Mythic are out of RMR contention

Live Blog: Mythic fall to E-Xolos LAZER to end the day

The Brazilian team has stayed alive at the expense of Mythic.

Dust2.us is back for day two of the Perfect World Major Shanghai Americas RMR NA Closed Qualifier, with today set to be an extremely exciting day as two teams will earn spots in the Americas RMR, while four more squads will also face elimination after LAG, Limitless, Phoenix, and Homyno will be knocked out.

Be sure to keep up with our coverage as we bring you all the action throughout the day.

11:33PM - Complete Round 3 Results

Round 3 Matchups

World Wildcard 2-0 United States BOSS
United States NRG 1-2 United States Nouns
Brazil Legacy 2-1 United States Take Flyte
United States Party Astronauts 0-2 United States FLUFFY AIMERS

United States Elevate 2-0 Akimbo
Brazil E-Xolos LAZER 2-1 United States Mythic

11:30PM - Mythic 1-2 E-Xolos LAZER

Day two has come to an end with Mythic falling on Inferno in an uncompetitive 13-3 loss to E-Xolos LAZER. With this, the remaining teams will square off tomorrow for two spots remaining in the Americas RMR.

E-Xolos LAZER
2 - 1
Mythic
All maps
E-Xolos LAZER K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Brazil Alef 'tatazin' Pereira 46 - 38 +8 84.4 75.8% 1.23
Brazil Matheus 'mawth' Gonçalves 53 - 39 +14 83.9 77.4% 1.22
Brazil Daniel 'danoco' Morgado 45 - 48 -3 81.5 72.6% 1.12
Brazil Paulo 'land1n' Felipe 40 - 35 +5 67.0 72.6% 1.03
Brazil William 'w1' Almasan 37 - 44 -7 72.2 67.7% 0.98
Mythic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir 48 - 46 +2 79.6 77.4% 1.18
United States Erik 'fl0m' Flom 47 - 44 +3 78.1 72.6% 1.10
United States Austin 'Cooper' Abadir 38 - 43 -5 71.8 75.8% 1.03
United States Austin 'Austin' Meadows 40 - 46 -6 75.0 67.7% 0.91
United States Cooper 'Trucklover86' Phelps 30 - 43 -13 58.4 69.4% 0.76

10:39PM - Mythic 13-11 E-Xolos LAZER on Mirage

The final series of the night heads to a third map as Mythic have taken Mirage 13-11.

10:12PM - Elevate 2-0 Akimbo

Things quite quickly fell apart for Akimbo after they took the lead as a number of poor calls and lost duels allowed Elevate to take Nuke 13-11 and win the series 2-0. They now head into day three fighting for one of two remaining spots.

Elevate
2 - 0
Akimbo
All maps
Elevate K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Deni 'dea' Ediev 46 - 24 +22 103.9 87.0% 1.64
United States Jaxon 'Peeping' Cornwell 41 - 31 +10 89.9 84.8% 1.35
United States Shane 'shane' Dressler 28 - 25 +3 60.4 67.4% 1.01
United States Derek 'dare' Brown 26 - 28 -2 70.0 73.9% 1.00
United States Wyatt 'snav' Phillippi 29 - 34 -5 73.8 71.7% 0.96
Akimbo K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Maks 'laxiee' Andryei 39 - 32 +7 77.7 67.4% 1.11
Bishrel 'N2o' Tamir 32 - 37 -5 81.5 67.4% 0.95
United States Marco 'Pol0' Hernandez 29 - 34 -5 75.8 65.2% 0.91
Ochirbileg 'obi' Shinebaatar 19 - 37 -18 63.1 65.2% 0.71
Canada Joey 'hyza' Cornelius 22 - 36 -14 51.1 56.5% 0.63

10:08PM - Akimbo take the lead on Nuke

Akimbo have regained the initiative on Nuke, winning two rounds to climb up to 11-10, with the squad angling to force the series onto Mirage.

10:03PM - Mythic back in action

With Austin's power issues solved, Mythic are fighting for survival on Mirage, and are currently tied up 3-3.

10:01PM - Elevate tie up Nuke 9-9

On map two of their series, Akimbo was in the lead for a few rounds after their T-side, however things have started to slip for the Mongolian side on their CT-side, as Elevate have come back and look keen to press the advantage and potentially take the map.

