Welcome to 2012 and Happy New Year from the Battlefield Division.

So what could have happened over the Christmas Break? Chilling out, taking time off and just enjoying the sun? Well the Team eXile5 Battlefield division has been going pretty much nonstop. We managed to come 4th in the Team Immunity Cup which is a magnificent result considering we rated as the underdogs and were able to knock out some of best teams in Australia.

In late December around Christmas the Gigabyte Asian Cup was held. The Tournament was an online competition based from Singapore which hosted the best selected teams from the Oceanic Region. We won our first game against the JEDI Ewoks and managed to make it through into the Top 8 in the whole of the Asia Pacific. Our next game was against the tournament favourites Bf.nut who are worldwide renowned for their battlefield competitiveness.

The eXile5 team practised hard and strategized the best known approaches but were unfortunately knocked out of the competition by Bf.nut. The game was a close match but the location advantage and Bf.nut’s superb performance put them over top. The team represented themselves and performed exceeding well in our first International competitive Battlefield tournament even in a period where players were already getting ready to depart on holidays with families and friends.

At this stage there is a possibility of the team attending the Sydney Gaming League as soon as a few formalities are sorted. This will give us the opportunity of standing upon the pedestal of one the biggest gaming events in Australia.

On top of this the team has been regularly working together on improving, changing and evolving to overcome any of the challenges the new year has to throw at us. Hope you enjoyed the New Year Update and make sure you check our Facebook page for results and team updates.

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.

Exile 5 vs Carnage 10v10 iM Cup Tuesday 9pm 13/12

Round 1 Had Carnage play US and eXile5 play Russia. x5 had a two flag hold off rollout as the choppers engaged and the air space went to Carnage. Carnage pushed hilltop as the tanks went down and Forest was under fire. The air had some conflicts mid game but Carnage managed to maintain the hold. First round went to an incredible hold by Carnage that managed to maintain air and holding 3 flags; 126 Ticket lead to carnage first round.

Round 2 Went incredibly fast as x5 were pushed back to one flag after carnage got a hold of Hilltop and prevented pushes by the air. A few flank attempts meant that the flag bleed went to neutral although that didn't last as the Armour man ThrasK pushed. Carnage managed to maintain the bleed to a 106 ticket lead.

Game ending with a 232 lead to Carnage which was an awesome game and we enjoyed the sights from the uncap, definitely some beautiful scenery.