Name Of Responsibility Esports Event
The Los Angeles Thieves and Atlanta FaZe cruised to 3-0 sweeps on Saturday to arrange a battle within the upper-bracket remaining of the Name of Responsibility League’s Stage 1 Main in Madrid.
Los Angeles took Skyline Hardpoint 250-236, Purple Card Search & Destroy 6-4 and Protocol Management 3-2 to crush the Miami Heretics. Atlanta was additionally challenged on every map, but it surely nonetheless managed to get by the Toronto Extremely due to victories on Vault Hardpoint (237-236), Protocol Search & Destroy (6-3) and Hacienda Management (3-1).
The 12 Name of Responsibility League groups started play within the Stage 1 Main on Thursday, with the seeding decided by 4 weeks of qualifying matches. The highest eight groups from qualifying landed within the higher bracket of the double-elimination event, whereas the underside 4 had been assigned to the decrease bracket.
All matches are best-of-five till the grand remaining on Sunday, which can be best-of-seven.
The lower-bracket quarterfinals had been additionally contested on Saturday, with the Carolina Royal Ravens edging Toronto 3-2 and Miami beating the Minnesota Rokkr by the identical rating.
Carolina rapidly went up 2-0 earlier than dropping Vault Management 3-2 and Hacienda Hardpoint 250-209. Nevertheless, the Royal Ravens snuffed the Extremely’s rally by means of a 6-4 win on Protocol Search & Destroy.
The Heretics received going with a 250-187 victory on Skyline Hardpoint earlier than alternating losses and wins over the subsequent three maps. When it got here all the way down to the decisive fifth map, Purple Card Search & Destroy, Miami edged Minnesota 6-5.
The Rokkr ousted Cloud9 New York 3-1 in Spherical 2 of the decrease bracket forward of their assembly with the Heretics.
The Stage 1 Main is ready to conclude Sunday with 4 matches:
— Los Angeles Thieves vs. Atlanta FaZe (upper-bracket remaining)
–Carolina Royals Ravens vs. Miami Heretics (lower-bracket semifinal)
–Loser of upper-bracket remaining vs. winner of lower-bracket semifinal (lower-bracket remaining)
–Winner of upper-bracket remaining vs. winner of lower-bracket remaining (grand remaining)
Stage 1 Main prize pool:
1. $150,000, 100 Name of Responsibility League factors
2. $90,000, 75 factors
3. $60,000, 60 factors
4. $30,000, 45 factors
5-6. $15,000, 30 factors — Toronto Extremely, Minnesota Rokkr
7-8. $7,500, 15 factors — OpTic Texas, Cloud9 New York
9-12. No cash, no factors — Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, Vegas Falcons, Vancouver Surge, Boston Breach
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