Zero Hour World Series 2011: Round 2 has started!
The second round has begun, and you can see the matchups in the Brackets image below. The deadline for this round is February 14th. The format is Best of 5, random armies unless both players agree to play a matchup.
Bracketsnote: scuba and IORI have not played yet, they have scheduled to do so this coming Sunday. The winner will play vs GooGle.
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The second map: North America!
This round will be played on the map North America. Just like the name suspects, the map is shaped as the North American continent. Last round we had Sand Serpent with its bottlenecks and lots of buildings, this time North America is the opposite with a very open battlefield. The biggest part of the map is flat and the entire map doesn't have a single garrisonable structure on it. It does have several technical structures on it though. The most important are the oil platforms located near the players’ bases. Besides that, there are 2 oil refinery’s, a repair bay and a drop zone. These technical structures are mostly ignored though.
Each player starts with 1 supply dock in his base and there are 2 other supply docks in the middle. So the money is more scarce than on most other maps in this tournament.
Highlighted matchups - by OpsnyderAwfuL vs Gattuso – Netherlands vs Russia/LatviaA matchup that can go either way. Gattuso is from Latvia but is part of the Russian community. Together with his mate Vodk1n he’s clearly the best this community has to offer. He has spammed a lot of games recently in which he managed to win a lot of games against good players so he’s definitely tough to beat. On the other side we have AwfuL. A player who doesn’t play a lot of 1v1s but he surprised many by defeating tourney favorite Rising in the first round. Together they should be able to produce some exciting games to watch.
SiZe vs Hawky – Expert battle number 2Just like in the first round SiZe has to play against a ZH expert. In total there were only 3 Zero Hour experts in this tournament which means that after this game only 1 ZH expert is left in the tournament. Thus increasing the chances that someone without a expert badge will win the WS. Like mentioned before, SiZe is probably the best ZH player at the moment and will be the favorite in this matchup. However, Hawky won quite convincingly against Crazy and will definitely be able to beat SiZe. Especially when it comes to GLA mirrors.
Rage vs Vodk1n – Netherlands vs Russia 2Another matchup which has potential for some great games. Both players used to play together in –MaD| and will know each other well. Rage is probably the favorite as he been very active the past months and is currently one of the best players. In tournaments he has never really achieved a lot so he has something to proof this time. Vodk1n is clearly the best Russian player and will definitely be able to give Rage some very hard games.
