Rogue, oNe, and FURIA advance to StarSeries qualifier playoffs
Rogue and oNe have emerged as the two victors of Group A in the StarSeries i-League Season 7 qualifier, while FURIA are the first team from Group B to net themselves a playoffs spot of their own.
oNe were able to secure their berth in the playoffs by narrowly edging out a 2-0 win over Rogue in the Group A winners' match, with the Brazilian side overcoming a star performance by Jesper "TENZKI" Plougmann to edge out Inferno 19-15 and Overpass 16-12.
RogueTeamOne| Rogue |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann |
58 - 38 | +20 | 91.2 | 79.0% | 1.44 |
 Daniel 'vice' Kim |
37 - 45 | -8 | 67.9 | 69.4% | 0.97 |
| Hunter 'SicK' Mims |
36 - 43 | -7 | 68.5 | 61.3% | 0.90 |
| Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen |
35 - 53 | -18 | 66.9 | 66.1% | 0.87 |
| Spencer 'Hiko' Martin |
30 - 40 | -10 | 58.3 | 72.6% | 0.80 |
| TeamOne |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos |
60 - 39 | +21 | 95.0 | 77.4% | 1.41 |
 Nicolas 'NikoM' Miozzi |
44 - 40 | +4 | 78.9 | 80.6% | 1.13 |
| Alencar 'trk' Rossato |
36 - 34 | +2 | 66.7 | 74.2% | 1.06 |
| Victor 'iDk' Torraca |
42 - 43 | -1 | 74.0 | 67.7% | 1.06 |
| Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima |
37 - 40 | -3 | 68.8 | 72.6% | 1.00 |
Due to Anthony "gMd" Guimond being ill, Spacestation were forced to field coach Matthew "mCe" Elmore in their first map against Vireo.pro for the Group A elimination matchup. With Ben "ben1337" Smith in tow, Vireo.pro nabbed themselves a 2-0 win to face Rogue in the Group decider.
Vireo.proSpacestation| Vireo.pro |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky 'floppy' Kemery |
56 - 30 | +26 | 115.6 | 80.9% | 1.72 |
| Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue |
43 - 24 | +19 | 94.4 | 68.1% | 1.40 |
| Robert 'robby' Brown |
38 - 32 | +6 | 85.7 | 78.7% | 1.20 |
| Brenden 'stellar' McGrath |
17 - 25 | -8 | 54.6 | 76.6% | 0.91 |
| Ben 'ben1337' Smith |
21 - 32 | -11 | 53.0 | 59.6% | 0.72 |
| Spacestation |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 David 'DAVEY' Stafford |
46 - 36 | +10 | 99.7 | 70.2% | 1.30 |
| Ryan 'Snakes' Amann |
31 - 31 | +0 | 74.4 | 70.2% | 1.04 |
| Michael 'Grim' Wince |
25 - 34 | -9 | 64.0 | 74.5% | 0.92 |
| Matthew 'mCe' Elmore |
10 - 18 | -8 | 60.2 | 69.2% | 0.69 |
| Chad 'Oderus' Miller |
22 - 39 | -17 | 44.4 | 55.3% | 0.64 |
| Anthony 'gMd' Guimond |
8 - 18 | -10 | 45.2 | 52.4% | 0.51 |
Despite Ricardo "Rickeh" Mulholland returning to the United States, Rogue chose to continue playing the qualifier with TENZKI due to having practiced with the player over the past weeks. That practice paid dividends as Rogue made quick work of Vireo.pro, putting up a 13-2 halftime score on the first map and continuing their momentum into the opening half of map two, netting a 2-0 win for the EPL squad.
Vireo.proRogue| Vireo.pro |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue |
41 - 39 | +2 | 77.7 | 64.8% | 1.04 |
| Ricky 'floppy' Kemery |
35 - 40 | -5 | 67.6 | 66.7% | 0.97 |
| Ben 'ben1337' Smith |
33 - 44 | -11 | 74.6 | 63.0% | 0.92 |
| Robert 'robby' Brown |
34 - 39 | -5 | 74.8 | 61.1% | 0.89 |
| Brenden 'stellar' McGrath |
22 - 36 | -14 | 50.0 | 59.3% | 0.70 |
| Rogue |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel 'vice' Kim |
44 - 31 | +13 | 86.1 | 74.1% | 1.30 |
| Hunter 'SicK' Mims |
46 - 33 | +13 | 87.0 | 74.1% | 1.29 |
| Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen |
39 - 31 | +8 | 82.3 | 72.2% | 1.25 |
| Spencer 'Hiko' Martin |
31 - 32 | -1 | 70.2 | 72.2% | 1.02 |
| Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann |
38 - 40 | -2 | 72.3 | 66.7% | 1.00 |
In Group B, FURIA made short work of Singularity in their opening matchup, dispatching of Victor "food" Wong and co. with a 16-8 win on Cache before cruising through Train 16-4 for a 2-0 series win. Singularity managed to keep themselves alive by defeating Mythic in the group decider matchup 2-1, falling on Dust2 in overtime before decidedly securing Mirage and Overpass.
