Liquid take down Virtus.pro

22-11-2015 07:23

Team Liquid have taken down Virtus.pro to become the sole North American team to advance to the IEM San Jose semifinals (16-2 on de_overpass and 16-9 on de_mirage).

The final match of the first day of IEM San Jose involved Team Liquid, who recently placed second at iBP Cup and third at the RGN Pro Series, against the Poles of Virtus.pro who were using a stand-in in the form of Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller instead of Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski.

However, the match was not much of a competition at first as the Poles were completely wiped out on de_overpass with a 2-16 scoreline.

EliGE and nitr0 went off for Liquid

With Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella and Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski continuing to display high-impact fragging at another offline event, the second map once again kicked off with Liquid developing an early lead and pulling ahead before Virtus.pro began to equalise.

Ultimately, it was Liquid's map and the North American took mirage with a 16-9 score and moved ahead into the IEM San Jose semifinals to face off against Na`Vi.

IEM San Jose 2015Best of 3

Liquid

Matchpage

22nd November 2015

Virtus.pro

Overpass

Mirage

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella nitr0	43 - 22	+21	-	1.46
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski EliGE	44 - 26	+18	-	1.45
Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Hiko	38 - 21	+17	-	1.39
Eric 'adreN' Hoag adreN	33 - 20	+13	-	1.21
Jacob 'FugLy' Medina FugLy	29 - 21	+8	-	1.18

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski pashaBiceps	27 - 36	-9	-	0.82
Paweł 'byali' Bieliński byali	28 - 38	-10	-	0.81
Michał 'MICHU' Müller MICHU	24 - 35	-11	-	0.73
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas TaZ	14 - 37	-23	-	0.40
Filip 'NEO' Kubski NEO	17 - 41	-24	-	0.40

ayy lmao

2015-11-22 07:24

6 replies

2ez4Liquid

2015-11-22 07:26

1 reply

VP Deserve For Rekt

2015-11-22 07:42

no snax, no party

2015-11-22 07:27

3 replies

+1 he carries that shitsquad

2015-11-22 08:54

2 replies

shitsquad?

2015-11-22 13:13

yeah shitsquad.

2015-11-22 16:59

Nt poorland

nice match from TL xd

MY BOYS!! NA > EU CONFIRMED

10 replies

pls dont embarass us

2015-11-22 07:25

2015-11-22 07:29

pls man, edit this post before TSM rapes NA

2015-11-22 07:31

7 replies

nope. G2 will beat TSM, and NaVi-Liquid will end 2-0 in either favor. Then g2 will embarrass whoever meets them in the final.

2015-11-22 07:39

g2 wont win tsm, even doe i would really like that to happen, and navi will probably win 2-1

2015-11-22 10:04

No navi ez 2-0 win

2015-11-22 13:27

You are seriously delusional:D

2015-11-22 10:37

say again, who is going to beat who?

2015-11-22 22:46

LOL did you actually wait for TSM to win just to come back? goddamn

2015-11-22 22:54

lmao S2

2015-11-22 23:03

Lol wtf

no snax no win

Lol probably had to rewrite his other thread and just wrote this small thing

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haha nah it's just that the person at the event is not supposed to do the match threads, but it's quite a bad hour for EU writers :D

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sure.

stich change u jumper always same

2015-11-22 07:53

stich you fucked up they won 16-9 on overpass not 16-2 on mirage on second paragraph\

2015-11-22 09:10

It was 16-2 on Overpass and not 16-2 on Mirage...

2015-11-22 09:21

i miss c9

Do it for NA!! :D

rekt

2015-11-22 07:28

2 days ago, everyone hated liquid for no fairplay. Right now everyone is liquids biggest fan lmao

*Hiko And only brazilians cared. It was a shitty 30k prize pool RGN tourney.

2015-11-22 09:24

Everybody stopped hating because they heard the fill story, not LG's crying on Twitter.

2015-11-22 14:57

never bet on vp guys ty for skins^^

2015-11-22 07:40

kk kid...

2015-11-22 14:51

Taz like always bottom fragger -_-

2015-11-22 07:47

disband needed

2015-11-22 07:48

nitr0 just was too strong

2015-11-22 07:50

So ezz

2015-11-22 07:54

looks like the competitive environment thats building in NA is starting to pay off

2015-11-22 07:57

And when people say EU is better than NA rofl silly europoors

2015-11-22 08:00

And when people think a great playing TL beats a VP who looked like trash means something rofl silly morons.

