SAGC Day 2
Day 2 started off in quite a dull manner, there weren't many teams that arrived at MOL iCafe early unlike the first day. I guess many of them woke up late due to the first day's hectic schedule especially when some had to wait until their turn somewhere around dinner time. I'll only be providing a short report on the matches that I've watched.



As soon as majority of the teams are present, the last day of SAGC 2009 kicked off. One of our player, cHan, arrived there early so he was there to listen to the routine briefing before the tournament starts.



As the rest of our players weren't there when the random draft was done, cHan represented DuskBin to pick the draft. He got number 4 and for the Chinese, 4 is usually regarded as an unlucky number. So which team got the number 4 as well?



It is none other than TeamLZ.QUAS. The two teams had never met each other in any previous tournaments and this will be their very first encounter. cHan previously had played for TeamLZ before so this is perhaps the most exciting match to be watched for the first stage of the double elimination stage.

DuskBin vs. TeamLZ.QUAS


DuskBin started off poorly against TeamLZ trailing behind them 5-2 in the first half. The match was played in Old Town with DuskBin starting as Red team. DuskBin tried several strategy to break their opponent's defense but TeamLZ defended well and only gave DuskBin two rounds in the first half.

In the second half, DuskBin started off pretty well holding the push from TeamLZ with cHan being able to kill four almost acing but couldn't take down the last, scoleyx then naded the last to give DuskBin another round win. It was a critical situation for DuskBin very near to be booted out in the tournament when TeamLZ was on fire for the next two rounds breaking DuskBin's defense and making the score 7-3 with only one last round win for them to advance to the next stage and eliminating DuskBin from the tournament. DuskBin remained calm to fight back their last four rounds to tie things up at 7-7 bringing the match to a tie breaker decider.



In the tie breaker, DuskBin started off as Blue team. TeamLZ played quite an aggressive first round strategy and DuskBin failed to hold them back, 1-0 to TeamLZ. Knowing what is at stake, DuskBin bucked up at the second round, although it was really close this round, DuskBin handled the pressure nicely making it 1-1. The last round sparked a lot of intensity with TeamLZ pushing to the A site but scoleyx defended well giving the last round to the team, 2-1 to DuskBin. TeamLZ was knocked out early in the tournament as there is no losers bracket for the first stage, DuskBin advances to the second stage. It was an epic battle between the two teams and this is clearly the match of the tournament.

DuskBin vs. HyperChaos
In the second stage, DuskBin met their close friends HyperChaos. Both teams shared a lot of knowledge and experience for the game. However when the two teams meet in the tournament, the only thing we can say is may the best team win. HyperChaos who defeated ODY|Asiasoft.SG earlier on definitely will have a morale boost against DuskBin.



The match was played in Dragon Road where it is one of DuskBin's preferred map to be played. DuskBin throughout the whole match played a very offensive approach taking their opponents down and displayed very good team synchronization. The match ended with a score of 8-4 and DuskBin advanced to the next stage while HyperChaos dropped to the losers bracket.

DuskBin vs. Chronos[IMQ]


After defeating HyperChaos, DuskBin again got themselves facing another tough opponent which is Chronos[IMQ]. This opponent defeating [SnP]Magicians and GenocidE- in the first and second stage is a real tough test for DuskBin.



The match took place in Old Town with Chronos[IMQ] putting a great fight against DuskBin but DuskBin took the lead at around 7-4 before Chronos[IMQ] fought back to tie the game up at 7-7 extending it to a tie breaker. During the tie breaker, DuskBin looked very unorganized with their position and timing giving away the tie breaker to Chronos[IMQ] thus dropping to the losers bracket.

DuskBin vs. Chronos[TPF]


Chronos[TPF], a team of Korean players dropped to the losers bracket after losing to FMJ|Asiasoft.MY in a very tight match and the winner had to be decided through a tie breaker. Chronos[TPF] then fought back up the losers bracket to meet DuskBin.

Playing in Old Town once again, it seems that the match is going to be a close one early in the match as it was going for point by point. Both teams demonstrated good skills and team work so the match eventually ended up at 7-7. Another tie breaker for DuskBin to face but DuskBin finished the deciding match in a cool fashion and continue their road to the finals.

