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In a classic BO3, FnaticRC and TCM went head-to-head in the RO16.

GAME ONE

After being able to secure first blood on Janna, the game quickly snowballed in our favour. With Lamia and Mellisan being able to control bot lane. With SleazyWeazy our stand in Jungler on rammus proved to everyone why you either pick him first or ban Rammus, due to so dominant ganking potential. TCM never got back in the game and FnaticRC took a strong and convincing victory.

GAME TWO

After being unable to secure first blood for the second game in a row. The teams went into lane, unfortunately Yorick up top had a horrid time, where being on the end of numerour skarner ganks. This set the team up for a hard time getting into the 20 minute mark. Where TCM looked to be pushing home their advantage by pushing top lane, all the way to the inhib where they were unable to take it down. However the guys grouped together and were able to rush Baron and quickly take down Drake, to bring reduce the gold deficit of 10K, to just 7k. However at 33 minutes TCM were able to win one big fight very convinceably and push though to the Nexus, and take game two.

GAME THREE

The third and final match was very onesided to TCM, they went 7:0 up and continued to show pure dominance and not allowing FnaticRC into the game. A quick and confident win by TCM secured their spot in the BO8.

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We have now reached the top 16 and FnaticRaidCall find themselves against a friendly competitior, TCM. FnaticRC defeated Severity-Gaming in the RO32, whilst TCM-Gaming took out ESC from Poland. Now the two meet on the North American Server for a BO3 which is set to be casted by IPL4.

The match will be played tonight at 18:00 CET and both teams are ready to get going and give the viewers a fantastic watch. A slight change in the FnaticRC line-up will be witnessed tonight as Lauri "Cyanide" Happonen is away, we will see a familiar face in the League of Legends scene as  SleazyWeazy steps in as a stand-in. Further details can be found at the bottom of the page.

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In season three of IPL, we witnessed a US only event which saw Team Dignitas take the victory. However things are different this time around, and European teams are now in with a shot of advancing to the offline finals which will be held in the glorious Las Vegas.

With a strong force of EU teams participating, the US teams are going to have their work cut out for them, but with the delay advantage, it won't be easy for the Season 1 champion's. However, EU teams are perhaps getting used to playing on NA server and will be going in very confident. With CeBIT closing in very quickly, teams are under a lot of pressure to be ready and able to take out anyone in their way and this could very well be the last time to prove this online in such an important tournament. Kings of Europe ended a couple weeks ago now and was a fantastic show for the community and teams involved, will IPL4 be able to repeat KoE?

As you can see after looking at the bracket, FnaticRaidCall have their work cut out, and given their recent online performances, peoples expectations may not be too high. However, the team spirit is as high as can be and with all matches being in BO3 format, FnaticRaidCall have strong chances of advancing.

Enrique "xPeke" C. Martinez has expressed his feelings towards the bracket and FnaticRaidCall's chances of qualifying:

I think our side of the bracket is great and we have good chances of making it to the semi-final at least. Severity Gaming I have not heard of too much but we will of course have to be at our best. We should be able to take the RO32 game without problems but considering its on NA client, it will have a lot to do with how the latency is, so let's see!

IPL 4 Quali.		Score	Opponent
RO. 32	Fnatic RaidCall	2:0	Severity Gaming
RO. 16	Fnatic RaidCall	1:2	TCM Gaming
FnaticRC drop out to TCM in RO16