s1mple carried BC.Game past MIBR with 76 kills in his best series in months. Six hours later, the team was out of Stake Pulse Beat III after losing to HEROIC and to MIBR in the rematch.
Thursday at Stake Pulse Beat III showed both sides of BC.Game. In the opening match of Group D, s1mple led the team to a 2-1 win over MIBR, finishing the series 76-43 with a 1.41 rating. Both maps BC.Game won went to overtime, with Cache and Nuke ending 16-12.
It was s1mple’s first win over a team in the HLTV top 20 in 260 days. The last one came against Legacy on 28 January.
The day ended differently. HEROIC beat BC.Game 2-0 in the winners’ match (13-6 on Cache, 13-9 on Nuke), and MIBR won the rematch in the decider 2-1. BC.Game are out of the tournament in Stockholm.
The three series
BC.Game2-1
MIBRStatsCache 16-12, Ancient 10-13, Nuke 16-12
| BC.Game | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 s1mple | 76-43 | +33 | 92.3 | 77.2% |
 mzinho | 57-51 | +6 | 68.9 | 75.9% |
| Senzu | 52-59 | -7 | 73.1 | 78.5% |
 Magisk | 42-50 | -8 | 61.2 | 68.4% |
 asap | 38-50 | -12 | 65.2 | 70.9% |
| MIBR | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 insani | 69-56 | +13 | 105.0 | 77.2% |
 tomaszin | 50-50 | 0 | 67.6 | 73.4% |
| nqz | 43-48 | -5 | 54.7 | 78.5% |
 LNZ | 49-56 | -7 | 64.0 | 70.9% |
| venomzera | 42-58 | -16 | 61.3 | 62.0% |
HEROIC2-0BC.GameStatsCache 13-6, Nuke 13-9
| HEROIC | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nilo | 40-21 | +19 | 103.1 | 80.5% |
| Brollan | 34-26 | +8 | 92.9 | 75.6% |
| Chr1zN | 35-28 | +7 | 97.2 | 78.0% |
 MartinezSa | 21-19 | +2 | 44.4 | 80.5% |
| susp | 25-26 | -1 | 61.7 | 75.6% |
| BC.Game | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s1mple | 31-27 | +4 | 79.1 | 68.3% |
| Senzu | 32-32 | 0 | 84.7 | 68.3% |
| mzinho | 22-30 | -8 | 59.4 | 65.9% |
| Magisk | 18-32 | -14 | 47.4 | 53.7% |
| asap | 15-34 | -19 | 47.7 | 61.0% |
MIBR2-1BC.GameStatsMirage 13-5, Ancient 7-13, Inferno 13-7
| MIBR | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| insani | 48-36 | +12 | 104.5 | 79.3% |
| venomzera | 43-35 | +8 | 71.7 | 72.4% |
| nqz | 39-32 | +7 | 68.1 | 75.9% |
| LNZ | 38-31 | +7 | 73.0 | 79.3% |
| tomaszin | 41-37 | +4 | 77.1 | 75.9% |
| BC.Game | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mzinho | 37-39 | -2 | 68.3 | 67.2% |
| s1mple | 37-41 | -4 | 73.8 | 65.5% |
| Magisk | 33-39 | -6 | 63.1 | 58.6% |
| Senzu | 34-42 | -8 | 69.0 | 63.8% |
| asap | 29-49 | -20 | 66.9 | 70.7% |
| Series | K-D | +/- | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| vs MIBR | 76-43 | +33 | 1.41 |
| vs HEROIC | 31-27 | +4 | 1.19 |
| vs MIBR (decider) | 37-41 | -4 | 0.91 |
nqz’s revenge
The rematch turned on Mirage, which MIBR won 13-5 after BC.Game changed their map pick. nqz finished an ace with the AWP that included two no-scopes, one of them on s1mple.
BC.Game took Ancient 13-7, but MIBR won Inferno 13-7 to go through. insani was MIBR’s best player in both meetings with BC.Game, with ratings of 1.40 and 1.41. MIBR face Astralis in the quarter-finals on Friday.
Against HEROIC, s1mple and Senzu were the only BC.Game players above a 1.00 rating. Magisk and asap finished on 0.53 and 0.60, while nilo led HEROIC with a 1.73 rating.
What it means for the Major
BC.Game play in the Asia region of the Valve Regional Standings after Valve made an exception to its new region rules for them. The exit in Stockholm does not change the region, and BC.Game remain in the race for the PGL Singapore Major in December.
Their next event is DraculaN Season 7, which runs from 19 to 23 October.
