ORDER have defeated Tainted Minds in the grand final of ESEA MDL Season 27 Australia and qualified for the Global Challenge LAN.

Three months of online action witnessed the top eight Australian teams advance to the playoffs stage and duke it out during the past few days. Due to scheduling issues, Grayhound and Corvidae forfeited their opening quarter-final match-ups against Dark Sided and ORDER respectively.

Meanwhile, Tainted Minds continued their flawless streak of wins by beating Control and Dark Sided, ending up with a 20-0 map win record before reaching the grand final. Defending champions Chiefs ran over Legacy OCE but fell short to Chris "⁠emagine⁠" Rowlands' men in the semis afterwards.

ORDER secure another international trip as Australia's representatives

The grand final kicked off with a dominant 12-3 showing on the attacking side by Alistair "⁠aliStair⁠" Johnston's crew on Train. Shortly, ORDER successfully closed it out 16-11 on the CT side against Ryan "⁠zewsy⁠" Palmer and co.

Heading into the next map, Tainted Minds managed to secure seven T rounds in the first half of Cache but failed to deliver following the switch. ORDER had no trouble widening the gap in scores and claimed the second map with another 16-11 scoreline and the series itself.

ESEA MDL Season 27 AustraliaBest of 3 Tainted MindsMatchpage 0 2 1st April 2018 ORDER 11Train 16 11Cache 16

Tainted Minds	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ryan 'zewsy' Palmerzewsy	38 - 39	-1	80.3	1.03
Joshua 'INS' PotterINS	33 - 43	-10	76.0	0.89
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	27 - 40	-13	58.0	0.76
Chris 'ofnu' Hanleyofnu	28 - 40	-12	63.3	0.73
Connor 'chuch' Morganchuch	26 - 41	-15	52.2	0.67

ORDER	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jordan 'Hatz' BajicHatz	43 - 33	+10	91.0	1.38
Alistair 'aliStair' JohnstonaliStair	40 - 28	+12	87.9	1.38
Jay 'Liazz' TregillgasLiazz	39 - 28	+11	77.6	1.24
Simon 'Sico' WilliamsSico	40 - 30	+10	68.1	1.17
Chris 'emagine' Rowlandsemagine	41 - 33	+8	72.5	1.12

Final standings of ESEA MDL Season 27 Australia:

1. ORDER - MDL Global Challenge LAN spot
2. Tainted Minds - $2,100
3-4. Chiefs - $1,350
3-4. Dark Sided - $1,350
5-8. Grayhound - $300
5-8. Legacy OCE - $300
5-8. Corvidae - $300
5-8. Control - $300
9. ex-Athletico
10. Lucky7
11. seadoggs
12. Ground Zero
13. Carnage
14. TRIDENT
15. ex-Riotous Academy
16. MC
17. Azure

The current team list for the MDL Global Challenge LAN can be found below:

Swole Patrol	eUnited
Torqued	ORDER
EU Premier	EU Premier
EU Premier	Brazil Open

Alistair 'aliStair' Johnston Age: 19 Team: ORDER Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 332 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64 Dark Sided #114 James 'James' QuinnAlec 'Noisia' GulabovskiGeorgio 'sK' PoumpoulidisAndrew 'YDNA' AdamsCooper 'void' Farrell Tainted Minds #68 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyConnor 'chuch' MorganJoshua 'INS' Potter Carnage #177 Nicholas 'n1ck' ShawAdam 'cookie' CookByron 'Spesh' RowlinsonHayden 'nibke' CooperJoshua 'Lakers' P. seadoggs #172 Raymond 'Dezibel' OdishoMichael 'chelleos' HawkinsXavier 'gargoyle' WellsJoe 'breaker' HolswichHarrison 'Pred' S. Chris 'emagine' Rowlands Age: 26 Team: ORDER Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 368 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 MC #209 Nelson 'keeyto' ThenHarrison 'YetiBacon' HowieJamie 'Dissonance' MoukatatzakisDominic 'Doom' WilsonBrock 'towski' Bodeker Lucky7 #141 Chris 'CHRiSOAOW' FormanWill 'animus' TurnerSteve 'InJect' HonanTyson 'pan1K' MissakCharlie 'zeph' Dodd Grayhound #70 Christopher 'dexter' NongCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Ground Zero #204 Laken 'Kaotik' DutcherWilson 'willyKS' SugiantoChase 'Xtinct' DicksonMartin 'waffe' ChanTom 'apocdud' Henry Swole Patrol #60 Ryan 'freakazoid' AbadirSamuel 'SileNt' PortilloRyan 'ryann' WelshJordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroAustin 'Cooper' Abadir ex-Athletico #160 Mark 'deStiny' KaganGareth 'gazR' LynnNikhil 'NikkeZ' VictorMitchell 'Sync' Dale eUnited #46 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' JayneBrandon 'Ace' Winn Legacy OCE #134 Egor 'LONSDALE' BaranovChris 'yellow' McGillivrayHugh 'HUGH' AndersonJay 'soju_j' JeongPeter 'BL1TZ' Athanasatos Azure #292 Rick 'Riko' RogowskiBlake 'T0PL3SS' W.Mathew 'zurk' E.Jy 'end[R]' SuppleSteve 'kstyles' M. ORDER #37 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsSimon 'Sico' WilliamsJay 'Liazz' TregillgasAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJordan 'Hatz' Bajic Control #156 Marcus 'gotz' FontiCaleb 'klebz' LeungAsher 'Aycer' LeungJordyn 'husK' NewnhamJames 'burnzke' L. ex-Riotous Academy #218 Damon 'KAUS IV' PriorSam 'Tham' MitchellJames 'Jamie' MacphailToby 'Lyt' BiramMatthew 'Valiance' Hartrick TRIDENT #162 Justin 'skrawL' LanzonGreg 'Greg' KamboukosPeter 'zemp' RenoufLuke '1ukey' McMillanBen 'minnii' Scrogie Chiefs #112 Tyler 'tucks' ReillyLiam 'malta' SchembriSam 'flickz' JonesMatthew 'Texta' O'RourkeEuan 'sterling' Moore Corvidae #113 Anthony 'Ar3syK' ChristouDaniel 'rbz' UrbaniDaniel 'DANZ' WhitfieldJordan 'krudeN' HillIyengaran 'IyeN' Raju Ryan 'zewsy' Palmer Age: 20 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 313 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 Torqued #28 Braxton 'swag' PierceJoshua 'steel' NissanKeven 'AZK' LariviereKenneth 'koosta' SuenMatt 'Pollo' Wilson