vanity and co. are poised to create Chaos for his old eUnited teammates

February 16, 2020 01:13PM

Written by theroadtodrwaldo

One night, six teams gone in a FLASH[POINT]

Day two of the FLASHPOINT North America Closed Qualifier is in the books, seeing four teams exit empty handed, and two bow out with a small chunk of change for their trouble. Chaos and eUnited find themselves just one best-of-three series from a spot in the Global Qualifier, while Yeah, Orgless, Bad News Bears, and Swole Identity are all still navigating the lower bracket.

Also read: FLASHPOINT Closed Qualifier heads to day two

Jonathan "Jonji" Carey led the way for Bad News Bears on Nuke with 23 kills and Michael "Grim" Wince surpassed a 2.0 rating on Dust2. Every player on Bad News Bears had an even KD or better in a swift 2-0 series victory over Triumph.

Flashpoint 1 North America Closed Qualifier

Bo3

Bad News Bears

2 - 0

Triumph

All maps

Bad News Bears	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Michael 'Grim' Wince	45 - 24	+21	102.3	72.3%	1.59
Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey	40 - 28	+12	81.8	83.0%	1.34
Austin 'crashies' Roberts	34 - 23	+11	80.2	83.0%	1.29
Peter 'ptr' Gurney	31 - 22	+9	66.0	80.9%	1.16
Mitch 'mitch' Semago	27 - 27	+0	64.9	70.2%	1.00

Triumph	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Ryan 'Snakes' Amann	25 - 33	-8	63.8	59.6%	0.89
Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman	31 - 36	-5	74.1	61.7%	0.86
Logan 'Voltage' Long	26 - 34	-8	62.4	63.8%	0.86
Rahul 'curry' Nemani	21 - 36	-15	51.8	63.8%	0.69
Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner	21 - 38	-17	53.9	59.6%	0.63

Maps

Jonji23 kills

Most kills

Jonji1.53 rating

Best rating

crashies1.83 rating

Best t-side

Jonji1.82 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

Grim28 kills

Most kills

Grim2.04 rating

Best rating

Grim2.30 rating

Best t-side

Grim1.91 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

Recon 5 got off to a really good start with nine T-sided rounds on Nuke, but failed to close the map in a thirty round affair that saw eUnited do one better on their T-side. Hunter "SicK" Mims continued his good stand-in form, contributing 30 kills and finishing just shy of a 2.0 rating on Vertigo.

Flashpoint 1 North America Closed Qualifier

Bo3

eUnited

2 - 0

Recon 5

All maps

eUnited	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir	50 - 33	+17	95.8	85.2%	1.48
Hunter 'SicK' Mims	48 - 24	+24	96.7	75.9%	1.44
Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado	34 - 33	+1	72.0	75.9%	1.06
Austin 'Cooper' Abadir	34 - 36	-2	69.1	66.7%	0.98
Victor 'food' Wong	33 - 35	-2	67.4	66.7%	0.94

Recon 5	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Carson 'nosraC' O'Reilly	45 - 42	+3	100.2	68.5%	1.30
Dominick 'JazzPimp' Dimpfel	31 - 36	-5	69.8	59.3%	0.88
Austin 'AAustiN' Urb	30 - 41	-11	57.8	61.1%	0.82
Chad 'Oderus' Miller	30 - 45	-15	66.5	57.4%	0.81
Riley 'Reality' Fusch	24 - 36	-12	53.7	68.5%	0.81

Maps

freakazoid28 kills

Most kills

freakazoid1.56 rating

Best rating

freakazoid1.70 rating

Best t-side

nosraC1.44 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

SicK30 kills

Most kills

SicK1.98 rating

Best rating

MarKE1.99 rating

Best t-side

SicK1.99 rating

Best ct-side

Vertigo Rounds

It looked like Paytyn "Junior" Johnson and Asuna's Anime Aimers could have upset potential after taking their map pick with some room to spare. Alas, Victor "iDk" Torraca and Eduardo "dumau" Volkmer came online for the following two maps to reverse sweep the MDL side.

