Gorilla Gang will attempt to advance to the closed qualifier

BlackOut, Test Takers, Gorilla Gang, AZIO to EPICENTER open qualifier 2 semis

The four MDL teams will fight for one spot in the closed qualifier.

The second open qualifier for EPICENTER 2018 has reached the semifinals, with BlackOut, Test Takers, Gorilla Gang, and AZIO being the last four remaining teams. BlackOut will take on Gorilla Gang while Test Takers will face AZIO tomorrow to decide the final two.

In the quarterfinals, BlackOut defeated Hysteria, who were using Daniel "picky" Milazzo in the place of Nolan "bite" Hunstad, on Mirage 16-12. The match began quite close, with an 8-7 halftime score, but with the help of Jonathan "Jonji" Carey BlackOut managed to edge out the map win.

BlackOut
16 - 12
Hysteria
All maps
BlackOut K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey 29 - 15 +14 100.6 78.6% 1.50
United States Chad 'Oderus' Miller 24 - 16 +8 89.2 89.3% 1.47
Canada Connor 'CONNOR93' Glover 26 - 19 +7 91.5 75.0% 1.32
United States Collin 'wrath' McSweegan 19 - 19 +0 87.8 78.6% 1.28
United States Sebastian 'seb' Bucki 17 - 20 -3 75.5 71.4% 0.94
Hysteria K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Daniel 'picky' Milazzo 19 - 24 -5 82.6 71.4% 1.00
United States Malick 'dangle' Abid 20 - 21 -1 65.2 60.7% 0.97
United States Eric 'HIA' Boggs 20 - 24 -4 68.5 60.7% 0.90
United States Austin 'RenZ' Dickman 16 - 23 -7 68.5 75.0% 0.85
United States Jeremy 'Mundle' King 14 - 23 -9 68.6 60.7% 0.75

Goriila Gang took on Grizzlys (albeit with tENSKI playing for Samuel "Kizy" Leclerc-Dulong), and racked up a huge 12-3 first half. AWPer Josh "oSee" Ohm stepped up for this side, and helped them to close out the map easily with a 16-3 score. They will face BlackOut tomorrow.

Grizzlys
3 - 16
Gorilla Gang
All maps
Grizzlys K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Francis 'NANO' Tremblay 15 - 19 -4 81.8 73.7% 0.95
Canada Mathieu 'INCRED' Bergeron 13 - 16 -3 66.0 57.9% 0.90
Canada Cedric 'Melio' Perrault 11 - 17 -6 61.4 47.4% 0.69
Canada Gabriel 'TENSKEE' Rodrigue 9 - 16 -7 52.5 52.6% 0.57
Canada Michael 'MkaeL' De Luca 6 - 18 -12 52.9 52.6% 0.51
Gorilla Gang K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Josh 'oSee' Ohm 24 - 12 +12 116.4 94.7% 1.77
United States Ryan 'ryann' Welsh 19 - 12 +7 115.9 94.7% 1.59
United States Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina 17 - 14 +3 101.1 84.2% 1.48
United States Cameron 'cam' Kern 16 - 7 +9 83.3 78.9% 1.47
United States Ben 'ben1337' Smith 9 - 9 +0 52.6 68.4% 0.84

In the third quarterfinal, AZIO played against FNS Had a Kit, a mixteam containing Kory "SEMPHIS" Friesen, Benita "bENITA" Novshadian, Gabriel "GMAN" Ordaz, Kevin "4pack" Przypasniak, and Stephan "vEz" Vezina. FHAK actually got off to a 7-2 lead, and managed to end the first half 8-7 in their favor. However, Ian "motm" Hardy stepped up big for AZIO, and helped his team to claim the map 16-11, despite the work of Kory "SEMPHIS" Friesen.

AZIO
16 - 11
FNS Had a Kit
All maps
AZIO K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Ian 'motm' Hardy 26 - 15 +11 91.1 66.7% 1.42
United States Ryan 'Snakes' Amann 23 - 18 +5 93.6 74.1% 1.35
United States Michael 'Grim' Wince 19 - 18 +1 83.1 77.8% 1.19
United States Trevor 'FrostayK' Bandle 18 - 15 +3 66.3 66.7% 1.07
United States Joshua 'Hunter' Madore 12 - 16 -4 59.1 59.3% 0.88
FNS Had a Kit K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Kory 'SEMPHIS' Friesen 22 - 20 +2 108.3 66.7% 1.22
United States Gabriel 'GMAN' Ordaz 20 - 21 -1 72.2 59.3% 1.02
United States Kevin '4pack' Przypasniak 15 - 17 -2 46.7 55.6% 0.78
Canada Stephan 'vEz' Vezina 13 - 21 -8 74.2 59.3% 0.77
United States Benita 'bENITA' Novshadian 12 - 20 -8 45.6 44.4% 0.58

The final match was between Test Takers and wrsrule, which ended in a stomp for the Test Takers side. wrsrule could only muster a single round in the first half, before falling victim to Victor "food" Wong. This led to a an easy 16-1 for the former RESOLUTE squad.

wrsrule
1 - 16
Test Takers
All maps
wrsrule K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Reagan 'Reagan' Love 12 - 17 -5 78.5 64.7% 0.93
United States Oliver 'figment' Thompson 10 - 16 -6 68.5 64.7% 0.71
United States Scott 'Scottiyio' Baker 7 - 15 -8 47.7 41.2% 0.53
United States 'shaw' 4 - 16 -12 31.4 35.3% 0.33
United States Ryan 'wrsrule' Hatcher 3 - 16 -13 29.1 35.3% 0.22
Test Takers K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Victor 'food' Wong 20 - 7 +13 119.9 94.1% 1.89
United States David 'Toy' Han 21 - 7 +14 123.2 94.1% 1.88
United States Dylan 'RIKO' Sabin-Arnce 16 - 8 +8 85.8 82.4% 1.51
United States Sam 's0m' Oh 15 - 6 +9 81.9 94.1% 1.46
Canada Tyson 'TenZ' Ngo 8 - 8 +0 58.4 82.4% 0.93

The semifinals begin at 3:00 PM EDT tomorrow, with the final taking place right after and determining the second team after FURIA to move on to the closed qualifier.

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August 26, 2018 09:16AM
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