GODSENT win DH September over Extra Salt; qualify for EPL Conference

The Brazilian roster fought tooth-and-nail through a best-of-five series that spanned over seven hours.

GODSENT have claimed victory in DreamHack Open September North America, edging past Extra Salt in the best-of-five grand final to earn $35,000 and book a spot at the ESL Pro League Season 15 Conference in November.

The group stage of the tournament was rather clear-cut, with the only notable team to miss out on the playoffs being Bad News Bears, who fell to a comeback from TeamOne in their decider match-up. In Group A, paiN topped the board, while Group B was led by GODSENT, who managed to net the top seed after beating Extra Salt thanks to a stellar showing from João "⁠felps⁠" Vasconcellos.

The playoffs also unfolded as expected, with Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou's crew claiming revenge against paiN in the semi-finals after the Brazilian team had prevailed over Extra Salt in the Fragadelphia Fall BLAST Premier Fall Showdown qualifier earlier in the week. GODSENT, meanwhile, narrowly moved past their countrymen from TeamOne in a three-map series to book their own spot in the grand final.

dumau stepped up for GODSENT on the deciding map of the series

The final series of the event kicked off in rather one-sided fashion, with the teams picking up lopsided wins on their opponents map picks to keep the series tied at 1-1. It was on Vertigo where things really began to heat up, with Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm putting up an incredible individual performance (44-20 K-D, 120 ADR) only for his team to narrowly lose the map in overtime.

Inferno saw Extra Salt answer back, but the win was anything but easy as GODSENT made a valiant effort to rally back from a 5-10 deficit, only for Aran "⁠Sonic⁠" Groesbeek and oSee to take the map over the line, 16-14.

The decider, Dust2, seemed set for GODSENT to finally run away with things and close out the series after they converted a 10-5 lead into a 15-7 scoreline in the second half; however, resilience from Extra Salt saw them win eight rounds in a row to force overtime.

There, the back-and-forth battle continued, but it was Eduardo "⁠dumau⁠" Wolkmer's incredible performance that ended up securing GODSENT a victory, with the 17-year-old topping the board (46-25 K-D, 119 ADR, 1.80 rating) and scoring a triple kill in the final round to take home the series win.

DreamHack Open September 2021 North AmericaBest of 5 Extra SaltMatchpage 2 3 26th September 2021 GODSENT 6Ancient 16 16Nuke 8 17Vertigo 19 16Inferno 14 20Dust2 22

Extra Salt	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Josh 'oSee' OhmoSee	133 - 90	+43	85.5	1.34
Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekSonic	118 - 101	+17	87.2	1.21
Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoMarKE	96 - 112	-16	69.6	0.95
Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouJT	86 - 97	-11	61.0	0.93
Justin 'FaNg' CoakleyFaNg	86 - 106	-20	64.3	0.92

GODSENT	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmerdumau	131 - 93	+38	87.1	1.32
Bruno 'b4rtiN' Câmarab4rtiN	105 - 104	+1	76.7	1.06
João 'felps' Vasconcellosfelps	107 - 117	-10	77.2	0.99
Bruno 'latto' Rebelattolatto	93 - 99	-6	69.9	0.99
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	70 - 106	-36	58.2	0.77

Despite losing the series, all is not lost for Extra Salt, who still hold a spot at the ESL Pro League Season 15 Conference as a result of winning DreamHack Open June North America earlier in the year. GODSENT now join the list of teams attending the event, from which three teams will be able to earn a spot in ESL Pro League Season 15.

The team list for the EPL S15 Conference now looks as follows:

Extra Salt
Renegades
GODSENT
ESEA Premier S38 #2
ESL Premiership
ESL Mistrzostwa Polski
ESL Championnat National
ESL Benelux Championship Renewal
Sharks
DreamHack November
ESEA Premier S38 #2
ESL Meisterschaft
ESL Masters España
ESL Türkiye Şampiyonası
ESL Swiss League Josh 'oSee' Ohm Age: 22 Team: Extra Salt Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 914 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.63 Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer Age: 17 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 320 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.62 João 'felps' Vasconcellos Age: 24 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 917 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.70 Renewal #111 Gan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarUuganbayar 'NEUZ' Nyam-OtgonYesuntumur 'nin9' GantulgaBoldbaatar 'rate' Tengis Renegades #23 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterJordan 'Hatz' BajicLiam 'malta' Schembri Bad News Bears #43 Gabe 'Spongey' GreinerAlan 'Shakezullah' HardemanPaytyn 'junior' JohnsonMichael 'Swisher' Schmid Sharks #73 Jhonatan 'jnt' SilvaFillipe 'pancc' MartinsAntonio 'realz1n' OliveiraLucas 'Lucaozy' NevesRomeu 'zevy' Rocco Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek Age: 22 Team: Extra Salt Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 895 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Extra Salt #25 Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouJosh 'oSee' OhmJustin 'FaNg' Coakley paiN #42 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoWesley 'hardzao' LopesRodrigo 'biguzera' BittencourtRafael 'saffee' Costa GODSENT #74 Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' VasconcellosEduardo 'dumau' WolkmerBruno 'b4rtiN' CâmaraBruno 'latto' Rebelatto Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou Age: 22 Team: Extra Salt Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 879 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.67 TeamOne #69 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposMatheus 'prt' ScuveroMario 'malbsMd' SamayoaMatheus 'pesadelo' PanissetEnzo 'xns' Henrique