Four teams left in dramatic second Americas Minor North America Open Qualifier
The second Americas Minor North America Open Qualifier is currently mid-way through play, with drama and results abounding. With the semifinals being played later tonight, from which the winning teams head to the closed qualifier, it's a good time to get you all up to speed with the results.
90 teams signed up for the qualifier, each slowly getting whittled down through each round of play. The first well known team to be taken out of the competition was CLG Red, who were knocked out by Gorilla Gang in the round of 32. A notable upset in the same round saw Advanced team Enter get knocked out by Intermediate team "Legend Has It".
The bracket continued until F1-racecar-PEEK, Born, Dignitas, Fam143, Prospects, iNTACT, isaGOD and Mythic were through to the quarterfinals. F1-racecar-PEEK made their way through to the semifinals in controversial manner, thanks to fixture overlaps. The best way of describing the process is through this tweet from Jake "kaboose" McDonald:
In the end, this didn't do them too wrong, ending up with a 2-1 win over their opponents Born, with a 16-12 win on Inferno and a 16-6 win on Overpass, after two good performances from kaboose and Danny "huynh" Huynh.
The other games were all much more straightforward for the successful teams, with each team taking a 2-0 victory. Dignitas beat Fam143 16-7 on Mirage and 16-13 on Inferno with Peter "ptr" Gurney taking a starring role, and iNTACT defeated Prospects 16-14 on Nuke before a a 16-5 win on Mirage.
Mythic was the final team through, and the streaming all-stars managed it without much effort. A 16-2 win on Inferno was followed up by a 16-12 win on Dust2 against isaGod.
This leaves the final matches of the open qualifier as follows:
DignitasiNTACT| Dignitas |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Peter 'ptr' Gurney |
45 - 21 | +24 | 89.1 | 74.5% | 1.53 |
| Mitch 'mitch' Semago |
43 - 19 | +24 | 87.2 | 83.0% | 1.53 |
| Gage 'Infinite' Green |
37 - 28 | +9 | 81.0 | 76.6% | 1.37 |
| Ronnie 'ryx' Bylicki |
30 - 27 | +3 | 76.1 | 78.7% | 1.17 |
| Michael 'Grim' Wince |
25 - 26 | -1 | 69.5 | 76.6% | 1.11 |
| iNTACT |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman |
30 - 32 | -2 | 72.8 | 66.0% | 0.93 |
| Ali 'optimus' Mashhour |
28 - 38 | -10 | 60.2 | 61.7% | 0.79 |
| Michael 'Turismo' Haas |
21 - 36 | -15 | 60.1 | 59.6% | 0.72 |
| Sam 'Noxio' Goodwin |
19 - 37 | -18 | 57.0 | 53.2% | 0.62 |
| Christopher 'Swahn' Swahn |
22 - 37 | -15 | 58.1 | 40.4% | 0.59 |
MythicF1-racecar-PEEK| Mythic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik 'fl0m' Flom |
43 - 30 | +13 | 92.2 | 80.0% | 1.45 |
| Eric 'adreN' Hoag |
41 - 27 | +14 | 83.9 | 84.0% | 1.36 |
| James 'hazed' Cobb |
40 - 30 | +10 | 82.9 | 76.0% | 1.33 |
| Todd 'anger' Williams |
40 - 29 | +11 | 87.5 | 78.0% | 1.31 |
| Adam 'Polen' Polen |
32 - 30 | +2 | 67.7 | 74.0% | 1.11 |
| F1-racecar-PEEK |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake 'kaboose' McDonald |
42 - 37 | +5 | 82.3 | 68.0% | 1.08 |
 Danny 'huynh' Huynh |
32 - 37 | -5 | 64.9 | 62.0% | 0.90 |
| Alex 'lanhero' Suarez |
30 - 42 | -12 | 75.6 | 66.0% | 0.84 |
| Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner |
24 - 40 | -16 | 56.1 | 62.0% | 0.63 |
| Daniel 'tropiiical' Elshani |
18 - 40 | -22 | 49.9 | 54.0% | 0.58 |
Play will resume tonight at 8PM EDT, with the winning sides advancing to the Americas Minor Closed Qualifier.
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