PGL Regional Minor Championship Asia - ELEAGUE Major 2017

RNG through to EL Major qualifier

29-10-2016 17:20

Renegades have secured their spot at the ELEAGUE Major Offline Qualifier 2017, after defeating VG.CyberZen in the Upper Bracket final of the Asian Minor Championship.

The second day of the Minor began with the Australians heading into battle against MVP Project in the first match of the playoffs. Renegades had a solid start claiming the first pistol round, leading 3-0 on the Terrorist side of Nuke. The Koreans reversed the situation once they had rifles, securing the remaining rounds to finish 11-4 in the first half.

In the other half, MVP Project reached map point first at 15-10 but the Australians survived the scare as they succesfully completed the comeback train to take the first map to overtime. On the back of Aaron "⁠AZR⁠" Ward's 39-kill performance, Renegades were able to steal the first map away from the Koreans, winning 21-18 in the end.

Can Renegades win their first title of the year or will they lose another final in Asia?

Next up was MVP Project's map pick on Cobblestone. Despite the Koreans leading 4-0, Yaman "⁠yam⁠" Ergenekon and company turned it around easily, ending 10-5 on the T side in the first half. With Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage leading the charge, his team quickly picked up the final six rounds to take the series 2-0.

PGL Regional Minor Championship Asia - ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 3

Renegades

Matchpage

29th October 2016

MVP Project

Nuke

Cobblestone

Renegades	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Aaron 'AZR' Ward AZR	57 - 41	+16	98.2	81.7%	1.49
Ricardo 'Rickeh' Mulholland Rickeh	48 - 31	+17	88.8	85.0%	1.43
Justin 'jks' Savage jks	49 - 38	+11	93.9	76.7%	1.29
Karlo 'USTILO' Pivac USTILO	44 - 39	+5	76.2	71.7%	1.09
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekon yam	36 - 36	0	64.0	76.7%	0.99

MVP Project	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' Lee XigN	52 - 48	+4	91.8	65.0%	1.13
Soon-Woo 'Argency' Kwon Argency	39 - 47	-8	70.0	55.0%	0.85
Hae-Sung 'HSK' Kim HSK	35 - 45	-10	50.7	63.3%	0.80
Hyung-Ju 'Sound' Nam Sound	31 - 48	-17	65.1	63.3%	0.77
Jung-Hyeon 'rindA' Jeon rindA	28 - 47	-19	61.5	63.3%	0.70

The next semi-final was a classic rematch between the two chinese rivals. Unexpectedly, the domestic duel somehow ended up going in the way of VG.CyberZen 2-0 (16-11 de_overpass, 16-13 de_nuke), who always seem to fall short against TYLOO in countless LAN finals in China this year. This win couldn't have been accomplished without Bin "⁠Savage⁠" Liu and KunHua "⁠LOVEYY⁠" Bai displaying massive performances throughout the series.

PGL Regional Minor Championship Asia - ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 3

TYLOO

Matchpage

29th October 2016

VG.CyberZen

Overpass

Nuke

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Ke 'captainMo' Liu captainMo	43 - 48	-5	83.3	64.3%	1.12
YuLun 'Summer' Cai Summer	35 - 38	-3	69.3	66.1%	0.95
Hui 'DD' Wu DD	34 - 46	-12	73.7	67.9%	0.95
HaoWen 'somebody' Xu somebody	37 - 46	-9	75.9	62.5%	0.79
YuanZhang 'Attacker' Sheng Attacker	34 - 45	-11	58.6	64.3%	0.75

VG.CyberZen	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Bin 'Savage' Liu Savage	55 - 37	+18	101.0	76.8%	1.46
KunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai LOVEYY	56 - 37	+19	97.6	78.6%	1.43
BingYuan 'tb' Li tb	39 - 33	+6	74.3	78.6%	1.17
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' Zhong zhokiNg	35 - 43	-8	79.8	78.6%	1.07
Zhuo 'advent' Liang advent	36 - 34	+2	68.5	71.4%	1.01

Overcoming their domestic rival, VG.CyberZen went on to face the Australians who were waiting for them in the Upper Bracket final with both teams fighting for a spot at the ELEAGUE Major qualifier. Renegades destroyed the Chinese in the first map 16-1 on Dust2, who were having trouble finding an answer to make a comeback.

VG.CyberZen replied back with a better showing in the second map, claiming eleven CT rounds on the favoured side of Nuke. However, the Aussies brought it back with a near impenetrable defense after the switch, taking the map 16-14 and the series.

