Dreamhack Atlanta: H1Z1 Elite Series 2017

Elite Series recap

This June, Daybreak Games announced a new H1Z1 tournament circuit, the Elite Series. It made its first stop at Dreamhack Atlanta and Echo Fox was in attendance, competing in both the solo and team events.

Radek and HOOWy automatically qualified for the solo finals, leaving 10000days, JerkChicken, Minitrue, and CbkFlame in the qualifiers. 10000days was placed into qualifying group A while the remaining Foxes found themselves in group B.

The qualifying round ranked players by their total score over two games. The final ranked players by total score over three games.

GROUP AGame 1

10000days began all alone at the factor. A lack of action in the early game gave him plenty of time to loot. The first circles formed around Ranchito Taquito and caused a lot of skirmishes, but 10000days managed to stay clear of the fights for the first few minutes.

The safe zone soon shrunk to a very small region of Ranchito, and 10k picked up his first kill with eight players remaining. He died soon after, with six players left to go. This gave him a great starting point to qualify in the top 20 for the finals.

Game 2

The safe zone formed in the very southwest of the map near Runamok Lake. The significant height differentials in the area discouraged fighting, again giving 10000days time to loot.

Soon, the safe zone formed around the top of Greene's Overlook, a thick, forested mountain. This caused an outbreak of combat as a lot of players were forced in a tiny circle with tons of foliage. 10k tried to stay on the outside of the zone as long as possible to solidify his position in the top 20.

He picked up a kill with 13 remaining and claimed his position in the top 10. A second kill with a grenade further solidified his position in the top 20 securing a spot in the solo finals.

GROUP BGame 1

CbkFlame and Mini both spawned to the south of Pleasant Valley and JerkChicken spawned to the north of Pleasant Valley. All three Foxes got plenty of time to comfortably loot up before moving to the safe zone.

The circle formed around a mountainous area near the south of Cranberry. After a short while, Mini managed to score his first kill onto Vago with 45 players remaining. This was quickly followed by a kill from JerkChicken onto Neostorm.

The gas circle tightened around the camping area near Runamok lake, and soon all three Foxes entered the top 20 of game 1.

JerkChicken picked up a second kill by taking down TRIV, and CbkFlame took down his teammate Mini with 16 players remaining. Unfortunately, he dropped to BigK soon after, leaving only JerkChicken behind in the top 10.

JerkChicken picked up a third kill by taking down BigK but fell victim to Gabeismom to take 4th place.

Game 2

CbkFlame spawned around Ranchito, JerkChicken in the villas south of Ranchito, and Mini near Pleasant Valley. The circle closed around the far southwest of the map, near the hospital, and all three Foxes had to start moving quickly.

Unfortunately, JerkChicken didn't make it to the safe zone on time and choked in the toxic gas in 48thposition. Thankfully, his good performance in game 1 granted him enough points to secure a slot in the finals.

Mini died to CloakOG in 36th place not giving him enough points to advance to the finals.

With only CBKflame left with 30 players to go, the safe zone started forcing players to a very small area. He quickly managed to pick up his first kill onto s1mplicityy and quickly followed by a kill onto Tooleymane. Unfortunately, he shortly after traded kills with TnTReigns in 10th place. His two top 20 finish secured his slot in the finals.