Silentgaming takes victory in the second digitec Playground
In a gruelling final, Silentgaming prevailed against Lostik, mYinsanity and Xamax eSports.
After more than seven hours, the winner was decided. Silentgaming confidently won the second digitec Playground on Saturday. They showed why they are rightly feared in "Rainbow Six Siege". They went full throttle from the very first minute.
Silentgaming met mYinsanity in the semi-finals. The game was best of three. Except for the final, however, there were never three rounds. The five players from Silentgaming prevailed against mYinsanity with a clear 7:1 and 7:2, clearly demonstrating their intention to win.
In the second semi-final, Lostik played against Neuch eSports, or Xamax eSports as the team is now known. The game started relatively evenly and it was only after several close rounds that Lostik managed to secure the first point with a 7:5 win. After that, Xamax seemed to have run out of steam and Lostik marched into the final with a clear 7:2 in the second round.
So it was Silentgaming versus Lostik in the final. Initially, it looked as if Silentgaming would go straight to the winner's podium without much resistance. Lostik suffered their first crushing defeat of the day, losing 1:7. However, they came back from the break transformed and showed Silentgaming that nothing had been decided yet. After twelve nerve-wracking matches, the point finally went to Lostik 7:5. "We did everything wrong on the attack and DjWulf just picked us off the whole time," said Silentgaming captain Sirio "Botaniker" Schibano in an interview afterwards.
Lostik was unable to capitalise on the momentum, however, and Silentgaming launched a final counterattack. The final round of the tournament went to Silentgaming with a score of 7:2 and the winner was decided. Daemon, anix, Zenoxoo, FAVO and Botaniker are the five winners of the second digitec Playground. We would like to congratulate them and also thank all the viewers who created a great atmosphere in the chat.
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Being the game and gadget geek that I am, working at digitec and Galaxus makes me feel like a kid in a candy shop – but it does take its toll on my wallet. I enjoy tinkering with my PC in Tim Taylor fashion and talking about games on my podcast http://www.onemorelevel.ch. To satisfy my need for speed, I get on my full suspension mountain bike and set out to find some nice trails. My thirst for culture is quenched by deep conversations over a couple of cold ones at the mostly frustrating games of FC Winterthur.