Extra Salt go undefeated to qualify for DreamHack Masters Spring

Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm led his team to success in the closed qualifier, averaging a 1.32 rating over eight maps.

Extra Salt have booked a ticket to DreamHack Masters Spring after topping the North American closed qualifier, remaining undefeated in the upper bracket and securing wins over every other participating team en route to securing their spot.

Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou and company kicked off their bracket run with a 2-1 win over Triumph, maintaining momentum into their second match-up as they scored a pair of 16-12 victories on Train and Inferno over Bad News Bears to advance to the grand final.

There, High Coast lay in wait after fighting their way through the lower bracket with former Extra Salt member Ian "⁠motm⁠" Hardy in place of Jonathan "⁠djay⁠" Dallal, setting up a revenge match-up for the 21-year-old rifler against his former squad.

oSee continues to post stellar numbers for Extra Salt

Extra Salt were initially put on the back foot in the deciding series as Rodrigo "⁠RCF⁠" Figueiredo and Josh "⁠PwnAlone⁠" Pigue led their side to success on Inferno, taking the map 16-8. However, oSee immediately stepped up to bat on Extra Salt's pick of Train, posting a 1.91 rating and 30-12 K-D to help his team even the series score.

On the Overpass decider, oSee continued to pick apart High Coast's attempts to enter bombsites, with the rest of Extra Salt joining the fray as they pulled ahead 12-3 at the break. High Coast remained resilient in the second half, pushing up to nine rounds, but were unable to truly get a comeback effort going as oSee's side remained firmly in control, wasting little time before closing out the map.

DreamHack Masters Spring, which is set to run from April 29 - May 9, will offer the former Cloud9 core their first taste of international competition since they took part in Flashpoint 1 over a year prior. The team list for the $250,000 event currently looks as follows:

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Invite DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 North America Closed QualifierBest of 3 Extra SaltMatchpage 2 1 8th March 2021 High Coast 8Inferno 16 16Train 9 16Overpass 9

Extra Salt	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Josh 'oSee' OhmoSee	74 - 44	+30	98.5	1.50
Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekSonic	53 - 42	+11	76.6	1.14
Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouJT	48 - 46	+2	78.6	1.10
Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoMarKE	44 - 47	-3	65.9	1.04
Justin 'FaNg' CoakleyFaNg	45 - 50	-5	65.6	0.94

High Coast	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Josh 'PwnAlone' PiguePwnAlone	48 - 53	-5	79.2	1.06
Rodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoRCF	52 - 51	+1	75.4	1.00
Ian 'motm' Hardymotm	50 - 49	+1	68.1	0.99
Ben 'ben1337' Smithben1337	48 - 56	-8	67.0	0.88
Brandon 'bew' Robertsbew	29 - 55	-26	50.7	0.67

Bad News Bears #36 Peter 'ptr' GurneyJonathan 'Jonji' CareyGabe 'Spongey' GreinerNick 'alter' JacksonMichael 'Swisher' Schmid Josh 'oSee' Ohm Age: 21 Team: Extra Salt Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 761 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64 VOYVODA #102 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovSimeon 'dream3r' GanevMartin 'mar' KuyumdjievHristiyan 'REDSTAR' Pironkov Jonathan 'djay' Dallal Age: 27 Team: High Coast Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 527 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.70 Rodrigo 'RCF' Figueiredo Age: 20 Team: Yeah Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 551 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.69 Extra Salt #28 Josh 'oSee' OhmAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouJustin 'FaNg' Coakley Ian 'motm' Hardy Age: 21 Team: Extra SaltB Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 658 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 Triumph #61 Alan 'Shakezullah' HardemanAustin 'Cooper' AbadirDavid 'cynic' PolsterBrendan 'Bwills' WilliamsWesley 'viz' Harris Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou Age: 21 Team: Extra Salt Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 726 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.67 High Coast #43 Rodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoJonathan 'djay' DallalBen 'ben1337' SmithJosh 'PwnAlone' PigueBrandon 'bew' Roberts Spirit #8 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovNikolay 'mir' BityukovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevAbdul 'degster' GasanovBoris 'magixx' Vorobiev Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue Age: 30 Team: High Coast Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 553 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64 Complexity #11 Justin 'jks' SavageWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeValentin 'poizon' VasilevBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer HEROIC #14 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerIsmail 'refrezh' AliMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' Beck paiN #34 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoWesley 'hardzao' LopesRodrigo 'biguzera' BittencourtRafael 'saffee' Costa