2015-11-22 08:01

Totally agree NA> EU

2015-11-22 08:02

nitr0 #1 fan reporting in

2015-11-22 08:11

naw fam im his #1 fan. was the first person to become a fan on HLTV too

2015-11-22 08:29

what now michu fan boys?

2015-11-22 09:07

everyone blaming michu. the problem wasnt michu it was just that they didnt have snax.

2015-11-22 16:55

so mutch hate here LOL

2015-11-22 09:14

nice neo and taz

They play 4-6 am eu time. They probably were sleepy and not in best mode because of that

2015-11-22 09:50

9 replies

hope ur trolling or i have lost faith in humanity

2015-11-22 09:52

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Same applies to NA teams in EU. Its big factor in reaction based games

2015-11-22 11:14

You are as retarded as a retard can get-.-

2015-11-22 13:11

Silver lvl knowledge..

2015-11-22 13:17

So i have silver knowledge cause you think Vp were playing at 6AM time? Yeah go back to school kid you should stick to what you are good at.

2015-11-22 13:56

Uhm.. they were playing 6am considering the timezones. Ever heard the term "jetlag" Still, great performance by liquid ^^

2015-11-22 14:15

Yes so every EU team that flew had jetlag probably and still won their games. Liquid deserve that win and the fact that he was making excuses that Vp were playing at 6am is not true cause in the US it was about 11-12AM. And Vp had 2days to rest sleep etc etc and they have played that late several times i dont think its an excuse to have really. Liquid deserved that win and there are no excuses for Vp's loss.

2015-11-22 14:23

Yup

2015-11-22 14:44

I explained why it was so bad loss, not excuse for not winning. VP been always performing very well against NA, this is exception. Hope Liquid can continue so well

2015-11-22 19:22

VP getting paid to be on holiday in US for 2 days Like the hell they would gaf about this tournament

2015-11-22 09:51

old man can't deal with jetlag

2015-11-22 10:55

ayyyy

2015-11-22 11:07

****edit to the article: It says wiped on mirage 16-2, but that map was overpass. Go liquid ^_^

2015-11-22 11:35

but lets make another vp changes topic with +michu

2015-11-22 11:52

michu wasnt the problem, it was not having snax. having michu over someone like taz or pasha (which is what everyone wants) is perfectly reasonable. dont just blame the stand in, he did perfectly fine compared to the rest of VP.

2015-11-22 16:53

which is what everyone wants rofl VP players don't want it, I don't want it and many many more also you can make milion threads with VP changes, you can make a petition but you won't change anything because VP players don't want to change their lineup. Even Neo said that they're happy with current situation and they won't change anyone in the near future. You're from USA and you know jack shit about polish scene. There has been only one polish team in CS that actually meant something - team with TaZ and Neo. WHy other teams can't even reached top10? Because as a team they're bad, they have always been bad and they won't achieve anything. The moment Neo and TaZ retire, Polish CS scene will die :)

2015-11-22 17:15

I hope it wont die man.i love Neo and taz, they are the most legendary abd charismatic Players, but poland has some Talent to bring in.i dont think Its that Bad

2015-11-22 17:26

but those talents can't even reach top15 it's sad look at kinguin - 5 left overs and they've made playoffs of their first major, won GP over Na`Vi and then almost reached final of their 2nd major this is talent those random tier3 polish teams don't have winning mentality like Neo and TaZ have. Look what they did with Snax and byali, especially with Snax.

2015-11-22 17:29

If taz and Neo retire, snax and byali have to take responsibility along with pasha to teach this mentality. I get what youre saying, although G2 is a different scenario ( they are no leftovers, at least now they arent and their skill is Maybe Top5 of all teams) It Looks like the danish scene to me,where you have good Players but spread out. I hope they can pur a good team together, michu, rallen, hyper , peet and those People arent Bad

2015-11-22 17:37

they were leftovers fox - leftover from Portugal ScreaM - leftover from Titan/Epsilon and french shuffle Maikelele - leftover from NiP rain - from LGB SKYTTEN - I don't even recall his previous team... Orbit? well, danish scene is the opposite to polish scene - they're making changes every month xD

2015-11-22 17:45

fox - star in Portugal Scream - leftover in French/Belgian scene Maikelele - leftover in Swedish scene rain - star in Norway SKYTTEN - leftover in Swedish scene So 2 stars from countries where CS is not that popular + 3 leftovers from countries with HUGE Counterstrike scenes

2015-11-22 18:56

when i said which is what everyone wants i obviously meant all the people who say +michu.

