DreamHack Valencia: Top players
Time: 2012-10-03 13:41
Game: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

With the first international CS:GO LAN tournament behind us and our stats section ready for the new game, we are now bringing an in-depth analysis of the top players from DreamHack Valencia. NiP and VeryGames were obviously the two best teams there, but which of their players excelled and how? And did anyone stand out from the other teams? To learn all that and to vote for the MVP and the All-Star lineup, check out the entire article below.

Although it was not a major tournament, DreamHack Valencia proved to be a very interesting test for the progress of new teams in CS:GO. We saw several close matches and in the end a highly expected final between NiP and VeryGames, in which the Swedish team showed that they are at the moment unrivaled in Europe, and probably the world.

Despite a decent fight from VeryGames, Ninjas won the final perhaps even easier than the 16-10 and 16-12 scores would suggest, which eventually brought them 2,500€ and a spot at DreamHack Winter's $45,000 CS:GO tournament.

Overall it was quite a small sample with only 8 teams in attendance and 15 matches played (18 maps), but we were still able to get some insight into the CS 1.6 vs. CS:Source battle. It turns out that the outcome was pretty even, with 10 players from each game as their background placing in the tournament's top four.

On one hand, three of the top four teams were predominantly 1.6 based, but on the other hand 9 of our 13 top players of the event come from a CS:S background. Ultimately though, three of our four MVP nominees come from a 1.6 background, so overall it is a pretty mixed result and it should keep everyone on their toes in future tournaments, since anything can be expected.

Because CS:GO is still at its beginnings we will be using various ratings and statistics transferred over from CS 1.6 for the time being. Also as per usual in our rankings, we will only include players from teams that made the playoffs, but a side mention will be given to any group stage stars if deserved.

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Best rated players

12 Player Team KPR DPR Rating
Jesús "oFF" Castillo García x6tence
0.70 0.67 1.01
  1 x Top rated, Highest rating: 1.45 vs bemyfRAG (Group A, dust2)

Additional notable stats:
#2 in consistency (80% of maps above team avg and above 1.00)
#3 in rating above team average (13%)

Since DreamHack Valencia was originally planned to feature CS 1.6, the best Spanish team in the old game, x6tence, was caught off guard when the switch to CS:GO was announced. They decided to switch too, but had only a little over a week to prepare, and had to use a stand-in.

Despite of all that, they managed to get out of the group stage by defeating a former Call of Duty team bemyfRAG and Spain's second best CS:S team 34united. Their best player in that period, before they crashed out to VeryGames in the semi-final, was Jesús "oFF" Castillo García, making him the biggest influence on x6tence's overall success.

Although he wasn't the team's top fragger in the tournament (Antonio "FlipiN" Rivas del Rey was), Castillo García was their most consistent performer, mainly thanks to being one of the best in his team in every match.

His best individual displays came in their only two wins (19:8 vs bemyfRAG, 20:13 vs 34united), but he also played well in their group stage loss to NiP (19:18, 1.04 rating). In x6tence's victory over 34united, which practically put them through to playoffs, Castillo García also won a couple of clutch rounds, which ultimately contributed to his relatively low death count (0.67 deaths per round).

11 Player Team KPR DPR Rating
Mário "Fyx" Rodrigues k1ck
0.75 0.68 1.05
  0 x Top rated, Highest rating: 1.86 vs DN-Gaming (Group B, nuke)

Additional notable stats:
#2 in total AWP kills (20)
#2 in AWP kills per round (0.19)
#2 in rating above team average (16%)
#1 in clutch rounds won (4)
#4 in pistol round rating (1.39)
#3 in pistol kills per round (0.20)
#1 in P2000 kills per round (0.08)

Former FM Sapphire member Mário "Fyx" Rodrigues was one of the two players with a CS:S background that recently joined k1ck to play CS:GO. He was lauded as his country's best AWPer in his previous game and he proved his worth already in k1ck's first tournament.

Although use of the most powerful weapon still didn't pick up in CS:GO, Rodrigues' 20 AWP kills cemented him as the second best at this event with it in every regard. He was a pretty solid fragger otherwise too, having more rounds with a kill than without (51%) and recording a 0.75 KPR.

His 1.05 rating was 16% above k1ck's average, making him the player who carried his team second most of all playoff participants. Even though his best match was against the easiest opponent in the group (20:3 score, 1.86 rating against DN-Gaming), Rodrigues was k1ck's best against the two giants as well, even recording all four of his clutch rounds in those clashes with NiP and VeryGames.

10 Player Team KPR DPR Rating
Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans VeryGames
0.71 0.60 1.07
  1 x Top rated, Highest rating: 1.48 vs x6tence (Semi-final, inferno)

Additional notable stats:
#2 in total entry kills (23)
#7 in deaths per round (0.60)
#7 in rounds with kills (51%)
#1 in total kills with P90 (14)

The best CS:Source team in history, VeryGames, didn't have the desired showing in their CS:GO debut, but they did reach the podium and all of their players contributed to that 2nd place.

The in-game leader and mastermind of the team, Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans was VeryGames' worst fragger, but despite of that his 0.71 KPR and many other things were still above average. One of the things he wasn't above average in though is headshot percentage, as he was the worst of all participants (just 25% of his kills were headshots).

On the bright side, the only Belgian player in Valencia fragged regularly (51% of rounds), managed to get 9th most total kills of all players, and was one of the hardest to kill with 0.60 deaths per round. His best performance came in the second map of the semi-final against x6tence (19:9 score, 1.48 rating), while he also added two 1vs2 clutch rounds in the second map of the grand final against NiP.

His playing style based a lot on going into the action first, as no other player at the event was involved in more first duels than Droolans (44). He won 23 of those duels for a slightly above average 52% success rate, but perhaps more importantly 20 of them led to a round win for his team.

