In the last match of the ESL Competition Premiership Season we faced SL in a german derby, deciding who will finsih as the best german team. As this news is published some time after the match, i will shorten things up. We met our friends SL in Teamspeak, and even the players stayed in the channel. So we had a lot of fun during the rounds, and some great moments with bugs. Even our belgium member RoB joined our session, and so was able to "Remember the plan".

But bacvk to the match- We expected a draw, as we had a really strong 5on5 lineup, and Blackphoenix who faced mist in the 1on1. But things went really wierd, wich made our Teamspeak meeting even more funny. To sum it up: It became a draw ( the sicth for SL this season)! But in opposition to our expectations, we won the submatches we thought we lose, and lost those we expected to win :D. It was surely one of the most enjoyable matches we had, and a good closing for this season.

As you can see, on the paper @ is the best german team! To be honest, nobody ever believed in this result, and we are really happy. I want to thank all our members (especially Blackphoenix, who had his coming out as a real roundsmiracle) and fans who supported us during the season. The next season will be even more difficult, but we hope for another good performence of @


Until then, enjoy your trackmania free time, enjoy the sun, and stay tuned about some funtournaments we may join until the next CPS.


GG @Team

Our eighth match of the current CPS-Season was a derby versus another german team, RAPTOR-GAMING, brought along trouble.
The trouble was about our hardest opponents, as last season,  the wildcards. RAPTOR-GAMING had problems to get a proper lineup and so they've decided to chose a wildcard. After some discussions, they canceled the protest and the full match was able to be played regulary.

The first submatch of the evening was, as usual, the 1on1 played by BlackPhoenix and Sabre, participant of the british EPS. BlackPhoenix did a very consistent job and noticed early that he don't has  to push the whole round. Result 7-2 to BlackPhoenix, Overall: 1-0 to @team.

The second match was the 2on2 played by straucherl and BuMseBieNe, who had to compete vs a well prepared RAPTOR-Lineup. Both teams showed a well job and the match were head by head at the beginning. Then RAPTOR-Gaming pulled away to a intermediate-result of 4-2. Our two players wanted to start a comeback, but without success this time.
Result 5-3 to RAPTOR-GAMING, Overall: 1-1

The third match was the 3on3 on the special-map "W!nter", built by !ceman.
A little suprise was Olf, who played a map after a break once again. Our three players let their rivals, who were led by nugget, only a small space to fight back. Driver of this submatch was a powerful BlackPhoenix again, who was able to drive several excellent times.
Result 7-2 to @team, Overall: 3-1 to @team.

The last, and deciding, match this night was the 5on5. A typicall @team-performance again. RAPTOR-Gaming pulled away to 5-2, before the @team found their focus finally and were able to win every round to a final-result of 7-5.

So the Result was 5-1 to the @team, who showed that they've deserved to keep their place in the highest league of TMN:F.

The seventh match of the ESL-Competition-Premiership 5 was a hard job for us. The KD-Gaming-Squad changed their organisation, and they'll play for the german clan "Team-Rockit" now. The Team of them is on a top4-position at the moment and strong motivated to bring home their first victory with their new name.

The 1on1 was played by RoB, who had to repeat a match out of the last EPS-BeNeLux Finals of last season, where RoB finished 3rd and his opponent, Rookie, 4th. This time, RoB had some problems against his rival and lost 7-1.
Overall: 1-0 to Team Rockit

The 2on2 was played by BlackPhoenix and !ceman. Their opponents were Ooz and TmDude, two norwegian top-players.
It was a close battle, including some nice rounds. Intermediate-Result was 4-4. BlackPhoenix and !ceman changed a 1-3 residue into a 4-3. Rockit was able to win another round - 4-4. That means that another round had to be played to decide the match. Draw! Then the last round, BlackPhoenix was able to win and !ceman finished 3rd and win the submatch.
Overall: 1-1

The 3on3 played on Almerio wasn't on a high level. Too many mistakes happened, due the fact that the motivation lost BlackPhoenix, !ceman and straucherl, who replaced RoB, in the days before. 7-1 was the Result to Team Rockit
Overall: 3-1 to Team Rockit

The 5on5, played on Tamago showed a similar sight. We were only able to win one round and even with a strong BlackPhoenix, we played without any chance.
Overall: 5-1 to Team Rockit

The loss was predicted, so we have to focus ourself on the next matches, where we have to save our place in the first League.

GG @Team

Our sixth opponent in the current ESL Competition Premiership Season was Tox.family, probably the best french clan after their separation from Inferno. Our ambitions have been the same as against YoYoTech, and after we earned 3 points against Tribal we´ve already completed this mapblock in our minds. But it was an exciting match however.

The 1on1, droven by RoB against RapT, began very promissing. RoB has been able to stay in lead until 6 points, always with an advantage of one or two points. But RapT closed the gap, and in the final round he unfortunately won, thus 6-7 and 1-0 TOX.

So pucko and Blackphoenix tried to win their 2on2 against Ned and Tannis. But both french top players showed their skills in an impressive performence and won 5-0, overall score 2-0 TOX.

The 3on3 was a hell of a submatch, as both teams performed in a good way. Close rounds with same times unfortunately resulted in the 5-7 defeat of Blackphoenix, pucko and anderson. So TOX has already won the match by an overall score of 4-0.

But the final submatch, @ showed their team spirit. With an impressive play of Blackphoenix and pucko we overwhelmed TOX 7-3, and at least got some points for our score difference, which maybe is important in the end of this season.

Nvertheless a nice match, a loss against such a strong team is acceptable, even if the draw was in reach. Now a break of 2 weeks, and then get ready for the most important matchblock with RAPTOR, rockit and SL.

GG @Team

In our fifth match of the Competition Premiership Season, we faced a real big fish: the current STC Champion UBI, driving now under the tag of Tribal. But they seemed a bit unmotivated after this great success, and fast went down to the bottom of the table. Nevertheless they are very skilled and allways good for some impressive performence.

And the 1on1 began like a typical @match! Blackphoenix got troubles finding his match mode, thus Kactus fast was in the lead with 6-2. Then Bp started his engine, being able to make an awesome comeback and equal 6-6. Unfortunately this performence was honored by a noslide in the final round. So @ 0-1 Tribal.

The 2on2, droven by pucko and anderson, was no big deal for @. Tribal obviously seeded their strongest player into the 1on1, so VoX and StoneS never stand a chance and lost 5-2 in the end. @ 1-1 Tribal

The 3on3 was a plain sailing too. A very strong Blackphoenix, assisted by straucherl and Olf won 7-2 after a score of 2-2. But it was a hell of a submatch, with great and really close rounds (eg: .51, .52, .53, .53 in one round!). Nevertheless @ win and so: @ 3-1 Tribal

So there was the draw, and  points we hoped for. The 5on5 would show whether 1 point or even 3 for a win! But well, it was an @ match, so for sure it had to be very close! And exciting! Both teams performed on an absolut equal level. @ more steady, and Tribal with more crashes but better times without a crash. As a logical result, the score was 6-6... and the final round would decide about the whole match. Led by a very strong pucko, our guys have been able to take the last round, so the submatch and also the 3 points for the 5-1 win in final score.

What a season...as we expected a bash in nearly all matches, we now are settled at 5th place with 2 less matches and a balance of 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Avoiding the relegation is a reasonable aim now, we will see what @ can bring on in the last 4 matches!

Stay tuned and GG @Team

@Team-Staff