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Hello Generals!

It has been a while that the second quarter of 2021 has ended, so it is time to look back at all the tournaments we had and who were the best performing of the quarters.

The second quarter had a total of 13 tournaments that came to an end. The biggest tournament has to be the World Series 2021 with the highest prize pool in ZH history: $3,500. The smallest tournament has to be the King of BO1, a quick 1-day-tournament where the players play a set of 1 match. Peace Lover was the first player that won that tournament and is, for all we know, also the first player to win a ZH tournament without losing a single game. After the second spot from last quarter, Peace Lover can find himself now on spot 5.

Below you see the ranking of all the players that have reached either the semifinals or a third place in any tournament that ended in this quarter.

1. ExCaL^ 4x 2x

There are not many certain things in life. You die one day, you pay taxes and after every quarter it is ExCaL^ who was the best performing player. Third time in a row now for ExCaL^: he was the best player in the last quarter of 2020, and in the first quarter in 2021 and he continues with it in the second quarter of 2021.

ExCaL^'s most impressive performance has to be World Series 2021. He won in a final against Fargo with 7-2, and lost only 5 games in the whole tournament. A prize of $1,600 went his way, the biggest prize in ZH history.

Another tournament win was the China Tournament, with another final against Fargo (7-2). In addition, ExCaL^ won the 3vs3 Defcon invitational League with a where he teamed with ViviD~ and Wizard. ExCaL^'s wins is completed with winning the Clanwars of April.

ExCaL^ also lost two finals. Against SiZe he lost the top 8 Invitational by Nerosk final (7-4) and with Spalding he lost against his fellow OoE mates ViViD~ and Logica in the final of the Tournament 2v2 Season 2 (7-4).

Performances
Winner China Tournament
Winner Clanwars April
Winner 3v3 Defcon Invitational League
Winner World Series 2021
Finalist Top 8 Invitational by Nerosk
Finalist Tournament 2v2 Season 2

2. ViViD~ 2x 1x

ViViD~, the latest ZH expert, came in second in the latest quarter. He won two tournaments, and ended up as runnerup in the Clanwars of June.

ViViD~'s tournament wins where both team tournaments. The first one was the Tournament 2v2 Season 2 where he teamed with Logica and won the final against ExCaL^ and Spalding (7-4). The second win was the 3v3 Defcon Invitational Leaguel where he teamed with ExCaL^ and Wizard.

Performances
Winner Tournament 2v2 Season 2
Winner 3v3 Defcon Invitational League
Runner up Clanwars June

3. Logica 2x 1x

With Logica, we have the third player from OoE that complete the top 3. Logica first tournament win this quarter has been mentioned already, as he won with ViViD~ the Tournament 2v2 Season 2.

Logica's second win was the May Ladder Wars. After beating ScOtSmAn with 5-0 in a BO5, yes you read that right, he won the final with 4-1 against Dense. Logica also made it to the final of the first edition of the King of BO1, but lost against Peace Lover. Two tournament wins and one place in the final has made Logica reach the top 3 of this quarter.

Performances
Winner Tournament 2v2 Season 2
Winner May Ladder Wars
Finalist King of BO1 [1]

4. Fargo 1x 2x

Fargo, Mr. EZ, won the Clanwars in June. However, the biggest performance when looking at the prize money he got is reaching the finals of the World Series 2021. After a flying start (5-0 against -CyanSpider^, 6-0 against _spL_, 6-3 against OwenCover) he crosses paths with -BiG^SiZe^. A thrilling quarterfinal with a decider at the end secured a spot in the semifinals for Fargo (7-6).

The semifinals against GooGle was another great performance of Fargo. After being behind, he managed to pull it around and even won as nuke vs infantry on Vendetta. At the end, the score was 7-5 for Fargo. However, the big final was the end for him, he lost against ExCaL^ (7-2), but still got $800. Fargo lost also another final earlier in the quarter, in the China Tournament it was again ExCaL^ who beat him with the same score (7-2).

