Lag problems caused the last 27 seconds to have to be replayed, with Cooller up in score and seemingly in an easy position to run out the clock without dying. In the deciding map the gap was painfully close on tourney4, a map well known for its streaks and favouring aim-based players. In the semi-final Strenx came back from two maps down in a Bo5 (Best-of-five) series against Cooller. In fact, this tournament was a better chance for Strenx to win a title than that QuakeCon would prove to be later in the year. Strenx is famous for only making it to the final of one major offline tournament in his QuakeLive dueling career (QuakeCon 2011), despite being one of the most talented and exciting players on the circuit. Beyond Cooller it's easy, as with most finals, to look at the player who finished second, av3k in this case, and imagine his case for winning the tournament, but there's another player who is sadly overlooked in this particular instance: Strenx. This event was famously the first and only moment that the legendary dominant Quake 3 star Cooller reclaimed the glory of victory, winning a major tournament. The final that could have been: Strenx vs. Strenx's real chance for a major title (IEM V European Championship) In the spirit of revisiting the deep stages of some of the tournaments of the past, this feature looks back on ten great Quake duel finals that could have been, but ultimately never were. Other times the eventual final perhaps doesn't live up to the billing, leaving one to wonder what might have happened had the bracket played out a little differently. In spite of all these great matches though, everyone can identify with the feeling of the time the two players they really wanted to see in the final didn't make it, either entirely or with one falling before that stage. Matches which put certain players at legendary status, games which sparked intense and fondly remembered rivalries and upsets which thrilled and shocked spectators. The long history of Quake has seen numerous great finals played out. This article was originally published on GameSpot's sister site, which was dedicated to esports coverage.
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