Space Soldiers roll over Rise Nation on Mirage
In the opening round of Mirage, Rise Nation in-game leader Andy "vSa" Xu was able to get the bomb down, but the Turks of Space Soldiers were able to secure the round. They followed it up with a second round, in which they swept the North Americans away without losing a single man.
Rise Nation were able to get on the board in the third round, despite a triple kill from Ahmet "paz" Karahoca This would lead to their longest streak of the half, and put themselves in the lead briefly. Rise Nation would only claim isolated rounds from this point on, with the Turkish defense holding strong.
Rise attempted to begin their comeback with a solid A defense on their Counter-Terrorist side. But disaster struck when the Turks barrelled through them with a deluxe pistol force, setting back the Rise economy. From here, Space Soldiers stormed to fifteen rounds after winning four more rounds in succession.
With the score at 15-6, Rise were able to hold off the Turks, though paz made it scary for them. Unfortunately for the North Americans, the inevitable could not be stopped forever, and Space Soldiers took the map with a confident 16-7 score line.
Space SoldiersRise Nation| Space Soldiers |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Engin 'ngiN' Kor |
24 - 10 | +14 | 92.9 | 78.3% | 1.46 |
| Ahmet 'paz' Karahoca |
22 - 14 | +8 | 93.7 | 87.0% | 1.39 |
| Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş |
19 - 15 | +4 | 103.7 | 65.2% | 1.33 |
| Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli |
14 - 9 | +5 | 68.7 | 87.0% | 1.27 |
| Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın |
13 - 11 | +2 | 63.8 | 73.9% | 1.04 |
| Rise Nation |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey |
11 - 17 | -6 | 64.3 | 60.9% | 0.83 |
 Brandon 'Ace' Winn |
13 - 17 | -4 | 65.5 | 60.9% | 0.82 |
| Kaleb 'moose' Jayne |
11 - 20 | -9 | 69.6 | 60.9% | 0.75 |
| Will 'dazzLe' Loafman |
13 - 19 | -6 | 64.0 | 52.2% | 0.75 |
| Andy 'vSa' Xu |
11 - 19 | -8 | 53.7 | 52.2% | 0.64 |
Space Soldiers will now go on to face AGO in the Group A winners match, whereas Rise Nation will play Chiefs with their tournament lives on the line. However, up next will be Group B action, kicking off with Ghost Academy against newly crowned ESEA North America MDL champions SoaR.
