SCARZ Absolute qualify for eXTREMESLAND Asia and IESF World Championship

SCARZ Absolute have won GALLERIA GAMEMASTER Cup 2018 over local rivals Ignis in the grand final, earning themselves two international trips.

The four-team LAN event took place this weekend on September 29-30 at LFS Esports Arena in Tokyo, Japan. In the semis, the local favourites SCARZ Absolute swept past Katsuya "⁠Ayanox⁠" Kitada's RIG in two maps (16-5 on Nuke & 16-10 on Mirage).

On the other side of the BO3 single-elimination bracket, Shuma "⁠RIPablo Escobar⁠" Ikeda's Ignis crushed DWFN with dominating scorelines on Inferno (16-5) and Overpass (16-2).

barce's SCARZ Absolute reign supreme domestically

In the grand final, Koji "⁠Laz⁠" Ushida and co. comfortably won their map pick on Mirage, 16-5, against Yusuke "⁠neth⁠" Matsuda's Ignis.

On the second map, Train was back-and-forth, with SCARZ Absolute managing an 8-7 half on the CT side. Yusuke "⁠Norisen⁠" Shima's men secured the second pistol round and took the lead to 13-10 after RIPablo Escobar's 1v1 smoke defuse on the B bombsite.

However, Ryo "⁠barce⁠" Takebayashi's crew were able to turn it around in the end, clutching the map 16-14, and the series in 2-0 fashion.

Galleria Gamemaster Cup 2018Best of 3

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Ignis

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Mirage

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Train

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SCARZ Absolute	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Koji 'Laz' UshidaLaz	42 - 22	+20	86.3	82.4%	1.45
Ryo 'barce' Takebayashibarce	46 - 30	+16	90.0	76.5%	1.42
Tomoaki 'crow' Maruokacrow	34 - 26	+8	71.8	78.4%	1.18
Takemori 'takej' Shogotakej	29 - 30	-1	62.5	74.5%	0.99
Ryu 'Reita' OshiroReita	24 - 33	-9	54.1	76.5%	0.97

Ignis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Yusuke 'Norisen' ShimaNorisen	31 - 34	-3	68.9	72.5%	0.98
Shuma 'RIPablo Escobar' IkedaRIPablo Escobar	28 - 40	-12	70.5	68.6%	0.91
Ishikawa 'hornet' Yukihornet	29 - 34	-5	58.3	66.7%	0.87
Masayuki 'oitaN' TakahashioitaN	25 - 33	-8	61.4	64.7%	0.86
Yusuke 'neth' Matsudaneth	27 - 34	-7	57.1	60.8%	0.78

Final standings for GALLERIA GAMEMASTER Cup 2018:

1. SCARZ Absolute - ~$8,868 + eXTREMESLAND Asia Finals spot + IESF World Championship spot
2. Ignis - ~$2,660
3-4. DWFN - ~$877
3-4. RIG - ~$877

The Japanese side has finalised the complete team list for eXTREMESLAND's main event:

Sad Story
MVP PK
TNC
Chiefs
Royal Bandits
D13
Flash
Beyond

FrostFire
Revolution
XCN
OpTic India
NASR
5POWER
BOOT-d[S]
SCARZ Absolute

The aforementioned $100,000 competition will take place in Shanghai, China on October 18-21. Afterwards, SCARZ Absolute will represent Japan at the IESF World Championship 2018 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from November 7-14.