Legend Series qualifier completes, NA LAN participants confirmed
With the online North American qualifiers for the Legend Series complete, the four teams heading to the Esports Arena in Santa Ana for the LAN qualifier have been confirmed.
The 64-team single elimination bracket had the first two rounds working in best-of-ones, before moving to a best-of-three format in the final two rounds. There were some notable teams on their way through the bracket, so here's a brief recap on them and the qualifying teams.
With 64 teams initially signing up to the tournament, not all competed. After the defaulted teams were dealt with, the games continued. CLG Red were one of these teams, reaching the third round with a 16-2 win over Spot Up followed by a 19-15 overtime win from Old But Gold. They eventually fell to Bushido Boyz in the following round. Tempo Storm's Swedish line-up also made a run through the qualifiers, winning 16-5 against Team Voku and 16-3 against Sebench, they then fell 2-0 to Iceberg.
Iceberg vs Bushido Boyz (1-2)
The first of the final round games saw two MDL sides, Iceberg and Bushido Boyz, face off against each other. Bushido took a close first map of Mirage 16-12, after their opponents were narrowly ahead at the half. Iceberg then sneaked through Train on a 19-16 overtime match, after making a comeback on a 11-4 halftime deficit. Bushido ended the tie comfortably on Inferno 16-8.
IcebergBushido Boyz| Iceberg |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Warren 'hades' Rettich |
82 - 60 | +22 | 89.9 | 71.3% | 1.30 |
 Brenden 'stellar' McGrath |
67 - 61 | +6 | 90.5 | 71.3% | 1.21 |
| Nick 'alter' Jackson |
59 - 69 | -10 | 74.7 | 67.8% | 0.99 |
| Thomas 'tconnors' Connors |
53 - 59 | -6 | 62.2 | 74.7% | 0.91 |
| John 'crux' Cogal |
34 - 63 | -29 | 52.5 | 64.4% | 0.66 |
| Bushido Boyz |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian 'motm' Hardy |
76 - 54 | +22 | 80.4 | 70.1% | 1.23 |
| Blake 'Strings' Stringer |
77 - 62 | +15 | 81.0 | 70.1% | 1.20 |
| Gage 'Infinite' Green |
56 - 55 | +1 | 75.9 | 77.0% | 1.09 |
| Josh 'oSee' Ohm |
55 - 64 | -9 | 74.3 | 70.1% | 0.99 |
| Eric 'Kwong' Kwong |
47 - 60 | -13 | 66.1 | 67.8% | 0.91 |
The Entourage vs Hyper (2-1)
With the former Denial team lining up in the first tournament under their new name, they managed to make a good start to competing at a LAN. Inferno saw The Entourage take a fair strong first half lead before nearly losing the game, but stopping the loss of games for a 19-15 overtime win. Cache saw Hyper take a commanding 16-10 Cache game, before Train was another close overtime match, with The Entourage winning 19-17.
The EntourageHyper| The Entourage |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan 'RIKO' Sabin-Arnce |
81 - 66 | +15 | 91.7 | 81.2% | 1.27 |
 David 'Xp3' Garrido |
75 - 67 | +8 | 88.4 | 68.8% | 1.18 |
| Ian 'tex' Botsch |
72 - 70 | +2 | 74.8 | 68.8% | 1.05 |
| Jeff 'RZU' Ngo |
62 - 70 | -8 | 76.0 | 66.7% | 1.01 |
| Tyler 'tweiss' Weiss |
40 - 40 | +0 | 71.0 | 73.3% | 1.00 |
| Kyle 'flowsicK' Mendez |
12 - 29 | -17 | 43.4 | 44.4% | 0.50 |
| Hyper |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam 'Seivel-N' Gardner |
72 - 75 | -3 | 89.8 | 72.9% | 1.19 |
| Josh 'Daemos' Hayes |
77 - 66 | +11 | 88.3 | 75.0% | 1.18 |
| 'womf' |
66 - 67 | -1 | 82.0 | 72.9% | 1.09 |
| Jonathan 'daree' Stone |
67 - 65 | +2 | 77.0 | 67.7% | 1.06 |
| Oliver 'figment' Thompson |
58 - 69 | -11 | 58.9 | 60.4% | 0.78 |
Swole Patrol vs Hooked (2-0)
It was a quick hook, line and sinker for Swole Patrol in their qualifier match. With them being in control throughout, they secured Overpass 16-5 before completing the tie 16-6 on Inferno.
Swole PatrolHooked| Swole Patrol |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro |
49 - 25 | +24 | 122.0 | 83.7% | 1.86 |
| Ryan 'ryann' Welsh |
41 - 28 | +13 | 97.2 | 79.1% | 1.52 |
| Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir |
32 - 22 | +10 | 73.9 | 90.7% | 1.35 |
| Samuel 'SileNt' Portillo |
27 - 22 | +5 | 68.8 | 74.4% | 1.19 |
| Austin 'Cooper' Abadir |
25 - 27 | -2 | 64.5 | 69.8% | 0.93 |
| Hooked |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan 'Zequate' Ives |
35 - 38 | -3 | 87.0 | 69.8% | 0.99 |
| Malachi 'Romsecrets' Fry |
28 - 30 | -2 | 64.6 | 67.4% | 0.93 |
| Dillon 'Peachy' Pietsch |
20 - 33 | -13 | 60.1 | 67.4% | 0.76 |
| Jasper 'sfX' Ko |
23 - 36 | -13 | 60.5 | 60.5% | 0.68 |
| Sean 'sm0kE' Powell |
18 - 37 | -19 | 59.9 | 60.5% | 0.58 |
Nemesis vs Blackwoodproductions (1-2)
A good start for Nemesis soon saw them fall behind to the production company. An initally close Train saw Nemesis take it with a strong set of rounds 16-12. But Blackwood instantly answered back with a quick 16-7 win on Cobbleston, before returning the favour to Nemesis on Train, seeing their second half be stronger with a 16-11 win.
NemesisBlackwoodproductions| Nemesis |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler 'ty1er' Riley |
68 - 54 | +14 | 89.0 | 70.5% | 1.26 |
 Conner 'Geek' Golding |
53 - 56 | -3 | 70.5 | 74.4% | 0.98 |
| Ryan 'InSight' Heffes |
53 - 59 | -6 | 71.0 | 64.1% | 0.97 |
| John 'john' Bruyea |
47 - 51 | -4 | 69.6 | 65.4% | 0.94 |
| Colin 'Zorb' Schletz |
14 - 19 | -5 | 62.7 | 63.0% | 0.85 |
| Aiden 'Lyra' Bailey |
19 - 34 | -15 | 56.7 | 66.7% | 0.69 |
| Blackwoodproductions |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike 'gimlet' Desanto |
63 - 44 | +19 | 86.5 | 75.6% | 1.31 |
| Jakeb 'Siberia' Bibb |
51 - 50 | +1 | 80.4 | 69.2% | 1.11 |
| Justin 'NEX' McLellan |
53 - 44 | +9 | 70.6 | 67.9% | 1.06 |
| Caleb 'jchancE' Davis |
55 - 66 | -11 | 80.0 | 65.4% | 1.02 |
| William 'LaffyTs' Robertin |
51 - 50 | +1 | 67.8 | 70.5% | 0.98 |
With those final results, the four teams going to the Legend Series North America LAN, held on January 7th. There they'll compete for $3,000 and two spots to the Legends Cup, held on February 11th. The Legend Series North America LAN participants are:
| Swole Patrol |
Blackwoodproductions |
| Bushido Boyz |
The Entourage |
