Match Report

The "big two" of contemporary NS were about two battle it out in this week's blockbuster game of the ENSL top flight. And they didn't come short of expectations, as Flatline were able to come back after struggling against the strong Finns of TIMMERMANN on the first map, winning both rounds on ns_lost.

ns_veil:

Round 1 - flatline aliens, timpuri marines:

The first round started with TIMMERMANN quickly capping, pressuring the German's RTs and succeding in getting them down. Flatline's teamplay didn't seem to be up to par at this point, as they failed to cut their opponents' resource supply. The strong as usual lifeforms of M and phil weren't able to counter the advantage of the Finns resflow and so their mainhive went down at the hands of a jetpack rush in the 12th minute. (I didn't watch this round very closely, so it's possible i might have missed something ;) )

Round 2 - timpuri aliens, flatline marines:

Things looked better for Flatline at the beginning of Round 2, when they put up an early phase gate at Power Core and eventually were able to get TIMMERMANN's both RTs down. The Finns in return, were quick to recap at Double. In the meantime, Flatline were able to cap a lot of RTs, aswell. The critical moment of that round came when Flatline decided to pressure TIMPURIs newly build hive at Sub Sector, instead of going into the lategame with their comfortable RT situation in hand. This turned out to be the wrong descision, as their rush was held of by the well-performing finnish lifeforms. The hive went up shortly after and the Peachboys were able to dominate the map with their two-hive advantage, forcing the Germans to unconditionally surrender.

ns_lost:

Round 1 - flatline aliens, timpuri marines:

Flatline started with Cargo as their hive, capping External Overlook and Temperature. TIMMERMANNs pressure on their opponents' RTs was unsuccesful and the Germans seemed to have learned from their mistakes on veil and did well biting RTs. Phil's lerk did a great job keeping Flatline out of trouble, along with his side's other lifeform-virtuosos. All of them were caught offguard, though, when the Finns were able to build an undetected Phasegate to succesfully rush their second hive at Equi. It almost seemed like it was going bad for Flatline again, but their outstanding fades didn't lose control of the map and Equilibrium was rebuilt soon. After the hive went up, it was the Finns' turn to put up the white flag.

Round 2 - timpuri aliens, flatline marines:

The deciding last round of this match started out pretty bad for TIMMERMANN: Both of their RTs went down and Flatline were able to cap a greater part of the map. TIMPURI still managed to build a hive and lifeforms but backed by their massive resflow, Flatline was able to pressure and eventually get it down this time, along with the alien lifeforms. The Finns couldn't recover and soon their main hive was destroyed aswell.