The Art of War, Rooster find early success in Oceanic Closed Qualifier
Rooster took on Vantage to kick things off in the Oceanic Closed Qualifier for the Asia-Pacific RMR leading up to the Perfect World Shanghai 2024 Major. Rooster started on the CT-side of Mirage and after initial back and forth trades, Vantage crumbled, as Rooster fetched themselves a 9-3 lead.
Vantage won the pistol and anti-eco in the second half to set up a comeback attempt but Rooster's lead was far ahead to catch as the latter closed out the map 13-7, going forward to the upper-bracket semi-finals.
RoosterVantage| Rooster |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sharvesh 'dangeR' Saravanan |
20 - 11 | +9 | 95.0 | 85.0% | 1.54 |
| Tyson 'asap' Paterson |
16 - 11 | +5 | 83.9 | 85.0% | 1.36 |
| Kalan 'sliimey' Lorenzo |
12 - 10 | +2 | 80.2 | 80.0% | 1.19 |
 Michael 'chelleos' Hawkins |
14 - 8 | +6 | 63.0 | 75.0% | 1.16 |
| Tynan 'TjP' Purtell |
12 - 13 | -1 | 69.2 | 80.0% | 1.09 |
| Vantage |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aron 'N1ghtraid' Dang |
16 - 15 | +1 | 83.4 | 70.0% | 1.13 |
| Cody 'nauh' Huang |
15 - 15 | +0 | 66.0 | 60.0% | 0.90 |
| Alex 'alecc' Mackechnie |
7 - 15 | -8 | 57.9 | 45.0% | 0.69 |
| Braiden 'Drox' Webb |
10 - 14 | -4 | 43.5 | 60.0% | 0.67 |
| Ryley 'Jynx' Linde |
5 - 16 | -11 | 36.2 | 50.0% | 0.46 |
The Art of War won the pistol round on the CT-side of Ancient but KZG stole the anti-eco. Despite their shattered economy, KZG returned the favor, clawing back the consequent couple of rounds. There was little to separate the teams at half-time with a 6-6 score line.
Estate and dpr stepped up for KZG, putting up a strong CT-defense but the neo-BaN4na duo kept things competitive from The Art of War's end, going neck to neck till 9-9. Off a 4-rounds streak, The Art of War sprinted past the line 13-9, sending KZG down to the lower bracket.
KZGThe Art of War| KZG |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey 'Estate' Tobin |
19 - 16 | +3 | 102.3 | 72.7% | 1.50 |
| Joshua 'dpr' Henderson-Smith |
15 - 11 | +4 | 59.1 | 81.8% | 1.07 |
| Sam 'Samuukxs' Hensel |
14 - 16 | -2 | 74.6 | 68.2% | 0.87 |
| Ming 'Mingovi' O'mallon |
13 - 17 | -4 | 65.8 | 54.5% | 0.84 |
| Jayden 'Hassie' Hasse |
10 - 14 | -4 | 48.1 | 72.7% | 0.78 |
| The Art of War |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles 'neo' Worthington |
17 - 14 | +3 | 83.6 | 77.3% | 1.16 |
 Lam-Fung 'Terryyy' Lee |
13 - 15 | -2 | 85.0 | 68.2% | 1.11 |
| Ryan 'BaN4na' Ng |
17 - 16 | +1 | 80.0 | 68.2% | 0.97 |
| Eddie 'viridian' Azzi |
12 - 13 | -1 | 64.4 | 68.2% | 0.94 |
 Hugo 'Oath' Correia |
13 - 14 | -1 | 67.2 | 63.6% | 0.93 |
Wins in the opening round have set up Rooster and The Art of War for an upper-bracket semi-final clash at 14:30 IST. Vantage and KZG have their backs against elimination in the lower-bracket as they face each other at 03:30PM IST.
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