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Riot Squad out of MSI MGA Finals after narrow losses to ex-Epsilon and ViCi

The MDL squad came up just short against their foreign opposition.

Riot Squad have been eliminated from the MSI MGA Finals after twin 16-14 losses to ex-Epsilon and ViCi.

Things started off well for the North Americans against ex-Epsilon as they won their CT-side pistol along with the following three rounds. Following this, ex-Epsilon won their only consecutive rounds in a row, narrowing the score to 4-3 in Riot Squad's favor. From here, Jonathan "Jonji" Carey and Riot Squad took firm control of things, ending the half up 11-4.

The majority Bulgarian side began their comeback in earnest by winning their own CT pistol and the following two rounds. Riot Squad staunched the bleeding with two rounds of their own, but they would only get one more round in the half as ex-Epsilon completely stonewalled them.

Riot Squad
14 - 16
ex-Epsilon
All maps
Riot Squad K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey 29 - 21 +8 87.4 73.3% 1.33
United States Peter 'ptr' Gurney 20 - 20 +0 90.1 76.7% 1.17
United States Mitch 'mitch' Semago 24 - 18 +6 78.2 63.3% 1.11
Canada Pujan 'FNS' Mehta 15 - 22 -7 62.6 66.7% 0.84
United States Austin 'crashies' Roberts 11 - 20 -9 48.7 53.3% 0.67
ex-Epsilon K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankov 22 - 20 +2 89.8 70.0% 1.19
Teodor 'SPELLAN' Nikolov 22 - 18 +4 67.8 73.3% 1.08
Nikola 'NK4Y' Radushev 19 - 19 +0 67.2 66.7% 1.01
Joey 'CRUC1AL' Steusel 20 - 19 +1 63.8 70.0% 0.97
United Kingdom Kia 'Surreal' Man 18 - 23 -5 66.2 66.7% 0.95

The loss to ex-Epsilon sent Riot Squad down to the lower bracket to face ViCi. The Chinese team started off with the upper hand on Inferno, winning the first three rounds as Terrorists. It was here that Peter "ptr" Gurney and Riot Squad got into the game, taking five in a row to seize the lead. The streak was interrupted by a lone ViCi round, followed by two more for Riot Squad. ViCi would go on to win the remaining rounds in the half, netting themselves a narrow 8-7 lead.

The second half would be a back and forth affair which would see three lead changes bring the score to 14-13 in Riot Squad's favor. It was here that the MDL side stumbled at the final hurdle, as they were unable to break through ViCi's defenses, ultimately falling 16-14.

ViCi
16 - 14
Riot Squad
All maps
ViCi K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' Zhong 25 - 18 +7 90.3 76.7% 1.35
Andrew 'kaze' Khong 24 - 15 +9 75.9 70.0% 1.26
ZhiHong 'aumaN' Liu 22 - 15 +7 84.5 66.7% 1.19
Tao 'Franke19' Deng 22 - 21 +1 89.7 76.7% 1.15
Zhuo 'advent' Liang 11 - 20 -9 43.5 70.0% 0.79
Riot Squad K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Peter 'ptr' Gurney 25 - 18 +7 77.6 63.3% 1.18
Canada Pujan 'FNS' Mehta 22 - 23 -1 83.7 63.3% 1.07
United States Austin 'crashies' Roberts 17 - 21 -4 72.0 60.0% 0.94
Canada Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey 14 - 19 -5 58.3 53.3% 0.79
United States Mitch 'mitch' Semago 11 - 23 -12 45.5 56.7% 0.59

With the losses, Riot Squad finish the tournament in last place, though $5,000 richer. Next up for the team will be embarking on their MDL Season 32 campaign, in which the team have not yet played any matches.

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#1(With 0 replies)
September 29, 2019 06:29AM
ird
Good showing vs Epsilon but wtf vs ViCi
#2(With 2 replies)
September 29, 2019 06:26PM
DiSCO
Dust2 Birthday cake!
this was probably the worst tournament of all time
#3(With 1 replies)
September 29, 2019 11:44PM
Mnmzzz
Not a great format, but its always cool to see teams on LAN that might not make it otherwise.
#4(With 0 replies)
September 30, 2019 04:40AM
DiSCO
Dust2 Birthday cake!
awful format
awful viewing experience
awful
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