The Gfinity Arena in the heart of London will be home to the second edition of the Gfinity Spring Masters this weekend, May 15th through the 17th. With ten teams from around the world battling it out for the $50,000 prize pool, will Team EnVyUs be able to defend their title this time around?
The tournament will be hosted by Scott "SirScoots" Smith along with analysts Duncan "Thorin" Shields and Richard Lewis, while the main stage announcer and interviewer will be James Banks. Casting will be provided by Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat, Daniel "DDK" Kapadia, Matt "Chewwy" Smith, Karam "Kyan1te" Kabbara, and Henry "HenryG" Greer.
Group A:
Fnatic Natus Vincere Ninjas in Pyjamas Vox Eminor Team Liquid
Group A: 12:00 GMT (+00:00) NiP vs Team Liquid 14:00 GMT (+00:00) fnatic vs Vox Eminor 16:00 GMT (+00:00) Navi vs Team Liquid 18:00 GMT (+00:00) fnatic vs NiP
Group B: 12:00 GMT (+00:00) Cloud9 vs Team Immunity 14:00 GMT (+00:00) Titan vs Team Immunity 16:00 GMT (+00:00) Virtus.pro vs Cloud9 18:00 GMT (+00:00) EnVyUs vs Titan
Looks nice, I will try to watch. NiP vs Liquid... As much as I like this site I can't help but wonder will Liquid get more than 3 rounds in a Bo3 this time? Cloud9 though... I hope they can be more competitive with Skadoodle. Or maybe the EU teams will burst his bubble too. Time will tell. Looks like some fun games.
On May 15 2015 22:24 Derity wrote: How many Lans are there for CS:GO? feels like there is one every weekend.
lately that has been true, not just a feeling
i hope it calms down a bit until next major, it's become harder to care about these LAN's because they are so frequent and always featuring basically same teams
this LAN has NA and AUS teams though which mixes it up a little bit to make it more interesting.
On May 15 2015 22:35 Kipsate wrote: I don't get how teams can just let cat be taken every single time and defend it that well.
if you have a lot of counter nades/flashs/mollys, then it's sometimes ok to let Ts take cat. The last round of dust2 shows how NiP let TL take cat yet still have the solid A bomb site defense
I used to say that TL needs time, but now even I don't buy that anymore. The players on their own are decent, but they aren't clicking as a team. It's hard to watch..
On May 15 2015 22:40 nkr wrote: I used to say that TL needs time, but now even I don't buy that anymore. The players on their own are decent, but they aren't clicking as a team. It's hard to watch..
You're watching one of the newest teams against one of the top 4 teams in the world. Give them time.
On May 15 2015 22:40 nkr wrote: I used to say that TL needs time, but now even I don't buy that anymore. The players on their own are decent, but they aren't clicking as a team. It's hard to watch..
You're watching one of the newest teams against one of the top 4 teams in the world. Give them time.
There are basics they're failing at that most people playing together pick up after a few scrims. They've been going at it for months now. It's just not even NEAR good enough.
It's like they've made zero progress since their inception. If anything they've gotten WORSE.
if u are solo against 2 people, should u really go for an usp or just keep the glock cause ur going to be shooting close pos and not peeking presumably.
On May 15 2015 22:40 nkr wrote: I used to say that TL needs time, but now even I don't buy that anymore. The players on their own are decent, but they aren't clicking as a team. It's hard to watch..
You're watching one of the newest teams against one of the top 4 teams in the world. Give them time.
I don't think calling TL a new team is really true, the trio of adreN nitr0 and Fugly have played together for quite some time now and before that nitr0 Fugly NAF and daps played together for a long time in Denial
TL has phased out their roster changes only changing one player at a time so they should have kept the same general structure through those changes.
Well c9 are dominating Immunity... Are immunity any good at all? I remember an Australian team doing well somewhere recently but don't remember what team it was.
On May 15 2015 23:03 DEN1ED wrote: Well c9 are dominating Immunity... Are immunity any good at all? I remember an Australian team doing well somewhere recently but don't remember what team it was.
