Luminosity to playoffs over OpTic

Luminosity beat OpTic 2-0 in Group A's decider match to advance to the playoffs that will take place in London (16-12 on Inferno and 16-13 on Overpass).

Day two at the ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals continued with the first decider match of the event as Luminosity and OpTic faced off in a best-of-three series.

A quad-kill and a 1vs1 clutch by William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba earned his T-sided team the pistol round and OpTic went on to win the first four rounds of Inferno. Luminosity answered back with four of their own but OpTic took control of the half with RUSH's 1vs4 clutch and led 8-7 at halftime.

The Brazilian team secured the pistol round in the second half but OpTic's force buy worked as they made it 9-8. Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo got two entry kills on the B-site to tie it back and Luminosity took the lead with Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's ace (11-10). The dominant T-side of Luminosity continued and won the first map with a 16-12 score.

Luminosity bring down the Green Wall

On Overpass, despite winning the pistol round and the anti-ecos, OpTic lost the fourth round and were forced to eco. Luminosity showed their dominance in the weapon rounds and tied the game at 3-3. Although Luminosity extended their lead to 5-3, OpTic ended the half on a strong note as they won six of the last seven rounds.

The Brazilians had a solid pistol round in the second half but once again fell victim to a force buy in the second round (10-7). Luminosity had every chance get their 10th round but instead they lost a 4vs2 as OpTic grabbed their 13th.

Luminosity finally began stopping the North Americans which triggered a timeout by OpTic, who led 13-12. The effort to halt the comeback was trivial as Luminosity won the map 16-13, and the series 2-0.

ESL Pro League Season 3 FinalsBest of 3 OpTicMatchpage 0 2 12th May 2016 Luminosity 12Inferno 16 13Overpass 16

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	47 - 33	+14	89.9	1.42
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	43 - 37	+6	93.8	1.26
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	39 - 31	+8	90.2	1.26
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	42 - 30	+12	75.4	1.24
Lincoln 'fnx' Laufnx	44 - 34	+10	71.5	1.20

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	41 - 42	-1	78.9	1.06
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellasmixwell	37 - 41	-4	74.2	0.95
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	37 - 47	-10	67.7	0.81
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	30 - 43	-13	60.6	0.76
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	20 - 43	-23	53.0	0.68

Liquid will face fnatic in the second decider match at the ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals.

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Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo Age: 21 Team: Luminosity Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 180 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.66 OpTic #24 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicDamian 'daps' Steele Luminosity #1 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Age: 24 Team: Luminosity Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 317 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.60 fnatic #3 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson William 'RUSH' Wierzba Age: 22 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 262 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 Liquid #9 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinEric 'adreN' HoagNick 'nitr0' CannellaJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiKenneth 'koosta' Suen