Stay Frosty win NCS Minor Philadelphia
Stay Frosty, a squad featuring a mix of NCS regulars from MDL and Advanced, claimed first place at the NCS Minor in Philadelphia yesterday, not dropping a single map in the process.
In the first matchup of the playoffs bracket, Stay Frosty faced off against Mock and the Rocks, a mix-team featuring players from Advanced and Main. Starting off on Stay Frosty’s map pick of Train, Mock and the Rocks put up a fierce opposition, taking Stay Frosty into double digits, however, Stay Frosty were able to claim map one 16-12. Moving onto Mirage, Stay Frosty would eventually win the series 19-17 after putting up eight rounds in a row on their T-side after losing their CT half 10-5.
| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael 'agM' Abood |
62 - 38 | +24 | 94.9 | 70.3% | 1.45 |
| Colton 'BASE' Musella |
47 - 46 | +1 | 81.8 | 71.9% | 1.16 |
| Bryce 'PureR' Lovell |
54 - 50 | +4 | 84.0 | 62.5% | 1.12 |
| Brenden 'stellar' McGrath |
47 - 45 | +2 | 83.7 | 76.6% | 1.10 |
| Thomas 'tconnors' Connors |
28 - 45 | -17 | 56.9 | 65.6% | 0.77 |
| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric 'Kanpeki' Xu |
64 - 48 | +16 | 112.0 | 75.0% | 1.46 |
| Alex 'heaty' G |
43 - 45 | -2 | 69.2 | 75.0% | 1.01 |
| Patrick 'mock' Meringolo |
40 - 49 | -9 | 69.1 | 65.6% | 0.87 |
| Daniel 'stomp' Pomerantz |
39 - 48 | -9 | 63.8 | 65.6% | 0.86 |
| Timothy 'timothy' Warner |
38 - 48 | -10 | 64.2 | 57.8% | 0.78 |
On the other side of the bracket, Big Chillin would narrowly take the first map from x1 Mob 16-14, owing in part to a strong performance from Rossein "Conan-Kun" Choeng who netted a 1.75 rating on Mirage. After this x1 Mob would answer back by taking Inferno 16-12, however Big Chillin would advance to the finals after besting x1 Mob 16-7 on Dust2.
Big Chillin| Big Chillin |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossein 'Conan-Kun' Choeng |
91 - 52 | +39 | 107.8 | 70.4% | 1.61 |
| Nick 'squidah' McDonald |
54 - 57 | -3 | 81.9 | 74.1% | 1.04 |
| Matt 'dvl' Buechel |
47 - 45 | +2 | 65.9 | 71.6% | 1.03 |
| Brandon 'ultimax' Benigno |
50 - 49 | +1 | 61.4 | 64.2% | 0.92 |
| Charles 'chops' Schopperle |
47 - 55 | -8 | 68.2 | 66.7% | 0.91 |
| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan 'Hiki' O'Kane |
63 - 59 | +4 | 79.6 | 71.6% | 1.13 |
| Ryan 'Church' Church |
54 - 56 | -2 | 80.8 | 64.2% | 1.06 |
| Jonathon 'Mala' Mahalchick |
49 - 51 | -2 | 65.3 | 63.0% | 0.99 |
| Abel 'aebr' Berrocal |
51 - 62 | -11 | 61.0 | 66.7% | 0.85 |
| Jasper 'sfX' Ko |
41 - 62 | -21 | 66.4 | 64.2% | 0.82 |
In the finals, Stay Frosty faced off against Big Chillin, in a rematch of the Underwatch Boston NCS Minor. On Dust2, Stay Frosty left Big Chillin out in the cold, absolutely dominating the team to take the map 16-2. Following their loss on Dust2, Big Chillin failed to regroup, with Stay Frosty again putting up a dominant performance on Inferno winning the series and the event with a 16-8 finish.
Big Chillin| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenden 'stellar' McGrath |
45 - 22 | +23 | 94.2 | 85.7% | 1.61 |
| Michael 'agM' Abood |
38 - 21 | +17 | 91.6 | 83.3% | 1.52 |
| Bryce 'PureR' Lovell |
35 - 29 | +6 | 109.4 | 71.4% | 1.34 |
| Colton 'BASE' Musella |
34 - 26 | +8 | 82.7 | 76.2% | 1.31 |
| Thomas 'tconnors' Connors |
30 - 16 | +14 | 72.6 | 81.0% | 1.28 |
| Big Chillin |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossein 'Conan-Kun' Choeng |
24 - 36 | -12 | 72.2 | 69.0% | 0.88 |
| Nick 'squidah' McDonald |
25 - 35 | -10 | 74.3 | 61.9% | 0.86 |
| Charles 'chops' Schopperle |
22 - 37 | -15 | 64.1 | 50.0% | 0.69 |
| Matt 'dvl' Buechel |
21 - 36 | -15 | 54.2 | 66.7% | 0.69 |
| Brandon 'ultimax' Benigno |
21 - 38 | -17 | 49.7 | 61.9% | 0.59 |
The top four teams of the NCS Minor Philadelphia were:
1. Stay Frosty (agM, PureR, stellar, tconnors, BASE) - $1,750
2. Big Chillin (chops, Conan-Kun, dvl, ultimax, squidah) -$750
3-4. Mock and the Rocks (mock, stomp, Kanpeki, timothy, heaty)
3-4. x1 Mob (sfX, Church, Hiki, Mala, aebr)
The full results can be seen here.