9 Player Team KPR DPR Rating
Cédric "RpK" Guipouy VeryGames
0.77 0.66 1.08
  1 x Top rated, Highest rating: 2.34 vs DN-Gaming (Group B, dust2)

Additional notable stats:
#7 in kills per round (0.77)
#6 in rounds with kills (52%)
#3 in pistol round rating (1.40)
#5 in rifle kills per round (0.55)
#6 in total headshots (56)

After a brilliant start to the tournament when his 25:5 performance (2.34 rating, second highest in a match at this event) helped VeryGames maul over DN-Gaming 16-0, Cédric "RpK" Guipouy slightly quieted down. He still contributed a lot on his team's trip to the final, but largely disappointed against NiP, especially on the second map.

Perhaps another disappointing aspect of his play was that he was one of the least dominant players at the tournament (only three rounds with 3 or more kills). But despite of that, VeryGames' main rifler still qualifies to be one of the top players in Valencia thanks to his overall fragging (0.77 kills per round, 7th most). He was also the team's best, and one of the event's best, in pistol rounds (14:8 score in 14 pistol rounds).

8 Player Team KPR DPR Rating
Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson NiP
0.64 0.46 1.14
  0 x Top rated, Highest rating: 1.55 vs bemyfRAG (Group A, mirage)

Additional notable stats:
#1 in deaths per round (0.46)
#3 in total AWP kills (16)
#4 in AWP kills per round (0.10)
#1 in pistol round rating (2.06)
#3 in domination meter (0.21)
#3 in rounds with 3+ kills (10)
#1 in P250 kills per round (0.15)
#1 in Terrorist side rating (1.24)

Ninjas in Pyjamas' in-game leader who comes from a CS:S background, Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson didn't really excel in any match at DH Valencia, but he didn't disappoint in any either. Additionally, he recorded some surprising stats on his team's trip to the title.

Aside from giving instructions and making decisions for the team, Johansson's job was handling the AWP, which granted he didn't buy too often, but he still amounted to event's 3rd most kills with it (16). In both of those roles, in-game leader and AWPer, it is often more important than for any other player to stay alive as much as possible, and Johansson did that better than anyone having an astonishingly low 0.46 DPR.

On the other hand, unexpectedly for a player in his place, he turned out to be the highest rated on the Terrorist side. And while his fragging wasn't something to brag about (below average KPR of 0.64, just 44% of rounds with kills), he was still the 3rd most dominant player overall, having 10 rounds with three or more kills.

Finally, Johansson was the player who contributed the most to his team's pistol round wins (and NiP was the most successful team in them, winning 10 of 14), having a 19:9 score for the event's best 2.06 rating.

7 Player Team KPR DPR Rating
Nathan "NBK" Schmitt VeryGames
0.76 0.61 1.16
  0 x Top rated, Highest rating: 1.78 vs k1ck (Group B, mirage)

Additional notable stats:
#4 in playoff rating (1.16)
#4 in domination meter (0.18)
#4 in rounds with 3+ kills (9)
#5 in consistency (64% of maps above team avg and above 1.00)
#6 in entry kill rating (1.19)

One of the best CS:S players in recent years, 18-year-old Nathan "NBK" Schmitt, was naturally once again an important factor in VeryGames' play.

Schmitt was one of the most consistent players at the event, playing above team's average in 5 of 7 maps, including all 4 in the playoffs. He ended up with a 1.16 playoff rating (4th best), especially excelling in the semi-final against x6tence (32:15 score in two maps).

He was also one of the more dominant players, taking out three or more opponents on 9 occasions, meaning his team likely won those rounds thanks to his impact.

And while entry killing wasn't his primary job, it was another aspect he was rather successful at, winning 64% of his first duels.

6 Player Team KPR DPR Rating
Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux VeryGames
0.85 0.61 1.22
  0 x Top rated, Highest rating: 1.67 vs DN-Gaming (Group B, dust2)

Additional notable stats:
#3 in rounds with kills (55%)
#4 in total AWP kills (15)
#4 in AWP kills per round (0.10)
#5 in kills per round (0.85)

#5 in consistency (64% of maps above team avg and above 1.00)
#5 in total kills (133)
#5 in K-D difference (+37)
#5 in total headshots (58)
#5 in entry kill rating (1.30)
#6 in pistol round rating (1.24)
#3 in clutch points (6 - 1x 1vs1, 1x 1vs2, 1x 1vs3)
#2 in Terrorist side rating (1.23)

Any team would desire to have a true all-round presence that VeryGames had at DreamHack Valencia in Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux, who practically appears in every statistical category.

Just what a great tournament Dubourdeaux had speaks the fact that in 6 of 7 maps his rating was above 1.20. He was his team's most frequent fragger (55% of rounds with at least one kill) and was one of the best overall at the event with 0.85 KPR.

His impact ranged from pistol rounds (6th best at the tournament) and entry kills (5th) to being the team's secondary AWPer, and also their best aimer (58 headshots).

Although he wasn't top rated in any map, he was VeryGames' best player in their hard fought draw with ASES. His teammates weren't very motivated to give their best in that match as it didn't mean anything, but Dubourdeaux thought otherwise and put up his highest frag count (27:20 score), even going as far as to win a 1-on-3 situation in the very last round to bring his team the 1 point.

Unlike most players, he played equaly well on both the Terrorist and the CT side. In his team he was much better than the rest when they attacked and was the 2nd best at the event with a 1.23 T-side rating.

5 Player Team KPR DPR Rating
Adam "friberg" Friberg NiP
0.81 0.58 1.23
  1 x Top rated, Highest rating: 1.77 vs 34united (Group A, dust2)

Additional notable stats:
#4 in total headshots (60)
#4 in domination meter (0.18)
#4 in rounds with 3+ kills (9)
#5 in deaths per round (0.58)

#5 in consistency (64% of maps above team avg and above 1.00)
#6 in playoff rating (1.14)
#6 in kills per round (0.81)
#6 in K-D difference (+36)
#6 in total kills (127)

#1 in clutch rounds won (4)
#3 in clutch points (6 - 3x 1vs1, 1x 1vs3)
#1 in entry kill rating (1.40)
#2 in rifle kills per round (0.64)
#1 in famas kills per round (0.08)

Many have questioned NiP's choice to complete their lineup with Adam "friberg" Friberg instead of another CS 1.6 star, but the former CS:Source player showed in Spain what he brings to the table, as the best entry killer of DreamHack Valencia.

