NSG Eastern Conference Championship reaches semifinals
The quarterfinals of N3rd Street Gamers' $30,000 Eastern Conference Championship have concluded, yet again seeing the favorites advance with four 2-0 sweeps.
Drip or Drown and Vireo.pro were the first two teams to net themselves spots in the semifinals, picking up wins over Thunder Logic and Misfits and Dignenerates, respectively.
Misfits and Digenerates were initially able to keep their first map against Vireo.pro close with an 8-7 scoreline at the half, but were quickly swept 16-8 once the sides swapped. Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue helped to power his team to a win in the second map, achieving a 100% KAST and averaging 110 damage per round to take Dust2 16-2.
Vireo.proMisfits and Digenerates| Vireo.pro |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue |
37 - 21 | +16 | 89.0 | 85.7% | 1.53 |
| Brenden 'stellar' McGrath |
35 - 22 | +13 | 88.7 | 78.6% | 1.37 |
| Ricky 'floppy' Kemery |
36 - 30 | +6 | 97.9 | 69.0% | 1.36 |
| Ben 'ben1337' Smith |
32 - 25 | +7 | 87.6 | 83.3% | 1.26 |
| Robert 'robby' Brown |
33 - 25 | +8 | 75.0 | 78.6% | 1.20 |
| Misfits and Digenerates |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian 'motm' Hardy |
33 - 34 | -1 | 81.3 | 69.0% | 1.08 |
| Logan 'Voltage' Long |
32 - 31 | +1 | 65.5 | 66.7% | 0.96 |
| Ryan 'Snakes' Amann |
25 - 34 | -9 | 80.9 | 57.1% | 0.90 |
| Michael 'Grim' Wince |
18 - 36 | -18 | 56.4 | 54.8% | 0.61 |
| Matthew 'mCe' Elmore |
15 - 38 | -23 | 55.1 | 50.0% | 0.51 |
Similarly, Michael "dapr" Gulino helped to demolish Thunder Logic in Drip or Drown's quarterfinal matchup, grabbing a 16-8 win on Mirage before cruising through Inferno 16-5.
Drip or DrownThunder Logic| Drip or Drown |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael 'dapr' Gulino |
40 - 21 | +19 | 103.1 | 88.9% | 1.55 |
| Will 'dazzLe' Loafman |
41 - 29 | +12 | 103.5 | 71.1% | 1.47 |
 Matthew 'WARDELL' Yu |
36 - 17 | +19 | 73.0 | 91.1% | 1.47 |
| Jason 'neptune' Tran |
40 - 25 | +15 | 88.9 | 82.2% | 1.46 |
| Phong 'bee' Nguyen |
33 - 22 | +11 | 76.6 | 86.7% | 1.29 |
| Thunder Logic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramal 'Rampage' Silva |
28 - 37 | -9 | 65.2 | 57.8% | 0.84 |
| Chris 'Slash' Petersen |
25 - 36 | -11 | 59.8 | 53.3% | 0.67 |
| Cameron 'Skelly' Thomson |
22 - 37 | -15 | 62.4 | 60.0% | 0.66 |
| Justin 'Panderz' Kim |
20 - 38 | -18 | 55.8 | 53.3% | 0.61 |
| Adam 'Ange' Milian |
18 - 42 | -24 | 53.4 | 48.9% | 0.54 |
Singularity continued the single-digit trend as they kept Jasper "sfX" Ko's x1 Mob at bay, netting a 16-9 win on Nuke and a 16-8 victory on Train. Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro, the team's stand-in, was at the helm for this series, averaging 104 damage per round over the two maps.
Singularityx1 Mob| Singularity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro |
44 - 36 | +8 | 104.3 | 81.6% | 1.48 |
| Josh 'oSee' Ohm |
43 - 30 | +13 | 88.2 | 69.4% | 1.35 |
| Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina |
39 - 30 | +9 | 84.4 | 75.5% | 1.29 |
| Victor 'food' Wong |
34 - 31 | +3 | 72.0 | 79.6% | 1.12 |
| Ryan 'ryann' Welsh |
31 - 28 | +3 | 57.9 | 71.4% | 0.96 |
| x1 Mob |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David 'cynic' Polster |
43 - 38 | +5 | 92.7 | 61.2% | 1.11 |
| Bryce 'PureR' Lovell |
39 - 38 | +1 | 86.1 | 71.4% | 1.07 |
| Jacob 'L0NER' Webster |
26 - 41 | -15 | 66.4 | 65.3% | 0.78 |
| Jet 'jet-' Gao |
24 - 37 | -13 | 54.3 | 61.2% | 0.71 |
| Jasper 'sfX' Ko |
23 - 37 | -14 | 56.0 | 55.1% | 0.68 |
The only series that saw double-digits for the losing side was FURIA's bout against Fragging for Andy. Initially, the Brazilians seemed set to lockdown the series as they promptly took their own map pick of Mirage 16-3, with Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo and Andrei "arT" Piovezan combining for an easy win.
Fragging for Andy surprised with a 10-5 CT side half on Train, initially picking up a 4-0 lead before FURIA put any rounds on the board. A win in the second half pistol round gave Andy "vSa" Xu's side a good chance to take the series to a deciding map, but FURIA were able to immediately counter in the ensuing round to take back control of the economy.
FURIA began to mount a comeback, once again with VINI leading the way in frags as two timely economic resets crushed Fragging for Andy's economy. With the match tied up at 14-14, Fragging for Andy put their full force into one last full buy, but were quickly mowed down by VINI after choosing to rush B through a smoke at the start of the round. FURIA grabbed the last round with ease, netting themselves a spot in the semifinals tomorrow.
FURIAFragging for Andy| FURIA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo |
51 - 31 | +20 | 111.7 | 77.6% | 1.59 |
| Andrei 'arT' Piovezan |
44 - 29 | +15 | 96.0 | 75.5% | 1.44 |
| Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato |
37 - 23 | +14 | 73.9 | 81.6% | 1.29 |
| Yuri 'yuurih' Santos |
35 - 26 | +9 | 86.9 | 73.5% | 1.23 |
| Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior |
22 - 25 | -3 | 42.8 | 71.4% | 0.80 |
| Fragging for Andy |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collin 'wrath' McSweegan |
31 - 39 | -8 | 82.5 | 77.6% | 1.04 |
| Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner |
30 - 35 | -5 | 56.8 | 57.1% | 0.81 |
| Andy 'vSa' Xu |
26 - 41 | -15 | 66.3 | 65.3% | 0.78 |
| Alex 'aproto' Protopapas |
21 - 38 | -17 | 55.2 | 49.0% | 0.71 |
| Chad 'Oderus' Miller |
25 - 36 | -11 | 52.3 | 49.0% | 0.70 |
The semifinal matchups for tomorrow look as follows:
| Singularity |
vs. | FURIA |
| Vireo.pro |
vs. | Drip or Drown |
The first matchup between Singularity and FURIA is set to kick off at 11 AM EST, with the second semifinal playing out shortly after. The grand final will round out the day, with a tentative start time of 5 PM EST.
