blameF earns MVP award for Pinnacle Cup Championship

11/6/2022 - 22:54

Despite losing in the grand final, the Astralis member earns his first MVP award after putting up an impressive showing throughout the tournament.

Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer has been named the Most Valuable Player of Pinnacle Cup Championship by HLTV x Bitskins.com, ending the event as its highest-rated player with a 1.41 rating over eight maps played.

The award is a bittersweet ending to the tournament in Lund for the Dane as Astralis were felled by Heroic in the grand final, the only time that the 25-year-old had a negative map during the event with a 0.85 rating on Ancient.

blameF takes home his first MVP medal after a stellar showing in Lund

Other than that outlier, blameF was a consistent force for Astralis in their run, starting things off with a tournament-high 2.06 rating against EG.PA and carrying that form into matches against higher-tier opposition, performing exceptionally well in series play against Imperial (1.46 rating) and BIG (1.44 rating) to earn Astralis a spot in the grand final.

He was also the top performer in four categories outside of overall rating, including damage difference per round (+31.1 ⁠— nearly double that of his closest competitor), 1+ kill rounds (58.9%), KAST (78.7%), and K-D differential (+65).

His top two placements on the leaderboard included ADR (97.7), KPR (0.92), and impact rating (1.47), as well as a handful of opening kill statistics where he landed among the top five ⁠— total opening kills (34, #5), opening kills per round (0.16, #3), and success in opening duels (65.4%, #2).

The award is blameF's first time earning an MVP medal after previously finishing a number of tournaments among the list of Exceptionally Valuable Players (EVPs).

Previous HLTV x BitSkins.com MVPs in 2022:

IEM Dallas - Sergey "⁠Ax1Le⁠" Rykhtorov
PGL Major Antwerp - Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard
ESL Pro League Season 15 - Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool
IEM Katowice - Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants
Funspark ULTI - Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov

godF

2022-06-11 22:54

6 replies

well deserved

2022-06-11 22:58

5 replies

2022-06-11 23:48

3 replies

Will S1mple be top 10 this year? He isnt playing like a top 10

2022-06-12 14:06

2 replies

Yes (i hope)

2022-06-12 18:12

yeah he is

2022-06-17 14:12

Full faze mvp

2022-06-12 13:57

BaitF

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as well as a handful of opening kill statistics where he landed among the top five ⁠— total opening kills (34, 5), opening kills per round (0.16, 3), and success in opening duels (65.4%, 2).

2022-06-11 23:03

+1 classic illiterate HLTV user

2022-06-11 23:14

Most of those opening kills was at ct side and was against eco

2022-06-12 03:26

all the other players in this tournament also had the chance to get opening frags against ecos. Not just blamef.

2022-06-12 05:39

show me the statistics then lol

2022-06-12 08:57

"Yes, Benjamin, it's good you are shooting your opponents, but hltv users don't like the way you are doing it!" 😆😆😆

2022-06-12 12:26

Lol! Good one. Havent seen that one before, haha!

2022-06-12 11:55

Smartest top player, if you take his mediocre aim into consideration. BaitF is a meme I am convinced is made up by no-brain max-aim players.

2022-06-12 17:55

1 reply

2022-06-12 23:21

2022-06-11 22:55

#17

2022-06-11 23:44

Don't care, still BaitF

2022-06-12 16:06

2022-06-12 18:18

carryF

losing the final but winning mvp, rare

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s0mple style

2022-06-11 22:56

Not for baitf

2022-06-11 23:04

happens often just look at zywoos mvps and the time when col won blast spring final just to mention 1 example

2022-06-12 00:13

Spinx got EPL Mvp despite Ence losing against Faze in Grand Final.

2022-06-12 01:21

7 replies

Buy spinx stickers now?!

2022-06-12 06:33

Stonks

2022-06-12 09:37

No Ropz did.

2022-06-12 06:34

He is baiting

2022-06-12 10:27

Lurk. Lurkers are players who focus on stealth and outmaneuvering the enemy team. Players who lurk are constantly trying to surprise the enemy and achieve easy kills on isolated players. Lurkers will often sit on the opposite bomb site that their team is executing and eliminate rotating players. dont speak pls

2022-06-12 19:31

I was talking about DHL MVP award

2022-06-17 14:06

Spinx got DHL mvp, not HLTV

2022-06-13 21:28

Twistzz :(

2022-06-12 03:59

Usually reserved for s1mple

2022-06-12 17:56

deserved 100%

GodF <3

WHO'S THE REAL HLTV RATING 2.0 WARRIOR

2022-06-11 22:57

24 replies

5th highest opening kills, 3rd highest opening success rate, 2nd highest opening kills per round. And ppl still call him baitF. KEKW poor guy

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He is actually just making good saving decisions. Also he has very much success with exit kills.

2022-06-11 23:07

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Opening kill stats dont lie. He indeed gets a lot of openings on ct sides. Not much on t sides.

