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GUIDES
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Stage FaZe are a different animal.
There’s big moves happening in the dark, Vitality dropped the hammer on Cloud9 and there’s more bloody Counter-Strike coming. Hell yeah.
It turns out having an AWPer is better than not having one.
At least, that’s one way to view this series. The other is that Vitality are just man-for-man, better.
It wasn’t even ZywOo who dropped the hammer on Cloud9; when C9 moved to their own pick, Anubis (for some reason), it was flameZ who went supernova to smash them to bits.
Quite why they picked Anubis into Vitality is… well, anyone’s guess. Genuinely. As good as C9 are, it’s one of Vitality’s strongest maps, if not their strongest, and you just don’t want to play them on it.
Well we don’t, anyway.
Neither it seems did Cloud9, who made it a very quick affair. Boombl4 wasn’t hitting his shots, but we had to wait 12 rounds for an electroNic moment as he scythed down four, but that was the only C9 moment in a sea of Vitality dominance.
The Russians couldn’t find a single pistol round, and it hurt them badly. They picked up six early on in Inferno, but couldn’t find any momentum after that point and collapsed. ZywOo put a dagger in their heart in the second pistol with a clinical P250 headshot, and from there it was downhill.
On Anubis, flameZ tore through the C9 defence time and time again. He picked up doubles and triples as he teamed up with mezii to waltz through bombsites and cruise into the semi-finals.
FaZe or Spirit await.
Yet another scalp has fallen at the hands of the Major.
Keoz, one of the 5 who got GamerLegion to the Major final in Paris, has fallen. It was a long time coming, the Belgian hasn't performed well since at least the Paris major, if not earlier. But, GL managed to get to the Major in one way or another and now holds an RMR spot with their core.
Maybe that comfort is why they decided now was the time for Keoz to be benched.
It’s unclear who’s going to replace Keoz, who joined GL from Falcons in 2022. Speaking of Falcons, that reminds us. Somehow we’ve forgotten to report on Falcons newest roster addition, Dupreeh.
I don’t think anyone is really surprised, Dupreeh joining Falcons felt like it’s always been coming, especially with Magisk and zonic joining. It almost feels like this should’ve happened months ago. Is this move going to make Falcons good? Who knows, Dupreeh is the Major GOAT but he’s not getting any younger.
If nothing else, it makes Falcons consistent because lord knows BOROS was anything but.
Things are a bit weird right now. aizyesque is in Copenhagen and Logan is… American. Or something. We’ve managed to piece together some thoughts on:
Counter-Strike. Bloody hell.
This was a grade A classic from round one to round however-the-hell-many-they-played. It was wall-to-wall chaos, clutches, moments and grit.
From that description alone, you probably already know that FaZe won.
There’s no team more dangerous than FaZe when the game goes long, but Spirit put up one hell of a fight. They were dead and buried on Vertigo, until two big 1v1s went their way, and they pulled back seven in a row to bring us to OT.
broky won a round with a smoke knife with milliseconds left on the bomb, donk swung through a molly to bag two extraordinary headshots on B, zont1x held his nerve to win a crucial 1v1 but to finish it off, an unusually quiet rain picked up both kills in a 1v2 to just about edge FaZe into the semi-finals.
It was broky who stood tallest in FaZe’s most crucial moments, and went toe-to-toe with donk to put FaZe in a commanding position, and it’s he who should take the plaudits. From his aggressive hut peeks on Nuke to his multikills on Vertigo, he did everything.
karrigan, too, was indomitable. He had one of those games, where he just takes over on stage. A phenomenal performance from the elder statesman.
Regardless of what side you’re on, it was an incredible game.
Watch it if you missed it. Rewatch it if you watched it. Rewatch it again.
It was a masterpiece.
As the Major Playoffs kick into high gear, it’s time to preview the last 2 quarterfinal showdowns.
We’ve got Eternal Fire vs. NAVI and MOUZ vs. G2.
Absolute bangers.
On one side, it seems Eternal Fire finally made the jump to tier one. The rookie Wicadia is popping off, the seasoned veteran IGL Maj3r is feeling like never before and XANTARES… well, let’s just say there’s a peek named after the guy for a reason. EF are poised to make their mark on CS2 with this historic Major Playoffs debut.
But it won’t be a walk in the park.
Despite some shaky performances in the Elimination Stage, NAVI clinched their Playoffs spot on the back of huge showings from JLegend and xQc’s brother. If the dynamic duo maintains their top form, and iM decides to turn on his monitor, the veteran organization certainly has a chance of dismantling the Turks.
On the other side, we have one of the youngest teams in this Major taking on the prodigious m0NESY and crew. Drawing parallels, we feel like NiKo and iM find themselves in similar positions. They’re both exceptional players facing a bit of a slump. To help their team shine through, they have to step it up.
Even with the young AWPer’s brilliance, there’s only so much carrying one player can do.
Despite losing their star player frozen, MOUZ powered through the Elimination Stage with a 3-0 record.
It doesn’t really matter if you lose your star when you’ve got a bunch of other top-tier talent just waiting for the opportunity, right?
Well, it can’t get any more top-tier than Jimpphat, who carried MOUZ through the last-16 phase, boasting a remarkable 1.50 rating across 4 maps. With his first Major Playoffs appearance on the horizon, all eyes are on the 17-year-old phenom.
Remember last Major’s Playoffs? Well, Copenhagen now hosts one of the most stacked Playoffs Stages ever.
We used to pray for times like these.
