First round of matches finished

23-2-2013 12:00

After a usual delay, the first round of matches of group A and B is finally over with the favourites from each group getting three points.

Day one at Mad Catz CS:GO Invitational has already begun, and, as usual, the first matches were delayed due to computer problems.

VeryGames were the first team to finish off with their match as they went on to beat logiX 16-3 not having any problems in the process.

The Germans seem to have changed a player only two days prior to the tournament, with Florian "syrsoN" Rische leaving the roster due to "no desire to put more time into Counter-Strike". DotpiXels player David "DavoN" Maislinger is playing as a stand-in for the team.

Mad Catz ViennaBest of 1

VeryGames

Matchpage

23rd February 2013

logiX

Inferno_se

VeryGames	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux SmithZz	21 - 8	+13	-	-	1.79
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub kennyS	20 - 6	+14	-	-	1.74
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt NBK-	22 - 11	+11	-	-	1.74
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans Ex6TenZ	15 - 6	+9	-	-	1.43
Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom ScreaM	9 - 6	+3	-	-	1.05

logiX	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Robin 'r0b' Barth r0b	9 - 18	-9	-	-	0.62
Niclas 'enkay J' Krumhorn enkay J	7 - 17	-10	-	-	0.52
Alexander 'dynrmight' Stöhr dynrmight	8 - 18	-10	-	-	0.46
David 'DavoN' Maislinger DavoN	7 - 16	-9	-	-	0.42
Yannick 'yannick' Metzger yannick	6 - 18	-12	-	-	0.34

Anexis followed VeryGames with three points in group B after playing against ALTERNATE in what seemed to be an either-way match up until the last four rounds.

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Anexis

Matchpage

23rd February 2013

ALTERNATE aTTaX

Inferno_se

Anexis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	26 - 16	+10	-	-	1.54
Nichlas 'Nille' Busk Nille	25 - 21	+4	-	-	1.26
Nicolaj 'Nico' Jensen Nico	16 - 16	0	-	-	0.89
Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche Pimp	13 - 19	-6	-	-	0.77
Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen MSL	15 - 21	-6	-	-	0.76

ALTERNATE aTTaX	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Felix 'fel1x' Zech fel1x	20 - 18	+2	-	-	1.20
Manuel 'mnL' Oberlein mnL	23 - 19	+4	-	-	1.18
Manuel 'SolEk' Zeindler SolEk	16 - 20	-4	-	-	0.92
Kevin 'kRYSTAL' Amend kRYSTAL	18 - 20	-2	-	-	0.87
Christian 'Rak' Hermenau-Puhlvers Rak	16 - 19	-3	-	-	0.78

The Germans continued to disappoint in their matches as Imaginary turned their battle against TCM-Gaming around after losing 6-9 as Terrorists before the teams swapped roles.

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Imaginary

Matchpage

23rd February 2013

TCM-Gaming

Dust2_se

Imaginary	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Richard 'shox' Papillon shox	33 - 17	+16	-	-	1.68
Michel 'mshz' Nguyen mshz	22 - 15	+7	-	-	1.14
Kevin 'Uzzziii' Vernel Uzzziii	19 - 19	0	-	-	0.93
Steeve 'Ozstrik3r' Flavigni Ozstrik3r	13 - 17	-4	-	-	0.87
Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli MAJ3R	15 - 23	-8	-	-	0.76

TCM-Gaming	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Anil 'cLy' Gülec cLy	29 - 17	+12	-	-	1.43
Dimitrios 'stavros' Smoilis stavros	26 - 23	+3	-	-	1.19
Florian 'fl0w' Sos fl0w	13 - 20	-7	-	-	0.72
Robert 'TORNADOTONI' Radosevic TORNADOTONI	12 - 21	-9	-	-	0.60
Hendrik 'strux1' Goetzendorff strux1	10 - 21	-11	-	-	0.52

Nostalgie had to wait over an hour for their match against NiP to begin due to problems with Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund's computer. The spare time seemed to have helped the Russians in the beginning of the game, but the Swedes caught up after being down 7-2 to finish off the match 16-8 in their favor.

Mad Catz ViennaBest of 1

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Matchpage

23rd February 2013

Nostalgie

Dust2_se

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Richard 'Xizt' Landström Xizt	24 - 12	+12	-	-	1.58
Robin 'Fifflaren' Johansson Fifflaren	19 - 9	+10	-	-	1.33
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg f0rest	20 - 16	+4	-	-	1.16
Adam 'friberg' Friberg friberg	14 - 14	0	-	-	0.97
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund GeT_RiGhT	17 - 16	+1	-	-	0.94

Nostalgie	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Dosia	17 - 21	-4	-	-	0.96
Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov hooch	13 - 16	-3	-	-	0.92
Aleksei 'OverDrive' Birukov OverDrive	15 - 18	-3	-	-	0.85
Kyrylo 'ANGE1' Karasiow ANGE1	12 - 19	-7	-	-	0.66
Eduard 'ed1k' Ivanov ed1k	10 - 20	-10	-	-	0.56

expected btw. are they playing on alienware x51 pc's and how much fps they provide?

2013-02-23 12:03

1 reply

Constant 500-600 fps

2013-02-23 21:23

as we expected :D

good matches

Doesnt matter if you don't like Richard. I like him as a commentator and he does a great job compared to the others we have.

2013-02-23 12:04

10 replies

If you would understand Russian, you would say that sL4M & tafa > all other commentators, that's 4 sure. But yeah, overall Richard doing good.

2013-02-23 12:27

9 replies

Somehow doubt that.

2013-02-23 12:35

5 replies

That's because you don't understand Russian. :D

2013-02-23 12:40

4 replies

I just dont see a better commentator than Joe Miller :D. But dno. Cant understand shit of russian. Vodka, niet and da is pretty much the only words i know :D

2013-02-23 12:46

3 replies

Joe Miller is streaming CS:GO? I though no. But yeah, Joe is really good and can be compared to tafa with sL4M :P haha you know main Russian words that you should know in Russia, haha. You want Vodka? Net or Da. haha :D

2013-02-23 12:50

:D:D But ye, Joe actually stream a couple of days ago @ EMS RaidCall Cup or whatever its called. He casted along with Redeye actually.

2013-02-23 13:05

Paul Chaloner <3

2013-02-23 14:35

agree, while wathich theirs streams acquire a lot of useful and interesting info, also they show all important aspects of gaming, so it is easy to understand, unlike others watching and just looking for score.

2013-02-23 13:02

2 replies

Exactly, that's what I'm trying to say. They are just different than others casters.

2013-02-23 13:15