09:39PM - Austin's power goes out again causing PC problems

More bad luck for Mythic as Austin is having further tech issues due to a storm. However, with an admin agreeing to pause and the storm clearing soon, Mythic may have a way out of this situation.

09:31PM - Austin suffers power outage ahead of Mirage versus E-Xolos LAZER

In another instance of profound bad luck for Mythic, Austin "Austin" Meadows' power has gone out. While he was able to get back online in time to avoid a forfeit, the streamer has to now battle bad lag and voice comm issues from the ping.

09:15PM - E-Xolos LAZER take map one

Despite the best efforts from Mythic in mounting a comeback, the Brazilians of E-Xolos LAZER managed to claim Anubis 13-9, putting the Tijuana fraggers up 1-0 in the series.

09:08PM - Elevate take Dust2 over Akimbo

After struggling to find rounds on their T-side, Akimbo have dropped Dust2 13-9 to Elevate, setting up the ECL time for a road into the third day.

09:03PM - Mythic mount comeback on Anubis

After starting flat on Anubis, Mythic have clawed back the map as they now trail 8-10 after ending the half 3-9 down.

08:54PM - Akimbo keep it close

Dust2 is currently tied up 8-8 between Akimbo and Elevate as the Mongolian squad have kept things quite competitive even with a stand-in.

08:30PM - Final matches of day two begin

In the final Bo3 of the day, Elevate are facing off against Akimbo while E-Xolos LAZER are set to take on the struggling Mythic to stay alive.

08:26PM - Legacy 2-1 Take Flyte

Legacy have stayed alive against Take Flyte, dominating them 13-1 on Mirage to head into a final day match against NRG.

Legacy
2 - 0
Take Flyte
All maps
Legacy K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Brazil Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer 23 - 13 +10 102.4 91.3% 1.75
Brazil Guilherme 'saadzin' Pacheco 19 - 10 +9 88.2 87.0% 1.43
Brazil Bruno 'latto' Rebelatto 13 - 11 +2 67.1 78.3% 1.16
Brazil Bruno 'b4rtiN' Câmara 15 - 12 +3 70.9 73.9% 1.02
Brazil Gabriel 'NEKIZ' Schenato 13 - 14 -1 53.2 78.3% 1.00
Take Flyte K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Sebastian 'cbass' Bentancor 18 - 17 +1 87.3 65.2% 1.11
United States Kevin 'Grave' Le 15 - 17 -2 67.2 65.2% 0.87
United States Noah 'z0mb1e' Velez 11 - 14 -3 53.1 60.9% 0.77
United States Frankie 'Champ' Miranda 8 - 17 -9 50.9 65.2% 0.63
United States Grant 'serv0' Medina 6 - 18 -12 31.6 47.8% 0.46

08:23PM - Legacy smash on their T-side

Legacy ended their T-side off 11-1 up, is it over for Take Flyte?

08:17PM - Legacy start off dominant on Mirage

Legacy have began Mirage in a dominant fashion, with the Brazilians starting the map 8-1 as the win seems to be out of Take Flyte's sails.

08:02PM - Take Flyte head into battle on Mirage

Mirage is now live with Take Flyte looking to pull off a massive upset over Legacy on the map.

07:43PM - Take Flyte win in overtime forcing series onto Mirage

A great 2k from Caleb "jchancE" Davis has seen Take Flyte secure Anubis 19-16, forcing the series onto a third map after an incredible showing thus far against legacy.

07:34PM - Double OT!

Take Flyte versus Legacy is headed to double overtime on Anubis as the NA team has continued to fight the good fight as they look to force a third map.

07:19PM - Take Flyte force overtime!

Take Flyte have continued to absolutely impress as they have forced overtime against Legacy on Anubis. They will now look to win overtime and force the series onto a third map.

07:11PM - Take Flyte stay alive versus Legacy

With their backs against the wall, Take Flyte have managed to stay alive and are now trailing by four rounds on Anubis to force overtime.

07:04PM - Take Flyte potentially use illegal substitution in Americas RMR CQ

According to Valve's rulebook, Take Flyte may have used an illegal roster during their opening map against Legacy tonight. Check out our article below for more details:

06:54PM - FLUFFY AIMERS claim upset 2-0 victory against Party Astronauts

In a shock result, Party Astronauts have been knocked out of the RMR Closed Qualifier following a 2-0 loss to FLUFFY AIMERS, with the latter squad having an impressive showing against the shaky Party Astronauts.

