agM's Stay Frosty mix is chilling with $2.7k after not dropping single map in playoffs

Stay Frosty put Conan's Money Crew on ice; win Underwatch 2019

Stay Frosty, playing with an MDL/Advanced mix have won the first NCS Minor of the year.

Michael "agM" Abood's Stay Frosty mix have won the NCS Underwatch 2019 LAN after only dropping a single map in the group stage. The two-day LAN held in Boston saw 16 teams compete for the majority of a $4,500 prize pool.

On their way to the championship, Stay Frosty advanced through the group stage without much trouble, although as previously mentioned they dropped a map to eventual runner-up Conan's Money Crew. After that, it was clear skies for the MDL mix team as they faced the ironically named Big Chillin.

Stay Frosty proved to be ice cold cleaning up the Advanced mix with two 7-16 map wins. During the series agM and Final Feature player Colton "BASE" Musella ended the series with 1.39 and 1.35 ratings, respectively.

Big Chillin
0 - 2
Stay Frosty
All maps
Big Chillin K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Michael 'Munk' Klotz 36 - 40 -4 84.7 73.9% 1.07
United States Colby 'c-dubs' Fox 33 - 35 -2 77.1 58.7% 0.94
United States Nick 'squidah' McDonald 30 - 37 -7 74.4 63.0% 0.92
United States Charles 'chops' Schopperle 25 - 39 -14 56.2 63.0% 0.76
United States Jonathan 'Solr' Munson 22 - 39 -17 60.0 60.9% 0.73
Stay Frosty K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Michael 'agM' Abood 43 - 30 +13 95.5 69.6% 1.39
United States Colton 'BASE' Musella 41 - 31 +10 98.7 67.4% 1.35
United States Alexander 'retrQ' Kadan 41 - 32 +9 83.2 73.9% 1.26
United States David 'Delta9' Shafer 34 - 29 +5 85.7 78.3% 1.19
United States Anthony 'Nervous' Boring 31 - 25 +6 63.7 76.1% 1.15

On the other side of the bracket, Conan's Money Crew also made quick work of their opposition, beating out voLante with back-to-back 16-8 victories on Mirage and Dust2. Chris "riku" Piasecki, who currently plays for Lowkey, was the stand-out player for Conan's Money Crew during this series, managing a 1.73 K/D ratio.

voLante
0 - 2
Conan's Money Crew
All maps
voLante K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Aidan 'N3XT' Buchanan 39 - 36 +3 84.3 64.6% 1.23
Canada Dustin 'MASOR' Ma 34 - 38 -4 85.5 68.8% 1.04
United States Graham 'GRAHAM' Smith 24 - 43 -19 63.4 58.3% 0.68
United States Matthew 'hdz' Boileau 26 - 40 -14 63.0 54.2% 0.68
Canada Jeffrey 'JOOF' Lu 22 - 36 -14 50.4 56.2% 0.62
Conan's Money Crew K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Chris 'riku' Piasecki 45 - 26 +19 100.7 79.2% 1.55
United States Adrian 'recky' Golec 41 - 32 +9 94.1 79.2% 1.41
United States Kevin '4pack' Przypasniak 45 - 28 +17 98.5 77.1% 1.40
United States David 'cynic' Polster 38 - 26 +12 77.7 79.2% 1.28
United States Rossein 'Conan-Kun' Choeng 24 - 33 -9 53.2 68.8% 0.77

With the stage set for the grand finals, Stay Frosty and Conan's Money Crew faced off with Stay Frosty looking to avenge their 14-16 loss during the group stage. On Mirage, Conan's Money Crew started off by winning their T-side pistol and the following two eco rounds. After this, as the game continued, Stay Frosty were able to solidify their CT side defense only allowing Conan's Money Crew to claim two more rounds, ending the half up 10-5. On their CT side, Conan's Money Crew started off in a poor position by losing the pistol round, however they were able to stop Stay Frosty from running up the score line by winning an anti-eco in round 17. With Conan's Money Crew having found their CT-side footing, the two teams would continue to trade rounds, but the five round-lead Stay Frosty acquired during their CT side proved integral as they were able to eventually close out map one 16-13 on round 29.

Moving onto Overpass, it turned out to be a battle of CT side defenses as Conan's Money Crew returned the favor to Stay Frosty for map one by closing out the half 10-5, putting them in a seemingly stable position to force a third map. Their confidence quickly diminished though as Stay Frosty's CT side proved to be even more impenetrable as they claimed ten rounds in a row to put Conan's Money Crew on tournament point. Conan's Money Crew were able to temporarily stave off Stay Frosty's victory by after claiming three more rounds, however Stay Frosty claimed victory after once again closing out the map with a 16-13 score line.

Stay Frosty
2 - 0
Conan's Money Crew
All maps
Stay Frosty K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Colton 'BASE' Musella 50 - 43 +7 103.4 67.2% 1.27
United States Alexander 'retrQ' Kadan 46 - 41 +5 86.6 72.4% 1.17
United States Anthony 'Nervous' Boring 43 - 40 +3 80.7 70.7% 1.10
United States David 'Delta9' Shafer 40 - 42 -2 73.1 67.2% 0.97
United States Michael 'agM' Abood 32 - 34 -2 50.2 70.7% 0.85
Conan's Money Crew K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Kevin '4pack' Przypasniak 51 - 42 +9 82.0 72.4% 1.20
United States Adrian 'recky' Golec 50 - 43 +7 86.6 75.9% 1.20
United States David 'cynic' Polster 41 - 37 +4 76.8 67.2% 1.11
United States Rossein 'Conan-Kun' Choeng 36 - 45 -9 74.9 77.6% 0.97
United States Chris 'riku' Piasecki 22 - 44 -22 58.8 60.3% 0.74

The final standings for the top 4 at the NCS Underwatch 2019 are:

1. United States Stay Frosty (agM, Delta9, Nervous, retrQ, BASE) - $2,700
2. United States Conan's Money Crew (Sneaky, 4pack, Conan-Kun, recky, riku) - $1,100
3. United States Big Chillin (chops, Munk, squidah, Solr, c-dubs) - $700
4. Canada voLante (hdz, MASOR, JOOF, N3XT, GRAHAM)

Also read

You must be logged in to add a comment.