Orbit over Epsilon to playoffs in Tours

Orbit defeated Epsilon 2-1 in the Group A decider match to advance to the playoffs in Tours (13-16 on Dust2, 19-15 on Mirage, 16-13 on Train).

The first best-of-three at the DreamHack Regional Minor Championship Europe at DH Tours 2016 was between Orbit and Epsilon. Epsilon lost to Dignitas in their first match but were able to eliminate SK while Orbit won against SK in their first game but lost to dignitas in the winners' match.

The CT-sided Swedish team, Epsilon, secured the first pistol round on Dust2 despite a 3v5 disadvantage and went on to make it 4-0. Orbit tied it at 4-4 with fairly dominant rounds but Epsilon replied to take back the lead (5-4).

Having broken their opponent's economy, Orbit kept getting rounds without losing many players and they led 10-5 at halftime, picking up nine of the last ten rounds. Epsilon repeated their pistol round success in the second half and grabbed the first four rounds of the half.

xelos & co. move on

The Swedes tied the game at 10-10 after William "⁠draken⁠" Sundin clutched a 1vs1 and took the lead as draken won another 1vs1. Epsilon made it 15-12 and despite losing a force buy, they closed it out 16-13.

Epsilon once again started on the CT-side, winning the first pistol round of Mirage with Fredrik "⁠freddieb⁠" Buö's quad kill. Jerry "⁠xelos⁠" Råberg & company earned the fourth round with effective trades but Orbit were able to secure three of their own and trailed 9-6 at halftime.

Orbit won their first pistol round of the series in the second half but lost the anti-eco (10-7). Four consecutive bomb defuses gave the lead to the Bulgarians and they extended their lead to 13-10 but the Swedes came back as they made it 13-13. The sides were even in the regulation, thus they went to overtime. The Bulgarian team were victorious in overtime and they won Mirage 19-15.

The last map, Train, had a chaotic start but Orbit, who were on the T-side, took advantage and attained an early 6-2 lead and ended the half 10-5 in front. Although Epsilon stayed competitive, the Bulgarians secured the map 16-13 and the series 2-1.

Stats to come...

SK #18 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifCasper 'cadiaN' Møller Epsilon #37 Jerry 'xelos' RåbergWilliam 'draken' SundinJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöFredrik 'REZ' Sterner William 'draken' Sundin Age: 20 Team: Epsilon Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 102 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Dignitas #10 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannMathias 'MSL' LauridsenMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Fredrik 'freddieb' Buö Age: 21 Team: Epsilon Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 77 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 Orbit #21 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovEmiliyan 'spyleadeR' DimitrovNikolay 'nkl' KrastevViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovNikolay 'pNshr' Paunin Jerry 'xelos' Råberg Age: 23 Team: Epsilon Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 226 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68