Today was the first day of Dreamhack London, with the action still going on into the late hours tonight, Group A concluded this afternoon. This group included –
EnVyUs
dignitas
Renegades
EZskins
Starting the day was EZskins against EnVyUs on Inferno, with the day being started with an impressive stomp from EnVyUs only dropping two rounds against the new UK team EZskins, allowing them to take a fast win placing EZskins in the first elimination match of the day. Following this match was Dignitas vs Renegades, with the loser dropping down to face EZskins whilst the winner would go ahead and play against EnVyUs. This second match was a repeat of the first, this time with Dignitas taking the win on Dust 2 with a dominating 16-2 performance against Renegades.
To decide the winner of the group, EnVyUs and Dignitas fought it out on Mirage, with yet another dominating performance for EnVyUs looking like the unstoppable force that they can be, managing to take the groups with 2 wins dropping 8 rounds in total.
Next up was the first elimination match of the day, EZskins the UK underdogs vs the Aussies, Renegades. This was fought out on Dust 2 with one of the best games of the day following some hugely impressive performances from the EZskins guys they managed to topple the Aussie team 16:11 and sending them home, leaving Renegades as the first team to be eliminated on the day.
Lastly was the end of the road for either EZskins or Dignitas, playing on Mirage, Dignitas bounced back from the performance they had against EnVyUs and turned around and forced EZskins to see the all to familiar score line of 16-2, allowing Dignitas to knock EZskins out of the tournament and take the 2nd seed from Group A.