Flashpoint 1 North America Closed Qualifier

Bo3

Asuna's Anime Aimers

1 - 2

Yeah

All maps

Asuna's Anime Aimers	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Paytyn 'junior' Johnson	54 - 50	+4	71.6	70.1%	1.07
Peter 'Asuna' Mazuryk	56 - 64	-8	80.9	68.8%	1.01
Eric 'Kanpeki' Xu	52 - 58	-6	82.0	66.2%	0.97
Wayne 'castro' Einarsson	49 - 57	-8	70.4	70.1%	0.95
Norman 'contii' Yeung	43 - 57	-14	63.2	64.9%	0.81

Yeah	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Victor 'iDk' Torraca	65 - 49	+16	91.4	74.0%	1.32
Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer	62 - 53	+9	83.8	68.8%	1.21
Arthur 'f4stzin' Schmitt	58 - 57	+1	79.0	71.4%	1.13
Alef 'tatazin' Pereira	49 - 45	+4	67.3	79.2%	1.09
Rodrigo 'RCF' Figueiredo	52 - 51	+1	76.3	64.9%	1.05

Maps

junior29 kills

Most kills

junior1.68 rating

Best rating

junior2.29 rating

Best t-side

Kanpeki1.57 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

iDk30 kills

Most kills

iDk1.58 rating

Best rating

iDk1.73 rating

Best t-side

iDk1.42 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

dumau24 kills

Most kills

dumau1.99 rating

Best rating

dumau1.84 rating

Best t-side

dumau2.36 rating

Best ct-side

Train Rounds

Also read: Orgless and Yeah through to Americas Minor NA Closed Qualifier

Swole Identity had Chaos on upset alert early thanks to Braxton "swag" Pierce and Jason "neptune" Tran combining for 46 kills and stole away Chaos' map pick of Nuke. Owen "smooya" Butterfield wasn't going to let that happen, however, as the British import sported 1.79 rating on both Mirage and Dust2 to carry Chaos through with a reverse sweep.

Flashpoint 1 North America Closed Qualifier

Bo3

Swole Identity

1 - 2

Chaos

All maps

Swole Identity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Braxton 'swag' Pierce	44 - 48	-4	71.5	64.2%	1.04
Jason 'neptune' Tran	50 - 51	-1	79.3	65.7%	0.99
Sebastian 'seb' Bucki	40 - 49	-9	71.3	67.2%	0.91
Skyler 'Relyks' Weaver	43 - 50	-7	61.0	62.7%	0.81
Jake 'kaboose' McDonald	21 - 56	-35	56.1	59.7%	0.58

Chaos	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Owen 'smooya' Butterfield	63 - 35	+28	92.2	79.1%	1.50
Ben 'ben1337' Smith	53 - 37	+16	84.4	77.6%	1.33
Cameron 'cam' Kern	53 - 41	+12	81.0	76.1%	1.23
Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina	45 - 41	+4	78.0	80.6%	1.13
Joshua 'steel' Nissan	40 - 44	-4	74.8	77.6%	1.08

Maps

swag24 kills

Most kills

swag1.62 rating

Best rating

seb1.54 rating

Best t-side

swag1.73 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

ben133723 kills

Most kills

smooya1.79 rating

Best rating

ben13371.71 rating

Best t-side

smooya1.97 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

smooya24 kills

Most kills

smooya1.79 rating

Best rating

vanity2.54 rating

Best t-side

swag2.06 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

Down in the lower bracket, Swole Identity had little trouble ending Big Frames' hopes of advancing.

Flashpoint 1 North America Closed Qualifier

Bo3

Big Frames

0 - 2

Swole Identity

All maps

Big Frames	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Liam 'Welshy' Newhouse	31 - 38	-7	70.8	64.0%	0.94
Nolan 'bite' Hunstad	32 - 39	-7	74.2	64.0%	0.92
Andy 'devastation' Parr	27 - 39	-12	68.8	56.0%	0.76
Matthew 'nero' Seymour	24 - 41	-17	53.8	56.0%	0.60
Daniel 'picky' Milazzo	20 - 42	-22	42.4	58.0%	0.55

Swole Identity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Braxton 'swag' Pierce	49 - 22	+27	96.1	86.0%	1.67
Jake 'kaboose' McDonald	41 - 27	+14	86.0	84.0%	1.36
Skyler 'Relyks' Weaver	34 - 25	+9	74.3	74.0%	1.27
Jason 'neptune' Tran	39 - 30	+9	78.8	76.0%	1.20
Sebastian 'seb' Bucki	36 - 30	+6	83.4	80.0%	1.15

Maps

swag26 kills

Most kills

swag1.87 rating

Best rating

swag2.70 rating

Best t-side

kaboose1.40 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

swag23 kills

Most kills

swag1.47 rating

Best rating

swag2.33 rating

Best t-side

Relyks1.54 rating

Best ct-side

Vertigo Rounds

Both Rugratz and AAA comfortably won their own map pick, and then it was Peter "Asuna" Mazuryk who led the way for his team in the decider to upset the more established MDL team of Rugratz.

