Coming into IEM's global finals this, pretty much everything went wrong for Evil Geniuses . Nobody expected them to do well, they had to change lineup, their games were hugely delayed and they barely made it out of the group after a three-way tie. Not to mention a practice schedule of basically no time at all and you could probably name more problems.

But the team showed great tenacity and - dare I say in a WoW article - resilience to pick themselves up time and time again. They overcame a great deal of adversity - not to mention some fantastic opponents - to win one of the most hotly contested WoW tournaments of all time.

By the time of the final they seemed to have really reached the peak of the mountain they had to climb. They only rarely looked trouble by Team Dignitas in the final and it almost felt as if the one map won by the RMP was a blip. Tenderlion's shocks were superb and meant that Flyn was barely able to contribute anything to the game. Keeping the right balance between damage and control is difficult at the best of times, but with such well timed interrupts it became infinitely harder.

Many people have already pointed to the fact that Dignitas have very little chance to practice against RLS teams - something that is also true of EG's semi-final opponents, Button Bashers . But the fact is that EG played some superb WoW today and deserved their victory. They surprised the whole WoW community with this result and might just have put rogue/'lock/shaman back on the map.

For Dignitas it's another in a long line of "almosts." Their performances in this tournament mirrored EG's in many ways; narrowly escaping the group stage, squeaking through the quarter-finals and then destroying their semi-final opponents. But when it really counted, in the final, they fell short again. Getting so close to winning a major tournament once more must leave a bittersweet taste in the mouths of the British team.

SK Gaming