I feel like NiP is just playing maybe even a bit sloppy lol, they are just so confidently pushing angles n stuff that they would never do against any other teams and they just plow through TL.
On May 15 2015 23:03 DEN1ED wrote: Well c9 are dominating Immunity... Are immunity any good at all? I remember an Australian team doing well somewhere recently but don't remember what team it was.
liquid is just getting ultra dumpstered, I mean it's NIP but they just play complete shit -dmg aim -no set strats -shitbuys -no nades -fugly and flowsick bought ak no armor multiple times
On May 15 2015 23:23 ForTehDarkseid wrote: 3 rounds on 2 maps. Maybe you should've forfeited this tournament, huh? noway you learn something from this match.
they only got 3 rounds over 2 maps vs fnatic too, so I guess atleast they didn't do worse
On May 15 2015 23:23 ForTehDarkseid wrote: 3 rounds on 2 maps. Maybe you should've forfeited this tournament, huh? noway you learn something from this match.
Because If i were bookmaker, I would introduce "Less than 8 rounds taken over Bo2"-bet just for the sake of it.
I put $1000 on that deal, you're losing money on that :D
friberg is just shitting on them :D basically they played completly random, you can't read them because they just try to yolo it, but we outaimed them easily
gtr was a fucking genius by throwing the flash back by B site to make TL think he was playing CT/spools/somewhere in B instead of actually sandbags. Felt like analysts completely missed that, instead just wanted to say "herp derp, matchmaking strats"
On May 15 2015 23:36 Nagisama wrote: gtr was a fucking genius by throwing the flash back by B site to make TL think he was playing CT/spools/somewhere in B instead of actually sandbags. Felt like analysts completely missed that, instead just wanted to say "herp derp, matchmaking strats"
I agree, I was thinking the same. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't check sandbags because of that flash.
On May 15 2015 23:36 Nagisama wrote: gtr was a fucking genius by throwing the flash back by B site to make TL think he was playing CT/spools/somewhere in B instead of actually sandbags. Felt like analysts completely missed that, instead just wanted to say "herp derp, matchmaking strats"
One simply does not check GTR on a GTR position..
NiP wasn't even playing seriously, just pugging. Any T2-T3 EU team would've taken more rounds on one map than TL took on two in that conditions.
On May 15 2015 23:50 iHirO wrote: I made a couple of wallpapers for gfinity, but ran out of time doing ones for Cloud9 and Vox (click on them for high resolution versions).
On May 15 2015 23:50 iHirO wrote: I made a couple of wallpapers for gfinity, but ran out of time doing ones for Cloud9 and Vox (click on them for high resolution versions).
On May 15 2015 23:36 Nagisama wrote: gtr was a fucking genius by throwing the flash back by B site to make TL think he was playing CT/spools/somewhere in B instead of actually sandbags. Felt like analysts completely missed that, instead just wanted to say "herp derp, matchmaking strats"
One simply does not check GTR on a GTR position..
NiP wasn't even playing seriously, just pugging. Any T2-T3 EU team would've taken more rounds on one map than TL took on two in that conditions.
I understand that the first guy isn't checking the corner, he's focused on bombsite. But imo the 2nd guy in should always check those 'sneaky' spots.
I understand that Liquid management should disband this roster and try to sign Keyd.
No strats, no teamwork, no money management, no game sense, only raw aim. If there were quals for this tournament instead of a free invite, they wouldn't have survived them.
On May 15 2015 23:44 amazingxkcd wrote: on the positive side, cloud9 had an easy 2-0 against immunity
Yeah, they styled on 'em pretty hard.
c9 can take Titan, but VP? That's going to be very tough. As Thoorin said, they need *everything* to happen right. VP just have such a practiced, professional style vs the more fluid seat of the pants style of c9.
On May 16 2015 00:09 ForTehDarkseid wrote: I understand that Liquid management should disband this roster and try to sign Keyd.
No strats, no teamwork, no money management, no game sense, only raw aim. If there were quals for this tournament instead of a free invite, they wouldn't have survived them.
