Paper Rex
Paper Rex
Asia-Pacific
Unranked
mindfreak
Aaron Leonhart
Jinggg
Wang Jing Jie
f0rsakeN
Jason Susanto
d4v41
Khalish Rusyaidee
something
Ilya Petrov
beat
T1
T1
Korea
Unranked
stax
Kim Gu-taek (김구택)
Meteor
Kim Tae-oh (김태오)
Sylvan
Go Young-sup (고영섭)
BuZz
Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철)
iZu
Ham Woo-ju (함우주)
2-0 in the semifinals of Pacific Kickoff playoffs. PRX now advances to the grand finals awaiting the winners of
Gen.G
Gen.G
Korea
Unranked
Foxy9
Jung Jae-sung (정재성)
t3xture
Kim Na-ra (김나라)
Munchkin
Byeon Sang-beom (변상범)
yoman
Chae Young-moon (채영문)
Karon
Kim Won-tae (김원태)
vs.
DRX
DRX
Korea
Unranked
Flashback
Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁)
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
free1ng
No Ha-jun (노하준)
HYUNMIN
Song Hyun-min (송현민)
BeYN
Kang Ha-bin (강하빈)
, while T1 has to swallow in a 3rd-4th place finish.
Meanwhile,
Gen.G
Gen.G
Korea
Unranked
Foxy9
Jung Jae-sung (정재성)
t3xture
Kim Na-ra (김나라)
Munchkin
Byeon Sang-beom (변상범)
yoman
Chae Young-moon (채영문)
Karon
Kim Won-tae (김원태)
has qualified for their second VCT international LAN by beating
DRX
DRX
Korea
Unranked
Flashback
Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁)
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
free1ng
No Ha-jun (노하준)
HYUNMIN
Song Hyun-min (송현민)
BeYN
Kang Ha-bin (강하빈)
2-0 in the second Semifinals match of Pacific Kickoff. Gen.G will meet Paper Rex in the grand finals while DRX is eliminated from Kickoff.
Battle of brothers: Paper Rex claim victory against T1
The battle between the Susanto brothers f0rsakeN and xccurate was one of the primary focal points of the series, along with Paper Rex's international LAN appearance streak being in jeopardy. Starting out on Split which was PRX's pick, the Pacific giants pulled out another rabbit out of their many agent compositions: a three-Duelist lineup with Monyet on Raze, something on Jett, and f0rsakeN on Yoru.
Even with the fastball thrown by PRX, T1 started out strong with an 8-4 lead, with PRX not being able to stymie the clinical approach of T1 at the first half off the back of strong performances from iZu , Rossy , and Sayaplayer giving PRX no room to breathe.
PRX was able to won the following pistol round and the following anti-eco, resulting in one of the International League's fastest round, clocking around 15 seconds. There, PRX continue to build up their lead with a 7-round streak, before T1 clawing back and answer with 4 of their own.
With their backs against the wall, PRX dug deep and through kills from mindfreak , d4v41 , and f0rsakeN, PRX brought it to overtime. A tense back and forth affair ensued, and PRX inched out at the end to win Split.
Fifteen seconds — blink and you'll miss it.Moving on to Ascent, PRX started by flipping the script T1 had on Split. While T1 was able to win the opening pistol round, PRX won the eco, and string 6 in a row, leading to a 8-4 score line on the first half, including an ace from d4v41 on Round 6.
T1 was able to win another pistol round, but PRX intended to end them right there and then. PRX finished the deal and won 13-6 on Bind, with f0rsakeN ending up on top of the scoreboard with 1.52 rating, 286 ACS, and 21 kills, totaling in a whopping 54 kills across the two maps.
With their win, PRX now advances to the grand finals of Pacific Kickoff and secured another international appearance in Masters Madrid as the first Pacific team to do so and across the four International Leagues.
Gen.G rise as DRX fall
The two Korean teams battled across two maps, starting with DRX's map pick, Split. It was a relatively standard affair, with DRX leading the half 7-5. DRX was looking to end the match quick with a 12-8 scoreline, but Gen.G managed to string a round-win streak to send the map into OT, where Gen.G capitalized on their momentum and sent a statement by winning 14-12.
2 HP? No problem.By the time Lotus start, Gen.G's momentum was in full swing. All Gen.G members were firing on all cylinders as they ended their half with a 9-3 lead. Desperate, while DRX managed to retaliate back with 5 rounds in the second half in a back and forth affair, Gen.G sealed their fate, winning Lotus in a 13-8 victory, sending waves to the entire community.
Gen.G have booked their first Masters appearance while DRX have failed to secure their sixth consecutive appearance on an international stage, marking their second Masters miss ever after their loss to
NUTURN
NUTURN
Inactive
in 2021.