2022-06-11 23:13

10 replies

The t side is where everybody calls him out

2022-06-11 23:25

ofc, bcz is the side were he baits

2022-06-12 02:46

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lmao 0 iq user

2022-06-12 03:29

oh no the BaitF fanboy arrived oh noooooooo

2022-06-12 04:43

BaitF is a meme by players with a complete lack of gamesense.

2022-06-12 17:58

+100

2022-06-12 18:04

Every lurker is a baiter then?

2022-06-12 07:34

No. Only your MM lurker is a baiter 100% of the time

2022-06-12 09:36

then blame doesnt bait

ofc he does

2022-06-13 06:42

openings on pistol rounds and eco's yeah. on rifle rounds this guy is absent. if its not obvious to you yet that Astralis only play for his HLTV Rating 2.0, better watch the demos again. Literally every play that Astralis make is to enable his rating. Enjoy BlameF's +30, while the rest sits at -10.

2022-06-11 23:09

I mean their entry core is not creating any space. Farlig is underwhelming as an awper. That leaves xyp and blamef. I dont know who in their right mind in Astralis is managing this team coz they are atrocious. BlameF needs a guy like yekindar instead of overrated konfig.

2022-06-11 23:11

hltv.org/forums/threads/2642106/sorry-fa.. you cant use the rest of the team as scapegoat.

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I read all of ur comments on that thread. I partially agree. But i still think blameF does a far better job in his role compared to glaive had ever done and ever will. They need to get rid off xyp, farlig, and konfig. And see if glaive and blame can play together. If they cant. Then the org has 2 options, 1. Either make a team around ur igl glaive. 2. Or make a team around ur star player blameF. I would personally go with glaive as he has proven more in past what he can do as an igl. However, blameF's performance cant be overlooked. He does make really smart in-game decisions. You should watch his demos more.

2022-06-11 23:18

AST are alrdy doing 2. and after this event, i will definitely look at his demos, because on paper Astralis have awesome players. Have a good evening!

2022-06-11 23:21

blameF needs to be xyps replacement, and astralis need a balanced rifler that will be agressive or passive depending on what konfig and glave are doing like magisk used to be. Its easyer for blameF to play xyps roles since he allready likes being passive and clutch. he just needs to work on his support plays.

He can replace xyp easily. He has the patience required, which is a first.

2022-06-12 18:43

>5th highest opening kills, 3rd highest opening success rate... You forgotten another one important thing: 1st highest baits rate :)

2022-06-11 23:37

Cant do both

2022-06-12 00:15

You are all aim no brain?

2022-06-12 18:44

no aim, no brain, unfortunately :(

2022-06-12 18:59

Deserved, amazing job blameF, I hope Astralis makes this team work, he deserves to finally win a tournament.

2022-06-11 23:01

roidF

2022-06-11 23:02

baitF

kingF

Desrvedded

this event gives MVP??? KEKW

It is "Featured" so yes. The Dubai event should also if im not mistaken

2022-06-11 23:56

1v9

2022-06-11 23:05

deserved boss, you dropped this 💍👑

Deserved, if it wasn't for him Astralis wouldn't even beat Imperial

2022-06-11 23:06

Baiting got him a MVP LOL

KEKW

2022-06-12 00:07

2022-06-12 00:30

15 year old hltv kids will call him baitF, despite the amount of his opening kills

Thats Konfig

2022-06-11 23:19

If only you know how to read this article or find stats on HLTV by yourself kid

2022-06-11 23:34

opening kills not opening deaths

2022-06-12 09:25

OK against what? Ecos

2022-06-12 00:27

Deserved 141%

He’s my idol

He's a good player no hate on him but the MVP must always go to the side that wins the tournament.. as the most value comes from winning a tournament not getting X amount of kills/stats.

Bro it is called Most Valuable PLAYER

2022-06-11 23:31

And you can also argue you are only truly the most Valuable when if you win

2022-06-11 23:39

That's not an argument in a 5 man team game, in wingman that would be a valid argument, not in 5v5 tho

2022-06-11 23:58

Basketball is a team sport and finals mvp always goes to the winner minus jerry west decades ago

2022-06-12 00:03

this dude fucking carried his team to finals in solo and you think he's not deserving MVP? lmao

2022-06-12 02:19

Only grand-finalists are in contention for the MVP award, there is no rule claiming that the winners only can claim it, though that obviously helps toward the overall merit.

2022-06-11 23:50

got mvp but lost xd

2022-06-11 23:20

ahhahahahha unexpected tbh , but deserved

deserved for baitF

2022-06-11 23:22

2022-06-11 23:32

Jonas jubelidiot

2022-06-12 18:45

2022-06-12 19:35

ez 4 baitf

Calling a guy with highest ADR, opening kill rating and Impact baitor is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen even on this website with full of 12 year old kids

2022-06-11 23:42

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not a baiter but part of his success is hard felt on both glave and xyp , he has taken most of their roles and they have to adjust to new ones now good for him , wish to see more of him on t side

2022-06-11 23:46

It's mostly just a meme now because BlameF utilised bait a lot when he was IGL'ing Complexity. Now, his skill is amazing and despite the claims of being a baiter, they were always exaggerated by haters.

