BigGods to MDL GC Finals over INTZ

BigGods breeze past INTZ in ESEA Open Season 23 Brazil's Grand final 2-0 (16-7 de_cache and 16-6 de_nuke), claiming a spot at the Mountain Dew League Global Challenge LAN Finals in January 2017.

The single-elimination playoffs consisted of seven Brazilian teams and one Chilean team, whilst three of the Argentinian teams failed to make it up to this stage. Bruno "⁠BIT⁠" Fukuda Lima's g3x were the only team to remain undefeated against sixteen different oppositions in the online group stage, before advancing to the playoffs.

A repetitive occurrence of forfeits in ESEA also happened in Brazil, with Alpha Pro not making appearance, meaning g3x was able to seize a free spot in the semi-finals. TShow and INTZ rolled over Operation Kino and the Chilean team, Zeta Strike respectively 2-0, grabbing hold of two available spots in the semi-final stage.

The last semi-final position was taken by BigGods, which went to all three maps versus TeamOne. Felipe "⁠delboNi⁠" Delboni aided his team for a successful 2-1 comeback after losing the first map.

tifa's BigGods secure an international trip 

Despite the valiant efforts of BIT to keep g3x in the game, it did not prevent the inevitable to happen as BigGods ended their formidable streak, by cruising past them in two maps. In the other semi-final, Filipe "⁠fp1⁠" Caires played out of his mind for INTZ to complete the reverse sweep from one map behind.

BigGods had no trouble preventing INTZ from reaching double digits in either maps, with the whole team having a positive kill-death ratio against Thiago "⁠cryo⁠" Amorim's side. However, it was Denis "⁠dzt⁠" Fischer who was a pain for the opposition to handle throughout the 2-0 series.

ESEA Open Season 23 BrazilBest of 3 BigGodsMatchpage 2 0 24th November 2016 INTZ 16Cache 7 16Nuke 6

BigGods	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Denis 'dzt' Fischerdzt	48 - 19	+29	94.8	1.61
Paulo 'land1n' Felipeland1n	39 - 22	+17	86.9	1.45
Thiago 'tifa' Françatifa	39 - 30	+9	95.3	1.40
Alef 'tatazin' Pereiratatazin	31 - 20	+11	85.3	1.33
Felipe 'delboNi' DelbonidelboNi	33 - 24	+9	75.1	1.25

INTZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Thiago 'tt' Herreratt	22 - 37	-15	63.5	0.76
Filipe 'fp1' Cairesfp1	25 - 39	-14	61.2	0.73
Thiago 'cryo' Amorimcryo	26 - 40	-14	68.4	0.72
Matheus 'fakebrother' Luzfakebrother	21 - 36	-15	54.1	0.69
Gabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoNEKIZ	21 - 39	-18	56.9	0.60

ESEA Open Season 23 Brazil final standings:

1. BigGods - MDL Global Challenge LAN spot
2. INTZ - $700
3-4. g3x - $450
3-4. TShow - $450
5-8. TeamOne - $100
5-8. Operation Kino - $100
5-8. Zeta Strike - $100
5-8. Alpha Pro - $100

The completion of Brazil's ESEA Open has concluded, and we are midway on determining the remaining contestants with  four spots up for grabs, split between North America and Europe's Premier divisions. 

Region	Teams
Oceania	Athletico
Asia	VG.CyberZen
South Africa	Bravado
Brazil	BigGods
North America	Premier #1 & #2
Europe	Premier #1 & #2

INTZ #122 Filipe 'fp1' CairesGuilherme 'skoolage' CardosoThiago 'tt' HerreraMatheus 'fakebrother' LuzThiago 'cryo' Amorim TShow #126 Gabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoJoão 'knight' LourencinFernando 'f11' SouzaVinicius 'zam' GodoyVinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo Denis 'dzt' Fischer Age: 19 Team: BigGods Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 93 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.71 Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima Age: 26 Team: g3x Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 84 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 Zeta Strike #138 Cristian 'LEEROY' QuijadaHernán 'gr3eps' ReyesFranco 'huik' OlivaresLuis 'TK' VilchesMarcelo 'k2iQs' Vasquez Alpha Pro Alex 'kYOShix' BritoMarco 'cHk' PamplonaThales 'slot' AmaralMateus 'ShutAsY' Augusto Athletico #43 Travis 'wizard' RichardsonConnor 'chuch' MorganStuart 'sonic' RaynerJesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Felipe 'delboNi' Delboni Age: 18 Team: BigGods Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 54 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.69 g3x #67 Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda LimaJean-Michel 'mch' D'OliveiraVito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeCaike 'caike' CostaDener 'KHTEX' Barchfield TeamOne #98 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposAlan 'adrrr' RiverosFillipe 'bt0' MorenoRafael 'pava' PavanelliVictor 'iDk' Torraca BigGods #87 Thiago 'tifa' FrançaPaulo 'land1n' FelipeDenis 'dzt' FischerAlef 'tatazin' PereiraFelipe 'delboNi' Delboni Filipe 'fp1' Caires Age: 21 Team: INTZ Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 25 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.74 Bravado #54 Roberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'OccoDimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAshton 'Golz' MullerAran 'Sonic' Groesbeek Thiago 'cryo' Amorim Age: 19 Team: INTZ Rating 1.0: 0.80 Maps played: 11 KPR: 0.56 DPR: 0.71 Operation Kino #198 Leonardo 'SprayMan' HenriqueMario 'HEL' GarciaMatheus 'mawth' GonçalvesRodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoRodrigo 'nkzaj' Martins VG.CyberZen #24 Bin 'Savage' LiuBingYuan 'tb' LiZhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongKunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai