fl0m led Mythic to success against the Whalers, posting a 1.50 series rating

Chaos, Mythic advance to MDL Season 34 playoffs upper bracket final; Oceanus, KTCU eliminated

The stream team stunned the top seeded New England Whalers in a two-map series to earn a spot in the upper bracket finals.

The first day of ESEA MDL Season 34 playoffs has concluded, with Chaos and Mythic remaining undefeated to advance to the upper bracket final. Meanwhile in the lower bracket, Oceanus and Keep the Comms Up were sent packing following losses to Levitate and Recon 5, respectively. 

The majority of the upper bracket quarterfinal matches went as expected, with the favored team emerging victorious in one-sided 2-0 series over their opposition. Chaos made short work of Levitate, allowing them just eleven rounds combined on Mirage and Overpass, while Recon 5 made short work of an Oceanus roster that were forced to play 4vs5 after Adam "mada" Pampuch had to travel to Europe due to a family emergency.

The only opening series to go the distance saw the stream team of Mythic edge out a win over Swedish Canadians, securing their pick of Vertigo before a narrow 14-16 loss on Mirage required an Overpass decider. There, the two teams remained within one round of each other at halftime, but it was Mythic who narrowly prevailed in the closing moments of the map to take the win 16-13.

Almost the polar opposite scenario unfolded in the match between New England Whalers and Keep the Comms Up, with the former team entering the bracket as the top seed. Jonah "JonahP" Pulice and company were absolutely battered on their own pick of Nuke, not managing to pick up a single round as strong showings from Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue and Jonathan "djay" Dallal led to a 16-0 success for the Whalers. Overpass was more competitive, but PwnAlone's side still came out the victors in a 16-9 affair to advance to the upper bracket semifinals.

There, the team were left reeling as Mythic opened up the series with a 10-5 T-effort on Inferno, wasting little time in closing out the map in the second half by claiming a 16-9 map win. It seemed that the Whalers would be able to force a deciding map as, after edging out an 8-7 lead at the side swap on Dust2, a USP ace from PwnAlone gave them early control in the second half. However, stellar AWPing from Erik "fl0m" Flom helped keep Mythic in the running, with the team seizing firm control in overtime as they swept it 4-0 to take the map and series.

New England Whalers
0 - 2
Mythic
All maps
New England Whalers K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue 50 - 40 +10 88.6 66.1% 1.20
United States Ramal 'Rampage' Silva 33 - 39 -6 63.3 69.5% 0.94
Canada Jonathan 'djay' Dallal 34 - 38 -4 53.6 74.6% 0.91
United States Brandon 'bew' Roberts 30 - 41 -11 73.6 62.7% 0.87
United States Ben 'ben1337' Smith 34 - 49 -15 69.8 57.6% 0.77
Mythic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Erik 'fl0m' Flom 53 - 31 +22 103.7 78.0% 1.50
United States Kaitlin 'Keiti' Boop 45 - 38 +7 83.7 69.5% 1.15
Canada David 'DAVEY' Stafford 37 - 33 +4 69.2 71.2% 1.10
United States Corbin 'C0M' Lee 38 - 40 -2 65.7 67.8% 0.96
United States Adam 'Polen' Polen 33 - 42 -9 63.5 64.4% 0.90

Meanwhile, Erick "Xeppaa" Bach helmed a decisive Chaos victory over Recon 5, with the team taking an 8-7 lead at the end of their defensive effort on Train. Once they were on the attack, Chaos gave Recon 5 no room to breathe as they won eight rounds straight to close out the map, moving the series on to their own pick of Train. 

There, Chaos continued to find success on the T-side, with the two teams initially trading sets of five rounds before the Joshua "steel" Nissan-led side pulled ahead 9-6 at the break. Another four rounds in a row to kick off the second half put the team up at thirteen before Recon 5 began to respond, but it was too little to late as Chaos won out a back-and-forth trading of rounds to take the map 16-11.

Recon 5
0 - 2
Chaos
All maps
Recon 5 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jet 'jet-' Gao 32 - 36 -4 66.6 62.0% 0.97
United States Carson 'nosraC' O'Reilly 32 - 40 -8 69.7 64.0% 0.93
United States Riley 'Reality' Fusch 30 - 36 -6 64.4 62.0% 0.79
United States Dominick 'JazzPimp' Dimpfel 23 - 39 -16 64.7 66.0% 0.78
United States Jason 'neptune' Tran 23 - 39 -16 55.3 62.0% 0.64
Chaos K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Erick 'Xeppaa' Bach 42 - 26 +16 90.8 82.0% 1.42
Canada Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey 39 - 28 +11 86.1 80.0% 1.35
Canada Joshua 'steel' Nissan 35 - 27 +8 88.6 82.0% 1.29
United States Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina 29 - 26 +3 56.8 88.0% 1.15
United States Nathan 'leaf' Orf 43 - 33 +10 84.2 74.0% 1.09

The two lower bracket series concluded in quick fashion as Swedish Canadians found success over Keep the Comms Up, who were unable to recover from their battering in their opening match as Adam "WolfY" Andersson and company secured 16-9 and 16-11 victories on Inferno and Mirage, respectively, to take the series.

Keep the Comms Up
0 - 2
Swedish Canadians
All maps
Keep the Comms Up K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Jonah 'JonahP' Pulice 38 - 42 -4 86.6 73.1% 1.11
United States Colton 'BASE' Musella 36 - 43 -7 71.7 61.5% 0.84
United States Trevor 'FrostayK' Bandle 30 - 38 -8 66.1 55.8% 0.83
United States Alex 'Mauisnake' Ellenberg 28 - 40 -12 62.7 51.9% 0.76
Canada Sterling 'sterling' Allard 26 - 43 -17 60.2 55.8% 0.68
Swedish Canadians K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Adam 'WolfY' Andersson 47 - 31 +16 94.8 76.9% 1.44
Canada Ian 'battery' Yates 47 - 32 +15 91.4 76.9% 1.35
Canada David 'J0LZ' Jolin 36 - 34 +2 82.8 86.5% 1.21
United States Austin 'AAustiN' Urb 38 - 32 +6 78.7 78.8% 1.20
Canada Alex 'vek' Voynov 37 - 30 +7 74.5 71.2% 1.10

Despite being forced to play 4vs5, Oceanus still put up a fight against Levitate, managing nine rounds on Nuke and ten on Train despite eventually conceding the series. 

The next round of matches are as follows:

Upper Bracket
United States Chaos vs. United States Mythic
Lower Bracket
Canada Swedish Canadians vs. United States Recon 5
United States Levitate vs. United States New England Whalers

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