VCL started off with a big banger with Orangutan defeating Lethal Esports in a one-sided fashion, followed by some very close maps between Velocity Gaming and God’s Reign, and finally the ultimate battle between the new young rosters of True Rippers and MLT Esports.
Orangutan Vs Lethal Esports
OG started off strong, winning pistol and anti-eco rounds on Haven. Tesseract secured the bonus round for the team with a crisp 4-kill fury, forcing LE to an eco round again. OG went to a dominating scoreline of 7-0 when finally LE broke their code and managed to find their opening with a flawless round at 7-1. But OG adapted quickly and did not drop a single round, finishing the half at 11-1.
OG won the pistol round again and forced LE to force buy the final round, but Tesseract closed out on the map with a solid 3 kill.
LE lost the match in a one-sided domination style at 13-1, while OG didn’t seem to break a sweat.
On Fracture, OG won the pistol round and LE decided to force the next round. This decision almost worked for LE, leaving them in a 1 vs 3 situations with OG Azys being the last man standing, but he proved to be too strong for LE, clutching it out and getting the second round for OG. LE managed to get 3 rounds in attack-side but Azys proved to be ‘lethal’, getting multiple entry frags each round.
LE won their first pistol, trying to catch the momentum in defense, but OG forced the second round and won, as two duelist compositions seemed too powerful for Lethal’s defense. LE Khelthuzad almost clutched a 1 vs 3 situations in the last round but OG Antidote watered down his efforts and closed the map at 13-4.
OG Azys won the match MVP, having a staggering K/D/A of 44/12/8 and an overall ACS of 372.
God’s Reign Vs Velocity Gaming
VLT had a comfortable start, winning the pistol, anti-eco, and bonus round, thanks to Doma’s 3 kills in bonus. GR is forced into an eco, where Vibhorr and Hoax click heads with their sheriffs, getting them a thrifty win. For the following rounds, Deathmaker got double 3 kills. At 6-1, GR secured a 2 vs 4 eco round, getting them the momentum they needed, and catching up with VLT to finish the half at 5-7.
Doma held his site and secured an easy 3 kill in the defense-side pistol. The full buy round was secured by GR, with Autumn getting 4 kills on VLT. At 6-9, GR Vibhorr almost clutched a 1 vs 5 but ran out of time and bullets. GR seemed strong on attack, getting the match up to 11-12 even after lagging behind, but couldn’t seem to close out the map even after an astonishing performance by Vibhorr, who dropped 21 kills on Killjoy, losing 11-13.
On Pearl, VLT won the pistol and anti-eco again, but GR answered back this time. They went neck-to-neck with their rounds as 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, and 5-5. GR finished the half 7-5 in their favor.
GR won the pistol round and anti-eco on defense, bringing the score to 9-5. But the unprecedented aggression and playmaking from the VLT IGL ec1s caught GR off-guard, equalizing the score to 9-9. Again the scores went borderline close at 10-10 and 11-11, VLT swung again and closed the map at 13-11.
VLT ec1s won the match MVP, dropping 45 kills on agents like Breach and KAY/O.
MLT Esports vs True Rippers
The two new rosters showed since round 1 that they are here to prove themselves.
TR won the pistol but MLT turned the anti-eco in their favor, not letting TR catch a breath. MLT venka2cold seemed to shut down TR efforts with his operator. But despite that, TR managed to keep the scoreline balanced, finishing the half at a scoreline of 5-7.
TR won the second pistol, with TR Kaizen getting the first ace of the tournament which set the tone of the remaining game as TR did not drop a single round in defense, finishing off at 13-7. TR Disrupt seemed to play in high aggression, gathering an ACS of 277 on Jett.
MLT seemed to have a comfortable start on Haven, winning the first three rounds with ease. TR converted a thrifty win in round 4, all thanks to the quadruple kills by TR Kaizen. TR managed to equalize the score at 3-3, setting the momentum for them. Due to MLT Venka2cold’s numerous frags, they managed to get the half to 7-5.
TR won the second pistol again and managed to get the next two rounds as well, forcing MLT to have a low economy. The scores went close and yet again, TR managed to close the map at 13-11, turning the attack side in their favor.
MLT Venka2cold single-handedly tried to get the game in his team’s favor, with a KDA of 27/18/2, but his teammates could not assist him much, therefore not being able to close out the map.
All the 3 matches this week finished with a 2-0 scoreline and showed an amazing start to the much-anticipated VCL SA. We hope to see more nail-biting games in the upcoming weeks of VCL!
