Third ECS Season 8 Pinnacle Cup qualifier gears up for the final round
Tonight, the quarterfinal matches of ECS Season 8 Pinnacle Cup Open Qualifier 3 drew to a close, leaving four teams standing to duke it out for the two spots in ECS Season 8 Pinnacle Cup in September.
Before matches began, Monstars were able to catch a break as Ascent forfeited since they would be unable to play.
After things kicked off, Rap Gang managed to diss LiViD 2-1, pulling off a reverse sweep after failing to win their own map pick, Mirage. Undiscouraged by a 16-11 loss, Justin "FaNg" Coakley and his crew came back to take Inferno 16-2, then follow it up with a 16-7 win on Nuke.
LiViDRap Gang| LiViD |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mathieu 'INCRED' Bergeron |
44 - 51 | -7 | 63.8 | 60.3% | 0.88 |
| Danny 'huynh' Huynh |
41 - 52 | -11 | 69.2 | 54.4% | 0.87 |
| Loic 'effys' Sauvageau |
41 - 52 | -11 | 72.1 | 60.3% | 0.86 |
| Michael 'MkaeL' De Luca |
37 - 54 | -17 | 64.2 | 64.7% | 0.82 |
| Anthony 'gMd' Guimond |
35 - 56 | -21 | 62.4 | 57.4% | 0.73 |
| Rap Gang |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brendan 'Bwills' Williams |
61 - 38 | +23 | 88.1 | 76.5% | 1.40 |
| Kevin '4pack' Przypasniak |
58 - 41 | +17 | 92.8 | 76.5% | 1.36 |
| Erick 'Xeppaa' Bach |
56 - 33 | +23 | 86.6 | 79.4% | 1.34 |
| Justin 'FaNg' Coakley |
53 - 42 | +11 | 84.5 | 76.5% | 1.19 |
| Bilal 'SPAMMER' Ali |
37 - 44 | -7 | 59.7 | 73.5% | 0.95 |
Further down the bracket, ATK took down Glizzy Gang 2-0, where a short two game series saw the South African team take Inferno 16-3, then have a dominant T-side on Dust2 to win 16-11.
ATKGlizzy Gang| ATK |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou |
41 - 21 | +20 | 95.4 | 84.8% | 1.57 |
| Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong |
37 - 30 | +7 | 87.3 | 80.4% | 1.31 |
| Ian 'motm' Hardy |
41 - 29 | +12 | 87.1 | 69.6% | 1.30 |
| Roberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'Occo |
36 - 29 | +7 | 86.5 | 69.6% | 1.26 |
| Dominic 'Domsterr' Sampaio |
37 - 26 | +11 | 82.2 | 80.4% | 1.26 |
| Glizzy Gang |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian 'retchy' Tropiano |
31 - 37 | -6 | 76.4 | 69.6% | 0.97 |
| Jimmy 'Marved' Nguyen |
33 - 41 | -8 | 89.0 | 63.0% | 0.94 |
| Ryan 'shanks' Ngo |
33 - 38 | -5 | 76.5 | 60.9% | 0.87 |
| Daniel 'tropiiical' Elshani |
16 - 37 | -21 | 44.4 | 58.7% | 0.59 |
| Kevin 'poised' Ngo |
21 - 39 | -18 | 49.7 | 58.7% | 0.55 |
As for RUNnGUN and Tiny Meat Gang, Tiny Meat Gang prevailed 2-1 after a hard fought series. Regulation ended in a tie on Overpass, but Tiny Meat Gang went on to win the first map 19-16. Nuke played out in the same fashion, although this time RUNnGUN would be the victor. Mirage also saw an overtime, with Tiny Meat Gang winning 19-17.
RUNnGUNTiny Meat Gang| RUNnGUN |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael 'miLLe' St-Pierre |
93 - 60 | +33 | 87.5 | 78.8% | 1.38 |
| Cedric 'Melio' Perrault |
75 - 76 | -1 | 81.5 | 67.3% | 1.04 |
| Gabriel 'TENSKEE' Rodrigue |
66 - 70 | -4 | 66.7 | 71.2% | 0.99 |
| David 'J0LZ' Jolin |
68 - 71 | -3 | 70.7 | 70.2% | 0.98 |
| Yannick 'KOLER' Blanchette |
54 - 76 | -22 | 58.3 | 67.3% | 0.80 |
| Tiny Meat Gang |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver 'figment' Thompson |
80 - 68 | +12 | 84.7 | 76.9% | 1.21 |
| Corey 'ChurmZ' Koch |
77 - 73 | +4 | 83.3 | 72.1% | 1.17 |
| Garrett 'Bunny' Molle |
74 - 77 | -3 | 75.0 | 69.2% | 1.09 |
| Troy 'ara' Pollock |
65 - 65 | +0 | 61.8 | 66.3% | 0.94 |
| Reagan 'Reagan' Love |
57 - 73 | -16 | 64.0 | 71.2% | 0.87 |
Tomorrow will feature the top four teams facing off, with the winners of each matchup earning a spot in the ECS Season 8 Pinnacle Cup.
Taking place at 8PM EDT, the semifinal matchups are as follows:
| Tiny Meat Gang |
vs. | ATK |
| Rap Gang |
vs. | Monstars |
This weekend will be the fourth and final open qualifier for the main event taking place from September 10th-15th. For those interested, more information can be found on the ECS website.
