coL win MSI Beat it! US qualifier

compLexity have triumphed in the MSI Beat it! 2013 US qualifier after defeating Homeless 2-0 (16-12 on de_nuke_se, 16-9 on de_dust2_se) in the final, winning $1,500 in the process as well as $3,000 travel support for the trip to China.

After finding the Oceanic participant in Vox Eminor last week, tonight was the time to find out who will represent North America.

The ESEA Season 14 runners-up compLexity had an easy road to the final, while the newly formed squad Homeless, featuring European based Canadian player Joshua "steel" Nissan, had to overcome Denial's old and new teams in closely fought quarter-final and semi-final series.

Despite residing in UK, steel played well for Homeless throughout the tournament

The grand final began on coL's map pick, de_nuke_se, where they had to start on the T side due to losing the knife round.

The very beginning of the match hinted at a back and forth affair, with compLexity going up 2-0 before dropping an anti-eco round and seeing Homeless take over the lead three rounds later.

However, the attackers shifted into the next gear and won six in a row before splitting the last two for a 10-5 lead.

Homeless had a perfect reply ready for the second half, and they went on their own six round run for another lead change at 11-10.

But similarly to how they closed down NiP at the ESEA Season 14 Finals last month, Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert and Braxton "swag" Pierce stepped up their upper bombsite hold and led coL to a 16-12 first map win.

17-year-old Braxton "swag" Pierce was the top fragger of the match

Their momentum carried over into the second map, as they went up 6-0 as Ts on de_dust2_se. Still, Homeless hung on and managed to win 7 of the next 9 rounds, only trailing by one at the half.

Losing the second pistol round didn't help though, and despite coming close again at 10-9, Homeless were left stranded in the end after yet another six round run by Sean "sgares" Gares' squad, making the final score 16-9 in favor of compLexity.

MSI Beat it! 2013 US FinalsBest of 2 HomelessMatchpage 0 2 27th September 2013 Complexity 12Nuke_se 16 9Dust2_se 16

Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenSEMPHIS	49 - 33	+16	-	1.36
Braxton 'swag' Pierceswag	50 - 35	+15	-	1.35
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	42 - 35	+7	-	1.14
Spencer 'Hiko' MartinHiko	32 - 32	0	-	0.93
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	27 - 33	-6	-	0.85

Homeless	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Sam 'DaZeD' MarineDaZeD	44 - 38	+6	-	1.11
Joshua 'steel' Nissansteel	39 - 43	-4	-	1.04
Neil 'montE' MontgomerymontE	36 - 39	-3	-	0.95
Trey 'tck' Martintck	31 - 40	-9	-	0.82
Carey 'frozt' Kertenianfrozt	17 - 40	-23	-	0.48

With this victory, coL won a $1,500 prize, as well as $3,000 worth of travel support for the MSI Beat it! 2013 LAN Finals in China.

Final standings of MSI Beat it! 2013 US Finals

1. compLexity - $1,500 + $3,000 travel support
2. Homeless - $500
3-4. Exertus
3-4. Denial

They will join fnatic and Vox Eminor in the list of known participants so far, while seven more are left to be determined in the coming weeks.

fnatic	Vox Eminor	compLexity	Europe #1
Europe #2	China #1	China #2	Middle East
South East Asia	Korea/Japan/Taiwan

The European qualifier is currently in the semi-final stage where NiP will meet VeryGames, and Lemondogs will battle n!faculty for the two spots, while Middle East's qualifier is set to finish this Saturday.

The LAN Finals will have $22,000 up for grabs and will take place on November 22-23rd in Shanghai, China.

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