He was NiP's first option to open the round and he was very productive in that job, getting the tournament's highest 26 entry kills.

That wasn't the only way Friberg contributed though, as he was an enviable rifler and headshooter as well, and he was one of the most dominant players. He played well in almost every match, with 6 of 7 ratings above 1.00, which helped him be the 6th best rated in the playoffs.

His highest amount of frags actually came in the first map of the final, when he put up a 24:17 score against VeryGames on de_nuke_ve.

4 Player Team KPR DPR Rating
Richard "Xizt" Landström NiP
0.93 0.59 1.36
  1 x Top rated, Highest rating: 1.64 vs 34united (Group A, dust2)

Additional notable stats:
#1 in playoff rating (1.36)
#1 in total headshots (76)
#2 in headshots percentage (52%)
#2 in kills per round (0.93)
#2 in rounds with kills (59%)
#2 in total kills (146)

#4 in K-D difference (+53)
#4 in consistency (71% of maps above team avg and above 1.00)
#4 in entry rating (1.36)
#6 in domination meter (0.17)
#6 in deaths per round (0.59)
#7 in pistol round rating (1.22)
#2 in rifle kills per round (0.64)
#2 in total pistol kills (29)
#1 in m4a4 kills per round (0.41)

It stunned everyone when Richard "Xizt" Landström left fnatic right after a successful GameGune campaign to play CS:GO in NiP, but now that we've seen him in an international tournament, his decision is starting to make sense.

Landström has adapted to the new game so quickly and has become so good that he was by far the best aimer in Valencia, getting 76 headshots, more than half of his 146 total kills (0.93 per round, a very close second). But more importantly, 101 of those 146 kills he made were in the playoffs, which helped him end up the highest rated player of the latter stage (1.36 rating).

In the semi-final against k1ck he had a 45:26 score as the second best of that match, while in the final against VeryGames he was high above the rest with 56 kills and a 1.26 rating.

Landström was also very successful in entry kills, and even though he didn't get as many as his teammate Friberg, he had the best success ratio of all players (71% of entry duels won).

3 Player Team KPR DPR Rating
Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund NiP
0.90 0.55 1.41
  2 x Top rated, Highest rating: 2.19 vs bemyfRAG (Group A, mirage)

Additional notable stats:
#2 in K-D difference (+55)
#3 in playoff rating (1.29)
#3 in deaths per round (0.55)
#4 in kills per round (0.90)
#4 in total kills (142)
#3 in total headshots (67)

#5 in consistency (64% of maps above team avg and above 1.00)
#5 in rounds with kills (54%)
#1 in domination meter (0.32)
#1 in rounds with 3+ kills (16)

#5 in pistol round rating (1.29)
#1 in clutch points (7 - 2x 1vs2, 1x 1vs3)
#4 in rifle kills per round (0.58)

Another one of the three ex superstars from CS 1.6 in this tournament also began his international CS:GO career with an impressive performance. The second best Counter Strike player for two years in a row according to our ranking, Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund, continued displaying his remarkable fragging ability in the new game as well.

He began the tournament with an excellent showing in the group stage, having a 1.63 rating after three matches, and then also played great in the playoffs recording the 3rd best rating of 1.29. He especially shined in the semi-final match versus k1ck (45:24 score), and even though he didn't frag that much in the final (37:35 score), he still made an impact, particularly by winning two 1-on-2 situations.

Overall, with a superb 0.90 KPR he was still only 4th at the tournament in that regard, but on the other hand, and perhaps unexpectedly, he turned out to be the player with the most rounds in which he killed three or more opponents. With 16 such actions (13 times three kills and 3 times four kills) Alesund immensely helped his team and was far above anyone else in the race for DreamHack Valencia's most dominant player.

2 Player Team KPR DPR Rating
Kenny "kennyS" Schrub VeryGames
0.92 0.57 1.42
  3 x Top rated, Highest rating: 2.30 vs k1ck (Group B, mirage)

Additional notable stats:
#1 in total AWP kills (58)
#1 in AWP kills per round (0.37)
#1 in rating above team average (20%)

#2 in playoff rating (1.30)
#2 in domination meter (0.27)
#2 in rounds with 3+ kills (12)

#1 in consistency (86% of maps above team avg and above 1.00)
#3 in kills per round (0.92)

#3 in K-D difference (+54)
#3 in total kills (144)
#4 in rounds with kills (55%)
#4 in deaths per round (0.57)
#2 in entry rating (1.40)
#1 in clutch points (7 - 2x 1vs1, 1x 1vs2, 1x 1vs3)
#1 in clutch rounds won (4)

#1 in total pistol kills (32)
#1 in total P250 kills (23)
#1 in total HE grenade kills (5)
#1 in CT side rating (1.77)

VeryGames' best player at this event was a 17-year-old rising star Kenny "kennyS" Schrub. The young Frenchman showed prime candidacy for becoming the most respected AWPer in CS:GO, as he was far ahead of anyone else at this event with 58 kills and a 0.37 average with the big green.

Even though his game revolved mostly around the AWP, it was quite spectacular how he managed to use it to benefit his team in all the right ways. Schrub was VeryGames' best entry killer (2nd best of all players) with a 23:11 entry score, and he was also the second most dominant player at the event, having 12 rounds with 3 or more kills (two of them were aces).

