While the world was watching the World Cup and all of it's drama, Newerth had its own cups going - the NA Cup and the Variety Cups, both in their eleventh week. It was time once more for all out Midwars action, so all the expert Midwars teams gathered, but just like in the World Cup, a surprise victory made sure that the result would not just be a repeat of last time around.


NA Cup #11

It was right here where that upset victory happened. In the second round the Midwars Champions, [BUX]Big Bux Money Crew encountered [VISD]Silent Division, and the underdogs came out on top! Since this round was still BO1, it only took them a single map to defeat the Midwars powerhouse that is BUX. They took the map convincingly and moved onto the next ronud. Once there, they seemed to be in a good position to defeat their now opponents, after all, which other team can claim they defeated the mighty BUXies? But things did not go as planned for Silent Division. They put up a fight, but their opponents, [Mmm]thinkQUICK v2 were experienced enough to keep steady and since it was now BO3, one win wasn't enough. After 2 games it was a draw and the third game went in favor of Mmm, allowing them to advance to the finals.

On the other side of the bracket, [TFC]The Casuals and [MWAR]Midwarriors Unity both had their first match of the tournament. The Casuals put up a fight, but the guys from MWAR did not leave much to chance and finished their opponents off with a 2-0 win. In the finals it was now Mmm against MWAR, and after a long and quite entertaining three games, it ended 2:1 for [Mmm]thinkQUICK v2. The new Champs used the absence of BUX and their accumulated experience of past Cups to finally win a Midwars Cup. Well done!


Variety Cup #11

We all know that Europeans are crazy for football, especially for major events like the World Cup. Still, enough people were around for the Variety Cup to go smoothly and with quite a few more teams than the NA Cup, which meant more action and more entertainment. The mighty [BUX]Big Bux Money Crew was in this Cup again, eager to defend their Midwars title, but so were other strong contenders like [MWAR]Midwarriors Unity and [2v2]Grimms United. As the tournament started, Grimms United probably realized that also the World Cup has started, they had to forfeit their match and disappear into nothingness in just the second round.­ Thus MWAR advanced without a challenge and followed that free win up with a real win against [wtmw]welcome to my world in round 3.

BUX did not have the luxury of a free win in round 2, but they did well, as expected, defeating [HUEE]HUEHUEHUEHUEHUE, an old HoN Tour Gold Division team, and [CzSk]The Tyrants a frequent participant in many of the previous Cups. Moving to the semi-finals the next day, BUX challenged and soundly defeated [SBA]Spaceball Allstars with 2:0 while MWAR faced a rather unknown team called [XVII]EXCLUSIVES, who haven't attended many Cups in the past. Maybe MWAR underestimated their opponents or the EXCLUSIVES are simp­ly that strong, in the end it turned out to be a close win for XVII. Despite that win, the finals were business as usual for the BUXies. XVII did not stand much of a chance, and it only took two games to finish the match, allowing Big Bux Money Crew to win the Variety Cup Midwars edition once more. Congrats!

For those who can't get enough Cups be sure to sign up for Variety Cup #12 and test your might in a Grimm's Crossing Banning Draft tournament!

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