Rank S Recap - PwnAlone, jdm64, and b4rtiN tie in slow week
As October nears its conclusion, Rank S continues to see a multitude of ties as the first place pot was split three-ways this week between Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue, Josh "jdm64" Marzano, and Bruno "b4rtiN" Câmara. Over in Rank G, oNe newcomer Victor "bld" Rocha made up for finishing second in Rank S by putting on a strong performance to claim the top prize over Ryan "shanks" Ngo.
The top ten finishers for October's third Rank S Friday are listed as follows:
| Rank | Name | Prize |
| 1. |  Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue |
$716.67 |
| 1. | Josh "jdm64" Marzano |
$716.67 |
| 1. |  Bruno "b4rtiN" Câmara |
$716.67 |
| 4. | Victor "bld" Rocha |
$170 |
| 4. | Jason "jmoh" Mohandessi |
$170 |
| 4. |  Kaleb "moose" Jayne |
$170 |
| 4. | Will "dazzLe" Loafman |
$170 |
| 4. | Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik |
$170 |
| 9. | Jonathan "djay" Dallal |
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| 9. | Matthew "WARDELL" Yu |
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| 9. | Jason "neptune" Tran |
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| 9. | Leonardo "Laski" Arroyo |
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| 9. | Jake "kaboose" McDonald |
A link to the full standings can be found here.
Outside of the three-way tie for the first, second place was also inconclusive as Victor "bld" Rocha, Jason "jmoh" Mohandessi, Kaleb "moose" Jayne, Will "dazzLe" Loafman, and Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik split the remainder of the pot. This week was well attended by former Ghost players, as alongside Subroza, Matthew "WARDELL" Yu and Jason "neptune" Tran both finished with 12 points.
With many of the top Rank S players not participating this week, the top 10 was relatively stagnant, with the only change being PwnAlone moving ahead of Chris "Slash" Petersen.
The current top earners for Rank S in 2019 thus far are:
| Rank | Change | Name | Total |
| 1. | - | Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk |
$12,381.66 |
| 2. | - | Jeff "RZU" Ngo |
$11,232.49 |
| 3. | - | Peter "ptr" Gurney |
$8,547.85 |
| 4. | - | Derek "desi" Branchen |
$8,124.99 |
| 5. | - | Derrick "LILMAN" Boyne |
$6,569.58 |
| 6. | - | Ian "tex" Botsch |
$6,470.83 |
| 7. | +1 | Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue |
$6,370.00 |
| 8. | -1 | Chris "Slash" Petersen |
$6,347.89 |
| 9. | - | Joshua "KiiroKami" Kim |
$4,979.16 |
| 10. | - | Jake "kaboose" McDonald |
$4,490.81 |
Over in Rank G, bld claimed first place after finishing four points ahead of shanks, with Michael "Turismo" Haas trailing in third place.
The past week of Rank G finished as follows:
| Rank | Name | Prize |
| 1. | Victor "bld" Rocha |
$1000.00 |
| 2. | Ryan "shanks" Ngo |
$500.00 |
| 3. | Michael "Turismo" Haas |
$275.00 |
| 4. | Wolffe |
$250.00 |
| 5. | Bryce "PureR" Lovell |
$212.50 |
| 5. | Kevin "4pack" Przypasniak |
$212.50 |
| 7. | Eric "Kanpeki" Xu |
$175.00 |
| 8. | Paytyn "Junior" Johnson |
$150.00 |
| 9. | Caleb "opportunity" Davis |
$125.00 |
| 10. | Cedric "Melio" Perrault |
$50.00 |
| 10. | Daniel "bokumbop" Yoo |
$50.00 |
The full rankings are available here.
