BC.Game successfully secured the final spot at Stake Pulse Beat III, defeating Sashi 2-1 in the second open qualifier final to qualify for the $80,000 LAN event.
Led by Magisk, BC.Game stumbled unexpectedly in their first attempt, losing to Xcity, ranked only 325th in VRS. In the second qualifier, they then faced a tenacious chase from Phantom in the semifinals before reaching the final, where after dropping the first map they came back to beat Sashi 2-1 and finally secured qualification.
This qualification also brings an end to a rather difficult recent stretch of online matches for BC.Game. Over the past few weeks, they suffered early exits in two PGL Masters Bucharest open qualifiers as well as the IEM Beijing open qualifier.
Fortunately, two of the losses occurred before HLTV officially started covering the matches, so they did not have much impact on BC.Game's VRS ranking, and their hopes of competing for a Singapore Major spot remain alive.
However, a recent series of struggles also shows that this newly reshuffled roster still has a lot of work to do. BC.Game previously won Elisa Breakout Series 1, but then only finished 9th-16th in the EWC open qualifier.
Stake Pulse Beat III will be held in Stockholm, Sweden from October 12 to 17, with a total prize pool of $80,000. BC.Game will compete alongside teams including Astralis, B8, Liquid, HEROIC, and others.
The Stake Pulse Beat III lineup is as follows: