NRG Brehze past Renegades to StarSeries i-League playoffs
NRG and Renegades were set to face off against each other in the final round of games in the group stage, with both teams on a 2-2 record. A win would send one to the playoffs, whilst a loss would see the others' tournament run come to a swift end.
NRG kicked off the match in style, securing a 16-11 win over Renegades. Having dominated the first half of Cache 11-4, it was Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte leading the line for his team, securing 112.7 ADR with a 1.71 rating in the map with 29 kills. The second half was a much closer affair, with Renegades stringing rounds together to attempt a comeback. It never came as NRG finally secured the winning round after a couple of economic resets.
Overpass was much more in NRG's favor. Opening up the first half having reset Renegades' pistol round, they pushed on to claim nine rounds on the T-side. The second half saw Jacob "FugLy" Medina and Ethan "nahtE" Arnold share the starring roles this time around, taking the team to a strong 16-7 victory after only losing one round on their CT-half.
RenegadesNRG| Renegades |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad |
36 - 38 | -2 | 73.6 | 72.0% | 1.00 |
 Noah 'Nifty' Francis |
28 - 37 | -9 | 66.1 | 64.0% | 0.87 |
 Aaron 'AZR' Ward |
30 - 37 | -7 | 67.7 | 54.0% | 0.81 |
| Justin 'jks' Savage |
19 - 36 | -17 | 52.1 | 62.0% | 0.67 |
| Karlo 'USTILO' Pivac |
18 - 37 | -19 | 48.4 | 64.0% | 0.63 |
| NRG |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte |
46 - 28 | +18 | 94.5 | 82.0% | 1.51 |
| Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold |
42 - 27 | +15 | 89.4 | 80.0% | 1.35 |
| Jacob 'FugLy' Medina |
35 - 26 | +9 | 83.8 | 82.0% | 1.30 |
 Damian 'daps' Steele |
32 - 29 | +3 | 73.8 | 78.0% | 1.15 |
 Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov |
30 - 21 | +9 | 55.2 | 80.0% | 1.13 |
This result sees NRG through to the playoffs with a 3-2 record, completing the comeback having started the event going 0-2. No matter what happens in playoffs, this is already the best LAN result for the team, having not previously left the group stage at any other event.
The draw for the playoffs is set to take place after the final group game. The other two North American-based teams set to be in the running are SK and Liquid.
