Ilya "vo0kashu" Ushakov drops 100
CN Kickoff Semifinals: Dragon Ranger Gaming vs Funplus Phoenix
DRG Brief Information: Ascension winners, seed 1 out of Group B. Having played an amazing series against TEC, DRG came out on top in what I would call quite the close affair. While the scoreline doesn't show it, the series against TEC was phenomenal (imo as a viewer), and DRG played really well against them and were the better team. I look forward to what these lads can do in this tough encounter against Funplus Phoenix.
FPX Brief Information: A series that the scoreline does highlight is the series FPX played against Trace Esports. In a close, end-to-end competitive series, FPX squeezed past TE to avoid the torture of Play-Ins, and are now up against a rising team in the CN scene. Will their players show up and finally grab a ticket to the finals, or AAAAY continue to lament as they are sent home by the Dragon Rangers? Stay tuned!
DRG Players to Watch: vo0kashu forever goat sentinel, and TvirusLuke is also a great duelist to keep an eye out for
FPX Players to Watch: AAAAY is great, Life and Autumn are great fraggers who might be able to get some clips in.
Prediction: Very difficult to pick between the two based on current form but I think that FPX should look to take this 2-1. Regardless, I'm expecting a highly competitive series from two highly competitive teams.