BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen group stage maps announced

26/10/2018 - 19:45

The map picks for the round-robin matches of BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen have been revealed.

Overpass will be the center of attention in the group stage as six of the 15 round robin matches will take place on the map that was introduced at the end of 2013.

Dust2 and Nuke were banned in all vetos, while the usual suspects, Inferno and Mirage, were picked four and three times, respectively.

Cache and Train were picked only once

The $250,000 event will take place on November 2-3 at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. Two sides that top the group will advance to the best-of-three grand final to earn the trophy and $125,000.

The map picks for the round-robin group stage are as follows:

Round 1

FaZe vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas| Mirage
MIBR vs. Astralis| Inferno
Natus Vincere vs. Cloud9| Mirage

Round 2

Cloud9 vs. MIBR| Inferno
Astralis vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas| Overpass
FaZe vs. Natus Vincere| Overpass

Round 3

Natus Vincere vs. Astralis| Overpass
Cloud9 vs. FaZe| Overpass
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. MIBR| Train

Round 4

FaZe vs. Astralis| Overpass
Cloud9 vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas| Mirage
Natus Vincere vs. MIBR| Overpass

Round 5

Cloud9 vs. Astralis| Inferno
Natus Vincere vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas| Inferno
FaZe vs. MIBR| Cache

2018-10-26 19:46

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16-0 again?

2018-10-26 19:55

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6 Overpass 4 Inferno 3 Mirage 1 Train 1 Cache Ok. Astralis only 2 maps. NaVi only 3 maps. And all others teams 4 maps... Hmmmm... maybe it means something or not. Hehehe

2018-10-27 02:57

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i mean nuke and d2 werent picked at all

2018-10-29 00:38

Im going to the event and it will be fantastic. After attending ESL and IEM evente I look forward to this. Not the weeklong tournaments but everything resolved in 36 hours. I love it!!

2018-10-26 21:38

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dang, must be really lit to have a premier tournament in your country where the home team's the favourite of winning it

2018-10-26 21:52

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I guess. However I also attended Dreamhack masters Malmö where no danes attended. And in Oakland there were only Optic. I love great cs regardless team. Tactics and teamwork is fabulous regardless team.

2018-10-26 22:01

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Holy shit u travel the world to watch CS Man that's so cool u wish I had the money to do that

2018-10-27 02:27

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My advise. Take an education... and I am not shitting you. And I guess a supporting wife xD It actually started in 2016 with the world championship in lol in Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin. The greatest event in my life.

2018-10-27 08:34

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Who do u support

2018-10-27 15:01

In order of priority; Astralis( Xyp9x) Optic (Konfig) Liquid Navi Avanger (Jamy after todays match) NIP BIG (Smooya/tabsen)

2018-10-27 22:32

Cool

2018-10-27 23:02

Yes nip got this

2018-10-26 20:15

Hah

2018-10-27 02:26

mibr 16-0 ast

2018-10-26 21:20

Nice, looking forward to attending the event!

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2018-10-26 19:56

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Thanks, despite everyone saying last year was bad, I thought it was very good. (Attended last year too)

2018-10-26 19:57

who said it was bad? arena looked insane on stream

2018-10-26 20:08

Most people on hltv said it was bad

2018-10-26 20:09

Well, most of the people on HLTV say a lot of bullshit.

2018-10-26 20:10

Yes, but it was a surprising amount compared to most other events

2018-10-26 20:11

most people on hltv complain about every event lmao

2018-10-26 21:53

yeah.. but still... little Denmark.. hosting an event with great potential.

2018-10-28 22:43

It was great, just some delays but the games were amazing. Especially the grand final.

2018-10-27 00:21

The stream was really bad

2018-10-26 20:13

I only think its the online viewers saying it was bad. I attended the event too and i thought it was epic. Also, im pretty sure the original plan was for everyone to have a headset and be able to choose the match they'd listen too. Atleast thats what a hltv article said. Just found the article and it says: "Fans will be able to choose the sound of the match they want to follow using headsets." hltv.org/news/21004/blast-pro-series-to-..

2018-10-26 20:20

The event was fantastic i honestly dont know what people where on about

2018-10-26 22:38

I was there last year, it was awesome! Going again this year.

