compLexity send Dragons packing

29-11-2013 23:15

compLexity have just upset Astana Dragons as they won the nerve-wrecking battle for the semi-finals 2-1 (9-16 de_nuke, 16-7 de_dust2, 16-12 de_inferno).

The quarter-final between Astana Dragons and compLexity started off on de_nuke once again with the CIS team being first on the less favorable side.

That did not seem to scare Yegor "markeloff" Markelov's team, as they rocketed to a 3-0 lead thanks to the pistol round and Markelov's save of a scary P250 buy from compLexity in the second round.

After an exchange outside, Astana tried to boost on top of cat, which was dealt with by compLexity, who picked their opponents off one by one and in the following round, AD tried to do exactly the same thing, which was why Braxton "swag" Pierce managed to read out the play and get two easy frags from behind.

The CIS team was starting to lose one duel after another and with an exchange of rounds after a few of them won by the Americans, the score was sitting at 6-4 for compLexity.

Hiko was the main factor behind numerous rounds throughout the match

Two three-versus-three situations were dealt with by the Ukrainian-Russian-Kazakh team and with another pick-off round and two anti-ecos, Astana Dragons took a lead 8-6.

The final round of the first half was almost going in the way of compLexity, but then Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev managed to take four quick kills in main to turn the round around for a comfortable 9-6 lead.

A vent rush through squeaky door in the second pistol round tied the score up at 9-9, but that was just about all the American-Canadian team managed to take to their side, as Kystaubayev and Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov combining for three actions, which eventually resulted in a won map at 16-9.

Switching over to de_dust2, a good defense on mid by compLexity, who were starting as Counter-Terrorists once again, gave the pistol round over to the Americans and essentially two more afterwards for free.

Two pick-offs in the beginning of round number four ensured a 4-0 scoreline, although that was until Astana Dragons started to pick the game up and racked up five rounds in a row thanks to slow strategies, trying to go for picks at one place and eventually going to the other bombsite.

An exchange of players resulted to a one-versus-one situation of Kory "semphis" Friesen, who managed to kill Stolyarov from behind for a 5-5 scoreline. The following two rounds were split between the teams, while the rest was going compLexity's way as Sean "sgares" Sgares and Martin "hiko" Spencer each have an amazing four-kill round in the remaining three.

n0thing made a lot of quick three-kill actions

The A site was left alone for Astana when they tried pushing both lower and upper tunnels in the second pistol round, although compLexity decided to smoke them off and take the A bombsite without killing anyone.

That helped Spencer take another great round to the hands of his team and with two following anti-ecos, the American-Canadian team was looking at a 12-6 lead before the teams split two rounds again thanks to a wonderous P250 buy on Astana's side.

Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert saved a difficult situation when both Markelov and Emil "kucher" Akhundov were holding AWPs on each site, which got compLexity eight match points.

They only needed one though, as the following round was a complete desperation buy coming from Markelov and company, which did not work out and the match went to the third map after a 16-7 scoreline.

de_inferno was the third and final map. A push to the B bombsite was met with a strong defense, from which Astana Dragons took advantage to take an early lead to 3-0 despite Friesen going crazy on a P250 eco.

compLexity kept having problems with getting into the bombsites, although at 5-0, they finally had their first break into the game with two A bombsite attacks in a row, reducing their opponent's lead to three rounds.

That lead was slowly reducing every second round as a few unexpected situations were dealt with by Gilbert. Astana then tried to play agressive on banana, which backfired at them as both of the players holding it died instantly after coL's attack.

ANGE1 & co have to settle for a 5th-8th finish at the biggest tournament of the year

Thanks to a three man save in that round, Astana were able to buy again, although that was not enough because of a molotov thrown near the boxes on the B bombsite, which killed Stolyarov and allowed the Americans to get into the site and tie the game at 6-6.

compLexity continued to play very well together, they managed to win all three remaining rounds, using the molotov again in an A attack that time. With Gilbert's triple kill at 8-6 and a won one-versus-one clutch, coL went to the other side with a 9-6 lead.

Even though Friesen was put into a good position at A, boosted in the corner of the site, he was not able to turn the second pistol round around for his team.

