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GUIDES
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We’ve seen this one before
Everyone rejoice: you can now say obscene things to the enemies at half-time again.
Also, PARIVISION have made yet another roster change, and we’re continuing to feel the nostalgic vibes as Jame has gone back to one of his old comrades. Oh, and BLAST Bounty is still going, and the quarter-finals have actually been really good so far. Good Counter always comes when you least expect it.
With Liquid beating Vitality and G2 in the online stage, the average IQ (read: NA) fan might’ve been thinking Liquid were back, back.
As it happens, they might just be back, which is good, just not quite as good.
Admittedly, they were far more competitive against Spirit than we thought they’d be. 13-7 on Dust2 and 13-5 on Anubis - largely thanks to donk going donk mode on map two - there were a number of rounds that Liquid could have won and made the games look far closer on paper.
For once, the scoreline actually doesn’t tell the full story.
Overall, it was a game Spirit were expected to win, so it’s good for them that they did. The main takeaway, though, is that with minimal practice, Liquid put up a strong fight. That’s a great sign for them moving forward.
The harder game to judge was MOUZ vs 3DMAX. A 2-1 win in favour of MOUZ, the aura-not-havers did it by committee, with strong performances from torzsi and PR in their two map wins.
However, the latter of those two names did massively struggle on Dust2. We’d like to point the finger at Spinx for this, and he didn’t offer much help to PR, but there were a lot of rookie mistakes from the former GamerLegion star on the B Bombsite, and considering how often the Fr-nch hit that site, you’d hope its anchor would end the half better than 2-8.
3DMAX then put up a much better fight than MOUZ should’ve allowed them to on Nuke, with MOUZ finally getting it over the line at 22-18. They did then capitulate on Inferno, which ended 13-3 thanks to a 2,09-rated PR, but there were positive signs throughout the series.
So, a 2-1 win for MOUZ where we come away feeling more positive about the losers than MOUZ themselves? How does that work?
Well, we’re just still not convinced by this MOUZ project. xertioN might be maintaining his fragging, and torzsi looks to be getting back to his best, too. But - and this is a big but - PR is still making some very rookie mistakes, and xelex looks a long way away from being at the consistent level a team like MOUZ needs him to be. Add on that Spinx is, well, Spinx, and it’s not as positive as it seems.
Oh well, at least JBOEN plays today.
Remember back in the day when you used to be able to chat sh-t to the enemies at half-time? Well, now you can do so again on FACEIT.
This is a feature that we’ve all wished to return at one point or another, but what if it’s not as good as we remember it being?
Not to sound woke, but we’ve seen clips of the things people used to say in these breaks. Worse yet, we’ve seen what people said in old MW2 lobbies. And, even worse than both of those things, we’ve seen clips of what we used to say in those times.
Given that your otherwise friendly TLDR writers are already prone to a little bit of raging during CS, do we really need another outlet to tilt ourselves in our games more than the resident Russian going 3-11 and still baiting?
We think not, although we are excited to see just how many people get banned as a result of this test, and the things they accidentally expose themselves saying on Twitter.
That will make it all worth it for us, although we have a feeling the community will make FACEIT severely regret ever testing this as a feature.
This week on Overtime on Inferno, Sam and Quacke put their trivia hats on to play some mini-games. It’s quickly becoming a tradition that Quacke is given the hardest trivia questions we can think of, so if you want to see him struggle, this episode is for you.
They’re out. They’re finally out.
FL1T and fame have broken free from the shackles. Well… not quite.
While FL1T can proudly scream from the rooftops that he’s escaped, fame’s move is only temporary. But we’ll get to that in a second.
PARIVISION have found their permanent fifth after HObbit’s brief stand-in stint that saw the team place second at the XSE Pro League. To his credit, at least it wasn’t the kind of disaster PARI had become accustomed to recently. Even though unc is clearly past his glory days, he still brought valuable experience and seemed to have a positive impact.
That said, FL1T now arrives at his new home after spending six grueling months on VP’s bench, reuniting with two familiar faces from the Rio Major-winning team in Jame and dastan. That’s a pretty high bar.
On paper, his firepower, experience, and composure make him a great fit for PARI - especially since we’re still not entirely sold on fellow newcomer slaxejezzz. Either way, three of the six pieces are now in place. Next up: Qikert.
Unfortunately for fame, things aren’t quite as straightforward. His move to TDK is only a loan, but hey… it beats sitting around and scratching your balls for an entire season. Alongside loanee #2 BELCHONOKK, the duo will join forces with nafany, Ax1Le, and ArtFr0st.
Honestly, there’s enough quality here to take a shot at the Singapore Major. The talent and experience are there - the real question is whether the pieces will click. And if the rumours about 1win signing the roster prove true, they should have all the backing needed to give that Major qualification a real push.
Don’t forget, this team has a player who finished fifth and fourth in the world in back-to-back years. You just had to be there…
