North, Immortals to DH Montreal semi

North and Immortals have earned spots in the DreamHack Open Montreal playoffs after topping their respective groups.

The first round of matches in Group A brought two somewhat surprising results as North were made to work hard to beat Gale Force, only doing so in the very last round of regulation, while Kinguin demolished CLG on Mirage after a one-sided first half that saw them take 12 rounds.

Meanwhile, Group B went according to script, with Cloud9 and Immortals breezing past Complexity and Luminosity, respectively, both by 16-5 scorelines. 

Immortals defeated Luminosity and Cloud9

Despite a great performance from Grzegorz "⁠SZPERO⁠" Dziamałek, who currently boasts a 1.36 event rating in Montreal, Kinguin were unable to keep North from taking the match. Still, the Polish team have plenty of positives to take from the match as they came from 12-3 down to 13-11, only to lose control of proceedings from that point on.

DreamHack Open Montreal 2017Best of 1 NorthMatchpage 16 11 9th September 2017 Kinguin 16Mirage 11

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	22 - 13	+9	66.3	1.25
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	17 - 14	+3	68.4	1.15
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	20 - 16	+4	74.3	1.13
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	15 - 18	-3	80.3	1.12
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	18 - 22	-4	82.4	0.97

Kinguin	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekSZPERO	24 - 17	+7	95.9	1.27
Michał 'MICHU' MüllerMICHU	21 - 18	+3	86.8	1.24
Bartosz 'Hyper' WolnyHyper	16 - 17	-1	73.9	1.05
Karol 'rallen' Rodowiczrallen	12 - 19	-7	51.7	0.75
Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewskimouz	9 - 21	-12	46.8	0.61

The final match of the day pitted Cloud9 against Immortals on Cache. The game got off to a dream start for the Brazilians, who cruised to an 8-0 lead on the Terrorist side. Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik then came up huge and single-handedly won a round for his team with three quick kills, but Immortals immediately regained control. Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes's men did not give Cloud9 any breathing room, with the half ending in a shocking 13-2 scoreline.

Cloud9 came out of the break much livelier and won nine rounds in a row to bring the deficit to just two rounds. Immortals then finally got their first round of the half, on a shoddy buy, and they tightened up their defense after that, securing a narrow win that puts them through to the playoffs.

DreamHack Open Montreal 2017Best of 1 Cloud9Matchpage 13 16 9th September 2017 Immortals 13Cache 16

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	26 - 23	+3	92.8	1.28
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	24 - 19	+5	86.1	1.19
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	16 - 18	-2	58.2	0.98
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	12 - 21	-9	67.2	0.83
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	15 - 21	-6	58.9	0.74

Immortals	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ricardo 'boltz' Prassboltz	29 - 15	+14	109.1	1.61
Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppekNgV-	25 - 23	+2	90.1	1.17
Henrique 'HEN1' TelesHEN1	21 - 18	+3	74.4	1.16
Lucas 'LUCAS1' TelesLUCAS1	15 - 17	-2	71.6	1.08
Lucas 'steel' Lopessteel	12 - 20	-8	42.3	0.70

CLG #22 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' Arnold Luminosity #50 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' Cespedes Lucas 'steel' Lopes Age: 23 Team: Immortals Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 476 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.64 North #4 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Complexity #31 Rory 'dephh' JacksonJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerPeter 'ptr' GurneyAlec 'Slemmy' WhiteBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor Gale Force #69 Guillermo 'guishorro' ArecoJonathan 'JonY BoY' MuñozMatias 'tutehen' CanaleEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoTomás 'tomi' Guardia Tarik 'tarik' Celik Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 649 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.68 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' Dziamałek Age: 26 Team: Kinguin Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 845 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Immortals #6 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeLucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' Prass Kinguin #25 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'MICHU' MüllerBartosz 'Hyper' WolnyMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Cloud9 #11 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip