The Australian division of ESEA MDL Season 29 has been brought to an end, with Grayhound claiming the victory in the grand final over Chiefs (9-16 Inferno, 16-6 Dust2, 16-6 Nuke).

After a period in which Oceania's top four was clearly defined, things were shaken up ahead of this season of ESEA MDL as two of the region's best players, Sean "⁠Gratisfaction⁠" Kaiwai and Jay "⁠Liazz⁠" Tregillgas, left for Renegades, and a number of different roster changes happened.

The regular season concluded with the usual suspects taking the top four spots; ORDER, Tainted Minds, Grayhound and Chiefs, but the first leg of the playoffs brought a big upset as Paradox eliminated ORDER—despite Jordan "⁠Hatz⁠" Bajic having a +41 KDD, 1.51 rated series.

dexter was impressive in the grand final

In the semi-finals, Karlo "⁠USTILO⁠" Pivac's new team Tainted Minds was close to taking the 2-0 victory, but Grayhound fought back and won the series 2-1, while Chiefs took down Paradox convincingly, 2-0.

The grand final kicked off on Inferno where Tyler "⁠tucks⁠" Reilly, who returned to the Chiefs roster after a short stint with Tainted Minds, was the best player for his team and helped them take the victory after a 9-6 Terrorist half. However, both Dust2 and Nuke were one-sided affairs that ended 16-6, with Christopher "⁠dexter⁠" Nong's standout, +35 KDD performance for the series helping Grayhound seal the deal.

ESEA MDL Season 29 AustraliaBest of 3 ChiefsMatchpage 1 2 7th November 2018 Grayhound 16Inferno 9 6Dust2 16 6Nuke 16

Chiefs	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tyler 'tucks' Reillytucks	43 - 52	-9	73.2	0.99
Sam 'flickz' Jonesflickz	46 - 57	-11	80.4	0.93
Mohammed 'MoeycQ' TizaniMoeycQ	41 - 48	-7	64.0	0.84
Jesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerInfrequeNt	35 - 49	-14	59.2	0.79
Matthew 'Texta' O'RourkeTexta	38 - 56	-18	65.1	0.73

Grayhound	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	77 - 42	+35	109.6	1.65
Ollie 'DickStacy' TierneyDickStacy	55 - 38	+17	88.5	1.34
Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaerkaSt	49 - 43	+6	84.8	1.26
Liam 'malta' Schembrimalta	38 - 39	-1	62.9	1.02
Euan 'sterling' Mooresterling	43 - 41	+2	56.8	0.95

As of now, the prize pool and its distribution is not known, but this is the final standing of ESEA MDL S29 Australia:

1. Grayhound - ESEA MDL S29 Global Challenge LAN
2. Chiefs
3-4. Tainted Minds
3-4. Paradox
5-8. TRIDENT
5-8. ORDER
5-8. madlikewizards
5-8. Breakaway

Karlo 'USTILO' Pivac Age: 25 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 624 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 TRIDENT #144 Wilson 'willyKS' SugiantoMartin 'waffe' ChanByron 'Spesh' RowlinsonCaleb 'klebz' LeungLuke 'ekul' Blakey Renegades #20 Sean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' TregillgasJustin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Tainted Minds #77 Mike 'ap0c' AliferisRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyKarlo 'USTILO' PivacSimon 'Sico' Williams Chiefs #61 Mohammed 'MoeycQ' TizaniIyengaran 'IyeN' RajuJesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerSam 'flickz' JonesMatthew 'Texta' O'Rourke Paradox #132 James 'sibe' MartinAndy 'Noobster' ZhangNelson 'keeyto' ThenEdward 'Chub' LeeMatthew 'Valiance' Hartrick ORDER #73 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterJordan 'Hatz' BajicCharlie 'zeph' Dodd Breakaway #164 Alec 'Noisia' GulabovskiAndrew 'YDNA' AdamsJireh 'J1rah' YouakimJared 'hazr' O'BreeLuke 'Llamas' Merchant Tyler 'tucks' Reilly Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 492 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 Sean 'Gratisfaction' Kaiwai Age: 22 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 507 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.60 Grayhound #58 Christopher 'dexter' NongErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaLiam 'malta' SchembriEuan 'sterling' MooreOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Jordan 'Hatz' Bajic Age: 20 Team: ORDER Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 476 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 Christopher 'dexter' Nong Age: 24 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 419 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Age: 21 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 519 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.60 madlikewizards #106 Raymond 'Dezibel' OdishoDamian 'JD' SimonovicMichael 'chelleos' HawkinsLiam 'smooth_criminal22' EddingtonAkram 'ADK' Smida