Ya, pretty much there are just way too many NA teams. There are like 7 mediocre teams when they really just need to be consolidated into 3-4 good teams. The problem is there are just so many orgs that want to get into CSGO and you just have more orgs than there are players to fill them.
People kept saying that I was jumping the gun when I said we needed a full roster disband for Team Liquid. This current squad is iust not working. Liquid has swapped in Elige, a2z, flowstick, etc and nothing is improving. Liquid needs to drop this squad and pick up a new team.
On May 16 2015 00:46 ptbl wrote: People kept saying that I was jumping the gun when I said we needed a full roster disband for Team Liquid. This current squad is iust not working. Liquid has swapped in Elige, a2z, flowstick, etc and nothing is improving. Liquid needs to drop this squad and pick up a new team.
ptbl you know i always agree with you whetever its liquidlegends or liquid csgo <3
On May 16 2015 02:01 amazingxkcd wrote: AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
On May 16 2015 02:01 amazingxkcd wrote: AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
What'd I miss?
JW gets a headshot awp kill on jks while getting a teamkill headshot on pronax with the awp. 2 headshots, 1 team tkill, 1 awp :D
On May 16 2015 02:01 amazingxkcd wrote: AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
What'd I miss?
JW gets a headshot awp kill on jks while getting a teamkill headshot on pronax with the awp. 2 headshots, 1 team tkill, 1 awp :D
On May 16 2015 02:31 Mensol wrote: NiP is surely the best aimteam in the world tho...
fnatic always have edge over NiP just because they have better igl.
I'm a nip fangirl, but I'd say fnatic have better aimers these days. Only getright would get in based on pure aim. Forest has been slumping hard
Normally a team with a good IGL is supposed to be a strong T sided team (where a caller can make a big difference, think Titan) but fnatic is an excellent CT team with strong individual plays while their T side is weak in comparison.
On May 16 2015 03:01 Capped wrote: Just got home, gfinity hype. Attending the finals again on sunday looking forward to tournament weekend!
take lots of pictures
I'll give it a go this time, i didnt really get many last time Im always too shy, i'll get my wife "Im getting a picture with that hot guy smithzz" to do it!
it is unbelievable how good richard lewis and Thorin are at analyst desks, just put those 2 and a 3rd/4th there and you can fill downtime with intelligent and funny discussion on a minutes notice, it's incredible how underappreciated that is by the community i think
On May 16 2015 02:31 Mensol wrote: NiP is surely the best aimteam in the world tho...
fnatic always have edge over NiP just because they have better igl.
I'm a nip fangirl, but I'd say fnatic have better aimers these days. Only getright would get in based on pure aim. Forest has been slumping hard
Normally a team with a good IGL is supposed to be a strong T sided team (where a caller can make a big difference, think Titan) but fnatic is an excellent CT team with strong individual plays while their T side is weak in comparison.
On May 16 2015 03:10 Aocowns wrote: it is unbelievable how good richard lewis and Thorin are at analyst desks, just put those 2 and a 3rd/4th there and you can fill downtime with intelligent and funny discussion on a minutes notice, it's incredible how underappreciated that is by the community i think
"I know Pasha very well, even enough that when I see him he calls me 'his friend'!"
you tell me. Im sitting here at the car shop waiting for my oil change since they need to order new tire for my car (and i gotta come back in monday which means im missing work and what not :/)
flowsick looks worse than a2z. Hell, daps is better than these two replacements. Whoever is making the roster decision needs to be replaced. These roster changes have been a completely failure. At the end of the day, the blame falls on management.
Ok, after faceit lan there should have been major roster changes. Liquid management didn't do anything. After this showing from gfinity, there is no way TL doesn't drop this team. If they don't then one of the Liquid CSGO members must have something incriminating against them.
On May 16 2015 04:05 ptbl wrote: Ok, after faceit lan there should have been major roster changes. Liquid management didn't do anything. After this showing from gfinity, there is no way TL doesn't drop this team. If they don't then one of the Liquid CSGO members must have something incriminating against them.
