Virtus.pro win ESEA S18 Global Finals

20-4-2015 01:28

Virtus.pro overcame fnatic in the first best-of-three series 2-1 (16-14 de_season, 9-16 de_inferno, 16-13 de_cache) to win ESEA Invite Season 18 Global Finals and $70,000.

Starting off on de_season, Virtus.pro kicked things off with a nearly flawless Terrorist side, as they switched sides at 12-3. fnatic survived the first five rounds and closed the deficit to four only, but soon found themselves down 15-10.

Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer then picked up an amazing one-on-four to save fnatic from going down 0-1 in the first best-of-three, and helped them get to 13-15 with a triple in a two-on-three. One eco from Virtus.pro later, the Swedes finally gave in due to a crossfire from Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas and Paweł "⁠byali⁠" Bieliński for a 16-14 win.

The second map of the first series, de_inferno, went much better for fnatic in the beginning - at least after the map restart due to a caster accidentally dropping a kit for Virtus.pro, helping them win the first round.

With Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell's quad-kill and a one-on-two in the pistol, fnatic went up 3-0 before Virtus.pro climbed back with four rounds in a row in the bag. The Swedes' aggression was too much to handle though, as Markus "⁠pronax⁠" Wallsten's squad got to play as Counter-Terrorists with a good three-round lead at 9-6.

Virtus.pro win their second title of the year

Despite losing the second pistol, a response in the following round opened doors wide open for them, as they only let three rounds slip away also partly thanks to Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson's quad-kill at 12-9, helping fnatic tie the first series at 1-1.

Map three was set to be de_cache, and it was Virtus.pro taking a quick 7-1 lead as Counter-Terrorists this time around. Slowly but surely, fnatic started climbing back to have a chance on the other side, as they exchanged the next four rounds evenly before taking all three remaining for 6-9.

The second pistol round evened things out at 9-9 for fnatic, and a couple of gunrounds extended their run to six before Virtus.pro took a stand. With three rounds in a row for TaZ and company, the score was even yet again at 12-12.

Problems with money didn't help things for the Swedish side, as another two gunrounds in the bag for Virtus.pro put them on a very desperate buy, which was the last nail in fnatic's coffin.

ESEA Invite Season 18 Global FinalsBest of 6

Virtus.pro

Matchpage

19th April 2015

fnatic

Season

Inferno

Cache

ESEA Invite Season 18 Global Finals standings:

1. Virtus.pro - $70,000
2. fnatic - $25,000
3. Titan - $15,000
4. mousesports - $10,000
5-6. CLG - $7,000
5-6. Nihilum - $7,000
7-8. Cloud9 - $5,000
7-8. Luminosity - $5,000

Pasha really decisive in the last two rounds, great to see part of the G5 back to gold :)

2015-04-20 01:28

24 replies

2015-04-20 01:31

10 replies

+1!

2015-04-20 01:36

9 replies

1. VP 2. NAVI 2. NiP 4. EnVyUS 5. TSM 6. fnatic 7. titan 8. keyd 9. dignitas 10. mouz new top10 after esea lan

2015-04-20 12:28

8 replies

LOL

2015-04-20 12:48

worst top 10 i've ever seen.

2015-04-20 13:01

2 replies

penta is overhyped, sorry.

2015-04-20 13:24

1 reply

i dont give a single fuck about penta.. nip over envy and fnatic..

2015-04-20 15:56

Vp no1??? Lol not even top 5

2015-04-20 14:52

I believe they're top4 team, right after Fnc, nV and NiP.

2015-04-20 15:44

rofl. this is the worst top 10 ever. are you dumb?

2015-04-20 17:55

do a better one or stfu

2015-04-20 19:09

Yeah and his pistol plays during this tournament were just amazing!

2015-04-20 01:32

pasha is really a very good pistol player, almost nobody notices it. (not only at this tournament)

2015-04-20 01:35

Yeah, I know it but this tournament he was even more exceptional with pistols.

but byali mvp

2015-04-20 01:33

Pasha was never part of G5 I thought? wasn't it LUq, Neo, Taz, Loord, and Kuben?

2015-04-20 05:19

6 replies

He was a part of the later variation of the G5. He replaced LUq, I think?

2015-04-20 07:01

4 replies

youtube.com/watch?v=vsp18UOLveU

2015-04-20 08:59

sick beats bro

2015-04-20 20:00

yep

2015-04-20 09:01

He was stand in multiple times.

