kNgV-'s INTZ claimed victory against an Old Guys Club mix featuring his old friend FNS

Favorites go 1-0 after day one of ECS Season 7 Pinnacle Cup

The first day of the Pinnacle Cup played out with a bevy of stand-ins and team substitutions.

Day one of the ECS Season 7 Pinnacle Cup concluded yesterday, with 16 teams facing off to see who will join North America's top teams in the revamped ECS league. The 16 teams are competing in a best-of-three Swiss system to determine elegibility for the revamped regular season.

The first matchup of the day saw MASSIVEimpact overwhelmed by Party Astronauts. Utilizing the services of Connor "CONNOR93" Glover in place of the recently departed Shawn "witmer" Taylor, MASSIVEimpact seemed unable to gain their footing as they dropped Nuke and Overpass 16-5 and 16-4, respectively. The team will look to regroup as they take on Old Guys Club today.

Party Astronauts
2 - 0
MASSIVEimpact
All maps
Party Astronauts K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Casey 'SideStep' Hartzler 39 - 23 +16 106.0 80.5% 1.61
United States Nick 'zeptic' Kaoud 34 - 29 +5 104.8 82.9% 1.49
United States Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue 34 - 22 +12 71.0 73.2% 1.28
United States Ben 'ben1337' Smith 32 - 23 +9 69.0 80.5% 1.24
United States Brenden 'stellar' McGrath 30 - 24 +6 82.7 70.7% 1.23
MASSIVEimpact K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Daniel 'roca' Gustaferri 31 - 33 -2 82.5 56.1% 0.99
United States Collin 'wrath' McSweegan 24 - 32 -8 71.3 65.9% 0.88
United States Sebastian 'seb' Bucki 23 - 34 -11 62.0 56.1% 0.71
Canada Marian 'tyfoon' Lesnic 22 - 35 -13 75.3 56.1% 0.68
Canada Connor 'CONNOR93' Glover 20 - 35 -15 51.0 56.1% 0.66

The second match of the day went similarly as FURIA dispatched of Final Feature with little trouble. The Brazilian team won Inferno and Mirage with quick 16-6 and 16-5 victories. During the one-sided match, Yuri” yuurih" Santos cleaned up with a massive 1.61 rating.

FURIA
2 - 0
Final Feature
All maps
FURIA K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Yuri 'yuurih' Santos 51 - 26 +25 103.6 80.9% 1.61
Brazil Andrei 'arT' Piovezan 42 - 32 +10 104.2 78.7% 1.47
Brazil Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato 33 - 20 +13 72.7 83.0% 1.25
Brazil Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo 37 - 28 +9 76.2 76.6% 1.21
Brazil Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior 27 - 26 +1 71.1 89.4% 1.15
Final Feature K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States William 'shonk' Kittrell 31 - 36 -5 67.2 63.8% 0.96
United States Colton 'BASE' Musella 35 - 38 -3 76.1 61.7% 0.95
United States Daniel 'picky' Milazzo 26 - 39 -13 63.3 63.8% 0.81
Canada Neil 'montE' Montgomery 19 - 37 -18 54.0 57.4% 0.62
Canada Jonah 'JonahP' Pulice 21 - 41 -20 57.9 57.4% 0.61

The third matchup continued the losing streak for North American teams as Denial took on Infamous. Using the services of Maxim "wippie" Shepelev in place of Mike "real_bM" Desanto, infamous were unable to muster up a stiff resistance as the newly formed South African squad took both Nuke and Inferno without letting Infamous get to double digits.

Denial
2 - 0
Infamous
All maps
Denial K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong 43 - 27 +16 96.4 75.6% 1.46
Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek 33 - 24 +9 91.0 91.1% 1.34
Dominic 'Domsterr' Sampaio 31 - 18 +13 74.8 80.0% 1.33
Roberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'Occo 35 - 21 +14 69.2 73.3% 1.29
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou 29 - 27 +2 72.6 84.4% 1.25
Infamous K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Erick 'Xeppaa' Bach 25 - 32 -7 61.2 68.9% 0.86
Maxim 'wippie' Shepelev 26 - 31 -5 58.9 60.0% 0.81
United States Dylan 'RIKO' Sabin-Arnce 27 - 37 -10 67.1 64.4% 0.78
United States Josh 'JoshRT' Lee 25 - 37 -12 65.8 53.3% 0.78
United States Brendan 'Bwills' Williams 14 - 34 -20 53.9 57.8% 0.60

The fourth match of the day saw INTZ take on an Old Guys Club mix-team featuring Will "dazzLe" Loafman and Pujan "FNS" Mehta. 

