BLAST Rising Closed Qualifier wraps up
The BLAST Rising closed qualifier just wrapped up, with some results raising eyebrows.
Four teams from North America's ESL Challenger League were beaten in the final matches of their respective qualifier runs.
Marsborne may feel hard done by as they had to play M80 in the deciding match and fell to them in 2-1 fashion.
Party Astronauts forfeited their final game v. MIGHT, as their team utterly imploded yesterday.
vagrants and Chill Guys will feel a little more disappointed, losing to Immigrants Peek and Exceritus, respectively, two teams that should not be on the same level as them on paper.
vagrants have been enjoying a decent season in ECL, but were reverse-swept by the Ukrainian-majority side. Volodymyr "bezymecc" Slobodian stood out for Immigrants peek, registering a 101 ADR and 1.33 HLTV rating in the series.
Chill Guys and Exceritus went back and forth, winning their own map picks before a final face-off on Inferno that went the distance. Exceritus pulled out the 13-11 win with Juan "Slayerhz" Rodriguez going +25 across the three maps and logging a 1.37 rating.
With the BLAST Rising Closed Qualifier ending, here is the finalized team list for the NA BLAST Rising Finals:
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NRG -
M80
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BOSS
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Nouns
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MIGHT
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Getting Info
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Exceritus -
Immigrants Peek
