VeryGames survive ALTERNATE scare

23-2-2013 13:00

The first palpable upset has happened here, at Mad Catz, as VeryGames had to work hard to get a 15-15 draw against ALTERNATE in their second group match.

After easing past logiX 16-3 in their first match in Vienna, VeryGames were tested by the other German team in the group, ALTERNATE, who had lost to Anexis 16-12 earlier on in a keenly-contested game.

The French team got off to a great start on de_dust2_se, on which they started out on the Terrorist side, but towards the middle of the first half, they took their foot back off the gas, allowing ALTERNATE to recover and get seven rounds.

ScreaM's new team looked off the pace

The second half picked up where the first one had left off, with neither side being able to stamp their authority on the game, but ALTERNATE eventually managed to take the score to 15-14. With their economy in the shambles, VeryGames made one last effort in the final round, and it paid off, as parity was restored.

Mad Catz ViennaBest of 1

VeryGames

Matchpage

23rd February 2013

ALTERNATE aTTaX

Dust2_se

Elsewhere, Ninjas in Pyjamas have one foot in the Mad Catz play-offs after defeating TCM-Gaming 16-5 on de_inferno_se, which allowed them to rack up three more points after beating Nolstagie earlier in the day.

Mad Catz ViennaBest of 1

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Matchpage

23rd February 2013

TCM-Gaming

Inferno_se

Russian/Ukrainian mix team Nostalgie also caused a major upset by defeating Imaginary Gaming 16-10 on de_mirage_csgo, taking the race for a spot in the next stage down to the final round of the matches.

Mad Catz ViennaBest of 1

Nostalgie

Matchpage

23rd February 2013

Imaginary

Mirage_ce

In the other Group B contest, Anexis moved past logiX 16-12 to cement their place at the top of the table, but they will have to at least hold VeryGames to a draw if they want to secure an automatic berth in the playoffs.

Mad Catz ViennaBest of 1

Anexis

Matchpage

23rd February 2013

logiX

Dust2_se

Wouldn't call it an upset, but it was a good game to watch.

2013-02-23 13:01

15 replies

It would totally be an upset if ALTERNATE would have won^^ (Especially if you look at the recent haters saying ALTERNATE is in weak form...)

2013-02-23 13:03

8 replies

And they are still weak

2013-02-23 13:30

7 replies

looks like we found an ALTERNATE hater...

2013-02-23 13:39

6 replies

Nope but they are weak despite you defend them in every single thread of them. Oh we found a...fanboy?

2013-02-23 13:53

wp from alternate bro hahaha

2013-02-23 17:01

4 replies

haha yeah, that match vs. logiX wasn't good^^

2013-02-23 17:02

3 replies

told you they are weak :P

2013-02-23 17:52

2 replies

ok you won...xD But still I think they would have better chances than logiX in the next matches. I think they are better when playing the best they can than logiX ;)

2013-02-23 18:04

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Yay...they are better than logiX but i don' t know...everything can happen...they are not as strong even half than they were at css.

2013-02-23 18:49

dont worry alternate got lucky ;)

2013-02-23 13:04

actually it was vg who got lucky to still manage to get a draw.

2013-02-23 13:13

talking about whole match not just last few rounds,but alternate played really good im not a fan or hater dont worry ;)

2013-02-23 13:17

It already looked like CPH2012, I think they also lost the first and drew the 2nd match and then won everything^^

2013-02-23 13:40

+1 nice eyes :) i agree :D

2013-02-23 13:41

-1

2013-02-23 16:43

best game atm !

2013-02-23 13:02

ALTERNATE very strong! Well played and deserved a win but gg to NBK for the double p250 in the last round ;)

O_o nice one ALTERNATE

alternate got so unlucky

sick sick sick match

Alternate was better than VG this game, too bad they didnt won.

great start to the tournament :D:D

weird lead from ex6 IMO with this match

2013-02-23 13:05

ScreaM-dA-k1ng hahhaha

2013-02-23 13:06

He played very well ...

2013-02-23 13:07

ofc :D

2013-02-23 13:08

vg low

nice game ;]

ex6tenz not good

verygames played so bad,and alternate played rly good in the first half

They both played as good or as bad ;). Don't understand how vg managed to get the draw in the Last round. Ty nbk

2013-02-23 13:09

yeah, but they dont look so strong as im use to see them

2013-02-23 13:31

True

2013-02-23 14:42

Ex6 needs to fix his calls.. alternate played so well too :)

all players were playing "ok", but +1 with ex6 calls, somes were just ... wrong.

2013-02-23 13:11

nice ... vg going down more and more

Last esh event they lost against 3dmax then they finished 2nd

they was better last year

no,just everyone else was less prepared and trained...expect this kind of things to happen to nip too...other teams catching up

2013-02-23 14:45

VG didnt take this match seriously,they didnt want to use new tactics so they ended up 15 15. Lets be they could won this easy. But nice suprise by team ALTERNATE gj guys.

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Made stats? So igl ex6 is useless? NiP doesnt need , Xizt is there