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.
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
Chiefs
Matchpage 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:
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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' Ward
Joakim '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