Flashpoint 1 North America Closed Qualifier

Bo3

Rugratz

1 - 2

Asuna's Anime Aimers

All maps

Rugratz	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Jordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro	52 - 47	+5	86.4	81.4%	1.23
Nathan 'leaf' Orf	58 - 53	+5	90.0	75.7%	1.20
Erik 'penny' Penny	51 - 47	+4	72.0	72.9%	1.05
Joshua 'Hunter' Madore	47 - 44	+3	66.6	75.7%	1.02
Alexander 'zanz' Diaz	45 - 51	-6	72.5	70.0%	0.97

Asuna's Anime Aimers	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Paytyn 'junior' Johnson	58 - 47	+11	89.7	81.4%	1.27
Peter 'Asuna' Mazuryk	58 - 52	+6	86.8	68.6%	1.26
Eric 'Kanpeki' Xu	64 - 51	+13	82.8	65.7%	1.19
Wayne 'castro' Einarsson	34 - 52	-18	67.9	62.9%	0.79
Norman 'contii' Yeung	28 - 51	-23	51.3	70.0%	0.74

Maps

Kanpeki28 kills

Most kills

Asuna1.50 rating

Best rating

junior1.78 rating

Best t-side

Kanpeki2.04 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

penny21 kills

Most kills

penny1.61 rating

Best rating

penny2.44 rating

Best t-side

Zellsis1.63 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

Asuna24 kills

Most kills

Asuna1.64 rating

Best rating

Asuna2.05 rating

Best t-side

Zellsis1.53 rating

Best ct-side

Train Rounds

Also read: MDL Recap Week 1 & 2 - Chaos at the start of the season

The first two maps of this series were bloodbaths, with neither side surrendering more than four rounds to their opposition on their map pick. In contrast, Dust2 was a back-and-forth affair that saw Spencer "Hiko" Martin and co. closed out the first half with ten consecutive rounds. Unfortunately, they would only get three more before Riley "Reality" Fusch and Recon 5 took the map and series.

Flashpoint 1 North America Closed Qualifier

Bo3

Ze Pug Godz

1 - 2

Recon 5

All maps

Ze Pug Godz	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Taylor 'Drone' Johnson	52 - 42	+10	85.8	69.1%	1.19
Noah 'ULTRA' Giesbrecht	49 - 53	-4	80.8	75.0%	1.06
Bradley 'ANDROID' Fodor	47 - 45	+2	69.0	66.2%	1.05
Christopher 'cJ dA K1nG' Jones	45 - 46	-1	69.2	72.1%	0.97
Spencer 'Hiko' Martin	39 - 42	-3	68.9	69.1%	0.93

Recon 5	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Riley 'Reality' Fusch	55 - 42	+13	84.3	76.5%	1.31
Carson 'nosraC' O'Reilly	58 - 51	+7	96.9	70.6%	1.30
Dominick 'JazzPimp' Dimpfel	49 - 45	+4	76.6	69.1%	1.12
Austin 'AAustiN' Urb	42 - 46	-4	75.8	72.1%	1.08
Chad 'Oderus' Miller	24 - 48	-24	36.8	63.2%	0.63

Maps

Drone27 kills

Most kills

Drone2.23 rating

Best rating

cJ dA K1nG2.98 rating

Best t-side

Drone2.55 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

JazzPimp23 kills

Most kills

JazzPimp1.87 rating

Best rating

JazzPimp1.79 rating

Best t-side

JazzPimp2.12 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

Reality27 kills

Most kills

Reality1.44 rating

Best rating

Reality1.88 rating

Best t-side

ULTRA1.09 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

Triumph managed just two successful defenses on the CT-side of Train, allowing Orgless to close their CT-side at their leisure, with Gage "Infinite" Green garnering 27 kills. Map two was a much tighter affair, requiring all thirty rounds and a huge effort from Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker to get Orgless a 2-0 series sweep.

