{"id":6331,"date":"2024-12-28T14:46:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T14:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.verdant.gg\/?p=6331"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:56:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:56:51","slug":"verdant-ec-are-back-to-back-ukic-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/new.verdant.gg\/index.php\/2024\/12\/28\/verdant-ec-are-back-to-back-ukic-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Verdant EC are back-to-back UKIC Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic culmination to the UK &amp; Ireland Circuit (UKIC) League Season 4: Division\u202f1, Verdant EC outperformed Belfast Storm in a thrilling Grand Final showdown held at Endpoint\u2019s Praccrooms in Sheffield. The decisive Best\u2011of\u2011Three series saw them seize victory with a 2\u20131 scoreline, delivering their second consecutive UKIC title.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"227\">A Final for the Ages<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"461\">\n<li data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"305\">\n<p data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"305\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Belfast Storm struck first, taking the opening map on Nuke with a nail\u2011biting 16\u201314 win.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"383\">\n<p data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"383\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Verdant bounced back hard on Dust2, edging the map with a narrow 13\u201311 victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"383\">\n<p data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"383\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">The championship was settled in a heart-stopping Inferno map\u2014Verdant pulled out all the stops, clinching it 22\u201320 in overtime after a 42-round marathon.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">This victory reaffirmed Verdant EC&#8217;s stranglehold over domestic competition, building on success in previous events like Tradeit League UK Masters, Epic\u202f42, Epic\u202f43, Insomnia\u202f72, and last season\u2019s triumph in UKIC Season Three.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic culmination to the UK &amp; Ireland Circuit (UKIC) League Season 4: Division\u202f1, Verdant EC outperformed Belfast Storm in a thrilling Grand Final showdown held at Endpoint\u2019s Praccrooms&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/new.verdant.gg\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/new.verdant.gg\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/new.verdant.gg\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/new.verdant.gg\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/new.verdant.gg\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/new.verdant.gg\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6332,"href":"http:\/\/new.verdant.gg\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6331\/revisions\/6332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/new.verdant.gg\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/new.verdant.gg\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/new.verdant.gg\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/new.verdant.gg\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}