ESEA Advanced hits playoffs; Quest for MDL continues

The ESEA Advanced regular season has concluded, with 16 teams securing a spot in the playoffs set to start next week. Unlike MDL, there were no tiebreakers employed to determine advancing teams, only within the top 16 for seeding.

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The top 16 standings for the regular season are as such:

Position	Team	Wins	Losses
1.	The Quest	14	2
2.	slashLEVEL	12	4
3.	LiviD	12	4
4.	Lowkey	12	4
5.	hot ass	12	4
6.	Variance	12	4
7.	Zone	12	4
8.	Legacy	12	4
9.	BBC	11	5
10.	we dont give a hoot	11	5
11.	BLACK	11	5
12.	Oceanic	10	6
13.	Thunder Logic	10	6
14.	Larry cant carry	10	6
15.	Polar Ace	10	6
16.	IdentityDisorder	10	6

As such, the matchups for the initial round (in bracket order) are as follows:

The Quest	vs	IdentityDisorder
BBC	vs	Legacy
hot ass	vs	Oceanic
Thunder Logic	vs	Lowkey
LiviD	vs	Larry cant carry
BLACK	vs	Variance
Zone	vs	we dont give a hoot
Polar Ace	vs	slashLEVEL

With only two teams from MDL heading to MDL Relegation, there will be five or six spots availble for top Advanced teams, depending on if ESEA sees fit to invite a team.

The full season standings and playoff bracket can be found on ESEAs website.

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