Favorites go 1-0 after day one of ECS Season 7 Pinnacle Cup
Day one of the ECS Season 7 Pinnacle Cup concluded yesterday, with 16 teams facing off to see who will join North America's top teams in the revamped ECS league. The 16 teams are competing in a best-of-three Swiss system to determine elegibility for the revamped regular season.
The first matchup of the day saw MASSIVEimpact overwhelmed by Party Astronauts. Utilizing the services of Connor "CONNOR93" Glover in place of the recently departed Shawn "witmer" Taylor, MASSIVEimpact seemed unable to gain their footing as they dropped Nuke and Overpass 16-5 and 16-4, respectively. The team will look to regroup as they take on Old Guys Club today.
Party AstronautsMASSIVEimpact| Party Astronauts |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Casey 'SideStep' Hartzler |
39 - 23 | +16 | 106.0 | 80.5% | 1.61 |
| Nick 'zeptic' Kaoud |
34 - 29 | +5 | 104.8 | 82.9% | 1.49 |
| Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue |
34 - 22 | +12 | 71.0 | 73.2% | 1.28 |
| Ben 'ben1337' Smith |
32 - 23 | +9 | 69.0 | 80.5% | 1.24 |
| Brenden 'stellar' McGrath |
30 - 24 | +6 | 82.7 | 70.7% | 1.23 |
| MASSIVEimpact |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel 'roca' Gustaferri |
31 - 33 | -2 | 82.5 | 56.1% | 0.99 |
| Collin 'wrath' McSweegan |
24 - 32 | -8 | 71.3 | 65.9% | 0.88 |
| Sebastian 'seb' Bucki |
23 - 34 | -11 | 62.0 | 56.1% | 0.71 |
 Marian 'tyfoon' Lesnic |
22 - 35 | -13 | 75.3 | 56.1% | 0.68 |
| Connor 'CONNOR93' Glover |
20 - 35 | -15 | 51.0 | 56.1% | 0.66 |
The second match of the day went similarly as FURIA dispatched of Final Feature with little trouble. The Brazilian team won Inferno and Mirage with quick 16-6 and 16-5 victories. During the one-sided match, Yuri” yuurih" Santos cleaned up with a massive 1.61 rating.
FURIAFinal Feature| FURIA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Yuri 'yuurih' Santos |
51 - 26 | +25 | 103.6 | 80.9% | 1.61 |
| Andrei 'arT' Piovezan |
42 - 32 | +10 | 104.2 | 78.7% | 1.47 |
| Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato |
33 - 20 | +13 | 72.7 | 83.0% | 1.25 |
| Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo |
37 - 28 | +9 | 76.2 | 76.6% | 1.21 |
| Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior |
27 - 26 | +1 | 71.1 | 89.4% | 1.15 |
| Final Feature |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William 'shonk' Kittrell |
31 - 36 | -5 | 67.2 | 63.8% | 0.96 |
| Colton 'BASE' Musella |
35 - 38 | -3 | 76.1 | 61.7% | 0.95 |
| Daniel 'picky' Milazzo |
26 - 39 | -13 | 63.3 | 63.8% | 0.81 |
| Neil 'montE' Montgomery |
19 - 37 | -18 | 54.0 | 57.4% | 0.62 |
| Jonah 'JonahP' Pulice |
21 - 41 | -20 | 57.9 | 57.4% | 0.61 |
The third matchup continued the losing streak for North American teams as Denial took on Infamous. Using the services of Maxim "wippie" Shepelev in place of Mike "real_bM" Desanto, infamous were unable to muster up a stiff resistance as the newly formed South African squad took both Nuke and Inferno without letting Infamous get to double digits.
DenialInfamous| Denial |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong |
43 - 27 | +16 | 96.4 | 75.6% | 1.46 |
| Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek |
33 - 24 | +9 | 91.0 | 91.1% | 1.34 |
| Dominic 'Domsterr' Sampaio |
31 - 18 | +13 | 74.8 | 80.0% | 1.33 |
| Roberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'Occo |
35 - 21 | +14 | 69.2 | 73.3% | 1.29 |
| Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou |
29 - 27 | +2 | 72.6 | 84.4% | 1.25 |
| Infamous |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erick 'Xeppaa' Bach |
25 - 32 | -7 | 61.2 | 68.9% | 0.86 |
 Maxim 'wippie' Shepelev |
26 - 31 | -5 | 58.9 | 60.0% | 0.81 |
| Dylan 'RIKO' Sabin-Arnce |
27 - 37 | -10 | 67.1 | 64.4% | 0.78 |
| Josh 'JoshRT' Lee |
25 - 37 | -12 | 65.8 | 53.3% | 0.78 |
| Brendan 'Bwills' Williams |
14 - 34 | -20 | 53.9 | 57.8% | 0.60 |
The fourth match of the day saw INTZ take on an Old Guys Club mix-team featuring Will "dazzLe" Loafman and Pujan "FNS" Mehta.