He was the most consistent player of the tournament, playing above team's average and above 1.00 rating in all but one map. Even though that one exception was the first map of the grand final, Schrub was still the second best rated in the playoffs (1.30 rating), as he made up for it in the second map against NiP when he ended up top rated despite the loss (28:18 score, 1.48 rating). He was top rated on 3 maps in total, more than anyone else, the other two coming against k1ck in the group stage (27:8, 2.30 rating) and x6tence in the semi-final (24:10, 1.93 rating).

In that last map of the tournament he recorded the already infamous 1vs3 clutch with the AWP, and in addition to that, he had 3 more similar rounds which made him the best clutchter of the tournament.

With a practically unseen 0.92 KPR for an AWPer, Schrub has already begun setting new standards upon his transition to CS:GO. Furthermore, even though VeryGames had a good display and all of their players played well, Schrub was a level above the rest, as his 1.42 rating was a staggering 20% above his team's average.

1 Player Team KPR DPR Rating
Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg NiP
0.96 0.51 1.46
  2 x Top rated, Highest rating: 2.40 vs 34united (Group A, dust2)

Additional notable stats:
#1 in kills per round (0.96)
#1 in total kills (150)
#1 in rounds with kills (61%)

#1 in K-D difference (+70)

#2 in deaths per round (0.51)
#3 in consistency (79% of maps above team avg and above 1.00)

#2 in total headshots (69)
#4 in playoff rating (1.16)
#5 in rating above team average (10%)
#6 in domination meter (0.17)
#3 in entry rating (1.37)
#1 in clutch rounds won (4)
#3 in clutch points (6 - 2x 1vs1, 2x 1vs2)
#1 in rifle kills per round (0.71)
#1 in AK47 kills per round (0.43)
#2 in CT side rating (1.67)

Statistically the most impressive participant of the tournament was none other than one of the best players in the history of Counter Strike, Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg. It's been a while since we saw him play with full motivation in CS 1.6, but with the switch to CS:GO, he seems to have found it again.

He was the best fragger of the tournament in every way, recording 150 total kills for a 0.96 KPR, as well as having an amazing 61% of his rounds with at least one kill. In addition to that, he was the only player to be rated above 1.00 in every map he played.

However, if we dig a little beneath the surface of his stats, we will see that his main impact came in the group stage (1.96 rating), while in the playoffs he was only his team's 3rd best (1.16 rating).

During that amazing group stage performance, he recorded the highest match rating of the tournament among all players with 2.40 against 34united (24:6 score). But just to show that he didn't really underperform in the playoffs, it's worth pointing out that he was NiP's best player in the second map of the final (27:17 score, 1.31 rating).

Lindberg also ended up as the best rifler in Valencia, and was one of the best entry killers with a 21:9 score. His 69 headshots made him the second best aimer too.

Note: This ranking is based on Rating (read about it here). It doesn't necessarily represent an ordered list of the best players at the event, but instead singles out the ones who played well in their matches using the formula described in the page linked above.


Honorable mention

- Player Team KPR DPR Rating
Xavi "Aguila" Casals Sabi ASES
0.99 0.64 1.41
  1 x Top rated, Highest rating: 1.90 vs VeryGames (Group B, nuke)

Additional notable stats:
#7 in K-D difference (+29)
#3 in clutch points (6 - 1x 1vs1, 1x 1vs2, 1x 1vs3)
kills per round (0.99)
rounds with kills (62%)
consistency (100% of maps above team avg and above 1.00)
rating above team average (45%)
domination meter (0.25)
headshots per round (0.48)
entry rating (1.33)
pistol round rating (1.60)
rifle kills per round (0.75)
Terrorist side rating (1.69)

Although his team ASES, Spanish CS:Source champions, didn't make it through the group stage at DH Valencia, their star player Xavi "Aguila" Casals Sabi certainly wasn't to blame for that.

He was a regular one man army at this event as his rating of 1.41 was 45% above his team's average. He had a total of 83 kills, which is more than any player from k1ck or x6tence, who all played two maps more than him. He also had a +29 kill-death difference, better than even some players of NiP and VeryGames. His headshot count (40) was also in the top ten of the event.

Perhaps even more impressive than his stats is the manner in which he reached them, thanks to one amazing match, and not just against any opponent. As ASES were about to be knocked out from the tournament, they needed a win against French giants VeryGames, and Casals Sabi was incredibly determined to bring it to his team.

In what we can surely name the most epic individual performance so far seen in CS:GO, Casals Sabi recorded a 39:17 score (1.90 rating, 90% above team average) in a 15-15 draw. Even though victory and playoffs slipped through his team's hands, he practically did everything in his power, which included winning three clutch rounds (1vs1, 1vs2 and a 1vs3) and getting five entry kills.

  Top AWPers        
# Player Team awp Kills awpKPR % of kills
1. Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub
VeryGames 58 0.37 40%
2. Mário 'Fyx' Rodrigues k1ck 20 0.19 25%
3. Kirian 'Yaba' Martínez x6tence  14 0.13 21%
4. Robin 'Fifflaren' Johansson NiP 16 0.10 16%
5. Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux VeryGames 15 0.10 11%
  • only kennyS and Yaba made the majority of their kills with the AWP, which means that the most powerful weapon didn't have many players dedicated to it like we have been used to in CS 1.6


Top pistol round players        
# Player Team PR KPR PR DPR PR Rating
1. Robin 'Fifflaren' Johansson NiP 1.36 0.64 2.06
2. Omar 'arki' Chakkor x6tence 1.20 0.60 1.67
3. Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy VG 1.00 0.57 1.40
4. Mário 'Fyx' Rodrigues k1ck 0.90 0.70 1.39
5. Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund NiP  0.64 0.43 1.29

