FlyQuest made quick work of the field at the ANZC Locals Brisbane Season 2 LAN and have added 149 points to their name in the VRS ranking, putting them in fifth place above Lynn Vision and 5star as the race for Major qualification starts to heat up.
The Alistair "aliStair" Johnston-led squad beat madlikewizards and Abyssal in the group stage, before taking out KZG and Ground Zero on the way to the final, where they once again beat Abyssal 2-0 to secure the tournament win in dominant fashion with no maps lost.
FlyQuest will attend two more regional events coming up before the Major's November 2 cutoff date, DFRAG Logitech G Pro Series and DFRAG Invitational, as they continue to contest for one of five Major invites in their region among a tightly packed group of seven teams comprising TYLOO, BC.Game, The MongolZ, Chinggis Warriors, FlyQuest, 5star, and Lynn Vision, all within less than 130 VRS points of each other.
The tournament's final standings are:
1. FlyQuest - $3,555
2. Abyssal - $1,778
3. Ground Zero - $1,067
4. KZG - $711
5-6. Mindfreak
5-6. BGNS Orange
7-8. madlikewizards
7-8. THUNDER dOWNUNDER (withdrawal)
Over at the MESA Pro Series Fall tournament in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Chinggis Warriors beat 5star in a crucial grand final that allowed them to surpass their compatriots in the VRS ranking and become the second-highest team in Mongolia behind The MongolZ.
5star had beaten Chinggis Warriors in the opening round of the tournament, but the Sodbileg "cool4st" Batbaatar-led squad ran the gauntlet through the lower bracket to take revenge in the final and secure the $1,650 cash prize and the important VRS points.
Chinggis Warriors added 171 points to their VRS ranking to 5star's 94 after the tournament, and provisionally put themselves in fourth place while their grand final rivals dropped down just below the invite threshold in sixth place.
The tournamnt's final standings are:
1. Chinggis Warriors - $1,650
2. 5star - $750
3. NEXVOID - $375
4. The Huns - $225
5-6. 1337
5-6. The Audacity
Chinggis Warriors are currently playing ESL Challenger League Season 52 Asia-Pacific Cup 3, where they are in the lower bracket semi-finals, while 5star's next event on the calendar is currently the $181,214 four-team GLuck Moscow Cyber Games LAN, where they will meet countrymen The Huns, a well as HOTU, and 1win.
A snapshot of the VRS race in Asia after the two LAN tournaments:
The Audacity
KZG
Alistair 'aliStair' JohnstonPast 3 months
BGNS Orange
Isaac 'Prodigy' Dahlan
Kieren 'Muzoona' Jackson
Johnny 'jcg' Grima
Alexander 'Harbor' Debney
Mitchell 'ElephanT' Rahn
Mohammed 'MoeycQ' Tizani
The Huns
Baatarkhuu 'Bart4k' Batbold
Unudelger 'controlez' Baasanjargal
Enkhjavkhlan 'Cozen' Tuvshin
Dugarsuren 'DarkMeister' Ireedui
Davaajargal 'bexyz' Bayarjargal
Badral 'Carnage' Purevkhuu
Abyssal
Sharvesh 'dangeR' Saravanan
Marvin 'Forleks' Tran
Jye 'zune' Pollock
Julian 'vinhy' Dinh-Vu
Ozzy 'blood' Rose
1337
The MongolZ
Yesuntumur 'nin9' Gantulga
Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren
Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold
Usukhbayar '910' Banzragch
Anarbileg 'cobrazera' Uuganbayar
Erdenedalai 'maaRaa' Bayanbat
Ground Zero
Tom 'apocdud' Henry
Jared 'hazr' O'Bree
Kalan 'sliimey' Lorenzo
Jack 'Omichella' McLoughlin
Ethan 'vision' Holst
Tyler 'tucks' Reilly
HOTU
David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan
Aidos 'kade0' Khairzhan
Dmitry 'mizu' Kondratev
Aleksandr 'dwushka' Pakhnevich
Kim 'frontales' Argunov
Rustem 'mou' Telepov
Chinggis Warriors
Tengis 'sk0R' Batjargal
Undrakhbayar 'ROUX' Zolbayar
Sodbileg 'cool4st' Batbaatar
Davaasuren 'fury5k' Ganbaatar
Zolbayar 'tikuak' Chimedtseren
Munkh-ochir 'Redka' Myagmarsuren
1win
Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov
Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov
Andrey 'BELCHONOKK' Yasinskiy
Petr 'fame' Bolyshev
Artem 'ArtFr0st' Kharitonov
Konstantin 'groove' Pikiner
Sodbileg 'cool4st' BatbaatarPast 3 months
Mindfreak
Cooper 'void' Farrell
Phoebe 'phoebe' Winter
Kai 'kairo' Brooks
Ethan 'lawlkay' Mistica
Tyler 'Bay' Dellaca
Lynn Vision
Zhe 'Westmelon' Niu
Sike 'z4KR' Zhang
Lizhi 'Starry' Ye
Junjie 'EmiliaQAQ' Tang
Qihao 'C4LLM3SU3' Su
Yifei 'GUM' Dai
NEXVOID
Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga
Munkhtogtokh 'xerolte' Enkhbat
Temuulen 'MiQ' Byambadalai
Otgonlhagva 'AccuracyTG' Batjargal
Munkhsaikhan 'Zesta' Erdenebaatar
Amartuvshin 'Diesen' Ganbaatar
BC.Game
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Tyson 'asap' Paterson
Azbayar 'Senzu' Munkhbold
Ayush 'mzinho' Batbold
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
FlyQuest
Justin 'jks' Savage
Alistair 'aliStair' Johnston
Joshua 'INS' Potter
Declan 'Vexite' Portelli
Corey 'nettik' Browne
Aaron 'AZR' Ward
TYLOO
Yi 'JamYoung' Yang
Dongkai 'Jee' Ji
Jingxiang 'Mercury' Wang
Qianhao 'Moseyuh' Chen
Su 'Zero' Jingshen
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' Zhong
THUNDER dOWNUNDER
Christopher 'dexter' Nong
Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas
Eddie 'viridian' Azzi
madlikewizards
5star
Uuganbayar 'NEUZ' Nyam-Otgon
Tengis 'rate' Boldbaatar
Gerelt-Od 'clouden' Jargal
Ariunjargal 'ariucle' Yadam
Dulguun 'hoolig4n' Batsaikhan
Telmen 'shinobi' Batzorig