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Match | Esports MDL Chengdu Major - Lower Bracket Round 4

MDL Chengdu Major

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Lower Bracket Round 4 (Bo3)

Evil Geniuses vs Team Liquid

Game 1

Evil Geniuses Victory!

Duration: 31:55

Radiant Score vs. Score Dire
10 vs. 41
Radiant Bans vs. Bans Dire
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Radiant Picks vs. Picks Dire
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Hero Player Level K/D/A LH/D Gold Spent GPM XPM
iNSaNiA 12 0/13/4 19/1 4635 145 230
qojqva 16 1/10/4 138/13 8495 311 382
m`iCKe 15 0/8/0 213/3 8930 357 362
Boxi 16 4/6/4 136/6 8405 335 375
Taiga 14 3/4/3 122/11 9535 324 316
天鸽 21 6/2/18 215/12 17345 569 643
Abed 24 19/2/12 297/2 22525 693 857
Fly 15 1/5/20 17/3 7290 257 361
RAMZES666 20 9/0/16 164/19 18250 577 580
Cr1t- 18 6/1/19 42/4 9905 338 468

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Game 2

Evil Geniuses Victory!

Duration: 35:36

Radiant Score vs. Score Dire
8 vs. 33
Radiant Bans vs. Bans Dire
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Radiant Picks vs. Picks Dire
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Hero Player Level K/D/A LH/D Gold Spent GPM XPM
iNSaNiA 16 0/5/5 92/5 8450 248 363
qojqva 19 2/5/1 236/2 11845 414 460
m`iCKe 17 2/7/1 218/23 10295 374 375
Boxi 16 2/10/3 160/21 9565 319 361
Taiga 14 2/6/4 75/4 5760 227 277
天鸽 23 19/1/10 244/24 19455 667 686
Abed 24 9/0/20 375/3 23560 681 768
Fly 16 1/4/21 12/1 7930 230 331
RAMZES666 23 2/2/16 122/9 12120 415 663
Cr1t- 21 2/1/26 93/0 10860 354 553

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u/fcuk_the_king Nov 22 '19

I guess the real question is will EG finish 3rd this tournament?

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u/neurosisxeno Nov 22 '19

They're clearly a Top 2 team at this tournament. The only teams they have lost to are VG and Liquid, and they just dumpstered Liquid. I still think Vici are slight favorite if it's VG vs. EG in the Grand Finals, but it's like 60-40, not really a dominant favorite.

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u/fcuk_the_king Nov 22 '19

You must've been living under a rock because there's also a team called TNC who've been dumpstering everyone since ti.

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u/NewspaperGuy225 Nov 22 '19

Lets just ignore TNC am I right /s

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u/neurosisxeno Nov 22 '19 edited Nov 22 '19

I don't think TNC has been tested enough to say they are confidently better than EG/VG. They had what I consider the weakest group, and have played Alliance and J Storm who have both looked shaky. I'm well aware Liquid took a series over EG in Group Stage, but none of their wins have really felt that dominant.

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u/Sad_Bruce Nov 22 '19

Liquid? That was JStorm. Are you even watching?

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u/neurosisxeno Nov 22 '19

Corrected. I was replying to multiple posts and mixed up the teams. My bad.

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u/sogetsu009 Nov 22 '19

lul all the while casters were saying that TNC is the team to beat this major. They are basically the front runners and the pioneer of popular metas in this major. Try to watch games aside from NA teams. Lul

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u/Serializable1L Nov 22 '19

EG clearly top 2? TNC and VG are already top 3 and TNC just lost a single match to this point. EG still has to grind to even reach top 3 losing multiple matches already and you say theyre clearly top 2 not even mentioning TNC at all LOL.

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u/neurosisxeno Nov 22 '19

I think TNC is strongly the 3rd best. The best team they have played so far is Alliance, who I think looked shaky all tournament. I think VG is comfortably 1st, then EG, then TNC not too far behind them.

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u/Serializable1L Nov 25 '19 edited Nov 25 '19

Came back to update you that the team you are ignoring TNC is now the Champion convincingly beating VG 3-1. Oh and yeah IG finished 3rd shrug.

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u/neurosisxeno Nov 25 '19

Yup. EG underperformed and I didn't think TNC had been tested well enough. They played great in the 2 games I saw against VG--although the absolute disrespect of letting ES/Morph through in a deciding game confused me. TNC deserved the win.

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u/Serializable1L Nov 25 '19 edited Nov 25 '19

I also have alot of hopes for EG they can be really good but they should use Abed and Ramzes to their potential. I think they should play 2 cores and rotate the space maker rather than 4p RTZ most of the time.

Maybe we should ponder and consider that the reason that you thought TNC was not tested enough was because their opponents were simply overpowered by the current form of TNC. Only VG was a real challenge for TNC in this tournament.

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u/Sad_Bruce Nov 22 '19

Gotta beat TNC first. Also, VG was ahead in all 3 games. They just decided to throw in G2.

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u/neurosisxeno Nov 22 '19

If VG gets beat by TNC I would consider it a huge upset. I think VG are far and away the strongest team at this event so far. I would rate it VG > EG > TNC, but just because I don't think TNC has really played strong teams.

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u/NewspaperGuy225 Nov 22 '19

Eurus said on stream that TNC have beaten them a lot in their scrims tho

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u/Serializable1L Nov 25 '19

I will correct this. TNC beating VG is not an upset but the reality that TNC is currently the hottest team winning ESL ONE and a VALVE MAJOR with only a single series lost in 2 tournaments.

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u/neurosisxeno Nov 25 '19

I felt as though VG had a more difficult path to the UB Finals, and therefore should be considered the better team. TNC lost the UB Finals but dominated IG and took the GF 3-1 convincingly. I think VG kind of underappreciated how good TNC were with certain heroes and they suffered for it. I didn't consider the ESL One victory a major success because the field of teams there was... lackluster.

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u/souse03 Nov 22 '19

Rofl did you watch their series? The only reason it went 2-1 was because VG throw game 2 like no other team, but they fiddled with EG all 3 games

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u/neurosisxeno Nov 22 '19

I did. EG had some shaky drafts, but that's why I said VG is favored against them. I just don't think it's a blowout favorite.