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Now, on to the matches at hand! I’m calling Dallas 3-2 over Atlanta, 3-0 Houston over Vancouver, and 3-2 Mayhem over the Justice. Let’s get it on!
If my calculations are correct the Vancouver Titans are very likely at the point of no return for post-season hopes. They would have to win this match, and all of the Countdown Cup including that tournament’s playoffs to scrap up enough League Points to make the post-season (and other teams would have to really drop the ball).
Speaking of, what will the format of the postseason look like? I know that Top 3 NA teams and Top 2 APAC teams make the playoffs automatically, and then there is a play-in tournament qualifying 2 more NA teams and 1 more APAC team, but what is the details? I haven’t seen any official announcements on that front giving us a ton of detail…
And after a back-and-forth match, the Dallas Fuel prove they are better masters of the force than the Atlanta Reign!
FINAL (Match 1)
Nepal (Control): Dallas Fuel 2, Atlanta Reign 1.
Route 66 (Escort): Atlanta Reign 3, Dallas Fuel 1.
Temple of Anubis (Assault): Dallas Fuel 2, Atlanta Reign 0.
Eichenwalde (Hybrid): Atlanta Reign 3, Dallas Fuel 2.
Busan (Control Tiebreaker): Dallas Fuel 2, Atlanta Reign 0.
FINAL SCORE: Dallas Fuel 3, Atlanta Reign 2
DALLAS FUEL WINS!
The Dallas Fuel pick up a crucial win and pick up (for now, anyway) a Top 4 seed heading into the final week of qualifiers. For the Reign, while a 1-1 week is obviously disappointing, they still finish with a positive map differential and still keep the Shock on edge heading into the final week of qualifiers.
Now that we’ve had a barnburner of a match…let’s find out if Vancouver goes hungry again…Titans vs. Outlaws coming up shortly!
