Team Exile vs Sequential Gaming - iM Cup BattleField 3

On Sunday night at 8:30pm two prominent teams competing in the Team Immunity Battlefield 3 Cup clashed. The match was fought between Team eXile5 and Sequential Gaming who were both ready for one of the most anticipated cup matches to date. Grand Bazaar was chosen for the match and is known as a map which combines tight corners for infantry and choke points for the 2 infantry fighting vehicles.

Round 1 had Team eXile5 play on US and RUS for Sequential. The map started with Sequential pushing strong towards to the points E, C and B put x5 on the back foot on the start. SQL had the flag hold and the tickets started to bleed in their favour. x5 fought back from this forcing a swap of flags to a 4 to 1 hold. The rest of the round consisted of flag swaps as teams flanked and rotated to defend or attack points. First round saw Team eXile5 take the lead with 98 tickets.

98 tickets is a small margin so round 2 meant that both teams had to work hard to ensure a win. SQL’s rollout smashed x5 to a point where it was a 4 to 0 flag hold and gaining a lead by the second. x5 pushed back however, gaining two flags to slow the bleed. SQL continued to hold although they left a few holes in their defence that allowed x5 to gain the upper hand and fight back on the ticket bleed. Some fantastic work from the IFV meant that x5 gained back the bleed and slowly started to push SQL back to one flag.

The round ended in a 119 lead to Team eXile5 giving them 217 tickets for final result.

The tickets really don't reflect the quality of the game as it was an intensely close game which had both teams going in for the win from the start. Team Exile 5 would like to say a massive GG to SQL and to all other teams in the ladder battling it out, it’s been a great start for the BF3 community here in Australasia.

2012 looks like its going to be a HUGE year for Battlefield 3.