fnatic through after Wolves victory

6-4-2013 17:49

fnatic have progressed to the quarter-finals of Mad Catz Birmingham following a 16-8 victory over Western Wolves on de_train_se.

After two disappointing results earlier in the day against fm-eSports TOXiC and Reason Gaming, fnatic knew they had to at least secure a draw against Western Wolves in their final group match to seal passage into the quarter-finals.

It looked like an herculean task, though, as they were about to face one of the most in-form sides of the moment, fresh off a second-place finish at Copenhagen Games.

It was Wolves who came out the brighter in the first half, taking the pistol round despite the fact that they were playing on the Terrorist side. After winning the next two anti-eco rounds, Wolves were simply outplayed by fnatic in almost every gun round, with Andreas "MODDII" Fridh's side going into the break up 10-5.

fnatic through despite rough start

Wolves knew they had to win the pistol round in the second half to be able to turn the score around, and they managed to deliver, but then fnatic showed once more their superior gun work and won the third round. From then on, it was cruise control for fnatic, who would go on to win the map 16-8.

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Western Wolves

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fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	24 - 12	+12	-	-	1.44
Michael 'Friis' Jørgensen Friis	20 - 12	+8	-	-	1.27
Martin 'trace' Heldt trace	21 - 14	+7	-	-	1.26
Lasse 'stingeR' Midtstue stingeR	15 - 14	+1	-	-	0.96
Andreas 'MODDII' Fridh MODDII	13 - 13	0	-	-	0.87

Western Wolves	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Nicolaj 'Nico' Jensen Nico	19 - 17	+2	-	-	1.04
Nichlas 'Nille' Busk Nille	16 - 17	-1	-	-	0.94
Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche Pimp	13 - 19	-6	-	-	0.74
Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen MSL	11 - 20	-9	-	-	0.59
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	6 - 20	-14	-	-	0.42

Despite the victory, fnatic will go through as the third-placed side from Group B, meaning that they will lock horns with Anexis on Sunday morning.

O_O WAT?

2013-04-06 17:49

wolves top 2 world? dont think so

12 replies

TOP1 NIP TOP2 VP TOP3 WW its fact..

2013-04-06 17:54

yes WW stil top2 you hatter.

2013-04-06 17:56

3 replies

xD? virtus is so much better:P

2013-04-06 18:22

VP is way ahead, I'd say WW can win one bo3 out of 3 or 4 against VP

2013-04-06 19:32

VP,fnatic > WW NIP VP FNATIC VG

2013-04-06 21:07

the match didnt matter for wolves

2013-04-06 18:07

1 reply

2013-04-06 18:12

They might have (probably) been saving some tactics, because they were already secured that #1 spot in their group.

2013-04-06 18:35

2 replies

i was not aware of this at the moment, match useless for ww

2013-04-06 19:01

This might be a possibility but I don't think so, saving tactics isn't going to win you another 8 rounds, and If WW had the chance to kick Fnatic out of the tournament they would've done so.

2013-04-06 19:18

i dont understard anymore, WW lose one game and u think that they dont deserve top3? Yoshiru_iba to you.

2013-04-06 21:41

not only one game, but one map, the same amount of map that made ww "better" than virtus pro, even tough virtus pro beat ww on bo3 in normal day hours when all teams fresh and not in 2 am when all are dead tired, and virtus guys travel from far, ww from denmark now this is yoshirou_iba for you! providing argument and logic on high level. edit: i made a statement and most people are oblivious as to what im refering/hinting towards.

2013-04-07 00:24

gl vs anexis

woaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

2013-04-06 17:51

I'd say they lost on purpose to help fellow Danes. Didn't watch the match so not really sure :p

2013-04-06 17:52

7 replies

fmtoxic are also fellow danes dude, and those 3 have ties to the ones in WW, unlike fnatic xD

2013-04-06 19:36

6 replies

WW ended up second, so I dont see your point? :p

2013-04-06 20:15

5 replies

you said perhaps WW wanted fnatic to go through because there were danes in there, but the other team that would have gone through if they won was mostly danes aswell, so no logic assumption ^^

2013-04-07 01:49

4 replies

3 danish teams went through, 2 UK teams are out.. or am I not really getting your point? :P

2013-04-07 10:33

Thouhht it was a group of 4 of which 2 went on, did I not see the rules properly? Fk toxic went out while fnatic and we went on right?

2013-04-07 13:47

Groups of 5 and the first 3 got in the bracket, so WW, fnatic and FMtoxic

2013-04-07 15:56

Ah yeah, then danish teamwork is possible ;) sorry I thought it was a 2 from each group trough format :p

2013-04-07 16:09

how so

2013-04-06 17:53

cArn <3

2013-04-06 17:55

I guess cArn covered their mistakes.

1/ VG 2/ NiP 3/ ESC

2013-04-06 17:58

fanboy

2013-04-06 18:05

Wolves were already through as #1 in group, probably saving tactics.

2013-04-06 17:59

yea ofc they lose because saving tactics

2013-04-06 18:04

Except in this case, it actually makes sense. WW had nothing to play for, fnatic had everything.

2013-04-06 18:15

makes perfect sense

2013-04-06 18:27

gj fnatic

2013-04-06 18:00

gj fnatic!

2013-04-06 18:02

Nice fnatic! :)))

finally fnatic kick some asses

I saw the game, it looks like they lost on purpose.

2013-04-06 18:44

stfu. They were saving tactics, they had nothing to play for :)

2013-04-06 19:00

LOL danish teams are always "saving tactics" when it comes to easy bracket or their fellow teams.

2013-04-06 19:17

THEY HAD NOTHING TO PLAY FOR! What's the point showing your tactics in a game, where you have nothing to play for? The smartest thing to do, is to save the tactics and setups for playoffs?

2013-04-06 19:22

Moar rage!

2013-04-06 19:53

no rage :)

2013-04-07 00:50

AHAHA

2013-04-06 20:39

Conspiracy theories is that way -->

2013-04-06 19:24

Awesome fnatic, looking strong!

2013-04-06 18:46

fnatic have been playing shit..

2013-04-06 19:23

Well, only read this post. They managed to draw with Reason-Gaming, who suck terribly. So yeah, not impressive play at all.

And lost to fm.toxic :)

Well... Improving :D

loss on purpose

2013-04-06 20:08

Xyp9x is the best!!! Xyp9x get_right f0rest scream kennyS

2013-04-06 20:32

He's random! sry, sry for insultes

2013-04-06 21:47

csgo is random it's like the end of 1.6 aim & recoil (shoot technique) > movement before 2011: movement > aim & recoil (shoot technique) have fun

2013-04-07 11:20

newbie

2013-04-08 14:35

hope fnatic will improve tomorrow and show their best game

2013-04-06 20:33

Why the f**k is MODDII calling the strats? -_-

2013-04-06 21:38

yeah :D

2013-04-06 21:51

agreed

2013-04-07 00:28

because he is the most experienced guy in the squad..

2013-04-07 05:32

hum?

2013-04-07 10:37

lol this is bo1 , a single lucky win for fnnatic and people think that they are better haha, come to earth pls WW is better for sure and they already proved it

2013-04-06 23:39