  Top entry kill players          
# Player Team EKpR EDpR EK-Rating Won%
1. Adam 'friberg' Friberg NiP 0.17 0.10 1.40 63%
2. Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub VG
0.15 0.07 1.40 68%
3. Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg NiP  0.13 0.06 1.37 70%
4. Richard 'Xizt' Landström NiP 0.13 0.05 1.36 71%
5. Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux VG
0.12 0.06 1.30 68%
  • 9 of 11 times when kennyS died first VeryGames lost the round
  • taking out a member of NiP at the start of a round didn't equal winning it too often, as the Swedes overturned 45% of such situations to their favor
  • however, it was still better than letting NiP get the first kill, as they were also the most lethal in converting the advantage (87%)
  • x6tence's xikii died first most often, 21 times in total (every 5 rounds on average), and his team lost 19 of those rounds

  Top headshooters        
# Player Team HS kills
HS PR
HS%
1. Richard 'Xizt' Landström NiP 76 0.48 52%
2. Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg NiP 69 0.44 46%
3. Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund NiP 67 0.43 47%
4. Adam 'friberg' Friberg NiP 60 0.38 47%
5. Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux VeryGames 58 0.37 44%
  • by far the best headshooter at the tournament was in fact DN-Gaming's Miguel "MakalisteR" García Dominguez, as 70% of his kills were made with headshots (31 of 44), and he made headshots more often than anyone (0.50 HS per round)
  • best headshot percentage among playoff participants (53%) belongs to k1ck's Frederico "iNsideR" Costa, but his kill count was rather low compared to the rest so he would take only 8th place on this list

  Top riflers        
# Player Team rif Kills rifKPR % of kills
1. Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg NiP 112 0.71 75%
2. Richard 'Xizt' Landström NiP 101 0.64 69%
3. Adaam 'friberg' Friberg NiP 101 0.64 80%
4. Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund NiP 91 0.58 64%
5. Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy VeryGames 86 0.55 71%

Additional stats leaders

Best Fragger:
Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg (0.96 kills per round)

Hardest to kill:
Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson (0.46 deaths per round)

Best pistoleer:
Kirian "Yaba" Martínez (0.22 pistol frags per round)

Most kills:
Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg
(150 total kills) 

Best kill-death difference:
Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg
  (+70)

Most dominant:
Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund (16 rounds with 3+ kills)

Most frequent fragger:
Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg (61% of rounds with at least 1 kill)

Best clutcher:
Kenny "kennyS" Schrub  (4 times won 1vsX - 2x 1vs1, 1x 1vs2, 1x 1vs3)  

Most consistent:
Kenny "kennyS" Schrub (86% of matches above 1.00 rating and above team average)
 

Top individual match performances:
Aguila vs VeryGames on nuke_ve - 39:17 (+22), 1.90 rating (+90%)
kennyS vs k1ck on mirage_csgo - 27:8 (+19), 2.30 rating (+47%)
f0rest vs 34united on dust2_se - 24:6 (+18), 2.40 rating (+38%)
GeT_RiGhT vs k1ck on inferno_se - 27:12 (+15), 1.84 rating (+40%)
kennyS vs x6tence on nuke_ve - 24:10 (+14), 1.93 rating (+34%)
RpK vs DN-Gaming on dust2_se - 25:5 (+20), 2.34 rating (+42%)
f0rest vs x6tence on nuke_ve - 26:11 (+15), 1.70 rating (+35%)

 


MVP and All-Star lineup vote

As we come to the end of this in-depth analysis, it is time to select the nominees for Most Valuable Player, which won't be much of a challenge this time since four finalists clearly stand out from the rest.

From the camp of runners-up VeryGames we have the French youngster, 17-year-old Kenny "kennyS" Schrub, the best AWPer and the most consistent player of the tournament.

And from the champions NiP we have three candidates, as each of them contributed to their team's success in a major way. Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund was the most dominant player of the event, Richard "Xizt" Landström was the best aimer and the best rated in the playoffs (and the grand final), while Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg was the best fragger and the best rated player of the tournament.


MVP of DreamHack Valencia 2012?

We will also be choosing the All-Star lineup, so go ahead and select the 5 best players of this tournament in your opinion. Whether you want it to be a realistic squad where each player would have a role or simply the 5 best performers is up to you.

All-Star lineup of DreamHack Valencia 2012?

If you would like to explore the statistics of DreamHack Valencia on your own, you can start doing that by going here.

These were our first complete statistics from a CS:GO tournament and we hope to bring you many more in the future, so stay tuned to HLTV.org.


n1 forest!
2012-10-03 13:42:08
by: JNUPS
#2
good stats :D
2012-10-03 13:44:08
by: Jawnt
#3
"It's been a while since we saw him play with full motivation in CS 1.6, but with the switch to CS:GO, he seems to have found it again."

It's more like.. this game is too easy for him and the other 1.6 stars. Just look, fifflaren and friberg are behind Xizt, GT and f0rest.
2012-10-03 13:45:12
Your wrong! :)
2012-10-03 13:48:40
You're *
2012-10-03 16:29:11
well for 1.6 community who haven't been following source, the 1st decent CSGO LAN shows otherwise :)
2012-10-03 16:42:01
yeah, and kennyS is only behind f0rest.. what a stupid logic
2012-10-03 13:57:42
gtr and xizt had to play behind forest, leaving them with less to do. of course kenny would finish in front of them.
2012-10-03 14:21:27
that is not the point. the point is ex-source players are underestimated around here.. in this tournament he ended up #2 but who knows if is gonna end up #1 @ ESWC? ex-source players are constantly made fun of around here, something i dont understand...
2012-10-03 14:26:22
no disrespect to the rest of the source players but kennyS was the only player who showed some sort of resistance to NiP. i really enjoyed his AWP (the positioning was pretty good). he definitely has the potential to be the best no doubt.

about source players being trolled, we cant help control stupidity. the sane people are outnumbered!
2012-10-03 16:46:24
yeah, kennyS is amazing, never thought there was a guy this good in the source scene. and not just him, the whole team really surprised me. i thought they were gonna get raped. with a lot of training i think they have potential to challenge nip for #1 place in the next tournaments. ofc we are gonna to wait to see how good ex-1.6 teams, like fnatic or ESC, are doing but i think VG are a sure bet for the top places. lets see, i never played source but its refreshing to see this new faces around here..
2012-10-03 17:03:37
+1
2012-10-03 19:59:48
Source players are not underestimated. They're as much estimated as they should be, and the stats show it. KennyS was the exception to the rule, and probably because he awped a lot only.

