wrath and Jonji make a massive impact at T.O. Spawn
MASSIVEimpact have won Waves EGaming's T.O. Spawn, only dropping a single map over the course of the whole event.
The event held in Toronto, Canada saw 21 teams compete for their share of the $7,420 prize pool. The top two teams from each of group advanced to the playoffs in the upper bracket, whilethe third-place teams getting sent to the lower bracket.
At the end of group play, Grizzlys, Hyper, Waves, The Farmers, Offbeat, LiviD, MASSIVEimpact, and Strings' Llama Pack all topped their groups. Advancing in the third place positions were voLante, Live on Three, Big Chungus, and Sons of LANarchy.
The first two rounds of bracket play went mostly as expected, with the exception being the Canadian Waves mix sending their countrymen in LiviD and Grizzlys to the lower bracket in successive rounds — with the latter happening in 2-0 fashion.
GrizzlysWaves| Grizzlys |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Abdo 'c4Lypso' Agha |
53 - 40 | +13 | 102.6 | 72.2% | 1.40 |
| Yannick 'KOLER' Blanchette |
40 - 41 | -1 | 77.2 | 70.4% | 1.00 |
| Thomas 'frost' Frost |
32 - 39 | -7 | 72.8 | 63.0% | 0.86 |
| Alex 'vek' Voynov |
27 - 40 | -13 | 55.2 | 68.5% | 0.77 |
| David 'J0LZ' Jolin |
21 - 41 | -20 | 47.0 | 53.7% | 0.56 |
| Waves |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin 'poised' Ngo |
43 - 35 | +8 | 87.5 | 74.1% | 1.28 |
| Adam 'Ange' Milian |
42 - 28 | +14 | 78.4 | 70.4% | 1.27 |
| Sebastian 'retchy' Tropiano |
43 - 36 | +7 | 79.3 | 75.9% | 1.25 |
| Jimmy 'Marved' Nguyen |
40 - 36 | +4 | 82.4 | 70.4% | 1.16 |
| Jonathan 'djay' Dallal |
32 - 38 | -6 | 64.6 | 68.5% | 0.94 |
The next big upset saw Advanced side LiviD drop another season to Blake "Strings" Stringer's Strings' Llama pack mix.
LiViDStrings' Llama Pack| LiViD |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathieu 'INCRED' Bergeron |
54 - 53 | +1 | 86.7 | 74.2% | 1.15 |
| Michael 'miLLe' St-Pierre |
45 - 49 | -4 | 80.6 | 78.8% | 1.14 |
| Michael 'MkaeL' De Luca |
48 - 49 | -1 | 67.1 | 68.2% | 0.95 |
| Danny 'huynh' Huynh |
36 - 50 | -14 | 62.4 | 68.2% | 0.88 |
| Cedric 'Melio' Perrault |
46 - 51 | -5 | 74.9 | 65.2% | 0.86 |
| Strings' Llama Pack |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Blake 'Strings' Stringer |
63 - 46 | +17 | 106.2 | 77.3% | 1.47 |
| Brian 'BlueSky' Wortman |
60 - 46 | +14 | 91.5 | 77.3% | 1.34 |
| Jack 'yelrad' Darley |
42 - 47 | -5 | 76.3 | 72.7% | 1.08 |
| Caleb 'Chilled_Dan' Greek |
47 - 43 | +4 | 64.0 | 71.2% | 1.02 |
| Nassir 'rugrat' Francique |
40 - 47 | -7 | 71.5 | 78.8% | 1.00 |
Down in the lower bracket, Grizzlys bounced back from their loss to Waves, taking down Live on Three 2-1 and Strings Llama Pack 2-0 before exacting revenge upon Waves in the third place decider match 2-0. The string of lower bracket victories saw the Canadian team through to the grand finals, where they were set to face MASSIVEimpact.