DuskBin vs. HyperChaos


DuskBin had to meet HyperChaos once again in the losers bracket. HyperChaos did pretty well in the losers bracket defeating GenocidE- and #Risk before this encounter with DuskBin again. The match however is sort of like a rematch as it was played in Dragon Road again. It can be seen that DuskBin learned from their previous mistakes and keeping the momentum from the past victories against their opponents, DuskBin wasted no time in this match overcoming their opponents with a very convincing score of 8-2.

DuskBin vs. Chronos[IMQ]


DuskBin had to replay Chronos[IMQ] once again in the losers bracket as FMJ|Asiasoft.MY easily showed Chronos[IMQ] the way to the losers bracket. With the earlier defeat to Chornos[IMQ], did DuskBin managed to shrug it off and play the match in a positive mind?

The answer is yes DuskBin went into the match with a whole new mindset giving their all to overcome Chronos[IMQ]. It was a very close match but DuskBin definitely made less mistakes compared to the previous meetup with them. DuskBin did very well to cope with the pressure and obtained the spot in the finals to meet FMJ|Asiasoft.MY.

DuskBin vs. FMJ|Asiasoft.MY


DuskBin and FMJ|Asiasoft.MY in the finals hyped up everyone in the tournament area. It was so intense that supporters from both teams had to chant and there were even some taunting going on. There's even a SWAT guy standing behind DuskBin, perhaps if any of them break any rules and regulations then he'll give a bullet to the head? As DuskBin came from the losers bracket, they will have to win two maps in order to defeat FMJ while FMJ will only need to win one map in order to claim victory against DuskBin.

The first map played was Old Town in which DuskBin had so much confidence giving them a very strong lead in the first half. FMJ were trailing behind them very much that the chances were with DuskBin at the second half and DuskBin will never give up the opportunity to claim one map win thus they gave everything they got to FMJ and claimed first blood with the score of 8-3 to DuskBin.



The second map played was Dragon Road. FMJ looked to have the advantage of winning when they had a lead of 6-4 at the second half. It was a great comeback though from DuskBin getting 7-7 to force the match into a tie breaker deciding match. At this point of time, things certainly don't look good for FMJ as DuskBin were already blooming with morale and confidence in addition to the massive supporters that they had.



DuskBin was very careful to not make any mistakes in the tie breaker and there was nothing FMJ could do to stop them from storming to a 2-0 victory in the tie breaker. DuskBin went wild, the supporters went wild, everything was so ecstatic and DuskBin was very quick to burst their expression out until the camera couldn't even freeze their motion. DuskBin did very well to overcome their defeat against Chornos[IMQ] that pushed them down to the losers bracket and then fighting their way back up to the finals and eventually be crowned as SAGC 2009 champions.

Before we move on, here is the tournament table:

For a larger image of the table, please click here

Conclusion and Prize Giving
After a long day of battles between the best teams around SEA, the prize giving ceremony to the top 8 teams took place real quick as it was getting late. Even the air-conditioners were already switched off when the final match was played.

Our DuskBin.SA lineup:
Kevin "REALpink" Yan
Tuan "fLameShot" Attif
Harith "Kabale" Asmady
Hilman "scoleyx" B. Shaiful Bahari
Kim "cHan" Young Chan


cHan lifting the trophy in joy!

DuskBin received RM12,000 in cash for being champions of SAGC 2009 together with 5 units of SteelSeries Xai mouse and a unit of a Toshiba Qosmio X500 gaming laptop worth RM8,999.


DuskBin with part of Team ODY


DuskBin with part of Team HyperChaos

On behalf of the team, I would like to thank all of you supporters that cheered on for DuskBin giving them a huge boost in morale namely guys from ODY, GenocidE- and HyperChaos. I sincerely apologize if I did not mention any of you who were involved as well but still your support is very much appreciated!

Below are photos of the top 3 teams:


Champions: Team DuskBin


2nd Place: Team FMJ|Asiasoft.MY


3rd Place: Team Chronos[IMQ]

With this, I'll end the coverage of the Sudden Attack Grand Championship (SAGC) 2009. DuskBin would like to thank our Sudden Attack division for their effort and work that they put in to their trainings and during the tournament and also our sponsors Acer and SteelSeries for their support to DuskBin.

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