SingularityFURIA| Singularity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina |
25 - 33 | -8 | 64.0 | 59.1% | 0.86 |
| Cameron 'cam' Kern |
21 - 34 | -13 | 65.1 | 56.8% | 0.76 |
| Victor 'food' Wong |
27 - 40 | -13 | 68.5 | 54.5% | 0.74 |
| Josh 'oSee' Ohm |
25 - 36 | -11 | 54.8 | 50.0% | 0.66 |
| Ryan 'ryann' Welsh |
15 - 37 | -22 | 43.9 | 47.7% | 0.46 |
| FURIA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei 'arT' Piovezan |
44 - 24 | +20 | 102.1 | 81.8% | 1.66 |
| Yuri 'yuurih' Santos |
43 - 21 | +22 | 93.6 | 84.1% | 1.61 |
| Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato |
32 - 16 | +16 | 84.8 | 88.6% | 1.45 |
| Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo |
37 - 27 | +10 | 89.0 | 75.0% | 1.26 |
| Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior |
24 - 25 | -1 | 56.8 | 77.3% | 0.98 |
SingularityMythic| Singularity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron 'cam' Kern |
79 - 53 | +26 | 91.7 | 78.2% | 1.37 |
| Victor 'food' Wong |
68 - 54 | +14 | 80.2 | 72.4% | 1.15 |
| Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina |
62 - 62 | +0 | 79.2 | 70.1% | 1.11 |
| Josh 'oSee' Ohm |
59 - 53 | +6 | 73.4 | 67.8% | 1.09 |
| Ryan 'ryann' Welsh |
54 - 54 | +0 | 67.4 | 77.0% | 1.05 |
| Mythic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik 'fl0m' Flom |
61 - 61 | +0 | 79.5 | 65.5% | 1.02 |
| James 'hazed' Cobb |
59 - 69 | -10 | 76.3 | 62.1% | 0.93 |
| Todd 'anger' Williams |
55 - 66 | -11 | 72.4 | 57.5% | 0.88 |
| Adam 'Polen' Polen |
53 - 62 | -9 | 63.4 | 59.8% | 0.86 |
| Eric 'adreN' Hoag |
48 - 64 | -16 | 63.7 | 66.7% | 0.80 |
Envy's opening bout was far less clear-cut, with Mythic initially taking a 10-5 lead on Dust2 before Envy forced a comeback in the second half, taking eight rounds straight to win the map after being down 8-14. The two teams split 8-7 halves on Train, with Envy once again coming back from being down 9-14 to take the map into overtime, where they narrowly edged out the win.
EnvyMythic| Envy |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt 'Pollo' Wilson |
60 - 47 | +13 | 96.5 | 76.1% | 1.23 |
| Josh 'jdm64' Marzano |
49 - 44 | +5 | 70.6 | 74.6% | 1.14 |
| Noah 'Nifty' Francis |
46 - 41 | +5 | 69.7 | 76.1% | 1.12 |
| Taylor 'Drone' Johnson |
50 - 44 | +6 | 66.0 | 73.2% | 1.10 |
| Stephen 'reltuC' Cutler |
49 - 50 | -1 | 82.7 | 66.2% | 1.04 |
| Mythic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik 'fl0m' Flom |
56 - 43 | +13 | 76.4 | 69.0% | 1.20 |
| James 'hazed' Cobb |
49 - 50 | -1 | 72.3 | 63.4% | 1.07 |
| Eric 'adreN' Hoag |
48 - 49 | -1 | 70.2 | 67.6% | 0.91 |
| Todd 'anger' Williams |
39 - 61 | -22 | 74.7 | 62.0% | 0.80 |
| Adam 'Polen' Polen |
34 - 51 | -17 | 56.1 | 59.2% | 0.76 |
Kaike "kscerato" Cerato stepped up to bat in FURIA's Group B winners' matchup against Envy. The Brazilians handily took their own pick of Cache 16-6 before Envy contested on map two, with both teams battling into triple overtime before the American side edged out the map to take the series to a decider of Train. There, Envy managed to fend off the Brazilian offense for eight CT side rounds, but were unable to replicate FURIA's T side performance with kscerato and co. taking the win 16-11.
FURIAEnvy| FURIA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato |
80 - 44 | +36 | 84.5 | 80.0% | 1.37 |
| Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo |
77 - 62 | +15 | 90.6 | 75.8% | 1.27 |
| Yuri 'yuurih' Santos |
73 - 60 | +13 | 90.2 | 76.8% | 1.22 |
| Andrei 'arT' Piovezan |
65 - 64 | +1 | 68.7 | 71.6% | 1.04 |
| Rinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior |
47 - 50 | -3 | 56.7 | 74.7% | 0.94 |
| Envy |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt 'Pollo' Wilson |
62 - 66 | -4 | 69.3 | 62.1% | 0.99 |
| Josh 'jdm64' Marzano |
59 - 70 | -11 | 61.7 | 69.5% | 0.89 |
| Noah 'Nifty' Francis |
55 - 75 | -20 | 77.4 | 56.8% | 0.88 |
| Taylor 'Drone' Johnson |
55 - 68 | -13 | 63.6 | 60.0% | 0.85 |
| Stephen 'reltuC' Cutler |
48 - 63 | -15 | 61.4 | 62.1% | 0.82 |
The final matchup of the group stage will see Singularity and Envy battle it out for the final playoffs spot in the Group B decider matchup, set to kick off at 9 PM EST tomorrow.
