Cloud9 to StarSeries semis over F3

10-9-2016 12:50

Cloud9 bested FlipSid3 2-1 (Overpass 16-8, Train 8-16, Mirage 16-5) on their way to the semi-finals of SL i-League StarSeries Season 2.

FlipSid3 began the first quarter-final clinching the pistol round as Counter-Terrorists for an early 3-0 lead. Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip's entry kills in the following four then helped Cloud9 take the lead away, though FlipSid3 won the next forcebuy and equalized Overpass at 4-4.

From there on until the end of the half, Cloud9 powered through the defence and grabbed a strong 11-4 half with FlipSid3 barely getting any footing in the rounds.

Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy's side overpowered the B bombsite in the second pistol round, lowering the deficit to four rounds, while Cloud9 grabbed two gunrounds on the B bombsite, one of which was a close retake including a 1v2 from Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert.

Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham's aggression earned him two opening kills, pushing Cloud9 to 14-7, while FlipSid3 were forced to eco. The Ukraine-based squad managed to delay with a great fake, but eventually conceded map one at 8-16.

Train was much more promising for F3, who got off to a 4-2 start as Terrorists once they stabilized from trading the first couple of rounds. Cloud9 couldn't find a response to their opponents' executes at all and lost a couple of retake scenarios while FlipSid3 were on their way to 9-3.

Cloud9 are the first semi-finalists of StarSeries

With Yegor "⁠markeloff⁠" Markelov finding a few entries, his team pushed to a crushing 11-4 halftime score and after completing a close retake on the B bombsite in the second pistol round, FlipSid3 were two rounds away from equalizing the series.

Cloud9 avoided match point for four rounds, one of which included a quad-kill from Jan "⁠wayLander⁠" Rahkonen in an eco, but FlipSid3 closed it out eventually at 16-8 with Georgi "⁠WorldEdit⁠" Yaskin and wayLander delivering most of the blows.

Cloud9 kicked off the decider, Mirage, by clinching the first pistol round on the back of Skadoodle's triple up against a late-round strategy. FlipSid3 were prepared for the Americans' aggression in the first couple of gunrounds, equalizing the score at 3-3.

As the next two rounds were traded, Cloud9 found themselves on an eco, but they correctly rotated into the B bombsite where n0thing added a triple to his name only with a P250.

The economy turned on its head, as it was Stewie2K's squad who had the advantage, forcing their opponents on two ecos over the next four rounds for an 8-4 lead. Cloud9 ended up switching to Terrorists at a comfortable 10-5 and added a pistol round on top of it, inching ever closer to the semi-finals.

Stewie2K then came out on top of a 1v2 afterplant clutch thanks to a well-placed molotov from B apartments and Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek's five kills over the next two rounds gave Cloud9 the victory at 16-5.

SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 FinalsBest of 3

Cloud9

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10th September 2016

FlipSid3

Overpass

Train

Mirage

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Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	51 - 46	+5	85.9	1.20
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek shroud	52 - 38	+14	81.5	1.20
Timothy 'autimatic' Ta autimatic	50 - 44	+6	72.4	1.09
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert n0thing	49 - 45	+4	74.7	1.05
Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Skadoodle	40 - 39	+1	67.6	1.03

FlipSid3	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov markeloff	45 - 46	-1	68.2	0.99
Georgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin WorldEdit	44 - 46	-2	75.3	0.99
Jan 'wayLander' Rahkonen wayLander	39 - 52	-13	69.0	0.90
Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy B1ad3	43 - 48	-5	68.8	0.88
Oleksandr 'Shara' Hordieyev Shara	41 - 50	-9	63.7	0.85

SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 FinalsBest of 3

Cloud9

Matchpage

10th September 2016

FlipSid3

Overpass

Train

Mirage

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	51 - 46	+5	85.9	1.20
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek shroud	52 - 38	+14	81.5	1.20
Timothy 'autimatic' Ta autimatic	50 - 44	+6	72.4	1.09
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert n0thing	49 - 45	+4	74.7	1.05
Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Skadoodle	40 - 39	+1	67.6	1.03

FlipSid3	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov markeloff	45 - 46	-1	68.2	0.99
Georgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin WorldEdit	44 - 46	-2	75.3	0.99
Jan 'wayLander' Rahkonen wayLander	39 - 52	-13	69.0	0.90
Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy B1ad3	43 - 48	-5	68.8	0.88
Oleksandr 'Shara' Hordieyev Shara	41 - 50	-9	63.7	0.85

The next quarter-final will feature a familiar match-up, as Ninjas in Pyjamas and Astralis will battle for another semi-final spot.

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Flipside played way too slow.

