nEophyte win LanCraft 2015

This last wekeend a total of 32 teams gathered in Černá Louka expo in Ostrava, Czech Republic, to take part in the biggest local BYOC tournament, which handed out 60,000 CZK (~$2,400) for the top three.

The teams were first seeded into eight groups of four, top two of which went directly to the upper bracket, while the bottom two secured a place in the lower bracket.

Both main favourites, eSuba and nEophyte, had little to no problems getting through from first place, and continued to dominate in the upper bracket, not losing a map until the upper final.

There eSuba started off the better with a convincing de_inferno, but ended up losing both following after close de_dust2 and de_cache, giving nEophyte a one-map advantage in the best-of-five grand final.

eSuba, who fielded David "⁠KAPARZO⁠" Lacina as a stand-in for Radoslav "rdO" Tóth, disposed of Cyborg Factory in the consolidation final and got a second chance at nEophyte. That time around, nEophyte rolled over their rivals in two quick maps despite KAPARZO's heroics.

1. nEophyte - 30,000 CZK (~$1,200)
2. eSuba - 20,000 CZK (~$800)
3. Cyborg Factory - 10,000 CZK (~$400)
4. NecroRaisers
5-6. VISION
5-6. GUNRUNNERS
7-8. Monads 
7-8. uM

nEophyte also got important points in the run for the Czech Championship, which will take place November 6-8, as they haven't participated in other affiliated tournaments.