On May 16 2015 04:05 ptbl wrote: Ok, after faceit lan there should have been major roster changes. Liquid management didn't do anything. After this showing from gfinity, there is no way TL doesn't drop this team. If they don't then one of the Liquid CSGO members must have something incriminating against them.
On May 16 2015 04:05 ptbl wrote: Ok, after faceit lan there should have been major roster changes. Liquid management didn't do anything. After this showing from gfinity, there is no way TL doesn't drop this team. If they don't then one of the Liquid CSGO members must have something incriminating against them.
Something needs to happen.
They shouldve picked new dignitas.
These Danes quite talented.
At this rate, I would rather Liquid not have a CSGO team and just pick up a dota 2 squad. I'm getting grey hairs following Liquid CSGO team. I'm gonna die early lol.
get a squad worthy of such prestigious invites or stop inviting the current TL - they are currently just not up to snuff... can't be fun for them either to always be the punching bag.
On May 16 2015 04:05 ptbl wrote: Ok, after faceit lan there should have been major roster changes. Liquid management didn't do anything. After this showing from gfinity, there is no way TL doesn't drop this team. If they don't then one of the Liquid CSGO members must have something incriminating against them.
Something needs to happen.
They shouldve picked new dignitas.
These Danes quite talented.
At this rate, I would rather Liquid not have a CSGO team and just pick up a dota 2 squad. I'm getting grey hairs following Liquid CSGO team. I'm gonna die early lol.
tl needs an europe csgo team still groups anywhere ?
On May 16 2015 04:32 Aocowns wrote: NA NA NA NA LIQUID DOUBLES THE AMOUNT OF ROUNDS THEY'VE GOTTEN THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT IN A SINGLE MAP, IS IT TIME FOR USA CHANTS?
On May 16 2015 04:32 Aocowns wrote: NA NA NA NA LIQUID DOUBLES THE AMOUNT OF ROUNDS THEY'VE GOTTEN THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT IN A SINGLE MAP, IS IT TIME FOR USA CHANTS?
I'm tipping my proverbial hat to the NA bois for this one, proudest moment of their liquid career and effectively doubling the amount of rounds theyve taken in the last 2 tournaments combined(that includes this one so far)
as twitch chat would say to stephano, USAUSUAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
TL beating Na'Vi basically confirms Fnatic - NiP advancing though, there wasn't much room for upset before but if anyone was gonna do it it was gonna be Na'Vi
On May 16 2015 05:30 Capped wrote: XKCD stop shit posting stuff from reddit lmao.
TL beating Na'Vi basically confirms Fnatic - NiP advancing though, there wasn't much room for upset before but if anyone was gonna do it it was gonna be Na'Vi
Na`Vi can still beat Fnatic and NiP. Tis a round robin.
On May 16 2015 05:30 Capped wrote: XKCD stop shit posting stuff from reddit lmao.
LR threads are the best time to shitpost !
It's the only time you're allowed to!
this one time i was shitposting on LD in the general discussion thread, i only got away with a warning. But LR threads are containment threads for shitposts :D
On May 16 2015 05:30 Capped wrote: XKCD stop shit posting stuff from reddit lmao.
TL beating Na'Vi basically confirms Fnatic - NiP advancing though, there wasn't much room for upset before but if anyone was gonna do it it was gonna be Na'Vi
Na`Vi can still beat Fnatic and NiP. Tis a round robin.
Na`Vi tied with Liquid so they still get a point.
Yeah i didnt mean statistically, i just meant realistically i dont think its possible anymore, what with them throwing away easy points against liquid. I dont seem the beating Fnatic and/or NiP, but sure its possible
Why even follow eSports as an American. We're garbage at SC, bottom of the pile in CS (but rising, c9 actually looks pretty good), inferior to Koreans in LoL. Ugh.
On May 16 2015 19:40 Crownlol wrote: Why even follow eSports as an American. We're garbage at SC, bottom of the pile in CS (but rising, c9 actually looks pretty good), inferior to Koreans in LoL. Ugh.