The Brazilian EPL squad were dealt a surprise as they initially lost the opening map 11-16 partially due a strong performance from dazzLe. However, as the best-of-three series continued, INTZ were able to close out the remainder of the series with little trouble as they bested Old Guys Club on Train and Cache without letting the mix-team get to double digits on either.

INTZ
2 - 1
Old Guys Club
All maps
INTZ K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes 64 - 39 +25 94.1 77.8% 1.43
Brazil Vito 'kNgV-' Giuseppe 58 - 42 +16 79.3 77.8% 1.29
Brazil Lucas 'destiny' Bullo 58 - 44 +14 78.5 73.6% 1.22
Brazil Gustavo 'yel' Knittel 51 - 38 +13 73.2 80.6% 1.15
Brazil Alexandre 'xand' Zizi 37 - 53 -16 65.8 69.4% 0.90
Old Guys Club K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Will 'dazzLe' Loafman 50 - 58 -8 76.9 58.3% 0.98
United States Samuel 'SileNt' Portillo 47 - 52 -5 64.7 58.3% 0.90
Canada Pujan 'FNS' Mehta 47 - 55 -8 76.9 63.9% 0.90
Canada Yassine 'Subroza' Taoufik 34 - 52 -18 61.5 58.3% 0.77
United States Matt 'Pollo' Wilson 37 - 51 -14 60.1 56.9% 0.76

The fifth matchup continued the trend of quick matches as Bad News Bears, with Jeff "RZU" Ngo in place of Gage "Infinite" Green, dispatched their Advanced opposition with little trouble. During the match Peter "ptr" Gurney managed a 2.05 K/D ratio in the relatively one-sided affair.

Bad News Bears
2 - 0
Zone
All maps
Bad News Bears K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Peter 'ptr' Gurney 41 - 20 +21 96.0 85.7% 1.64
United States Mitch 'mitch' Semago 40 - 20 +20 94.6 83.3% 1.61
Canada Tyson 'TenZ' Ngo 38 - 20 +18 91.2 92.9% 1.51
United States Jeff 'RZU' Ngo 36 - 27 +9 95.1 88.1% 1.46
United States Josh 'shinobi' Abastado 33 - 29 +4 82.8 83.3% 1.21
Zone K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Michael 'Swisher' Schmid 32 - 35 -3 79.9 57.1% 0.89
United States Hunter 'koga' Allen 28 - 38 -10 77.5 66.7% 0.80
United States Nathan 'leaf' Orf 22 - 38 -16 63.1 47.6% 0.65
United States Joshua 'Hunter' Madore 18 - 40 -22 54.3 54.8% 0.59
United States Alexander 'zanz' Diaz 16 - 37 -21 57.1 64.3% 0.59

The next matchup came as a surprise as a last-minute team change took place. Due to Ghost deciding to return Josh "steel" Nissan to the active lineup, the team was forced to withdraw due to steel being banned from ECS. Therefreo, Hysteria - the runner-up from the third qualifier - were invited in their place.

Hysteria were unable to best Advanced rivals The Quest in their opening matchup, however they kept it competitive as they took Nuke to the limit only allowing The Quest to close out their map pick 16-13. After this Inferno was far less contentious as The Quest won the map without much trouble, winning it 16-7. Hysteria will be being facing off against Infamous in their upcoming match.

