Nouns survive Bad News Capybaras scare in new roster's debut
Nouns debuted in ESL Challenger Season 49 with two narrow victories over Bad News Capybaras last night. The 19-year-old rifler Jaxon "Peeping" Cornwell was undoubtedly the MVP of these best-of-ones as he dropped 49 kills across Mirage and Dust2, and helped to push Nouns over the finish line.
The first best-of-one was played on Mirage and Bad News Capybaras pushed Nouns even though they lost the first half by 8-4 and an important anti-eco in the second half.
Despite Peeping being the one with the most kills on Nouns' T-side, Paytyn "junior" Johnson secured the map for Nouns with a 1v2 clutch to deny the retake on the B bombsite.
Nouns| Nouns |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jaxon 'Peeping' Cornwell |
24 - 14 | +10 | 95.9 | 95.8% | 1.55 |
| Paytyn 'junior' Johnson |
24 - 14 | +10 | 100.4 | 75.0% | 1.44 |
| William 'RUSH' Wierzba |
17 - 18 | -1 | 79.7 | 70.8% | 1.11 |
| Matthew 'Cryptic' Whitmore |
16 - 19 | -3 | 72.6 | 66.7% | 0.91 |
| Christopher 'cJ dA K1nG' Jones |
14 - 16 | -2 | 72.7 | 70.8% | 0.85 |
| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William 'LaffyTs' Robertin |
22 - 17 | +5 | 90.5 | 70.8% | 1.41 |
 Sebastian 'cbass' Bentancor |
20 - 19 | +1 | 82.8 | 62.5% | 1.14 |
| Caleb 'jchancE' Davis |
14 - 16 | -2 | 62.4 | 62.5% | 1.02 |
| Kevin 'Grave' Le |
13 - 22 | -9 | 70.0 | 70.8% | 0.84 |
| Gabriel 'Gabe' Shah |
11 - 21 | -10 | 65.7 | 62.5% | 0.67 |
The teams headed to Dust2 for the second best-of-one and Nouns found their groove on the T-side after the match was tied 8-8.
Nouns won four rounds in a row off the back of consistent performances from Peeping and IGL Matthew "Cryptic" Whitmore leaving Bad News Capybara's economy in shambles, which helped them to close out the map.
Nouns| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb 'jchancE' Davis |
19 - 16 | +3 | 100.0 | 72.7% | 1.57 |
| Sebastian 'cbass' Bentancor |
14 - 19 | -5 | 61.7 | 50.0% | 0.89 |
| William 'LaffyTs' Robertin |
13 - 17 | -4 | 64.9 | 54.5% | 0.88 |
| Kevin 'Grave' Le |
12 - 17 | -5 | 76.3 | 72.7% | 0.81 |
| Gabriel 'Gabe' Shah |
10 - 20 | -10 | 43.8 | 54.5% | 0.55 |
| Nouns |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew 'Cryptic' Whitmore |
25 - 15 | +10 | 103.9 | 90.9% | 1.55 |
| Jaxon 'Peeping' Cornwell |
25 - 15 | +10 | 117.8 | 68.2% | 1.41 |
| Christopher 'cJ dA K1nG' Jones |
14 - 12 | +2 | 83.5 | 86.4% | 1.27 |
| William 'RUSH' Wierzba |
11 - 11 | +0 | 50.5 | 86.4% | 1.13 |
| Paytyn 'junior' Johnson |
14 - 15 | -1 | 72.0 | 86.4% | 1.00 |
Nouns will play against Alter Iron, who lost to NRG on their debut, tonight in ECL S49 NA at 09:00PM.
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