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The favorites triumphed in today's battle for placement at the Perfect World Shanghai Major, Team Liquid defeated FURIA in the derby, and paiN Gaming put an end to the match that is taking them to China with a 13-0 victory.
In the first match of the day paiN Gaming and Team 9z played two completely different maps. On Mirage paiN took a 13-11 victory triumphing in the final round of the regular portion of the map, while on Dust2 it was a complete disaster for 9z who failed to take a single round for the entire map. Kaue "kauez" Kashcuk was unstoppable on Dust2 with an 18-5 record in frags, 124.6 damage per round and a 2.40 rating.
Jonathan "EliGE" JAblowoski led Complexity to a ticket to the Major with a convincing 2-0 win against M80. Complexity was able to hold off Anubis and draw the CT side in the first half of the game and then cruise to a 13-8 victory in the rest. At their peak, Vertigo was losing 5-7 at halftime, but then they shifted into fifth gear and took eight out of ten rounds with an excellent game on the CT side for a 13-9 triumph.
In the big derby, the two best-ranked teams in the American qualifiers, Liquid and FURIA, showed dominant play on their picks. Liquid took a 13-3 lead on Anubis, and FURIA took Dust2 by the same score. The deciding map was Inferno, where Liquid took an 8-4 lead at halftime and then extended their lead until the final 13-7 victory.">The favorites triumphed in today's battle for placement at the Perfect World Shanghai Major, Team Liquid defeated FURIA in the derby, and paiN Gaming put an end to the match that is taking them to China with a 13-0 victory.
In the first match of the day paiN Gaming and Team 9z played two completely different maps. On Mirage paiN took a 13-11 victory triumphing in the final round of the regular portion of the map, while on Dust2 it was a complete disaster for 9z who failed to take a single round for the entire map. Kaue "kauez" Kashcuk was unstoppable on Dust2 with an 18-5 record in frags, 124.6 damage per round and a 2.40 rating.
Jonathan "EliGE" JAblowoski led Complexity to a ticket to the Major with a convincing 2-0 win against M80. Complexity was able to hold off Anubis and draw the CT side in the first half of the game and then cruise to a 13-8 victory in the rest. At their peak, Vertigo was losing 5-7 at halftime, but then they shifted into fifth gear and took eight out of ten rounds with an excellent game on the CT side for a 13-9 triumph.
In the big derby, the two best-ranked teams in the American qualifiers, Liquid and FURIA, showed dominant play on their picks. Liquid took a 13-3 lead on Anubis, and FURIA took Dust2 by the same score. The deciding map was Inferno, where Liquid took an 8-4 lead at halftime and then extended their lead until the final 13-7 victory.
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Imperial fought back for another chance, defeating KRU 2-0 (13-9 Ancient, 13-7 Dust2). While RED Canids made a slight surprise and beat Legacy 2-0 (13-7 Anubis, 13-6 Mirage).
In the decisive matches of the fifth round, they play:
BEAST - M80
Imperial - RED Canids
FURIA - Team 9z
The highest-ranked team among the winners (by the total performance of their opponents) will occupy the sixth position and advance to the Major, while the remaining two teams will play a tiebreaker for the final seventh slot of the American qualifiers.">In parallel with the matches for passage, the fight for survival was also played. BESTIA managed to turn the score around and bounce back from a 9-13 loss on Dust2 against the BOSS team, which they won 13-4 on Anubis and 13-6 on Mirage. Tomas "tomaszin" Corna was the player who inspired the team's turnaround, finishing the match with 65 frags and a 1.75 rating.
Imperial fought back for another chance, defeating KRU 2-0 (13-9 Ancient, 13-7 Dust2). While RED Canids made a slight surprise and beat Legacy 2-0 (13-7 Anubis, 13-6 Mirage).
In the decisive matches of the fifth round, they play:
BEAST - M80
Imperial - RED Canids
FURIA - Team 9z
The highest-ranked team among the winners (by the total performance of their opponents) will occupy the sixth position and advance to the Major, while the remaining two teams will play a tiebreaker for the final seventh slot of the American qualifiers.
