The WESG 2017 America Regional Finals will boast a $75,500 prize pool for the region.

Mythic and Cloud9 secure spots at WESG 2017 Americas Regional Finals

Two of the twelve offline regional finals spots have been claimed.

After burning through the playoff stage of the regional qualifiers, Mythic and Cloud9 have solidified their spots moving forward for the America Regional Finals. With two of the four quarter-finals being forfeitted and one being a BYE round for Cloud9, it was a rather uneventful process. The qualifier ended in quick 2-0's from both finalists to secure their spots at the offline regionals. The semi-final match recaps can be found below.

Mythic vs Bushido Boyz (2-0)

The veterans of Mythic met their opponents first on Mirage. They began to runaway with the map from the start, winning the first five consecutive rounds. Bushido Boyz struggled to string anything together throughout the half, leading to an 11-4 score before they switched sides. The match got flipped on it's head when Bushido Boyz mirrored the actions of Mythic by taking the pistol and the subsequent three rounds after on their T-side. Despite being able to get back in the game with a decent offensive side, they couldn't overcome the round deficit before Mythic closed out the map 16-12.

The second map was even closer as both teams showed strong T-side halves on Inferno. Bushido Boyz looked to be making a strong comeback by leading the first half 10-5 as they switched to CT-side. In an odd showing the only four rounds that Bushido Boyz took during their defense ended in defusals. Mythic closed it out in a narrow finish 16-14.

Bushido Boyz
0 - 2
Mythic
All maps
Bushido Boyz K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Josh 'JoshRT' Lee 45 - 48 -3 93.4 65.5% 1.09
United States Blake 'Strings' Stringer 47 - 41 +6 73.5 70.7% 1.07
United States Campbell 'far' Walsh 29 - 40 -11 64.8 70.7% 0.93
United States Josh 'oSee' Ohm 34 - 39 -5 61.5 63.8% 0.89
United States Eric 'Kwong' Kwong 29 - 48 -19 60.9 53.4% 0.63
Mythic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Erik 'fl0m' Flom 27 - 16 +11 96.6 89.3% 1.63
United States Eric 'adreN' Hoag 55 - 31 +24 94.7 77.6% 1.47
United States Derek 'desi' Branchen 22 - 19 +3 77.1 76.7% 1.24
United States Todd 'anger' Williams 41 - 36 +5 77.6 77.6% 1.22
United States Alexander 'LeX' Deily 41 - 38 +3 75.2 79.3% 1.09
United States Adam 'Polen' Polen 29 - 44 -15 60.4 69.0% 0.89

Cloud9 vs Muffin Lightning (2-0)

After a fairly standard pick-ban phase in the map veto the two teams would decide to meet on Train, picked by Cloud9, Cache by Muffin Lightning, with a decider on Inferno.

Train was a back and forth affair as it can sometimes be. Cloud9 narrowly took the pistol round on their T-side and struggled to maintain their economy midway through the half, due to a solid defense from the CT's. They closed out the half strong with four straight rounds to end it 9-6 in their favor. Muffin Lightning answered in kind with an explosive first 3 rounds in their favor to kick off their T-side. Unable to maintain any economic momentum, Cloud9 eventually take the map in a close 16-13 scoreline. Sam "SileNt" Portillo would later lament that his team were unable to close out a win on the map.

Cache was an absolute blowout for the boys in blue as Muffin Lightning could only accrue three rounds on their CT-side before Cloud9 won through eleven consecutive rounds to close out the half 12-3. With little room for error and momentum being in C9's favor, they expectedly closed out the map and series 16-5.

Muffin Lightning
0 - 2
Cloud9
All maps
Muffin Lightning K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir 40 - 39 +1 95.9 70.0% 1.17
United States Jordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro 40 - 37 +3 75.2 76.0% 1.05
United States Austin 'Cooper' Abadir 29 - 41 -12 53.5 64.0% 0.78
United States Samuel 'SileNt' Portillo 26 - 36 -10 55.4 56.0% 0.74
United States Jeff 'RZU' Ngo 22 - 43 -21 63.3 66.0% 0.64
Cloud9 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham 43 - 25 +18 88.7 88.0% 1.50
United States Tarik 'tarik' Celik 38 - 30 +8 89.2 78.0% 1.33
United States William 'RUSH' Wierzba 43 - 36 +7 87.2 76.0% 1.23
United States Timothy 'autimatic' Ta 39 - 34 +5 76.5 78.0% 1.22
United States Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip 33 - 32 +1 65.3 78.0% 1.04

WESG 2017 United States will finish up tonight, with Cloud9 playing Mythic for seeding purposes, and Bushido Boyz playing Muffin Lightning to see who will claim the third and final Regionals spot.

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#1(With 0 replies)
November 8, 2017 10:38AM
FaZe
Go Mythic!
#2(With 0 replies)
November 8, 2017 11:56AM
rustyjames
Dust2 Birthday cake!
its a shame that mix with fugly brehze and ethan couldnt make it due to schdeuling issues.
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