Core Loses Again To Optx, Playoffs Slipping Away

Posted by: MarkDolven

In an epic battle, the Core fell to the Optx for the second time this season. The match began with the top ranked Core Forza racers continuing their strong play by winning another one for the franchise. Phantom finished first on Maple Valley, but General E was at the back of the pack, so the Core only won 4-3. The Core CS team followed that up with a comeback victory at 10-8. So heading into FIFA08, the Core was up by three points overall, but Anomaly was unable to win in his fifth straight shootout, so the overall lead dwindled to two points. The Dead or Alive 4 match was heavily anticipated, but NinjaCW of the Optx took his game to another level and demolished Offbeat Ninja 5-1. This meant that heading into the Vanessa and Mystik match, San Francisco was up by two points. Mystik was on point at the beginning of the match as she started out with an early 3-0 lead. The ladies traded rounds after that, so the score was at 4-1. Mystik only needed one more round to win it for her franchise and take down the beast that is Vanessa. In the sixth round, both ladies were at low health with Vanessa at about 5% and Mystik at 10%. Mystik landed a punch and was following it up to seal the victory, but Vanessa managed to counter the second punch which won her the round and kept her franchise alive. This was a huge momentum boost for her and she ran with it. After the epic counter, Vanessa ran away with things and eventually won the match 5-4 and the Optx won overall 23-20.

CGS Region 1 Season 2

Carolina Core [4-5]

20

San Francisco Optx [5-5]

23

CSS:

Core

(10)

Optx

(8)

Forza:

Phantom

(4)

Sackamonjaro

(1)

Forza:

General E

(0)

Miximup

(2)

DOA M:

Offbeat Ninja

(1)

NinjaCW

(5)

DOA F:

Mystik

(4)

Vanessa

(5)

FIFA:

Anomaly

(1)

Stermy

(2)