Power Gaming defeat TyLoo 2

Power Gaming find themselves in the Grand Final at World Esports Masters, after they defeated TyLoo 2-0, in a match that was paused a lot of times due to steam and PC problems.

The Finnish team faced Chinese home court hope TyLoo, starting off on de_inferno. What was expected to be an intense battle to reach the Grand Final was washed away, as TyLoo did not stand s chance against Power Gaming. Especially Samu "plastE" Aalto made TyLoo having a hard time.

First map was besides a power-performance by Power Gaming, paused for almost one hour. First it was Juuso "contE" Sajakoski who had dropped from the game, he had a virus on his PC and they had to replace his hard drive. Later several players dropped from the game, due to the internet connection at the venue went up and down. Once the game continued, it did not take long before Power Gaming sealed the win with 16-6.

Second map de_nuke saw Power Gaming continued their dominance of TyLoo. The Finnish team started CT and once again TyLoo was not allowed to shine at all. Second map also had a few issues with players dropping from the game, mainly due to losing the connection to steam. Once Power Gaming had finished their CT side, they were up by 13-2. TyLoo got to claim a lot of CT rounds, but never came close to winning the Fins. Power gaming took the three rounds needed, to win 16-11 and 2-0 overall.

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The Finnish team now find themselves in the Grand Final at World Esports Masters. It has been some time since a Finnish team has made it to the Grand Final at an international event of this size. It has also been quite some time, since a Finnish team has won a major event. We have to go all the way back to WSVG Louisville 2007, where 69N-28E won the event by defeating SK Gaming in the Grand Final.

Power Gaming will be up against fnatic and the match will be played 07:00CET Saturday. The winner of the event can pocket $22,500 while second place will cash in $7,500. Tune in tomorrow and watch the very last match from World Esports Masters 2009.