You all know it's coming, but will you be ready when it hits?
When you see eight of this game's finest players fighting head-to-head, face-to-face, mano-a-mano.
In an extraordinary contest of: courage; cunning; tactics; speed; strategy; determination; skill; accuracy; performance; focus; endurance; and character.
Fighting for: glory; honour; adulation; respect; legacy; cash; and a trophy.
GCS2 will be a defining accomplishment in the life of one of the eight contenders.
Where will you be when the champion lifts the trophy? Show Spoiler
...however, will you be able to say that you saw all the matches that got them there?
The event starts at 12:30 BST with a presentation from the tournament organiser A_E and brief interviews with all eight players. After the ceremonies have officially opened we will launch into four awesome quarter final show-downs with Stormless and Tightrope casting the first match.
Just look at
the brackets , there is no filler, only killer games featuring amazing players. Each one has proven they belong within an elite echelon of players - however who will we see outperform their peers, and push on to immortality?!
Let us not forget how the players have gotten to this stage, through four intense qualification tournaments that were filled with incredible moments and hall-of-fame worthy games...
Here's a highlights montage of the above four tournaments, should you not have 48 hours to spare, this should get you in the mood for the finals:
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When GCS2 Contenders fought in qualifying: Show Spoiler GCS2 contender analysis: Show Spoiler DevM
Total number of games played: 11
Average game length: 00:22:38
Games played as
Faction played won ostheer 5 5 soviets 6 6
Games played against
Faction played against won ostheer 5 5 soviets 4 4 okw 1 1 usf 1 1
Games played on map
map played won Crossroads 7 7 Faymonville Approach 2 2 Kholodny Ferma (Summer) 2 2 Crossing in the Woods 0 0
OH Commander used:
Mobile Defense Doctrine 4 Lightning War Doctrine 1
SOV Commander used:
Guard Rifle Combined Arms Tactic 6
VonAsten
Total number of games played: 30
Average game length: 00:24:02
Games played as
Faction played won ostheer 12 7 soviets 15 11 okw 3 2
Games played against
Faction played against won ostheer 10 7 soviets 8 2 okw 5 4 usf 6 6 ukf 1 1
Games played on map
map played won Crossroads 18 15 Faymonville Approach 12 5 Kholodny Ferma (Summer) 0 0 Crossing in the Woods 0 0
OH Commander used:
Mobile Defense Doctrine 11 None picked 1
SOV Commander used:
Guard Rifle Combined Arms Tactic 5 Guard Motor Coordination Tactics 8 None picked 1 Armored Assault Tactics 1
OKW Commander used:
Special Operations Doctrine 1 Fortifications Doctrine 2
Luvnest
Total number of games played: 30
Average game length: 00:27:46
Games played as
Faction played won ostheer 14 12 soviets 11 8 okw 2 1 usf 2 2 ukf 1 0
Games played against
Faction played against won ostheer 7 3 soviets 12 9 okw 7 7 usf 3 3 ukf 1 1
Games played on map
map played won Crossroads 11 7 Faymonville Approach 9 8 Kholodny Ferma (Summer) 0 0 Crossing in the Woods 10 8
OH Commander used:
German Mechanized Doctrine 2 Mobile Defense Doctrine 6 Spearhead Doctrine 1 Jaeger Infantry Doctrine 2 Blitzkrieg Doctrine 2 None picked 1
SOV Commander used:
Guard Motor Coordination Tactics 7 Tank Hunter Tactics 4
OKW Commander used:
Overwatch Doctrine 1 Special Operations Doctrine 1
USF Commander used:
UKF Commander used:
VonIvan
Total number of games played: 38
Average game length: 00:22:36
Games played as
Faction played won ostheer 6 4 soviets 17 12 okw 14 10 usf 1 0
Games played against
Faction played against won ostheer 6 4 soviets 13 8 okw 12 8 usf 4 4 ukf 3 2
Games played on map
map played won Crossroads 24 15 Faymonville Approach 4 3 Kholodny Ferma (Summer) 6 6 Crossing in the Woods 4 2
OH Commander used:
Mobile Defense Doctrine 6
SOV Commander used:
(excluding the game vs. Torano because the replay is missing)
Guard Rifle Combined Arms Tactic 13 Guard Motor Coordination Tactics 3
OKW Commander used:
Luftwaffe Ground Forces Doctrine 1 Special Operations Doctrine 8 Overwatch Doctrine 5
USF Commander used:
Talisman
Total number of games played: 30
Average game length: 00:34:29
Games played as
Faction played won soviets 14 8 okw 16 11
Games played against
Faction played against won ostheer 4 2 soviets 12 8 okw 9 5 usf 4 3 ukf 1 1
Games played on map
map played won Crossroads 15 9 Faymonville Approach 13 9 Kholodny Ferma (Summer) 0 0 Crossing in the Woods 2 1
SOV Commander used:
Guard Motor Coordination Tactics 6 Armored Assault Tactics 7 Guard Rifle Combined Arms Tactic 1
OKW Commander used:
Special Operations Doctrine 13 Luftwaffe Ground Forces Doctrine 3
Jesulin
Total number of games played: 29
Average game length: 00:26:18
Games played as
Faction played won ostheer 9 3 soviets 11 7 okw 8 5 usf 1 1
Games played against
Faction played against won ostheer 6 3 soviets 9 4 okw 6 5 usf 6 4 ukf 2 0
Games played on map
map played won Crossroads 18 10 Faymonville Approach 5 4 Kholodny Ferma (Summer) 4 2 Crossing in the Woods 2 0
OH Commander used:
Mobile Defense Doctrine 7 Mechanized Assault Doctrine 1 Jaeger Infantry Doctrine 1
SOV Commander used:
Guard Motor Coordination Tactics 1 Guard Rifle Combined Arms Tactic 4 Armored Assault Tactics 4 Tank Hunter Tactics 2
OKW Commander used:
Special Operations Doctrine 6 Luftwaffe Ground Forces Doctrine 1 Breakthrough Doctrine 1
USF Commander used:
HelpingHans
Total number of games played: 22
Average game length: 00:33:24
Games played as
Faction played won ostheer 5 4 okw 4 2 usf 8 4 ukf 5 3
Games played against
Faction played against won ostheer 6 4 soviets 9 6 okw 7 3
Games played on map
map played won Crossroads 9 5 Faymonville Approach 5 3 Kholodny Ferma (Summer) 2 1 Crossing in the Woods 6 4
OH Commander used:
OKW Commander used:
Special Operations Doctrine 4
USF Commander used:
Airborne Company 5 Heavy Cavalry Company 3
UKF Commander used:
Special Weapons Regiment 5
Refero
Total number of games played: 28
Average game length: 00:28:18
Games played as
Faction played won ostheer 15 11 soviets 10 5 ukf 3 0
Games played against
Faction played against won ostheer 10 4 soviets 4 1 okw 3 1 usf 8 7 ukf 3 3
Games played on map
map played won Crossroads 17 12 Faymonville Approach 5 1 Kholodny Ferma (Summer) 4 3 Crossing in the Woods 2 0
OH Commander used:
Mobile Defense Doctrine 11 Jaeger Infantry Doctrine 3 None picked 1
SOV Commander used:
Guard Rifle Combined Arms Tactic 3 Guard Motor Coordination Tactics 1 None picked 1 Armored Assault Tactics 2 Tank Hunter Tactics 3
UKF Commander used:
Special Weapons Regiment 2 None picked 1
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