Today’s action at StarSeries Season Six brought about a new rivalry between BIG and Mousesports.
In the round-five elimination match between BIG and Mouz, Mouz mounted an all-out CT side comeback to force overtime, essentially trading 13-2 CT halves. But overtime heroics from Owen “smooya” Butterfield saved BIG’s playoff hopes as he won a clutch and had several impact frags. Their prolonged Train game ended in favor of BIG at 19-17.
Some antics involving smooya’s monitor crashing, him accidentally buying the CT auto sniper, and him yelling (in celebration) post-round peeved Mouz post-game. Smooya admitted in an interview with HLTV that he didn’t mean to be bad-mannered.
“Hurts to lose to a disrespectful kid,” Mouz captain Chris “chrisJ” de Jong said on Twitter, possibly talking about smooya’s behavior. ChrisJ further clarified that he wasn’t mad about the auto sniper, though. Mid-game chat logs that were extracted and posted on Twitter show the tension between both sides.
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Besides the Mouz vs. BIG controversy, five other teams are also through to the playoffs in Kiev, Ukraine, including Renegades, Fragsters, OpTic Gaming, North, and Vega Squadron.
Swiss Format: Round four
2-1 matches
- Renegades won Cache 16-12 vs. The Imperial
- Fragsters won Nuke 16-12 vs. North
- OpTic Gaming won Nuke 16-14 vs. Mousesports
1-2 matches
- HellRaisers won Overpass 16-3
- BIG won Cache 16-10 vs. TyLoo
- Vega Squadron won Train 16-9 vs. Gambit Esports
Swiss Format: Round five
2-2 matches
- BIG won Train 19-17 vs. Mousesports
- North won Train 16-11 vs. The Imperial
- Vega Squadron won Inferno 16-7 vs. HellRaisers
The quarterfinal matches of StarSeries Season Six will begin on Friday, Oct. 12 at 3am CT.
