All Gamers sends Gentle Mates home after three maps

All Gamers All Gamers China Rank #3 Septem7 Liu Zhening (刘哲宁) Shr1mp Yang Yong (杨勇) Youze K1ra Huang Zhihao (黄志豪) f4ngeer Roman Smirnov iamgrq Gao Ruiqi (高锐琦) , the top China seed, has defeated Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #7 starxo Patryk Kopczynski bipo Taranvir Singh marteen Martin Pátek GLYPH Conner Garcia Minny Patrik Hušek with a 2-1 victory in the Masters Santiago lower bracket. The last hope for their region, All Gamers not only won China's first series of the event, they also took China's only map wins in the tournament so far, after compatriots EDward Gaming and Xi Lai Gaming went home without a single map win.

“The most important thing to do is to enjoy the stage,” K1ra remarked on the team's experience ahead of the match. “We can play better than yesterday,” he added.

The series began on Pearl, with Gentle Mates walking over their opponents to kick off the match. After taking the pistol round, the European squad was able to string together a series of rounds to take a comfortable lead. AG recovered in the final couple of rounds, but was only able to send the series to the half with an 8-4 lead to the French organization.

Another streak followed for M8 after a pistol win, eventually pushing to match point off the back of a bonus win. AG's fifth point arrived too late to faze their opponent, and Gentle Mates won the final round to send the series to Split with M8 in the lead.

All Gamers bounced back on their pick, Split, going up five rounds after a successful bonus. M8 kept the rounds close, but was unable to convert, and the team eventually saw the need to use a second time out in the first half. All Gamers remained steadfast, their more aggressive defense paying off and sending the map to the break with an 8-4 score.

With only five round wins remaining, a pistol victory and bonus conversion all but secured the map for AG. With K1ra's entrying and iamgrq 's followup, All Gamers was able to cap off Split 13-4, China's first map win of the event and the team's first success on an international stage.

Bind was the third map, the third start on attack for the European squad. Ahead of this series, Gentle Mates had been undefeated on Bind, boasting a 4-0 record, and it showed. After All Gamers took the pistol round, Gentle Mates went on a tear, winning eight rounds in a row to secure a comfortable 8-2 lead heading into the end of the half.

All Gamers wasn't out yet, as the team recovered with two rounds to end of their defense, and held strong on the attack. Slowly but surely, the top China seed dismantled the opposition. A second offensive streak ensued, as AG stabilized, poking and prodding the map on the way to tie the scoreboard. A K1ra Showstopper gave his team the lead, and All Gamers was ultimately able to find a 13-8 win on Bind and take the series 2-1.

f4ngeer addressed his team's shaky start in the post-match interview, recalling his words to his teammates. “We need to play our game,” he quoted. “Just triple peek everything. Only marteen can shoot.”

With the victory, All Gamers remains in the lower bracket, awaiting an opponent for their next elimination series. The debutant team has guaranteed at least a top-six finish in the organization's first-ever international event. Gentle Mates, on the other hand, is now eliminated from the event, a top-eight exit for the team's first foray into the big stage.