The game was tied up again even after a scary eco by the American number one, but they retook the lead the round afterwards after an afterplant two-versus-two retake.

compLexity will meet fnatic in the second semi-final tomorrow

Friesen's triple in an unlikely four-versus-four over at the B bombsite helped compLexity get onto a three round lead, followed by yet another one because of an eco Astana Dragons were on.

An early kill on the CIS team in the beginning of the round was almost the last nail into their coffin, as they were not able to hold yet another two-versus-two with the bomb down.

Stolyarov saved the day for AD once, as he won a one-versus-one on the A bombsite, forcing an eco on compLexity's side, making it 14-12. That time Braxton "swag" Pierce stepped up to win an unlikely one-versus-two on the B bombsite.

-push B from compLexity was met with a strong defense, 2-0

-semphis going crazy 4 kills in eco P250 + m4a4

- 4-0, col having problems getting into the bombsite

- 5-0, col finally getting into B and then to A twice in a row, 5-2

- even though col got to the bombsite, couldnt win a 3v2, 6-2

- 3v2 on B was taken care of by n0thing, 6-3, ad eco, 6-4

- an agressive banan a play backfired at AD, 6-5, three man save

- a molotov helps col tie it all up 6-6

- col playing together well as they were using the molotov again to take a lead 7-6

- n0thing with a triple kill 8-6, saving col a round again in a 1v1 to take a comfortable 9-6

- semphis wasnt able to turn the round around from the boost inside A, astana tie it all up despite a scary eco by coL

- coL retaking the lead after retaking A site afterplant 2v2

- semphis with a triple in an unlikely four-vs-four retake on B bombsite alongside another round 12-9, 13-9 eco

- an early kill on AD was the of last nails to the coffin, as they weren_t able to hold another 2v2, 14-9

- AD taking the rouns to last seconds , this time works out

- Dosia saves the day for AD as he won a 1v1, 14-11, forcing an eco on coL side, a scary one, nothing though, 14-12

- a B push ends up in yet anohter 2v2, swag wins 1v2 in the end in a nerve breaking battle

- the final round saw n0thing reeading out the game, picking a triple kill in the end, making it 16-12

The final round saw Gilbert read the game perfectly, as he knew about the plans of AD and got another triple kill near the mid area, making the final score 16-12 and getting at least an extra $12,000 for the top four finish.

DreamHack Winter 2013Best of 3

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Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Hiko	68 - 49	+19	-	-	1.30
Kory 'SEMPHIS' Friesen SEMPHIS	62 - 48	+14	-	-	1.23
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert n0thing	55 - 50	+5	-	-	1.03
Braxton 'swag' Pierce swag	55 - 49	+6	-	-	1.03
Sean 'seang@res' Gares seang@res	35 - 54	-19	-	-	0.70

Astana Dragons	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Dosia	53 - 49	+4	-	-	1.02
Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev AdreN	56 - 57	-1	-	-	1.00
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov markeloff	50 - 49	+1	-	-	0.95
Kyrylo 'ANGE1' Karasiow ANGE1	48 - 58	-10	-	-	0.92
Emil 'kUcheR' Akhundov kUcheR	43 - 62	-19	-	-	0.72

compLexity will meet fnatic in the second semi-final tomorrow at 18:00 , right after the first semi-final match between NiP and VeryGames.

dragons are saving strats for 64 tick matchmaking

2013-11-29 23:15

16 replies

2013-11-29 23:17

lol

2013-11-29 23:18

That's what the first comment should be like... Not the retarded "n111" and "ok" crap.

2013-11-29 23:46

1 reply

agree, they're pathetic especially the ones who edit afterwards

2013-11-30 12:59

Actually, markeloff is the most overrated played in the history of CS. AD is not strong.

2013-11-29 23:54

9 replies

lol he so rated in cs:go, cause he was a top1-3 player in 1.6 during more than 3 years in a raw. but I am agreed about that he is not so good in cs:go as many people think.

2013-11-30 00:00

6 replies

actually he can be very good with awp , but inconsistent

2013-11-30 00:11

haha i wish i could be more than 3 years in a raw

2013-11-30 01:59

2 replies

in a row* very funny

2013-11-30 08:31

LELZ

2013-11-30 09:29

he was not a top 3 player for more than three years. he was top 3 for less than two years (from IEM 2010 until late 2011).

