TSM top CCS Blue Group

26-3-2015 01:00

Team SoloMid have qualified for the offline finals of the CS:GO Championship Series Kick-Off Season after topping the Blue Group with a 2-1 victory over fnatic.

Last week saw EnVyUs finish at the top of the Red Group (or Group A) following a 2-0 victory over Ninjas in Pyjamas, a result that earned the French side the very first place at the CCS offline finals, to be held at DreamHack Bucharest next month.

The first round of Blue Group matches met the expectations of most people as TSM moved past Natus Vincere and fnatic beat FlipSid3 Tactics, even though the ESL One Katowice champions, who were playing with Andreas "⁠znajder⁠" Lindberg as a stand-in, dropped the first map of the series.

With Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson back in the fold, fnatic were then surprised by the high level of play shown in the Upper Final by TSM, who relied on strong individual performances from René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg, Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen and Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz.

TSM qualify for CCS finals, in Bucharest

Wednesday began with a thrilling contest between Na`Vi and fnatic in the consolidation final of the group, with the Swedish giants coming from behind to secure a 2-1 victory thanks to world-class displays from Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell and KRIMZ.

fnatic went on to meet TSM again in search for revenge, but the Danish team were once more the stronger of the two, this time following two 16-14 wins, first on de_inferno and then on de_cache, either side of a 16-8 victory by the Katowice champions on de_cobblestone.

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Team SoloMid have thus secured a place at the CCS offline finals, which will take place under the wings of DreamHack Bucharest, from April 24-26. As for fnatic, Na`Vi and FlipSid3 Tactics, they will meet NiP, Virtus.pro and PENTA Sports in the last-chance stage, in which the last two spots at the season finals will be up for grabs.

Below you can find the Blue Group standings and the prize distribution between the teams:

1. TSM - $5,000
2. fnatic - $2,500
3. Na`Vi - $1,000
4. FlipSid3 Tactics

congratz

2015-03-26 02:01

nice

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2015-03-26 09:14

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gr8 n1ck m8

2015-03-26 09:20

onliner lows. fnatic real top1 forever.

2015-03-26 02:03

Such butthurt much wow

2015-03-26 02:09

The finals will be offline. Fnatic fanboy. I've never seen you offline, so I guess that make you online low aswell? Oh wait if TSM is low, then you're a bot. Have a nice day mate.

2015-03-26 06:32

ez skins

2015-03-26 02:04

2015-03-26 02:06

Ez TSM

I hate fnatic but... im not sure for TSM and their playing on the same level on lan... on major... on semis/quarters :D Device is nuts but sometimes hes online asffff

device strikes at group stages

2015-03-26 10:16

TSM online #1

2015-03-26 02:11

TSM TSM TSM TSM!

2015-03-26 02:20

T-S-M

2015-03-26 12:47

Come back when TSM win something, thanks

2015-03-26 02:13

4 replies

Is this article not about TSM winning $5000 or am I misunderstanding something?

2015-03-26 02:18

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I mean winning a tournament, obviously.

2015-03-26 02:19

ok, fair enough. So you want a rule that states "no articles can be written about TSM unless it involves them winning a tournament"? Is that what you meant?

2015-03-26 02:27

Eh, I'm just being salty.

2015-03-26 02:44

I say Cajun, you say B!

2015-03-26 02:15

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2015-03-26 02:17

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Cajun!

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5 replies

2015-03-26 02:42

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2015-03-26 03:00

[B]B[\B] Kappa

2015-03-26 06:01

3 :P

2015-03-26 07:22

Salty swedes everywhere, they have to realize that Denmark is and always will be masterrace of CS.

2015-03-26 02:22

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ROFL

2015-03-26 02:41

Its true tho, or are you going to tell both of us we're wrong?

2015-03-26 03:51

No, i am gonna tell both of you that you are wrong.

2015-03-26 08:26

TSM got unlucky in Katowice. They could easily go to the grandfinals if not that shittinf0ken moment on nuke with 13-12 score.

2015-03-26 08:37

Not everywhere! I kinda cheered for TSM, they have so much potential, they just need a little something to be top 2 imo! They have somewhat of a struggle against NiP, but they perform well against every other top team! Gonna be interesting at the offline event!

2015-03-26 10:45

Dude...

2015-03-26 12:48

Who doesn't remember the days with vaccinate reppin' Denmark on LANs such as CK-LAN and BattleIT #4.

2015-03-26 17:21

Who doesn't remember the days of vaccinate reppin' Denmark at LANs such as CK-LAN and BattleIT #4.

2015-03-26 17:23

I lost 240$ to this game -_- And another to Envyus Nip. Best bets ever =_=

ye... You should learn when not to be sweden fanboy

2015-03-26 08:47

apparently by your stupid logic i shouldnt be a fanboy on a Final. Ok then.

2015-03-26 11:34

I said sweden fanboy, and the final was swedish team vs swedish team, so, yes you should be a sweden fanboy on a final

2015-03-26 12:52

TSM Swedish? Ok then.

2015-03-26 13:06

quater final plez

2015-03-26 13:08

RIP [*]

2015-03-26 10:47

not fair tsm got so easy group. only tier 2 teams while in first group 3 the best teams :/

2015-03-26 03:08

My god you try hard lol

2015-03-26 03:10

yer... fnatic tier 1337 team :/ to ez group for TSM :/

2015-03-26 08:49

well done by them.

