Day two of Gears action came and went in Columbus, and we have a better idea of the teams who will be moving on to try and take home the biggest share of the $300,000 prize pool.
Here are the matches that went down today:
Open Bracket
Losers Round Three:
#7 OrbitGG 2 – 0 #21 DD eSports
#29 Loyalty 2 – 0 #31 TryState
#3 Millenium 2 – 1 #17 Hazard eSports
#11 Avalanche Esports 2 – 0 #25 Takin Lunches
#26 GeeKs 2 – 1 #5 Sigma Gaming
#20 Fly Society 2 – 0 #15 Fable
#1 Vitality 2 – 0 #14 Revered
#9 Nothing Personal 2 – 0 #27 Impetuous
Losers Round Four:
#7 OrbitGG 2 – 1 #29 Loyalty
#11 Avalanche Esports 2 – 0 #3 Millenium
#26 GeeKs 2 – 1 #20 Fly Society
#1 Vitality 2 – 0 #9 Nothing Personal
Winners Round Four:
#16 Fully Spaced 2 – 1 #8 Incredibles
#4 Vanquish 2 – 0 #12 Living Off Xperience
#19 eXtortion 2 – 0 #6 NRG
#10 Get Bronco 2 – 0 #18 Give No Respect
Losers Round Five:
#7 OrbitGG 2 – 0 #8 Incredibles
#11 Avalanche 2 – 0 #12 Living off Xperience
#26 GeeKs 2 – 0 #6 NRG
#1 Vitality 2 – 0 #18 Give No Respect
In the Open Bracket, Millenium, NRG, and Sigma Gaming, three well-known organizations who were given byes in the first round, were knocked out of the competition. This gave way to the rise of several young and hungry teams who were itching for pro points out in Columbus.
The following teams advanced to the pool play, as they won out of the Open Bracket:
Vanquish (Group D), Get Bronco (Group C), Fully Spaced (Group B), eXtortion (Group A)
The following teams advanced to the Championship Losers Bracket, as they were the top four teams in the Open Losers Bracket:
Vitality, OrbitGG, Avalanche Esports, GeeKs
Pool Play
As a reminder, the top two teams in each group advance to the championship winners bracket. The last place team faces one of the open losers bracket teams, while the third place side plays the winner of that match.
Group A
#1 OpTic Gaming 2 – 0 #16 eXtortion
#8 Enigma6 2 – 0 #16 eXtortion
#16 eXtortion 2 – 1 #9 Epsilon Esports
Placements:
1. OpTic Gaming (3-0)
2. Epsilon Esports (2-1)
3. Enigma6 (1-2)
4. eXtortion (1-2)
Group B
#2 Revenge 2 – 1 #15 Fully Spaced
#7 BOT Empire 2 – 0 #15 Fully Spaced
#15 Fully Spaced 2 – 0 #10 Supremacy
Placements:
1. Revenge (3-0)
2. BOT Empire (2-1)
3. Fully Spaced (1-2)
4. Supremacy (0-3)
Group C
#3 Team EnVyUs 2 – 0 #14 Get Bronco
#6 VexX Gaming 2 – 1 #14 Get Bronco
#14 Get Bronco 2 – 0 #11 Mindfreak
Placements:
1. Team EnVyUs (3-0)
2. VexX Gaming (2-1)
3. Get Bronco (1-2)
4. Mindfreak (0-3)
Group D
#4 eUnited 2 – 0 #13 Vanquish
#5 Eanix 2 – 1 #13 Vanquish
#12 Splyce 2 – 1 #13 Vanquish
Placements:
1. eUnited (3-0)
2. Eanix (2-1)
3. Splyce (1-2)
4. Vanquish (0-3)
Despite fighting for the right to be in the group stage yesterday, almost all four open bracket sides got at least one win today against the professional sides. Specifically, Fully Spaced and Get Bronco both grabbed third over teams that were automatically placed into pool play.
The top seven teams finished as expected, but there was a slight shake up with Enigma6 falling in favor of Epsilon Esports.
Championship Bracket
Losers Round One:
#13 Vanquish 2 – 1 #20 GeeKs
#17 Vitality 2 – 0 #16 eXtortion
#18 OrbitGG 2 – 0 #10 Supremacy
#19 Avalanche Esports 2 – 0 #11 Mindfreak
Losers Round Two:
#17 Vitality 2 – 0 #14 Get Bronco
#12 Splyce 2 – 0 #18 OrbitGG
#8 Enigma6 2 – 0 #19 Avalanche Esports
Winners Round One:
#1 OpTic Gaming 2 – 0 #6 VexX Gaming
#7 BOT Empire 2 – 0 #4 eUnited
#3 Team EnVyUs 2 – 0 #9 Epsilon Esports
#5 Eanix 2 – 0 #2 Revenge
Winners Round Two:
#3 Team EnVyUs 2 – 0 #5 Eanix
#1 OpTic Gaming 2 – 0 #7 BOT Empire
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James Mattone is a journalist for GAMURS and can be contacted on Twitter –@TheJamesMattone.
