FeelsUnderAgeMan, Bravado and others through to next round of ESEA Main playoffs
Last night the final game in the first round of the ESEA Main Season 27 playoffs came to an end. With 32 teams whittled down to 16, there are a number of games with moderately recogniseable teams taking part. As always, each and every team are looking to reach the top two spots, which would guarantee them a spot in the next season of MDL.
At the top of the bracket, Bravado took The Legacy of JeNume out in three maps, coming back after losing Mirage. The former-MDL youth super-squad of FeelsUnderAgeMan knocked out the Colombian representatives VAULT in two very quick maps. Second seed Glockoma continued their route through with ease, taking down tNt is Dynamite 2-1.
The full results from the first round of games are as follows:
| Match-up |
|---|
 Bravado (2-1)  Legacy of JeNume |
WRAITHS (0-2)  Mostly Harmless |
| Carpe Noctem (2-0) PUG LIFE |
| Sinai Villagers (1-2) On The Run |
| Hysteria (2-0) LFORG |
 VAULT (0-2) FeelsUnderAgeMan |
| main jammers (2-0) Big Frames |
| Impact (0-2) Quickhands |
| Stacked Like Pancakes (FFW-FFL) Animosity |
| Whatever It Takes (2-1) Mentality |
| Guerilla Tactics (1-2) Spot Up |
| Grizzlys (1-2) Vikings |
| Fear No Opposition (1-2) RivaL |
| Riot Squad (0-2) Armada |
| Fam143 (2-0) Xplicit |
| tNt is Dynamite (0-2) Glockoma |
From this point onwards the entirity of the ESEA Main playoffs are set to be receiving coverage on HLTV.org.
Three games worth keeping an eye on are as follows:
BravadoMostly Harmless| Bravado |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek |
41 - 15 | +26 | 104.6 | 89.7% | 1.75 |
| Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van Wyk |
39 - 16 | +23 | 86.6 | 94.9% | 1.54 |
| Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong |
30 - 26 | +4 | 87.9 | 87.2% | 1.43 |
| Dimitri 'Detrony' Hadjipaschali |
32 - 25 | +7 | 85.5 | 79.5% | 1.39 |
| Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou |
30 - 24 | +6 | 89.9 | 76.9% | 1.31 |
| Mostly Harmless |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian 'iannn' Mckay |
26 - 31 | -5 | 64.2 | 69.2% | 0.76 |
| Kevin 'ongline' Ong |
23 - 35 | -12 | 65.7 | 51.3% | 0.72 |
| Kyle 'STREEtz' Atkins |
19 - 35 | -16 | 65.5 | 64.1% | 0.71 |
| Kyle 'Kyroh' de Castro |
22 - 37 | -15 | 70.3 | 61.5% | 0.65 |
| Aj 'jaakob' Pullan |
16 - 35 | -19 | 49.9 | 56.4% | 0.56 |
HysteriaFeelsUnderAgeMan| Hysteria |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy 'Mundle' King |
37 - 41 | -4 | 94.8 | 78.7% | 1.17 |
| Malick 'dangle' Abid |
39 - 35 | +4 | 80.1 | 74.5% | 1.16 |
| 'nani' |
28 - 39 | -11 | 68.9 | 76.6% | 0.94 |
| 'Khai' |
22 - 41 | -19 | 50.7 | 57.4% | 0.64 |
| 'suffix' |
24 - 40 | -16 | 54.4 | 61.7% | 0.64 |
| FeelsUnderAgeMan |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen 'oBo' Schlatter |
52 - 29 | +23 | 107.0 | 85.1% | 1.61 |
| Nick 'zeptic' Kaoud |
39 - 23 | +16 | 95.2 | 87.2% | 1.49 |
| Victor 'cardiac' Kwan |
43 - 30 | +13 | 98.0 | 87.2% | 1.44 |
| Jason 'neptune' Tran |
38 - 36 | +2 | 86.3 | 78.7% | 1.14 |
| Ryan 'Snakes' Amann |
24 - 32 | -8 | 56.0 | 68.1% | 0.78 |
Fam143Glockoma| Fam143 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb 'jchancE' Davis |
94 - 61 | +33 | 98.7 | 79.1% | 1.43 |
| William 'LaffyTs' Robertin |
82 - 58 | +24 | 85.6 | 81.3% | 1.38 |
| Branden 'Anzoh' Anzovino |
63 - 59 | +4 | 79.0 | 75.8% | 1.12 |
| Jakeb 'Siberia' Bibb |
53 - 67 | -14 | 76.4 | 69.2% | 0.92 |
| Justin 'NEX' McLellan |
44 - 64 | -20 | 57.9 | 67.0% | 0.78 |
| Glockoma |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William 'will' Cheng |
75 - 69 | +6 | 94.2 | 74.7% | 1.19 |
| Ryan 'shanks' Ngo |
68 - 65 | +3 | 78.8 | 70.3% | 1.06 |
| Elvis 'tomford' Cavalic |
62 - 65 | -3 | 75.0 | 69.2% | 1.03 |
| Justin 'Tee' Boylan |
50 - 69 | -19 | 68.8 | 69.2% | 0.89 |
| 'sh00b' |
54 - 69 | -15 | 69.1 | 64.8% | 0.89 |
Also worth keeping on eye on will be Quickhands, the Main team which such luminaries as Andy "ShoT_UP" Orlowski and FPL-God King Edgar "MarkE" Jiminez are currently plying their trade.
As of now, the first match of the Round of 16 is set to take place on April 8th, with the rest of the matches playing out over the following two days.
