September 19, 2018 04:32PM

Written by CarbonDogma

Gfinity Spring first round complete; favorites get wins*

The first round of the upper bracket in the Gfinity Spring Series has completed, with oNe, Atlas, Grizzlys, Infamous, Fam143, Mythic, Las Vegas MiniGunners, and AZIO advancing to the second round of the upper bracket while the other seven teams (bar Zclan) move to the lower bracket.

First up in the round of sixteen, AZIO took on 13th Hour. Both maps were stomps for the AZIO side, with Ryan "Snakes" Amann and Michael "Grim" Wince picking up 2.00+ ratings on each map respectively.

Gfinity Spring Series 2018 North America

Bo3

AZIO

2 - 0

13th Hour

All maps

AZIO	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Ryan 'Snakes' Amann	44 - 15	+29	123.4	92.3%	2.08
Michael 'Grim' Wince	43 - 17	+26	106.7	82.1%	1.73
Gage 'Infinite' Green	36 - 18	+18	88.3	89.7%	1.51
Logan 'Voltage' Long	34 - 16	+18	82.6	89.7%	1.50
Trevor 'FrostayK' Bandle	22 - 18	+4	60.5	79.5%	1.13

13th Hour	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Gabriel 'Gibby' Lambert	18 - 36	-18	62.4	53.8%	0.58
Lyam 'FrostyImperator' Milbury	18 - 38	-20	57.2	59.0%	0.53
Dylan 'FearItself' Macdonald	15 - 34	-19	51.5	51.3%	0.52
Ryan 'mimic' Pellatt	16 - 35	-19	56.1	41.0%	0.49
Kevin 'Muffinatorz' Alves	17 - 36	-19	51.5	46.2%	0.45

Maps

Snakes28 kills

Most kills

Snakes2.42 rating

Best rating

Snakes2.25 rating

Best t-side

Snakes2.85 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

Grim23 kills

Most kills

Grim2.10 rating

Best rating

Snakes2.96 rating

Best t-side

Grim2.15 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

Next, Mythic faced EGO, where the MDL side won 2-0. On Dust II, EGO managed a 6-9 Terrorist half, and even brought it to 11-12, but the 33 kills of James "hazed" Cobb were too much. The other map was a smashing victory for Mythic with hazed once again at the top of the score board, almost securing 120 ADR.

Gfinity Spring Series 2018 North America

Bo3

Mythic

2 - 0

Polar Ace

All maps

Mythic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
James 'hazed' Cobb	55 - 27	+28	113.2	80.9%	1.77
Todd 'anger' Williams	41 - 28	+13	83.7	76.6%	1.31
Erik 'fl0m' Flom	38 - 24	+14	80.2	74.5%	1.25
Eric 'adreN' Hoag	32 - 25	+7	82.0	74.5%	1.21
Adam 'Polen' Polen	29 - 24	+5	80.2	78.7%	1.17

Polar Ace	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Cole 'Meech' Salm	32 - 39	-7	82.7	59.6%	0.98
Alec 'Vita^' D'amico	28 - 36	-8	73.4	66.0%	0.89
Colby 'Walco' Walsh	26 - 38	-12	70.3	55.3%	0.84
Jerric 'wiz' Jiang	25 - 44	-19	66.1	63.8%	0.67
Riley 'Salmify' Salm	17 - 38	-21	40.1	53.2%	0.44

Maps

hazed33 kills

Most kills

hazed1.73 rating

Best rating

hazed1.89 rating

Best t-side

hazed1.61 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

hazed22 kills

Most kills

hazed1.86 rating

Best rating

hazed3.65 rating

Best t-side

Polen1.75 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

The next match to complete was the most controversial of the playoff matches, in which the little known Zclan took down MDL team Fam143 2-1. On Nuke, Zclan held control of the match for most of the game, Fam143 only ever managing three rounds in a row. Jake "shag" W. was the one to show up for Zclan on Nuke, picking up 30 frags.

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On Cache, it was quite easy for the Fam143, as after Zclan won the first four rounds, the MDL side went 16-3 in rounds. Caleb "jaychancE" Davis went huge for Fam143 and picked up 33 kills in the 16-7 win. The decider map proceeded to then be a stomp for Zclan, with Grant "chundie" Jay putting up 122 ADR.