2013-11-30 07:58

2 years - 100% hltv.org/news/6001-top-20-players-of-201.. hltv.org/news/8048-top-20-players-of-201.. and he played in 1.6 in 2012 (Na`Vi were in ALL tournaments finals, 7 tournaments = 7 finals) may be he wasn't a top 1-3 in 2012,but at least a top 10 player in the world

2013-11-30 08:36

markeloff is overrated in CS:GO because of 1.6 1.6 he was a beast without a doubt, and in CS:GO... not so much.

2013-11-30 00:14

You never watched a CS 1.6 match.

2013-11-30 05:16

i died

2013-11-30 00:26

+1000 You win the Internet dude!

2013-11-30 04:50

strats saving obviously

2013-11-29 23:16

So coL me maybe

=D=D=D

2013-11-29 23:20

nice!

YES!

obligatory youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M

4 replies

2013-11-29 23:41

hehe +1

2013-11-29 23:45

2013-11-30 09:32

2013-11-30 10:00

AD too uneven. wp coL tho :)

purpose lose obv

Astana so inconsistent ..

Amazing series. Well played col and especially Hiko !

'MURICA FUCK YEAH

coL POWA!MURICA POWA!

wuut?

Kucher was too good dayum

2013-11-29 23:19

semphis played insanely well

Amazing :D

BACK TO BACK WORLD WAR CHAMPS

niceeeee

gj kicking Edward

Good job!

Stats pls!

2013-11-29 23:22

Will be nice to see fnatic send muricans home.

2013-11-29 23:23

youtube.com/watch?v=MGQaH3-LK54 FUCK YEAAHHHH

2013-11-29 23:24

open.spotify.com/track/78F4W3PVRYD9YM1QH..

ffs ban this guys

gj coL, Astana sucks

2013-11-29 23:25

Nice!

2013-11-29 23:29

makes me happy, that ad has so many haters, FEAR

2013-11-29 23:30

disband noobs

2013-11-29 23:31

I kept trying to ask markeloff in his stream if he fears any american teams, he put it off like it was n0thing..(c what i did)

like thorin said AD top 3 lol

2013-11-29 23:32

They were before Dreamhack Winter ;)

2013-11-29 23:33

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let me guess, AD wasn't play the way they should of??? just like vg??? man for biggest tourny for CS ever teams just aren't prepared huh..if thats the excuse everybody gives em that is..

2013-11-29 23:36

engrish

ogrish

2013-11-30 05:12

Did i say that? I've just said AD was the third best Team in CS GO before DHW, shortly behind NiP and VG. That's what Thorin said as well. coL deserved the win today against AD and i really hope that coL will win against fnatic as well.

2013-11-29 23:55

and they still are, a bo3 doesnt make a team go from top 3 to top 10 and a team from top 10 to top 3. Remember that.

2013-11-30 05:13

AD has last chance to kick Dosia and bring in CEH9 to be top1

peiper 100 : 0 murica

STATSSSSSSSSSSSSS

2013-11-29 23:34

Really happy for coL and US scene. Great series!

2013-11-29 23:37

no edward no party look at kucher stats disgusting serves them right tbh

AdreN u are f**** piece of shit go back 2borats plz, u destroyed my favorite team for what? top8? fu** off

2013-11-29 23:42

You realise adreN fragged more than half the team you idiot, be more mad lmao.

2013-11-29 23:48

wwwwwat? I dont care about adreN stats dude, what are u talking about? ohhh god, he destroyed my favorite team and created "this" shit what do u expect from me, my australian friend?

2013-11-30 00:22

haha what a clueless kid you are :D no idea about the game

2013-11-30 00:52

You probably think his talking about the stats and not the fact they removed edward last week. Now with 8th place they are left to disband, if they got 8th with edward they would be justified in moving forward but now they can just wonder what could have been.

2013-11-30 01:06

i dont know why would he be flaming adren for edwards departure? i dont think they will disband

2013-11-30 01:13

hiko rating 1.30 inzzzzzzzzzeyn

2013-11-29 23:47

look at those HS from coL

oh shet hiko h4x

byebye AD lol

Nice to see US team doing well.

