autimatic bailed Cloud9 out against Singularity

ECS Season 8 Week 2 - Favorites advance to semis; Cloud9 survive Singularity scare

It was almost sweeps across the board as the second week of the season got underway last night.

The quarterfinals of ECS Season 8 Week 2 have played out, and the field has been halfed.

The first series to complete last night was the all-Brazilian showdown between MIBR and ex-Luminosity, in which MIBR took a swift victory.

Next up was ATK taking on INTZ, where the Brazilians took a narrow lead into the second half of Mirage before Josh "oSee" Ohm put his foot down. Despite the American/South African team having a commanding 11-4 lead on Overpass at the half, followed by four rounds to put them on match point, ATK were unable to close out the map until the final round.

INTZ
0 - 2
ATK
All maps
INTZ K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Alexandre 'xand' Zizi 48 - 40 +8 84.7 71.9% 1.21
Brazil Gustavo 'yel' Knittel 34 - 32 +2 63.8 66.7% 1.02
Brazil Bruno 'shz' Martinelli 37 - 40 -3 74.9 66.7% 0.99
Brazil Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes 28 - 34 -6 56.2 66.7% 0.88
Brazil Lucas 'destiny' Bullo 28 - 46 -18 59.5 57.9% 0.71
ATK K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Ricky 'floppy' Kemery 44 - 32 +12 72.5 80.7% 1.20
United States Josh 'oSee' Ohm 43 - 33 +10 79.7 71.9% 1.19
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou 37 - 32 +5 68.8 68.4% 1.05
United States Ian 'motm' Hardy 37 - 41 -4 69.9 63.2% 0.96
Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek 31 - 37 -6 67.4 61.4% 0.89

Sharks had an easy time against The Quest, rolling over the MDL side with a 16-2 victory on Mirage. The Americans acquitted themselves a bit better on Nuke, but ultimately fell 16-11.

The longest-running and most surprising match of the night was the one featuring Cloud9 taking on Singularity's mix squad. The MDL side was staunch on the defense on Nuke, at one point leading 8-1, before Cloud9 would end the half at a much more manageable 10-5 deficit. It was all Cloud9 after the half, as Singularity would only win three further rounds. Spurring the comeback was Timothy "autimatic" Ta, who put up 31 frags in regulation after starting the map 0-6.

Singularity again got off to a great start on Dust2, ending the first half up 9-6 thanks to a good map from Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue. This time, the mix would not falter after the side switch, only allowing Cloud9 one round on their Terrorist side to take a decisive 16-7 victory.

Overpass would be the opposite side of the coin as Dust2, with Oscar "mixwell" Cañellas and Cloud9 dominating Singularity to return the 16-7 favor and live to see another day.

Singularity
1 - 2
Cloud9
All maps
Singularity K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Gage 'Infinite' Green 57 - 45 +12 85.4 73.3% 1.21
United States Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue 53 - 47 +6 82.2 70.7% 1.20
United States Robert 'robby' Brown 50 - 51 -1 61.7 62.7% 0.90
United States Ben 'ben1337' Smith 41 - 56 -15 64.1 61.3% 0.86
United States Brenden 'stellar' McGrath 33 - 51 -18 52.0 54.7% 0.70
Cloud9 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Timothy 'autimatic' Ta 63 - 42 +21 91.3 69.3% 1.32
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellas 57 - 43 +14 72.7 70.7% 1.19
United States Kenneth 'koosta' Suen 50 - 53 -3 75.6 72.0% 1.07
Canada Damian 'daps' Steele 39 - 46 -7 61.1 68.0% 0.91
Canada Tyson 'TenZ' Ngo 40 - 50 -10 58.0 60.0% 0.83

The next matches of ECS Season 8 Week 2 are as follows:

October 1st
Brazil MIBR vs. United States ATK 5 PM EDT
October 2nd
Brazil Sharks vs. United States Cloud9 5 PM EDT

With both Cloud9 and Sharks advancing, Evil Geniuses' chances of claiming the first spot at the ECS Season 8 Finals is in peril. EG will be out of luck if Cloud9 top the bracket, or if Sharks merely make it to the grand final.

 
 

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