Bravado to DreamHack Winter final over x6tence Galaxy
Bravado are through to the grand final at DreamHack Open Winter after defeating x6tence Galaxy 2-0 in the semis (16-2 on Nuke and 19-17 on Inferno).
The first semi-final at DreamHack Open Winter featured Bravado and x6tence Galaxy. The South Africans opened Nuke on the CT-side and secured the pistol as Aran "Sonic" Groesbeek got a double kill. Bravado kept the Swedes at bay in the first weapon round with Johnny "JT" Theodosiou and Rhys "Fadey" Armstrong's doubles, making it 3-0.
Linus "Bååten" Andersson almost clutched a 1vs3 in the fifth round but Ruan "ELUSIVE" van Wyk managed to kill him to win the round. Even though Bååten was unable to win that round, he clutched a 1vs2 in the ninth round to get his team on the scoreboard (8-1).
Bååten’s one-man crusade continued in the 13th round when he clutched another 1vs2 to secure the round with an ace (11-2). After the first half ended 13-2 in Bravado's favor, ELUSIVE had a crucial 1vs2 victory in the second pistol to make it 14-2. The South African side picked up two more rounds to win the map 16-2.
Bravado's dominance was maintained on Inferno where they started on the T-side to win the pistol round. ELUSIVE and Sonic clutched a 2vs4 to secure the first weapon round and Bravado got three more to lead 6-0.
Tim "nawwk" Jonasson & André "BARBARR" Möller's double AWP setup brought x6tence Galaxy their first round. nawwk stepped up once again, this time in a 3vs5 in the following round as he got a quad kill to make it two in a row (6-2). Bravado hit back by taking four of the last seven rounds in the half, leading 10-5 at halftime.
x6tence Galaxy tied the game at 10-10 after taking the first five rounds in the second half. nawwk clutched a 1vs3 with a Deagle to make it 12-12 and x6tence Galaxy acquired three map points by winning the following three rounds. However, Bravado managed to fight back and took the game to overtime.
Bravado had a perfect CT-side in overtime and secured the one round they needed on the T-side to win the map 19-17. With the 2-0 series victory, the South African side have advanced to the grand final at DreamHack Open Winter 2018.
DreamHack Open Winter 2018Best of 3
Bravado
Matchpage 2 0 2nd December 2018 
x6tence Galaxy 16Nuke 2 19Inferno 17 | Bravado | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongFadey | 51 - 41 | +10 | 93.6 | 1.32 |
| Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekSonic | 41 - 32 | +9 | 87.2 | 1.32 |
| Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliDetrony | 42 - 35 | +7 | 85.5 | 1.22 |
| Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van WykELUSIVE | 44 - 29 | +15 | 83.5 | 1.18 |
| Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouJT | 37 - 34 | +3 | 71.7 | 1.08 |
| x6tence Galaxy | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim 'nawwk' Jonassonnawwk | 49 - 42 | +7 | 87.9 | 1.17 |
| Linus 'Bååten' AnderssonBååten | 36 - 39 | -3 | 76.5 | 1.03 |
| Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez ZamoraPlopski | 36 - 43 | -7 | 81.5 | 1.00 |
| André 'BARBARR' MöllerBARBARR | 25 - 46 | -21 | 54.2 | 0.71 |
| Gustav 'ZINKEN' BjörkZINKEN | 24 - 45 | -21 | 50.0 | 0.58 |
Bravado #49 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong 
Age: 20 Team: Bravado Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 274 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.74 
Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson 
Age: 21 Team: x6tence Galaxy Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 168 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek 
Age: 20 Team: Bravado Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 319 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.62 x6tence Galaxy #48 André 'BARBARR' MöllerLinus 'Bååten' AnderssonGustav 'ZINKEN' BjörkTim 'nawwk' JonassonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora André 'BARBARR' Möller 
Age: 28 Team: x6tence Galaxy Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 733 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van Wyk 
Age: 25 Team: Bravado Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 336 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.63 Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou 
Age: 19 Team: Bravado Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 268 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 Linus 'Bååten' Andersson 
Age: 19 Team: x6tence Galaxy Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 461 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67