Titan knock Vox out of ESL One

14-8-2014 20:36

Titan have knocked Vox Eminor out of ESL One Cologne 2014 after a dominant 16-1 (14-1, 2-0) win on de_nuke.

Titan won the defensive pistol round on de_nuke - arguably their best map - and instantly got on a roll. Edouard "⁠SmithZz⁠" Dubourdeaux got three kills against a saving Vox team on round two.

The Australians killed all of Titan on round three, but lost the round, and were then shut down by Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub and Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt scoring doubles on the following round.

Two next rounds saw Titan dominate the terrorists in the upper site, extending their lead to 6-0. Next round was a breeeze, and a triple by kennyS right after made it 8-0.

kennyS was dominant in Titan's win

A pair of entries by kennyS got Titan to nïne, but two kills by both Aaron "⁠AZR⁠" Ward and Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill finally got Vox Eminor on the board at 1-9.

Titan broke Vox's money to make it 10-1, and kennyS started a multi-kill streak on an anti-eco that would last through the rest of the half's four rounds, though two versus saves.

A triple next round was against a save, but he then followed it up with another three kills against weapons. He and NBK- then cmobined for four to make it 14-1 at half.

The French-Belgians easily took over ramp on their terrorist pistol round and got to 15-1. Vox's force buy came down to a one-on-one, but kennyS prevailed, securing a 16-1 win.

ESL One Cologne 2014Best of 1

Titan

Matchpage

14th August 2014

Vox Eminor

Nuke

Titan	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub kennyS	26 - 6	+20	-	-	2.32
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans Ex6TenZ	15 - 4	+11	-	-	1.63
Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux SmithZz	14 - 9	+5	-	-	1.35
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt NBK-	14 - 5	+9	-	-	1.33
Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom ScreaM	10 - 7	+3	-	-	1.01

Vox Eminor	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Luke 'Havoc' Paton Havoc	10 - 17	-7	-	-	0.66
Aaron 'AZR' Ward AZR	8 - 16	-8	-	-	0.51
Justin 'jks' Savage jks	7 - 15	-8	-	-	0.41
Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill SPUNJ	4 - 15	-11	-	-	0.31
Azad 'topguN' Orami topguN	2 - 17	-15	-	-	0.10

Vox Eminor are knocked out in 13-16th place and gain $2,000 for their troubles. Titan will play the loser of dignitas versus Cloud9 tomorrow in a match where winner will advance to the playoffs.

GG Vox

2014-08-14 20:36

sad for vox

sad it was nuke :( GG Titan

3 replies

Agree :(

2014-08-14 20:37

damn you!

go stream pyth =DD

2014-08-14 20:47

2014-08-14 20:38

gg vox, so unlucky to get nuke

Close game, Kappa.

why cant kennyS use chapstick makes no sense..

titan CT-side nuke, yea GG..

2014-08-14 20:39

heartbreaking seeying my aussies go out again but GG's to titan who where on point today

Why didn't they veto nuke???? Its titans best map wtf were they thinking?

2014-08-14 20:40

why play de_best map of titan? wp vs dignitas doe

1 reply

didn't get a choice, random map pick so good xDDDD

2014-08-15 03:57

gg vox wp

gg vox, sad ure out, gr8 game!!!!

sad for vox really want to see those teams out of europe do well , but sadly

2014-08-14 20:41

see you next time europe.

Maybe one day tournament organisers will understand that two bo1s are not worth the visit for many countries and change the tournament system. Such a random $250.000 tournament. Disgusting.

2014-08-14 20:44

17 replies

+1 i have to agree

2014-08-14 20:46

2014-08-14 20:57

$2000 minimum + sponsor flight money + 30% sticker money = not worth it? What, do you eat caviar for breakfast?

14 replies

You do know that teams like C9, iBP, especially Vox pay over 10.000$ to be there?

2014-08-14 21:38

13 replies

Through donations and sponsors. What's your idea, have the tourney in Australia? Or make it a 16x15 game round-robin opening round?

2014-08-14 22:11

4 replies

well i guess the idea is stated above which you disregarded by being facetious - make it worth the expense for teams from asia, south-america and wherever else the game expands to by giving them an opportunity to play more games.

2014-08-15 02:55

It isn't worth it to travel to a new country with your mates, stay in a five star hotel, and gain VIP access to a convention FOR FREE?

