ESEA Advanced Season 33 playoffs reaches top four
After four days of ESEA Advanced Season 33 playoffs action, only four teams are left in the fight for a spot in MDL, with Prospects, Dogs of War, and Big Chillin being some of the notable names eliminated in the lower bracket. Additionally, although Trivium and timbermen were eliminated, they are the first of five teams to claim a spot in ESEA MDL Season 33 Relegation.
Starting in the upper bracket, Buffdaddy's Paypal Team have continued their undisputed run through the upper bracket, claiming a quick 2-0 win over Polar Ace, who are now known as blood, sweat, and tears. After a close 16-12 victory on Inferno, Buffdaddy's Paypal Team plowed through blood, sweat, and tears in a one-sided 16-5 showing on Mirage to be the first team to make it into the upper bracket finals.
Buffdaddy's PaypalPolar Ace| Buffdaddy's Paypal |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alex 'aproto' Protopapas |
43 - 31 | +12 | 93.4 | 67.3% | 1.30 |
| Noah 'ULTRA' Giesbrecht |
42 - 32 | +10 | 83.5 | 75.5% | 1.27 |
| Andrew 'ShoT_UP' Orlowski |
39 - 31 | +8 | 90.8 | 73.5% | 1.26 |
| Nick 'alter' Jackson |
41 - 34 | +7 | 86.4 | 75.5% | 1.22 |
| Shawn 'witmer' Taylor |
26 - 29 | -3 | 60.6 | 79.6% | 1.01 |
| Polar Ace |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sebastian 'retchy' Tropiano |
43 - 37 | +6 | 86.0 | 71.4% | 1.22 |
| D. 'v1king' M. |
38 - 32 | +6 | 73.2 | 73.5% | 1.12 |
| Ryan 'shanks' Ngo |
29 - 44 | -15 | 76.5 | 69.4% | 0.90 |
| Jimmy 'Marved' Nguyen |
25 - 40 | -15 | 57.5 | 67.3% | 0.80 |
| Kevin '4pack' Przypasniak |
21 - 38 | -17 | 55.0 | 63.3% | 0.73 |
The other upper bracket semi-finals series was equally one-sided after the first map as Faint claimed a 2-1 win over ETHEREAL.
Starting on Mirage, ETHEREAL ended their T-side up 10-5, maintaining their lead throughout their CT-side to take the map 16-10. After a strong showing on Mirage, ETHEREAL were absolutely crushed on Nuke as Faint claimed an 11-4 T-side before finishing the map off with a perfect CT-side. The series continued to go south for ETHEREAL as Faint claimed a devastating 12-3 T-side on Overpass before closing out the map 16-5.
ETHEREALFaint| ETHEREAL |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennison 'fdeN' Fong |
41 - 45 | -4 | 66.0 | 76.1% | 0.98 |
| Shawn 'Magowi' O'Malley |
44 - 46 | -2 | 74.2 | 68.7% | 0.95 |
| Austin 'RenZ' Dickman |
43 - 47 | -4 | 71.9 | 73.1% | 0.95 |
| Malick 'dangle' Abid |
38 - 47 | -9 | 65.2 | 64.2% | 0.94 |
| Tony 'w0w' Zachary |
29 - 47 | -18 | 49.6 | 62.7% | 0.74 |
| Faint |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex 'vek' Voynov |
66 - 40 | +26 | 96.5 | 77.6% | 1.55 |
| Ezekiel 'KmZ' Hughes |
45 - 41 | +4 | 83.5 | 79.1% | 1.23 |
| George 'Powerzz' Yaede |
47 - 38 | +9 | 76.3 | 74.6% | 1.16 |
| Ian 'battery' Yates |
44 - 39 | +5 | 66.9 | 80.6% | 1.09 |
| Brian 'Brian2K' Ladron De Guevara |
30 - 38 | -8 | 50.3 | 68.7% | 0.88 |
Moving into the lower bracket, a number of matches finished in a one-sided manner. Trivium started off by sending Front packing with a quick 2-0, only allowing the team ten rounds over the two maps. timbermen also advanced with a 2-0 win over Dogs of War, winning Nuke 16-13 and Mirage 16-9. Next up, Josh "JoshRT" Lee's Prospects were the latest team to be upset in the lower bracket as Big Chillin narrowly edged out a 2-1 over the team.
