Old Guys Club secure eighth seed in MDL; oNe left out in the cold

Playoffs are scheduled to begin November 13th!

Old Guys Club and Blight had the honor of finalizing ESEA's 30th season in the MDL division with a 16-8 scoreline resulting in Old Guys Club taking home the 8th seed and a playoff berth against Swole Patrol.

The playoff matchups for the Season 30 playoffs will look as such:

Matchup Date Time
United States (3) Vireo.pro vs. United States (6) Mythic Nov. 13th 7:30PM EST
United States (1) Swole Patrol vs. United States (8) Old Guys Club Nov. 13th 8:30PM EST
United States (2) Bravado vs. United States (7) cantwinalan Nov. 13th 9:30PM EST
United States (4) Singularity vs. United States (5) Spacestation Nov. 13th 10PM EST

The middle of the pack of teams that won't be attending the playoffs, nor facing the rigors of the relegation include the Brazilians oNe, Test Takers, Vision, Infamous, and the newly saved Forty Six and 2. In a battle against auto relegation victims Think Outside the Box, Forty Six and 2 completed the 10-5 half comeback to win 16-13 to finish 8-11 on the season. The final team to find themselves safe is Excelerate due to winning the round differential battle against VAULT and ex-Velocity.

The relegation teams in full are VAULT, ex-Velocity, Blight and ETHEREAL, with the remainder to be determined by the Advanced playoffs. This will mark back-to-back relegations for VAULT, Blight and ETHEREAL who all made their climb from Season 28 of Advanced.

Finally, the teams that won't be getting the chance to defend themselves are Think Outside the Box who finished 2-17, and Dignitas who forfeited their season without a roster.

The final MDL standings look as such:

Team Matches Wins Losses ARD Points
 United States Swole Patrol 19 18 1 +145 54
  Bravado 19 14 5 +64 42
 United States Vireo.pro 19 14 5 +50 42
 United States Singularity 19 14 5 +90 42
 United States Spacestation 19 14 5 +57 42
 United States Mythic 19 13 6 +35 39
 United States cantwinalan 19 13 6 +78 39
 United States Old Guys Club 19 12 7 -3 36
 Brazil oNe 19 12 7 +87 36
 United States Test Takers 19 11 8 +1 33
 United States Vision 19 9 10 +10 27
 United States Infamous 19 8 11 -43 24
 Mexico Forty Six & 2 19 8 11 +3 24
 United States Excelerate 19 7 12 -52 21
 United States ex-Velocity 19 7 12 -69 21
  VAULT 19 7 12 -74 21
 United States Blight 19 4 15 -86 12
 United States ETHEREAL 19 3 16 -101 9
 United States Think Outside the Box 19 2 17 -106 6
 United States ex-Dignitas 19 0 19 -304 0

The MDL playoffs are scheduled to kick off on the 13th of November at 7:30PM EST with the #3 and #6 seed starting it off. The playoffs will span over the next two days with the grand final taking place on LAN to see who will be making their advancement to Pro League, and the third place decider happening on the 15th.

The Advanced playoffs, to see who will be making it to the relegation tournament will be a four-day affair from November 27th to 29th, and the Grand Final on December 2nd, leading into relegation from the 4th of December to the 7th.

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#1(With 0 replies)
November 12, 2018 08:56AM
Joe
Dust2 Birthday cake!
Prolly one of the most exciting playoffs of MDL in a while, imo. Although, I haven't really paid attention to mdl before last season
#2(With 0 replies)
November 12, 2018 10:41AM
ird
Team oNe didn't make playoffs? Is NA MDL actually challenging this season? PogChamp
#3(With 0 replies)
November 12, 2018 12:42PM
006_tv
Dust2 Birthday cake!
Oof OGC vs Swole Patrol feelsbadman
#4(With 2 replies)
November 12, 2018 04:19PM
shrek
Old guys club with -3 rd wins because head to head
Makes sense guys haha
#5(With 1 replies)
November 13, 2018 10:33AM
Nurfed
MDL
it does, they beat team one why should a team you beat finish about you in a tie
#6(With 0 replies)
November 14, 2018 08:53AM
shrek
why should an accident bo1 be worth more than a 90 round difference over the season
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