	-€39.00	€15.47	€106.47
Team-Neutronics	€120	-	4	-	-€14.40	€14.28	€119.88
diamondZ e.V.	€100	-	4	1	-€22.00	€11.90	€89.90
ClazziX.eSports	€80	-	2	-	-€4.80	€9.52	€84.72
n!faculty	€80	-	4	-	-€9.60	€9.52	€79.92
w4sp	€20	-	10	-	-€6.00	€2.38	€16.38
Competo.Zykon	-	-	6	2	-	-	-
Total	€2,400	€2,600	73	6	-€595.00	€595.00	€5,000

This brings an end to the second season of the German ESL Pro Series where Call of Duty 4 has featured. Yet again it has proven to be a great choice, bringing close matches throughout the season and a great competition to keep building the German scene.