Rise Nation survived the Losers bracket to go on and face EvilGeniuses in the Championship Finals of the Call of Duty World League Pro League Stage One tournament in Seattle.
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Coming into this match, both eUnited and EvilGeniuses were pretty confident they could win and go on to the Championship match. Particularly former teammates James “Clayster” Eubanks and Justin “SiLLY” Fargo-Palmer.
The losers bracket matches so today have been tense, with a lot on the line for every team in the bracket. And quite a few teams entered the Losers bracket that weren’t expected to drop into the lower matches as early as they did.
The fight between eUnited and Ghost Gaming started out close, but after winning the Hardpoint map with nearly 25 points of lead, eUnited cleaned up in the next two matches, taking the win 3-0. Which means, we will be getting that eUnited, EvilGeniuses showdown for the final round of the winner’s bracket.
After a tense, but slightly less climactic battle than expected for the CWL semi-finals, EvilGeniuses went on to win against Echo Fox. After yesterday, Echo Fox was something of a soft favorite to win the tournament - and yet, they seemed to be off this morning.
Day Two of the Call of Duty World League Seattle tournament held quite a few upsets, much like Day One did. Quite a few of the non-Pro League teams hung onto the competition long enough to take out some of the major pro teams.