The Brazilian EPL squad were dealt a surprise as they initially lost the opening map 11-16 partially due a strong performance from dazzLe. However, as the best-of-three series continued, INTZ were able to close out the remainder of the series with little trouble as they bested Old Guys Club on Train and Cache without letting the mix-team get to double digits on either.
INTZOld Guys Club| INTZ |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes |
64 - 39 | +25 | 94.1 | 77.8% | 1.43 |
| Vito 'kNgV-' Giuseppe |
58 - 42 | +16 | 79.3 | 77.8% | 1.29 |
| Lucas 'destiny' Bullo |
58 - 44 | +14 | 78.5 | 73.6% | 1.22 |
| Gustavo 'yel' Knittel |
51 - 38 | +13 | 73.2 | 80.6% | 1.15 |
| Alexandre 'xand' Zizi |
37 - 53 | -16 | 65.8 | 69.4% | 0.90 |
| Old Guys Club |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will 'dazzLe' Loafman |
50 - 58 | -8 | 76.9 | 58.3% | 0.98 |
| Samuel 'SileNt' Portillo |
47 - 52 | -5 | 64.7 | 58.3% | 0.90 |
| Pujan 'FNS' Mehta |
47 - 55 | -8 | 76.9 | 63.9% | 0.90 |
| Yassine 'Subroza' Taoufik |
34 - 52 | -18 | 61.5 | 58.3% | 0.77 |
| Matt 'Pollo' Wilson |
37 - 51 | -14 | 60.1 | 56.9% | 0.76 |
The fifth matchup continued the trend of quick matches as Bad News Bears, with Jeff "RZU" Ngo in place of Gage "Infinite" Green, dispatched their Advanced opposition with little trouble. During the match Peter "ptr" Gurney managed a 2.05 K/D ratio in the relatively one-sided affair.
Bad News BearsZone| Bad News Bears |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter 'ptr' Gurney |
41 - 20 | +21 | 96.0 | 85.7% | 1.64 |
| Mitch 'mitch' Semago |
40 - 20 | +20 | 94.6 | 83.3% | 1.61 |
| Tyson 'TenZ' Ngo |
38 - 20 | +18 | 91.2 | 92.9% | 1.51 |
| Jeff 'RZU' Ngo |
36 - 27 | +9 | 95.1 | 88.1% | 1.46 |
| Josh 'shinobi' Abastado |
33 - 29 | +4 | 82.8 | 83.3% | 1.21 |
| Zone |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael 'Swisher' Schmid |
32 - 35 | -3 | 79.9 | 57.1% | 0.89 |
| Hunter 'koga' Allen |
28 - 38 | -10 | 77.5 | 66.7% | 0.80 |
| Nathan 'leaf' Orf |
22 - 38 | -16 | 63.1 | 47.6% | 0.65 |
| Joshua 'Hunter' Madore |
18 - 40 | -22 | 54.3 | 54.8% | 0.59 |
| Alexander 'zanz' Diaz |
16 - 37 | -21 | 57.1 | 64.3% | 0.59 |
The next matchup came as a surprise as a last-minute team change took place. Due to Ghost deciding to return Josh "steel" Nissan to the active lineup, the team was forced to withdraw due to steel being banned from ECS. Therefreo, Hysteria - the runner-up from the third qualifier - were invited in their place.
Hysteria were unable to best Advanced rivals The Quest in their opening matchup, however they kept it competitive as they took Nuke to the limit only allowing The Quest to close out their map pick 16-13. After this Inferno was far less contentious as The Quest won the map without much trouble, winning it 16-7. Hysteria will be being facing off against Infamous in their upcoming match.
