On October 26, eight powerful Old World teams in the game in the game in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. There were several goals at once – including the conquest of the championship title Raidcall Ems One Fall. Followed by mercantile interests (a prize fund of $ 35,000) and the ability to get a slot for a famous Dreamhack Winter 2013.
► Raidcall Ems One Fall Finals and Scream Champion. Who knows, maybe he will go to the Belgian again?
Professional e -sportsmen, speaking at different leagues and other online tournaments, try to climb the invisible hierarchical ladder. Arrows in CS: GO – no exception. This ladder this implies the participation of the team in a pile of preliminary online qualifying in front of a large and prestigious lan-finals.
The first attraction: Köln himself is one of the oldest cities of Western Europe, the fourth in population of the city of Germany and the largest economic and cultural center of the country. Founded by the Romans in 38 BC. That is, he is more than two thousand years old. Impressive.
Often, far from all the top commands are successfully breaking through the long -awaited Main Stage. This time visit a gorgeous German stream studio Electronic Sports League ( ESL ) as participants did not work out at Astana Dragons – the Germans stopped online Party Daddlers.
► mousesports in all its glory.
However, having seen a lot of tournaments Ange1 , Adren And Dosia They are unlikely to be very upset, since they have already been to the Cologne in the composition Virtus.Pro. But who really benefited from getting to the LAN final, is thereby Party Daddlers, and more precisely, then three Germans, Serbu and Dutchman. Their network accomplishments were so impressed by the leadership Mousesports , that they suddenly remembered again Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and hastened to conclude long -term cooperation with newcomers. And at the same time, the name of the team “light up” at a large European championship, since the opportunity turned up.
► Patrick Sattermon (Carn) himself does not play, but FNATIC is following CS: Go-compound.
It’s only a pity that the Germans did not have to count on more: Chrisj and the company got into the group to Ninjas in Pyjamas , Updated composition Natus Vincere And super -modeling Poles Universal Soldiers. Moreover, in the first game, the formal owners had to measure the forces with the northern Ninja. This match did not portend anything good to mice.
If someone had doubts about the name of the winner in this pair, then the first half of the game quickly dispelled them. Patrick Lindberg ( F0rest ) Passed through German protection like a hot knife through oil, and Tobbias Tabbert ( Troud ) only managed to fix points in disappointment. Three won rounds in defense almost did not leave the former "party -goers" chances – experienced Swedes rarely miss such an advantage.
► Match of the first round in group B: NIP against Mousesports
Despite the defeat (8:16), the chance to leave the group was still. For this Mousesports a desperate was necessary to defeat the loser of the couple Natus Vincere against Universal Soldiers In the duel of "Life and Death". It’s good that at least this game pleased the audience – sophisticated minds Victor Voitas (TAZ) And Daniil Teslenko (zeus) held for a long time, but still took up the last one (31:28 on de_DUST2 ).
Few of the Experts of Professional CS: Go-scenes still believed in the Polish trio TAZ-NEO-PASHA After their parting with Mariusz Tsibulsky ( Loord ) And Yakub Gurchinsky ( Kuben ). New "Dream Team" All Poland, with Snax And BIALY in the composition, although she did not rush from the place to the quarry, but still made it to Cologne. And already for one thing it was worth believing in them.
► Pavel Belinsky-Polish Universal Soldiers player and a new face in the CS community.
However, a boring game preceded a traditionally emotional German-Polish confrontation NIP With Na’vi For first place in group b. A couple of months ago in Kyiv on Starladder Starsies Finals The teams fought on equal terms, and now you can’t call the “born to win” the team of the first echelon – there is a lack of firepower. Hence, apparently, a devastating score – 2:16 on de_DUST2.
Failed to please their few fans (there were two rows of spectator places in the studio) and Mousesports. "Mice" began for health in defense on de_inferno , and finished for the repose. A fracture in the game happened in the region of the eleventh round, after which the gentry won several battles in a row and ended half with a minimum lag of 7: 8. Changing the parties, the "universal soldiers" played almost flawlessly (16:11).
► Match of the first round in group B: Na’vi against Universal Soldiers
Small lyrical digression. I remember that one -day championships with the participation of sixteen, or even more teams were often held in the CIS. For self -respecting organizers (and ESL From their number) such a format is wild, and Raidcall Ems One Fall Finals Disked two days. On Sunday, butt matches, two semi -finals according to the Best of Three scheme and the same finale were carefully entered in the schedule. Germans, in a word!