Afterwards, some MDL players reviewed the demos of the matches, and many accusations of cheating were levelled at the Zclan players. Here are two clips of Justin "NEX" McLellan and Erik "fl0m" Flom watching two different rounds.

EDIT: After this article was posted, CEVO overturned the match, giving Fam143 the win, and both "catgirl" and "slayer" have received bans. Zclan have been disqualified, with EGO receiving a forfeit win in the lower bracket.

In the fourth match of UB round one, Grizzlys took on Dignitas fe. The male side took the win 2-0. On Overpass, Dignitas fe actually got off to a strong lead, and took a 10-5 CT half lead over the fully Canadian side. Grizzlys set up a powerful defense, and Mathieu "INCREDIBLE" Bergeron helped to secure the map win for his team.

Train was an extremely one-sided affair, with Francis "NANO" Tremblay putting up 120 ADR to push Grizzlys to victory.

Gfinity Spring Series 2018 North America

Bo3

Grizzlys

2 - 0

Dignitas fe

All maps

Grizzlys	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Mathieu 'INCRED' Bergeron	40 - 24	+16	86.0	80.9%	1.41
David 'J0LZ' Jolin	44 - 25	+19	88.6	76.6%	1.39
Francis 'NANO' Tremblay	39 - 24	+15	87.2	78.7%	1.36
Cedric 'Melio' Perrault	36 - 22	+14	74.6	76.6%	1.28
Samuel 'Kizy' Leclerc-Dulong	24 - 33	-9	68.7	80.9%	1.05

Dignitas fe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' Garrido	29 - 33	-4	62.6	63.8%	0.97
Catherine 'cath' Leroux	29 - 37	-8	76.1	66.0%	0.94
Amanda 'rain' Smith	28 - 37	-9	70.4	76.6%	0.93
Carolyn 'artStar' Noquez	26 - 39	-13	66.4	57.4%	0.79
Kiara 'm1lky' Makua	16 - 38	-22	35.5	53.2%	0.50

Maps

J0LZ22 kills

Most kills

INCRED1.26 rating

Best rating

INCRED1.31 rating

Best t-side

Melio2.06 rating

Best ct-side

Overpass Rounds

J0LZ22 kills

Most kills

NANO1.77 rating

Best rating

J0LZ3.40 rating

Best t-side

NANO1.65 rating

Best ct-side

Train Rounds

Next up was Infamous vs Glockoma, which ended as an easy win for the MDL team in two map. In-game leader Josh "JoshRT" Lee took up the reigns on Mirage and secured a 1.76 rating while Brendan "Bwills" Williams took the lead on Cache for a 1.90 rating of his own.

Gfinity Spring Series 2018 North America

Bo3

Infamous

2 - 0

Glockoma

All maps

Infamous	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Josh 'JoshRT' Lee	39 - 20	+19	104.6	87.5%	1.70
Brendan 'Bwills' Williams	48 - 22	+26	111.3	82.5%	1.69
Nassir 'rugrat' Francique	28 - 20	+8	75.1	85.0%	1.36
Mike 'real_bM' Desanto	35 - 22	+13	91.3	77.5%	1.34
Blake 'Strings' Stringer	24 - 29	-5	69.7	75.0%	0.93

Glockoma	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Jake 'Dolzy' Amendola	30 - 32	-2	70.7	67.5%	0.93
Joel 'jcrueL' Cruel	26 - 33	-7	65.9	57.5%	0.81
Elvis 'tomford' Cavalic	21 - 35	-14	63.6	55.0%	0.67
Justin 'Tee' Boylan	18 - 36	-18	63.0	52.5%	0.62
Timothy 'Timmy' Bristow	17 - 38	-21	61.0	55.0%	0.54

Maps

real_bM21 kills

Most kills

JoshRT1.76 rating

Best rating

JoshRT1.99 rating

Best t-side

Strings2.17 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

Bwills29 kills

Most kills

Bwills1.90 rating

Best rating

JoshRT2.65 rating

Best t-side

Bwills2.04 rating

Best ct-side

Cache Rounds

Four members of oNe were actually in Brazil at the time of their match against STORMBORNS, which resulted in team coach Olavo "chucky" Napoleão standing in for Alencar "trk" Rossato. Despite this, the full South American side easily won the match 2-0 (16-5 Cache, 16-5 Dust II). Victor "iDk" Torraca and Nicolas "NikoM" Miozzi were the two top performers on the two maps, each securing at least 24 frags, respectively.

