The first season of Flashpoint has finally concluded, with MAD Lions coming out on top. The Danish squad was up against MiBR, which were the favourites heading into the Grand Finals, but MAD Lions managed to clutch out a comeback on the last map of the series to take the win.
Final Standings + Winnings
- 1st – MAD Lions – $ 500,000
- 2nd – MiBR – $ 250,000
- 3rd – HAVU – $ 100,000
- 4th – Cloud9 – $ 50,000
How did they do it?
Heading into Flashpoint, there were a lot of doubts and questions about this team. They were no doubt at the top of their game early this year, beating teams like OG, ENCE, Heroic, Virtus.pro, and many others. However, the epicenter of doubt came from their last minute player swap of Nicolai “HUNDEN” Petersen and Asger “AcilioN” Larsen back in early March. MAD Lions had received a lot of criticism from their fans, as HUNDEN was a core part of the team even though he was at the bottom part of the scoreboard the majority of the time. Despite the drastic roster change that MAD Lions implemented, they managed to power through Flashpoint pretty easily, only losing two best of 3’s. One was versus Havu early in Flashpoint, and the other loss was against MiBR in the upper final bracket.
How was the first season of Flashpoint?
Flashpoint on the whole, was pretty good to say the least. It had a top tier broadcast and very talented casting and analyst lineup. Despite having weaker teams in comparison to ESL’s Pro League Season 11, there was still a lot of competition between the teams and they all showcased exceptional Counter-Strike. There was a lot of Controversy about Flashpoint back in February, about Flashpoint’s potential as a league, if it will be successful and beneficial for the teams participating in it. And a good example of this is by looking at AcilioN from MAD Lions’ roster. He came into the event last minute, and had an outstanding performance all tournament long and ended up grabbing a share of the $500,000.
Where do we go from now?
With both Flashpoint 1 and ESL Pro League Season 11 concluded, we can’t wait for the upcoming events which will feature MAD Lions, MiBR, Fnatic, Team Liquid, and all the other top teams. The next event scheduled is ESL One: Road to Rio and it is set to take place between the 22nd April and the 17th of May.
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