Chaos advance to ESEA MDL Season 34 finals; Swedish Canadians, New England Whalers, Levitate eliminated
Day two of the ESEA MDL Season 34 playoffs has concluded, seeing Chaos advance to the grand finals, while Mythic and Recon 5 are currently facing off in the consolidation final.
The upper bracket final between Chaos and Mythic went largely as expected, seeing Chaos take down the stream team 2-0 on Dust2 and Train. Of the two maps, Mythic gave Chaos the most trouble on Dust2, managing to narrowly win their T-side 8-7 and climb up to eleven rounds before Chaos outpaced them to take the map 16-13. Chaos' map pick, Train, started off with Mythic up 5-0 before Chaos found their footing and won their T-side 8-7. After this, Chaos mounted a near perfect CT-side, only conceding one round before taking the map 16-8.
ChaosMythic| Chaos |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina |
41 - 31 | +10 | 82.0 | 73.6% | 1.24 |
 Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey |
41 - 33 | +8 | 89.2 | 67.9% | 1.19 |
| Joshua 'steel' Nissan |
38 - 31 | +7 | 74.1 | 71.7% | 1.17 |
| Nathan 'leaf' Orf |
38 - 31 | +7 | 78.0 | 73.6% | 1.14 |
| Erick 'Xeppaa' Bach |
36 - 32 | +4 | 72.3 | 77.4% | 1.11 |
| Mythic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik 'fl0m' Flom |
41 - 38 | +3 | 93.3 | 69.8% | 1.16 |
| Kaitlin 'Keiti' Boop |
37 - 40 | -3 | 71.3 | 52.8% | 0.90 |
| Corbin 'C0M' Lee |
26 - 43 | -17 | 63.9 | 62.3% | 0.80 |
| Adam 'Polen' Polen |
28 - 37 | -9 | 59.1 | 54.7% | 0.77 |
| David 'DAVEY' Stafford |
24 - 37 | -13 | 54.6 | 54.7% | 0.74 |
The first lower bracket match of last night was similarly one-sided as Recon 5 eliminated Swedish Canadians 2-0, not letting their opponent reach double digits on either map. Starting on Mirage, Swedish Canadians played a close opening half against Recon 5, managing to narrowly be up 8-7 at halftime. After switching sides however, Recon 5 quickly ran away with the map, only conceding one more round before closing out Mirage 16-9.
Moving into Inferno, Recon 5 were dominant on their map pick, giving Swedish Canadians little room to breathe as they powered their way to an 11-4 T-side. On their CT-side, Recon 5 quickly closed out the map 16-7, eliminating Swedish Canadians from playoff contention.
Recon 5Swedish Canadians| Recon 5 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominick 'JazzPimp' Dimpfel |
43 - 28 | +15 | 100.0 | 85.4% | 1.49 |
| Jet 'jet-' Gao |
44 - 25 | +19 | 90.7 | 83.3% | 1.48 |
| Jason 'neptune' Tran |
33 - 31 | +2 | 78.8 | 75.0% | 1.20 |
| Riley 'Reality' Fusch |
33 - 27 | +6 | 72.2 | 79.2% | 1.18 |
| Carson 'nosraC' O'Reilly |
32 - 33 | -1 | 82.4 | 66.7% | 1.12 |
| Swedish Canadians |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam 'WolfY' Andersson |
36 - 35 | +1 | 78.4 | 56.2% | 1.10 |
| Austin 'AAustiN' Urb |
32 - 34 | -2 | 67.0 | 64.6% | 0.87 |
| Alex 'vek' Voynov |
26 - 39 | -13 | 71.9 | 58.3% | 0.84 |
| David 'J0LZ' Jolin |
25 - 37 | -12 | 56.9 | 54.2% | 0.70 |
| Ian 'battery' Yates |
24 - 42 | -18 | 55.5 | 56.2% | 0.64 |
The following match in lower bracket round two went the distance, seeing Levitate narrowly claim a 2-1 upset victory over number one seed New England Whalers. Beginning on Levitate's map pick, Mirage, the two squads were in a dead heat before New England Whalers came out ahead and won their CT-side 8-7. The second half was no different as the two teams were unable to claim more than three rounds in a row. In the 30th round, New England Whalers managed to come out ahead and take their opponent's map pick 16-14.
