Team HOT defeats Team 20ID in Battlefield 2 Infantry Wars tournament

Team HOT defeats Team 20ID in Battlefield 2 Infantry Wars tournament

Team 20ID put up a good fight but couldn't stop Team HOT from dominating the field, as Team HOT won GameSpot's Infantry Wars tournament and will fly out to GameSpot's After Hours event in October.

The tournament, which was infantry only, began with a definite back-and-forth, both teams claiming the lead for short periods of time. Each time a member of either team was killed and respawned (instead of waiting for a medic to revive them), they would lose a certain number of tickets. Tickets were automatically going down regardless. The more flags they held onto, the slower they would lose tickets.

Early on, 20ID took and held onto a lead with excellent marksmenship. "20ID are definitely shooting well," Senior Editor Jeff Gerstmann said. Not much later, however, the flags were back to an even split, before team 20ID lost the lead and couldn't recover. Team HOT won the first round 15 tickets to zero.

"They were all scattered and couldn't mount an offense on a flag," Editor Jason Ocampo said about 20ID.

In the second round, pressing their advantage, Team HOT took the lead and never let up.Over the course of the round, they claimed all of the flags and then systematically eliminated Team 20ID, who could not respawn without a flag to respawn at. This let Team HOT seal the deal, guaranteeing them their trip to GameSpot's After Hours event next month.

By Cliff Hicks