Bad News Bears win Mustache Masters Season 3
The third annual Mustache Masters charity event, focusing on men's health awareness, came to a close last weekend following Bad News Bears' 2-0 victory over oNe in the grand final.
The upper-bracket games of the second day kicked off with oNe setting aside Big Chillin, and Bad News Bears beating out Party Astronauts in order to secure themselves spots in the upper bracket finals. Meanwhile, in the lower bracket, Spooky looked to continue their lengthy lower bracket run, but were put to a stop by Big Chillin in a close game that went all the way to overtime. On the opposite side of the bracket, Valors made quick work of their competition, and they would be bolstered further by a forfeit victory over Party Astronauts who were unable to play due to scheduling issues.
The lower bracket final saw Valors match up against Big Chillin on Dust 2, where strong showings from Saad "Pluto" Siraj and Johnny "JDubs" Wu would lead to Valors taking the map 16-12, locking in their spot in the consolidation final.
The upper bracket final had Bad News Bears and oNe face off for the first of two times this event. While this series only went to two maps, both would go the distance, with the first going all thirty rounds while the other took twenty-nine. On the first map of Nuke, Nathan "madcow" Retterath played the first twenty-two rounds before Michael "Swisher" Schmid was swapped back in. After this change, Bad News Bears would go on to take the map 16-14. On the second map, Inferno, Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa spearheaded many of oNe's round victories, with a 1.52 rating throughout the map. Unfortunately for malbsMd, his efforts were not enough, as Bad News Bears would finish off the second map 16-13, locking in both a spot and map advantage for the grand final.
Valors went on to forfeit their consolidation final match against oNe, leading to a quick rematch between oNe and Bad News Bears.
The second bout featuring Bad News Bears and oNe was not as close as the first, as the Bears headed into into the BO3 final with a map advantage. Unfortunately for oNe, Swisher and Brendan "Bwills" Willaims would not even give them a chance to reach the decider, as they posted 1.88 and 1.79 ratings, respectively, on Ancient to close out the series and secure the first-place finish.
Throughout the course of the event, $26,519 was donated, all of which will be going to the Movember Foundation, focusing on improving awareness of men's health issues.
The final standings of Mustache Masters Season 3 are:
1. Bad News Bears - 4,000 Fragadelphia Points
2. oNe - 2,000 Fragadelphia Points
3. Valors - 1,000 Fragadelphia Points
4. Big Chillin - 1,000 Fragadelphia Points
5-6. Spooky Squad - 500 Fragadelphia Points
5-6. Party Astronauts - 500 Fragadelphia Points
7-8. Detonate - 500 Fragadelphia Points
7-8. X13 - 500 Fragadelphia Points
Fragadelphia LAN action resumes this weekend in Brentwood, Missouri.