If you check the headshot percentages, the 1.6 players are quite a bit ahead.
2012-10-03 17:15:00
Sourcers learnt "Counter-Strike" in a different way than 1.6 players did, because their game limit them.
2012-10-03 20:37:34
Whatever, this game is too boring to watch when NiP just smash everything.
2012-10-03 15:24:48
for u maybe..
2012-10-03 15:28:43
It's a boring game overall.
2012-10-03 16:40:41
no it isnt.. it just feels boring because ur still thinking about 1.6 and u refuse to try and learn anything that doesnt ressemble to it.. give it a fair try and u'll be hooked, guaranteed
2012-10-03 16:44:27
+1
2012-10-03 17:14:42
To refuse anything that doesn't resemble its quality, to be exact.
2012-10-03 20:35:38
this game is too boring to watch it at all

Post edited 2012-10-03 16:09:16
2012-10-03 16:09:02
+1
2012-10-03 16:29:41
+1
2012-10-03 16:40:02
they werent that good in css either..
2012-10-03 15:22:59
by: xb0y
#4
f0rp gonna dominate this game as well. >.<
2012-10-03 13:45:21
good read
2012-10-03 13:49:36
gj Fyx!
PORTUGAL xDD
2012-10-03 13:50:42
f0rest > all
2012-10-03 13:55:38
kennyS MVP w/o a doubt
2012-10-03 13:56:13
well mby f0rest deserves it but kennyS if not him.
2012-10-03 15:15:39
Oh look, a "saucer" (like the retards around here say) in front of the cs 1.6 gods!

gg kennyS, well played nip
2012-10-03 13:56:35
Solid hardcore PROOF, that luck does actually exist!
2012-10-03 13:58:40
luck?
2012-10-03 14:06:26
that's because NiP had to split their easy frags.
2012-10-03 15:08:08
no, that is because kennyS is GOOD!
2012-10-03 15:19:16
For you maybe he is your GOD.

Post edited 2012-10-06 19:38:55
2012-10-06 19:38:16
good job, very complete.
2012-10-03 13:56:44
f0rest a beast... as always:|:||:
2012-10-03 13:57:46
Fancy!
2012-10-03 13:58:04
Awesome article, love the indepth analysis!

Personally MVP for me was KennyS. For someone so young and with hardly any experience at this level he bossed it :D

Can't wait for an event with more big names involved!!!
2012-10-03 14:08:51
next tournament:
1. neo
999. f0rest
2012-10-03 14:12:16
in league of legends?
2012-10-03 15:41:19
f0rest doesn't play LoL as I know. He likes DotA much more, he is really skilled in it. I heard he wanted to become a professional DotA player.
2012-10-03 15:44:12
it was joke lol
2012-10-03 16:31:37
great news!!!!!
2012-10-03 14:16:07
Good job f0rest! :)
2012-10-03 14:16:17
kennyS was the most impressive Imo.
2012-10-03 14:17:47
HLTV.org makes CS so special with his work. It becomes even more competitive than it is.
2012-10-03 14:26:32
by: GoMeZ - HLTV.org
#28
Nice article as always Petar. I really hope some of the new faces around here give this a read and participate in the voting.

For me personally, i think at different stages, each member of NiP stood up and made the difference, where as on VG it seemed like kennyS was constantly doing the heavy lifting so to speak.

NiP look very balanced and strikingly similar to the days after SK picked up Delpan.

Post edited 2012-10-03 14:26:49
2012-10-03 14:26:38
Yeah, for the dream team I think it is basically NIP + KennyS :P By far the best awper at the event.
2012-10-03 14:43:19
This game will show how much better cs1.6 players are versus cs:source players.. Even though the game is 80% css, 10% cs 1.6 and 10% new game.
2012-10-03 14:27:22
Most intelligent people have accepted that it is 0% 1.6 0% source and 100% new game.
2012-10-03 17:15:26
+1
2012-10-03 18:34:00
Valve disagrees.
2012-10-03 22:24:16
i would say 100% bullshit
2012-10-03 22:38:21
yeah thats why there are all new maps.... ooh wait.
"intelligent people"
2012-10-05 07:54:03
kennyS for mvp
2012-10-03 14:29:31
by: Dare_Dev1L - HLTV.org
#31
Great work Petar :)

A lot of solid performances this tournament hope to see them do this well in the future in later tournaments.
2012-10-03 14:31:21
FUCK YES F0REST!!! :D NICE
2012-10-03 14:31:35
f0rest <3
2012-10-03 14:33:13
Xizt mvp
2012-10-03 14:33:40
NiP too strong ! :D
2012-10-03 14:34:55
Great job Petar! A good read for sure.

Votet f0rp as MVP
2012-10-03 14:35:22
f0rest only.
2012-10-03 14:36:13
fifflaren crazy DPR stats
2012-10-03 14:37:22
Xavi 'Aguila' whats it like playing with messi
2012-10-03 14:43:25
kennys mvp
2012-10-03 14:47:16
Awesome article, really enjoyed reading it! :) HLTV.org is my new homepage <3
So loong, cadred fuckers :)
2012-10-03 14:49:40
Wow, great work :)
2012-10-03 14:52:57
great article. f0rest ... simply the best
2012-10-03 14:53:44
f0rest... sick
2012-10-03 14:54:33
go DreamTeam
2012-10-03 14:55:39
amazing
2012-10-03 14:55:59
basically verygames and nip make the top12. cant wait to see more competition
2012-10-03 15:02:15
dont tell me that f0rest will dominate here too >.<
2012-10-03 15:04:06
nice
2012-10-03 15:04:12
1. Player
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg

