UpdateThe dust settles on the arena, as the last game of the tournament games to a close. The story of the finals has been an unpredictable and compelling one indeed, with large upsets in the standings - which we shall now get into.
In the second set of the finals,
general cod continued his domination of the field, racking up 6 of the 16 kills en route to taking home the tournament win with 115.125 points and 36 kills. This remarkable performance in the finals puts him 24 points above the nearest competitor, which means that it would've taken more than a clean sweep in a game to catch up with him.
His performance is even more astounding, considering the fact that in the first two rounds of the tournament, he never accumulated more points in a round compared to the other finalists, apart from
morleyjoe in Round 2. Moreover, entering the finals in 5th-place, he had a 35 point gap to make up for in order to make it to the top. His performance over the rounds has certainly been filled with clutch performances, such as in Round 1 where he scored all his points in Set 2 after coming up empty in Set 1; as well as in Round 2 where a clean sweep of a game in Set 2 gave him the points he needed to slip into the last spot of the finals.
Truly a deserving victory,
CONGRATULATIONS GENERAL COD

As this is a TPA7 tournament, that is not the full story, of course, as the other placings matter as well.
Elsewhere on the scoreboard,
morleyjoe snuck into 2nd place from 4th, based on the final game that ended with a round limit. This gave him the 4 points he needed to edge out 3rd-place finisher
ESQuire by just 0.125 points.
morleyjoe finished the tournament with 91.125 points and 31 kills, representing yet another upset after ending Round 2 in 4th, but now finishing in 2nd.
The point difference between the 2nd- to 4th-placed finishers is a mere 1.625 points, showing just how tight the race was.
ESquire held his 3rd-place position with 91 points and 34 kills; while
grt and
overlander fell from 1st and 2nd to 4th and 5th respectively, after both struggled to find their footing throughout the finals.
It's a remarkable feat to have made it to the finals nevertheless, and all players should be proud of themselves!
Well done on completing a TPA7 Major.
[spoiler=Final Placement for TPA7 Rankings]1 general cod
2 morleyjoe
3 ESQuire
4 grt
5 overlander
6 Kevi
7 TX AG 90
8 Tin Trumpet
9 b00060
10 Enormastitz
11 brett2000
12 TheJonah
13 theheadholes
14 Mageplunka69
15 i-andrei
16 Mishalex
17 YouOnKazoo
18 JOHNNYROCKET24
19 musicalmaven
20 actorday
21 Silly Knig-it
22 Darin44
23 shoop76
24 barterer2002
25 phersjm
26 ralt584489
27 Mussar[/spoiler]