Party Astronauts
0 - 2
FLUFFY AIMERS
All maps
Party Astronauts K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Adam 'WolfY' Andersson 22 - 29 -7 71.1 65.7% 0.87
United States Danny 'cxzi' Strzelczyk 20 - 27 -7 74.1 65.7% 0.81
Canada Justin 'FaNg' Coakley 17 - 29 -12 55.5 51.4% 0.64
United States Ben 'ben1337' Smith 16 - 27 -11 41.5 65.7% 0.63
United States Gage 'Infinite' Green 15 - 29 -14 51.5 51.4% 0.51
FLUFFY AIMERS K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Dylan 'slump' N. 38 - 14 +24 96.9 85.7% 1.70
United States Jason 'jason' Garcia 31 - 19 +12 88.0 77.1% 1.41
Nelvin 'nooz' Gonzalez 27 - 19 +8 84.8 77.1% 1.30
Mexico Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado 25 - 21 +4 80.6 80.0% 1.24
United States Brett 'brett' Rhein 20 - 18 +2 68.4 82.9% 1.20

06:50PM - FLUFFY AIMERS push to double digits against PA

It may be the end of the road for Party Astronauts here as FLUFFY AIMERS are up 11-6 on Nuke as PA are looking down and out.

06:36PM - PA v. FA resume following tech pause

Following some tech issues possibly due to Steam's Tuesday maintenance the game was paused for about 10 minutes, with it now resuming as FA are up 7-3 versus PA.

06:22PM - PA start Nuke on the backfoot

Once again PA have come into a map trailing behind FLUFFY AIMERS, as the squad is currently leading 5-2, thanks in part to a strong start from Edgar "MarKE" Maldonado.

06:10PM - Take Flyte drop high-highly competitive Inferno to Legacy

Legacy have taken map one, Inferno, in their series against Take Flyte despite the best efforts of the latter team who played a great map to end with a 13-10 scoreline.

05:51PM - PA walloped on Ancient

In a shock upset, Party Astronauts have been smashed on Ancient, with FLUFFY AIMERS completely rolling over them to secure a 13-3 victory on their map pick.

05:38PM - FLUFFY AIMERS start off dominant against PA

PA versus FLUFFY AIMERS has started off in a surprising fashion, as FLUFFY AIMERS currently lead 9-1 in the start to a dominant showing on Ancient.

05:27PM - Elimination matches kick off

Party Astronauts are facing FLUFFY AIMERS while Legacy are playing Take Flyte, with two teams leaving the tournament at this stage.

04:59PM - Nouns 2-1 NRG to secure RMR berth

Nouns have locked down Mirage 13-9 to win the series versus NRG to secure a spot in the Americas RMR. They join Wildcard in taking up two of the four spots in China.

NRG
1 - 2
Nouns
All maps
NRG K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Canada Jadan 'HexT' Postma 50 - 42 +8 92.9 78.1% 1.24
United States Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte 56 - 36 +20 83.2 87.5% 1.23
United States Timothy 'autimatic' Ta 36 - 47 -11 62.1 67.2% 0.82
United States Josh 'oSee' Ohm 34 - 38 -4 63.6 62.5% 0.81
United States Nick 'nitr0' Cannella 32 - 42 -10 55.9 67.2% 0.79
Nouns K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Jeorge 'Jeorge' Endicott 59 - 41 +18 99.9 75.0% 1.43
United States Carson 'nosraC' O'Reilly 40 - 48 -8 75.4 64.1% 0.97
United States Paytyn 'junior' Johnson 37 - 31 +6 51.9 73.4% 0.97
United States William 'RUSH' Wierzba 32 - 41 -9 61.8 78.1% 0.93
United States Christopher 'cJ dA K1nG' Jones 34 - 48 -14 62.9 76.6% 0.87

04:59PM - NRG tie it up

NRG have tied Mirage 7-7 with Nouns via some stellar plays after initially starting down 6-1.

04:51PM - NRG heroics help close the gap

Mirage is now 6-4 in favor of Nouns thanks to a 3k from Josh "oSee" Ohm on round ten which saw him clutch the final two kills followed up by Nick "nitr0" Cannella and Jadan "HexT" Postma winning a 2v4.

