TeamOne overrun New England Whalers to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 13

19-11-2020 01:56

The Brazilian roster's one-map advantage proved beneficial as they made short work of the New England Whalers in the best-of-five MDL grand final to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 13.

TeamOne have emerged victorious from the North American division of ESEA MDL Season 35, besting Ben "⁠ben1337⁠" Smith's New England Whalers 3-0 in the grand final (1-0 default, 16-6 Dust2, 16-10 Mirage). The victory sees TeamOne book a direct ticket to ESL Pro League Season 13 after the qualification spots were reassigned to the winners of the North American and European divisions of MDL following the cancellation of ESEA Season 35 Global Challenge.

The two finalists were the clear frontrunners during the regular season, earning the top two seeds heading into the playoffs. Pedro "⁠Maluk3⁠" Campos's men came out on top of their initial meeting against the Whalers in the upper bracket final, edging out a win in two maps, with ben1337 and company earning redemption by easing past Secret Club in the consolidation final to setup a rematch against the Brazilians for the title.

TeamOne have secured a spot in ESL Pro League Season 13

TeamOne, who entered the grand final with a one-map advantage due to their undefeated run in the upper bracket, kicked off their own pick of Dust2 in solid form, making up for a pistol round loss with a successful force-buy to take control.

An eight-round spree helmed by a strong showing from Matheus "⁠prt⁠" Scuvero put the Brazilians well ahead before the Whalers were able to respond, but rounds were few and far between for ben1337's side as TeamOne posted an 11-4 lead at the break before closing out their pick in fast fashion to go up 2-0 in the series.

The New England Whalers looked similarly out of sorts on their Mirage pick, piecing together a small lead at the onset before TeamOne put up a stalwart defense to pull ahead 10-5 heading into the side swap. A brief back-and-forth force-buy war at the start of the second half was won by Maluk3's men, who only conceded three additional rounds before closing out the series with a 16-10 scoreline to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 13.

ESEA MDL Season 35 North AmericaBest of 5

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TeamOne	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Matheus 'pesadelo' Panisset pesadelo	44 - 31	+13	99.4	81.2%	1.47
Matheus 'prt' Scuvero prt	39 - 24	+15	81.7	81.2%	1.43
Bruno 'b4rtiN' Câmara b4rtiN	38 - 27	+11	75.6	60.4%	1.16
Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos Maluk3	31 - 29	+2	81.6	79.2%	1.14
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa malbsMd	37 - 27	+10	73.8	72.9%	1.14

New England Whalers	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Brendan 'Bwills' Williams Bwills	36 - 35	+1	77.0	62.5%	1.02
Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue PwnAlone	31 - 39	-8	71.3	64.6%	0.86
Jonathan 'djay' Dallal djay	29 - 36	-7	62.2	66.7%	0.85
Ramal 'Rampage' Silva Rampage	22 - 41	-19	68.0	62.5%	0.72
Ben 'ben1337' Smith ben1337	19 - 38	-19	49.7	60.4%	0.58

ESEA MDL Season 35 North America final standings:

1. TeamOne - $12,500, ESL Pro League Season 13
2. New England Whalers - $10,000
3. Secret Club - $5,000
4. Mythic - $2,500
5-6. Depth
5-6. Rebirth
7-8. RBG
7-8. Russian Canadians
9. Rugratz
10. Eclipse
11. Incognito
12. Third Impact
13. ex-Polar Ace
14. Vireo.pro - MDL S35 Relegation
15. ex-Recon 5 - MDL S35 Relegation
16. ImPerium - MDL S35 Relegation
17. Kinship - MDL S35 Relegation
18. Swole Patrol - Disbanded

Feels bad

2020-11-19 01:57

4 replies

who cars NA cs

2020-11-19 02:08

3 replies

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2020-11-19 06:29

1 reply

beautiful

2020-11-19 07:46

You obviously care. You opened a news link, and commented on the post... Why do you care so much? NA CS man.

2020-11-20 07:27

Nice

Lets go Team One

2020-11-19 01:58

only one spot for pro league? didn’t it make sense to have two?

2020-11-19 01:59

5 replies

I believe there was a post mentioning how covid refuced the spots available. Don’t quote me though as it could have instead been about how certain regions lost their ESP spot for this season.

2020-11-19 02:33

ok Bandos Godsword

2020-11-19 03:49

2 replies

I came before bandos! :D

2020-11-19 03:54

ok Before Godsword

2020-11-19 06:13

the other spot is for europe

2020-11-19 10:18

One Brazilian team in the entire league full of NA teams and they come first lol

2020-11-19 02:00

12 replies

To be fair they REALLY care. I tried interviewing every N/A MDL team (50% replied) and this was mals answer to a follow up question on if it’s frustrating trying to practice in N/A current environment: “It is true, but we aren't focusing on staying in MDL and get a good record, we are looking to move forward and make it to EPL and to win top tier events.” They are putting in 6-7 hours a day as a team. They have a goal and accomplished their first part.

2020-11-19 02:45

8 replies

Nice!! They deserve it

2020-11-19 03:10

Upvote this one

2020-11-19 05:03

Then why are they so bad then if theyr actually trying? Go watch european pro matches demos and try to learn. Plain and simple. When i was watching triumph vs team one nuke, i just thought to myself, how on earth those guys doesnt know how to do yard smokes and go b. If supposedly the pro team, simply too lazy to learn basics, what can we expect from mdl randoms. I bet by “we are trying” he means - we are playing entire day for fun as any other gamer and we will see what happens

2020-11-19 08:17

what the fk are u on, they just 3-0 on final and got 15W 2L the entire tournament go hate your UK scene no scener

2020-11-19 14:33

Being “good” at the worst level isnt really acomplishment. Look at t1/triump they are better than those mdl teams and yet they get completelly shit on by tier 1, when tier 1 is not even trying. Of whalers would try as hard as they tell they do, they should atleast be able to compete woth tier 2 teams, yet they get shit on by teamone

2020-11-19 14:54

nt whalers on the scene since 2011 and got nothing relevant those guys teamone has been improving for long, hltv.org/matches/2344448/100-thieves-vs-.. they are starting confronting t1 teams again and not doing so badly triumph had his hardcarry (grim) removed, they made a couple steps back, few roaster changes and could be an EU competitor (wtf this doesnt exist)

2020-11-19 15:08

Wait that interview was of team1, not whalers?

2020-11-19 15:19

If you’re referring to my post, yes. Mal is on teamONE and he is the one who partook in the small interview with me. I don’t think you should be comparing them to any sort of European team right now as they just finished climbing the hurting N/A ranks. That isn’t to take anything away from them but the competition they face both in matches and in practice does, in my opinion, hinder their performance just a bit.

2020-11-19 19:04

Team One isn't bad. They've been trying to make a name for themselves in NA for quite some time now because they outgrew Brazil. While I'm a bit sad for New England Whalers, I'm sure that this will make them try even harder next season. I hope this "inspires" the other NA teams to actually try and do something if they really want to make it to the pro leagues for ESL and other events / leagues.

2020-11-19 05:38

Outgrew brazillia and trying to make a name in NA hmm

2020-11-19 06:42

I hope you're not trying to make a racist joke because it's old, overused, and not funny. You're laughing, but you see that some Brazilian teams have moved overseas from Brazil to NA in hopes of competing with the best by reaching the top of the ladder in NA. Brazil has a number of promising teams who want to win more than a lot of NA teams, so when they start beating NA teams, NA fans shouldn't get upset.

2020-11-19 07:40

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2020-11-19 02:03

SO EZ FOR MALBSMD GOGOGOGOGO

2020-11-19 02:06

Lets GO guatemalanozinho

2020-11-19 02:23

2020-11-19 03:11

team one at their peek

worst part is team one isnt even good they just grinding money and hltv points LOL

2020-11-19 02:11

flag lol

2020-11-19 02:44

2 strong, congrats T1

2020-11-19 02:20

Winner of NA ESEA MDL Season 35 isnt even North American Is this where we should say that NA cs is officially dead?

lots of BR teams already won NA MDL

2020-11-19 04:43

honestly shows how bad NA is atm, any decent competition and t1 would have no chance, they make way too many mistakes and throw ecos like no tomorrow.. but they could be ok if they fixed those issues

2020-11-19 02:36

They did what they had to do. They do not use the “no competition” as an excuse but it must make some parts of practicing a bit tough in terms of looking better.

2020-11-19 02:47

o v e r r u n

Swole Patrol :( i miss cooper

2020-11-19 02:54

Swole Patrol would have taken this.

2020-11-19 04:00

Absolutely agreed man

2020-11-19 05:08

Nice!! Go T1

Let’s got team one so much potential

2020-11-19 03:13

Ez br team

2020-11-19 05:54

who won who?

2020-11-19 06:45

teamone vs ne Whalers

2020-11-19 08:02

not expected O_O

2020-11-19 09:02

TeamOne is looking insane atm., if they could play in Europe they would be TOP 15 team. And Whalers are showing a little bit of life left in them, with small changes they could be really good.

2020-11-19 09:31