Top headshooters
Richard 'Xizt' Landström
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund

I dont like CS:GO but it kinda makes me smile to see 1.6ers dominating over saucers.
2012-10-03 15:07:18
and kennyS just happened to be the second best player in the tournament? 17y old "saucer"..
2012-10-03 15:14:22
So? Who did say otherwise?
2012-10-03 15:57:47
are u blind? "I dont like CS:GO but it kinda makes me smile to see 1.6ers dominating over saucers."
2012-10-03 20:33:56
There were no great awp players from 1.6 scene so your comment is a big fail.
2012-10-03 22:37:23
stupid guy ffs
2012-10-03 15:19:58
enlighten us with your intelligence
2012-10-03 17:37:39
Don't bother. He doesn't have any.
2012-10-03 20:14:02
I don't think anyone from the source scene is surprised to see 3 of the very best players (the last many many years) being at the top.

The best entry-fragger is a source player and the best awper is a sourceplayer. But you don't see anyone from source making a fuss about it or making it in to 1.6 vs Source.......
2012-10-03 17:46:06
well the awp is similar to css isnt it?;)
2012-10-03 18:43:11
You are all about 1.6 vs CSS and i have no intentions of discussing that with you.
2012-10-03 18:59:09
n1 forp!!
2012-10-03 15:08:59
Still cs players are the best ;)
2012-10-03 15:12:31
whatever the all-star result will be I'd say theres only one possibility:
GTR
f0rest
Xizt
kennyS
Aguila
2012-10-03 15:13:48
Top riflers
# Player Team rif Kills rifKPR % of kills
1. Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg NiP
2. Richard 'Xizt' Landström NiP
3. Adaam 'friberg' Friberg NiP
4. Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund NiP
5. Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy VeryGames

THATS DOMINATION!!
2012-10-03 15:15:33
by: pgb1
#62
gj f0rest king
2012-10-03 15:23:02
f0rest the best!
2012-10-03 15:25:27
interesting statistics
2012-10-03 15:27:43
nice read! voted for Xizt, amazing performance in the final.
2012-10-03 15:27:49
he stoled my name hahhahahahh what a nab!
2012-10-03 15:28:35
Best team would be NiP -Fifflaren and -friberg and +kennyS +RpK xD
2012-10-03 15:39:55
nah, rpk seems kinda week. i dont think nip needs to replace anyone right now but if they did, it would be fiff... friberg is almost pretty much on get_rights level in csgo it seems.
2012-10-03 16:07:45
fiff is their igl, his stats doesnt really matter, nip is fine atm
2012-10-03 17:36:33
Replace the caller based on stats ... always a solid call.
2012-10-03 17:47:02
i said if they did....not that they should. i think fiff is great. he plays safe and stable. just wish his awp was a little better considering he seems to be the only player ont he team willing to wield one.
2012-10-03 17:54:33
LOL why the fuck would they need to replace anyone? Did they even drop a map? Let me guess they all speak swedish and you want to bring in 2 frenchies. And you want to remove they guy who is making all the calls ingame because his individual skill isnt quite what gtr/forest/fribergs are? BRO.... this shit isnt fantasy match maker.
2012-10-04 03:19:13
by: s0lo
#73
Winners are CS1.6 players
2012-10-03 15:59:44
kennys mvp :p
2012-10-03 16:02:20
-two source players + delpan + face
2012-10-03 16:02:22
They are scrubs right now
2012-10-03 16:31:31
nice forp :D
2012-10-03 16:03:52
niceeeeee
2012-10-03 16:16:37
till NEO start playing
2012-10-03 16:32:18
pasha biceps
2012-10-03 19:12:52
fOrp the greatest player ever <3 <3
2012-10-03 16:37:33
I thought so...

Maybe from here on now, when all 1.6 pros switched completely to csgo, you will see again the mvps nominees will consists of all 1.6 dominated this game(csgo) well when that time, then we can call that esport
2012-10-03 16:45:44
So this game cannot be classed as an Esport until only ex-1.6 players are at the top? :P
2012-10-03 17:09:58
Kicking a ball towards a goal with a 3-year-old as the goalkeeper is not a sport.

It's called 'pulling back', and it doesn't make you sweat at all.
2012-10-03 20:18:03
:p exactly. we had the same thought lol
2012-10-03 21:36:56
by: Took
#93
Seems that their configs worked out pretty well. 4 spots in top5 headshots... nice one NIP
2012-10-03 16:49:33
NiP ftw :D
2012-10-03 16:59:27
f0restwOw~ simply makes it... The God of CS.
2012-10-03 17:05:12
wow, Really nice job HLTV, btw MVP should be kennyS :)
2012-10-03 17:07:54
by: Aim
#99
The best of Tgwri1s.
2012-10-03 17:13:45
Top headshooters:

1. Richard 'Xizt' Landström
2. Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
3. Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund

1.6 school 1 bullet 1 headshot FTW, Source school spray n pray LOL
2012-10-03 17:16:23
True.
2012-10-03 17:19:23
lol wait i thought csgo is no skill game? you mean to tell me that the more skilled players are able to come out on top in csgo? surely then, that must mean that csgo takes skill to play...
2012-10-03 17:56:34
If someone claims all source players are shit do you really think you can reason with him? Lol
2012-10-03 18:40:00
''claims all source players are shit'' please tell me where I said that... hltv as become full of source fans O.o
2012-10-03 18:56:45
The game still requires skill, no doubt about that, but a lot less than 1.6 does. In addition to that, the game also has more randomnesses, which are also responsible for the inferior skill caps of the game.

