koga and the rest of Zone have earned a spot in MDL

UPDATE: Zone qualify for MDL Season 31 with win over Thunder Logic

A win in the grand finals of ESEA Advanced Season 30 sees Hunter and koga make their return to MDL.

Zone have won the grand final of ESEA Advanced Season 30 with a 2-0 series victory over Thunder Logic, earning themselves a spot in MDL for the upcoming season. Thunder Logic still have a chance to earn a spot in the league through Relegation, which is set to play out from April 9-11.

The 2-0 win for Zone was a relatively simple affair at first, with Joshua "Hunter" Madore and Alexander "zander" Diaz helping their side rack up a 13-2 CT-side lead on Overpass. Just four rounds went the way of Thunder Logic in the second half before Zone swiftly closed out the map 16-6, moving the series onward to their own pick of Train.

Hunter's good form continued into Train, although Thunder Logic managed to get off to a better start by winning four of the first five rounds for an initial 4-1 lead. Once their economy stabilized, Zone quickly managed to get rolling as a five-round streak allowed for them to steal away the lead, with Thunder Logic managing only two additional rounds on their CT-side to trail 6-9 at the half.

Zone further extended their lead to 11-6 with two rounds at the start of the second half, but an intense back-and-forth between the two sides saw Hunter and co. unable to string together any additional rounds. Despite being reset after each round they won, Zone managed to keep themselves competitive as they never lost the lead, eventually edging out a 16-14 victory to take the series 2-0.

Thunder Logic
0 - 2
Zone
All maps
Thunder Logic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Adam 'Ange' Milian 34 - 40 -6 79.0 67.3% 1.01
Amgalan 'genghsta' Nemekhbayar 32 - 40 -8 66.7 67.3% 0.92
United States Jason 'jmoh' Mohandessi 30 - 39 -9 73.8 65.4% 0.92
United States Rahul 'curry' Nemani 37 - 42 -5 69.7 61.5% 0.88
United States Chris 'Slash' Petersen 21 - 37 -16 49.4 57.7% 0.66
Zone K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Joshua 'Hunter' Madore 51 - 27 +24 94.8 82.7% 1.59
United States Michael 'Swisher' Schmid 39 - 33 +6 80.5 73.1% 1.18
United States Nathan 'leaf' Orf 36 - 32 +4 79.8 73.1% 1.15
United States Hunter 'koga' Allen 39 - 31 +8 72.2 75.0% 1.10
United States Alexander 'zanz' Diaz 33 - 31 +2 74.6 69.2% 1.04

With this win, Zone have earned themselves a small monetary bonus over Thunder Logic, and more importantly, a spot in MDL Season 31.

The current team list for MDL Relegation looks as follows:

United States Old Guys Club United States The Fundamentals
United States BBC United States slashLEVEL
United States Variance United States Thunder Logic
United States The Quest Advanced #7

As The Quest pulled off a 2-1 win over BLITZKRIEG for a 5-6th place finish to round out the day, just one final spot in MDL Season 30 Relegation remains. A bout between Big Frames and BLITZKRIEG will determine which team will claim the slot, after which the eight teams will clash for four spots in MDL Season 31.

UPDATE: After the victory, Alexander "zander" Diaz posted on Twitter that the team would be looking for a fifth for next season, because Nathan "leaf" Orf is fifteen — meaning that the player is ineligible to play in the league, and also has lied to HLTV about his age.

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#1(With 2 replies)
April 4, 2019 01:02AM
leaf
can i get mdl tag now? Kappa
#3(With 1 replies)
April 4, 2019 09:20AM
tolkienfanatic
Dust2 Birthday cake!
Not until you give me your actual birthday
#5(With 0 replies)
April 4, 2019 01:59PM
leaf
DMed you on twitter
#2(With 1 replies)
April 4, 2019 03:31AM
DiSCO
Dust2 Birthday cake!
I hope fundamentals don't get relegated they seemed to be improving + temp is a god
#4(With 0 replies)
April 4, 2019 09:33AM
006_tv
Dust2 Birthday cake!
agreed on temp

would like to see OGC stay as well but IDK
#6(With 1 replies)
April 4, 2019 02:29PM
zander_
MDL
leaf didn't "lie" he just had 16 on his esea since before last season. Everyone has known he's 15 though.
#7(With 0 replies)
April 4, 2019 04:25PM
tolkienfanatic
Dust2 Birthday cake!
HLTV stores full birth dates, which means either he or someone else gave a false date. It's been cleared up now.
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