Even during the first confrontation Na’vi And Us We guessed that they were destined to meet the next day again in the battle for saving the second place of Group B. Saturday defeat of the Poles after a bunch of overtimea, instantly did not count – the teams started with a clean sheet. Seems, Victor Voitas ( TAZ ) smiled slightly ..
► Polish Universal Soldiers team in the match against Natus Vincere.
A duel began with a small official part, during which Zeus And Snax They managed to draw de_inferno , And analysts in the studio – to interview the audience on this subject. Oddly enough, 65% of the community was put on the Poles, probably not taking into account yesterday's game. However, in Na’vi they believed “59%” (out of thirty people) of the public in the hall.
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Losing "knives", Natus Vincere They started in the attack and in a very important pistol round (Momentum Booster) after several exchange rushed to a closed point. They were already waiting for them there Neo And Pasha , But in the end, everything ended in the situation 1B1. Alas, the brightest player of the updated Na’vi – Sergey Ishchuk ( Starix ), the leader of the Polish team lost his mini-Duel-1: 0 in favor Universal Soldiers.
► And this is Natus Vincere. As you can see, they have no problems with the form, even team caps have.
Its first battle is Ukrainian-Russian Natus Vincere I won already in the third round, but then the matter was stalled. The Poles, skillfully using smoke in the game for defense, won several rounds in a row and brought their advantage to impressive 9: 1. In the eleventh round, ours needed to urgently do something, since the money for further full-fledged purchases could no longer be.
Fortunately, this round “Born to win” took, largely thanks to two successful and timely fragments from Starix In the center. Is it true, TAZ Immediately leveled the ratio of the living and the dead on the map, but CEH9 , Zeus And Kibaken They shot their own substations. The first half ended with a score of 13: 2 in favor of the gentry.
► Match for the second place of the group B: Na’VI against Universal Soldiers
Changing the side, once the strongest team of the world in the game in CS 1.6 I won three rounds in defense on the move, but then the truck with sweets rolled over on the street by Polyakov. With a score 13: 5 US held two demonstrative attacks. In the first, they synchronously scattered point B and confidently went there, and in the second they tried to “dilute” the opponent. While everyone was again pulling up a closed bombsayd, Snax I left the carpets and alone killed two rivals.
In the last round, the Ukrainian team no longer had money for a full purchase, and the players already sensed that the match was lost. And they showed boasting: Zeus just threw a couple of upset replicas, after which Na’vi They died together in different parts of the map and went to pack the devices. Universal Soldiers became the second team of group b!
The second attraction: Cologne Cathedral is part of the UNESCO cultural heritage and one of the most impressive medieval structures. It was built in the Gothic style in the XIII -XV centuries and is considered the third in height among churches. At the end of construction, he was recognized as the highest building in the world!
While Ukrainians, Poles, Germans and Swedes fought for leadership in group B, it was also hot in the parallel quartet. The first place here was easily taken by the current champions Starladder Starsers French Verygames , But the second claimed immediately Fnatic , n!Faculty And Copenhagen Wolves. As a result, the production went to the last. By the way, for some reason we did not believe in the Danes and put on Fnatic. They lost, it happens.
► Match for the second place of the group A: FNatic against Copenhagen Wolves
So, in the semifinals face to face Ninjas in Pyjamas With Copenhagen Wolves And Verygames With Universal Soldiers. In every pair there was a clear favorite, but surprises were not excluded, especially from the Danes. If the fact that TAZ and the company will be able to defeat the French, almost did not believe, then the "Copenhagen wolves" could well impose serious resistance to the northern neighbors. The first card was de_Dust2.
And she very, very surprised us. No, in the first half everything was expected – NIP They took as many as thirteen rounds for the attack, already mentally preparing for the next match. But after the change of the parties, a real miracle happened, and Copenhagen Wolves not only overtook the ninja (14:14), but also won the last two rounds! Wow!
The third attraction: Rhine River flowing through Cologne. Due to the great importance of river trade, the city was once nicknamed the "Metropolitan on the Rhine". The Rhine flows through the territory of six states: Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, France, the Netherlands and, of course, Germany.
