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ESPORTS
signed on to Team Allegiance and kept winning, again SEMI FINALS
finishing a split in first and again winning a LAN. They
came to worlds as the first seeded team and wanted
to finish the season with yet another victory.
SoaR Gaming
Uzzy, ElSoaRchapo, Shaliber, ElBr0chacho, StormyRays
SoaR is a team that had been stuck in the middle
of the pack for most of Season 3. They missed out on SoaR Gaming vs Aware Gaming
the Summer Finals LAN and came to the Fall Finals This set was between two teams who recently
as the fourth seeded North American team. Any found their footing. Both teams were mid table
inadequacies they had online dissolved at LAN and teams during the season and where SoaR topped
SoaR proved to be monsters, topping their group, every their group, Aware was not far behind.
win making them hungrier for a victory at worlds. In the first game, Soar first picked Ao Kuang
for Chapo and Aware drafted Boronic’s Zeus, both
Aware Gaming picks being signature gods for the players. Aware
DoctorL, KhaoticPurpose, Boronic, Kenshin, CaMeRxN started the game strong, getting kills and controlling
Aware were still a bit of an unknown factor going the right-side jungle. Soar controlled the Gold Fury
into this tournament. The team qualified to the SCL pit and as time went on, their composition grew
in the Fall split and dominated the competition in stronger and they eventually rolled over Aware.
the first few weeks, before settling in as a middle In the second game, Soar banned Ao so Aware
of the pack squad. They came swinging at the Fall couldn’t first pick it. Aware banned out Terra and
Finals, securing third place and a spot at worlds. Guan away from Brochaco, but he grabbed Sylvanus,
another healing support. Aware completely changed
Team Eager up their draft and picked up Nike, who had not been
Dwurst, Myflin, Delta Marine72, Jelly, AirCougar played before on the competitive stage. Soar kept the
Team Eager is a home-grown brand, owned Odin and Scylla from the last game. This match, Soar
by PC SMITE player Zapman. Eager disappointed pushed the tempo and rode momentum to win the
themselves by going into the Fall LAN as the second game, taking the set 2-0 and advancing to the finals.
seed, but only securing fourth and thus barely a place
at worlds. This mix of Xbox favorites and former SPL
players had the drive to prove to themselves and
their fans that they could take home the gold.
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