EPICENTER Qualifier #4 sees semifinalists confirmed
Day one of the fourth and final EPICENTER open qualifier has taken place, and a few key matches were found throughout the tournament.
First off, a notable upset came in the second round from Arial Arise, featuring Dust2.us favorite Spenser "shrek" Adams, albeit from a default win. Another, actual upset came in the form of Canadian squad Grizzlys taking down Vireo.pro 16-13 on Cache also in the second round of play.
In terms of the teams who have made it to the second day of play, set to take place later this afternoon, iNTACT started off their run with a Bye in the first round, before taking down divisional rivals Guerilla Tactics 16-5 on Nuke. Next was a close match against mix team 'FNS HAD A KIT', featuring the likes of Kory "SEMPHIS" Friesen and Benita "bENITA" Novshadian, where iNTACT came out as 16-14 winners on Train to put them into the semifinals.
iNTACTFNS Had a Kit| iNTACT |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Christopher 'Swahn' Swahn |
27 - 17 | +10 | 76.3 | 76.7% | 1.30 |
| Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman |
24 - 23 | +1 | 84.3 | 63.3% | 1.12 |
| Michael 'Turismo' Haas |
21 - 24 | -3 | 88.1 | 63.3% | 1.02 |
| Sam 'Noxio' Goodwin |
14 - 15 | -1 | 54.1 | 70.0% | 0.91 |
| Ali 'optimus' Mashhour |
15 - 20 | -5 | 60.7 | 66.7% | 0.87 |
| FNS Had a Kit |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler 'tweiss' Weiss |
25 - 21 | +4 | 90.1 | 73.3% | 1.28 |
| Samuel 'SileNt' Portillo |
23 - 18 | +5 | 71.0 | 76.7% | 1.21 |
| Taylor 'Drone' Johnson |
20 - 18 | +2 | 72.9 | 73.3% | 1.14 |
 Kory 'SEMPHIS' Friesen |
17 - 22 | -5 | 75.5 | 76.7% | 0.94 |
| Benita 'bENITA' Novshadian |
13 - 22 | -9 | 52.9 | 53.3% | 0.63 |
The next team up was Canadian squad LiviD, who's tournament run also began with a Bye. Their second round victory was a 16-5 result on Dust2 against the HALAL Swingers, which was followed up by another 16-5, this time against Jack "xCeed" Holiman's Las Vegas MG on Overpass.
LiViDLas Vegas MiniGunners| LiViD |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yannick 'KOLER' Blanchette |
22 - 9 | +13 | 98.0 | 90.5% | 1.66 |
| David 'J0LZ' Jolin |
20 - 11 | +9 | 98.0 | 90.5% | 1.64 |
| Danny 'huynh' Huynh |
17 - 6 | +11 | 84.3 | 85.7% | 1.54 |
| Samuel 'smL' Bertrand |
19 - 13 | +6 | 102.8 | 71.4% | 1.34 |
| Michael 'miLLe' St-Pierre |
12 - 12 | +0 | 61.3 | 85.7% | 1.06 |
| Las Vegas MiniGunners |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack 'xCeeD' Holiman |
14 - 15 | -1 | 74.3 | 57.1% | 1.05 |
| Stephen 'SGM' Mechan |
12 - 19 | -7 | 61.5 | 52.4% | 0.73 |
| Devon 'pfitter' Self |
12 - 18 | -6 | 56.3 | 52.4% | 0.65 |
| 'verZache' |
10 - 18 | -8 | 60.6 | 42.9% | 0.62 |
| Brendan 'Bwills' Williams |
3 - 20 | -17 | 38.1 | 28.6% | 0.27 |
Next up was Fam143, who are playing with a vastly different roster from the previous season of play, with just Justin "NEX" McLellan and Caleb "jaychancE" Davis lining up on the team. ex-Hysteria duo Austin "RenZ" Dickman and Eric "HIA" Boggs were spotted playing with the team, along with Hyper's Josh "Daemos" Hayes. This hasn't harmed their qualifier run so far after a 16-3 win against NEO-SYNC on Dust2 in the first round, which was followed up by a close 16-13 match on Cache against Hysteria. Their final victory of the night was a close 16-14 win against Grizzlys, again on Cache.
Fam143Grizzlys| Fam143 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb 'jchancE' Davis |
30 - 18 | +12 | 98.5 | 73.3% | 1.51 |
| Justin 'NEX' McLellan |
23 - 22 | +1 | 82.2 | 73.3% | 1.13 |
| Austin 'RenZ' Dickman |
23 - 23 | +0 | 84.1 | 70.0% | 1.13 |
| Eric 'HIA' Boggs |
18 - 21 | -3 | 82.0 | 76.7% | 1.07 |
| Josh 'Daemos' Hayes |
13 - 19 | -6 | 45.1 | 66.7% | 0.72 |
| Grizzlys |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel 'Kizy' Leclerc-Dulong |
23 - 21 | +2 | 85.8 | 73.3% | 1.31 |
| Francis 'NANO' Tremblay |
27 - 20 | +7 | 72.5 | 70.0% | 1.10 |
| Mathieu 'INCRED' Bergeron |
23 - 24 | -1 | 80.4 | 80.0% | 1.09 |
| Cedric 'Melio' Perrault |
18 - 21 | -3 | 71.5 | 73.3% | 0.98 |
| Michael 'MkaeL' De Luca |
12 - 22 | -10 | 68.7 | 63.3% | 0.88 |
The final team to the semifinals was the South African team of Bravado, who are looking to complete the run this time around having fallen to Swole Patrol in the previous qualifier, starting off with a 16-1 Inferno win against Siege Supremacy in the first round. This result was followed up by a 16-10 win on Inferno against dotexe-, before taking a 16-11 win against Arial Arise on Nuke to confirm their semifinals spot.
BravadoArial Arise| Bravado |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong |
24 - 17 | +7 | 107.1 | 66.7% | 1.41 |
| Dimitri 'Detrony' Hadjipaschali |
22 - 17 | +5 | 72.3 | 85.2% | 1.31 |
| Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek |
21 - 15 | +6 | 82.5 | 74.1% | 1.30 |
| Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou |
20 - 19 | +1 | 69.7 | 63.0% | 1.07 |
| Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van Wyk |
16 - 15 | +1 | 69.8 | 81.5% | 1.07 |
| Arial Arise |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben 'benG' Myrick |
23 - 20 | +3 | 98.3 | 63.0% | 1.25 |
| Dylan 'neoplz' Yuknavich |
18 - 19 | -1 | 64.5 | 55.6% | 0.88 |
| Ezra 'PinheadLarry' Pereira |
15 - 21 | -6 | 65.0 | 63.0% | 0.81 |
| Spenser 'shrek' Adams |
16 - 22 | -6 | 56.9 | 48.1% | 0.77 |
| Leo 'wanger' Zhang |
11 - 21 | -10 | 58.7 | 48.1% | 0.63 |
The best-of-three semifinals, with schedule time in EDT, are as follows:
| Semifinals | Time | ||
| iNTACT |
vs. | LiviD |
3:00 |
| Fam143 |
vs. | Bravado |
3:00 |
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