GO sucks. Brain-dead kids play it.
2012-10-03 20:32:57
NIP too strong.. One team to rule them all.. It's really true.
2012-10-03 17:17:44
f0rest DA KING!
2012-10-03 17:23:07
great article

kennys as most valuable, if it wasnt for him vg would have lost alot more rounds to nip than they did
2012-10-03 17:25:46
f0rest dA KiNG!
2012-10-03 17:53:11
I didn't watch any match, but I like kennyS style very much: best sniper by far, best clutcher, most consistent, 2nd best entry fragger.
2012-10-03 18:06:50
f0rest always dA-DeStRoYeR
2012-10-03 18:17:35
f0rest 4ever the best
2012-10-03 18:37:10
People reading too much into these stats ! There was only 2 good teams at the event ffs... wait until DH Winter or ESWC with more than 2 top teams. Anything can happen in a one off game.

2012-10-03 18:50:59
HLTV's break down and content as fucking amazing. Enjoyed reading and looking.
2012-10-03 18:57:46
GeT_RiGhT +4
2012-10-03 18:58:31
So many f0rest fans...
Kennys was one man army
2012-10-03 19:03:54
dreamhack winter will be goood
2012-10-03 19:10:58
f0rest-dA-bEaSt!
2012-10-03 19:30:21
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub one man army above all _/
2012-10-03 19:58:37
hope to see markeloff and the 3 fnatic snipers take him on in CSGO soon :) should be interesting I am sure!
maybe pasha neo too :P

Post edited 2012-10-03 20:35:45
2012-10-03 20:35:29
Is the AWP used in Nuke or it's 5 colts/ak like 1.6?
2012-10-03 20:08:11
look at the headshots stats, the 3 1.6 players of NiP on top :P sign for navi/ESC/fnatic they should not be waiting to long to switch fully, because they can be top5 world in CSGO if they have the motivation.
Im anxious to see american, azian and brasilian teams compete again in european events btw, lets hope CSGO will spark enough sponsor interest to see this happen more often again because in 2010 and 2011 I saw way too little of them at our lan events :(
2012-10-03 20:34:31
f0rest MVP <3
2012-10-03 21:43:50
Patrick is a Master of this Game Dude go "f0rest" GO! GO! GO!
2012-10-09 16:54:17
top 4 = cs 1.6 players - should pretty much sum it up
2012-10-03 22:13:48
man it'll be interesting when we see ESC and fnatic competing as well. I'm really interested to see how important the AWP is going to be... as we see NiP easily won and barely used it at all, kind of like fnatic 2009.
2012-10-03 23:01:23
this game is so random that these statistics mean jack all.

That kennyS guy is the prove of it all.
I mean any one that has watched the game vs nip saw that some of hes shots were completely and utterly ridicules and lucky, nothing more nothing less , verygames will be no ones when all top 1.6 players and teams swap to CS:GO wich is kinda sad because i was expecting something more intersting to spark when merging 1.6 and source scene, i guess sources players can do medicore.

Game hasn't developed to the level of play that 1.6 players are used to and when it does they are gonna be the only ones sitting at the top source players are just way to medicore and avarage at this point.
Obviously there will be exceptions but till those start to pop up the game will be least 2years old.

And one more thing these game needs better GFX by that i mean remove some unneeded details on the maps fix the fucking smokes and for the love of god make the movement and the jumping more like 1.6 or better yet diffrent then what it is now because it feels like they are jumping like their feet are cimented in to the ground..... so bad..

Overall very boring tournament very bad game.
2012-10-03 23:28:35
by: Nomad - HLTV.org
#154
Uhm, if it was random we likely wouldn't see the very skilled 1.6 players on top, these statistics if anything show that the game is in fact not random, and is high based on skill (of course this is the case, but haters are going to hate, because surely since the recoil is a little different than CS 1.6 naturally any idiot can just press mouse1 and win a tournament..)
2012-10-04 08:43:34
Reading these peoples comments...my brain.. melting

you are all dumb.
2012-10-04 01:42:23
f0rest sick
2012-10-04 02:12:16
f0rest king !
2012-10-04 04:06:24
Jeez... so far, it looks like the All-Stars line-up will be 4 NiP players and kennyS. I do agree with f0rest and Xizt being on the team, but I feel like GTR and friberg's showings weren't as impressive at Valencia. They were good, like all of NiP, but not outstanding.
2012-10-04 06:14:02
NiP = godlike
2012-10-04 12:25:42
<3f0rest, MVP movie plz!!!
2012-10-04 14:30:42
I think this article pretty much showed what we all already knew - that TOP 1.6 players are better skillwise then their Source counterparts. Congrats f0rp
2012-10-04 17:29:15
F0rest tha DeStRoYeR!

Mvp for sure.

Nice tournament by Portuguese Star Fyx. Congrats buddy!
2012-10-04 17:49:55
@nomad naturally i would agree but then again i saw the games live and well the game is 2 random.

Headhshotting people trough double train just by moving mouse from left to righ without even seeing a person is random as it gets.

I was talking mainly about kennyS here not the 1.6 pros.
Recoils are diffrent thats true but the game is far away from skill > luck wich was the case with 1.6 where skill > luck always.

Just look at those mouse1 pressing sources running left and right headshoting people this is luck they are not aiming they are spraying and praying simple as that fifflaren and friberg from NiP do the same as every other sources player i've watched this tournament.

The game is still new and yet nothing to improve it has been done and tournaments keep popping and popping wich makes no sense because it is bad game to be streamed and to be watched.
2012-10-04 18:24:54
Riveting tale brethren.
2012-10-04 19:02:32
You are a complete and utter retard. kennyS clearly saw the terrorist's feet when he made that shot. Luck had nothing to do with it. And yes, he shot through the train, which is possible in 1.6 as well. I assume 1.6 is random then? Moron.
2012-10-04 22:06:49
f0rest ftw
2012-10-05 11:59:36
sadly...
2012-10-05 16:10:27
f0rest is back ;D
2012-10-07 10:23:33
f0rest DA KING
2012-10-07 14:21:33
f0rest da king yarr yarr..
2012-10-07 17:52:40
different game, same story
2012-10-08 13:10:08

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