Reaching twice the finals, and winning the Clanwars in June makes him the number four of this list. He did retire after the WS finals, so it is time to have a nice interview with him. Read more about that here.

Performances
Winner Clanwars June
Finalist China Tournament
Finalist Word Series 2021

5. Peace Lover 1x 1x 1x

Peace Lover, the upcoming man of ZH. He came in second last edition, and is now the number 5. He is the only player that did not lose a single game in the World Series, after winning the first round with 5-0 against myboi, he was not able to play in the next round. Peace Lover also had the highest survival rate of his units of the whole World Series, Peace Lover is a name that fits him well.

Peace Lover won the first edition of the King of BO1 in a quick final against Logica. As GLA versus Logica's inf, he won the match on Canyon of the Dead and was crowned as the first king of the best of 1.

Peace Lover also reached the finals of the March Ladder Wars but forgot to play the finals versus Ka$$ad. With FlameIORI, Peace Lover got the third place in the Master & Apprentice tournament after beating Makeveli/-RaDaR^(7-1).

With 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal, Peace Lover came in as the fifth on this list. If he won against Ka$$ad, he would have been the runnerup again. Overall, Peace Lover seems to be knocking on the door of the pro players already, but he might be a but of an unknown to the majority. To change that, a nice interview with the man can be read [url=https://www.gamereplays.org/cnczerohour/portals.php?show=page&name=player-second-quarter-2021&st=2]here[/here].

Performances
Winner King of BO1 [1]
Finalist March Ladder Wars
Third place Master & Apprentice #2

6. StaZzz 1x 1x

StaZzz was the winner of the second edition of the King of BO1, he won the final against -Leader-. In April, StaZzz managed to reach the second place, making him the number six of the last quarter.

Performances
Winner King of BO1 [2]
Runnerup Clanwars April

7. BigGanja 1x 1x

BigGanja won the Master & Apprentice #2 in a close final with SeRRi (7-6) against Hsn'Leb/Spell. BigGanja also got the third place with his team in the 3v3 Defcon Invitational League.

Performances
Winner Master & Apprentice #2
Third place 3v3 Defcon Invitational League

8. SeRRi 1x

SeRRi won the Master & Apprentice #2 with BigGanja has his mate.

Performances
Winner Master & Apprentice #2

9. BiG^SiZe 1x

BiG^SiZe won the top 8 Invitational by Nerosk, he beat ExCaL^ in the final with 7-4.

Performances
Winner Top 8 Invitational by Nerosk

10. Wizard 1x

Wizard won with ExCaL^ and ViViD~ the 3v3 Defcon Invitational League.

Performances
Winner 3v3 Defcon Invitational League

11. Ka$$ad 1x

Ka$$ad got the win for the March Ladder Wars by default.

Performances
Winner March Ladder Wars

12. Hsn'Leb 1x

Hsn'Leb lost the finals of the Master & Apprentice #2 with Spell with a close 7-6. Hsn'Leb also reached the semifinals of the King of BO1 [2].

Performances
Finalist Master & Apprentice #2
Semifinals King of BO1 [2]

13. Spell 1x

See above, his only performance in the second quarter is reaching the finals of the Master & APprentice #2. After that, Spell has left Zero Hour behind for the time being.

Performances
Finalist Master & Apprentice #2

14. Spalding 1x

Spalding got into the finals of the Tournament 2v2 Season 2 with ExCaL^. There he faced a team with more OoE members: ViViD~ and Logica. This OoE team took the win of the tournament (7-4).

Performances
Finalist Tournament 2v2 Season 2

15. dk.crazy 1x

dk.crazy, one of the best team players of Zero Hour, got the second place in the 3v3 Defcon Invitational League.

Performances
Runnerup 3v3 Defcon Invitational League

16. Ammo 1x

Ammo teamed with dk.crazy and Peterspechebecher in said tournament, and got second place.

