Zenith, Gachapon come out tops in CAPL Summer

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[color=grey][size=1]CAPL 07/08 Elite Category champions Zenith (left) and Open Category champions Gachapon. Photos: Lee Wei Meng for GameSync.[/size][/color][/center]

[b]SINGAPORE[/b] – Team Zenith emerged as the champions of the Compaq AMD Pro-Gaming League 2007/08 Summer Season Elite Category while Gachapon emerged as champions of the Open Category.

Placing second and third in the Elite Category were Knightmare and Micronology respectively. In the Open Category, Team AlTeRNaTiVE and )DsD( came in second and third respectively.

Under the new CAPL 07/08 category promotion and relegation rules, Summer Season Elite teams eliminated in the first round of the competition will be relegated to the Open Category.

Evolution, Force of Will, rEv0, RsC.mix and Team Hybrid did not make the cut and were relegated. Team disC, iPod Mini and Sio the floor united did not show up for their matches and will be relegated as well.

Taking their places will be [a.H], Team AlTeRNaTiVE, )DsD(, Gachapon, Slyvana-`, Team SoA, Whose Your Daddy and XTC, promoted from the Open Category for reaching the quarter-final stage.

The highlight of the day was the Elite Category semi-final clash between the current two titans in the Singapore DotA scene, Micronology and Zenith. Both teams were visibly nervous, making uncharacteristic mistakes throughout the game. Eventually, Micronology was overwhelmed by Zenith’s Bristleback-centred strategy. ([url=http://www.gamesync.net/2007/07/28/news/zenith-tramples-over-micronology]Report[/url])

Another highlight of the Elite Category was Zenith’s match against rEv0 in the first round. Zenith started the game with only 4 players as ice was late. As a result, an Enigma was left in base and stayed at level 1 until he arrived some 15 to 20 minutes after the match had started. Despite this disadvantage, Zenith managed to make a come back to triumph over rEv0, although it was a close match lasting over 2 hours.

The Summer Season Elite Category win makes this the second season Zenith has been crowned as champions this year, having also won the previous Spring Season Elite Category tournament.

[list][*][url=http://www.gamesync.net/2007/07/14/news/scoreboard-capl-07-08-summer-season]Scoreboard: CAPL 07/08 Summer Season[/url][/list]