Party Astronauts win iBUYPOWER Mythic Masters Winter over Extra Salt

The Ben "⁠ben1337⁠" Smith-led team are establishing their position at the top of tier two in North America.

Party Astronauts emerged victorious in iBUYPOWER Mythic Masters Winter 2021 on Sunday, defeating Extra Salt 2-0 in the grand final and securing the first place prize of $25,000.

The win comes after a run which saw the organization-less team defeat every other majority North American team at the event, including the Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik-led mix Kings of Content.

PwnAlone is showing that age is just a number

The group stage of the event went off mainly as one would expect, although Kings of Content did score a series victory over MIBR in their opening game. Party Astronauts dominated RBG and then eased past tarik's mix to top Group A, and MIBR were able to recover from their initial loss and got revenge against Kings of Content to also advance to playoffs.

Group B saw Extra Salt take down both ATK and Bad News Bears to book their spot in the bracket stage, while Paytyn "⁠junior⁠" Johnson and company beat TeamOne in two close three-map series to advance in second place.

Party Astronauts continued their dominance in the playoffs as they defeated Bad News Bears in the semi-finals. Extra Salt easily took down MIBR themselves, setting up a rematch of the grand final of ESEA Premier Season 38 NA. Despite the roster change to bring in Ricky "⁠floppy⁠" Kemery for Aran "⁠Sonic⁠" Groesbeek, Extra Salt were unable to stop the onslaught of Josh "⁠PwnAlone⁠" Pigue's AWP, and fell in the final once again.

iBUYPOWER Mythic Masters Winter 2021Best of 3 Party AstronautsMatchpage 2 0 15th November 2021 Extra Salt 16Mirage 12 16Overpass 11

Party Astronauts	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Josh 'PwnAlone' PiguePwnAlone	54 - 34	+20	85.9	1.48
Gage 'Infinite' GreenInfinite	45 - 29	+16	81.1	1.30
David 'cynic' Polstercynic	48 - 36	+12	89.6	1.27
Ben 'ben1337' Smithben1337	30 - 40	-10	73.0	0.92
Jonathan 'djay' Dallaldjay	22 - 35	-13	53.5	0.75

Extra Salt	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoMarKE	35 - 38	-3	65.5	0.98
Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouJT	35 - 37	-2	74.2	0.97
Ricky 'floppy' Kemeryfloppy	33 - 40	-7	69.7	0.96
Josh 'oSee' OhmoSee	37 - 44	-7	75.2	0.93
Justin 'FaNg' CoakleyFaNg	34 - 40	-6	74.9	0.91

The final standings for iBUYPOWER Mythic Masters Winer 2021 are as follows:

1. Party Astronauts - $25,000
2. Extra Salt - $10,000
3-4. Bad News Bears - $5,000
3-4. MIBR - $5,000
5-6. TeamOne - $1,500
5-6. Kings of Content - $1,500
7-8. ATK - $1,000
7-8. RBG - $1,000

Bad News Bears #48 Gabe 'Spongey' GreinerAlan 'Shakezullah' HardemanPaytyn 'junior' JohnsonMichael 'Swisher' SchmidBrendan 'Bwills' Williams Party Astronauts #30 Ben 'ben1337' SmithJonathan 'djay' DallalGage 'Infinite' GreenJosh 'PwnAlone' PigueDavid 'cynic' Polster ATK #82 Rhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongIan 'motm' HardyGareth 'MisteM' RiesWiljahne 'wilj' SmithMcKinley 'Cyrix' Hollison ATK #82 Rhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongIan 'motm' HardyGareth 'MisteM' RiesWiljahne 'wilj' Smith Extra Salt #26 Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryJosh 'oSee' OhmJustin 'FaNg' Coakley Ben 'ben1337' Smith Age: 23 Team: Party Astronauts Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 795 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.69 Kings of Content Tarik 'tarik' CelikGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaJake 'Stewie2K' YipVincent 'Brehze' Cayonte MIBR #59 Ricardo 'boltz' PrassRaphael 'exit' LacerdaAdriano 'WOOD7' CeratoMatheus 'Tuurtle' AnhaiaJhonatan 'JOTA' Willian RBG #53 Colby 'Walco' WalshJerric 'wiz' JiangJordon 'jitter' RuggieroJadan 'HexT' PostmaConnor 'chop' Sullivan Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek Age: 22 Team: Extra SaltB Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 940 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 Ricky 'floppy' Kemery Age: 21 Team: Extra Salt Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 699 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Tarik 'tarik' Celik Age: 25 Team: Evil GeniusesB Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1438 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue Age: 30 Team: Party Astronauts Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 773 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 Kings of Content Tarik 'tarik' CelikGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaJake 'Stewie2K' YipVincent 'Brehze' Cayonte TeamOne #43 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposMatheus 'prt' ScuveroMario 'malbsMd' SamayoaMatheus 'pesadelo' PanissetEnzo 'xns' Henrique Paytyn 'junior' Johnson Age: 20 Team: Bad News Bears Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 359 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.60