Sentinels lose in an upset while OpTic and Cloud9 close out easily - NA Main Event Group B Recap

Both teams then moved to Fracture, where OpTic has seemed to be improving a lot in recent times especially against LOUD at the Masters event. Nonetheless, the map didn’t play out to be as one-sided as they would’ve wanted. OpTic started off strong with a couple of rounds, but then alternated rounds with FaZe until the last couple of rounds which fell to the latter team earning them a 7-5 lead going into the second half. FaZe was set to continue the lead and force the decider, but OpTic had different plans. They diffused FaZe’s hopes of winning their first Main Event matchup of VCT 2022 by taking almost eight back-to-back rounds.

Cloud9 vs Evil Geniuses

VCT 2022 - North America - Stage 2 - Main Event

Cloud9

2

X

0

Evil Geniuses

Group B, Best of 3 - May 15, 2022 - 11:00PM

15

Icebox

13

13

Fracture

9

Cloud9

player

Rating

ACS

K/D/A

+/-

K/D

KAST

ADR

HS%

FBSR

FB

FD

vanity

1.34

255

46/33/19

+13

1.39

85.6%

159.9

14%

43%

3

4

Xeppaa

1.24

248

42/35/20

+7

1.20

76.9%

174.7

26%

80%

4

1

leaf

1.13

253

45/40/4

+5

1.13

81.5%

168.1

21%

63%

12

7

xeta

1.00

184

33/30/20

+3

1.10

77.4%

128.3

31%

38%

3

5

mitch

0.92

187

30/36/19

-6

0.83

76.6%

115.3

13%

45%

5

6

Evil Geniuses

player

Rating

ACS

K/D/A

+/-

K/D

KAST

ADR

HS%

FBSR

FB

FD

Boostio

1.06

226

39/38/13

+1

1.03

77.4%

152.3

20%

68%

13

6

Apotheon

1.03

207

38/37/14

+1

1.03

68.5%

131.1

31%

38%

3

5

C0M

0.96

189

33/37/16

-4

0.89

79.7%

119.6

23%

40%

2

3

jawgemo

0.94

229

37/44/11

-7

0.84

71.6%

153.2

21%

25%

3

9

Reformed

0.79

154

27/40/17

-13

0.68

64.0%

103.6

28%

33%

2

4

Despite a poor showing in VCT 2022 - North America - Stage 1 - Main Event, Evil Geniuses has managed to return the Main Event after a commendable performance in the 2nd qualifiers in part due to the contributions of Alexander "jawgemo" Mor, who has has been the team’s driving force finishing the qualifier tournament with 1.53 Rating, 314.3 ACS, and 1.71 KD – the most consistent stats of any player throughout the event. Cloud9, on the other hand, earned a direct invitation to the event after making the Grand Finals in VCT Stage 1 Main Event.

Cloud9 tried to get the early upper hand by taking the 1st pistol round on Icebox, which was EG’s map pick. But EG seemed to have learned from their losses because they were able to sway the momentum in their favor and take six consecutive rounds before Cloud9 broke free. This streak helped them post an 8-4 score by halftime and elevate their hopes going into the second half. With Cloud9 now playing offense, they had the opportunity to repeat EG’s performance and they did so in a slightly different pattern. By round 23 both teams were 11-11 and after EG managed to secure the 23rd round, they had the advantage to close out the game. Anthony "vanity" Malaspina saw this as an opportunity to shine and attempted a 3K to force overtime, which eventually went in their favour.

EG had lost in optimal conditions, and were now playing Cloud9 on Fracture, the latter’s map pick and they needed to put the best they had. They were able to take the first pistol and the subsequent rounds. However, they couldn’t maintain consistency and allowed Cloud9 to take charge, which proved to be detrimental to their chances as the score read 5-7 by halftime. Following the break, EG tried to get momentum going by taking four rounds and taking the lead by round 18. But Cloud9 had had enough and embarked on a five round streak to close the map and win the matchup.