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Vulgarus Rules Campgrounds After the Match’s Only Turn

Vystrel drew first blood, but Vulgarus took command after the only lead change and never gave it back.

DM-Campgrounds-U3-Fix offered no warm-up lap. Vystrel opened the Deathmatch in the 24th second by dropping Vulgarus with the Flak Cannon, and by 93 seconds he led him 3–1. Trhac kept forcing his way into the fight, although early suicides kept shaving points off his pace. Vulgarus answered without rushing: he drew level, moved ahead of Vystrel at 4–3 in the 229th second, and produced the match’s only lead change. From there everyone could still hit the leader, but nobody took the top spot away.

First blood belonged to Vystrel, the lead did not

Vystrel landed the first punch. At 24 seconds he killed Vulgarus with the Flak Cannon from 12.7 metres, then climbed to three points by 93 seconds while Vulgarus had one. Trhac was active too, but his Flak Cannon suicide at 60 seconds and later Bio Rifle suicide at 265 seconds taxed his score. The opening therefore stayed open: Vystrel had the early rhythm, Trhac kept attacking, and Vulgarus had to work his way back into the picture.

That response came in stages. Vulgarus removed Trhac with a Shock Combo at 116 seconds, tied Vystrel at 3–3 with a rocket at 150, then killed him again at 229 seconds to move to 4–3. That was the only genuine change at the top. The margin remained reachable for a long time, but Vulgarus never surrendered first place again and the three-way contest slowly became a hunt for the established leader.

A five-kill spree created daylight

The decisive surge ran from 471 to 567 seconds. Vulgarus killed Vystrel with the Flak Cannon, followed with a rocket on Trhac, added a Shock Combo, completed a Double Kill three seconds later with the Shock Rifle on Vystrel, and then collected Brokar at 565 seconds. Five kills without dying made it the longest spree of the match. Trhac finally stopped it with the Link Gun at 567, but Vulgarus had already reached fifteen points and opened useful space.

The leader then made life harder for himself. At 583 seconds he fell to his death and lost a point. Six seconds later Vystrel hit him with the longest kill of the game, a 41.4-metre Rocket Launcher shot, then killed him again at close range with the Flak Cannon at 609. Vystrel briefly reduced the gap, but his own Flak suicide at 631 cost him a point. Vulgarus restarted his scoring and survived that wobble without losing the lead.

The twelfth minute turned into a traffic pile-up

The busiest minute of the match was minute twelve, with nine kills. Trhac built a Double Kill through Brokar and Jano, Vulgarus immediately stopped him with the Flak Cannon, then added Brokar with a Shock Combo and Trhac with the Shock Rifle. Jano introduced himself to the leader with a rocket at 709 seconds. In a short spell, points came from every direction and the order of events moved faster than any comfortable scoreboard recap.

This phase also showed why Vulgarus was difficult to contain. His 32 kills were spread across seven weapons: nine with the Flak Cannon, eight with the Rocket Launcher, five Shock Combos, five Shock Rifle kills, plus the Link Gun, Stinger and Sniper Rifle. Overall, the Rocket Launcher led the match with 18 kills, just ahead of the Flak Cannon and Link Gun on 17 each. No headshots were recorded, so the score was built through positioning, splash damage and short-to-medium range accuracy rather than precision sniping.

Trhac pushed late, Vulgarus closed the door

The final quarter became more crowded with Jano and hemeroid involved while Vystrel and Brokar no longer completed the match. Jano repeatedly found Vulgarus with rockets at 709, 781, 828 and 977 seconds, while hemeroid surprised the leader with the Link Gun at 816. Trhac kept collecting points, especially with the Link Gun, and completed another Double Kill on hemeroid at 847 seconds. He eventually reached sixteen, but the gap to first remained too large.

Vulgarus did not finish cleanly either. At 939 seconds came a strange Shock Rifle sequence in which a kill on Trhac was followed by his own death, extending the road to thirty. He then added the required points: Flak on Trhac, Shock Rifle on Jano, a rocket on hemeroid, and finally a Shock Rifle kill on Jano at 1005 seconds. The final score was 30–16. Vulgarus finished with 32 kills, two suicides and a fourteen-point winning margin over Trhac.

Match moments

• Vystrel claimed first blood at 24 seconds with a Flak Cannon kill on Vulgarus.
• The only lead change came at 229 seconds when Vulgarus moved past Vystrel to 4–3.
• Vulgarus produced the longest spree: five kills between 471 and 567 seconds.
• Vystrel recorded the longest kill, a 41.4-metre Rocket Launcher shot on Vulgarus.
• Minute twelve produced nine kills, the busiest minute of the match.
• Vulgarus ended the match at 1005 seconds with a Shock Rifle kill on Jano for point 30.

The 30–16 score looks calmer than the match felt. Vystrel had first blood and the early lead, Trhac stopped the longest spree and became the main late pursuer, while Jano and hemeroid both found windows to punish the leader. The difference was that Vulgarus never gave the lead back after taking it. He absorbed a fall, the longest ranged hit of the match and two score-losing suicides, while changing weapons to fit the situation. Campgrounds got the most consistent winner.