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Ales survives DM-Deck chaos and steals the finish

Deck started as a slow boil and ended like a Redeemer in a narrow hall.

DM-Deck in Normal Deathmatch first looked like a careful duel, then turned into a scoreboard storm. The first blood came at 38 seconds, when Zuzana hit Ales with the LinkGun from 9.3 meters. Ales answered at 57 seconds with a ShockRifle kill on Zuzana, and Jano entered with a RocketLauncher hit on Ales. The lead changed three times, but the key was who stayed useful when the last minutes became frantic. Ales did not simply survive that ending; he used it.

Early sparks

The opening belonged to Zuzana. After first blood on Ales, she added a rocket on Jano at 97 seconds and later a ShockRifle hit on the same rival. Ales stayed close: he killed Jano with ShockRifle at 115 seconds, tied Zuzana at 3:3 with a rocket at 231 seconds and then put her behind with a close SniperRifle hit at 252 seconds.

Jano had a rough start with two self-inflicted deaths, CampKiller at 138 seconds and FlakCannon at 203 seconds. Still, his 29.8 m rocket on Ales at 176 seconds showed the identity he would keep all match: less poetry, more blast radius. The early phase already promised that DM-Deck would be chaos with a score counter attached.

Zuzana holds midgame

From the seventh to the sixteenth minute, Zuzana held the match together best. At the end of minute ten she had 11 points, while Ales had 6 and Jano 2. LinkGun, FlakCannon, Stinger and ShockRifle all worked for her, including a 33.8 m ShockRifle kill on Ales at 592 seconds.

Ales answered often but also slowed himself with suicides, including ShockRifle at 369 seconds and Redeemer at 637 seconds. After 649 seconds Zuzana led 12:5, which is not a sofa on Deck, but at least a sturdy chair. Jano was still building his comeback, and his final 4801 damage dealt showed how much pressure he was already creating.

Before the storm

The tempo stayed strangely disciplined for a long time. The first 17 minutes ranged from 1 to 5 kills per minute. Then Ales hit Zuzana with Redeemer at 1014 seconds, hurt himself with the same weapon, and immediately added Jano at 1015 seconds for a Double Kill.

From 1039 seconds, the second wave joined fully. Eduard opened on Miriama with Enforcer and three seconds later made a Double Kill on Ladislava with FlakCannon. Magdalena landed the only confirmed log headshot on Jano at 1070 seconds. When Ales tied Zuzana at 14:14 with FlakCannon at 1078 seconds, the slow match was over.

Final blast

Minute 18 brought 26 kills, then came 39, 36, 37 and a peak of 41 kills in minute 22. Eduard detonated a Redeemer chain at 1111 seconds on Kamila, Lubica and Magdalena for a Mega Kill, then kept adding FlakCannon work. Jano leaned heavily on rockets: 21 of his 28 kills came from RocketLauncher.

Ales broke forward between 1175 and 1237 seconds with ShockRifle, BioRifle, FlakCannon, Redeemer and Stinger kills. Zuzana and Jano stayed close, and at 1230 seconds Jano hit Zuzana with Slime to put both on 19. Ales, however, had the lead that mattered. His 41.3 m ShockRifle kill on Lubica at 1256 seconds helped keep it alive.

Last seconds

Ludovit wrote the late side story. Starting at 1269 seconds, he produced the longest spree of the match: seven kills, never ended, using FlakCannon, ShockRifle, Slime and Shock Combo. Late, clean and dangerous.

Jano made one final push with a rocket on Zuzana at 1323 seconds and a Double Kill on Izabela at 1325 seconds, reaching 23. One second later Ales killed Jano with LinkGun for 29:23. Eduard and Ladislava still hit Ales, but the final word was Ales at 1351 seconds, killing Magdalena with FlakCannon to finish 30:23.

Momenty zápasu

• Zuzana scored first blood on Ales at 38 seconds with LinkGun.
• The lead changed three times and Zuzana controlled much of the midgame.
• Eduard reached a Mega Kill with a Redeemer chain at 1111 seconds.
• Miriama hit the longest kill: 58.2 m with LinkGun on Tana.
• Ludovit started a seven-kill spree at 1269 seconds and nobody ended it.
• Ales killed Jano at 1326 seconds with LinkGun and effectively sealed the win.
• FlakCannon led all weapons with 66 kills.

Ales won 30:23, but the road was anything but clean. Zuzana had the start and the middle, Jano had the rocket pressure, and Eduard plus Ludovit brought the loudest streaks. The deciding point was Ales keeping the thread in the busiest phase: despite 35 deaths and 6 suicides, he ended with 36 kills, 12 revenge kills and the final frag.