Renegades survive scare at Asia Minor; give B.O.O.T-d[S] the boot
After being upset by the Japanese squad SCARZ Absolute earlier in the day, Renegades were able to eliminate B.O.O.T-d[S] from the Asia Minor and punch their ticket to the playoffs.
In the decider BO3 versus B.O.O.T-d[S], Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad, Justin "jks" Savage, and Noah "Nifty' Francis led their team to a 2-0 win in convincing fashion. Jkaem paved the way in total frags and in ADR, boasting a combined scoreline of 43-23 and an ADR of 101.9 in two maps.
The majority Australian squad were the resounding favorites to come out on top in their group, but lost to Takemori "takej" Shogo and SCARZ Absolute in the upper bracket. Takej put in a good performance on Dust 2, going 28-19 with an ADR of 92.3. Even though his squad lost, jks had a great game on Dust 2, going 32-19 with an ADR of 103.5.
![BOOT-d[S]](https://img-cdn.hltv.org/teamlogo/A4xH0MX3yekEnWtPlXc-jM.png?ixlib=java-2.1.0&w=50&s=5804e38fdac966b635450afd6da9b730 "BOOT-d[S]")
RenegadesBOOT-d[S]| Renegades |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad |
43 - 23 | +20 | 101.9 | 74.4% | 1.52 |
 Karlo 'USTILO' Pivac |
35 - 28 | +7 | 92.7 | 76.7% | 1.37 |
| Justin 'jks' Savage |
39 - 20 | +19 | 82.6 | 74.4% | 1.36 |
 Noah 'Nifty' Francis |
26 - 23 | +3 | 61.7 | 72.1% | 1.08 |
| Aaron 'AZR' Ward |
27 - 26 | +1 | 77.3 | 76.7% | 1.07 |
| BOOT-d[S] |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kumaresan 'Tommy' Ramani |
34 - 36 | -2 | 82.4 | 55.8% | 0.93 |
| Benedict 'Benkai' Tan |
28 - 33 | -5 | 69.0 | 65.1% | 0.91 |
| Anthony 'ImpressioN' Lim |
22 - 31 | -9 | 66.8 | 72.1% | 0.81 |
| Nevin 'splashske' Aw |
21 - 32 | -11 | 61.3 | 53.5% | 0.74 |
| Leslie 'Bobosaur' Soen |
15 - 38 | -23 | 55.5 | 55.8% | 0.55 |
Renegades along with SCARZ Absolute are now in the playoffs and await two more teams to join them. A pair of teams out of 5POWER, Tainted Minds, TyLoo, and Uniquestars will advance to the playoffs tomorrow. The first round of Group B will see TyLoo taking on 5POWER and Tainted Minds taking on Uniquestars.
