After getting to know that Clanbase is organizing such a thing, the first thought is automatic - who will be playing - us or ForZe. A bit later we have completely decided to put off the idea because only two members from a clan can participate in the team. Naturally, we were a bit off by the idea. Since both teams are participating in EuroCup and they have some serious matches there. But cooKKie's sintence influnced on our whole intentions: "What the f#$k ?! Some s#$kers from helluva know where are partcipating and we are not? For some idiotic reason you can't just stop baffling on each other and make a team?" Well, from my point of view there wasn't any conflict, and everyone had forgiven each other. But still nobody wanted to even put a finger. From team c58 me and Shadzy had accepted to participate instantly. noBap's participation wasn't even discussed, because, first, everyone understood that Shadzy is a lot more stable in 4x4 especially, and second, noBap did understand that too, so no time was spent with settling the disagreement. ForZe had sent Pow3r (from now on - Powaz :) and Mikes.

By finishing the first training gather, we firmly beleived that we can win. After some intensive training we were ready for the tourney. Also, before the games, we didn't discuss who will do what and how someone will play. Everyone understood that he and his teammates under cooKKie's coordination will be able to solve any situation. And that happened. During the match against Norway, the level of play was so high, that even some problems did not influence on the end score, like the situation with Mikes, who wasn't in feeling good after leaving ForZe and the coming back. And like some other details. On the second game on q3dm14tmp we frankly were having fun. Every player has enough serious gaming experience, so the losing serious focus didn't end up with losing the game.

Now on the second match against Finland. We have faced a some sort of survival test. At the end on q3dm14tmp game and on the start of ospdm6 game I've been under impression that Nations Cup ends for us now. Our internet got "broken" and it came out quite unexpected, game transformed into hell. Ping times of 200-300ms give no chances. On q3dm14tmp for 14 minutes we've been "playing" with such ping and we've been losing 60 frags. Mikes once simply thrown keyboard away and didn't touch it for around a minute. Pow3r simply uttered that it's impossible to play such and wanted to disconnect. In short, the situation gone critical. Thank goodness that on ospdm6 most of the time we've got at least relatively decent pings (i won't comment about lags we've experienced), and we've persisted. And we have won...

The next game against Sweden will take place in around 2 weeks, and we have some thoughs about trying to play from Petesburg. We'll try every way possible, and then we'll see from there.

Now I would like to thank everyone who was with the team for the time being. All ForZe players (both Q3 and CS). Somehow, shared wins make relationships easier. Thanks to NiP team (Nobody is Perfect), especially PiToN and Gl (& KoT :) for support during the games and the time between them. And all and everyone others, our daddy d1monn and everyone who reads this. We have games, like with Sweden, and, probably, play-offs. Time will tell.