DBL PONEY and NIP take lead in Group D at IEM Fall

30/9/2021 - 23:20

DBL PONEY and Ninjas in Pyjamas are sitting on a 2-0 record while SKADE move to 1-1 after a Bulgarian derby.

In their second victory in the group, DBL PONEY denied fnatic on Nuke after a back and forth match that ended 16-13, with the second consecutive loss putting pressure on Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin and co. who require a top-six finish at the event in order to guarantee a spot at the Major.

Ninjas in Pyjamas ran over FaZe on Ancient with a 16-8 scoreline as Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser led the Swedish side with 22 kills. The Ninjas already sit comfortably in the RMR rankings at fourth but will look to secure as many points as possible to confirm their spot in Sweden and look to reach as high as a Legends status.

SKADE came out on top in the Bulgarian head-to-head on Overpass with Fiend after going the full 30 rounds in a match of two group underdogs. Denislav "⁠dennyslaw⁠" Dimitrov and Georgi "⁠SHiPZ⁠" Grigorov led the way, each putting 30 kills on the board and pulling their side across the line.

The Ninjas were not phased on Ancient as they go 2-0

Ninjas in Pyjamas kicked off Ancient with a commanding lead over FaZe after winning the pistol and extending as far as 7-1 before the Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen led squad could respond. Individual performances were missing for FaZe on their T side overall as they had their work cut out for them in the second half.

Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants showed promising signs on the CT side, but Ninjas in Pyjamas landed on match point at 15-4 and eventually closed the map out before any comeback attempt could be put in motion.

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Ninjas in Pyjamas

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30th September 2021

FaZe

Ancient

SKADE survived the Bulgarian derby against Fiend on Overpass thanks to the performances of dennyslaw and SHiPZ but managed to play from behind for the majority of the game before securing the win.

Both teams found more success on the CT sides as Viktor "⁠v1c7oR⁠" Dyankov and Deyvid "⁠h4rn⁠" Benchev stood out on Fiend's defensive side. In the end, they were only able to put four T rounds on the board and they fell short of the much-needed victory.

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Fiend

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30th September 2021

SKADE

Overpass

Despite the best efforts from William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman who managed 28 kills, fnatic were unable to pull ahead and maintain a lead throughout the map. DBL PONEY's AWPer Aurélien "⁠afro⁠" Drapier led in AWP kills, overall kills and opening kills.

fnatic's disappointing CT side cost them the vital rounds needed to stay ahead in the second half, as they handed DBL PONEY's second win in the group.

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fnatic

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30th September 2021

DBL PONEY

Nuke

The Group D standings look as follows after two rounds of play:

Group D

TEAM

EZ4NiP

2021-09-30 23:21

7 replies

DBL PONEY BETTER

2021-09-30 23:32

5 replies

Lol

2021-09-30 23:36

not even close

DBL PONEY stickers boysss!

2021-09-30 23:54

DBL PONEY > ALL almost triple poney by now

2021-10-01 02:03

Nip Hater? why not back to valulrant ?

2021-10-01 03:10

Who's dumb enough to play NiP in Ancient in a Bo1...

2021-10-01 09:14

Ez for the Poneys #DBLtoMajor

FaZe is odds of qualifying are getting lower each day Also Dbl Poney is a hell of a drug :)

2021-09-30 23:22

9 replies

faze have the best chances of qualifying aside from nip what are you talking about LOL

2021-09-30 23:41

8 replies

NiP and DBL Poney are guaranteed to move forward. That's 1st and 2nd place. 3rd place doesn't go forward, infact all 3rd places from all 4 groups will play eachother for 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th. So no, Faze are almost guaranteed to not make the major unless they beat DBL Poney (which I highly doubt) and then win everything else while DBL Poney loose everything else (also highly unlikely)

2021-10-01 00:11

faze are the favorites against dbl poney after that, faze only need to win against skade and fiend and dbl poney needs to still play against nip

2021-10-01 00:18

2 replies

Faze won't win DBL Poney. Even if they do, it's gonna be a 3-2 tie between them (if DBL loose against NiP). Even then, chances won't favour Faze

2021-10-01 00:24

1 reply

"Faze won't win DBL Poney." Let me send this to CS unfortunate on twitter lul, see u there

2021-10-01 06:29

They have chance for contender status anonymo is out, fnatic sprout complexity fpx can get 0 points

2021-10-01 08:10

True, but then you have new teams like Copenhagen Flames, Sinners, Dignitas, Ence. They could all get some point too and lower Faze's chances even more

2021-10-01 12:55

liquipedia.net/counterstrike/Regional_Ma.. those sure look like a lot of points from Faze

2021-10-01 02:39

From group D obviously

2021-10-01 08:47

Hampus BM ace was everything !

2021-09-30 23:23

#DBLtoMajor

Yo les noobs, Imagine if Double Poney had a coach, analysts, psychologists, a salary... #DBLToMajor

2021-09-30 23:24

they don't have a coach??

2021-09-30 23:33

3 replies

they have one (mathend) but not full time for the moment if i'm not wrong

thanks

nah they just have a manager

2021-09-30 23:38

psychologists LOL

2021-10-01 03:11

RIP FAZE

Faze Clown so bad

2021-09-30 23:28

#DBLPtoMajor

2021-09-30 23:31

DBL Poney fought well Wtf why still no org after +6months of good results?

#kcorptocsgo

2021-09-30 23:35

2021-09-30 23:39

2021-09-30 23:34

DBL will become the first team with no org in a major I believe in them

EZ4NIP

fnatic disband? 😳

lezgoooooo

fnatic disband omfg how they can lose to a roster that doesn't have a full-time coach.

2021-09-30 23:47

Or you can just say that DBL is good ? Idk

2021-10-01 12:32

poney gang poney gang

2021-10-01 01:22

I don't understand why Krimz is still in fnatic, it makes no sense at all... All his mates have left, his personality definitely doesn't fit into the team... Like he is a great player but he should leave and try something new. I kinda feel sorry for him being on this team. Fnatic is dead and I can't imagine he is happy playing with these guys.

2021-10-01 02:33

NIP will go 5-0

2021-10-01 08:48

DBL PONEY is actually showing some potential, I doubt they will go far in this tournament, but there are realistic chances of them making it to the Major, and now they are sitting on 2-0 if they can upset NIP or FaZe the Major is their I believe, really interesting. Although LNZ played well in that game vs FaZe I still don't think NIP will be contender for trophies with this guy, I think he is just not ready for it, just my opinion. GG from both teams, GL further.

2021-10-01 19:25

Why are dbl poney still not signed to an org while they are working their ass off and showing good results? I mean even MAD Lions players have an org, Anonymo, Tricked, Singularity...

2021-10-02 00:27