MIBR qualify for ECS Season 6

MIBR have secured the final slot in ECS Season 6's North American division after beating Gorilla Gang 2-0 (16-6 on Cache and 16-9 on Mirage) in the Challenger Cup's lower bracket final.

With Complexity and AZIO already through to ECS after it was revealed that SK Gaming had forfeited their spot in the league, MIBR and Gorilla Gang duked it out in the lower bracket final for the final ticket to FACEIT's competition.

The best-of-three grand final kicked off on MIBR's map pick, Cache, where Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and his men got off to a blazing 9-0 start. Gorilla Gang finally made their mark in the following round, but MIBR wasted no time responding and closed out the half with a 12-3 lead.

FalleN & co. make their way back into ECS

In the second half, Cameron "⁠cam⁠" Kern and Ryan "⁠ryann⁠" Welsh came out swinging to claim the T pistol and the following anti-ecos, cutting their deficit in half (6-12). But MIBR picked themselves up and fired back, locking down the next four rounds to secure the 16-6 map victory.

The series then moved to Mirage. Gorilla Gang came out the brighter of the two sides to win the pistol, but MIBR swiftly got back into the thick of things in the following eco, before racking up four more to make it 5-1, but the rest of the half was a highly-contested affair, with the North Americans taking an 8-7 lead into the break.

The sides switched and so did the momentum, as MIBR came out in the second half with fire in their bellies, winning nine out of ten rounds to take map, 16-9, and the series to qualify for ECS Season 6.

ECS Season 6 North America Challenger CupBest of 3 Gorilla GangMatchpage 0 2 3rd October 2018 MIBR 6Cache 16 9Mirage 16

Gorilla Gang	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Josh 'oSee' OhmoSee	33 - 37	-4	76.9	0.91
Cameron 'cam' Kerncam	26 - 38	-12	65.7	0.78
Ryan 'ryann' Welshryann	23 - 38	-15	60.7	0.78
Victor 'food' Wongfood	28 - 42	-14	59.9	0.73
Anthony 'vanity' Malaspinavanity	23 - 43	-20	63.1	0.67

MIBR	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	43 - 23	+20	106.0	1.65
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	39 - 28	+11	83.0	1.42
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	39 - 27	+12	79.2	1.37
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	40 - 27	+13	87.3	1.29
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	37 - 28	+9	81.0	1.27

The full team list for ECS Season 6 North America looks as follows:

Cloud9
Liquid
NRG
Rogue
AZIO eUnited
Luminosity
Renegades
Complexity
MIBR Cloud9 #21 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTimothy 'autimatic' TaMaikil 'Golden' Selim Luminosity #33 Lucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' Knittel Cameron 'cam' Kern Age: 20 Team: Gorilla Gang Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 163 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Age: 27 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 916 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.60 AZIO #59 Trevor 'FrostayK' BandleLogan 'Voltage' LongRyan 'Snakes' AmannMichael 'Grim' WinceGage 'Infinite' Green Renegades #30 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas eUnited #37 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' JayneBrandon 'Ace' Winn Liquid #3 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Gorilla Gang #65 Victor 'food' WongRyan 'ryann' WelshAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaCameron 'cam' KernJosh 'oSee' Ohm MIBR #5 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoTarik 'tarik' CelikFernando 'fer' AlvarengaJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David Complexity #12 Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanRory 'dephh' JacksonPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor Ryan 'ryann' Welsh Age: 17 Team: Gorilla Gang Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 294 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 Rogue #35 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandHunter 'SicK' MimsDaniel 'vice' Kim NRG #10 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov