Group stage over in Montreal

11-7-2015 03:14

Day one has been played out, as we see Na`Vi and EnVyUs topping groups C and D, with SK and Renegades lagging behind in second places, respectively.

The second half of the day at ESWC started off with three one-sided matches, where all favourites prevailed, as EnVyUs, Natus Vincere and Titan got their first wins in Montreal.

Renegades had the only tough match against CLG, who went up 10-5 as Terrorists on de_cache, but were unable to close it out due the Australians' comeback after taking a tactical timeout.

Titan leave ESWC with another disappointing performance

Natus Vincere had no trouble disposing of Titan afterwards, who took a 2-16 beating on de_mirage and ended up fighting for the second playoff spot in group C versus SK Gaming. Titan left a tournament after another group stage disappointment following a one-sided de_cbble.

By that time Na`Vi had already secured a top spot in group C and their Luminosity match meant nothing at all, while CLG fought EnVyUs to have a chance to stay in the tournament.

Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik's squad was unable to repeat their MLG Aspen upset against the lineup representing LDLC back then, letting Renegades advance from second place.

Group C			Group D
1. Null element Na`Vi	3	0	1. EnVyUs	3	0
2. SK	2	1	2. Renegades	2	1
3. Titan	1	2	3. CLG	1	2
4. Luminosity	0	3	4. Bravado	0	3

Tomorrow's quarter-finals schedule looks as follows:

16:00	Cloud9	vs. Liquid
18:30	EnVyUs	vs. SK
21:00	NiP	vs. FlipSid3
23:30	Null element Na`Vi	vs. Renegades

Note that from the second quarter-final on the games will start as soon as possible after previous matches end, times mentioned above only serve as an estimate.

1st 10hi go C9 Keppo

2015-07-11 03:15

GG all

2015-07-11 03:14

go NiP

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nV vs NiP the best finals to ask for! Go nV <3 nV and nip feel like family :p

2015-07-11 03:17

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You are probably right because semis will probably be cloud9 vs envy na'vi vs nip Though NiP haven't defeated the current na'vi roster yet on lan, and c9 read envy pretty good at esl esea so maybe we will see a cloud9 vs na'vi finale

2015-07-11 03:22

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But... nV look whole lot different in this tournament... kinda like the old LDLC days where they didnt made huge mistakes etc! Time will tell surely but i dont see c9 disturbing the peace yet again! But still i do think c9 and navi have the highest chance of winning this event

2015-07-11 03:55

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I think Na'Vi or NiP will win

2015-07-11 04:17

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Lets see! My call is nV tho...

2015-07-11 06:22

rip NiP, ez Na`Vi

2015-07-11 09:31

ayy lmao

2015-07-12 04:33

yay

let's go renegades :D

[*] Titan

titan disband incoming?

when was the last time they actually won a match?

2015-07-11 04:04

I can't remember one in recent history. Because RIP KennyS

2015-07-11 04:51

Ever since the AWP nerf KennyS and Titan have fallen WAAY below the ranks. Are they even considered a tier 1 team anymore? Go back to VeryGames lineup please!!

2015-07-11 06:14

The whole CS world wishes, but I doubt it.

2015-07-11 06:58

NiP ez :)

rip titan

Titan :'(

cloud9 directly to semis apparently

C9 vs navi finals

2015-07-11 03:16

Na'Vi still needs to get past NIP which is going to be tough. But they could pull it off. I didn't get to see any of their matches so I don't know how well they are playing.

2015-07-11 06:00

well, not anymore. and it wasnt tough for them last time anyway.

C9 getting a free pass through the Semis lol.

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And the other teams arent? Your telling me nip didnt get a free pass to quarterfinals. They got the easiest fucking group. How about we wager right now. I say c9 vs Navi final.

2015-07-11 03:59

True, but NiP aren't overhyped like C9, nothing changes if they take ESWC.

2015-07-11 04:05

True but liquid being as bad as they are vs euros are still a good domestic matchup against c9 as pointed out in lurrpis's latest article. Like a mini titan vs envy. I dont agree when you say free pass for c9.

2015-07-11 04:08

Yeah NIP always gets the easier groups. That will change if they keep losing.

2015-07-11 06:05

16-14 is not a free pass though.

2015-07-11 20:12

Well the game wasn't played yet when I wrote that, and on paper Liquid was the easiest opponent for C9, considering how often they get to play each other and Liquid being the weakest team together with SK in the play offs.

2015-07-11 20:29

ez quarterfinals NiP Navi C9 Envy advance

C9 ENVY NIP NAVI Left side = insta win Kappa

2015-07-11 03:18

no kappa

2015-07-11 03:30

KappaPride?

2015-07-11 03:33

So C9 gets the easiest opponent... K

They topped their group. Its how the tournament is set up. Most tournaments are set up like that so top a plays 2nd b and top c plays 2nd d. They would've had to play NIP if NIP placed 2nd in their group... K?

2015-07-11 06:13

2015-07-11 17:49

NaVi and NiP should get through without too much difficulty. SK is looking pretty good, but I doubt they have the depth EnvyUs does, so EnvyUs should nab that. Liquid has beaten Cloud9 recently in a B03 so that might be the least certain outcome. If they do get through, they face the unenviable task of taking on what will likely be either NiP or NaVi in the semifinals.

2015-07-11 03:19

shoulda been renegades vs c9, would have been a much better match

c9 to win the tournament

um, no. Perhaps they could beat EnvyUs, but probably not NiP or NaVi.

2015-07-11 03:21

When is Titan finally going to.change something? They dropped out of the top 10 already, only getting. Worse

Still think C9's recent form is nothing more than a fluke... Hope they prove me wrong

gogogog f3 <3

c9 vs navi=D

this event im rooting for renegades and navi. everything was going so smoothly until... WHYYYYYY

2015-07-11 03:24

haha! Your heart must choose now... :p

2015-07-11 03:29

obv i want navi to win more because renegades have nothing to lose and everything to win while navi have nothing to win and everything to lose. making it to quarter finals is good enough for renegades, would be nice if they had a close game with navi but i dont want them to knock navi out, because for navi to lose on quarter finals would be just an embarrassment

2015-07-11 03:38

ur not a real fucken strayan mate support ur country ya scurvy dawg

2015-07-11 05:10

Haha!

2015-07-11 09:03

I'm not that guy who says disband after 1 bad tournament even 2 but Titan is sucking atm. They should do something about it.

Lol titan cant win anymore Soo sad to kennys

Would've liked to see c9 vs renegades... Last time navi rekt them. Hopefully they learnt something

2015-07-11 03:31

Titan organisation, will sure make some Team Changes now, or disband incoming :(

2015-07-11 03:35

There are no other French players aviable, that's why no changes will happen

2015-07-11 20:20

then disband for sure :(

2015-07-12 00:45

NaVi got this

2015-07-11 03:45

Who is that devilwalk guy on the American team? He's really good.

2015-07-11 03:47

If this isn't a troll, here is an explanation. Devilwalk is a former Fnatic player and was their coach until recently.

2015-07-11 20:22

Why is the bracket like this? There should be another draw. It's boring to know who you gonna get.

2015-07-11 03:48

SK and Australia!

Titan just disband please..

2015-07-11 04:38

GL Renegades :)

2015-07-11 04:54

seriously, a domestic match up for the quarters, i wanted the aussies

2015-07-11 05:41

#GoVox

2015-07-11 06:21

Nicely done SK They can be top team anytime soon

2015-07-11 09:11

The are improving a lot, but let's not get carried away :) They'll be able to do the occasional upset from time to time, but I think it'll take a long time before they'll be a top team with the current roster - if ever.

2015-07-11 11:30