2016-09-10 12:51

5 replies

wtf happened to wayLander he used to carry :|

4 replies

meh i want bondik back

2016-09-10 12:58

2 replies

i prefer getting ANGE1 bondik is so bad right now

they wouldn't have got this far with bondik ez bondicknoob

2016-09-10 15:55

wayLander had like 1 amazing LAN, MLG Columbus, and then he went back to be an average player

2016-09-10 13:01

nt flipside

2016-09-10 12:50

ffsfs

FaZe didn't die for this FeelsBadMan

"Spasiba" Gl C9

expected, hopefully ez for astralis

11 replies

lul, ez 4 C9 sry but: Ska = Device n0thing > karrigan yung stew > kjaerbye autimatic > dupreeh shroud > Xyp9x

2016-09-10 13:04

10 replies

i aren't think that ska<device n0thing>karrigan shroud<dupreeh autimatic<kjaerbye stewie>xyp9x

2016-09-10 13:12

8 replies

kjaerbye is overrated, sry ;/.

2016-09-10 13:16

7 replies

well he's quite inconsistent, then autimatic<xyp9x stewie>kjayerbye still astralis have better players

2016-09-10 13:21

6 replies

Device over Skadoodle. Alrighty :D

2016-09-10 13:24

overall as a lpayer device is better, skadoodle may be a better awper

2016-09-10 13:30

3 replies

there's no god way xyp9x is better than yung stew or autimatic.

2016-09-10 13:37

Well no doubt Device is the better rifler. But if you compare Ska to the other C9 guys he doesn't need to be as good as Device. Plus he outskills his awp. So either Ska=Dev or Ska>Dev. Our friend oskzur pretty much had it right. You could only argue about Shroud=dupreeh depends on the map tho.

2016-09-10 13:52

Atm i would take ska over device for sure, even though xyp is better than auti, he is playing pretty insane and has so many impact frags.

2016-09-10 14:18

Wtf, xyp over tim? you're dreaming.

2016-09-10 18:32

LOL you have cancer

2016-09-10 17:18

n^1

EZ I AM FIRSTTT

sad

shroud +14 :o

gg wp

well down both team =)

too bad the best teams are out already ;3

the best team's on paper, fixed for you <3

Yep exactly...

2016-09-10 12:52

dude, upsets happens ALL the time. The best teams can lose too you know. They're not untouchable.

expected

cloud9 easiest road to semis ever

Their easiest international bracket was the first EEPL that they made finals of. Playing CLG in the playoffs. LUL

2016-09-10 13:06

lol ye i remember that

2016-09-10 13:11

wasn't that the one where clg beat fnatic tho

2016-09-10 14:06

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Yeah it is. They beat fnatic and LG to top their group

2016-09-10 14:32

Damn F3 were so weak on Mirage and I've seen them at ESL Cologne vs SK! This game vs C9 was even worse...

SHROUD ON LAN WHAT

2016-09-10 12:53

oddshot.tv/shot/IzakOOO/UzpM9EiRM9FFar8L.. CsGO'd Waylander

very sad that WorldEdit is stuck in this shit team.

holy crap even frag distribution, team effort indeed

SPASIBA nt jordan

2016-09-10 12:54

SHROUD ON LANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN where u at haters

2016-09-10 12:55

Autimatic really a good up for the team , nice choke shroud

Sounds good boys... Congratz c9

2016-09-10 12:56

grzesiek on LAN ayy lmao :D:D:D:D:D

2016-09-10 12:57

Cloud9 is hot. Could win the whole thing

happy for c9 boyz realy good for the csgo scene

2016-09-10 13:03

c9 best in world

2016-09-10 13:05

Against t3 EU team..

2016-09-10 13:15

f3 = t3?! gtfo

2016-09-11 10:02

still a nice try by FlipSid3

good game

2016-09-10 13:20

cloud9 best team xDDD

Feel bad for flipside. Waylander is out of shape which is pretty sad. They had a chance... On the other hand im happy for c9 and stewie +autimatic. Hope that they will be able to play on the highest level. Potential is surely there

2016-09-10 13:22

Great comment and indeed. I think the stewie2k and autimatic can be a sick combo. Nice to finally see C9 rising.

Exactly. I cheer for all these teams(underdogs) and its rly nice to see them beating the top teams. Nice to see someone like you who dont trashtalk the best teams because the lost and who are able to give some credit to these teams. I hate blind fanboys (and im fan of navi) who only try to make excuses

2016-09-10 13:38

I like a lot C9, but they're not really underdogs, they are supposed to be a top team. I'm glad to see them coming back to what is supposed to be their "real" level. Can't wait for the semis :D

2016-09-10 13:45

They werent relevant since their last run where they were able to finish in final 4 tournaments in a row... Thats fact. And they were underdogs (and everyone here trashtalked them when they picked stewie)... But yea, the big names are there and i hope that they will be stable to team

Lol i'm also a Na´vi fan haha ^^' (check my profile) But yea sometimes u can be lucky to find good people in here but it's rare af.. :)

2016-09-10 15:06

indeed it is:)

2016-09-10 18:44

SHROUUUUUUUD omg

2016-09-10 13:46

holy shit shroud performing on lan is this 2013 with Manajumas ? xddd

2016-09-10 13:59

C9 will win this tournament.

2016-09-10 14:16

I honestly think C9 can win this tournament.

2016-09-10 14:54

Garbage flipside.. They flipout..

shroud on LAN PogChamp

2016-09-10 15:41

This new team, accordint to n0thing is caable to reach the finals, and I can believe it now :D Next stop is NiP tomorrow :O

2016-09-10 18:50