Tainted Minds win AOC CGPL Spring Finals

Yaman "yam" Ergenekon's Tainted Minds have won the third split of CyberGamer Premier League 2017 over Grayhound in the grand final.

The top four Australian teams from the eight team online league met face-to-face at the CGPL Adelaide studios in the weekend for a lion's share of $15,500 AUD prize pot (~$12,350 including travel assistance).

The Australian event kicked off with a semi-final rematch between the ROG APAC finalists, Athletico and Grayhound, which went in the way of Erdenetsogt "⁠erkaSt⁠" Gantulga's side 2-1 once again. On the other hand, the two-time reigning CGPL champions Chiefs narrowly lost to the Asia Minor attendees Tainted Minds in 2-1 fashion.

Tainted Minds are the new CGPL champions, after Chiefs claimed the first two 2017 splits

Another nail-biting match going to all three maps saw Tainted Minds emerge as the victors in the upper bracket final against Grayhound, securing themselves a spot in the grand final with a 1-0 advantage for the best-of-five series. 

Athletico was the first team to be eliminated at the Spring Finals, following a 2-1 victory by Chiefs in the lower bracket. Tyler "⁠tucks⁠" Reilly's crew failed to defend their CGPL LAN streak as Grayhound sent them home in two straight maps.
Despite being the fourth team to qualify for the CGPL Championship, Grayhound were unable to take a map off Yaman "⁠yam⁠" Ergenekon's squad, who quickly closed the series 3-0 after a confident 1-nil lead, heading into the game.
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Tainted Minds	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	51 - 33	+18	105.5	1.56
Ryan 'zewsy' Palmerzewsy	43 - 36	+7	86.9	1.27
Chris 'ofnu' Hanleyofnu	45 - 29	+16	80.7	1.27
Mike 'ap0c' Aliferisap0c	41 - 34	+7	75.0	1.16
Connor 'chuch' Morganchuch	33 - 29	+4	60.6	1.01

Grayhound	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaerkaSt	47 - 43	+4	91.8	1.17
Sean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiGratisfaction	38 - 41	-3	66.8	0.96
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	30 - 44	-14	61.9	0.83
Callum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonBURNRUOk	28 - 42	-14	59.8	0.70
Ollie 'DickStacy' TierneyDickStacy	18 - 43	-25	47.0	0.64

Final standings for CGPL Spring 2017:

1. Tainted Minds - $4,980 + CGPL Championship 2017 spot
2. Grayhound - $2,990 + CGPL Championship 2017 spot
3. Chiefs - $2,190
4. Athletico - $2,190
5. SIN
6. Dark Sided
7. AVANT
8. Kings (pulled out of the league)

Here is the updated list for CGPL Championship 2017, which is expected to take place next month:

Chiefs	AVANT
Tainted Minds	Grayhound
TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA

Photo courtesy of CyberGamer Australia.

Tainted Minds #68 Mike 'ap0c' AliferisYaman 'yam' ErgenekonRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyConnor 'chuch' Morgan AVANT #202 Alec 'Noisia' GulabovskiGeorgio 'sK' PoumpoulidisRaymond 'Dezibel' OdishoSteve 'InJect' Honan SIN #165 Gary 'kalth' HowardAndrew 'YDNA' AdamsPeter 'BL1TZ' AthanasatosCooper 'void' FarrellStefan 'Lacore' Paunovic Tyler 'tucks' Reilly Age: 21 Team: Chiefs Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 264 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga Age: 22 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 258 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.68 Grayhound #59 Christopher 'dexter' NongCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Athletico #95 Jesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerSam 'flickz' JonesMatthew 'Texta' O'RourkeMitchell 'Sync' DaleTyson 'pan1K' Missak Dark Sided #145 Daylan 'goa' FabbroJay 'JDK' EckermannEuan 'sterling' MooreJireh 'J1rah' YouakimJared 'hazr' O'Bree Kings #54 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsSimon 'Sico' WilliamsTravis 'wizard' RichardsonJay 'Liazz' TregillgasJordan 'Hatz' Bajic Yaman 'yam' Ergenekon Age: 28 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 298 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.66 Chiefs #73 Tyler 'tucks' ReillyPeter 'pecks' NguyenAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterLiam 'malta' Schembri