On May 16 2015 19:40 Crownlol wrote: Why even follow eSports as an American. We're garbage at SC, bottom of the pile in CS (but rising, c9 actually looks pretty good), inferior to Koreans in LoL. Ugh.
You still have the 2 of the top 5 all time foreigners in Sc2 ;p
On May 16 2015 20:30 Roggay wrote: Why does this interviewer only talk about the NA scene when talking to spunj.
You could've waited until the interview was over
Clearly, but I said that because spunJ just finished his rant on them deserving credit for playing well rather than NA playing bad and the next question was about NA. So it was a bit weird.
For all the "potential" and "talent" that the Liquid squad has , Vox eminor proving once again why Determination and desire will always trump talent. They play in a scene where they have 3 good teams at best and they went 1-1 vs Fnatic and completely wrecked Liquid.
I dunno , Liquid doesn't seem to be improving whatsoever under Adren's leadership. How the fuck did they 16-9 Na'vi on Overpass?
On May 17 2015 00:19 Ysellian wrote: I think taking a map off them could even be enough. NIP always have a hard time against Navi, though the map difference could come into play.
Round difference would probably be in favor of NiP, though. They won their map against Vox by a larger margin and also dropped only 3 rounds to Liquid, while Vox dropped 17. So Vox probably have to hope, that Na'vi beats NiP at least once, while they do not lose a map to Na'vi.
On May 17 2015 00:19 Ysellian wrote: I think taking a map off them could even be enough. NIP always have a hard time against Navi, though the map difference could come into play.
Round difference would probably be in favor of NiP, though. They won their map against Vox by a larger margin and also dropped only 3 rounds to Liquid, while Vox dropped 17. So Vox probably have to hope, that Na'vi beats NiP at least once, while they do not lose a map to Na'vi.
or team liquid can play like a team and pull upsets
On May 17 2015 00:19 Ysellian wrote: I think taking a map off them could even be enough. NIP always have a hard time against Navi, though the map difference could come into play.
Round difference would probably be in favor of NiP, though. They won their map against Vox by a larger margin and also dropped only 3 rounds to Liquid, while Vox dropped 17. So Vox probably have to hope, that Na'vi beats NiP at least once, while they do not lose a map to Na'vi.
or team liquid can play like a team and pull upsets
Even if Liquid beats Fnatic, I still think we need a roster disband. Management needs to pick up a new team. Adren's shotcalling and gun skill has been atrocious. There is no teamwork and chemistry with this team. Maybe keep fugly, but the others? Throw them to the curb. Clean house please.
TL can take maps off good teams. They SHOULD take maps off even the best teams. They have some of the best talent in NA. When their players are hitting shots they can still do stuff. Thing is as a team they are so atrocious, as soon as they aren't hitting every shot they just fall apart like a house of cards.
Guys, I don't want to count my chicken before they hatch, but if Liquid takes this round against Fnatic would you guys consider this a good showing from Liquid?
On May 17 2015 03:35 ptbl wrote: Guys, I don't want to count my chicken before they hatch, but if Liquid takes this round against Fnatic would you guys consider this a good showing from Liquid?
On May 17 2015 03:35 pyro19 wrote: This is probably the Liquid people hoped would play everytime , instead we get a team that gets 16-2'd and 16-3'd. Most inconsistent team of my life
This isn't a good showing but they are definitely showing signs of the team everyone expected them to be. Taking a map off Na'vi and Fnatic definitely shows signs of improvements.
Considering this happened after Liquid got wiped by an Australian team shows that Liquid have got some decent mental toughness.
On May 17 2015 03:43 Kipsate wrote: TL is all pub no execution.
I'm probably the most negative Liquid CSGO fan, but I still know when to celebrate a great victory. We shouldn't take away from Liquid taking 2 maps from EU teams.
"Guys, lets put aside all our issues and just learn to gel on the last map of the tournament vs one of the best EU teams, okay? P.S. we're already out of playoffs."
Pretty sure Fnatic threw that last game since it means that they will for certain get second seed now in their group. Not sure though, maybe Liquid just played really well.