2015-04-20 12:41

there was g5 with luqu and new g5 with pasha so he was the part of the new g5.

2015-04-20 12:58

yeee

vp <3

very cool! well done snax

wooooo

2015-04-20 01:29

gratz to VP and respect to both fnatic and VP for the replay and that inferno knife fight :DD

is there a video of the inferno knife?

2015-04-20 02:49

youtu.be/5rY_9Cu1qU0?t=55m17s

2015-04-20 03:33

this was fast xD

$70,000 Damn!!

Really deserved! GJ!

Nice one

Epic xdxdxdxd

nice prize pool esea!

no stats :( I only saw the grand final... who is the mpv of the tournament?

5 replies

byali no doubt

NiKo

Hard to call it. It was pretty even in VP. I'd say pasha though cause he won them so many important pistol rounds.

There are limited statistics available on the ESEA website.

2015-04-20 02:00

taz for sure

GRATZ BOYZ !!!

70k dollars, nice ! almost 3/4 of major

yeah, and now, 1$ is nearly 1€,so really nice to recive this.

you mean 1$ is 3,70 PLN that means they won around 300k PLN :P which is alot :P

2015-04-20 08:33

that was quick GG Go home Fnatic badmaner guys

2015-04-20 01:44

Clearly NA teams are bad..

2015-04-20 01:30

would've loved another bo3 with these two amazing teams! gg fnatic and gz vp! <3 fnatic

Yea good game from both teams :)

nice!!! -1 to ESEA for closing stream after the game, we want to see them, the interviews!!

3 replies

There were interviewes, like 5 minutes later. I hope you haven't missed them, it was fun to watch!

2015-04-20 02:06

twitch.tv/esea/b/651715337

2015-04-20 04:39

thanks!!!!!

2015-04-20 09:55

great match, wp VP

WP DESERVEd

gratz

ALL DAY BABYYYY ALLLL DAMN DAYYYYY

Wow, that's actually quite a decent prize pool they got there. I didn't even know.

good game

gg boys

that was fast, did u wrote that before match? WIZARD

Only 30k less than for winning a major. Is Valve going to do something or do they want random tournaments to have more prestige than the ones sponsored than them?

12 replies

random tournament ESEA? rofl

7 replies

maybe bad word, but Valve sponsored tournaments should have A LOT bigger prizepools than private tournaments.

i think he want more spots for eu top teams on esea in future

ESEA lans are always not so big for the top teams. =) I feel they dont take them so seriously except the NA teams.

2015-04-20 01:39

We saw that in the results.

2015-04-20 01:56

lol nice excuse,AGAIN.

2015-04-20 09:36

70k$ prize for 1 place "they dont take them so seriously" get a brain and pay your debts

2015-04-20 11:36

BUT its 70k$

2015-04-20 12:34

Come on. You threat Valve seriously? They cant even fix simple bugs with VAC auth and make proper anticheat for this game. Don't expect much from them, that much You ask. At the moment they dont have prestige at all.

2015-04-20 01:53

sticker money dude. only from stickers vp got at katowice 2015 like 400-600k (they are the most popular together with nip)

2015-04-20 13:02

proof plx

2015-04-20 13:37

last year it was like ~250k for most popular teams according to articles so now when cs is twice bigger sticekr money are probably also twice bigger. also at katowice stickers were nicer than at uglu cologne and not nice dh stickers

2015-04-20 14:23

Big one, nice ! Deserved

congratz!

Best odds ever :x its should be smth like 70/30 80/20 for vp

All matches should be 100-0 for winners.

2015-04-20 01:37

Man bo3 advantage is huge !

2015-04-20 01:41

No it isn't so huge, if the team who has to win two bo3 wins the first, it will probably win the second too.

2015-04-20 02:05

+1 BO3 advantage so huge they said, ez skinz they said hltv.org/match/2294487-gamers2-orbit-rgn.. hltv.org/match/2293679-virtuspro-fnatic-.. hltv.org/match/2293464-mythic-xile-rgn-s.. hltv.org/match/2293119-cloud9-ibuypower-..

2015-04-20 10:55

great tournament for them, glad to see

only lack NiP win title this year

Asus ROG.

2015-04-20 04:41

Nip are so laid back, the only thing that they really care about is a major

2015-04-20 04:45

rofl n1 NA cs

Grats VP. North America needs to do something fast.

GG WP Virtus.Plow <3

Yeah baby! This is how we do VP!!!

Called it!! 2-1 firsst bo3 lol congrats VP!

