Virtus.pro are back and just as lethally boring as ever.
If they can’t shoot through you, they will constrict, choke and strangle you to death. Slow or fast, explosive or controlled - VP have every kind of round in their locker.
It was only a Challenger event, but we saw a version of VP we haven’t seen since Rio. Quite literally n0rb3r7 played, and he also played extremely well, for the most part. He had twice as many entries as ENCE in map one of the grand final.
VP were unconvincing against Party Astronauts but ground out a BO1 win over ENCE to auto-qualify for playoffs. They made light work of 9z, and set up an expected grand final as ENCE spanked FORZE in two.
It looked like it might be an uncharacteristically fast game from VP after they tore ENCE a new ENCE-hole in map one, but reverted to type on Anubis. As ENCE seemed to have everything tied up, VP turned it on to bring it back to 14-14.
Before losing an anti-eco.
You didn’t think they’d get it done in two, did you?
Similarly, they found themselves down on Mirage, 8-13. As per usual, that’s when they started the true degeneracy, slowing everything down to a crawl and letting FL1T and fame work their magic.
VP won eight of the next nine, on the T side of Mirage, to deny ENCE back-to-back trophies and pick up their first since Rio.
The saying goes that you should never argue with an idiot, for they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. Similarly, you should never challenge Virtus.pro at an ESL Challenger event.
VP leave CS:GO - probably - as trophy winners.
Final standings:
1st 🇷🇺 Virtus.pro - $50.000
2nd 🇪🇺 ENCE - $20.000
3rd 🇷🇺 FORZE - $10.000
4th 🏳️ 9z - $10.000
5th-6th: 🇺🇸 Party Astronauts - $3.000
5th-6th: 🇩🇰 ECSTATIC - $3.000
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