2018-10-27 03:01

yes

nice

Overpass ResidentSleeper

EZtralis

Inferno Overpass Mirage so boring xD

Those are the great maps

2018-10-27 03:04

EZ4MIBR

2018-10-26 19:47

LOL remember Astralis is in this event

2018-10-26 19:48

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hltv.org/matches/2326763/astralis-vs-mib.. yes i will remember a very close series that we almost won

2018-10-26 19:50

gla1ve want to mibr to has a good day they can pick dust2 though

2018-10-26 19:53

Wow you are in mibr ?

''we''

2018-10-26 19:54

so cute

2018-10-26 20:03

First team EVER to get 16-0

2018-10-26 20:25

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Wtf are you braindead? So many teams have got 16-0 before NA Brain OMEGALUL

2018-10-26 20:30

Not in a major. Wtf do you think I was talking about. Astralis Is gonna win this.

2018-10-26 20:31

Astralis will probably win but the final will be mibr x astralis

2018-10-26 20:36

so ez4mibr until finals?

2018-10-26 21:42

and in the finals too ez4mibr

2018-10-26 23:26

navi x astralis*

2018-10-26 21:57

Nah Navi x astralis

2018-10-27 02:30

*Navi and Astralis

2018-10-27 03:05

Rip C9

Nice!

why did they decide to pick maps ?

nevermind last time they pre vetoed aswell. I remember

anyone told these professional shitters that there are more than 3 maps in the game? fucking hell man i cant watch inferno games anymore. where are the nuke and dust matches? conclusion: fuckin garbage

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Conclusion, times for new maps. But that will make cs never the same again.. just get fucking tuscan back

2018-10-26 19:49

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conclusion: the first 5 sticker capsules i opened in london major i got 5 times somedieyoung

Whut

2018-10-26 21:00

Considering they're reworking cobble again, I think they might remove either cache or Mirage, maybe even overpass, cuz these 2 maps are the oldest in the Map Pool as of now, with Mirage older than cache, and cache older than Overpass. Inferno ain't going anywhere.

2018-10-26 20:47

Mirage and cache.. maps are fine imo. We need a good new map

2018-10-26 21:02

Mirage had an facelift recently

2018-10-27 00:24

The Minor lighting changes, the Stairs to B etc.? That's pretty Minor, with respect to what happened to D2 or inferno or Nuke for that matter. Mirage didn't have a Complete Makeover. To be fair, it probably doesn't need one. Cache might look better with a new Splash of Paint. Overpass hasn't been changed after becoming permanent to the Active Duty.

2018-10-27 01:25

I know it was minor changes, that's why I called facelift and not update. But because they changed recently, it shows that they won't take out of the map pool soon

2018-10-27 01:39

I WANT TUSCAN TOO!!!! <3

2018-10-27 01:36

In an interview with DBLTap, some Pros said Molotovs on de_tuscan will be too OP. Maybe that's why.

2018-10-27 01:53

Lul its not the problems of teams its problem of valve theve made this meta and teams dont have any choice Conclusion: you are fuckin garbage

Nuke sucks especially since we're talking about bo1, same thing applies to dust, but the problem is that dust is a random map, while nuke is only ct sided

2018-10-26 20:17

say that to astralis

2018-10-26 21:40

Astralis overrated optic India real top 1

2018-10-26 22:08

Nuke and Dust2 are shitty maps now, they're only nostalgic

2018-10-27 00:23

dust2 maybe, but nuke no

2018-10-27 23:29

Nuke is the most useless map

2018-10-27 23:36

ez astralis again and again

ez mibr again and again

2018-10-26 19:51

bet365 pick Blast winner @1.83 ez

Ez for Astralis again

Ez 4 astralis

6 Overpass 4 Inferno 3 Mirage 1 Train 1 Cache 0 Dust 0 Nuke 🤔👍🤔👍🤔👍

2018-10-26 20:16

What are you talking about Nuke's the most underrated map in the map Pool, dust2 is overrated af, and too chaotic, doesn't allow CT control everywhere, and doesn't have overpowered CT positions like Inferno A Pit, Overpass A Truck or Nuke A Hut.

2018-10-26 20:50

Nuke is overrated already. Shitty map with too closed rooms and too wide rooms together, which doesn't allow balanced rounds and strats.

2018-10-27 00:19

Tell that to Astralis, possibly even to North, complexity and NaVi.