2015-04-20 01:34

Good rematch ;-). Finally they won ESEA, after 3rd place, 2nd place, now 1st ;-)). Nice prize!

clown9 doesnt deserve 5k

2015-04-20 06:10

Good job VP.

Congratulations VP

Virtus PRo winning esea broke teh internet and esea

Really n1 tournament VP! pasha & snax monsterinho. Cngrtlz!

fnatic tier 2 confirmed. tier 1 only nip, envy, vp and navi

nip only tier 1 with emilios usbstick

I thought NA is a bit better i loss a lot on them, but thanks to VP im on zero so its okaayyy but NA sux, never ever gona bet on them.

Who gives a f*ck about your skins?

I do :)

2015-04-20 10:24

what a game nice !!! gg both teams , gratz VP ESEA Lan in USA wow i have to say great people , very nice event !

deserved gratz !

poor play from fnatic. vp deserved

nice

The perfect ESEA-Lan Finals should be: TSM,NIP,VP and Fnatic from EU. And Liquid, Elevate, CLG and shitty C9 or Nihilum from NA. GGWP Virtus.Pro!

2015-04-20 01:38

or just without na teams

Best finals would be: VP, Nip, fnatic, NaVi, nV, Titan, TSM + 1 NA team to give them something to cheer.

2015-04-20 01:52

-tsm -fnatic +navi +envyus

2015-04-20 13:04

smooth stream ending btw kek

5-8 NA. gg wp.

wp both teams gratz VP

lel c9 getting 5k for that shameful performance

2015-04-20 01:40

fuckin Pasha lol hahaha

someone have stats for this match? esea link pls ;)

2015-04-20 01:42

wp to VP even thou im a fnatic fan. Props to them for notifying the admins about their unintended advantage. They really deserve it.

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Snax is hungry

2015-04-20 01:49

true... hungry snax is sad snax xD

OMG, how tall Snax is?

2015-04-20 02:09

I saw him live in Katowice. He is around 195cm imo. He is really, really, really big guy.

2015-04-20 02:21

i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo114/TheRed..

2015-04-20 02:34

saw him at the station in warsaw just before cph games. he's big af, he was clearly the most noticeable person there

2015-04-20 15:18

RIP NA

2015-04-20 01:47

haha you have to love them!

nice to see olofmeister with pasha & taz joking around in the post match interview, keeping up a good spirit :P

nice troll :D

2015-04-20 01:54

Have a link to that interview?

twitch.tv/esea/b/651715337 enjoy, it was really fun to watch, I did not understand most of paza biceps' words, though

Ty :)

2015-04-20 05:01

Thank you :) Nice interview

2015-04-20 07:00

pasha was like, wtf is this my friend? :D lol that interview <3 olof

2015-04-20 01:50

the interviewer was so confused lol fuckin Pasha hahaha

2015-04-20 01:59

GGWP VP!

2015-04-20 01:51

I have to say that i lost my bet on this one but vp decerved it hard! Gj and the best for your future!

2015-04-20 01:58

ezzz

2015-04-20 02:15

pasha <3

2015-04-20 02:19

somebody quote lurrpis

Good job taz!

2015-04-20 02:22

2015-04-20 02:28

rip vp they said

2015-04-20 02:29

damnnn 70k

2015-04-20 02:41

very easy $50

2015-04-20 02:42

70k*

2015-04-20 03:09

lol nvm, gotcha now.

GG WP VP.

Gratz vp ;) Anyone else missed navi too :( ?

2015-04-20 02:55

This is the Vp i wanna see, plowing through a tournaments. Also wtf esea, closing dpwn stream. We wanna see aftermath interviews and such, not even a fucking warning before closing stream.

2015-04-20 03:03

Congratulations to VP!!!! the money are right also, you can buy a lot for it in Poland.

2015-04-20 03:19

NA couldnt handle the legit chairs. #spoiled?

2015-04-20 03:20

1-4 EU 5-8 NA [*] NA Scene

2015-04-20 03:30

NA STRONK EU WRONK

And Titan managed to lose so hard to THAT fnatic??? Well, Titan need some great changes, for example, to disband already.

2015-04-20 03:36

But you want people to not hate russaia right?

2015-04-20 05:06

Titan had really good tournament actually.

2015-04-20 10:07

titan is good early but they lack ideas in late stages. they lack natural chemistry to came up with good ideas on the fly like vp, nip, envyus and navi are able to do.