WavesGrizzlys| Waves |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy 'Marved' Nguyen |
44 - 40 | +4 | 88.9 | 64.2% | 1.11 |
| Adam 'Ange' Milian |
39 - 36 | +3 | 79.2 | 69.8% | 1.05 |
| Jonathan 'djay' Dallal |
33 - 43 | -10 | 76.5 | 66.0% | 0.89 |
| Kevin 'poised' Ngo |
33 - 45 | -12 | 71.8 | 60.4% | 0.85 |
| Sebastian 'retchy' Tropiano |
21 - 42 | -21 | 44.8 | 62.3% | 0.60 |
| Grizzlys |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdo 'c4Lypso' Agha |
59 - 35 | +24 | 106.3 | 79.2% | 1.59 |
| Alex 'vek' Voynov |
45 - 40 | +5 | 91.1 | 81.1% | 1.31 |
| David 'J0LZ' Jolin |
38 - 33 | +5 | 88.5 | 75.5% | 1.19 |
| Yannick 'KOLER' Blanchette |
35 - 35 | +0 | 72.6 | 67.9% | 1.04 |
| Thomas 'frost' Frost |
29 - 27 | +2 | 55.0 | 77.4% | 0.98 |
It was here that Grizzlys run of luck ended, as they were quickly snuffed out by MASSIVEImpact in a 2-0 loss. The first map of the series, Overpass, was narrowly taken by MASSIVEimpact 16-14. Though the scoreline was close, the majority of the rounds won by Grizzlys were on the back of clutches by Alex "vek" Voynov and Abdo "c4lypso" Agha. Inferno was where Grizzlys fully ran out of gas, losing 16-8 after only managing six rounds on their CT-side.
MASSIVEimpactGrizzlys| MASSIVEimpact |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collin 'wrath' McSweegan |
50 - 31 | +19 | 85.0 | 74.1% | 1.40 |
| Sebastian 'seb' Bucki |
42 - 33 | +9 | 93.3 | 81.5% | 1.35 |
| Connor 'CONNOR93' Glover |
40 - 29 | +11 | 70.8 | 83.3% | 1.30 |
| Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey |
44 - 33 | +11 | 89.7 | 74.1% | 1.29 |
| Marian 'tyfoon' Lesnic |
31 - 36 | -5 | 63.6 | 74.1% | 0.99 |
| Grizzlys |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdo 'c4Lypso' Agha |
44 - 38 | +6 | 78.8 | 64.8% | 1.13 |
| Thomas 'frost' Frost |
27 - 38 | -11 | 63.1 | 72.2% | 0.88 |
| Yannick 'KOLER' Blanchette |
32 - 40 | -8 | 66.4 | 70.4% | 0.87 |
| David 'J0LZ' Jolin |
29 - 43 | -14 | 65.6 | 61.1% | 0.77 |
| Alex 'vek' Voynov |
30 - 48 | -18 | 64.9 | 53.7% | 0.69 |
Impressively, MASSIVEimpact only dropped one map throughout the entire tournament, coming against Ramal "Rampage" Silva's Offbeat in the upper bracket seminfinals.
The top twelve teams at T.O. Spawn were:
1. MASSIVEimpact (Jonji, seb, CONNOR93, wrath, tyfoon) - $4,450
2. Grizzlys (c4lypso, vek, J0LZ, KOLER, frost) - $1,850
3. Waves (djay, poised, retchy, Ange, Marved) - $555
4. Strings' Llama Pack (Strings, yelrad, rugrat, Chilled_Dan, BlueSky) - $555
5-6. Offbeat (b0ssy, nguyen, iKoniK, Rampage, Rascal)
5-6. Live on Three (DankNasty, Inseaniac, freshie, kimo, EazyE)
7-8. LiviD (Mkael, INCREDIBLE, hunyh, miLLe, M3Lio)
7-8. Farmers (Jacky, Nguyen, zepps, AGN, MtE)
9-12. voLante (hdz, MASOR, JOOF, N3XT, GRAHAM)
9-12. Big Chungus (beefoak, ETODAEXILE, MORMONJESUS, Whisper, eXplosionz)
9-12. Hyper (Daemos, warBlood, stealthypig, aimex, waterfallez)
9-12. Sons of LANarchy (fx, Anarchy, DrLejos, FearItself, twoshot)
The results of the event are available here.
