[center][b][color=blue][size=30pt]IDC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS[/size][/color][/b]<br />[size=20pt][b]<br />[color=purple]Doom Raiders [/color]vs. [color=orange]Super Chargers[/color][/b][/size]<br /><br />[b]MAP: ZDCTF MAP08[/b][/center]<br /><br />OH BOY!&nbsp; This is going to be a great grudge match game between two competing teams for the prized Master Bowl spot this season.&nbsp; Nostar has earned his homefield and picked this weeks map, ZDCTF MAP08, to fight for a masterbowl trophy of his own to display next to potentpot&#039;s IDL gold star.&nbsp; A fine choice this map is as well, as Nostar has arguably, the best runner on 08 as his teammate (besides me! oh I kid I sux) and himself as a very fine defensive player.&nbsp; He also has Jkist3, a sturdy player&nbsp; who will apply himself at whatever he is asked to do, and who can forget Cheez-it, the real star of the Super Chargers.&nbsp; However, Map08 is not a map to be taken lightly, resulting in many heartbreakers while being difficult to coordinate effectively, I can&#039;t really give the win away to either team.<br /><br />For this week, I am expecting Nostar to play a safe lineup, himself being the primary defender while Jkist3 floats in the middle to go for offensive pickups or provide defensive backup as Nostar and potentpot direct.&nbsp; pot will probably be running solo is my guess, having little help from his team as the Chargers try the tried and true method vs DMR of heavy defense or dgay as dopefish likes to call it :).&nbsp; For the Raiders, I am expecting Fastidious on defense as his vent coordination will be absolutely VITAL to this map in containing and repressing potenpot&#039;s rocket jumps.&nbsp; Whiteboy would do well as a middle player distracting Jkist3 and throwing a few runs into Charger territory to add some confusion and allow Chaindude to slip out unnoticed for the win.&nbsp; Chaindude I expect to be running very slowly and methodically, having learned long ago of Nostar&#039;s love of spam and camp, he will not be giving away any free frags this match.<br /><br />[center][b][u]This game is going to be a doozy, the Raiders have the skills to win it but the Chargers have the drive, I&#039;m going to say SUC eeks one out in an epic 2-1-2 game.[/u][/b][/center]<br />[center][b][color=red][size=30pt]<br />WDC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS[/size][/color]<br />[size=20pt]<br />[color=purple]Beserker Packers[/color] vs. [color=orange]Flag Steelers[/color][/b]<br /><br />[b]MAP: 32IN24-4 MAP31[/b][/center]<br /><br />This will be a grudge match of a sort, not nearly as heated as the other, but perhaps more storied.&nbsp; After a big upset at the beginning of the season by BSK (at least in ralph&#039;s book) Ralphis is ready to prove the Steelers are not some second rate team coasting to the playoffs on easy wins over less than inspired opponents ::).&nbsp; Besides that Humanbones boasts a season record of 4-0 to Ralphis, but the only offseason game they played ended in Ralphis&#039; favor.&nbsp; This week&#039;s map will be no picnic for either team I fear, the Packers having pretty consistently beaten strong teams like SUC there while trading wins with FLS in the past.<br /><br />This week&#039;s map, 32-24-4 MAP31, plays into Humanbones&#039; favor in that its straightforward enough that he cannot be easily distracted by a dual offense setup, whereas a single attacker will ultimately see him pushing deep into enemy territory.&nbsp; The map also plays well into his teammates strengths, having Midian, a huge runner and fairly good fragger in his own right, and ItalionStallion, who is another quick, powerful runner.&nbsp; I expect the Steeler&#039;s will try to play a more balanced lineup, with Ralphis on defense/middle duties, while Gilgamesh plays the role of secondary runner/backup defender and Oath dedicates himself to full time offense.&nbsp; Both teams have a lot of power here, but ultimately I believe the Packers will edge them out.<br /><br />[center][b][u]This will be another phenomenal game I hope, but if FLS is not ready it could turn out to be one of the biggest disappointments of the postseason.&nbsp; The Packers end the Steeler&#039;s Master Bowl ambitions in a close loss, 2-1 BSK.[/b][/center]