2015-04-20 13:08

If you saying like this. We should disband a lot of the teams . Every one apart of top 3. And any other teams outside top 3 who actually didnt win nothing at all or maybe 1 event every 12 months. So you wrong this time , its like football , Aresnal ,Chelsea , inter milan , ac milan , PSG , ajax amsterdam and more - lets disband them all - they dont winning nothing ??!!

2015-04-22 01:55

Stats?

2015-04-20 04:30

Big up the poles

2015-04-20 04:59

holy shit 70k 1st place :D awesome

2015-04-20 05:31

-20% for VirtusPro Organisation...

2015-04-20 07:08

only players take money from tournaments..

2015-04-20 08:48

No they don't. Thats written in VP contracts.. 20% for boss.. Sad right?

dont lie u idiot. their contracts are secret and the only info who leaked is all prize money in VP are for players and this is why VP has realitvely low salary in comparision to other orgs.

2015-04-20 13:09

VP does not have relatively LOW salaries. It may not be the highest,but its not low.

2015-04-20 13:34

in comparision to c9, tsm, envyus, nip, etc.

2015-04-20 13:35

VP are one of the highest paid at the moment..all this was known info when they signed a new 2 year contract,and yes the ORG takes a share of the winnings... NV are the highest paid...C9 paid high,but team is a joke

wtf? what r you sourcers? btw. VP contract was the largest because it was 1st 2 years contract, not because the largest salary per month.

2015-04-20 14:21

I remember someone who was close with G2 on minise's fp said some stuff about contracts that they have and also was comparing it to vp salaries. He said that VP players have 2keuro/month. Don't know if it's legit though. You won't find any official info anywhere.

2015-04-20 18:04

murican's at the bottom where they belong

2015-04-20 05:32

Nihilum showed some very decent cs, there is hope for NA scene

2015-04-20 05:39

finally :D Gj virtus pro

2015-04-20 06:46

gj that was unexpected

2015-04-20 07:14

snax is sad.. he talk with the fnatic , VP TO WIN ahhahaha

expected..................FOR AMERICANS TO FAIL HARD

2015-04-20 07:15

how many bo3s fnatic did play in one day?lol great money for VP

2015-04-20 07:39

"after the map restart due to a caster accidentally dropping a kit for Virtus.pro" What? Is there a video of this?

2015-04-20 07:54

youtube.com/watch?v=klM2XVDKqPg

2015-04-20 09:43

Thank you. Very strange indeed.

2015-04-20 13:49

Why did they replay pistol when VP already won pistol and the following round? I only got to see VOD's and not the live stream. What reasons would they have to replay pistol? It seems very unfair that they took so many pauses then decided to just replay the whole match starting from there. Was there something going on with fnatic that would cause them to require restarting the match?

2015-04-20 08:09

edit: on map two, inferno.

2015-04-20 08:10

cosue pasha had kit and armor in pistol round. Kit was from dead admin wich went to spec mode after game stared and he drooped it so pasha wanted to be sneaky beaky but someone saw that porllly cosue of that this kit won them round :) Sry for my english hope u will underestand :)

2015-04-20 08:31

Pretty sure pasha picked it up without realizing it. Vp told admins what happened and they restarted the gane

2015-04-20 09:00

Omg NA wake up when mouz beats your teams on LAN there's definitely something going wrong

2015-04-20 08:28

So cruel :)

2015-04-20 10:53

GG VP

2015-04-20 08:47

ez gg

2015-04-20 08:50

hltv PLAYER STATS PLS? WTF?

2015-04-20 09:02

byali mvp

2015-04-20 13:32

congratz! Ty for skins :)

2015-04-20 09:05

what's up blonde girls???

2015-04-20 10:52

mousesports with NiKo is a top tier team

Good final. Glad to see VP grabbing all this $$

2015-04-20 10:56

where are the statistics?! :<

2015-04-20 10:57

C9 should donate their 5k win to some charity. they don't deserve a single cent from it but thanks you scrubs won me so much this weekend =)

2015-04-20 10:58

awesome! VP is a clear top1 now. fnatic have got down to tier 2.

2015-04-20 12:24

gz VP :)

2015-04-20 12:25

ESEA client too strong for fnatic

2015-04-20 12:59

Exactly what I think!

2015-04-20 13:03

fk you must have no life, all your comments are hate towards fnatic yet they have nothing to do with your life at all, but you treat them like they made you have something up your bum and bleed.

2015-04-21 06:39