Hysteria
0 - 2
The Quest
All maps
Hysteria K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Malick 'dangle' Abid 35 - 40 -5 61.7 61.5% 0.89
United States Jordon 'jitter' Ruggiero 31 - 42 -11 65.4 71.2% 0.87
Canada Shawn 'Magowi' O'Malley 29 - 43 -14 72.6 61.5% 0.81
United States Eric 'HIA' Boggs 25 - 45 -20 62.1 51.9% 0.68
United States Alexander 'knightmare' Sozzi 22 - 45 -23 56.4 53.8% 0.61
The Quest K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jack 'xCeeD' Holiman 55 - 31 +24 101.8 82.7% 1.64
United States Trevor 'FrostayK' Bandle 43 - 23 +20 83.9 86.5% 1.45
Canada Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey 40 - 30 +10 92.1 80.8% 1.28
United States Matthew 'mCe' Elmore 38 - 31 +7 84.5 80.8% 1.23
United States Logan 'Voltage' Long 38 - 27 +11 72.9 78.8% 1.22

The next matchup saw the Brazilian oNe team take on iNTACT. With stand-in João "Horvy" Horvath in tow, oNe made quick work of iNTACT as they closed out their series 2-0.

TeamOne
2 - 0
iNTACT
All maps
TeamOne K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Alencar 'trk' Rossato 53 - 26 +27 94.6 76.0% 1.59
Brazil João 'horvy' Horvath 37 - 27 +10 84.1 86.0% 1.31
Brazil Victor 'iDk' Torraca 33 - 33 +0 86.7 74.0% 1.18
Brazil Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima 34 - 28 +6 68.3 72.0% 1.11
Brazil Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos 33 - 30 +3 70.0 70.0% 0.98
iNTACT K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Christopher 'Swahn' Swahn 36 - 36 +0 62.0 58.0% 0.93
United States Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner 34 - 36 -2 71.3 64.0% 0.91
United States Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman 29 - 37 -8 64.1 56.0% 0.79
United States Jake 'kaboose' McDonald 24 - 41 -17 63.6 58.0% 0.76
Canada William 'will' Cheng 21 - 40 -19 56.1 56.0% 0.66

The match between Mythic and Singularity saw yet another stand-in as James "hazed" Cobb was unable to play due to an ear issue

As such, Mythic enlisted the services of Ian "Tex" Botsch who has been teamless since Season 28 when he played with Monstars. This matchup ended up being one of the closer series of day one, as after Singularity took Inferno 16-5, Mythic were able to respond by narrowly taking Overpass 16-12. In the end though, Singularity would ultimately claim victory confidently closing out Dust2 16-7.

Mythic will to improve on their day one results when they take on Zone later today. Round two will once again see Mythic play with another stand-in as both hazed and Tex are unavailable. Therefore, they have enlisted the services of ex-Vireo.pro player Donovan "zNf" Froid.

Singularity
2 - 1
Mythic
All maps
Singularity K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Cameron 'cam' Kern 58 - 40 +18 93.0 84.7% 1.40
United States Ryan 'ryann' Welsh 55 - 36 +19 83.7 77.8% 1.31
United States Ricky 'floppy' Kemery 53 - 42 +11 77.4 76.4% 1.26
United States Josh 'oSee' Ohm 41 - 39 +2 60.5 83.3% 1.10
United States Ian 'motm' Hardy 45 - 45 +0 63.5 69.4% 0.98
Mythic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Todd 'anger' Williams 46 - 50 -4 67.2 70.8% 1.02
United States Erik 'fl0m' Flom 47 - 48 -1 78.2 65.3% 1.01
United States Ian 'tex' Botsch 42 - 53 -11 57.7 58.3% 0.84
United States Leonardo 'Laski' Arroyo 31 - 47 -16 53.8 70.8% 0.77
United States Adam 'Polen' Polen 36 - 54 -18 59.9 58.3% 0.73

With round one concluded, the round two matchups, kicking off simultaneously at 6 PM EST, are as follows:

1-0 Round
Denial -vs- United States The Quest
Brazil FURIA -vs- Brazil oNe
United States Bad News Bears -vs- United States Singularity
United States Party Astronauts -vs- Brazil INTZ
0-1 Round
United States Old Guys Club -vs- United States MASSIVEimpact
United States Mythic -vs- United States Zone
United States Hysteria -vs- United States Infamous
United States iNTACT -vs- United States Final Feature

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March 7, 2019 12:40PM
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Dust2 Birthday cake!
Next thing you know zNf will get sick and moe will be there
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