It was a great ESL Pro Series 13 finals for Team Alternate in Cologne. The Warcraft 3 players Daniel 'XlorD' Spenst and Marc 'yAwS' Förster both performed phenomenally and made it to the grand final to face each other. Reigning champion XlorD won againwith a fantastic achievement for yAwS in second place.

The fine performances continued in Counter-Strike 1.6, with three-time German ESL Pro Series champion Team Alternate coming third behind mousesports and n!faculty. And over in Counter-Strike: Source, their reigning German champion team were placed second to a very strong mTw in a thrilling final.