Flashpoint 1 North America Closed Qualifier

Bo3

Orgless

2 - 0

Triumph

All maps

Orgless	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Jaccob 'yay' Whiteaker	49 - 26	+23	93.6	82.7%	1.45
Gage 'Infinite' Green	47 - 25	+22	87.6	76.9%	1.44
Yassine 'Subroza' Taoufik	43 - 28	+15	84.4	75.0%	1.37
Matthew 'WARDELL' Yu	28 - 29	-1	61.1	71.2%	1.09
Pujan 'FNS' Mehta	27 - 29	-2	66.6	75.0%	1.02

Triumph	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman	29 - 34	-5	66.4	69.2%	0.99
Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner	33 - 37	-4	60.9	67.3%	0.85
Logan 'Voltage' Long	25 - 40	-15	63.0	57.7%	0.75
Rahul 'curry' Nemani	25 - 43	-18	67.2	61.5%	0.73
Ryan 'Snakes' Amann	23 - 40	-17	48.5	55.8%	0.62

Maps

Infinite27 kills

Most kills

Infinite1.88 rating

Best rating

Infinite2.42 rating

Best t-side

Subroza1.10 rating

Best ct-side

Train Rounds

yay32 kills

Most kills

yay1.51 rating

Best rating

yay1.66 rating

Best t-side

Subroza1.43 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

smooya led the way for Chaos on Nuke with 25 kills, but would see his Brazilian counterpart Rodrigo "RCF" Figueiredo best him with the AWP on Inferno. Anthony "vanity" Malaspina was more than happy to shoulder the load with Joshua "steel" Nissan on that second map however, with the two combining for over 50 kills to send Chaos to the qualifying match.

Flashpoint 1 North America Closed Qualifier

Bo3

Yeah

0 - 2

Chaos

All maps

Yeah	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Victor 'iDk' Torraca	40 - 39	+1	82.3	71.9%	1.19
Rodrigo 'RCF' Figueiredo	43 - 39	+4	73.9	61.4%	1.05
Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer	34 - 43	-9	66.0	59.6%	0.83
Alef 'tatazin' Pereira	30 - 37	-7	57.2	66.7%	0.81
Arthur 'f4stzin' Schmitt	26 - 43	-17	55.5	54.4%	0.66

Chaos	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Owen 'smooya' Butterfield	48 - 31	+17	92.0	77.2%	1.44
Joshua 'steel' Nissan	45 - 34	+11	92.1	73.7%	1.36
Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina	40 - 34	+6	78.5	80.7%	1.18
Cameron 'cam' Kern	37 - 39	-2	66.8	71.9%	0.99
Ben 'ben1337' Smith	31 - 35	-4	55.4	73.7%	0.87

Maps

smooya25 kills

Most kills

smooya1.46 rating

Best rating

smooya1.31 rating

Best t-side

smooya1.62 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

vanity26 kills

Most kills

steel1.60 rating

Best rating

vanity1.52 rating

Best t-side

steel1.79 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

Also read: Orgless and Yeah headline final ESL One Rio qualifier semifinals

The first two maps in the series went as picked, with neither team finding ten rounds on their opponent's choice. Nuke, however, went down to the wire. eUnited started the map with two separate five round bursts on T-side to take control in the first half. Bad News Bears made a run at replicating the feat, but the defense held strong for Austin "Cooper-" Abadir and eUnited.

