Tainted Minds secure Asia Minor playoff spot over Uniquestars

Tainted Minds have advanced to the playoffs at the Asia Minor after defeating Uniquestars 2-0 (16-5 on Train and 16-14 on Overpass).

Tainted Minds and Uniquestars faced in the Group B decider match which kicked off on Train. The CT-sided Australian team won the pistol round with a 3vs4 and made it 2-0 after winning an anti-eco.

Daniel "⁠ponkt⁠" Punkt clutched a 1vs3 in the third round to make it 2-1 but Uniquestars got reset in the following round. Tainted Minds' dominated the first half at the end of which they led 14-1. The Israeli squad took the first three rounds in the second half but Tainted Minds managed to close out the map 16-5.

yam's team are through to the playoffs

The series continued on Overpass and Tainted Minds won the pistol round on the CT-side. Uniquestars responded with three rounds in a row to take a 3-1 lead. Tainted Minds took seven of the following eight rounds to lead 8-4 and finished the first half 9-6 ahead.

Callum "⁠BURNRUOk⁠" Henderson & Joshua "⁠INS⁠" Potter won the second half pistol round despite a 3vs5 disadvantage, making it 10-6. Uniquestars won the first weapon round thanks to double kills by Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz and Lidor "⁠LaNrefNi⁠" Almasi as they trailed 12-7.

Uniquestars were close to tying up the game at 12-12 but Tainted Minds won the 24th round with Chris "⁠ofnu⁠" Hanley and Yaman "⁠yam⁠" Ergenekon's opening kills, extending their lead to 13-11. BURNRUOk clutched a 1vs2 when the score was 14-14 and gave his team one match point (15-14). Tainted Minds won the map 16-14 and the series 2-0 to advance to the playoffs at the Asia Minor.

Asia Minor - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 3 Tainted MindsMatchpage 2 0 17th July 2018 Uniquestars 16Train 5 16Overpass 14

Tainted Minds	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Joshua 'INS' PotterINS	44 - 31	+13	89.3	1.33
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	39 - 30	+9	84.7	1.28
Callum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonBURNRUOk	45 - 34	+11	85.7	1.28
Chris 'ofnu' Hanleyofnu	32 - 28	+4	64.0	1.10
Ryan 'zewsy' Palmerzewsy	31 - 33	-2	77.1	1.04

Uniquestars	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Guy 'anarkez' Trachtmananarkez	27 - 36	-9	69.0	0.92
Barak 'shp3x' Schneidershp3x	34 - 36	-2	67.1	0.92
Lidor 'LaNrefNi' AlmasiLaNrefNi	32 - 38	-6	64.4	0.91
Daniel 'ponkt' Punktponkt	32 - 43	-11	68.7	0.85
Guy 'NertZ' IluzNertZ	31 - 40	-9	73.3	0.81

Joshua 'INS' Potter Age: 19 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 401 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Callum 'BURNRUOk' Henderson Age: 22 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 463 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.69 Uniquestars Lidor 'LaNrefNi' AlmasiGuy 'NertZ' IluzBarak 'shp3x' SchneiderGuy 'anarkez' TrachtmanAnton 'hydra' Sviridon Tainted Minds #69 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonJoshua 'INS' Potter Yaman 'yam' Ergenekon Age: 29 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 449 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Lidor 'LaNrefNi' Almasi Age: 19 Team: Uniquestars Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 23 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.67 Guy 'NertZ' Iluz Age: 19 Team: Uniquestars Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 35 KPR: 0.83 DPR: 0.74 Chris 'ofnu' Hanley Age: 25 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 410 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 Daniel 'ponkt' Punkt Age: 19 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 21 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.75