Ph1NNN and co. eliminated from EPL S22 qualifier
After their bo1 win against Shika, Alter Ego took on SemperFi in a bo3 for a playoffs spot at the ESL Pro League Asian closed qualifier. The Series started on Ancient with Alter Ego on the T-side. tomiko opened on A with a double entry sequence, netting Alter Ego the pistol and followed up with an AK quad kill, converting the anti-eco. Ph1NNN dropped back to back multi-frag rounds, extending Alter-Ego's lead further.
Having secured an 8-4 lead in the first half, Alter Ego lost the initial couple of rounds on their CT-side before BnTeT scored an MP9 opener and finished the round with a stolen AK, putting up Alter Ego's first CT round. aliStair's AWP proved troublesome for Alter Ego as SemperFi pushed towards levelling the score. keen and shadiy delivered back to back triple kill rounds, levelling the score at 11-11. Alter Ego recovered just in time to close Ancient 13-11.
Alter Ego started on the CT-side of Inferno with pistol and anti-eco losses. Ph1NNN's deagle opener went in vain as shadiy ran down the CTs with a Mac10, fetching SemperFi the bonus. In Alter Ego's first gun round, Ph1NNN took down keen and aliStair, two of SemperFi's most impactful players at the time, netting Alter Ego their first round. Alter Ego eventually levelled the score at 6-6.
After conceding the pistol round, SemperFi stole the anti-eco off of keen's MP9 triple kill towards the end and SemperFi extended their lead to 11-8 in no time. A clinical brackets lurk from tomiko toppled SemperFi's B-defense, closing the gap for Alter Ego at 11-9. SemperFi denied the comeback to secure Inferno 13-9.
keen and Valiance stepped up for SemperFi on the CT-side of Anubis, leaving Alter Ego with a disastrous 3-9 deficit on the T-side. The Aussies went into the dominant side of Anubis with a six round lead over Alter Ego. After a slow start, SemperFi picked up and BnTeT nearly put Alter Ego back in contention with a triple kill at 6-11, but keen saved the day for SemperFi with a 4K, securing match and series point at 12-6. SemperFi toppled Ph1NNN's solo A-site hold with upgraded pistols and SemperFi came back from an opening map loss to clinch the series, the playoffs spot and eliminate Alter Ego from the ESL Pro League Season 22 Asian closed qualifier.
SemperFiAlter Ego| SemperFi |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kristers 'keen' Dārznieks |
56 - 46 | +10 | 97.0 | 67.2% | 1.29 |
| Mārtiņš 'shadiy' Gūtmanis |
50 - 42 | +8 | 79.3 | 79.1% | 1.21 |
 Matthew 'Valiance' Hartrick |
47 - 43 | +4 | 73.8 | 71.6% | 1.00 |
| James 'SaVage' Savage |
39 - 39 | +0 | 68.7 | 80.6% | 0.97 |
| Alistair 'aliStair' Johnston |
40 - 44 | -4 | 61.1 | 70.1% | 0.96 |
| Alter Ego |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belal 'b1lal' Chehab |
45 - 45 | +0 | 70.8 | 70.1% | 1.08 |
 Tomasz 'tomiko' Uroda |
47 - 47 | +0 | 77.1 | 70.1% | 1.06 |
 Maxim 'kaito' An |
45 - 48 | -3 | 77.8 | 61.2% | 0.98 |
 Hansel 'BnTeT' Ferdinand |
38 - 50 | -12 | 72.0 | 67.2% | 0.88 |
 Aakash 'Ph1NNN' Bose |
37 - 45 | -8 | 64.9 | 71.6% | 0.85 |
Also read
