An unpredictable win capped the most unpredictable season in WGLNA history, as eLevate stormed back from a 0-2 deficit to defeat I Love Lamp 5-3, capturing the Season 5 championship and cashing in on the $75,000 first place prize.
Team eLevate’s season began with a last-second merger with Burn All Empires, as the two squads joined forces in a power move to take control of the Gold League. But after beginning the season with three straight losses, the new lineup initially didn’t even look poised to make a playoff run, let alone make a serious push for the title.
But that’s just where eLevate found themselves Sunday night at the Live Finals in San Francisco, as after pulling off the semi-finals upset to takedown top seed The Cunninghams, GeeForcer and crew overcame an initial run by upstarts Lamp, leading the charge with their aggressive playstyle on Murovanka to flip that shocking 0-2 start into their first ever WGLNA trophy.
“It was tough being down 0-2, but we were confident in our Murovanka defense,” said GeeForcer after the win. “That second Muro defense, we stole it out of their hands and after that kind of win, we were confident heading into Himmelsdorf that we could take it all the way. We were all just in the zone.”
Added eLevate’s Zoidbergenstein: “I knew if we hit Himmelsdorf 2-2, we would take it because Himmelsdorf had been our map all season. We did it against RUlette, we did it against Lamp in the Finals … we love that map.”
