Misfits rip through FlipSid3 in their opening game
The next opening game saw the American Misfits face off against Russia's FlipSid3. The two sides both had players looking for a return to Major action as they faced off on Overpass.
It was Misfits to start the game, blasting out onto their T-side with the pistol round, before following that up with the anti-ecos. From there Misfits claimed the first full buy round and followed that up with the next. Round six saw FlipSid3 claim a round, thanks to marvellous play from Yegor "markeloff" Markelov in a 1vs3 clutch, but that was all for the Russians as Misfits instantly answered back the round afterwards.
With David "devoduvek" Dobrosavljevic and François "AmaNEk" Delaunay linking up in the previous rounds, Hunter "SicK" Mims joined in with the oncoming rounds to keep up their run. Round after round, the Americans held off their opponents in every round to the half, taking with them a monstrous 14-1 lead.
The second half appeared to be a reprieve for FlipSid3, as they claimed the pistol round on their T-side. They followed it up with two strong anti-eco rounds, but that was to be it for them. Misfits secured the final two rounds, with Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan and AmaNEk linking up to take the final round, for a 16-4 win.
FlipSid3Misfits| FlipSid3 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jan 'wayLander' Rahkonen |
21 - 16 | +5 | 100.2 | 80.0% | 1.26 |
| Georgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin |
10 - 14 | -4 | 60.2 | 60.0% | 0.75 |
| Denis 'seized' Kostin |
10 - 18 | -8 | 71.4 | 60.0% | 0.71 |
 Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov |
10 - 16 | -6 | 54.6 | 60.0% | 0.65 |
| Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy |
5 - 16 | -11 | 41.5 | 55.0% | 0.46 |
| Misfits |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 David 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevic |
21 - 7 | +14 | 109.7 | 80.0% | 1.83 |
| François 'AMANEK' Delaunay |
18 - 11 | +7 | 75.9 | 90.0% | 1.50 |
 Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan |
15 - 11 | +4 | 69.0 | 90.0% | 1.42 |
| Hunter 'SicK' Mims |
14 - 11 | +3 | 67.2 | 75.0% | 1.29 |
| Sean 'seang@res' Gares |
12 - 16 | -4 | 89.4 | 85.0% | 1.24 |
Next up in Atlanta will be Sprout taking on Space Soldiers. The next, and final, North American game in the opening round will see Cloud9 take on EnVyUs at 6:45pm ET.