The final series in round five saw Rise initially in the lead against Serac as they battled to win Mirage 25-23. However, the series began to unwind for Rise as Serac dominated 16-5 on Overpass before taking Train 16-11.
SeracRise| Serac |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler 'nyuu' Delbene |
83 - 66 | +17 | 95.7 | 76.0% | 1.37 |
| Frank 'Laxufy' Zeolla |
70 - 58 | +12 | 82.0 | 77.1% | 1.24 |
| Cameron 'Cam' Stewart |
69 - 60 | +9 | 74.1 | 70.8% | 1.10 |
| Chris 'Rebo' Heindel |
60 - 66 | -6 | 73.2 | 66.7% | 1.00 |
| Nicholas 'stealthy' Petrakos |
62 - 60 | +2 | 64.7 | 64.6% | 0.98 |
| Rise |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris 'Duck' Dutoit |
73 - 67 | +6 | 86.8 | 69.8% | 1.15 |
| Ken 'krotomo' Otomo |
60 - 67 | -7 | 73.5 | 70.8% | 0.98 |
| Alec 'halo' Sacry |
64 - 64 | +0 | 65.9 | 70.8% | 0.97 |
| Cody 'Domorin' Lutzel |
59 - 65 | -6 | 63.1 | 61.5% | 0.90 |
| Kevin 'consti' Yi |
53 - 82 | -29 | 64.2 | 64.6% | 0.76 |
In lower bracket round five, the matches were far closer as Trivium narrowly took down Serac 2-1.
Serac started the series off by winning Vertigo 16-14 before Trivium forced the series onto a third map after an equally close 16-14 victory on Overpass. With the series tied up, Serac began Inferno in the lead as they won their T-side 9-6. After switching sides, Trivium decisively made their way into the next round as they dismantled Serac's defenses, putting the series to rest as they won their T-side 10-2 to take the map 16-11.
TriviumSerac| Trivium |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett 'brett' Rhein |
76 - 64 | +12 | 97.9 | 71.3% | 1.29 |
| Walker 'walker' Harris |
57 - 42 | +15 | 68.3 | 83.9% | 1.21 |
| Daniel 'bokumbop' Yoo |
66 - 56 | +10 | 69.0 | 65.5% | 1.12 |
| Derek 'Hendy' Hendrixson |
58 - 53 | +5 | 74.3 | 72.4% | 1.08 |
| Wyatt 'Top^' Beakler |
43 - 61 | -18 | 62.1 | 70.1% | 0.87 |
| Serac |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas 'stealthy' Petrakos |
68 - 56 | +12 | 75.6 | 65.5% | 1.09 |
| Cameron 'Cam' Stewart |
54 - 64 | -10 | 68.9 | 75.9% | 1.02 |
| Tyler 'nyuu' Delbene |
51 - 66 | -15 | 69.5 | 73.6% | 0.98 |
| Chris 'Rebo' Heindel |
54 - 57 | -3 | 65.8 | 63.2% | 0.96 |
| Frank 'Laxufy' Zeolla |
48 - 57 | -9 | 66.8 | 69.0% | 0.88 |
The next series also went the distance, as timbermen came out ahead of Big Chillin with a 2-1 victory.
The first two maps in the series saw the teams take their respective map picks, with timbermen winning Train 16-9 while Big Chillin had a bit more difficulty in taking Mirage 16-13. Closing out the series on Dust2, timbermen claimed the map without much trouble as they won their T-side 11-4 before maintaining the lead and taking the map 16-10.
timbermenBig Chillin| timbermen |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek 'dare' Brown |
70 - 50 | +20 | 91.2 | 80.0% | 1.35 |
| Wyatt 'snav' Phillippi |
70 - 50 | +20 | 93.7 | 68.8% | 1.32 |
| Kyle 'KEL' Murray |
60 - 50 | +10 | 73.8 | 72.5% | 1.07 |
| Jake 'eptima' Allen |
47 - 58 | -11 | 67.8 | 65.0% | 0.89 |
| Shane 'shane' Dressler |
41 - 51 | -10 | 60.5 | 68.8% | 0.88 |
| Big Chillin |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick 'squidah' McDonald |
63 - 59 | +4 | 89.1 | 73.8% | 1.23 |
| Bron 'bron' Mills |
52 - 60 | -8 | 75.5 | 62.5% | 0.94 |
| 'bthd' |
46 - 55 | -9 | 69.2 | 71.2% | 0.93 |
| Michael 'Munk' Klotz |
54 - 59 | -5 | 69.3 | 58.8% | 0.92 |
| Matt 'dvl' Buechel |
42 - 56 | -14 | 63.7 | 61.3% | 0.81 |
In round six, after falling into the lower bracket, blood, sweat, and tears made up for their earlier loss with a 2-0 victory over timbermen.