2013-11-29 23:53

WADAP NAU DRÄGÖNS?

+1 ^

2013-11-30 00:01

needs more edward

2013-11-30 00:04

Edward > AD

2013-11-30 00:08

fail

2013-11-30 00:10

Kucher 43-62 - GJ picking him and cutting Edward. He did great for you guys online the past couple weeks, but Failed on LAN in the biggest tourney in all CS history. Serves you guys right for doing Edward DIRTTYYYYY

2013-11-30 00:16

you do realize that everyone can have a bad lan (also edward) and that aim isnt everything? obviously not, start using brains pls

2013-11-30 00:54

Emil 'kucher' Akhundov 43-62 -19 But at least they have better team play now without Edward...oh wait.

2013-11-30 00:18

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but kucher can smoke more weed and drink more beer. it was worth it

Sad for them..in my opinion AD will never reach top3 again with this lineup. Na'Vi Zeus starix markeloff Edward Ange1 AD Dosia Fox GuardiaN seized +1

2013-11-30 00:34

sick

2013-11-30 05:17

markeloff need to play with AWP immediately the team need it. Dosia is insane always making frags. It seems to me that they need to cut Adren. and obviously kucher was not the best choice. by the way Gz for COL. they have a real chance to reach the final!

2013-11-30 00:29

you can't cut adren, he's the guy who is close to sponsor

2013-11-30 00:41

also i doubt he deserves to get cut.

2013-11-30 00:56

pretty dumb of AD to not unleash the unstoppable 5-awp strat

USA USA USA!

2013-11-30 00:33

The table with the scores showes the true story. Kucher is not on par. He did not play bad, he is just not on the par with the competition. For sgares its ok to have that kind of stats, he is the caller. AD were simply outgunned, exactly what has happened to them against VG and NIP on their losses. Congrats to complexity, they played very well and deserved the win, but it was AD's game to lose, not the American's to win.

2013-11-30 00:35

2013-11-30 00:43

HIKO!!!!!!! What a great game!!!!!!

2013-11-30 00:48

AD must be missing Edward right now, given how badly kucher performed :(

2013-11-30 00:51

It wasn't their lucky day. I really hope AD keeps on going. I really like this line up and I'm pretty sure they all are able of being one of the best team out there. Cheers!

Probably because of "Edward" out of team... still they wasnt favourites for me!

2013-11-30 01:00

-Edward +kucher was one of the worst moves on the history of cs

2013-11-30 01:07

Well played col. AD looking like they shouldn't have cut Edward

2013-11-30 02:47

thats wht astana rats get for kickin edwardw0w

2013-11-30 02:52

Sgares is dragging coL down...

2013-11-30 02:54

sgares could do better, but he is definitely not dragging coL down. he pulled through when it was needed and is their strat caller, and the reason that coL was able to take down the euros using different strats.

2013-11-30 03:36

Don't get me wrong, I know that sgares is a good player, but come on... he is on the very very bottom of the scoreboard for quite long.

2013-11-30 04:33

yeah that is true. If he stepped up all the time he could make a large effect on coL's performance. But honestly I think the key for coL to keep winning after the quarters here is for everyone to have their peak play at the same time - like semphis, n0thing, swag, hiko, sean were all having their peaks at different times which is great, but to win consistently they all need to do great at the same time.

2013-11-30 07:03

AMERICA

2013-11-30 02:57

gogo coL :D

2013-11-30 02:59

is there a VOD out yet to watch the replays?

2013-11-30 03:06

youtube.com/watch?v=MGQaH3-LK54

2013-11-30 03:10

Astana saving strats

2013-11-30 03:20

AD doing their best to avoid fnatic. Now coL have to face Fnatic. Haha coL. You just got played!

2013-11-30 03:41

rofl

2013-11-30 04:08

hdwallpaperspot.com/wp-content/uploads/2..

2013-11-30 03:43

AD saving strats for DHW...... wait what?