HysteriaThe Quest| Hysteria |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malick 'dangle' Abid |
35 - 40 | -5 | 61.7 | 61.5% | 0.89 |
| Jordon 'jitter' Ruggiero |
31 - 42 | -11 | 65.4 | 71.2% | 0.87 |
| Shawn 'Magowi' O'Malley |
29 - 43 | -14 | 72.6 | 61.5% | 0.81 |
| Eric 'HIA' Boggs |
25 - 45 | -20 | 62.1 | 51.9% | 0.68 |
| Alexander 'knightmare' Sozzi |
22 - 45 | -23 | 56.4 | 53.8% | 0.61 |
| The Quest |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack 'xCeeD' Holiman |
55 - 31 | +24 | 101.8 | 82.7% | 1.64 |
| Trevor 'FrostayK' Bandle |
43 - 23 | +20 | 83.9 | 86.5% | 1.45 |
| Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey |
40 - 30 | +10 | 92.1 | 80.8% | 1.28 |
| Matthew 'mCe' Elmore |
38 - 31 | +7 | 84.5 | 80.8% | 1.23 |
| Logan 'Voltage' Long |
38 - 27 | +11 | 72.9 | 78.8% | 1.22 |
The next matchup saw the Brazilian oNe team take on iNTACT. With stand-in João "Horvy" Horvath in tow, oNe made quick work of iNTACT as they closed out their series 2-0.
TeamOneiNTACT| TeamOne |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alencar 'trk' Rossato |
53 - 26 | +27 | 94.6 | 76.0% | 1.59 |
| João 'horvy' Horvath |
37 - 27 | +10 | 84.1 | 86.0% | 1.31 |
| Victor 'iDk' Torraca |
33 - 33 | +0 | 86.7 | 74.0% | 1.18 |
| Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima |
34 - 28 | +6 | 68.3 | 72.0% | 1.11 |
| Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos |
33 - 30 | +3 | 70.0 | 70.0% | 0.98 |
| iNTACT |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher 'Swahn' Swahn |
36 - 36 | +0 | 62.0 | 58.0% | 0.93 |
| Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner |
34 - 36 | -2 | 71.3 | 64.0% | 0.91 |
| Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman |
29 - 37 | -8 | 64.1 | 56.0% | 0.79 |
| Jake 'kaboose' McDonald |
24 - 41 | -17 | 63.6 | 58.0% | 0.76 |
| William 'will' Cheng |
21 - 40 | -19 | 56.1 | 56.0% | 0.66 |
The match between Mythic and Singularity saw yet another stand-in as James "hazed" Cobb was unable to play due to an ear issue.
As such, Mythic enlisted the services of Ian "Tex" Botsch who has been teamless since Season 28 when he played with Monstars. This matchup ended up being one of the closer series of day one, as after Singularity took Inferno 16-5, Mythic were able to respond by narrowly taking Overpass 16-12. In the end though, Singularity would ultimately claim victory confidently closing out Dust2 16-7.
Mythic will to improve on their day one results when they take on Zone later today. Round two will once again see Mythic play with another stand-in as both hazed and Tex are unavailable. Therefore, they have enlisted the services of ex-Vireo.pro player Donovan "zNf" Froid.
SingularityMythic| Singularity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron 'cam' Kern |
58 - 40 | +18 | 93.0 | 84.7% | 1.40 |
| Ryan 'ryann' Welsh |
55 - 36 | +19 | 83.7 | 77.8% | 1.31 |
| Ricky 'floppy' Kemery |
53 - 42 | +11 | 77.4 | 76.4% | 1.26 |
| Josh 'oSee' Ohm |
41 - 39 | +2 | 60.5 | 83.3% | 1.10 |
| Ian 'motm' Hardy |
45 - 45 | +0 | 63.5 | 69.4% | 0.98 |
| Mythic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd 'anger' Williams |
46 - 50 | -4 | 67.2 | 70.8% | 1.02 |
| Erik 'fl0m' Flom |
47 - 48 | -1 | 78.2 | 65.3% | 1.01 |
| Ian 'tex' Botsch |
42 - 53 | -11 | 57.7 | 58.3% | 0.84 |
| Leonardo 'Laski' Arroyo |
31 - 47 | -16 | 53.8 | 70.8% | 0.77 |
| Adam 'Polen' Polen |
36 - 54 | -18 | 59.9 | 58.3% | 0.73 |
With round one concluded, the round two matchups, kicking off simultaneously at 6 PM EST, are as follows:
| 1-0 Round |
| Denial -vs- The Quest |
| FURIA -vs- oNe |
| Bad News Bears -vs- Singularity |
| Party Astronauts -vs- INTZ |
| 0-1 Round |
| Old Guys Club -vs- MASSIVEimpact |
| Mythic -vs- Zone |
| Hysteria -vs- Infamous |
| iNTACT -vs- Final Feature |
