froyotech and Crowns eSports Club have secured their spots in the upper final and top 3 finishes by defeating top-seeded Jasmine Tea and Full Tilt, respectively.
Jasmine Tea vs. froyotech
The first map of Granary looked like it would go into Jasmine Tea's favor after they secured a 2-0 lead. froyotech managed to climb back and tie the game in regulation to force an overtime round. In the overtime round, Jasmine Tea nearly won when they pushed froyotech to last, but a successful defense allowed froyotech to push all the way back and take the round to win the map 3-2.
Gullywash also proved to be close, and leads were traded back and forth until settling down tied at 3-3. Jasmine Tea looked to be in the driving seat as they held froyotech to their last point with little time remaining, but froyotech proved resilient and pushed all the way back in the final minute to take the round and map 4-3, thus knocking down the top-seeded Australian team and advancing to the upper final.
Crowns eSports Club vs. Full Tilt
On Process, the first round was a back-and-forth struggle which Crowns eSports Club eventually took after some time. Full Tilt answered back with a lightning round to tie the score. From here, Crowns eSports Club ground out the next three rounds to take a three-round lead. Full Tilt were able to contest the sixth round a bit more by pushing Crowns eSports Club to last, but they were unable to succeed and Crowns eSports Club pushed all the way to take the round as time ran low, giving them the win 5-1.
Gullywash turned out to be a similar affair, with Crowns eSports Club taking the first two rounds after some fighting. Full Tilt took the next round, but from that point were unable to advance past mid as Crowns eSports Club took round after round, with the map finally being closed out 6-1 to give Crowns eSports Club a berth in the upper final.
Current Bracket
Current Standings
- top 3: froyotech, Crowns eSports Club
- top 6: Jasmine Tea, Full Tilt
- top 8: Team XENEX, Comfortably Spanked, 3/6, Windtunnel Tactics
Thanks to Snivy for his help in writing these summaries.