PGL Regional Minor Championship Asia - ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 3

Renegades

Matchpage

29th October 2016

VG.CyberZen

Dust2

Nuke

Renegades	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Justin 'jks' Savage jks	49 - 24	+25	102.9	83.0%	1.65
Karlo 'USTILO' Pivac USTILO	47 - 32	+15	94.5	83.0%	1.46
Aaron 'AZR' Ward AZR	42 - 30	+12	91.1	83.0%	1.40
Ricardo 'Rickeh' Mulholland Rickeh	26 - 28	-2	71.8	83.0%	1.17
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekon yam	25 - 31	-6	65.6	70.2%	0.99

VG.CyberZen	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
BingYuan 'tb' Li tb	34 - 36	-2	76.6	72.3%	1.01
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' Zhong zhokiNg	32 - 39	-7	91.4	68.1%	0.95
Zhuo 'advent' Liang advent	26 - 34	-8	60.0	63.8%	0.81
KunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai LOVEYY	26 - 39	-13	67.0	66.0%	0.76
Bin 'Savage' Liu Savage	27 - 41	-14	63.9	53.2%	0.71

You can find the updated list of participants for the ELEAGUE Major offline qualifier below:

Dignitas	Ninjas in Pyjamas	G2	Envy
FaZe	MOUZ	OpTic	CLG
Renegades	Asia Minor #2	EU Minor #1	EU Minor #2
NA Minor #1	NA Minor #2	Null element CIS Minor #1	Null element CIS Minor #2

Here is the schedule for the final day of the Asia Minor, which will resume tomorrow:

Sunday, October 30th
04:30	MVP Project	vs. TYLOO	BO3	C1
08:00	VG.CyberZen	vs. Winner C1	BO3	C2
Grand Final
11:30	Renegades	vs. Winner C2	BO3	C3

good job renegades!

2016-10-29 17:20

2 replies

TyLoo stickers plz

2016-10-29 17:25

1 reply

+1 dragons are always nice

2016-10-29 17:27

WHY NEVER FIRST

i wanna see your cry

2016-10-29 18:55

Very Nice!

YAY

Spunj n 1

fake NRG edit , they are playing good tho recently ;)

2016-10-29 17:21

So late all cause u had to let little flam3z write this post lel.

Suprise, Cyber Zen strong

RNG through to EL Major qualifier RNG=/=NRG

Everytime I see CIS Minor Qualifiers I face palm...

2016-10-29 17:23

die by facepalm

2016-10-29 18:56

Asian cs 4head Ez for: Zhang "jks" Wei Li "Ustilo" Ying Wang "AZR" Jing Liu "Rickeh" Qiang Yong "Yam" Fang

Deserved

are the players still contracted to RNG? i tought the contract ended like 2 months ago

2016-10-29 17:28

9 replies

You've been really out of it .. A professional basketball player brought the renegades esports team, so they have new managers now but same team name

2016-10-29 17:37

Org got bought out or at least a majority share did, they are no longer L.A Renegades, they are Detroit Renegades after a Boston Celtics player bought them. So I think they have more funds now and were able to renegotiate their contracts and sign new ones.

7 replies

Also he got a CoD team and is working on an Overwatch team. He is expanding the org to new games, since they had to relinquish their LoL spot. To be honest, League sucks anyways, Overwatch and CoD is more suited to their brand since all those titles use guns and Overwatch's McRee is close to their mascot.

2016-10-29 17:40

6 replies

IT'S HIGH NOON - Mathew Mercer (voice actor of McRee) 2k16

2016-10-29 17:59

riot is a massive pain in the arse for orgs

2016-10-30 03:09

4 replies

No shit, fuck Riot and tbh fuck Valve. Coaches have a right to talk during the game, it makes a more interesting dynamic and more exciting CS, why is Valve getting so involved in something they didn't create? The community created the CS scene.

2016-10-30 07:28

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No way dude, Valve got it right. Coaches have no place in CS. Especially that bizarre situation where they were allowed to be connected in the game server.

2016-11-01 14:52

How is that in anyway wrong? In some other sports like NFL, the coach has a direct influence over the game. I think it's better, made for more exciting CS.

2016-11-01 15:16

Why would you want to model CS after handegg? American Football is stupid.

2016-11-01 15:25

ez for naeun and CO

tyloo to win this one ezpz

2016-10-29 17:49

Is azr the new azk?

2016-10-29 17:50

Not even an AMERICAS MINOR, just NA MINOR where all they struggle... this is SO SAD!

2016-10-29 17:52

turkey ?

2016-10-29 17:53

TyLoo -_-

2016-10-29 18:01

It sucks to hear that mvp reached match point but was unable to finish it

2016-10-29 18:05

they still have a chance, gl to my kimchi warriors

2016-10-29 19:09

no SPUNJ NO MAJOR FOR RENEGADES xd

2016-10-29 18:13

going for the ez way RNG , should have gone through NA qualifer

2016-10-29 18:14

n0n0n0 brain

2016-10-29 19:07

well if you used yours you would have saw my point.

2016-10-29 19:12

Valve wont let them, its where they have citizenship that they have to qualify from.

2016-10-30 07:53

completely nonsense though

2016-10-30 08:05

Why would they? Ruling with majors is it goes by citizenship so Renegades would have to go through the Asian minor not the NA. This does lead to the question as what Splyce count as or if they get a choice between NA and EU qualifier.

2016-10-30 08:01