Velocity Gaming lost against True Rippers Esports in the second match of the Upper Bracket Semifinals
True Rippers Esports took sweet revenge by defeating Velocity Gaming, the defending champion of Group B of the League Stage by 1-2. The three-round match full of ups and downs took place in the Pearl, Split, and Haven Map. True Rippers Esports with this win advanced to Upper Bracket Final; whereas, Velocity Gaming moved to Lower Bracket Quarterfinals. A detailed match recap is given below. Check out our prior articles on VCL South Asia
Match Recap
Game 1: Pearl Map
The first game of the match started on the Pearl map in which Velocity Gaming started the game with back-to-back 4-round wins. Whereas, True Rippers Esports regained its rhythm by winning rounds 5-8, levelling the score by 4-4. However, Velocity Gaming bounced back to finish the first half with a score of 7-5. During the second half of the game, Velocity Gaming completely whitewashed True Rippers Esports by 6-1, to finish the game with a score of 13-6. doma with 19 kills and ec1s with 20 kills were the star players from Velocity Gaming. Whereas, d1srupt from True Rippers Esports managed with just 15 kills. The total duration of the game was 49 minutes and 18 seconds.
Game 2: Split Map
The second game of the match started on the Split map, where True Rippers Esports started a neck-to-neck battle against Velocity Gaming by winning the first four rounds of the first half. However, Velocity Gaming also gave a tough fight back by winning rounds 7-10. The first half finished with a score of 6-6. The second half of the game also started with an intense battle between the two teams. However, True Rippers Esports managed to get an edge over Velocity Gaming by finishing the second half with a score of 5-7. The second game concluded with a score of 11-13. hellff from True Rippers Esports registered 22 kills; whereas, Kaizen registered 22 kills. The second game lasted for 1 hour 4 minutes and 5 seconds.
Game 3: Haven Map
The decider map of the game started on the Haven map, where Velocity Gaming started the first half of the game with complete dominance over True Rippers Esports. Velocity Gaming registered 9-round wins from rounds 4-12. The first half concluded with a scoreline of 9-3, helping Velocity Gaming take the lead. However, in an unexpected turn of events, the True Rippers Esports played like underdogs by completely dominating the second half of the game. True Rippers Esports managed to win 10 rounds; whereas, Velocity Gaming settled with just 1 round win. The third game concluded with a final score of 10-13. doma registered 19 kills; whereas, Kaizen registered 21 kills. The third game lasted for 1 hour and 26 seconds.
In Conclusion
True Rippers Esports has shown its potential in this match by defeating Velocity Gaming. True Rippers Esports has showcased an unbelievable temperament by stealing the game away from Velocity Gaming who didn’t lose a single map during the League Stage.
The first match of the Lower Bracket Quarterfinals will be played today from 19:00 IST between Velocity Gaming and Aster Army. The match will be shown live on NODWIN’s official YouTube channel, and LOCO for Hindi audiences.