Jordan Woodruff
PARIVISION and BetBoom Crew swept opening-round matches within the BLAST Slam II playoffs on Wednesday in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The $1 million Dota 2 occasion started final week with two teams of 5 groups. A spherical robin of best-of-one matches in every group decided seeding for the playoff stage.
PARIVISION routed Talon Esports 2-0 to advance to a second-round match in opposition to Crew Liquid.
BetBoom Crew trounced Xtreme Gaming 2-0, incomes a second-round assembly with Crew Falcons.
The Liquid-PARIVISION victor on Thursday will advance to a Friday quarterfinal in opposition to Nigma Galaxy. The winner of that Friday match will oppose Tundra Esports within the semifinals on Saturday.
BetBoom Crew and Crew Falcons will conflict on Thursday for the proper to face Yakult Brothers on Friday. The squad that emerges from that quarterfinal will conflict with Gaimin Gladiators in a Saturday semifinal.
On Wednesday, PARIVISION bought previous Talon Esports in 24 minutes and 40 minutes, each on inexperienced. Russia’s Alan “Satanic” Gallyamov paced PARIVISION with a mean 8.0/2.5/7.5 kill-death-assist ratio. Indonesia’s Rafli “Mikoto” Fathur Rahman wound up at 4.0/2.5/9.0 for Talon Esports.
BetBoom Crew toppled Xtreme Gaming in 41 minutes on inexperienced and 29 minutes on crimson. Russia’s Danil “gpk” Skutin led BetBoom Crew with an 11.5/1.0/9.0 Okay-D-A ratio. China’s Guo “Xm” Hongcheng completed at 3.0/5.0/6.0 for Xtreme Gaming.
BLAST Slam II prize pool
1. $300,000
2. $150,000
3-4. $60,000
5-6. $35,000
7-8. $30,000
9-10. $25,000 — Talon Esports, Xtreme Gaming
–Discipline Stage Media