Starting on Train, blood, sweat, and tears won their CT-side 9-6 after winning six out of the first seven rounds. After the break, timbermen briefly found their footing and the lead as they won six out of the first eight rounds. However, after this they only claimed one more round as blood, sweat, and tears closed out the map 16-13.
A similar scene played out on Overpass, as blood, sweat, and tears were once again in control, winning their T-side 9-6. After switching sides, timbermen had another resurgence although they were never able to take the lead before blood, sweat, and tears closed out the map 16-12.
blood, sweat, and tearstimbermen| blood, sweat, and tears |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy 'Marved' Nguyen |
44 - 40 | +4 | 91.5 | 84.2% | 1.28 |
| Kevin '4pack' Przypasniak |
51 - 36 | +15 | 86.4 | 70.2% | 1.23 |
| Ryan 'shanks' Ngo |
43 - 39 | +4 | 79.9 | 66.7% | 1.17 |
| Sebastian 'retchy' Tropiano |
44 - 46 | -2 | 80.1 | 66.7% | 1.07 |
| D. 'v1king' M. |
36 - 34 | +2 | 59.7 | 77.2% | 1.01 |
| timbermen |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt 'snav' Phillippi |
45 - 42 | +3 | 95.3 | 71.9% | 1.22 |
| Derek 'dare' Brown |
43 - 43 | +0 | 74.2 | 56.1% | 1.03 |
| Shane 'shane' Dressler |
38 - 44 | -6 | 69.7 | 68.4% | 0.98 |
| Jake 'eptima' Allen |
36 - 47 | -11 | 76.3 | 66.7% | 0.92 |
| Kyle 'KEL' Murray |
31 - 42 | -11 | 54.0 | 63.2% | 0.76 |
The next series saw ETHEREAL face off against Trivium on Vertigo, Mirage, and Overpass.
ETHEREAL managed to start the series in the lead as they claimed Trivium's map pick 16-13 after a strong 10-5 T-side start to the map. After this, Trivium returned the favor as they won ETHEREAL's map pick 16-11 thanks to a mirrored 10-5 CT-side opening half. After trading map picks, Overpass was a decisive map for ETHEREAL as they crushed Trivium with an 11-4 CT-side before taking the map 16-6 without too much difficulty.
ETHEREALTrivium| ETHEREAL |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn 'Magowi' O'Malley |
73 - 52 | +21 | 99.3 | 78.2% | 1.42 |
| Dennison 'fdeN' Fong |
61 - 46 | +15 | 85.4 | 75.6% | 1.26 |
| Malick 'dangle' Abid |
55 - 52 | +3 | 73.6 | 66.7% | 1.08 |
| Austin 'RenZ' Dickman |
49 - 55 | -6 | 72.4 | 73.1% | 1.05 |
| Tony 'w0w' Zachary |
44 - 50 | -6 | 57.5 | 65.4% | 0.88 |
| Trivium |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek 'Hendy' Hendrixson |
65 - 56 | +9 | 89.2 | 69.2% | 1.19 |
| Brett 'brett' Rhein |
61 - 57 | +4 | 82.3 | 60.3% | 1.08 |
| Walker 'walker' Harris |
47 - 56 | -9 | 64.7 | 67.9% | 0.90 |
| Daniel 'bokumbop' Yoo |
45 - 55 | -10 | 64.7 | 62.8% | 0.84 |
| Wyatt 'Top^' Beakler |
37 - 58 | -21 | 57.5 | 61.5% | 0.74 |
With ten more series in the books, only four teams remain in the running for direct promotion to ESEA MDL Season 34. In the lower bracket, blood, sweat, and tears will be facing off against ETHEREAL tonight at 9:00 PM EDT while Buffdaddy's PayPal Team will be taking on Faint at 9:30 EDT.