2018-10-27 01:27

I don't think so, only Astralis can make Nuke easy win...

2018-10-27 01:42

Dust2 and Nuke outside the map pool shows how good this event will be

Would have liked to see some more dust2

2018-10-27 03:13

how they pick the maps?

2018-10-26 19:52

normal bo1 veto isnt it?

it is indeed:)

best maps!

the only question is.. will someone manage to take a map off astralis? ez for the greatest team of all time

2018-10-26 19:59

MiBR is taking a few maps from them, actually.

2018-10-27 00:15

Wow u call one map a "few maps"

2018-10-27 02:33

lmao astralis was fooling around to give the fans a good show. they could have blown shitbr 2-0 out of the stadium

2018-10-27 12:56

Maybe

2018-10-27 13:35

Goat

2018-10-27 03:11

Overpass Pro Series Kopenhagen

2018-10-26 20:04

No D2? RIP

2018-10-26 20:07

BLAST t7 format Expos > BLAST expected from danish potato event

Inferno and overpass show. Let the antistrats begin!!

2018-10-26 20:35

Why does faze have such an overpass boner

2018-10-26 20:46

Considering it's a standard BO1 veto, it may not have been their choice every single time.

2018-10-26 20:52

Does everyone ban cache now?

2018-10-26 21:22

NaVi Permabans it. Astralis Prefers every other map, but can play cache if need be. G2 and Vitality might play Cache. NA teams like Cache. IDK what's happening with other teams.

2018-10-26 21:27

okay ty I havent watched much since the spring when faze sort of bought it into the meta

2018-10-26 21:44

Astralis permanent ban cache as well

2018-10-27 02:34

#GONINJAS

Grand Final Navi Vs Astralis Navi win

2018-10-26 20:59

like allways ...

LUL

2018-10-27 01:43

Keep dreaming bifa

2018-10-27 03:10

Ez for Overpassus Vincere.

2018-10-26 21:34

MIBR x Astralis final, astralis win

2018-10-26 21:49

ez 4 Astralis

2018-10-26 22:26

Happy to see all teams finally understood to not play Ast on Nuke.

2018-10-26 22:41

The only team that can give a hard work to MiBR is Astralis

2018-10-27 00:14

Damn, Astralis in the 1st round. MiBR unlucky.

MIBR the only team to not repeat a map.

Magisk will drop a 40 bomb at one point in this event. Wait and see.

2018-10-27 03:08

Astralis get to play one of their best maps 3 times LUL RIP everyone

2018-10-27 11:28

Odds 1.66 on Astralis to win now. Pretty sure most bookies will lose money if Astralis win...

2018-10-28 14:41

Round 1 FaZe vs. NiP| Mirage FaZe > NiP MIBR vs. Astralis| Inferno MIBR < Astralis Natus Vincere vs. Cloud9| Mirage Na'Vi > C9 Round 2 Cloud9 vs. MIBR| Inferno C9 < MIBR Astralis vs. NiP| Overpass Astralis > NiP FaZe vs. Natus Vincere| Overpass Not Sure. I think FaZe is currently better then Na'Vi, but Na'Vi seem to be better on Overpass. Could go either way. Round 3 Natus Vincere vs. Astralis| Overpass Na'Vi < Astralis Cloud9 vs. FaZe| Overpass C9 < FaZe NiP vs. MIBR| Train NiP < MIBR Round 4 FaZe vs. Astralis| Overpass FaZe < Astralis Cloud9 vs. NiP| Mirage C9 < NiP Natus Vincere vs. MIBR| Overpass Na'Vi < MIBR Round 5 Cloud9 vs. Astralis| Inferno C9 < Astralis Natus Vincere vs. NiP| Inferno Na'Vi > NiP FaZe vs. MIBR| Cache FaZe > MIBR

2018-10-29 00:35

Kinda sad about no Nuke picks since i know both NIP and Astralis love the map but against Astralis i assume it is a permaban but giving them overpass is kinda of a mistake aswell since it is another map Astralis is known for. i'm happy there is no dust 2 as the map is usually shit except seeing MIBR get 16-0'd was fucking hilarious and the lack of cache is down to Navi and Astralis autobanning it in their matches so it won't come up in their games. kinda sad at the lack of train the map is great and most teams in the pool like it and often play on it so again i'm suprised that it has not been picked.

2018-10-29 12:21