FlyQuest’s Australian CS2 roster won ANZC Locals Brisbane Season 2 on 10-11 October without giving up a single map. By HLTV’s live projection, the title earned them 149 points in Valve’s regional rankings and moved them up to fifth in Asia’s race for invites to the Singapore Major.
Five series, no losses
Play was held at The DFRAG Studio in Brisbane. Eight teams took part. They were split into two GSL groups, and the top four went through to a double-elimination playoff.
First up was a Bo1 against madlikewizards, with Dust2 going 13-8. Against Abyssal in the group winners’ match they won Dust2 13-4 and Inferno 13-8. A single map was all it took to get past KZG in the upper-bracket semi-final, 13-7 on Inferno.
Ground Zero pushed them hardest. In the upper-bracket final both Anubis and Inferno went to 13-10. FlyQuest met Abyssal again in the grand final on 11 October and closed it out 13-6 on Dust2 and 13-8 on Inferno.
Who won it
The lineup features jks (Justin Savage), INS (Joshua Potter), Vexite (Declan Portelli), aliStair (Alistair Johnston) and New Zealander nettik (Corey Browne), coached by AZR (Aaron Ward). HLTV Rating 3.0 had nettik as the best player in the final on 1.49, with 33 kills to 24 deaths. jks was right behind on 1.48, and Vexite posted 1.44.
According to the organiser, the prize pool was A$10,000. Half of it went to FlyQuest. Abyssal took A$2,500, Ground Zero A$1,500 and KZG A$1,000. HLTV lists the same amounts converted into US dollars.
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The race for Singapore
Prize money is not the big prize for FlyQuest this spring. What matters more is a spot at the PGL Major Singapore. Invites are based on the Valve Regional Standings as of 2 November. Asia gets five places, one straight into Stage 2 and four into Stage 1.
After the weekend HLTV had FlyQuest on 1,197 points and in fifth place in the region. Valve’s last official snapshot, from 5 October, still has them sixth on 1,093, so HLTV’s numbers remain a projection until the next release. By that same projection, fewer than 130 points separate seven contenders, TYLOO, BC.Game, The MongolZ, Chinggis Warriors, FlyQuest, 5star and Lynn Vision.
PGL’s Major wraps up on 13 December, with the playoffs on 10-13 December at Singapore Indoor Stadium. PGL’s official event page puts the start of Stage 1 on 25 November, while HLTV has it on the 24th.
Two events before the cut-off
Home soil is where the remaining points have to come from. From 15 to 18 October, DFRAG Logitech G Pro Series brings together eight teams in Brisbane for an A $20,000 prize pool. Off Chops were first up for FlyQuest. Then comes DFRAG Invitational at the same venue from 26 October to 1 November, carrying A$40,000 and a best-of-five final. It finishes a day before the cut-off.
The opposition
Ground Zero are the best-known name of the three. Founded in 2016, the organisation fields teams across several titles and beat Abyssal 2-0 in the final of DFRAG Open Series 6. Abyssal have won the ESEA Season 58 Oceania Finals. They were runners-up in Brisbane. KZG have been competing in Oceanic qualifiers since at least 2022 and came fourth.