Last week the Promotion/Relegation stage of NA Challengers concluded as four teams battled over two spots in the Mid Season Cup.
Blinn
Blinn
North America
Rank #3
mikeE
Okeanos
Anthony Nguyen
monSi
Ludovic Lefebvre
Teague
Teague Morgan
Spaz
Adam Laamoumi
surprised many as they were promoted into Challengers, while
Dough Bros
Dough Bros
North America
Rank #19
Precision
Colin O'Neill
riku
Chris Piasecki
Drone
Taylor Johnson
ZachaREEE
Zachary Lombardo
Ange
Adam Milian
managed to scrape by
Thinking Men
Thinking Men
Inactive
Pa1nt
Amarri Peak
VYX
Ramiro Ortiz
Reformed
Jeffrey Lu
Andersin
Andy Collins
Lear
Dayton Akau
and
Resonate
Resonate
Inactive
nabil
kaho
Albert Hong
velis
Joe Velis
andrew
Andrew Bautista
KHS
to retain their slot in the league.
Now, the twelve Challengers teams are set to resume their quest towards Ascension by battling for circuit points in the Mid Season Cup. However, many rosters have opted to undergo changes ahead of the second Stage of competition.
The four highest seeds consisting of
Moist x Shopify
Moist x Shopify
North America
Rank #8
flyuh
Xavier Carlson
v1c
Victor Truong
mada
Adam Pampuch
brawk
Brock Somerhalder
oderus
Chad Miller
,
Oxygen Esports
Oxygen Esports
North America
Rank #1
skuba
Logan Jenkins
mitch
Mitch Semago
Verno
Andrew Maust
Reduxx
Yassin Aboulalazm
dapr
Michael Gulino
,
M80
M80
North America
Rank #6
zander
Alexander Dituri
NiSMO
Marc-Andre Tayar
koalanoob
Gianfranco Potestio
neT
Michael Bernet
BcJ
Brendan Jensen
, and
Turtle Troop
Turtle Troop
North America
Rank #4
wedid
Matthew Suchan
Add3r
Jack Hayashi
stellar
Brenden McGrath
corey
Corey Nigra
bdog
Brandon Sanders
have all retained their rosters and used the break to practice and prepare for their matches. Out of the four, only MxS remain undefeated, finishing the regular season with a 5-0 record and securing a first seed heading into the Mid Season Cup.
QoR
QoR
North America
Rank #12
snarly
zeldris
Elijah Hawkins
XXiF
Damion Cook
tdawgg
Travis Regan
nerve
Michael Yerrow
,
TSM
TSM
North America
Rank #11
seven
Johann Hernandez
gMd
Anthony Guimond
sym
Tyler Porter
POISED
Kevin Ngo
aproto
Alex Protopapas
, and
SaD Esports
SaD Esports
North America
Rank #14
alvinboy
Alvin Hong
dip
Braden Dippel
Dark3st
scarn
Matthew Labuda
Cohburg
have also kept their rosters from Stage 1. All three organizations secured at least two wins in the regular season and look to make deep runs in hopes of netting vast amounts of circuit points.
The remaining teams from last Stage have all undergone changes and swapped out players. The former
Together We Are Terrific
Together We Are Terrific
Inactive
Paincakes
Jake Hass
mummAy
Anthony DiPaolo
neptune
Jason Tran
core of
Paincakes
,
mummAy
, and
neptune
were joined by
YFP Gaming
YFP Gaming
North America
Rank #17
jakee
Jake Anderson
Will
William Cheng
penny
Erik Penny
thief
Brady Dever
fiziq
Lucas Blow
's
Jonaaa6
and
bones
on a rebranded
FLUFFY AIMERS
FLUFFY AIMERS
North America
Rank #24
Paincakes
Jake Hass
Jonaaa6
Jonard Penaflor
neptune
Jason Tran
mummAy
Anthony DiPaolo
bones
Ethan Le
. Former
Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Rank #9
Xeppaa
Erick Bach
runi
Dylan Cade
moose
Kaleb Jayne
vanity
Anthony Malaspina
OXY
Francis Hoang
veteran
shinobi
has joined as a coach to assist with improving the squad.
In a surprising turn of events, YFP picked up
Will
and
jakee
, another Cloud9 alumni who until recently announced his retirement from competitive gaming. Will most notably competed with
100 Thieves
100 Thieves
North America
Rank #2
bang
Sean Bezerra
Cryocells
Matthew Panganiban
eeiu
Daniel Vucenovic
Boostio
Kelden Pupello
Asuna
Peter Mazuryk
in 2022, representing North America on the international stage.
Finally,
Winthrop University
Winthrop University
North America
Rank #7
silenx
Jonathan Huntington
ScrewFace
Kyle Jensen
Jerk
Justin Milani
infiltrator
Nahsie
Eishan Jaffer
have picked up former world champion
ScrewFace
to lead the team through Challengers. The talent had bounced between Tier 2 teams prior to the commencement of Stage 1, but was unable to settle on any before joining Winthrop. Collegiate champion
Ali
joins from
Northwood University
Northwood University
North America
Unranked
dip
Braden Dippel
Dark3st
benjii
Benjamin Park
Tyler
Boat
to round out the roster.
Only the top four teams of the Mid Season Cup will receive circuit points. The other eight must wait for Stage 2 and perform well above their standards to have a chance at making it to Ascension.
The round of 12 will commence today at 4 EST, and will conclude with the early exit of four teams. The eight teams playing today are as follows:
- FLUFFY AIMERS vs. Winthrop University - 4 PM EST
- QoR vs. The Glazers - 4 PM EST
- TSM vs. YFP Gaming - 7 PM EST
- SaD Esports vs. Blinn - 7 PM EST