On May 17 2015 03:56 Zuxo wrote: Pretty sure Fnatic threw that last game since it means that they will for certain get second seed now in their group. Not sure though, maybe Liquid just played really well.
It is pretty obvious that fnatic were not trying as hard as usual... though I hate the saving strats excuse.
On May 17 2015 03:56 Zuxo wrote: Pretty sure Fnatic threw that last game since it means that they will for certain get second seed now in their group. Not sure though, maybe Liquid just played really well.
It is pretty obvious that fnatic were not trying as hard as usual... though I hate the saving strats excuse.
I don't think it is the saving the strats excuse but more the fact that Fnatic will get to play NV which they much rather prefer than having to play Titan (which they almost always lose against).
This is if what Makro wrote above me doesn't happen.
On May 17 2015 03:57 Makro wrote: nV are out, damn i didn't expect that :/
?
nV are in with 9 points.
But Titan/VP will probably also reach 9 points and nV lost by the biggest difference against VP. Idk, what point difference exactly decides (just between those teams or the entire group), but nV might be out, if VP beat Immunity and Titan beat C9.
Edit: Did Na'vi vs NiP already happen? That seems to be a deciding game as well.
On May 17 2015 03:56 Zuxo wrote: Pretty sure Fnatic threw that last game since it means that they will for certain get second seed now in their group. Not sure though, maybe Liquid just played really well.
It is pretty obvious that fnatic were not trying as hard as usual... though I hate the saving strats excuse.
I don't think it is the saving the strats excuse but more the fact that Fnatic will get to play NV which they much rather prefer than having to play Titan (which they almost always lose against).
This is if what Makro wrote above me doesn't happen.
Not true. Fnatic has a winning record against Titan this year. Check match history.
Fnatic is through, they are at 6. Nip is at 5 and Na`Vi is at 4
that means that Nip only has to tie to get through and Na'vi needs to win, Fnatic is through for sure. in the other group VP and Titan are through due to round differential iirc.
NiP got knocked out...damn i wanted to see them live. At least i'll probably see them around watching the games and can get pictures this time =p
This tournaments been all over the place, teams playing really well, teams playing really bad, some good performances all round and some great games. Its been really close.
Last gfinity was NiP vs EnvyUs and they've both been knocked out in groups through very close circumstances.
When Liquid took that one map they praised themselves on twitter as glorious winners. I totally get that for them it's improvement. Thing is, they didn't win. And they didn't look good over the course of all games. They didn't look like they belonged in that group.
My point is, when you fail like this, even if you grab one map, you should'nt be that fucking stoked. Perhaps it was just them keeping the spirits up for the rest of the games... but when I read it I thought, man, they should be more self-critical.
Edit: I am referring to after the navi. Cause they just had the worst showing of the tournament vs NiP. When they beat Fnatic on the last game of the tournament, then it's more understandable to be positive.
On May 17 2015 18:31 Boundz(DarKo) wrote: When Liquid took that one map they praised themselves on twitter as glorious winners. I totally get that for them it's improvement. Thing is, they didn't win. And they didn't look good over the course of all games. They didn't look like they belonged in that group.
My point is, when you fail like this, even if you grab one map, you should'nt be that fucking stoked. Perhaps it was just them keeping the spirits up for the rest of the games... but when I read it I thought, man, they should be more self-critical.
Edit: I am referring to after the navi. Cause they just had the worst showing of the tournament vs NiP. When they beat Fnatic on the last game of the tournament, then it's more understandable to be positive.
All I want is for them to improve :<
Dude, that's NA. Taking a map of fnatic as an american team is like taking a map of Jeadong as a platinum player. :D
On May 17 2015 18:31 Boundz(DarKo) wrote: When Liquid took that one map they praised themselves on twitter as glorious winners. I totally get that for them it's improvement. Thing is, they didn't win. And they didn't look good over the course of all games. They didn't look like they belonged in that group.
My point is, when you fail like this, even if you grab one map, you should'nt be that fucking stoked. Perhaps it was just them keeping the spirits up for the rest of the games... but when I read it I thought, man, they should be more self-critical.
