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Outlined against the bright blue Yukon skies, the Four Horsemen ride again. In lore of old, they are known as Pestilence, Famine, Destruction and Death. These are merely aliases. Their real names are PYYYOUR, dummy, justin and carnage. Together, and with their team mates TLR and ww-, they form the wave of wins that threatens to take out every team that stands between them and a season 9 championship. Only one team obstructs this path of glory: eMazing Gaming.

Last time they clashed, eMg won. But now, with both teams 12 and 1, their upcoming match on the all too painfully familiar Yukon will secure themselves as Season 9 champions and the all important first seed in heading into LAN playoffs.

Yukon is a hard map, a map that can go back and forth for twenty minutes and then suddenly burst forth with aggression, ending rounds in seconds instead of what can seem like hours. It is also a dangerous and difficult map for medics, with harsh sight-lines littering the map and immense difficulty in dodging away if caught out of position. It is a map that will test each team’s combo to the breaking point and beyond.

Snipers, mostly due to the aforementioned enraging lines of sight, are fearsome on the wide open vistas we will see this weekend. This fact will not go unnoticed by viewers as The Experiment has arguably the two best snipers in Invite, justin and carnage. This will be a fierce, and close match with each team vying for that slight positional advantage, yearning for that juicy medic pick, crying as their best laid plans fail to lay waste to their brothers in arms.

All things considered, the results of this match are unimportant. Both teams have an assured spot at this September’s LAN. What everyone will really be looking for is that psychological edge. If The Experiment manages to take this game from top seed eMg, it will mean that their chances to win it all shoot up that much higher.

The Experiment has a lot to prove on Sunday night. eXtelevision will be casting this match, Sunday night at 11pm EST. Peter Mansbridge will be manning the camera as duder and eXtine serenade us with their luscious voices.