Good enough but not perfect. That is what can be said about XSet's performance in previous tournaments that this team attended. Whenever XSet has the opportunity to appear in the main event of North America, Brendan “BCJ” Jensen and his teammates collapsed. However, the story at VCT: Na Stage 3 Challengers 1 was different.

After a series of unforgettable failures at Stage 1 and Stage 2, XSET created a major change in personnel when pushing the captain Zander “Thwififo” the bench, and brought back two new contracts. In addition to experienced players Rory “Dephh” Jackson, 16 -year -old Zachary “Zekken” Patrone also blew new wind into the play style of XSET.
In some miraculous way, XSet went straight to the final of VCT: Na Stage 3 Challengers 1 to confront Sentinels. And despite losing the final 1-3, BCJ and his teammates left a bold impression when he had previously won a 2-1 lotus in the semi-finals of the victory. The question of the grave is that is how XSet can knock down the lotus when Tyson “Tenz” has an almost divine performance?
Causing the Sentinels giant “gulp”
XSET started the final against the Haven map, where Sen won 14 consecutive victories before. With the aggressive gameplay of Tenz and Shahzeb “Shahzam” anhydrous in area A and the excellent control of Michael “Dap” Gulino in Area C with CYPE agent, the defensive wall of Sen is difficult to penetrate. However, XSet made the defending champions Masters Reykjavik chaotic.
In previous confrontations with Sen on Haven map, XSet's play style was very strong with 3 agents Omen, Jett and Raze. However, the changes appeared when Astra was chosen, Omen was kept and Skye instead of Raze to help XSET get more information. At one point, Sen took a 4-1 lead but XSet responded to 7 games in a row before the first round closed.

XSet takes advantage of the impressive couple's ability to match the members, accompanied by the use of the skills of Sova and Skye cards effectively. XSet understands that to defeat the lotus, they need to be faster and more assertive in the attack phase C when Tenz has the ability to move very impressive. Finally, XSet successfully and ended the unbeaten circuit of Sen at Haven map with a 13-9 victory.
The uplifting form of XSET continues to be shown in the Icebox map. Despite letting Sen lead up to 9-3 because of Shahzam and Tenz's very active gameplay, XSet still flipped out the spectacular rafters and only suffered a final failure with the result of 11-13. However, in a game that Tenz owns 30 defeat points, XSet understands that he did his best.
Entering the decisive match on the Split map, XSet began to return to their ego with Jett and Raze agents. Meanwhile, the agents that bear the support and control are still CYPHER, ASTRA and the appearance of Sage to reinforce the defense. Finally, XSet defeated Sen 13-8 to enter the final of the victory branch against 100 Thievves.
“Stealing” the victory of 100 Thievves
Just like the match against Sen, XSet chose to play fast attack on Haven map when meeting 100t and this story is somewhat more difficult for BCJ and his teammates. Two teams struggled with consecutive titles, and the first match was forced to pull into the over-time series. However, at a key moment, the 16 -year -old prodigy Zekken shone brightly when once again using Skye.
The spy phase and information, and the impressive gunfire helped Zekken bring many advantages for the home team. Finally, XSet won 14-12 before being completely destroyed in the Icebox map. This time, the script is like a confrontation with the lotus, where XSet completely lost after the first round and Asuna with the Reyna card owned up to 19 kills.

There was no return and XSet failed 3-14. However, entering the decisive battle with the Ascent map, the army of coach Syykont was fully compared to 100T. The Astra choice of the Dephh and the crazy processing of Bryce “Purer” Lovell with the operator is the highlight of the XSET. However, it is impossible not to mention the name Jordan “Ayrin” HE.
It was Ayrin who was the best gun player on the XSet side after the Spike activation to bring in a convincing 13-10 victory. XSet could not win, but they won tickets to VCT: Na Challengers Finals, this is the most important factor. With a collective without the foundation at CS: Go like other big men, defeating 100t and having defeated the lotus is unbelievable.
Everything is still open before the eyes and people cannot know in advance whether XSet is guaranteed a position at Masters 3 taking place in Berlin or not. However, a message was sent to all the remaining teams in North America, that XSet is not merely a challenge. Coach Syykont's army is ready for the journey to conquer big titles in the near future.