fnatic defeat Eternal Fire to claim REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 2 title

Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin's men take home their second trophy in less than a week.

fnatic claimed the trophy at REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 2 after defeating Eternal Fire 2-1. Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker and co. were the only ones to steal a map from fnatic as the British-Swedish mix went undefeated against SAW, Copenhagen Flames and GODSENT.

Meanwhile, Eternal Fire came through the play-in stage and faced a 19-map odyssey before the final. The Turks finished second in their group before stumbling through the double-elimination bracket ahead of their campaign in the main stage. After reaching the playoffs Eternal Fire upset Virtus.pro in the round if 16 before dispatching ECSTATIC and winning a rematch against Entropiq in the semi-finals.

mezii was the MVP of the final accumulating a 1.80 rating

The defeated parties of the semi-finals faced off on Friday for a third-place decider to determine prize pool distribution. GODSENT started the series well on Dust2 but a fantastic offense from Entropiq in the second half saw the Russians take the map 16-11 after a masterful performance by Aleksei "⁠El1an⁠" Gusev.

Ancient was even more one-sided. Despite the Brazilians briefly holding a 6-5 lead they were unable to build a lasting advantage in the first half of play. Igor "⁠Forester⁠" Bezotecheskiy locked down the B bombsite, leaving GODSENT with very few options of attack as Entropiq secured Ancient 16-8 and the series 2-0.

Eternal Fire came into Vertigo as the heavy underdogs but thanks to the heroics of Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş and Ömer "⁠imoRR⁠" Karataş they edged the T side 8-7 as fnatic were not looking completely comfortable on B. A brief lead was recovered by the British-Swedish mix on the offensive but a renaissance from woxic and Buğra "⁠Calyx⁠" Arkın quickly stopped fnatic in their tracks. The Turkish squad strung together five in a row to close their map pick 16-13.

Inferno was a straightforward affair as fnatic took no prisoners on their T side, bullying the Turkish defense on their way to a 14-1 half. Eternal Fire winning the second pistol round was just the silver lining of a very dark cloud as fnatic responded with a force buy win before closing the affair 16-2.

fnatic were once again in control of the series on Overpass as William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman carried his spectacular form over from Inferno. The Turkish roster was only able to steal the odd round on the defense without gaining any lasting advantage as they trailed 5-10 at halftime. After switching sides to the CT side fnatic only dropped two rounds, closing the map 16-7 and the series 2-1.

REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 2Best of 3 fnaticMatchpage 2 1 20th November 2021 Eternal Fire 13Vertigo 16 16Inferno 2 16Overpass 7

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
William 'mezii' Merrimanmezii	78 - 37	+41	108.7	1.80
Ludvig 'Brollan' BrolinBrollan	49 - 45	+4	82.0	1.21
Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinALEX	42 - 38	+4	72.5	1.13
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	37 - 36	+1	64.0	1.05
Owen 'smooya' Butterfieldsmooya	45 - 41	+4	62.3	1.02

Eternal Fire	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES	48 - 54	-6	87.9	1.08
Ömer 'imoRR' KarataşimoRR	43 - 52	-9	72.9	0.94
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koçxfl0ud	41 - 48	-7	58.6	0.82
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	33 - 50	-17	54.5	0.73
Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınCalyx	32 - 49	-17	57.0	0.67

The final REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 2 standings are:

1. fnatic - $71,000
2. Eternal Fire - $30,000
3. Entropiq - $12,000
4. GODSENT - $7,000
5-8. FORZE
5-8. Copenhagen Flames
8-8. Fiend
5-8. ECSTATIC
9-16. SAW
9-16. K23
9-16. ECLOT
9-16. Dignitas
9-16. 00NATION
9-16. Virtus.pro
9-16. SINNERS
9-16. SKADE

Aleksei 'El1an' Gusev Age: 22 Team: Entropiq Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1131 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.62 Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Age: 26 Team: Eternal Fire Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 1594 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.68 SKADE #31 Georgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovDenislav 'dennyslaw' DimitrovKalin 'KalubeR' ErenditsovViktor 'Duplicate' MitevAleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov ECSTATIC #22 Dion 'FASHR' DerksenJakob 'Daffu' SchildtAdam 'WolfY' AnderssonThomas 'birdfromsky' Due-FrederiksenMarcus 'maNkz' Kjeldsen Entropiq #12 Aleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovVladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoViktor 'Lack1' BoldyrevAleksei 'El1an' GusevIgor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy SINNERS #25 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýJindřich 'ZEDKO' ChybaSebastian 'beastik' DaňoMax 'SHOCK' KvapilAdam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar Virtus.pro #7 Timur 'buster' TulepovEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis GODSENT #23 Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' VasconcellosEduardo 'dumau' WolkmerBruno 'b4rtiN' CâmaraBruno 'latto' Rebelatto ECLOT #83 Vojtěch 'Valencio' MydlářAdam 'ZED' BartkoFilip 'K1-FiDa' DvořákLukáš 'capseN' KoláčnýVít 'nbqq' Pohlot Eternal Fire #57 Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınÖmer 'imoRR' KarataşYasin 'xfl0ud' Koç Dignitas #40 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergAdam 'friberg' FribergJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliLudvig 'HEAP' Alonso FORZE #24 Andrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoAleksandr 'shalfey' MarenovAleksandr 'KENSI' GurkinEvgeny 'Norwi' Ermolin Alex 'ALEX' McMeekin Age: 26 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1087 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.71 K23 #47 Sanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanDaniil 'X5G7V' MaryshevPetr 'fame' Bolyshev 00NATION #132 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeFernando 'fer' AlvarengaAlencar 'trk' RossatoLeonardo 'leo_drk' OliveiraVinicius 'vsm' Moreira Ömer 'imoRR' Karataş Age: 21 Team: Eternal Fire Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 472 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.72 Fiend #18 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovSimeon 'dream3r' GanevHristiyan 'REDSTAR' PironkovDeyvid 'h4rn' Benchev SAW #49 Omar 'arki' ChakkorChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraRenato 'stadodo' Gonçalves fnatic #20 Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonOwen 'smooya' ButterfieldLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinWilliam 'mezii' Merriman William 'mezii' Merriman Age: 23 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 425 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 Igor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy Age: 21 Team: Entropiq Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1038 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Copenhagen Flames #9 Rasmus 'HooXi' NielsenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenJakob 'jabbi' NygaardRasmus 'Zyphon' Nordfoss Özgür 'woxic' Eker Age: 23 Team: Eternal Fire Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 992 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.62 Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın Age: 23 Team: Eternal Fire Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 939 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.63