Rank S Recap - mitch and seb to battle for final Combine spot

Nothing can ever be straightforward in the world of Rank S.

Another week of Rank S and Rank G has come to an end, with this one supposed to be seeing the final Rank S Combine spots claimed. However as in previous weeks, a tie at the top has prevented there from being a neat conclusion.

The top ten for the past week of Rank S is as follows:

Rank Name $ Prize
1. United States Mitch "mitch" Semago $716.66
1. United States Sebastian "seb" Bucki $716.66
1. United States Michael "dapr" Gulino $716.66
4. United States Shawn "witmer" Taylor $450
5. United States David "Sneaky" Polster $200
5. Canada Jason "jasonR" Ruchelski $200
7. Maxim "wippie" Shepelev  
8. Canada Derrick "LILMAN" Boyne  
8. United States Jeff "RZU" Ngo  
8. United States Chris "Slash" Petersen  

Many familiar faces from previous weeks are present in the top ten, but the most important are the trio of players tied for first — Mitch "mitch" Semago, Sebastian "seb" Bucki, and Michael "dapr" Gulino. Unfortunately for dapr, he is underage, and therefore ineligible to attend the Rank S Combine, leaving the tie between mitch and seb.

In previous weeks, the tie between the two players would be settled by whomever placed higher the next week. However, Dust2.us have been informed by ESEA that due to this being the last week of competition and the Rank S Combine fast approaching, this approach will not be employed this time around. It is likely that the two will face-off in a 1v1 BO3 instead.

The top ten earners for Rank S 2019 so far are unchanged, and as follows:

Rank Change Name Total $
1. - United States Jeff "RZU" Ngo $6,904.16
2. - United States Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk $6,802.50
3. - United States Derek "desi" Branchen $5,433.33
4. - Canada Derrick "LILMAN" Boyne $5,365.41
5. - United States Chris "Slash" Petersen $4,193.73
6. - United States Peter "ptr" Gurney $3,884.52
7. - United States Alex "aproto" Protopapas $3,737.50
8. - Canada Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik $2,945.83
9. - Canada Andy "vSa" Xu $2,777.38
10. - United States Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue $2,607.50

Over in Rank G, Yannick "KOLER" Blanchette was able to fend off Bryce "PureR" Lovell and CLG Red member Benita "bENITA" Novshadian to hold onto the win, earning himself a spot at the Rank S Combine.

The standings for the week were:

Rank Name $ Prize
1. Canada Yannick "KOLER" Blanchette $1,000
2. United States Bryce "PureR" Lovell $500
3. United States Benita "bENITA" Novshadian $275
4. United States Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk $250
5. United States Malick "dangle" Abid $225
6. Canada Alfonso "krZ" Fiorani $200
7. United States Rahul "curry" Nemani $175
8. United States Mike "real_bM" Desanto $150
9. United States Brandon "Sharkie" L. $125
10. Nijaz "Dota-t-k-o" Kostic $100

Also placing in the money was Mike "real_bM" Desanto, who just recently stepped down from MDL side Infamous (now Royal).

That means that the current participant list for the Rank S Combine is as follows:

Rank S Rank G
North America
United States Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue United States Brandon "BOOBIE" Roberts
United States Derek "desi" Branchen United States Joshua "KiiroKami" Kim
United States David "Toy" Han United States Caleb "opportunity" Davis
United States Austin "crashies" Roberts Canada Jonathan "djay" Dallal
United States Mitch "mitch" Semago /
United States Sebastian "seb" Bucki
Canada Yannick "KOLER" Blanchette
Europe
Dmitriy "Dima" Bandurka Konstantin "sleepy" Vassilev
Paweł "reatz" Jańczak Andrius "TORAS" Balciunas
François "AmaNEk" Delaunay Sweden Aron "xajdish" Fredriksson

With the participant list for the Combine mostly set, all that remains to be seen is which of mitch or seb will claim the final Rank S spot for North America, which surprise replacements there will be, and who the four invited captains will be. The Rank S Combine will take place from April 13th-14th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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