Orangutan moved to the Upper Bracket Final of Playoffs after defeating Reckoning Esports
The first match of the Upper Bracket Semifinals of the VCL South Asia Playoffs once again witnessed an impeccable performance from Orangutan who defeated Reckoning Esports by 2-0. This was a two-round match between the two teams from Group B with Reckoning Esports playing its second match. Reckoning Esports reached the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals of the Playoffs after defeating Gods Reign. On the other hand, Orangutan played its first match of the Playoffs. Let’s look into the details of the match.
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Match Recap
Game 1: Ascent Map
The first game started on the Ascent Map and lasted for 1 hour 6 minutes and 52 seconds. Reckoning Esports started winning the pistol round and anti-eco round, with hvoya getting three kills. However, RvK from Orangutan got hold of the game against Reckoning Esports by getting triple frags on his site as a Killjoy. Orangutan concluded the first half of the game with a score of 6-6. Orangutan started the second half of the game by winning the second pistol round and maintained the winning spree with a consecutive 4-round win. Reckoning Esports tried to find its spot in the game, but it was too late for them as Orangutan managed to end the second half with a score of 6-3, winning the game by 13-9. rawfiul from Orangutan led the wagon wheel with 26 kills, and flabben from Reckoning Esports recorded 18 kills.
Game 2: Split Map
The second map of the game started on the Split Map and lasted for 51 minutes and 49 seconds. Orangutan started the game by winning the pistol round, where tesseract drew off a 1 vs 2 clutch. The dominance continued from Orangutan, where rawfiul got triple kills in the anti-eco round. The first half of the game concluded with a score of 9-3. During the second half of the game, Reckoning Esports again tried to bounce back to the game with a consecutive 4-round win from rounds 15-18. However, Orangutan took away the momentum by equaling the second half with a score of 4-4, finishing the second game with a score of 13-7. rawfiul from Orangutan recorded 24 kills; whereas, hvoya and flabben from Reckoning Esports recorded 17 kills each.
In Conclusion
Orangutan moved to the Upper Bracket Finals of the Playoffs and is going to face the winner of today’s match between Velocity Gaming and True Rippers on April 21. Whereas, Reckoning Esports will face Gods Reign in the second Lower Bracket match on the 19th of April. The tournament’s remaining matches will intensify as the remaining teams try to get a spot in the Grand Finals.
Velocity Gaming will face True Rippers today in the second Playoffs Upper Bracket Semifinals match. Catch the live action of the match on the official YouTube channel of NODWIN, and for Hindi users tune into LOCO.