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Some pimped Japanese rides.
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Straight out of The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Showdown?
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I'm not sure what this was called, but it involved lots of whacking each other with sticks.
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That looks like it might hurt...
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A guy making blades and other sharp objects.
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Apparently some DBZ characters... obviously on their day off.
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This Mecha could be yours for only €3,284! Bargain...
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Just flew in this morning...
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This guy was talking to that girl on the camera about something, then started pulling some crazy moves. We walked away pretty quickly.
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This guy walked around with the cross, and that girl lay on it. Beats me...
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To quote another fellow sceptic who was with me at the event - 'she looks like a rainbow threw up on her'.
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The racers shake hands after their battling on the track, and they await the results.
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The hosts prepare to read out the results.
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dignitas/XeNoGeaR is the World Champion for Trackmania Nations in 2007. The stage is surrounded by reporters.
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The hosts congratulate XeNo and ask him for his thoughts.
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XeNo talks about his happiness at winning the event and a little about the races.
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Carl takes a well-deserved second place and is also pleased with his efforts.
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HeatoN seemed to be around every corner today.
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Another highly-rated 1.6 team from Sweden.
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The ESWC sign from outside.
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Grubby talks about how great the event is.
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More ladies 1.6 action from the video.
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Back to the matter in hand, and a split-screen of the competitors.
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Some tight racing between the French.
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Can the Dutchman overcome the might of the French?
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XeNo gets on the tail of Carl.
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And XeNo takes the second set comfortably.
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The cars pack together in preparation for take-off.
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Lign takes Set 3, but who's clinched the overall victory?
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The end of Set 3, and XeNo takes this one, with gaLLo nowhere to be seen.
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The competitors are interviewed regarding their races, and they await the official results.
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More waiting for results.
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XeNo takes the overall top spot and secures his place in the second round. gaLLo, who has taken a look at the clipboard, reels away holding his head as he discovers he's lost out on second place to Carl by a single point. Bad luck!
gaLLo rightly noted that the big moment he had at the end of one of the races proved severely costly.
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So, with the loser's bracket completed, it was now time for the grand final - which consisted of a huge French turn-out.
Selrach37 from aAa and Lign from webone.
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The interviewers talk to Selrach37.
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Selrach's profile on one of the big screens.
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Lign gives his pre-race opinions.
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Lign's statistics on-screen.
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A break before the final begins. They showed an awesomely made video of the first two days of the event. This screen shows the opening.
Hopefully they release a similar one for the whole event somewhere.
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The players warmup for the event.
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A shot of the team's 2 representatives.
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A shot of all the racers in the bracket.
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Some action from the warmup.
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A nosecam PoV from the defending world champion.
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Racing begins, and the action is frantic.
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A train of cars jostling for position.
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Another screen divide, showing all racers.
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Dido is out in front here, but it can all change in an instant.
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The results for Set 1 weren't on-screen for long enough to take a picture of, so this is Set 2, with gaLLo taking first place.
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A fuzzy nosecam shot from the Brazillian car.
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The Loser's Bracket of Trackmania:Nations.
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An overview of one of the maps from a front screen.
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It's France vs Germany vs Holland vs Brazil.
Who will take the final two spots in the grand final?
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Dido from aAa speaks to the hosts.
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Statistics on a big-screen.
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The defending world champion finds himself with a lot to do.
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The hosts ask Carl about the upcoming races.
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The hosts get the finer details.
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The second competitor from Dignitas talks about his chances.
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An overview of one of the tracks on the big screen.
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The team playing while their manager observes.
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Another shot of the Swedes.
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A shot from outside the venue. That funny looking van over there was owned by an energy drink company.
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And here's a very blurry picture of it. Quite nice actually!
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A NoA player comes over for a chat after their close game.
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Element and HeatoN hanging around.
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Some extremely close results were played out today.
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Team Dignitas, who unfortunately didn't make it past the group stages.
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I made sure I wasn't standing behind this guy in case I got poked in the eye. Oh and, anyone fancy an aAa ice-cream?
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A pretty lame overview of the hall, but there's only so much you can do on a moving escalator!
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After an extremely long and tense second map, where Lyc had no real base for much of the time and there were a few laughs to be had from the audience about Grubby's peon activity, the man from the Netherlands was victorious.
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Grubby is asked what he thought about the game and his chances for the rest of the tournament.
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Grubby explaining his pleasure at winning and was realistic about the opposition that he would face in his next matches.
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Lyc is interviewed with the help of a translator.
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ALTERNATE aTTaX take on Fnatic in a feature presentation.
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The map is de_nuke, and there was some awesome play from both teams on both sides.
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The SK ladies play one of their matches nearby, while their manager looks on.
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Another shot from the German team.
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A packed stand watches the game.
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A couple of the MYM 1.6 team.
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Another shot of the DE vs SE game. This game turned out to go down to the wire in the end, and ended up all-square at 15-15.
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HeatoN plays one of his games with NiP.
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On the way to the event, taking the travellator Gladiators-style from Gare Montparnasse to the 12 line.
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We were a bit late today, but managed to get in during the first game of the stage event between 4k.Grubby and Colorful.Lyc.
This is a shot from Grubby's side.
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And a shot of Lyc's side.
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Vital statistics of the Dutchman on-screen.
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