Heroic on to the semi

Heroic secured a spot in the semi-finals over OpTic in a 2-1 series (Train 11-16, Cobblestone 16-11, Nuke 16-9) while compLexity beat Rogue to get out of groups at Northern Arena.

HEROIC and OpTic were the teams to start the bracket play at Northern Arena in the first match of day three.

Considering the roster issues of OpTic and HEROIC topping their group, the Danes were considered a strong favorite to go on to the semi-finals, but that didn't show in the first map of the series - Train.

It was Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic that was causing HEROIC a lot of problems on the first map, though the rest of the OpTic team followed closely and secured a strong 9-6 lead as Terrorists.

Coming into the second half, we saw both teams winning force-buy rounds and resetting the opposing team's economy multiple times. Four rounds were traded until Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele's team finally conceded the early economy war and decided to save for a full buy.

NAF was crucial in Optic's first map win 

That decision proved to be crucial for OpTic as HEROIC seemed unable to get rounds against a full-bought Counter-Terrorist side. In the end, OpTic closed out their map pick with a 16-11 scoreline.

Coming into the second map, Cobblestone, Michael "⁠Friis⁠" Jørgensen's side started hot and took an early 7-3 lead as Counter-Terrorists. OpTic managed to sneak in a few more rounds to end the half 9-6, bit it wasn't enough in the and as HEROIC managed to close out the map with another 16-11 score, this time in favor of the Danes.

The series came down to the decider map - Nuke, on which HEROIC had a great start as Terrorists, helped by Null element's inability to string rounds together. William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba helped his team to get six rounds on the board before the first half ended, but the North-American team was unable to make a comeback in the end.

Northern Arena 2016 - TorontoBest of 3 HEROICMatchpage 2 1 3rd September 2016 OpTic 11Train 16 16Cobblestone 11 16Nuke 9

HEROIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	64 - 53	+11	88.5	1.25
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	59 - 57	+2	86.8	1.20
Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMODDII	60 - 50	+10	81.0	1.17
Michael 'Friis' JørgensenFriis	56 - 52	+4	68.0	1.02
Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi	38 - 55	-17	56.2	0.79

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	71 - 58	+13	87.8	1.27
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	52 - 53	-1	87.2	1.12
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	56 - 55	+1	70.2	0.97
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	47 - 60	-13	69.9	0.89
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellasmixwell	41 - 53	-12	59.7	0.87

Meanwhile, the last group stage match was played between Complexity and Rogue. The team comprised of three Canadian and two UK players managed to upset Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez's side with a quick 2-0.

Bradley "⁠ANDROID⁠" Fodor and Kia "⁠Surreal⁠" Man were the main sources of firepower for Complexity, while the Rogue youngster Kevin "⁠HS⁠" Tarn struggled on his first big international LAN. Complexity won Rogue's pick Mirage 16-7 and punched their ticket for the playoffs with a 16-14 win on Cache.

Northern Arena 2016 - TorontoBest of 3 RogueMatchpage 0 2 3rd September 2016 Complexity 9Mirage 16 14Cache 16

Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Bradley 'ANDROID' FodorANDROID	49 - 34	+15	92.6	1.32
Michael 'Uber' StapellsUber	43 - 39	+4	89.4	1.25
Kia 'Surreal' ManSurreal	41 - 30	+11	67.5	1.18
Rory 'dephh' Jacksondephh	38 - 41	-3	87.7	1.15
Cory 'APE' BateAPE	33 - 24	+9	67.8	1.13

Rogue	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Casper 'cadiaN' MøllercadiaN	43 - 34	+9	79.4	1.17
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	36 - 43	-7	69.3	0.93
Nicolai 'glace' Jensenglace	32 - 39	-7	63.8	0.89
Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezManiac	28 - 41	-13	62.9	0.78
Kevin 'HS' TarnHS	29 - 47	-18	67.0	0.73

Northern Arena 2016 - TorontoBest of 3 RogueMatchpage 0 2 3rd September 2016 Complexity 9Mirage 16 14Cache 16

Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Bradley 'ANDROID' FodorANDROID	49 - 34	+15	92.6	1.32
Michael 'Uber' StapellsUber	43 - 39	+4	89.4	1.25
Kia 'Surreal' ManSurreal	41 - 30	+11	67.5	1.18
Rory 'dephh' Jacksondephh	38 - 41	-3	87.7	1.15
Cory 'APE' BateAPE	33 - 24	+9	67.8	1.13

Rogue	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Casper 'cadiaN' MøllercadiaN	43 - 34	+9	79.4	1.17
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	36 - 43	-7	69.3	0.93
Nicolai 'glace' Jensenglace	32 - 39	-7	63.8	0.89
Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezManiac	28 - 41	-13	62.9	0.78
Kevin 'HS' TarnHS	29 - 47	-18	67.0	0.73

Coming up next at Northern Arena are two more quarter-final matches: Immortals - Selfless and CLG - Cloud9.

Kevin 'HS' Tarn Age: 19 Team: Rogue Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 164 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.69 Cloud9 #13 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Michael 'Friis' Jørgensen Age: 27 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 691 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.65 Keith 'NAF' Markovic Age: 18 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 342 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Damian 'daps' Steele Age: 23 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 302 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.68 Selfless #63 Matthew 'no_one' CongdonNoah 'Nifty' FrancisVincent 'Brehze' CayonteJake 'kaboose' McDonaldMitch 'mitch' Semago HEROIC #12 Michael 'Friis' JørgensenAndreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Complexity #48 Rory 'dephh' JacksonKia 'Surreal' ManBradley 'ANDROID' FodorMichael 'Uber' StapellsShawn 'witmer' Taylor CLG #67 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerJames 'hazed' CobbKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldYassine 'Subroza' Taoufik Bradley 'ANDROID' Fodor Age: 22 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 112 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.69 Rogue #31 Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezNicolai 'glace' JensenJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerKevin 'HS' Tarn Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez Age: 26 Team: Rogue Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 506 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.67 OpTic #20 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasKeith 'NAF' MarkovicDamian 'daps' SteeleTarik 'tarik' Celik Kia 'Surreal' Man Age: 20 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 71 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.69 William 'RUSH' Wierzba Age: 22 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 328 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 Immortals #17 Wilton 'zews' PradoHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos