Pelaajat Nordic Masters Fall 2022 - BLAST Premier Qualifier

ECSTATIC qualify for BLAST Fall Showdown, ENCE fall short

25-9-2022 22:22

ECSTATIC triumphed in the all-Danish final to lock in their place at the Fall Showdown.

ECSTATIC successfully made their way through Pelaajat Nordic Masters Fall 2022 to qualify for BLAST Premier Fall Showdown. The victory grants Marcus "⁠maNkz⁠" Kjeldsen and company a valuable opportunity to test their mettle against some heavy-hitting competition, with teams such as Astralis and Vitality set to be present at the Showdown event.

This also marks the second time that maNkz and company have made their way to a Big Event prelude, with the Danish side recently securing an IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR berth back in August.

ENCE, meanwhile, faltered despite being the clear-cut favourites heading into the qualifier. Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer's men struggled to get the ball rolling all event long, with the No. 17 ranked team finishing Group B as the second seed after a 13-16 loss to HAVU, before being eliminated in 3-4th place following a 0-2 defeat to ECSTATIC in the semi-finals.

Queenix was key in getting ECSTATIC over the line with a team-high 1.31 rating in the grand finals

ECSTATIC went undefeated in their quest for a spot in the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown, moving through the group stage after hard-fought wins over DUSTY and MASONIC. The squad then doubled down in the playoffs, taking down ENCE 2-0 in the semi-finals before netting their second victory over their Danish compatriots of MASONIC in the grand final — 2-16 on Inferno, 16-12 on Nuke, and 16-9 on Overpass.

ECSTATIC lock in spot at IEM Rio Europe RMR

maNkz and co. will look to cause some upsets once the Fall Showdown gets underway, with the online event set to play out from October 19-23, while also offering just two spots for the $425,000 BLAST Fall Finals in November.

Just four more places at the BLAST Fall Showdown remain up for the taking, with two teams receiving direct invites from the tournament organiser and the other two spots being filled by the winners of the ongoing TWR Eastern European Masters and Ace North American Masters Fall qualifiers.

The current team list for BLAST Premier Fall Showdown is as follows:

TWR Masters

ACE Masters

Invite

rip

2022-09-25 22:23

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How did Havu not qualify?

2022-09-25 23:03

1st ence why so bad?

3 replies

go cry "hahah should've added snax, karma hahah, valdek so bad hahah" more

2022-09-25 22:36

2 replies

what?

2022-09-25 22:38

common ECSTATIC W

godfromsky mentored mankz

2022-09-25 22:24

ENCE lost.

ENCE continuing downhill

2022-09-25 22:25

Very nice

not EZ4ENCE

2022-09-25 22:30

ENCE and Movistar destroyed both heir rosters with hat dmb sunpayus trade lol. RIP to both teams and Sunpayus career.

2022-09-25 22:37

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Ence still has a chance while Movistar is a whole different story lol

2022-09-25 22:45

ENCE are losing to tier 3 teams and can't even qualify for pro league or blast. RIP.

2022-09-25 22:47

i think the bigger problem is swapping a top 5 rifler with a supp player

Yeah. Letting sunpayus go was dumb. I knew he wouldn't fit well in ENCE.

2022-09-25 22:49

I think u forggot spinx, valde was the downgrade

2022-09-26 06:14

Hope ENCE aren't getting bonuses based on HLTV ranking, because their ranking is gonna tank with missing this event. Rough for them.

2022-09-25 22:46

Never laugh at a 0.95 rating if they qualify

2022-09-25 23:07

Invite ENCE and Mouz lol.

2022-09-25 23:26

What the fuck

2022-09-25 23:32

g2 vitality the only winner of all roster changes during the break (oh fnc of course winner too) ence mrs literally go to hell by selling their core player wonder how sunpayus thinks of this lmfao hooxi gigachad btw

2022-09-26 01:24

ENCE Should of taken Snax instead of Valde and let hades stay in the team and be in the starting lineup

2022-09-26 03:44

I don't think snax would've helped that much, I don't think a majority of riflers would have an easy time fitting into Sphinx's shoes, especially with Ence's budget.

2022-09-26 05:58