Recon 5 to Advanced upper bracket final; Gorilla Gang, ETHEREAL eliminated
Another round of Advanced playoff matches have played out, leaving just six teams remaining in the bracket.
In the remaining upper bracket semifinal, Recon 5 were able to prevail over Faint 2-1 to earn a battle against Thunder Logic in the upper bracket finals. A 5-10 deficit on Mirage was not enough to dissaude Wayne "castro" Einarsson's troops, as they were able to rally back to secure a 16-13 victory. A crushing 6-16 loss on Nuke forced the series to a third map, but Recon 5 remained resilient to close out Inferno 16-4.
Meanwhile in the lower bracket, Oceanus and Rebirth were able to secure wins over Gorilla Gang and ETHEREAL, respectively, to advance to the semifinals. Although they lost Nuke 11-16, Oceanus fought back to claim a reverse-sweep victory over Jared "MAC-1" Schneider's side, taking Mirage 16-8 before coming back from a 8-13 scoreline on Inferno to win the series.
Rebirth hung tough against ETHEREAL in a comeback of their own, initially netting a 16-11 map win on Mirage before losing their own map, Nuke, 13-16. ETHEREAL seemed set to take the series as they opened Train in dominant fashion, completely outclassing Rebirth as they ran up eleven rounds in a row.
Rahmin "ShoukR" Shoukoohi and company were able to put up three rounds at the end of the half to give themselves a chance heading into the side swap, an opportunity they took advantage of to push the map to overtime. There, they proved the more dominant side, winning a spree of three rounds before closing the series with a 19-16 scoreline.
The next round of matchups to play out will be:
| Upper Bracket Final | ||
 Thunder Logic |
vs. | Recon 5 |
| Lower Bracket Semifinals | ||
| iNTACT |
vs. |  Oceanus |
| Faint |
vs. | Rebirth |
