Enemy, OpTic advance in MLG Minor

Enemy and OpTic have won their group winners match at the MLG Americas Minor and advance to the playoffs, defeating Leader-1 and Winterfox respectively.

The second day of the MLG Americas Minor kicked off with two best-of-one winners matches that would determine the first two teams to advance to the playoffs of the event.

With in-game streaming to only take place on playoffs day tomorrow, the first winners match paired North American Pro League team Enemy up against ESEA Premier team Leader-1, who surprised yesterday with a 16-14 takedown of SPLYCE.

Uber helped his team shut down Leader-1 on de_overpass

Leader-1 were poorly equipped to handle a red-hot Enemy team on de_overpass however, as a 12-3 dominant hold on CT by Michael "⁠Uber⁠" Stapells and crew spiralled into a 16-4 win for the latter squad.

MLG Americas Minor ChampionshipBest of 1 EnemyMatchpage 16 4 16th January 2016 Leader-1 16Overpass 4

Enemy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Michael 'Uber' StapellsUber	20 - 8	+12	-	1.62
Michael 'MAiNLiNE' JaberMAiNLiNE	23 - 14	+9	-	1.44
Kenneth 'koosta' Suenkoosta	16 - 13	+3	-	1.27
Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverRelyks	14 - 12	+2	-	1.14
Richard 'Lucky' VasconcelosLucky	13 - 13	0	-	0.89

Leader-1	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Tyler 'Char' WallaceChar	14 - 17	-3	-	1.03
Josh 'joshbM' BlierjoshbM	16 - 17	-1	-	0.99
Daniel 'virtus' Carrillovirtus	13 - 16	-3	-	0.76
Corey 'flashstep' Parksflashstep	9 - 18	-9	-	0.52
Jason 'focs' Maueryfocs	8 - 19	-11	-	0.43

The group A winners match saw OpTic, who received a bye in the three-team group, enter the fray up against Winterfox and promised to see sparks fly.

The first half was tightly contested by both teams and ultimately saw Winterfox finish 8-7 up by halftime. After briefly losing the lead in the second half, OpTic ultimately stepped up their own defense and began to put in a strong performance, which included Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan getting an AWP ace to make it 15-11. 

With Winterfox unable to leverage any kind of opening, it was OpTic who ultimately won the map 16-11 and thereby advance to tomorrow's playoffs.

MLG Americas Minor ChampionshipBest of 1 OpTicMatchpage 16 11 16th January 2016 Winterfox 16Overpass 11

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM	25 - 14	+11	-	1.49
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	22 - 15	+7	-	1.24
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	24 - 20	+4	-	1.15
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	17 - 16	+1	-	0.99
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	14 - 16	-2	-	0.83

Winterfox	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Alexander 'LeX' DeilyLeX	21 - 20	+1	-	1.05
Derek 'desi' Branchendesi	18 - 21	-3	-	0.85
Kyle 'flowsicK' MendezflowsicK	16 - 19	-3	-	0.82
Todd 'anger' Williamsanger	14 - 19	-5	-	0.76
David 'Xp3' GarridoXp3	12 - 23	-11	-	0.66

Next up at the MLG Americas Minor are the best-of-three decider matches, with SPLYCE facing off against Leader-1 and Winterfox battling Obey.Alliance to determine the final two playoff spots.

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Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan Age: 22 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 219 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Michael 'Uber' Stapells Age: 19 Team: Enemy Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 120 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.70