M80's T-side Train troubles cost them in opener against TYLOO
NA's overall performance at the BLAST.tv Austin Major continues to disappoint, as M80 falls to TYLOO on Train in the first round of Stage Two.
Train started a bit messy for M80, who looked somewhat disjointed on their CT side. But despite trailing 1-3 early, M80 regained some momentum and made a huge first round recovery, winning seven of the next eight rounds to take an 8-4 lead into the second half.
TYLOO started the second half strong by winning a hectic second half pistol round and instantly erasing the M80 lead after four rounds. TYLOO did not let off the gas, and reached a 12-8 lead, but an Elias "s1n" Stein triple rescued M80 from a second half shutout. But in the following round, despite a triple from Mason "Lake" Sanderson after a quiet performance all game, Yang "JamYoung" Yi clutched a 1v2 retake he had no business winning to lock in the Train victory 13-9.
M80TYLOO| M80 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ethan 'reck' Serrano |
19 - 14 | +5 | 86.7 | 68.2% | 1.24 |
| Michael 'Swisher' Schmid |
16 - 15 | +1 | 94.3 | 81.8% | 1.13 |
 Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich |
14 - 11 | +3 | 52.5 | 72.7% | 1.00 |
| Elias 's1n' Stein |
11 - 15 | -4 | 69.6 | 63.6% | 0.90 |
| Mason 'Lake' Sanderson |
7 - 19 | -12 | 44.5 | 54.5% | 0.55 |
| TYLOO |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 YuanZhang 'Attacker' Sheng |
19 - 16 | +3 | 92.0 | 72.7% | 1.35 |
| Yi 'JamYoung' Yang |
14 - 12 | +2 | 75.8 | 77.3% | 1.20 |
| Dongkai 'Jee' Ji |
17 - 13 | +4 | 66.0 | 72.7% | 1.10 |
| Qianhao 'Moseyuh' Chen |
14 - 13 | +1 | 71.5 | 86.4% | 1.06 |
| Jingxiang 'Mercury' Wang |
10 - 13 | -3 | 63.8 | 72.7% | 0.94 |
M80's firepower completely disappeared in the second half, and the team's rising star Mason "Lake" Sanderson was held to just seven kills, with that final round triple being the only three kills he got all second half.
Heading into round two, M80 will have to find a way to win versus OG to avoid going into the 0-2 pool.
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