A great week of competitive HoN just wrapped up, including the normal NA and Variety Cups and the Qualifiers for the first Carnage in Caldavar Pro League. A good number of teams showed up to play, both casually and competitively, and it made for a week of exciting games and important matches.
Carnage Qualifiers
Out of the many teams who registered to have a shot at future greatness, only six made it through, leaving the others to play in the Amateur Division. But now the Pro League teams will need to prove themselves worthy each week, or risk demotion in June’s Relegation Matches. But after this long and hard fought weekend the teams are ready for the League matches to start this week.
On Saturday, the first rounds of the Qualifiers were played, Rounds of 128 narrowed down to just 8 with an unforgiving best-of-one format. So even the best of teams had to stay on their toes and play it through properly, not leaving anything to chance. The eight spots for the deciding matches on Sunday were determined, moving the teams into the final phase of the tournament.
On Sunday, [BMG]BadMonkeyGaming, the zombie [xCet]Team Excellent, [SynC]Sync eSports, and [Rea]Reason Gaming won their matches with relative ease, and qualified as expected. The losers of this round had to go into another match, as only two of them would be allowed entry into the Pro Division.
What followed were two pretty intense matches and at the end of the day it was the [KNX]REXXARS and [tUS]The Last of US to make the final step. The other teams, [Ic3]Sweet Like ICE and [Fu]The Pirates, came so far but were stopped at the last moment. They will have some time to regroup and play in the Amateur cups now, before they have another chance to get into the Pro Division in five weeks.
Weekly Cups
At the less competitive side of the Heroes of Newerth Spectrum we also had some action, but of the midwars type. Variety and NA Cups #4 were held on the Midwars map and many teams tried their luck this time. In the end it was [BUX]Big Bux Money Crew who stepped into the spotlight big time after defeating both [2v2]Grimms United in the Variety Cup Finals and [PubV]Public Virgins in the NA Cup finals. The Money Crew had won a single cup in the previous week, but by winning both this time around they set a new record for other teams to beat.
Now that all these events are over, it is time to get things really started! The first Pro League matches will begin this Tuesday and the Amateur Open is scheduled for this weekend, with a new Variety and NA Cup starting later this week. So if you want to get involved, get your team together and sign up for one of the amateur events or enjoy Honcast and the Community Casters as they cover all the matches in the Pro Division. Welcome to Carnage in Caldavar!
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