Flashpoint 1 North America Closed Qualifier

Bo3

Bad News Bears

1 - 2

eUnited

All maps

Bad News Bears	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Michael 'Grim' Wince	54 - 53	+1	82.8	78.7%	1.19
Peter 'ptr' Gurney	50 - 47	+3	74.1	72.0%	1.14
Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey	51 - 52	-1	71.5	72.0%	1.08
Austin 'crashies' Roberts	52 - 53	-1	71.1	80.0%	1.06
Mitch 'mitch' Semago	45 - 50	-5	65.0	69.3%	0.91

eUnited	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Austin 'Cooper' Abadir	62 - 52	+10	83.5	74.7%	1.21
Victor 'food' Wong	60 - 52	+8	81.6	77.3%	1.14
Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado	43 - 50	-7	67.7	69.3%	1.03
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir	46 - 51	-5	70.8	73.3%	0.99
Hunter 'SicK' Mims	44 - 48	-4	67.7	69.3%	0.97

Maps

Jonji20 kills

Most kills

Jonji1.51 rating

Best rating

Grim1.41 rating

Best t-side

mitch2.14 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

food25 kills

Most kills

food1.57 rating

Best rating

food1.53 rating

Best t-side

crashies1.74 rating

Best ct-side

Overpass Rounds

food25 kills

Most kills

food1.32 rating

Best rating

ptr1.42 rating

Best t-side

food1.60 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

Recon 5 only managed a scant 15 rounds across the whole series against Orgless, with both Matthew "WARDELL" Yu and Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik's finding 48 kills across two maps.

Flashpoint 1 North America Closed Qualifier

Bo3

Orgless

2 - 0

Recon 5

All maps

Orgless	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Matthew 'WARDELL' Yu	48 - 18	+30	93.0	87.2%	1.70
Yassine 'Subroza' Taoufik	48 - 30	+18	101.0	72.3%	1.58
Jaccob 'yay' Whiteaker	29 - 28	+1	74.9	76.6%	1.13
Gage 'Infinite' Green	30 - 30	+0	72.5	68.1%	1.04
Pujan 'FNS' Mehta	30 - 31	-1	68.6	70.2%	0.99

Recon 5	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Austin 'AAustiN' Urb	35 - 36	-1	82.6	74.5%	0.98
Chad 'Oderus' Miller	31 - 38	-7	76.7	61.7%	0.89
Dominick 'JazzPimp' Dimpfel	29 - 38	-9	66.0	68.1%	0.77
Riley 'Reality' Fusch	20 - 37	-17	64.7	59.6%	0.71
Carson 'nosraC' O'Reilly	22 - 36	-14	54.9	51.1%	0.65

Maps

WARDELL28 kills

Most kills

WARDELL1.69 rating

Best rating

WARDELL1.67 rating

Best t-side

Infinite1.95 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

Subroza28 kills

Most kills

WARDELL1.73 rating

Best rating

yay1.55 rating

Best t-side

Subroza2.21 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

In the last match of the night, Swole Identity finally put the upstarts of Asuna's Anime Aimers to bed with a reverse sweep.

Flashpoint 1 North America Closed Qualifier

Bo3

Swole Identity

2 - 1

Asuna's Anime Aimers

All maps

Swole Identity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Braxton 'swag' Pierce	65 - 51	+14	95.4	73.8%	1.29
Sebastian 'seb' Bucki	71 - 48	+23	77.1	76.2%	1.23
Jason 'neptune' Tran	62 - 56	+6	84.6	75.0%	1.15
Jake 'kaboose' McDonald	58 - 55	+3	73.0	77.4%	1.13
Skyler 'Relyks' Weaver	49 - 50	-1	63.5	72.6%	0.99

Asuna's Anime Aimers	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Paytyn 'junior' Johnson	71 - 51	+20	81.9	76.2%	1.26
Eric 'Kanpeki' Xu	57 - 64	-7	77.3	58.3%	0.97
Peter 'Asuna' Mazuryk	55 - 67	-12	79.8	58.3%	0.92
Wayne 'castro' Einarsson	41 - 59	-18	53.1	57.1%	0.71
Norman 'contii' Yeung	35 - 64	-29	55.2	59.5%	0.66

Maps

junior29 kills

Most kills

junior1.29 rating

Best rating

junior1.21 rating

Best t-side

swag1.58 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

neptune22 kills

Most kills

seb1.37 rating

Best rating

seb1.37 rating

Best t-side

swag1.90 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

seb30 kills

Most kills

seb1.71 rating

Best rating

neptune1.68 rating

Best t-side

seb1.77 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

Today's matches are as follows:

Chaos	vs.	eUnited
Yeah	vs.	Orgless
Bad News Bears	vs.	Swole Identity

All three matches are scheduled to begin at 4PM EST.

Also read: FLASHPOINT Closed Qualifier bracket revealed; Prospects replace Envy