Vanity and oSee helped power Gorilla Gang through the bracket

September 19, 2018 09:07AM

Written by tolkienfanatic

Bravado and Gorilla Gang cruise through first ECS qualifier; to Challenger Cup

The first ECS Season 6 Challenger Cup qualifier has concluded, and after the dust has settled, it is the South Africans of Bravado upstart Americans of Gorilla Gang that have emerged on top.

Also read: FACEIT release details of ECS Season 6, Challenger Cup

The quarterfinals were largely a straightforward affair, with each victor winning with a 2-0 score line. What was surprising, however, was Swole Patrol falling to Gorilla Gang. Due to Braxton "swag" Pierce being unable to participate in the league, the team fielded FPL sensation Owen "oBo" Schlatter in his place.

ECS Season 6 North America Qualifier 1

Bo3

Glockoma

0 - 2

BlackOut

All maps

Glockoma	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Justin 'Tee' Boylan	35 - 37	-2	97.2	63.6%	1.10
Jake 'Dolzy' Amendola	25 - 36	-11	67.9	65.9%	0.85
Elvis 'tomford' Cavalic	27 - 37	-10	60.2	52.3%	0.78
Joel 'jcrueL' Cruel	23 - 39	-16	58.1	52.3%	0.68
'hefree'	16 - 36	-20	53.4	56.8%	0.62

BlackOut	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Collin 'wrath' McSweegan	57 - 25	+32	122.4	88.6%	1.88
Connor 'CONNOR93' Glover	44 - 23	+21	100.5	84.1%	1.60
Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey	38 - 28	+10	98.3	81.8%	1.41
Sebastian 'seb' Bucki	26 - 26	+0	67.0	77.3%	1.00
Chad 'Oderus' Miller	20 - 24	-4	51.3	65.9%	0.86

Maps

wrath40 kills

Most kills

wrath2.89 rating

Best rating

wrath4.06 rating

Best t-side

wrath2.42 rating

Best ct-side

Overpass Rounds

CONNOR9332 kills

Most kills

CONNOR932.10 rating

Best rating

CONNOR932.03 rating

Best t-side

CONNOR932.14 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

ECS Season 6 North America Qualifier 1

Bo3

Bravado

2 - 0

lmfao

All maps

Bravado	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van Wyk	13 - 4	+9	55.1	90.0%	1.30
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou	16 - 14	+2	91.7	70.0%	1.25
Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong	18 - 13	+5	81.2	90.0%	1.25
Dimitri 'Detrony' Hadjipaschali	12 - 12	+0	72.5	80.0%	1.11
Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek	12 - 11	+1	68.0	75.0%	1.06

lmfao	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Marcos 'tacitus' Castilho	15 - 16	-1	82.5	75.0%	1.02
Anthony 'Nervous' Boring	14 - 17	-3	71.0	60.0%	0.94
Austin 'RenZ' Dickman	13 - 19	-6	81.7	60.0%	0.85
Eric 'HIA' Boggs	12 - 19	-7	63.6	60.0%	0.76

Maps

Fadey18 kills

Most kills

ELUSIVE1.30 rating

Best rating

ELUSIVE1.85 rating

Best t-side

RenZ1.29 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

ECS Season 6 North America Qualifier 1

Bo3

Swole Patrol

0 - 2

Gorilla Gang

All maps

Swole Patrol	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir	44 - 45	-1	84.9	81.5%	1.19
Owen 'oBo' Schlatter	36 - 40	-4	85.5	81.5%	1.06
Austin 'Cooper' Abadir	41 - 41	+0	71.8	63.0%	0.94
Jordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro	35 - 41	-6	70.8	59.3%	0.94
Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado	28 - 45	-17	55.1	63.0%	0.70

Gorilla Gang	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina	46 - 45	+1	102.6	75.9%	1.36
Ryan 'ryann' Welsh	46 - 34	+12	80.8	87.0%	1.31
Josh 'oSee' Ohm	42 - 30	+12	79.7	79.6%	1.29
Victor 'food' Wong	41 - 38	+3	78.8	68.5%	1.06
Cameron 'cam' Kern	37 - 38	-1	68.6	75.9%	1.00

Maps

vanity30 kills

Most kills

vanity1.64 rating

Best rating

oSee1.19 rating

Best t-side

vanity2.07 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

freakazoid27 kills

Most kills

freakazoid1.56 rating

Best rating

freakazoid1.46 rating

Best t-side

freakazoid1.71 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

ECS Season 6 North America Qualifier 1

Bo3

Infamous

2 - 0

Xplicit

All maps

Infamous	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Brendan 'Bwills' Williams	58 - 26	+32	107.4	90.6%	1.78
Josh 'JoshRT' Lee	41 - 33	+8	78.5	71.7%	1.24
Mike 'real_bM' Desanto	41 - 30	+11	85.9	71.7%	1.23
Nassir 'rugrat' Francique	28 - 33	-5	57.8	77.4%	1.01
Blake 'Strings' Stringer	29 - 37	-8	64.9	67.9%	0.84