04:45PM - Nouns start in the lead on Mirage

Nouns have once again began a map in the series with a strong initial showing as Jeorge and Carson "nosraC" O'Reilly have led their team to a 6-1 start on their CT-side.

04:27PM - Mirage kicks off

After a brief delay, Mirage is set to go live in short order as NRG and Nouns face on the third and final map of the series to decide who moves on to the RMR.

04:10PM - Nouns tie up series against NRG

Nouns have made good on their 7-2 start to Nuke by securing the map 13-6. The series has now been forced onto Mirage which will decide the second team to advance to the RMR today.

04:01PM - Wildcard 2-0 BOSS

Wildcard have claimed a confident 13-7 victory over BOSS on Dust2 to complete a 2-0 series win over the orgless team, thus locking in a spot to the Shanghai Americas RMR!

Wildcard
2 - 0
BOSS
All maps
Wildcard K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Sweden Love 'phzy' Smidebrant 37 - 27 +10 78.8 63.6% 1.27
Canada Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz 30 - 29 +1 71.1 75.0% 1.13
United States Josh 'JBa' Barutt 29 - 26 +3 72.7 70.5% 1.06
Sweden Tim 'susp' Ångström 28 - 31 -3 71.5 59.1% 0.96
Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek 23 - 31 -8 68.8 79.5% 0.93
BOSS K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Matthew 'Cryptic' Whitmore 36 - 31 +5 93.6 72.7% 1.11
Canada Adam 'freshie' Paterson 29 - 28 +1 80.3 72.7% 1.03
United States Keller 'SLIGHT' Nilan 31 - 34 -3 72.5 59.1% 0.93
United States Matthew 'd4rty' Paplawskas 27 - 30 -3 60.8 65.9% 0.86
United States Gavin 'Fruitcupx' Norman 19 - 26 -7 48.7 68.2% 0.72

03:55PM - Wildcard find double digits on Dust2

With Wildcard finding a tenth round on Dust2, the international team are only three rounds away from claiming the first of four spots in the RMR.

03:47PM - Brehze saves 3v2 versus Nouns to secure first round on Ancient

Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte came in clutch for his team as he saved a 3v2 retake that was almost snatched away by Nouns thanks to a 2k from Jeorge "Jeorge" Endicott. With very little time left, Brehze cleaned up Jeorge and Paytyn "junior" Johnson to secure NRG their first round on Ancient.

03:41PM - Nouns start Ancient strong

After falling to NRG on Anubis, Nouns have started their Ancient T-side off in a strong fashion, with the team currently being 6-0 up on their map pick.

03:27PM - Dust2 gets underway for BOSS vs. Wildcard

Map two has started in the series between BOSS and Wildcard, with BOSS taking an early 3-0 lead on their CT-side.

03:14PM - NRG take Anubis

NRG have secured Anubis 13-10 against Nouns, seeing them join Wildcard in being one map away from claiming spots in the Americas RMR.

03:05PM - NRG and Nouns continue close battle on Anubis

The opening map between NRG and Nouns has also gone the distance, with Anubis tied up 10-10 between the two teams as they look for an edge to carve a path to the RMR.

03:02PM - Wildcard take Nuke in round 24

Wildcard have locked down Nuke in a close showing versus BOSS, taking the map 13-11 after a immaculate round 24 saw all five players survive.

02:55PM - Wildcard push ahead on Nuke

Wildcard have found map point on Nuke and look to be in a key position to claim their first map in the series against BOSS.

02:43PM - BOSS take the lead in a close opening map

BOSS' showdown against Wildcard has been incredibly close thus far, with BOSS leading 8-6 heading into the back half of the regulation rounds.

02:23PM - NRG vs. Nouns gets underway with new stream

Tommy "Axed" Ryan has stepped up to stream the game, with the series getting underway on Anubis.

02:24PM - Amouranth starts to stream Wildcard

Wildcard's new owner Amouranth has started her own stream of the Wildcard game versus BOSS on her Kick channel.

02:18PM - FishTheHusky jumps to Wildcard vs. BOSS

With the other 2-0 series starting, FishTheHusky has switched over to that match.

02:04PM - NRG vs. Nouns set to start shortly

NRG versus Nouns is set to start in short order, with FishTheHusky currently streaming the match.

01:34PM - Live blog goes... live

Dust2.us is ready to bring you all the action today, so be sure to follow the blog when matches start in short order at 02:00PM.

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