Gfinity Spring Series 2018 North America

Bo3

TeamOne

2 - 0

Stormborns

All maps

TeamOne	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Victor 'iDk' Torraca	46 - 24	+22	111.0	85.7%	1.76
Nicolas 'NikoM' Miozzi	44 - 24	+20	102.1	76.2%	1.62
Olavo 'chucky' Napoleão	34 - 22	+12	82.6	83.3%	1.44
Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos	34 - 23	+11	83.3	81.0%	1.37
Jean-Michel 'mch' D'Oliveira	27 - 17	+10	75.0	83.3%	1.34

Stormborns	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Eduardo 'Link' Osuna	13 - 18	-5	73.8	61.9%	0.86
Matheus 'bzkA' Tarasconi	26 - 35	-9	75.8	66.7%	0.83
Ignacio 'Kracket' Lira	25 - 37	-12	67.5	54.8%	0.75
Manousos 'fows' Kouidis	25 - 38	-13	65.5	45.2%	0.62
Victor 'vicX' Lé	13 - 37	-24	46.6	47.6%	0.46
Andrew 'Enfohip' Moebus	8 - 20	-12	55.0	52.4%	0.39

Maps

iDk24 kills

Most kills

iDk1.83 rating

Best rating

iDk2.34 rating

Best t-side

mch2.24 rating

Best ct-side

Cache Rounds

NikoM27 kills

Most kills

NikoM2.18 rating

Best rating

NikoM2.53 rating

Best t-side

iDk1.30 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

Las Vegas MiniGunners faced The Mad Lads, which featured Torqued and Freedom 35 duo Sam "4sh0t" Mariano and Neil "montE" Montgomery alongside ESEA banned Canadians Victor "cardiac" Kwan and Loic "effys" Sauvageau. Despite the MDL level experience, the Las Vegas side took the win 2-0 (16-13 Nuke, 16-8 Inferno). Nuke was extremely back and forth, with the MiniGunners edging out the half lead 9-6. Despite the good play of montE, LVMG managed to close out the game 16-13.

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The Mad Lads got off to a great 7-2 start on Inferno, but proceed to go 1-14 in rounds to eventually lose the match. Christopher "Spriggals" Spriggs was the one to step in the comeback turned stomp, picking up 24 kills.

Gfinity Spring Series 2018 North America

Bo3

Las Vegas MiniGunners

2 - 0

The Mad Lads

All maps

Las Vegas MiniGunners	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Christopher 'Spriggals' Spriggs	48 - 35	+13	98.2	84.9%	1.32
Bishop 'BishUP' Dawson	45 - 38	+7	97.2	73.6%	1.28
Stephen 'SGM' Mechan	34 - 34	+0	67.4	79.2%	1.08
Devon 'pfitter' Self	35 - 36	-1	67.1	71.7%	1.02
Daniel 'stomp' Pomerantz	33 - 40	-7	55.9	66.0%	0.85

The Mad Lads	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Nathan 'leaf' Orf	46 - 40	+6	84.0	67.9%	1.20
Neil 'montE' Montgomery	40 - 38	+2	83.6	71.7%	1.12
Sam '4sh0t' Mariano	37 - 42	-5	85.8	73.6%	1.11
Victor 'cardiac' Kwan	35 - 36	-1	79.4	71.7%	1.10
Loic 'effys' Sauvageau	24 - 40	-16	54.3	66.0%	0.74

Maps

leaf27 kills

Most kills

montE1.30 rating

Best rating

leaf1.64 rating

Best t-side

BishUP1.38 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

Spriggals24 kills

Most kills

Spriggals1.40 rating

Best rating

Spriggals1.98 rating

Best t-side

BishUP1.16 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

What would have been the final match of this round between Broken Alliance and Atlas ended up being a forfeit win for Atlas.

Upper bracket round two will take place tomorrow at 9:00 PM EDT with these matchups:

oNe	vs	Atlas
Grizzlys	vs	Infamous
Fam143	vs	Mythic
Las Vegas MiniGunners	vs	AZIO

The lower bracket is set to begin on the 27th at 9:00 PM EDT with these matchups:

The Mad Lads	vs	13th Hour
Glockoma	vs	Dignitas fe
Broken Alliance	vs	STORMBORNS

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