Some awesome clips this week as teams pulled out all the stops in their pursuit of victory. Blank Esports Overwatch managed to secure third place in the OPC S2 Finals, dropping to the flawless Ardeont along the way. In League Play the CGPL saw some fantastic games as it marched on with Week 6 of CGP Spring, and Rocket League featured spectacular play from Scylla and the always scary JAM Gaming.
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Overwatch - OPC Season 2 Finals
Marking the end of a shorter second season of the OPC, the Finals on the weekend proved one thing for certain — South Korean squad Ardeont are perfect on Overwatch 1.14. Aussie squad Blank Esports faced off against them in the semi-finals and were quickly dispatched, despite a fantastic start on Lijiang Tower.
They weren't able to put together the win after that opening, unfortunately, as Ardeont showed why they went undefeated all season with a 4 - 0 scoreline. Playing against Hong Kong Attitude in the Third Place Finals was a different story though, as Blank were able to get momentum. By the time they got to Ilios it was all but over. "That's a map people should be scared to play us on," team captain RQT told us. "That's our map. We can play it at a really high level. We're really confident in our KOTH right now." Watch ieatuup prove why he's one of the scariest hitscan players in the game below.
CSGO - CGPL Spring Week 6
A bit of an odd development this week, as the Kings GC dropped out of the CGPL to focus on the upcoming Asia Minor and eXTREMESLAND LAN events. This threw a spanner in the works for the teams — especially those at the bottom of the ladder, as their losses to Kings were converted to wins. For Dark Sided and Avant Garde, this meant they were playing for all the marbles — whoever lost this matchup would be mathematically eliminated from contention for the LAN finals. Dark Sided wound up winning — and quite handily at that — setting up a very narrow path to victory. If anything though, SIN gaming's chances of making the top four are now much better, as Dark Sided will make life difficult for Athletico. Anyway, watch Dark Sided's HaZR put together a demoralising flanking ace against Avant below!
Rocket League - Throwdown RLCS Season 4
We've reached the sticky end of the season as the best teams in Australia duke it out in Rocket League, and the contest for the fourth spot in the finals is red hot. Avant and Noizee isn't Toxic are both mathematically eliminated, but Scylla, Conspiracy Esports and Legacy all still have a dog in this fight. Scylla needs to lose both their games for CON or LGC to have a shot though, unlikely as that is. Scylla have been looking on form — they took JAM Gaming to the brink this week, even if they were eventually beaten by them. Watch JAM's MontyConnor clutch out a tie-breaking goal to swing momentum away from Scylla below.
One last blip before we wrap this week — it looks like Dust2 might be returning to the fold as it enters the testing phase in CS:GO. Possibly the most iconic map of all time, it's played the backdrop for some of the biggest moments in esports history. It'll be good to see it back again, although I'm sure some players might never want to see it again.
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Joab Gilroy is an Australian-based freelancer that specialises in competitive online games and esports. You can tweet at him here.
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