Not even Coldzera, who won 2 Majors, 2 MVP of the 2 Majors he won, 2x best in the world, and more than 10 trophies at Lan and succeeded his career, escaped being called a baiter by haters because he played on a game system created for him, imagine Blamef

2022-06-11 23:54

NT baitzera xd

2022-06-12 00:24

you proved my point

2022-06-12 00:28

i was pulling ur leg :)

That's kinda gay

2022-06-12 07:37

Coldzera needed taco like a Heroin addicted his shot. But he only baited him

2022-06-12 00:26

Yes, because Taco's doll has 200 hp, it's easier to tank shots while Coldzera enters the bomb and makes the trade... Imagine a professional player in a 5v5 game needing a teammate, S1mple didn't need Electronic and B1T to win a Major

2022-06-12 00:31

But S1mple is special he wins 1vs9 games. No one else can do that

2022-06-12 00:36

1v9? LMAO Remove Electronic and B1T from NAVI and S1mple would continue without Major as it was before 2021, tilting on Liquid and after with Flam1e 0.95 every match...

2022-06-12 00:40

So where were bit and electronic when S1mple won cologne 2018?

2022-06-12 01:19

I'm talking about a Major, the most important championship in the game, without a high level team like NAVI's 2021. Did S1mple win a Major?

2022-06-12 01:33

And I talk about 1/2 biggest events in the open circuit.

2022-06-12 02:14

But my comment is about a Major, the most important event in the history of the game, did he win with a worse team? The answer is no?

2022-06-12 02:43

And i talked about 1vs9 from S1mple

2022-06-12 08:22

+1 smart

2022-06-12 13:23

What is the criteria for MVP? Only 1 team from the top-10, shouldn't there be at least 2 teams?

Psst this formula only matter when it is against S1mple and for the zywho propaganda

2022-06-12 00:25

winning MVP but not winning the tournament is the most blameF thing ever

2022-06-11 23:43

baited team for mvp trophy

2022-06-13 04:20

Nicely done and well earned. Astralis may have lost the overall tournament but it proves that BlameF is hungry for victory.

literally carried astralis on his shoulders, much deserved.

2022-06-11 23:47

Do you mean astralis manged to go into finals because they could deal with the 30000 baits?

cry is free i see, big underperformed, get over it.

2022-06-12 01:53

xd jerman

2022-06-12 14:04

racist

stavn robbed

2022-06-11 23:53

Deserved

Picking a losing player is fine if he performed well in the finals, but he didn't. Only TeSeS or Stavn would have been good options for the MVP, Stavn for performing well throughout the tournament, or TeSeS for ripping up the finals, and also being a top 8 player at the entire event. BlameF is usually an amazing player, but he didn't deserve an MVP imo.

Funny how you think your opinion matter

2022-06-12 00:21

these mvp awards are verification to push him into top 10 ofc. "Alexa, set reminder for 6 months, verify MVP awards 2022."

2022-06-12 01:55

Hltv do you want insult the IQ of the hltv users? Yes, so we make baitf the mvp

2022-06-12 00:22

after blast robbery ok

Deserved, I guess. Only shining beacon of light from the pathetic current Astralis.

2022-06-12 00:53

Bait for MVP new meta !

2022-06-12 01:25

2022-06-12 01:44

stats are a joke nowadays

2022-06-12 01:51

Astralis dropped pinnacle as a sponsor, cos their shit is shady. Also most valuable player does not mean the best, dude just grinded money for gambling site. MVP: BetF

2022-06-12 01:56

2022-06-12 01:59

Is hltv just looking at stats now?

2022-06-12 03:40

why no mvp for dubai

2022-06-12 06:20

entryF

2022-06-12 07:15

He is too good for this roster

2022-06-12 08:53

since when does the loser get MVP. What a joke.

2022-06-12 09:35

hltv.org/events/4281/esl-one-cologne-201.. hltv.org/events/4553/dreamhack-masters-m.. hltv.org/events/3486/starseries-i-league.. hltv.org/events/3491/dreamhack-masters-m.. hltv.org/events/5372/esl-pro-league-seas..

2022-06-12 10:12

A fine CT player who isn’t being used correctly as T. If he’s going to be a lurker then astralis need better space makers or entry fraggers. If they can’t get rid of Xyp or farlig then someone needs to stop trying to lurk.

2022-06-12 10:47

Also I find it frustrating watching k0nfig who is a great entry fragger, dying alone with no trade. It’s like his sole job is to find a frag to make space but with nobody there to trade him he’s wasted if he dies and it’s round over.

2022-06-12 10:54

Thats the life of the Lone Ranger.

2022-06-12 12:45

ez4godF

RobbedF UndeservedF BaitF

2022-06-12 18:16

Imagine giving a MVP for A Tier event

2022-06-12 19:40