TYLOO are the first Asia Minor team to secure a spot at the FACEIT Major New Challenger Stage after defeating Tainted Minds 2-0 (16-12 Cache, 16-6 Mirage).
The start of the upper-bracket final of the Asia Minor saw Tainted Minds pick up the T-side pistol on Cache, their map pick, and continue on to a 3-0 lead by cleaning up the anti ecos. With rifles, though, TYLOO looked like the stronger side, chaining five rounds to take the lead.
Ryan "zewsy" Palmer's quicky entry opened up a round for Tainted Minds, which they managed to win and started contesting the half. The score was 8-7 for TYLOO before the switch, but the Chinese-Indonesian side won the pistol and moved up to a 13-7 lead, closing in on a map one win. Chris "ofnu" Hanley and Yaman "yam" Ergenekon then combined well to lock down A in back-to-back rounds, but a force buy upset in which Kevin "xccurate" Susanto secured four swinged things TYLOO's way, allowing them to finish the map 16-12.
Hui "DD" Wu was on point early on Mirage as the Chinese player got 12 kills in the first seven rounds, seeing his side grab a 6-1 advantage. Tainted Minds' economy was in a bad place after that, but they managed to fight their way back into the half after some eco rounds, focusing towards the A site repeatedly (8-4).
The end of the half was all about TYLOO again, as xccurate winning the AWP duel with yam and Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand pulling off a crucial flank saw them win round 14 and finish the half 11-4 up. BnTeT clutched a 1v1 against yam in the second pistol round after his side broke out on the B site, which saw TYLOO get to match point shortly, 15-4. The Australian side held them at bay for a bit, but ultimately fell to a force-buy B push by TYLOO, who won the map 16-6.
Asia Minor - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 3
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Tainted Minds 16Cache 12 16Mirage 6 | TYLOO | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hui 'DD' WuDD | 48 - 31 | +17 | 97.5 | 1.46 |
 Kevin 'xccurate' Susantoxccurate | 44 - 30 | +14 | 83.5 | 1.32 |
| Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandBnTeT | 35 - 29 | +6 | 87.3 | 1.28 |
| HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody | 41 - 33 | +8 | 82.4 | 1.25 |
| Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo | 30 - 32 | -2 | 65.8 | 0.99 |
| Tainted Minds | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua 'INS' PotterINS | 34 - 37 | -3 | 79.4 | 1.05 |
| Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam | 34 - 41 | -7 | 72.7 | 1.01 |
 Chris 'ofnu' Hanleyofnu | 32 - 41 | -9 | 77.9 | 0.89 |
| Callum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonBURNRUOk | 31 - 36 | -5 | 55.6 | 0.83 |
| Ryan 'zewsy' Palmerzewsy | 24 - 43 | -19 | 58.4 | 0.70 |
Team list for the FACEIT Major New Challenger Stage now looks as follows:
Gambit
Space Soldiers
AstralisNorth
Rogue
HellRaisersTYLOO
EU Minor #1
Vega Squadron
BIG
Liquid
Virtus.proComplexitySpiritAsia Minor #2EU Minor #2
BIG #7 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' Maget
Owen 'smooya' Butterfield 
Spirit #32 Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' Forostyanko
Pavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoViktor 'sdy' Orudzhev 
Gambit #18 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovNikolay 'mir' Bityukov 
Vega Squadron #61 Anton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovLeonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakPavel 'hutji' LashkovIgor 'crush' Shevchenko 
Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif 
Rogue #29 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandHunter 'SicK' MimsDaniel 'vice' Kim 
Space Soldiers #19 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor 
Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' Cannella
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken 
Complexity #30 Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanRory 'dephh' JacksonPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor Hui 'DD' Wu 
Age: 23 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 641 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Kevin 'xccurate' Susanto 
Age: 20 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 358 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.64 
Tainted Minds #69 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonJoshua 'INS' Potter Hansel 'BnTeT' Ferdinand 
Age: 22 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.26 Maps played: 413 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.61 Yaman 'yam' Ergenekon 
Age: 29 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 453 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 
Virtus.pro #22 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiPaweł 'byali' BielińskiMichał 'MICHU' Müller Ryan 'zewsy' Palmer 
Age: 21 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 372 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 
HellRaisers #15 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' Eker
Bence 'DeadFox' Böröcz
Issa 'ISSAA' Murad 
North #10 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' Aistrup
Oscar 'mixwell' CañellasMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Chris 'ofnu' Hanley 
Age: 25 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 414 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 TYLOO #16 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto (责任编辑：cs cases)