Performances
Runnerup 3v3 Defcon Invitational League

17. Peterspeichebecher 1x

Peterspeichebecher teamed with dk.crazy and Ammo in said tournament, and got second place.

Performances
Runnerup 3v3 Defcon Invitational League

18. Dense 1x

Dense reached the finals of the May Ladder Wars, which he lost versus Logica (4-1).

Performances
Finalist May Ladder Wars

19. -Leader- 1x

-Leader- reached the finals of the King of BO1 [2], but lost against StaZzz.

Performances
Finalist King of BO1 [2]

20. Hawky 1x

Mr. President came in second in the Clanwars of May.

Performances
Runnerup Clanwars May

21. RaginG`_K 1x

RagingG'_K, better known as Shaye or ShayeSaintJohn, took the third place of the Word Series 2021 and the $400 against GooGle (7-6) in a match that was played on several days. He also reached the finals of the China Tournament.

Performances
Third place World Series 2021
Semifinals China Tournament

22. Moliere 1x

Moliere took third place in the March Ladder Wars.

Performances
Third place March Ladder Wars

23. -ExiLe` 1x

-ExiLe`got the third place in the China Tournament after getting defeated in the semifinals against the later winner ExCaL^ (5-0).

Performances
Third place China Tournament

24. FlameIORI 1x

Took the third place in the Master & Apprentcie #2 with Peace Lover.

Performances
Third place Master & Apprentice #2

25. faceless123 1x

In the qualification month for the World Series 2021, faceless123 managed to himself into a good position by taking the third place of the Clanwars of April.

Performances
Third place Clanwars April

26. _spL_ 1x

With OwenCover, _spL_ took the third place in the Tournament 2v2 Season 2.

Performances
Third place Tournament 2v2 Season 2

27. OwenCover 1x

With _spL_, OwenCover took the third place in the Tournament 2v2 Season 2.

Performances
Third place Tournament 2v2 Season 2

28. -DoMiNaToR- 1x

-DoMiNator- and his team got the third place in the 3v3 Defcon Invitational League.

Performances
Third place 3v3 Defcon Invitational League

29. goisUber 1x

goisUber and his team got the third place in the 3v3 Defcon Invitational League.

Performances
Third place 3v3 Defcon Invitational League

30. Riwik 1x

Riwik got the third place in the Ladder Wars of May.

Performances
Third place May Ladder Wars

31. Marakar 1x

Marakar lost the semifinals of the first edition against Peace Lover, but took the third place by winning versus Moliere.

Performances
Third place King of BO1 [1]

32. PePsI. 1x

PePsI. got the third place of the Clanwars in May, and he won the prediction competition of the World Series 2021, which isn't taken into account of this list.

Performances
Third place Clanwars May

33. Noobfighter1 1x

Took the third spot of the Clanwars of June

Performances
Third place Clanwars June

34. Makeveli44

Lost both the semifinals as the match for the third place in the Master & Apprentice #2 with -RaDaR^.

Performances
Semifinals Master & Apprentice #2

35. -RaDaR^

Lost both the semifinals as the match for the third place in the Master & Apprentice #2 with Makeveli44.

Performances
Semifinals Master & Apprentice #2

36. BoYcaH0

BoYcaH0 is less active, which results him on the lower bottom of this list. He reached the semifinals of the Top 8 Invitationals by Nerosk, which is the only tournament where he managed to get into the latter stage. After beating -DoMiNaToR- in the quarterfinals (7-5), it was BiG^SiZe who knocked him out in the semi's.

Performances
Semifinals Top 8 Invitationals by Nerosk

37. GooGle

GooGle made another comeback to join the World Series 2021, and lost in the semifinals (vs Fargo, 7-5) and in the match for the third place (Raging`Shaye, 7-6)

Performances
Semifinals World Series 2021

38. Leikeze

Leikeze looking like his brother by reaching once the semifinals of a tournament. He got there in the King of BO1 [2].

Performances
Semifinals King of BO1 [2]

Read the interview with Fargo on the next page