Moving onto New England Whaler's map pick of Nuke, Levitate quickly made their opponent regret the choice as they as put on a strong CT-side effort to win the half 10-5. After this, they plowed through New England Whaler's defenses to claim six T-side rounds in a row and take the map 16-5. With the series tied up, Train went down to the wire, with the opening half being indecisive as Levitate narrowly won their T-side 8-7. In the second half, the two squads were equally matched until the 25th round, after which Levitate pulled ahead, winning five out of the last six rounds on their CT-side to take the map 16-14 and eliminate New England Whalers.
LevitateNew England Whalers| Levitate |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan 'Bwills' Williams |
65 - 45 | +20 | 91.3 | 84.0% | 1.37 |
| David 'cynic' Polster |
59 - 47 | +12 | 72.7 | 72.8% | 1.10 |
| Justin 'FaNg' Coakley |
61 - 63 | -2 | 82.8 | 67.9% | 1.06 |
| Ezekiel 'KmZ' Hughes |
53 - 61 | -8 | 71.8 | 66.7% | 0.96 |
| Bilal 'SPAMMER' Ali |
44 - 52 | -8 | 58.8 | 70.4% | 0.87 |
| New England Whalers |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon 'bew' Roberts |
71 - 58 | +13 | 88.7 | 75.3% | 1.22 |
| Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue |
53 - 49 | +4 | 67.2 | 70.4% | 1.08 |
| Ben 'ben1337' Smith |
50 - 58 | -8 | 73.7 | 71.6% | 1.04 |
| Jonathan 'djay' Dallal |
50 - 56 | -6 | 70.0 | 75.3% | 1.00 |
| Ramal 'Rampage' Silva |
43 - 62 | -19 | 57.9 | 67.9% | 0.84 |
The final series of the night also went to three maps, seeing Recon 5 ultimately taking down Levitate 2-1. Starting on Levitate's map pick of Mirage, the team looked to redeem themselves after dropping the map in their previous match. Starting off with a strong T-side they claimed a 9-6 lead heading into the second half. Moving onto their CT-side, after an initially strong 5-1 start, the map quickly unraveled for them as Recon 5 struck back and won the next nine rounds in a row to win Mirage 16-14.
After being upset once again on their map pick, Levitate quickly regained composure on Inferno, subjecting Recon 5 to the same treatment as Justin "FaNg" Coakley led his team to a 10-5 lead at the half. Moving into their T-side, Levitate did not give Recon 5 a chance to get back into the map as they won the first four rounds in a row, before resetting Recon 5's economy in the next three rounds and taking the map 16-8.
With one map separating Levitate from claiming their second upset of the night they played a close opening half against Recon 5 on Nuke, winning seven rounds on their T-side. After the two squads switched sides, Recon 5 dominated, only conceding three rounds to Levitate before closing out Nuke 16-9, thus making their way into the consolidation final.
Recon 5Levitate| Recon 5 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominick 'JazzPimp' Dimpfel |
66 - 50 | +16 | 84.3 | 82.3% | 1.25 |
| Jason 'neptune' Tran |
57 - 54 | +3 | 76.8 | 73.4% | 1.15 |
| Jet 'jet-' Gao |
51 - 51 | +0 | 68.9 | 72.2% | 1.01 |
| Riley 'Reality' Fusch |
47 - 57 | -10 | 78.1 | 65.8% | 0.92 |
| Carson 'nosraC' O'Reilly |
41 - 55 | -14 | 62.3 | 70.9% | 0.88 |
| Levitate |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin 'FaNg' Coakley |
62 - 53 | +9 | 90.3 | 77.2% | 1.26 |
| Ezekiel 'KmZ' Hughes |
67 - 52 | +15 | 75.1 | 75.9% | 1.23 |
| Brendan 'Bwills' Williams |
49 - 57 | -8 | 77.5 | 73.4% | 1.02 |
| David 'cynic' Polster |
48 - 50 | -2 | 71.9 | 73.4% | 0.99 |
| Bilal 'SPAMMER' Ali |
40 - 53 | -13 | 59.7 | 68.4% | 0.86 |
The Mythic v Recon 5 game is already underway, with the winner of that series set to meet Chaos tonight at 9PM EDT.
