G2 survive Flash scare

13/1/2018 - 01:04

Flash had a great start in their first game at the ELEAGUE Major 2018 Main Qualifier, but the Frenchmen managed to claw it back and close out the game 16-11.

Flash, currently ranked #61 in the world, started off the game against G2 by winning the much-needed pistol round as Terrorists on Inferno, and avoiding an anti-eco mishap allowed them to go 3-0 up against the French side. After KunHua "⁠LOVEYY⁠" Bai picked up a quad kill in round three, the Chinese side decided to hit the B site in the full buy, with the same player picking up two big kills that earned them the round.

On the following eco, G2 stacked apartments and got a favorable trade, but Flash still managed to close out the round on B, going up 5-0 shortly. The Frenchmen finally got on the board when Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro and Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub locked down A, Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt and Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire did the same in the next round and Flash's economy was broken, allowing G2 a chance to stabilize (5-2).

That didn't happen, however, as a sloppy anti-eco which saw Flash claim the round by overwhelming the A site with pistols, and Andrew "⁠Kaze⁠" Khong's 1v1 clutch on B in the next round took away any momentum from the CT side. Flash's AWPer Kaze continued bringing the pain and Flash went 9-2 up before some heroics from Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon and NBK- got the favorites to just a three-round deficit before halftime.

NBK having standout game helped in G2's comeback

Flash claimed the second pistol as well, thanks to YuanZhang "⁠Attacker⁠" Sheng and LOVEYY combining for four kills with a bait setup on arch, going up 11-6, but G2 went for an early Galil-based buy and took their first Terrorist round before Flash could establish their economy. The following round was a bank-breaker and it came down to the wire, but Flash were not able to stop the bombplant on B and G2 started their comeback.

The score was tied 11-11 when bodyy took advantage of trades happening on the other side of the map and walked out of A apps, catching two Flash members off guard to get his side in the lead for the first time.

Attacker and Kaze secured two entries for their side, but couldn't close out the 5v3 as bodyy broke open the A site and G2 closed out the round easily. The deciding match was the following one, where QiFang "⁠Karsa⁠" Su picked up two on G2's fast B offense, but NBK-'s quad was enough to seal the deal and allow the French side ti close out the game 16-11.

ELEAGUE Major 2018 Main QualifierBest of 1

Matchpage

13th January 2018

Flash

Inferno

ELEAGUE Major 2018 Main QualifierBest of 1

Matchpage

13th January 2018

Flash

Inferno

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Richard 'shox' Papillon shox	25 - 19	+6	90.7	1.35
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt NBK-	23 - 15	+8	81.4	1.33
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro bodyy	17 - 13	+4	84.9	1.22
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub kennyS	15 - 16	-1	63.6	1.02
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire apEX	17 - 17	0	58.5	1.00

Flash	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andrew 'Kaze' Khong Kaze	19 - 17	+2	86.3	1.23
YuanZhang 'Attacker' Sheng Attacker	20 - 20	0	79.6	1.03
KunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai LOVEYY	15 - 23	-8	58.2	0.80
QiFang 'Karsa' Su Karsa	12 - 18	-6	48.0	0.76
YuLun 'Summer' Cai Summer	14 - 20	-6	58.6	0.74

Exceptional work from G2 Esports to defeat Flash Gaming. It was not looking well at the beginning of the match; however, with Richard "shox" Papillon's leadership, they pulled the match around to secure a victory.

2018-01-13 01:04

21 replies

rip flash

16 replies

Flash put up a good fight I think they can beat the other lower teams and make it to the major.

2018-01-13 01:05

15 replies

they already are in the major

2018-01-13 01:07

9 replies

This is only the qualifier.

8 replies

this is the major

2018-01-13 01:08

7 replies

"ELeague Major 2018 Main Qualifier"

2018-01-13 01:09

6 replies

"ELeague Major 2018"

his name lol

2018-01-13 02:05

1 reply

LMAO

2018-01-13 08:07

Stickers in the game and with the new format they are technically in the major

This is the major

2018-01-13 08:18

2018-01-13 11:29

no they cant..they r so bad in ct side..their rotation omggggggggggggggggggggggggg....

It's too hard. Maybe Flash could beat QBF and F3 but others no chance.

G2 is the lower team dude, shit t2 team that cant acomplish shit against t1

2018-01-13 01:22

They can beat sk

2018-01-13 08:40

I thought G2 pretty low ady?

2018-01-13 02:39

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!

agree :D

that copypaste was faster than kennys flicks

2018-01-13 01:06

wasnt copy paste i typed it on the page

2018-01-13 01:13

GG Flash

CHINA NUMBA WAN

cool

Ezz

Good god

Flas braindead

lol i thought G2 was going to take the L but ok

lul, i almost died

Yeah the match had me on the edge of my seat..

2018-01-13 13:20

nt flash

nic

<survive flash scare <11 rounds choose one

3 replies

It was 11 6 for flash lol so definitely a scare

9-2 at one point

2018-01-13 04:49

Did you watch?

2018-01-13 07:31

nt boys

G2 shit start expected

+11111111

nice title

g2 chokes

SUPER TEAM MY PICK EM CHALLENGE IS STILL ALIVE

This just shows the cohesion problems with g2.

Lul it showed nothing,

G2. NEVER. WINS. FUCKING. PISTOLS.

13 replies

Chinese just outplayed them pretty easily

well G2's tactics are so fucking gay and risky

THEY. WIN. GAMES. THO.

10 replies

you're happy after coming back against a tier 398419041804180 team?

a win is a win so yes

nah that's scary m8

you don't know how bad my heart is rn

5 replies

thats my fucking point, they always do risky decisions and tactics

4 replies

lets hope tommorw they play stronger

2018-01-13 01:10

2 replies

inb4 playing against mouz or faze, calling it rn

2018-01-13 01:11

if they I cri

2018-01-13 01:12

At least Shox is looking good with a change of roles; maybe the Frenchies can finally get a Legend spot

2018-01-13 04:50

Its just their first game on the tournament They never good But still, seems they didnt solve their pistol problem from 2017

2018-01-13 08:20

Here we see a rare match where Richard 'shox' Papillon topfrags. Shox plz get good again

i wanna say he's back and fucking fanboy it but im afraid of jinxing it

2018-01-13 01:15

me2 man

That was insane game

Almost RIP Pick'Em 0-3. LUL

G2 0-3 Flash 3-0

2018-01-13 01:21

Summer threw away the game at 11-7

FG literally played no that bad, they actually beat G2 when they were T

LuL

2018-01-13 01:27

I think it's cute that HLTV still calls this the qualifier when Valve changed the name a few months back. Why not call it by the name you announced in a news report a few months back? Forget already???? LOL

2018-01-13 01:35

who the fuck cares xD

2018-01-13 01:38

Interesting match.

2018-01-13 02:47

shox will be back, but csgo is dying

2018-01-13 04:05

The best topic i have ever seen

2018-01-13 06:28

ti close out

2018-01-13 07:56