dignitas clinch semi

dignitas have clinched the second semi-final spot from second place in group A after a convincing victory over EZskins.

Afteer both teams lost the initial games, EZskins.com and Renegades duked it out in the elimination match, surprisingly on de_dust2 with the British kicking it off with a rather unconventional Terrorist pistol round strat.

Even after winning the following round, Renegades couldn't pick themselves up quite fully, as they were down a man nearly every other round, but managed to climb back in some of them.

RattlesnK's EZskins.com upset Renegades

One of those was a 1-on-3 clutch from Aaron "⁠AZR⁠" Ward on the B bombsite with the help of an incendiary grenade, a 1-on-1 from Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill being the other after Josh "⁠mole⁠" Rowley's quad-kill in a 2-on-5. Despite their heroics, Renegades went over to Terrorists with a one-round deficit, soon extended to four as EZskins.com won the second pistol round as well.

After a four-round streak from Renegades, Luke "⁠fearLess⁠" Morris showcased his AWP skills with a quad-kill, and the Australians couldn't find an answer to the double sniper setup. Sam "⁠RattlesnK⁠" Gawn put up seven kills in the last three rounds to make the upset at 16-11.

DreamHack Open London 2015Best of 1 EZskins.comMatchpage 16 11 19th September 2015 Renegades 16Dust2 11

EZskins.com	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Brandon 'weber' Weberweber	24 - 19	+5	-	1.33
Sam 'RattlesnK' GawnRattlesnK	24 - 22	+2	-	1.17
Josh 'mole' Rowleymole	18 - 16	+2	-	1.10
Luke 'fearLess' MorrisfearLess	20 - 17	+3	-	1.09
Reece 'Puls3' MarrsPuls3	15 - 14	+1	-	0.96

Renegades	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR	24 - 20	+4	-	1.30
Luke 'Havoc' PatonHavoc	17 - 19	-2	-	0.90
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	19 - 20	-1	-	0.86
Justin 'jks' Savagejks	14 - 21	-7	-	0.74
Chad 'SPUNJ' BurchillSPUNJ	14 - 21	-7	-	0.70

The last match of group A and the second spot in the semi-finals was to be decided between the British and the Danes then, and expectedly it was the latter who started off the better with 6-1 lead as Terrorists, only dropping a single gunround in the process.

fearLess's AWP triple got EZskins a second round, but dignitas replied right after to break the CTs' economy. Another triple from fearLess was not enough to convert into a round that time around, and EZskins.com were staring down the barrel at 10-2.

All three remaining rounds of the first half went the Danes' way too, and in neither was RattlesnK's lineup a threat. Dignitas picked up the second pistol comfortably as well, which was the last nail in EZskins.com's coffin.

DreamHack Open London 2015Best of 1 DignitasMatchpage 16 2 19th September 2015 EZskins.com 16Mirage 2

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Andreas 'znajder' Lindbergznajder	22 - 7	+15	-	1.94
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	20 - 5	+15	-	1.74
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	17 - 10	+7	-	1.60
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	14 - 9	+5	-	1.15
Jacob 'Pimp' WinnechePimp	10 - 8	+2	-	1.01

EZskins.com	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Brandon 'weber' Weberweber	11 - 16	-5	-	0.70
Luke 'fearLess' MorrisfearLess	8 - 18	-10	-	0.50
Reece 'Puls3' MarrsPuls3	7 - 15	-8	-	0.49
Sam 'RattlesnK' GawnRattlesnK	6 - 16	-10	-	0.37
Josh 'mole' Rowleymole	7 - 18	-11	-	0.36

Group B will now follow at DreamHack Open London, with TSM and Copenhagen Wolves kicking it off at approximately 20:00 .

Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Aaron 'AZR' Ward Age: 22 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 48 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.73 Luke 'fearLess' Morris Age: 24 Team: EZskins.com Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 18 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.70 Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill Age: 26 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 48 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.74 Sam 'RattlesnK' Gawn Age: 27 Team: EZskins.com Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 121 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.69 Josh 'mole' Rowley Age: 24 Team: EZskins.com Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 35 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.67