AYY LIQUID

shame on vp to lose so bad vs NA team

2015-11-22 11:53

2015-11-22 12:39

How the f*** you can cry about Time differents polish? All European teams, play same and no probs was to G2 or TSM. But ofc, Polish always find "problems".

2015-11-22 12:41

yeah kind of true actually. Even though I dont really care about any of these teams every other EU team played from 11 pm eu time to maybe 02:00 while VP played 5 in the morning so they might actually have been hit the hardest by this.

2015-11-22 13:47

But Vp didnt play 5 in the morning. Do you know how timezones work? G2 Started playing at 2pm TSM 4pm Navi-LG 7PM And VP 11PM if you didnt know they were in the US... They had rest for 2days and they were driving around the city with rented cars.

2015-11-22 14:27

ah my bad then didnt know they were in the US for a while

2015-11-22 14:34

How the f*** can you say this shit. Lithuania ? OMFG you always hate Poland so stop talking shit. VP played with Michu and they played at 6AM EU time so stfu go to your shithole, russians will take you soon.

2015-11-22 12:53

gratz liquid :)

2015-11-22 12:56

I feel genuinly sad for Snax because he always has to carry these noobs

2015-11-22 13:00

haha neo :) :)

2015-11-22 13:12

Filip 'NEO' Kubski 17-41 vs NA neo is back they said ayyyyyyyyyy

2015-11-22 13:43

huehuehueheue i said easy to nitr0 <3

2015-11-22 13:53

MICHU fit vp they said, nope

2015-11-22 14:10

CIAPATY PLIS DONT BREJK MAJ HART

2015-11-22 14:33

NA teams are so random lol... cant believe liquid lost to c9 at rgn

2015-11-22 14:47

And LG lost to C9 as well, but C9 are shitties xDDDDDD amirite? Really though, VP lose with a standing playing a FPS with jetlag to a team Liquid that showed up to win. Not only did VP underestimate them, VP with this lineup would probably lose to Liquid 50/50. With Snax and no jetlag, I'd have liked to see this game.

2015-11-22 16:45

Liquid lost to renegades at rgn because lg had them go on tilt with all the accusations

pbs.twimg.com/media/CURcl2WVEAAVqDX.jpg:.. No wonder with a breakfast like this

2015-11-22 15:46

that breakfast looks awful xD

2015-11-22 15:49

That was apparently the breakfast they got at the hotel

2015-11-22 16:08

Yeah hotel food sucks dick. The sausage patties are typically ok, but eating the eggs and stuff is a good way to get sick. Best food you can have at an NA hotel is sausage and cereal, the two things they literally can't fuck up.

2015-11-22 16:46

"no chance mah friend"

2015-11-22 17:06

VP without snax is like fnatic without flusha or NiP without get right

2015-11-22 17:54

It's not about Snax. The only player on VP you can easily repace is Byali as his role is simply shoot heads. Michu would fit that role as he's great rifler but filling Snax's shoes is not possible - not because Snax is better but because the whole team is there to support Snax's crazy style. For example, look at overpass and how Snax as CT plays connector and mid while Pasha plays extremely important role of covering his ass. Then there is train on which Byali throws him pop flash at main so that he can push with MAG7. They just have those set plays and established behaviors that they can also time perfectly most of the time and that's how they win games. You cannot learn stand in those. What makes it worse - overpass and mirage are core Snax maps, he's opening those maps with first kills for VP. They should have played cobble or cache on which Snax isn't so important - on those maps Neo (cache on B vent room, cbble alone on A long) and Pasha (on plateau on cbble as T, on chicken as CT) play more crucial roles and could have placed Michu easily as well.

2015-11-22 19:24

Pretty good point about the maps imo. The maps played definitely didn't play to VPs strengths

2015-11-22 20:15

so much tears in one thread

2015-11-22 18:02

Taz and Neo has to go. they had a great run, but now they're just holding this team back. Plus now's the perfect time to get GuardiaN back as he looks like he's not happy with Na'Vi anymore and maybe get S1mple once his ban is lifted.

2015-11-23 02:21

-michu +snax

2015-11-23 10:04