oNe and Big Frames to Advanced final
The two semifinals of ESEA Advanced have taken place, with oNe and Big Frames moving on to face each other in the grand final. oNe beat The Fundamentals on two maps (16-6 Cache, 16-6 Overpass) while Big Frames took down ETHEREAL 2-0 (16-12 Mirage, 16-4 Inferno).
oNe got off to a 6-0 lead from the Counter-Terrorist side on Cache. The Fundamentals managed to fight back a bit, securing five rounds by the side switch. Alencar "trk" Rossato was too much for the Americans however, and oNe finished off the map cleanly, winning 16-6.
Overpass began a lot more back and forth, with oNe finally pulling away to gain a 6-2 lead. Once again, they finished with a 10-5 halftime score, this time from the T side. Victor "iDk" Torraca took the ropes on Overpass, putting up 118 ADR and allowing oNe to close out the map 16-6 and the series 2-0.
TeamOneThe Fundamentals| TeamOne |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Victor 'iDk' Torraca |
42 - 25 | +17 | 106.8 | 75.0% | 1.52 |
| Alencar 'trk' Rossato |
38 - 21 | +17 | 93.2 | 88.6% | 1.47 |
| Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos |
38 - 21 | +17 | 86.0 | 75.0% | 1.42 |
| Jean-Michel 'mch' D'Oliveira |
33 - 19 | +14 | 88.4 | 77.3% | 1.38 |
 Nicolas 'NikoM' Miozzi |
29 - 26 | +3 | 61.0 | 79.5% | 0.98 |
| The Fundamentals |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jake 'Decko' Muse |
29 - 33 | -4 | 75.3 | 54.5% | 0.93 |
| Ryan 'ROBBY1' Robshaw |
24 - 38 | -14 | 56.9 | 65.9% | 0.76 |
 Cameron 'Skelly' Thomson |
20 - 33 | -13 | 52.8 | 54.5% | 0.67 |
| Nolan 'Temperature' Pepper |
23 - 39 | -16 | 60.3 | 61.4% | 0.67 |
| Steven 'swT' Tolbert |
16 - 37 | -21 | 56.5 | 47.7% | 0.57 |
ETHEREAL kicked off their match with a 3-0 start on Mirage. Big Frames answered back on the first gun round, going 5-0 themselves. After a back and forth rest of the half, Big Frames edged the lead 8-7. Yan "PRDTR" Davtian led the way for this team, as Big Frames grinded out the Terrorist half and eeked out a 16-12 win on map one.
The ETHEREAL side didn't have much of a chance on Inferno, going down 0-9 at the start. They managed a few rounds at the end of the half, but Ryan "Church" Church stomped ETHEREAL to push his team to victory, racking up 28 kills in 20 rounds.
Big FramesETHEREAL| Big Frames |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan 'Church' Church |
51 - 25 | +26 | 106.9 | 81.2% | 1.65 |
| Yan 'PRDTR' Davtian |
45 - 29 | +16 | 92.5 | 70.8% | 1.40 |
| Andy 'devastation' Parr |
38 - 30 | +8 | 82.2 | 83.3% | 1.25 |
| Liam 'Welshy' Newhouse |
29 - 35 | -6 | 78.5 | 66.7% | 1.02 |
| Jimmy 'Nurfed' McFadden |
25 - 27 | -2 | 56.6 | 72.9% | 0.96 |
| ETHEREAL |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jin 'Jindoke' Park |
34 - 38 | -4 | 74.4 | 68.8% | 0.97 |
| Jonathan 'rongcho' Jo |
33 - 34 | -1 | 64.2 | 62.5% | 0.97 |
| Sol 'snim' Min |
31 - 40 | -9 | 75.5 | 64.6% | 0.94 |
| Dennison 'fdeN' Fong |
25 - 36 | -11 | 68.4 | 66.7% | 0.87 |
| Marc 'nutters' Nutter |
23 - 40 | -17 | 59.8 | 68.8% | 0.77 |
The final is set for the 16th of August between oNe and Big Frames. The winner will receive $3,300 while the loser will take $2,200. Both teams along with the other teams who placed top eight will also participate in MDL relegation with a chance to move to the upper division.
