| In Match Race everything was going according to plan as well and he reached the final with relative ease, after a strong semi final performance against Sami (9-5). The fact Drew Blumfield would be his opponent in the final came as a surprise to pretty much everyone, seeing Drew’s only previous PAL experience came from playing it on an emulator, which is sub-optimal compared to practicing on a real SNES. Even more surprisingly he even gave Florent a good run for his money, though Florent did finish the job by winning 11-7 in the end. Battle Mode was the mode everyone was waiting for though, the field had never been this strong, especially with Battle Mode World Champion Drew Blumfield taking part. Florent faced Drew in the semi final in an epic match. He gave it his outmost best, even so much so in fact that he ran out of breath after the match had finished. Drew did win (9-6), but Florent definitely didn’t go down without a fight. Florent and Drew were quite close in the overall rankings at this point, however Florent already practically sealed the victory with his strongest mode GP coming up. Drew got knocked out early, whereas Florent went on to win the final against Matthias Boucher (also known as Gatchan on the boards) in a 5-0 cakewalk. Thus, Florent was the winner of the CDE 2008 edition. Being the trophy hunter that he is, he also won the Master Cup after, defeating Sami comfortably in the final. | | In Match Race everything was going according to plan as well and he reached the final with relative ease, after a strong semi final performance against Sami (9-5). The fact Drew Blumfield would be his opponent in the final came as a surprise to pretty much everyone, seeing Drew’s only previous PAL experience came from playing it on an emulator, which is sub-optimal compared to practicing on a real SNES. Even more surprisingly he even gave Florent a good run for his money, though Florent did finish the job by winning 11-7 in the end. Battle Mode was the mode everyone was waiting for though, the field had never been this strong, especially with Battle Mode World Champion Drew Blumfield taking part. Florent faced Drew in the semi final in an epic match. He gave it his outmost best, even so much so in fact that he ran out of breath after the match had finished. Drew did win (9-6), but Florent definitely didn’t go down without a fight. Florent and Drew were quite close in the overall rankings at this point, however Florent already practically sealed the victory with his strongest mode GP coming up. Drew got knocked out early, whereas Florent went on to win the final against Matthias Boucher (also known as Gatchan on the boards) in a 5-0 cakewalk. Thus, Florent was the winner of the CDE 2008 edition. Being the trophy hunter that he is, he also won the Master Cup after, defeating Sami comfortably in the final. |