2013-11-30 04:29

Fucking ANGEL destroyed two decent CIS teams and created shitty dragons, disband pls

2013-11-30 04:30

fail of the year///

2013-11-30 04:31

So col with a week bootcamp sent home a team who lives together and gets paid to play this fucking game. RIP in peace Russians/Ukrainians.

2013-11-30 04:57

2013-11-30 05:25

coL are going to make a big upset for all. They are going to win DHW.

2013-11-30 05:18

youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M

2013-11-30 05:57

predicted this

2013-11-30 05:58

So, in case there are some people who didn't follow the scene or what happened with AD, here's your formula of success™ by a typical CIS-minded team like AD: 1. Boldly steal good players from decent teams to create your so-called "DREAM TEAM". 2. Kick one of the top fraggers (in a game where all you need is run and gun©) out of the team just days before the biggest tournament in history of the game in terms of prize money and substitute him by a mediocre friend of yours for the chemistry purposes (I guess, the word "chemistry" is used in its primary meaning here, btw). 3. Throw a match to dodge a favorite which you have already beaten in the past and take your chances against the squad you have never played before. 4. Struggle against the Americans... (seriously, wtf). 5. GO HOME AND DISBAND (or kick/add players if/when there will be more $250k tournaments from VALVe). 6. GOTO 1 Here you have it, guys. That's how we do it in our Soviet Russia! P.S.: Good job, CompLexity. You deserved this victory.

2013-11-30 06:15

Not sure if fake flag or something but the first post I can agree with russian guy

2013-11-30 06:52

Not fake at all. Just fucking sad.

2013-11-30 07:00

I totally agree you. It was sad to see so many teams break. NaVi, Golden Five, original Virtus Pro who won NiP... all tryed to be superstars and now they just suck. So sad.

2013-11-30 20:00

your #4 annoys me. Dont say struggle against the americans(seriously wtf)....those americans already beat VG, and VG are MUCH better than AD...

2013-11-30 10:50

Didn't mean to sound offensive or anything. As I said in the P.S., coL really deserved to win. But just from a purpose standpoint of creating the AD team to achieve nothing less than a top-1 of the world with all their preparations (living together in a gaming house, playing 24-7, bootcamping, etc) seems really shameful to me. Nothing to take away from the Americans, once again - I hope they do well in the coming matches and wish them good luck against the titans.

2013-11-30 11:42

That HS % of top 4 fragger. Americans really got big confident in this event. Hope to se USA vs VG in finals ;) And of course, VG will still win :P

2013-11-30 06:36

Really glad to see coL playing well. I'm hoping to see NiP and coL in the finals for some good games!

2013-11-30 07:07

Dosia is beast! gratz CoL

2013-11-30 08:37

Seriously, first off big congrats to col, it was a simple may the best win methode as in every sports match and they did in this case and on this day, point. And in terms of astana i can only shake my head again what some guys here talking about. do you have a small fart of knowledge how strong a team like AD really is? It's not always about messing everything team-wise up after one, two or even ten big defeats on lan. if a team has chemistry and such a high level potential as ad has right now, had with or without edward, with or without anybody of this russain sector on this level, you can't talk them down as they would be a few noobish tards and ofc they should stick together. ad is also not inconsistent, they played a pretty strong tournament against the world's best teams and the highest tournament skill level of the year and this result is just a breath of reality how things can run in such a big tournament, but please stop questioning those high skilled teams only cause they do not fill your expectations fully in every tournament. if you are fans than support your teams and stop whining every big defeat into the ground.

2013-11-30 08:59

you're right but still, people expect more from a team that destroyed two best CIS squads. And so do I :/ /gl coL, gl NiP, shoxy takes it.

2013-11-30 10:55

just disbang already ffs. pathetic team of backstabbers and failures.

2013-11-30 11:56

omg col team hs rate

2013-11-30 12:42

this is Karma for AD,very wrong. You can't kick a player before Dreamhack when he contribute to team qualifications. Was my favourite team, but has not the scence of honor. Glad they lost! Deserved it! Worst change in the history of CS, kick Edward bring kucher, like when mTw kicked Sunde If you want to win a tournament bring Guardian instead of kucher. Can't win something at this level only my friendship. angel-kucher Nice Game coL!

2013-11-30 14:04