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Vulgarus ruled Rankin with rockets, revenge and finish

Deckrat struck first, but Vulgarus took Rankin after the only lead change and protected thirty through the busiest finish.

DM-Rankin opened without ceremony but with a message: at 25 seconds Deckrat hit Vulgarus with the Link Gun for first blood. Five seconds later Vulgarus answered with the Enforcer, making it clear that the winner would not emerge quietly. Deckrat still led 2:1 at 60 seconds and tied Vulgarus 3:3 with a Stinger kill at 102. Then the match changed shape. Vulgarus moved ahead 4:3 at 141 seconds, the only recorded lead change, and from that point the field mostly saw his back, his rockets and, now and then, the barrel of the Sniper Rifle.

First blood, revenge and the only lead change

Deckrat opened at two metres with the Link Gun, and Vulgarus answered at 30 seconds with the Enforcer. The opening pair traded control of the scoreboard: Deckrat struck again at 60, but Vulgarus used the Shock Rifle and Flak Cannon to reach 3:2. At 102 seconds Deckrat's Stinger made it 3:3, followed by the longest quiet spell of the match — 39 seconds without a kill.

When Vulgarus ended that pause at 141 seconds by killing Deckrat with the Flak Cannon, he took a 4:3 lead. The data records only one lead change, so this was the decisive transfer at the top. Two Rocket Launcher kills on Ampjunkie followed, then a Sniper Rifle kill on Deckrat at 173 seconds that completed a Double Kill. In 71 seconds, a 3:3 tie became a 7:3 gap, and Rankin had a clear scoreboard leader.

Rockets, suicides and a widening gap

Vulgarus blew up Deckrat with a rocket at 210 seconds and also killed himself in the same second, then added a second suicide at 306. Neither mistake took away his pace. Ungodlike entered with a kill on Ampjunkie and later killed Vulgarus twice, while Rozsekac stopped the leader with the Link Gun at 341. The challengers found windows, but never a run strong enough to reverse the direction of the match.

Vulgarus answered with a varied arsenal: Sniper Rifle, Rocket Launcher, Flak Cannon, Bio Rifle, Shock Rifle and Shock Combo. He finished with 32 kills for a score of 30, with 13 kills from the Rocket Launcher. Across the entire match, however, the Link Gun was the most lethal weapon with 22 kills, two more than the Rocket Launcher. Rankin was full of close work, but the winner kept changing tools to fit the fight.

A six-kill spree and Deckrat's stop

From 369 to 477 seconds came the longest spree of the match. Vulgarus took out Ampjunkie with the Bio Rifle, Ungodlike with the Shock Rifle and Shock Combo, Deckrat twice, and Ampjunkie again with the Rocket Launcher. Six kills without dying stretched an already healthy lead and best explains why the pursuit never became a real threat.

Appropriately, Deckrat ended the spree at 477 seconds with the Shock Rifle. Their rivalry was the strongest in the log: Vulgarus killed Deckrat eleven times, while Deckrat killed Vulgarus four. Deckrat could disrupt the winner — he owned first blood and the end of the longest spree — but over the full match he lost the direct battle 4:11. Vulgarus also recorded eight immediate revenge kills, the most of any player.

Ampjunkie accelerates and minute thirteen erupts

Around the ninth and tenth minutes the match turned into rush hour with ammunition. Veteran scored two fast kills at 489 and 491 seconds for a Double Kill, but Ampjunkie produced the sharper burst: at 573 he killed Veteran with the Link Gun, one second later Vulgarus, and at 576 Rozsekac with the Flak Cannon. The Multi Kill helped secure second place and also underlined his 48-second average life, the longest in the field.

From 720 seconds onward, the busiest minute arrived. Minute thirteen contained 12 kills. Ampjunkie killed Vulgarus twice, Rozsekac added another quick death for the leader, and Deckrat hit Ampjunkie with the Shock Rifle from 33.9 metres. Instead of panic, Vulgarus produced accuracy: at 741 seconds he hit Ampjunkie with the Sniper Rifle from 37 metres, the longest kill of the match.

The final metres to thirty

After the 37-metre shot Vulgarus stood on 28 points. Veteran and Deckrat still traded Link Gun kills, but first place was no longer in question; the only issue was whether the leader would close the target cleanly. At 761 seconds the Sniper Rifle dropped Deckrat for point 29. Rozsekac then scored twice against Ungodlike and Veteran to finish on 9.

At exactly 783 seconds came a statistically perfect full stop. Vulgarus hit Rozsekac with the Sniper Rifle from 16 metres, scored his only headshot and reached the target of 30 points. Ampjunkie finished second with 15, Ungodlike third with 11, Deckrat fourth with 10, and Veteran and Rozsekac closed on 9 each. The winning margin was fifteen points — a very undramatic final gap after a dramatic opening.

Match moments

• Deckrat took first blood at 25 seconds with the Link Gun against Vulgarus.
• Vulgarus moved ahead 4:3 at 141 seconds and the match never had another leader.
• The longest spree was six kills: Vulgarus held it from 369 to 477 seconds until Deckrat stopped him.
• Ampjunkie completed a level-2 Multi Kill at 576 seconds and later finished second on 15.
• Minute thirteen was the busiest with 12 kills.
• At 741 seconds Vulgarus hit Ampjunkie with the Sniper Rifle from 37 metres, the longest kill of the match.
• The final kill at 783 seconds was Vulgarus's only headshot and also the winning 30th point.

Vulgarus won 30:15 over Ampjunkie, and the result rests on three solid pillars: he took the lead immediately after the 3:3 tie, built a six-kill spree in the middle, and never lost control during the chaotic finish. His 18 collected items and broad weapon usage supported the aggression, while 5,224 damage dealt stood far above the field. Deckrat earned a place in the chronicle for first blood and for ending the winning spree, Ampjunkie for the Multi Kill and second place. The last word, however, belonged to the Sniper Rifle — literally to the head.