LEARSI and Eros have defended their spot in ESEA Premier

Detonate and Eros advance to ESEA Premier Season 39; Third Impact and Valors sent down to Advanced

Yesterday's results have effectively sent Third Impact into rebuild mode.

With yesterday's second round of matches complete, Detonate and Eros have secured a place in ESEA Premier Season 39, while Third Impact and Valors find themselves leaving Relegation early and empty-handed after going 0-2 in their matches this weekend.

In the first upper bracket tilt Detonate found themselves squaring off with a Premier gatekeeper of sorts in Mythic, who have found themselves in Relegation for the past two seasons. The stream team pushed Christopher "Swahn" Swahn and company to the limit on their own map pick, requiring Detonate to play all thirty rounds to secure the win, then quickly bounced back with a convincing win on Vertigo to even the series. Swahn would not be denied a return to Premier however, as he dropped 30 kills and posted a 1.76 rating on Overpass to win the series for Detonate and send Mythic to the lower bracket.

Mythic
1 - 2
DETONATE
All maps
Mythic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Johnny 'JDubs' Wu 67 - 54 +13 90.2 73.8% 1.26
United States Bradley 'Slugy' Kohler 60 - 53 +7 83.2 75.0% 1.18
United States Josiah 'JoJo' Jimenez 55 - 64 -9 78.3 65.0% 1.01
United States Alexander 'LeX' Deily 49 - 61 -12 68.5 73.8% 0.90
United States Erik 'fl0m' Flom 43 - 49 -6 59.4 71.2% 0.87
DETONATE K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Christopher 'Swahn' Swahn 70 - 51 +19 89.8 68.8% 1.31
United States David 'Delta9' Shafer 61 - 56 +5 74.8 72.5% 1.11
Canada Christian 'Sutter' Sutter 54 - 60 -6 88.0 72.5% 1.06
Canada Andrew 'Ghostii' Kehler 43 - 50 -7 64.2 72.5% 0.96
United States Silas 'silas' Marrufo 50 - 58 -8 63.9 70.0% 0.92

In the other upper bracket qualification match Eros successfully defended their spot in Premier thanks largely to huge performances from Matthew "Cryptic" Whitmore. Cryptic finished with 32 and 33 kills on Nuke and Mirage, respectively, helping put Eros over the edge in the latter map to secure the decider in overtime. Matthew "D4rtyMontana" Paplawskas top fragged for Northern Forces in their map win on Inferno, finishing with a server-best 24 kills.

Northern Forces
1 - 2
Eros
All maps
Northern Forces K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States James 'JAM' H. 72 - 64 +8 79.1 71.8% 1.21
United States Reece 'Wilky' Wilkerson 63 - 58 +5 87.4 77.6% 1.17
United States Matthew 'd4rty' Paplawskas 61 - 61 +0 78.9 68.2% 1.06
United States Sam 'sam' Donaldson 57 - 53 +4 72.3 76.5% 1.06
United States James 'EllisoN' Ellison 53 - 56 -3 67.3 65.9% 0.95
Eros K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Matthew 'Cryptic' Whitmore 82 - 65 +17 102.2 74.1% 1.38
United States Umar 'Umar' Qaiser 58 - 60 -2 74.6 71.8% 1.10
United States Nathan 'ram' Trans 2 - 0 +2 5.9 100.0% 1.07
United States Jason 'jason' Garcia 56 - 58 -2 73.1 67.1% 0.98
Brazil Israel 'LEARSI' Vargas 51 - 61 -10 64.5 68.2% 0.90
Canada Ahmed 'ayy' Mahmoud 41 - 63 -22 49.8 67.1% 0.76

The first map of the elimination match between Big Chillin and Valors was fiercely contested and required overtime to separate the two squads. Devin "Xzen" Barber and Damian "droid" Boulware both surpassed thirty kills for Big Chillin, as did Cedric "Melio" Perrault for Valors. Big Chillin eventually prevailed and then ran away with map two to complete the series sweep. Valors will return to ESEA Advanced for Season 39.

Valors
0 - 2
Big Chillin
All maps
Valors K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Brandon 'YuZ' Cyr 45 - 45 +0 85.7 64.4% 1.05
Canada Cedric 'Melio' Perrault 46 - 44 +2 70.3 66.1% 0.95
Canada Jérôme 'jayy' Tessier 31 - 38 -7 72.7 64.4% 0.94
Canada Gabriel 'Gabie' Cordeiro 36 - 45 -9 62.9 61.0% 0.75
Canada Mathieu 'INCRED' Bergeron 25 - 46 -21 57.1 52.5% 0.65
Big Chillin K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Damian 'EMIYA' Boulware 51 - 34 +17 83.4 83.1% 1.34
United States Devin 'Xzen' Barber 52 - 40 +12 91.1 74.6% 1.34
United States Matt 'dvl' Buechel 43 - 35 +8 75.0 74.6% 1.20
United States Alex 'heaty' G 36 - 35 +1 74.6 79.7% 1.15
United States Brendan 'Melloh' Mello 36 - 39 -3 74.2 74.6% 1.03

The unfortunate circumstances that left Third Impact playing with their coach, Calvin "becker" Becker, continued to plague the ESEA Premier side in the final elimination match yesterday. Third Impact managed to keep Inferno relatively close and took Overpass in close fashion as well, but were emphatically sent down to ESEA Advanced in the wake of a strong decider win on Mirage by Synthetic. Andrew "Tender" Cote and Graham "GRAHAM" Smith finished with 67 and 68 kills in the series, respectively, while no one on Third Impact managed to reach sixty.

Third Impact
1 - 2
Synthetic
All maps
Third Impact K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Brennan 'grape' Greer 59 - 54 +5 83.4 70.3% 1.16
Canada Walker 'walker' Harris 54 - 51 +3 68.9 74.3% 1.01
United States Brett 'brett' Rhein 45 - 58 -13 83.6 58.1% 0.94
United States Noah 'insane' Eheart 45 - 59 -14 71.1 58.1% 0.82
United States Calvin 'becker' Becker 26 - 59 -33 41.6 55.4% 0.57
Synthetic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Andrew 'Tender' Cote 67 - 42 +25 95.9 79.7% 1.46
United States Graham 'GRAHAM' Smith 68 - 47 +21 92.6 82.4% 1.37
United States Jeremy 'taiwi' Wang 54 - 51 +3 80.7 78.4% 1.19
United States Garret 'garret' Henry 48 - 46 +2 72.3 73.0% 1.04
United States Cameron 'legacy' Parkhurst 44 - 44 +0 65.8 71.6% 0.98

The final matchups of ESEA Premier Season 38 Relegation will be:

United States Mythic vs.    United States Synthetic
United States Big Chillin vs.    United States Northern Forces

Both series will begin at 8PM EDT tonight.

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October 17, 2021 01:36PM
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October 17, 2021 01:54PM
B0b3rT
I liked ti I hope they make it back through
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