2015-03-26 03:38

Gj TSM

2015-03-26 03:57

omg.... chokenitas aka TSeMiout.. biggest onliners worldwide... :) (only winning online matches and tournamets (sometimes))

2015-03-26 05:36

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souds like you lost some bets :)

2015-03-26 07:09

yes he did :D

2015-03-26 07:23

i dont even bet. + i didnt even saw the matches just read the news.. and am not surpirsed that they again managed again to achive something online. losing against navi @ sltv just proofs my point. sound like you still dont have a good team in DK sorry :) mad danes protecting bad danes. :D so sad :)

2015-03-27 20:08

mlg - xgames?? (Dignitas/TSM 2-0 against fnatic)

2015-03-26 07:36

3 place decider that no one gives a fuck lolololollolo

2015-03-26 09:50

Your fighting about bronze, and loosing silver :D!

2015-03-26 10:59

yeah lol... very important game :) they still didnt win anything on lan and nowhere to be seen majorturney wise. mad dane is mad trying to protect bad danes sorry white knight :)

2015-03-27 20:09

No yellow Night dignitas 2-0 against fnatic @mlg :))

2015-03-28 04:14

doesnt change the fact that they suck balls at majors and LAN tourneys in general.. even penta won against fnatic. sorry fanboy ur logic is flawed..

2015-03-29 18:55

fanboy for got my points right? :D 3rd place<3

2015-03-29 19:25

onlineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

2015-03-26 05:42

later fnatic :))))

2015-03-26 06:12

"first on de_inferno and then on de_cache, either side of a 16-8 victory by the Katowice champions on de_cobblestone." WAT

2015-03-26 07:53

tsm are looking good right now, lets hope they play like this next major :i

2015-03-26 07:55

Strong performance TSM. Seems like they are heading for some really good results if they keep this solid high level play going.

they always played good online tho.. they even beat LDLC 2-1 in the qualifier to MLG Aspen.

2015-03-26 08:08

And they beat fnatic 2-0 at the MLG LAN. What's your point?

and they still ended 3rd place at MLG Lan.. they still haven't won any lan not even with the old ex-dignitas lineup they had for almost a year. So my point is.. dont get your hope up, kid.

2015-03-26 16:34

they won bronze? :D

2015-03-26 16:46

Calling people kid without knowing anything anout them tells me I shouldn't even waste my time replying to you... Anyways, i was just replying to the fact that you wrote they always place good online and not at LAN. There I just wanted to correct you and say that yesterdays result is nothing they cant do on LAN and point you towards evidence of my statement in their 2-0 victory pver fnatic at MLG. I did not say anything even remotely close to what you think I said.

2015-03-26 17:05

2015 will be NiP year

2015-03-26 08:25

I totally agree.

2015-03-26 08:38

Go to another thread with that comment

2015-03-26 08:50

fnatic, Na`Vi, FlipSid3 Tactics,NiP, Virtus.pro and PENTA Sports in the last-chance stage. only 2 from this great teams its nosense

2015-03-26 08:36

As for fnatic, Na`Vi and FlipSid3 Tactics, they will meet NiP, Virtus.pro and PENTA Sports in the last-chance stage, in which the last two spots at the season finals will be up for grabs how is this played out? is one of them in a higher seed ?

2015-03-26 08:43

It was such an amazing game, really intense, close and with so many great performances both individually and as a team. That being said fnatic is still the better team, as they have better coordination as a unit and this is what TSM lacks to bring them closer to the top. fnatic beyond that just forget their retake on A strat at cache, since it rarely works for them or brings it down to a 2on2 or 1on1.

2015-03-26 09:09

Yes but remember TSM stilled play excellent, fnatic didn't handle them because of it

2015-03-26 09:32

TSM and their typical online performances. Still haven't recreated any of it in a real LAN environment where it counts the most.

Hello mr bad bait

2015-03-26 11:02

I'm baiting because they can't win a meaningful LAN tournament to justify all of their online overrating? Cool story, Mr.DaneTSMfanboy.

2015-03-26 11:04

Not fan of Them, fan of tylooo :) But what about mlg x games and so on, but nice tryhard mrfnaticfanboy

2015-03-26 11:17

Crazy how TSM seemed to have fnatic on a leash in all the matches theyve played against each other this week. Cant wait for the next big event. ;) TSM looking really excellent at the moment, and i hope they get their shit together on LANs!

2015-03-26 09:39

well played TSM :)

2015-03-26 10:08

TSM got a little bit luck only..

2015-03-26 10:26

Hmmm yeah but dont discount their skill and game intelligence

2015-03-26 10:50

Ez for tsm. First they smack em 2-0 on normal maps. Then the next bo3 they play fnatic tryhard picks cbble just to get a win. nice try fnatic.

2015-03-26 10:52

online

2015-03-26 11:00

can someone explain Last Chance, 6 teams round robin, best of three - Grand FInals are best of five - top two teams advance to LAN finals how does that work

2015-03-26 11:09

Since ESL One Katowice 2015, I'm not surprised about TSM and Keyd game. Both played well and they'll do a lot of damage on international offline event soon !

not that expected

2015-03-26 12:21

I Say Cajun it's open at B! WP boys

2015-03-26 12:53

That's the thing : when it matters most they fail. It's sad though - I like TSM. That's why they never won anything big because they choke when they have to win. They had a fairly easy advance even they were up with a few rounds ad CT on nuke vs nip.

2015-03-26 13:40

I think it was more of Get_Right and Forest going tec9 crazy in those last rounds, than it was Dig choking

2015-03-26 16:38

Yeah, I don't wanna take away anything from nip. But I just feel TSM needs to learn to close those important games! They're a top team who can win big tournaments if they get over that hump! :)

2015-03-26 17:28