by OnlyJoshinTV
Welcome to The Recap, a new weekly content series covering Counter-Strike in the ANZ region with a touch of global action here and there. We aim to provide a regular series covering our region, from ESEA Open, ECL, and global events, to local LAN and online tournaments hosted here at home.
LE-LUX Esports win ESEA Open Season 50
The ESEA Open Season 50 has finished with the grand final being played on a beautiful Saturday night in Australia, and it was LE-LUX who proved that teamwork makes the dream work, achieving their dream of being promoted to ECL Season 49!
LE-LUX Esports took on the relatively unknown Rebound roster, who was quite impressive with their run which included knocking Gods Work, Underground and Fresh Food People to the lower bracket.
LE-LUX had to fight from the lower bracket fighting all the teams that Rebound sent packing. After taking down Fresh Food People, they had booked a date with Rebound in the grand final.
The match was a close affair with the smallest of moments having the largest of impacts. LE-LUX took Anubis (13-9) to get their foot in the door. Stttxx’s111.2 ADR for Rebound was in vain on Anubis.
The second map of Mirage (13-11) was a lot closer but the inconsistency among Rebound’s team cost them. Stttxx once again had 116 ADR but FnTeYuzi‘s 32.8 ADR really cost Rebound again. LE-LUX were all even across the board with nobody having less than 60 ADR. It proves that you really need all of your team performing to get yourself over the line.
The third map of Dust2 (13-11) was more of the same where Stttxx once again had 131.3 ADR but even this wasn’t enough to get map on the board for Rebound. LE-LUX had TEEEEEEAAAA and COOOOOOOFEE heating it up with 106.7 and 93 ADR respectively. (What an appropriate pair!)
I feel that we haven’t see the last of Stttxx, I think a lot of teams might be scoping him out after a huge performance for a losing team.
Jks’s Liquid exit ESL Pro League 20 after a vicious third map stomping from G2
Jks was the sole Australian that headed into the playoffs, but his run ended in ESL Pro League 20 after a loss to G2 on Friday. Liquid’s results looked encouraging given that this is a relatively new roster, and nobody expected too much from the new polish AWPer, ultimate.
It seemed to be G2’s day with a 13-3 on Liquid’s map pick of Inferno and a stomp was on the cards thanks in part to m0NESY who was hitting every single shot—Liquid seemed to have no answer for him.
However, a perfect T side on Mirage for Liquid shoved the pressure back on G2. Jks and Twistzz were paramount with 124.8 ADR and 117.2 ADR respectively.
For those hoping for a Liquid comeback, Nuke ended up just a replay of Inferno where m0NESY once again absolutely dominated play. Liquid bowed out in the quarter-finals.
What a chaotic quarter-finals, I am trying to think the last time where the series was 2-1 but both teams stomped their opponent on their opponent’s map pick.
ESL Challenger League – Season 48
September 18
Housebets and Mindfreak split the points which has put Mindfreak in an incredibly strong position to make playoffs once again.
The first map Nuke ended 13-10 to Housebets thanks to an amazing performance from apocdud who peaked with 90 ADR and 101 ADR on the T side of Nuke.
The second map Inferno ended 13-5 to Mindfreak which was mainly on the back of an insane performance by pain who sported a 136.1 ADR with the AWP. He dominated the stats column with the most assists and most AWP kills—it would be only apocdud to deny him the honours of the most first kills.
The result allows Mindfreak to retain its three-map buffer for its playoff chances and Housebets to sneak into the top five. It is starting to look like that the madness at the beginning of the season is starting to fade out.
That is it for the recap today! If you want to check out what we think about who would make it on an Oceanic super team, click here (I’m surprised that jks wasn’t included in it!).