Edit: I am referring to after the navi. Cause they just had the worst showing of the tournament vs NiP. When they beat Fnatic on the last game of the tournament, then it's more understandable to be positive.
All I want is for them to improve :<
Dude, that's NA. Taking a map of fnatic as an american team is like taking a map of Jeadong as a platinum player. :D
Hi guys, i have a question about csgo lounge: Does the bettign system work like on regular betting sites? Or is it any different? I heard it doesn't matter at which odds you make your bet cause only the odds at the end count, is that true?
On May 17 2015 22:32 The_Red_Viper wrote: Hi guys, i have a question about csgo lounge: Does the bettign system work like on regular betting sites? Or is it any different? I heard it doesn't matter at which odds you make your bet cause only the odds at the end count, is that true?
On May 17 2015 22:32 The_Red_Viper wrote: Hi guys, i have a question about csgo lounge: Does the bettign system work like on regular betting sites? Or is it any different? I heard it doesn't matter at which odds you make your bet cause only the odds at the end count, is that true?
yup, only the odds when it closes matter
Huh that is disappointing^^ So there is pretty much no point in betting early cause you have no idea if the risk is worth it, lame
I never believed i would say it but Kenny is dead weight on that Titan team right now. Even apex is somewhat consistent right now whereas KennyS is just a shadow of himself.
Venue is pretty packed, new booths means casters are in another room though. Got the analysis desk at the back though. Pretty hype so far the crowd is real.
Looking forward to vp/navi going to be good, got a polish national next to me full of pride lol
Sorry I don't have the resources for a TL:GO sIgn hahaha
On May 17 2015 23:54 Capped wrote: Venue is pretty packed, new booths means casters are in another room though. Got the analysis desk at the back though. Pretty hype so far the crowd is real.
Looking forward to vp/navi going to be good, got a polish national next to me full of pride lol
On May 18 2015 03:08 Capped wrote: Lol yeah it's fun being around them...they were sitting in front of us waiting to go in the booth and flusha/ krimzz randomly started a slap fight
Predictions? Head says fnatic 3:1 heart says VP 3:2. I think it'll be close games either way.
Haha, nice to hear Flusha seemed kinda frustrated in his interview, but it seems he is in good spirit then ^^
On May 18 2015 05:51 Muffloe wrote: they're starting t? :O wow
Hum, why shouldn't they?
Fnatic have quite good ct on dust, but I guess getting the difficult part done first will assert them a position with an easy climb in the later half, or something
On May 18 2015 05:59 Miragee wrote: Well, d2 is generally slightly t-sided though so VP might feel like they want to do their stronger side first?
I've never heard that dust2 was considered t-sided in CS:GO. It's was a traditionally t-sided map in 1.6 iirc.
But it has pretty much always been considered t-sided in GO. Like 8-7 to 9-6 in favour of t. Statistically it also shows that it slightly favours t-side.
On May 18 2015 05:59 Miragee wrote: Well, d2 is generally slightly t-sided though so VP might feel like they want to do their stronger side first?
I've never heard that dust2 was considered t-sided in CS:GO. It's was a traditionally t-sided map in 1.6 iirc.
Just look at that 2013 DreamHack when fnatic beat NiP in the grand final for the first time (with devilwalk and schneider at the time). Around those times a 12-3 T side was nothing unusual and the casters actually say in the start of the dust2 game that NiP are looking to get 12 rounds on the T side. They do exactly that and they still lose the game 14-16.
Here's the VoD if you are curious, the game was quite different back then.
I'm just happy fnatic managed to make it a 3-0 sweep. Otherwise this would've been ANOTHER EU tourney that ends past midnight in central Europe on a freaking Sunday for some reason.
On May 18 2015 07:25 NihiLStarcraft wrote: I'm just happy fnatic managed to make it a 3-0 sweep. Otherwise this would've been ANOTHER EU tourney that ends past midnight in central Europe on a freaking Sunday for some reason.
m8 i was up till 8AM you have nothing to complain about
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