A stunning defeat on the first map led NIP in life, and the evil Swedes did not leave the opponent on subsequent locations of no chance. On de_nuke and de _inferno The same account was recorded 16: 6, which provided Patrick Lindberg ( F0rest ) with a comrades access to the Grand Final. By the way, the same F0rest was recognized as the best player in the match – 66% of the audience voted for him.
In the second semifinals, everything was much more prosaic: Verygames again sent the Poles home, although not without difficulty. On de_nuke (probably the choice of VG, since this is one of their strongest cards) Universal Soldiers managed to cling to only four rounds, and they were all taken for the attack. But already on de_inferno Shlyakhtichi played much better and “survived” to overtime. Sorry, it did not work out to win – 2: 0 on cards, and Verygames in the final!
► Second semi -finals: Verygames against Universal Soldiers
We already told you the history of confrontations NIP And Verygames in 2012 and in the first half of 2013. For more than a year, the Swedes replayed their counterparts on all Lan tournaments, but in Kyiv a series of victories wound. Over the past couple of months, the French team has significantly raised its level of game and won quite deservedly.
► VERYGAMS went to Cologne for one purpose: to protect their Raidcall Ems One Champions title.
Still fresh in the memory of the Kyiv triumph Verygames , who turned this team into the main favorite. Their victory last season also spoke in favor of the French Raidcall Ems One , When NIP fell in the semifinals under the onslaught Virtus.Pro , A Verygames Later they rolled the "bears" on the rods. In Cologne, former players in Counter-Strike: Source There was a great opportunity to declare yourself as the best team of the world in CS: GO.
All that was required for this is to win two final cards. It was possible to start with the starting de_nuke , where the forces of both teams "on paper" saw on equal. But the Swedes turned out to be angrier and took the first half with a score of 10: 5. The second did not bring any special changes, and the match ended with a score of 16: 5 in favor NIP.
► all joyful, one get_right is serious. Apparently, he knows something.
Having played on de_nuke , The teams switched to de_cache , which was played for the first time on these LAN finals. Although they choose her infrequently, professional players, spectators, and even we like it: an interesting location that is not like other cards with quick “dugs”. The only problem is that the teams do not really know how to play here in the attack – hence the victory of counter -terrorists with a score of 12: 3 or 11: 4.
Such accounts were recorded with us, and the fate of the winner was decided in the last moments. In the score 14:12 in favor of Verygames Belgian Adil Benrlite ( Scream ) won a very important round in a 1×2 situation at an open point. Later, his example was followed and EX6Tenz , stopping NIP captain with a colorful headshot in the last round. The volitional victory Verygames with a score 16:14!
► Two best teams in the game in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The third (Astana Dragons) did not break into the Lan Final.
As you already guessed, two cards to determine the champion Raidcall Ems One Fall Finals , Not enough. The champion card became de_inferno , greatly changed since time Counter-Strike 1.6. We will not talk about the ups and downs of the third game – it is better to watch the match in the record. Well, if someone already knows the result or does not want to watch, we ask for mercy under the cat. There you will find the final results.
► Grand Final: Ninjas in Pyjamas against Verygames
The final location of the teams on Raidcall Ems One Fall Finals
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Verygames (France) – $ 12,000
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Ninjas in Pyjamas (Sweden) – $ 7000
3/4) Universal Soldiers (Poland) – $ 4000 + slot on Dreamhack Winter
3/4) Copenhagen Wolves (Denmark) – $ 4000 + slot on Dreamhack Winter
5/6) Natus Vincere (Ukraine) – $ 2000
5/6) Fnatic (Sweden) – $ 2000
7/8) Mousesports (Germany) – $ 2000
7/8) n!Faculty (Sweden) – $ 2000
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Summing up, we will dwell first at the pleasant. Firstly, we really liked the organization: all the matches went on schedule, we did not notice any technical problems. Secondly, all teams (except Na’vi , We expected more from them) pleased with our game, especially Verygames , Copenhagen Wolves And Universal Soldiers. NIP, as always, at the level.
► It is to this duet that we have the biggest claims.
Only commentators upset us – English -speaking ( Anders from Niptv and the girl not known to us) for the most part acted “captains of obviousness” and simply retold what was happening on the screen, and the guy MPKBK from For Mother Russia tried, but emotions literally overlapped through his edge. It is a pity that ESL was not brought Tommy Kovanen ( Lurppis ) or Björn Persian ( Threat ), they would be much more interesting to listen. Maybe next time!
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