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ECS Season 8 Week 1 - Liquid, NRG, Cloud9 tested; ECS studio evacuated

Despite all three of North America's top dogs progressing in the bracket, they were each pushed to three maps.

The first day of the first week of ECS Season 8 has concluded, seeing Liquid, NRG, Cloud9, and Sharks progress in the tournament.

Sharks more or less had their way with INTZ, who yesterday announced the signing of Bruno "shz" Martinelli as a replacement for Giuseppe "kNgV-" Vito. shz's unfamiliarity with his new team showed, as he went 19-39 across the 2-0 series.

Sharks
2 - 0
INTZ
All maps
Sharks K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveira 39 - 34 +5 88.5 74.5% 1.22
Brazil Raphael 'exit' Lacerda 39 - 26 +13 74.8 78.4% 1.19
Brazil Jhonatan 'jnt' Silva 35 - 28 +7 71.7 74.5% 1.17
Ignacio 'meyern' Meyer 36 - 33 +3 80.3 74.5% 1.16
Luca 'Luken' Nadotti 36 - 29 +7 80.8 70.6% 1.15
INTZ K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Gustavo 'yel' Knittel 46 - 31 +15 84.5 70.6% 1.39
Brazil Lucas 'destiny' Bullo 31 - 37 -6 65.6 58.8% 0.87
Brazil Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes 30 - 39 -9 62.1 52.9% 0.81
Brazil Alexandre 'xand' Zizi 24 - 39 -15 63.9 52.9% 0.72
Brazil Bruno 'shz' Martinelli 19 - 39 -20 50.8 54.9% 0.67

eUnited looked set to make a statement as they handily took Overpass from Liquid off the back of a 12-3 Counter-Terrorist side. However, Liquid would return the favor in spades by thrashing Kaleb "moose" Jayne and co. on Mirage.

This brought the series to Nuke, and an 11-4 Terrorist half by Liquid seemed to be the final nail in eUnited's coffin. The plucky underdogs were not done yet though, as after winning the pistol they were able to bring the scoreline to within one of their opponents before falling 16-13.

Liquid
2 - 1
eUnited
All maps
Liquid K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski 70 - 48 +22 90.9 77.3% 1.37
United States Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip 64 - 50 +14 89.8 73.3% 1.33
Canada Keith 'NAF' Markovic 55 - 44 +11 83.3 65.3% 1.19
Canada Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken 46 - 47 -1 62.6 70.7% 0.97
United States Nick 'nitr0' Cannella 40 - 47 -7 66.9 69.3% 0.90
eUnited K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Kaleb 'moose' Jayne 61 - 56 +5 87.8 68.0% 1.11
United States Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina 56 - 59 -3 84.4 60.0% 1.03
United States Austin 'Cooper' Abadir 46 - 53 -7 62.0 64.0% 0.90
Mexico Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado 41 - 56 -15 65.8 66.7% 0.84
United States Victor 'food' Wong 32 - 52 -20 55.0 61.3% 0.79

Viewers at home were unable to watch the end of Nuke, however, as the ECS studio was evacuated due to a bomb threat.

Fortunately, the area was deemed safe around two hours later.

Next up was NRG versus Singularity, with the latter team sporting their new yet non-standard roster for the first time. NRG took Nuke decisively, with Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte sporting a 28-14 K/D, before Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue and Singularity answered back on Overpass. The final map of the series, Inferno, was all NRG, as they battered the fledgling squad with an 11-4 Terrorist half before closing out the map 16-6.

Singularity
1 - 2
NRG
All maps
Singularity K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue 46 - 48 -2 71.3 72.0% 1.07
United States Ben 'ben1337' Smith 52 - 59 -7 79.0 64.0% 0.95
United States Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman 46 - 55 -9 73.8 72.0% 0.91
United States Cameron 'cam' Kern 51 - 61 -10 66.0 60.0% 0.84
United States Robert 'robby' Brown 41 - 58 -17 67.1 61.3% 0.78
NRG K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz 64 - 43 +21 74.2 78.7% 1.27
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov 55 - 44 +11 73.2 82.7% 1.23
United States Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold 54 - 52 +2 86.5 81.3% 1.19
United States Tarik 'tarik' Celik 51 - 52 -1 84.2 76.0% 1.18
United States Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte 57 - 46 +11 76.8 73.3% 1.15

The final series of the night between Cloud9 and ex-Luminosity was much in the mold of the Liquid/eUnited series, as the underdog claimed the first map before the favorite came back and handled business. Unlike the prior series, however, this one was closer throughout, as there were no blowouts to be found.

Freshly home from a disappointing finish at the Arctic Invitational, Kenneth "koosta" Suen and Tyson "TenZ" Ngo stood out for Cloud9. On the other side, ex-Luminosity were likely pleased by the performance of newcomer Felipe "skullz" Medeiros, despite the end result of the series.

Cloud9
2 - 1
ex-Luminosity
All maps
Cloud9 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Kenneth 'koosta' Suen 65 - 55 +10 92.1 65.0% 1.20
Canada Tyson 'TenZ' Ngo 61 - 50 +11 75.3 68.8% 1.12
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellas 51 - 47 +4 68.0 65.0% 0.99
Canada Damian 'daps' Steele 50 - 52 -2 72.0 72.5% 0.96
United States Timothy 'autimatic' Ta 48 - 57 -9 76.0 70.0% 0.93
ex-Luminosity K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil João 'felps' Vasconcellos 60 - 58 +2 85.0 71.2% 1.16
Brazil Ricardo 'boltz' Prass 58 - 53 +5 75.7 72.5% 1.10
Brazil Felipe 'skullz' Medeiros 48 - 53 -5 70.5 70.0% 1.01
Brazil Gabriel 'NEKIZ' Schenato 49 - 57 -8 70.7 71.2% 1.00
Brazil Lucas 'steel' Lopes 44 - 54 -10 56.6 65.0% 0.83

The results from yesterday set up the following semifinals:

September 17th
United States Liquid vs. Brazil Sharks 5 PM EDT
September 18th
United States NRG vs. United States Cloud9 5 PM EDT

The final will be played out the following day on September 19th at the same time. As a reminder, in a change from last season, the winner's of the first two brackets will not directly qualify for the ECS Season 8 Finals, but rather the team with the most prize winnings after the first two series will qualify.

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