2014-08-15 05:57

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i'm happy for teams to have that experience and when i referred to expense i meant in the case of the sponsors - for this trip alone it cost over €20,000 (though there are stickers and the $2000) so by "making it worth" the expense, i mean that in regards to the game they're playing their should be more opportunity for the players to garner experience in high pressure situations such as these european lans which results in developing our own scene. i'm not here to argue and i do understand exactly where you're coming from. :)

2014-08-15 06:19

apologies, i also forgot the $7,500 they got through qualifying :) usually oceania doesn't have a prize for qualifications :p

2014-08-15 06:28

You do realize sticker money + $2.000 = already payed off $10,00 right?

2014-08-14 23:31

im not talking about this tournament only, there are tournaments which are not funded by valve and they support this format and thus make it impossible for teams like this to attend.

2014-08-15 00:40

did you even read his comment. valve gives vox a cut off of what they make from stickers.

2014-08-14 23:59

It cost vox around 28,000 euro in total for flights and 10 days accommodation.

2014-08-15 02:49

Bullshit. Sydney to Berlin is $1500. (I've done it before). Times 5 then times 2. $15000 It's their choice to stay in a fucking five star hotel or pay for "business" class. Obviously they're not paying out of their own pockets with these accommodations. So why cry for their wallets? It's all comped.

2014-08-15 05:56

Nope, all the hotels in and near Cologne are booked out and all the remaining hotels are crazily expensive.

2014-08-15 08:29

Not to mention with the little notice, flights aren't $1500.

2014-08-15 09:01

It wasn't five guys, it was 11 including their BF4 team and Gomez. if you read Gomez' blogs he explains costs and travel.

2014-08-15 19:40

The best csgo team not just in aus but all of Asia just crashed out esl!! I blame gaben!!

2014-08-14 20:43

gaben, statement pls.

2014-08-15 00:44

At least they put up a good fight though, thought the comeback was real for a little while.

Ran at kennyS most rounds without so much of a smoke grenade.

yeah, those "inventive" outside plays with boosts and such didn't do them any favours except the one round they picked kenny.

2014-08-15 00:45

Unfortunately can see aus not getting another spot for next major..

2014-08-14 20:48

They could easily beat one of the weaker teams at the tournaments but the stupid GSL bo1 system doesn't allow it.

2014-08-14 20:55

if every team played eachother, they wouldn't be last. :)

2014-08-14 21:23

VOX could easily beat mouz, LC, CPHW, dAT etc. They would be a top 15 team but not in europe enough.

2014-08-15 08:30

:'(

2014-08-14 20:49

I fucking love Vox Eminor I'm so sad they're gone already... :/

2014-08-14 20:52

already told you , blogs , movies .....ect don't make a team win .

2014-08-14 21:08

kennys is like 80% of the times the best player from Titan.

2014-08-14 21:12

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That's how Titan set up their game. It's KennyS's job to go out there and get the kills. He's their main pillar.

2014-08-14 21:43

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not really, i doubt that they can put ScreaM or NBK on his place and dominate the matches like him.

2014-08-15 00:42

exactly, thats why hes the best person for the role...

2014-08-15 01:38

Well, obviously, not in the same way. On the other hand, you could definitely setup your game around a players like NBK or Scream and it would work and they'd become superstars. You seem to underestimate how good NBK actually is, he just takes quiet roles. On d2 he camps outside long all round, every round and then comes in to help with some flashes. On nuke, he just sits at the back of ramp and falls back to B in case terrorists come. Scream used to be the go to guy in his previous team Imaginary.

2014-08-15 09:27

They wont be as strong as kennyS thats for sure, and thats why he has that role and they have their roles.

2014-08-15 15:46

Thank you for being one of the few who actually understand what's going on.

2014-08-15 12:57

topgun had a horrific tournament unfortunately - i really don't think their problem is on an individual level though, europe brain too strong. i would really like to see the australian team play in europe for a longer duration, maybe in some online leagues or local lans - i know the cost would be great in number and they have other responsibilities but i really can't see them getting any further when living so far away from where the action is.

2014-08-14 21:13

poor havoc :(

2014-08-14 21:24

kenny s monster

2014-08-14 22:10

can some1 explain such poor performance from VOX? they should be much better Imo.

2014-08-14 22:38

starting nuke at t side makes you look like noobs sometimes

2014-08-15 00:00

gg VOX wp Titan

2014-08-15 08:31

You cunts are mean. Not quite like a mibr vs 23 Slapping on AZTEC but close enough. VoX now knows how it feels being outplayed. So those CGA kids and Unity pros online in Aus can just banter that all day.

2014-08-15 08:49

Pathetic tourny, you guys from VOXEMINOR know how to play the game, you just got unlucky from these absolute retarded rules. Good luck next time mates, I hope you can show up again.

2014-08-15 13:01