Xplicit	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Austin 'AAustiN' Urb	38 - 37	+1	73.2	62.3%	1.02
Vladislav 'M16DOLLARS' Jirnov	35 - 38	-3	79.3	66.0%	0.96
Jet 'jet-' Gao	35 - 42	-7	70.2	67.9%	0.94
Josh 'jkar' Cardia	28 - 38	-10	56.3	66.0%	0.83
Kyle 'Just2EZ' Tan	23 - 42	-19	52.3	64.2%	0.67

Maps

Bwills30 kills

Most kills

Bwills2.11 rating

Best rating

Bwills2.38 rating

Best t-side

real_bM1.65 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

Bwills28 kills

Most kills

Bwills1.54 rating

Best rating

Bwills1.92 rating

Best t-side

JoshRT1.86 rating

Best ct-side

Train Rounds

After the qualifier concluded, Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro made his disatisfaction with FACEIT continuing to uphold their bans on matchfixers:

https://twitter.com/Zellsis/status/1042229339339800577

The first semifinal saw Bravado take on BlackOut on Nuke, Inferno, and Dust2 if needed. Despite a strong Terrorist half from Sebastian "seb" Bucki's men, Aran "Sonic" Groesbeek led his team to an even better one, seeing Bravado take a 1-0 lead. Bravado continued this form onto Inferno, storming out to a 12-3 lead, which they converted to the map and series win, in spite of a solid performance from Collin "wrath" McSweegan.

ECS Season 6 North America Qualifier 1

Bo3

Bravado

2 - 0

BlackOut

All maps

Bravado	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek	52 - 33	+19	98.9	79.6%	1.50
Dimitri 'Detrony' Hadjipaschali	44 - 31	+13	85.2	74.1%	1.32
Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van Wyk	35 - 32	+3	81.3	75.9%	1.17
Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong	43 - 39	+4	80.2	75.9%	1.16
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou	30 - 35	-5	63.9	77.8%	0.98

BlackOut	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Collin 'wrath' McSweegan	47 - 43	+4	93.3	70.4%	1.16
Chad 'Oderus' Miller	37 - 35	+2	60.0	61.1%	1.03
Connor 'CONNOR93' Glover	35 - 38	-3	66.3	72.2%	0.92
Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey	31 - 45	-14	79.3	48.1%	0.89
Sebastian 'seb' Bucki	20 - 44	-24	59.6	50.0%	0.60

Maps

Sonic30 kills

Most kills

Sonic1.65 rating

Best rating

Sonic2.08 rating

Best t-side

Sonic1.28 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

wrath27 kills

Most kills

wrath1.40 rating

Best rating

ELUSIVE1.89 rating

Best t-side

wrath1.44 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

Also read: ben1337 gets cut; food to take tests with the Gang

On the other side of the bracket, Gorilla Gang squared off against Infamous, who recently were able to retain their spot in MDL for Season 29. Despite the series going all three maps, only Nuke was contested, as Infamous squandered a strong Terrorist side to allow the map to go to overtime, which they were then able to close out. Both Inferno and Train were decidedly in Gorilla Gang's favor, with Infamous not able to muster double digit rounds on either. Though all of the Gang's players performed well in the series, it was Cameron "hydrex" Kern topping the board for his team.

ECS Season 6 North America Qualifier 1

Bo3

Gorilla Gang

2 - 1

Infamous

All maps

Gorilla Gang	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Cameron 'cam' Kern	70 - 56	+14	96.2	77.2%	1.33
Ryan 'ryann' Welsh	65 - 52	+13	78.3	75.9%	1.21
Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina	64 - 47	+17	85.2	68.4%	1.21
Josh 'oSee' Ohm	56 - 47	+9	75.9	77.2%	1.16
Victor 'food' Wong	53 - 44	+9	79.0	75.9%	1.11

Infamous	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Nassir 'rugrat' Francique	55 - 66	-11	80.6	65.8%	1.05
Josh 'JoshRT' Lee	53 - 57	-4	78.6	67.1%	0.99
Mike 'real_bM' Desanto	49 - 59	-10	69.8	67.1%	0.93
Blake 'Strings' Stringer	45 - 63	-18	63.7	51.9%	0.82
Brendan 'Bwills' Williams	44 - 64	-20	64.6	63.3%	0.80

Maps

cam24 kills

Most kills

cam1.65 rating

Best rating

cam2.50 rating

Best t-side

vanity1.46 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

JoshRT33 kills

Most kills

JoshRT1.44 rating

Best rating

rugrat1.49 rating

Best t-side

JoshRT1.56 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

cam26 kills

Most kills

cam1.81 rating

Best rating

ryann2.06 rating

Best t-side

cam1.76 rating

Best ct-side

Train Rounds

The team list for the ECS Season 6 Challenger Cup currently looks as follows (bear in mind that one of the invites likely belongs to the Brazilians of oNe):

compLexity	Invite
Invite	Invite
Bravado	Gorilla Gang
Qualifier 2	Qualifier 2

The second qualifier will commence on Friday, September 22nd. As always, you can find upcoming events and sign up links on our Calendar page.

Also read: First day of ECS Season 6 Open Qualifier #1 complete