FISSURE Playground 1JamYoung stars as TYLOO secure surprise playoff berth with stand-in over Astralis
The Chinese team advanced undefeated despite missing their sniper thanks to a 1.59-rated series from JamYoung.
TYLOO have locked in a playoff berth at FISSURE Playground 1 after stunning Astralis in the Group C winners' match despite using coach WeiJie "zhokiNg" Zhong as a stand-in for Dongkai "Jee" Ji.
The Chinese team won hearts at the BLAST.tv Austin Major at the end of the spring season, securing a Stage 2 berth before bowing out with a 1-3 record. Their return after the break was hamstrung by visa issues affecting Jee, but wins over Virtus.pro and one of the tournament favorites, Astralis, may have bought them enough time for their sniper to return.
The Danes were punished for a sloppy display of Counter-Strike on Mirage, where they gave up several advantageous situations and lost clutches to Yi "JamYoung" Yang and Qianhao "Moseyuh" Chen to let TYLOO convert their pick, 13-9.
Astralis came back with a vengeance on Nuke, drumming up a 10-0 lead on the CT side with Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen posting a flawless 12-0 start. TYLOO added a single round on the T side before staging a comeback effort in the second half as Astralis started to struggle on the defense, much like they did against MIBR on day one, but the deficit proved too much to overcome for the Chinese side.
That ended up not mattering much on Inferno, where Jingxiang "Mercury" Wang and Moseyuh ripped Astralis apart round after round for much of the first half. JamYoung then added to a fantastic series by putting up a stalwart defense after the swap, tallying a 3.37 CT side rating and 184.4 ADR to secure a playoff berth and send Astralis down to the group decider, where a rematch against MIBR awaits.
 TYLOO |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 - 38 | +3.65% | 107.2 | 74.2% | 1.59 | |
| 48 - 40 | -1.32% | 86.1 | 80.6% | 1.19 | |
| 45 - 42 | +1.36% | 77.7 | 82.3% | 1.16 | |
| 37 - 42 | +0.79% | 64.4 | 69.4% | 0.96 | |
| 27 - 43 | -2.27% | 43.8 | 71.0% | 0.73 |
 Astralis |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 - 43 | +1.40% | 83.0 | 72.6% | 1.10 | |
| 43 - 39 | +1.29% | 74.3 | 74.2% | 1.04 | |
| 42 - 45 | +1.05% | 72.4 | 74.2% | 1.01 | |
| 38 - 46 | +0.16% | 71.4 | 67.7% | 0.90 | |
| 32 - 43 | -6.38% | 59.2 | 66.1% | 0.84 |
Kaisar 'ICY' Faiznurov
| 
| 
PRQN
| 
Kresztof
| 
DonEladioMx
| 
KarPPa
| 
StrafeTalk@Spotify
| 
| 
Demomen
s1mg
BeaverAddictedToMapleSyrup
TwinkieTye
FallBlade
| 
Magic_Stick
Insight69
mails
Chopper_1_major_NiKo_FA
| 
Vrede
VITALITY_TIER3
| 
sexasuke
hekzy
| 
TheSmartestOne
PaizuriMeido
| 
syjeon
| 
Rich1eG0h
n0cturne_K
| 
novaseer
chilneun
kilda_choose
Toonixcn
nuuuuucky
Kaorichan
nouserhere
