FACEIT League 2015 Stage 2 Finals at DreamHack Valencia

TSM take down Cloud9, win FACEIT S2

18-7-2015 23:04

TSM have won the grand final of the FACEIT League 2015 Stage 2 finals over Cloud9, winning 2-0 (16-14 on de_cache and 16-2 on de_mirage).

The FACEIT League 2015 Stage 2 finals at DreamHack Valencia brought together two teams who had yet to test their mettle against each other in a grand final: TSM and Cloud9.

With the latter team red-hot off of their semi-final thriller against fnatic and the former team having taken down Na`Vi to reach the grand final, both teams came into the grand final with a lot to prove or uphold (respectively) in terms of their international standing in the scene.

With the first map being de_cache, TSM commenced their assault with a pistol-round win and successful conversion of the next two C9 ecos. Cloud9 equalised early, turning mid into a point of contention in the Canadian-American team's favour, which allowed them to grab three rounds and tie up the game.

TSM take first place in style

TSM relied on heavy Danish defensive play, allowing Cloud9 to run into excellent crossfires and grenade set-ups, allowing the team to pull ahead to seven rounds. Cloud9 seemingly flipped a switch in response, with Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares leading his men to more aggressive play and a few more round wins.

The half ended 8-7 in TSM's favour; with the second pistol round commencing immediately, TSM chose a B-site rush and won the second pistol round of the game. Despite some close rounds, TSM continued to power through C9's attempts to equalise, including Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz winning a one-versus-one on A-site.

Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth helped win another A-site hold by delaying Cloud9 enough to let the bomb go off, bringing the score to 12-7. Despite Cloud9's economic situation being in shambles, the team finally picked up a round once they were able to piece together a set of nades.

shroud put up a valiant struggle on cache

TSM struck back in the next round, and despite Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham getting three kills, the Danes picked up another round and reset C9's money, going up to 14-8. Cloud9 continued their attempts to seize map control and were successful, resetting TSM's money and going up until 14-11 before TSM could buy again.

Canadian Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek, needed for the team's peak playing, suddenly stomped into the game on his own and helped defend against a B-site rush with Cloud9 a man down. Teammate Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir had an unfortunate gaff in the following round, which helped TSM gain a man advantage and win the round.

Cloud9 kicked into an extra gear and once again took a map to 30 rounds, however the final round saw TSM execute a classic A-site take and bring down the Cloud9 defense, to win de_cache 16-14.

dupreeh helped with the mirage mauling

de_mirage kicked off with TSM winning a perfect pistol round on their CT side, with Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen chiming in eagerly. Cloud9 made TSM sweat on their ecos, and achieved bomb plants to earn some early game money for the team.

Something fairly depressing then transpired for fans of North American Counter-Strike (and impressive for fans of competitive defensive play), with TSM suddenly going off on a rampage on their CT-side. In-game leader Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen in particular made important plays for TSM.

In the end, TSM finished the half up at 13-2, with Cloud9 picking up the final two rounds of the half. The second pistol-round of the game came down to the wire on the B-site of mirage, however TSM clinched the win and went up 14-2.

Any attempts at winning the game came too little too late however, and TSM finished the game with a triumphant 16-2 win on de_mirage, taking home $40,000 and humbling Cloud9 on European shores.

FACEIT League 2015 Stage 2 Finals at DreamHack ValenciaBest of 3

TSM

Matchpage

18th July 2015

Cloud9

Cache

Mirage

TSM	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	41 - 22	+19	-	-	1.32
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	38 - 27	+11	-	-	1.23
René 'cajunb' Borg cajunb	36 - 24	+12	-	-	1.16
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	33 - 29	+4	-	-	1.07
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen karrigan	37 - 31	+6	-	-	1.07

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Skadoodle	32 - 33	-1	-	-	0.96
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek shroud	33 - 36	-3	-	-	0.93
Sean 'seang@res' Gares seang@res	26 - 36	-10	-	-	0.77
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir freakazoid	22 - 42	-20	-	-	0.57
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert n0thing	19 - 38	-19	-	-	0.55

Full stats report:

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FACEIT League 2015 Stage 2 Final Standings:

1. TSM - $40,000
2. Cloud9 - $20,000
3-4. fnatic - $10,000
3-4. Null element Na`Vi - $10,000
5-6. NiP - $6,000
5-6. Kinguin - $6,000
7-8. Virtus.pro - $4,000
7-8. Liquid - $4,000

2015-07-18 23:05

16 replies

C9 the new NIP confirmed (lots of 2nd place finishes)

2015-07-18 23:24

15 replies

lots xD

2015-07-18 23:47

1 reply

c9 top3 now hltv.org/blog/10217-top-ranking-18-july

2015-07-19 03:47

Have you met the c9 dota team?

2015-07-18 23:51

10 replies

who cares about this game for nerds.

2015-07-18 23:54

5 replies

Agreed, who cares about CS.

2015-07-18 23:57

have you ever met shroud?

2015-07-19 00:16

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EXPECTED. device is recently the best player in csgo and shroud and ska are solid top3.

2015-07-19 00:40

Don't make me laugh kid lol and dota are for the awkwards who have no swagger or confidence.

2015-07-19 05:50

haha

2015-07-19 08:53

Didn't know this was a Dota section in the forums

2015-07-18 23:59

what happened with their dota team? (I'm not following dota)

2015-07-19 00:07

2 replies

they're definitely a top team, but they can never seem to place above second at any given tournament.

2015-07-19 01:23

They placed second 13 times in 2014, while failing to place first even once, theres a joke going around saying they can't not make a finals but they never win them

2015-07-25 02:43

just luck

2015-07-19 08:51

well, they've got 2nd place finishes in majors

2015-07-21 14:56

Well played TSM, C9 didn't have a chance. Hi mom!

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16-14 yeah they didnt have a chance.

2015-07-18 23:13

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16-2 And to be honest I were never worried on cache. Shroud and Skadoodle made some incredible frags to keep Cloud9 in the game, but TSM were simply the better team. Considering de_cache is Cloud9's best map and one of TSM's weakest, it was a one-sided final, in my opinion.

2015-07-18 23:15

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TSM's weakest is Cobble. E: oh sorry,you said "one of the weakest',my bad

2015-07-18 23:18

Cache is the second weakest map, right after cobble

2015-07-18 23:23

nevermind, im retarded. you are right i though cache was second

2015-07-18 23:19

you need to win a pistol, it's mostly as easy as that. c9 didn't, the double awp came into effect in the 4th round and c9 had no answer to that. if they won one of the first 3 rounds, tsms money would be tighter and c9 may have had a chance. also on cache - c9 did not win a pistol. c9 were unlucky at times, e.g. skadoodle's failed clutch at a in their first buy round as ct, freaks bad spray against xyp9x i believe. mirage is still c9's worst map, they were able to anti-strat fnatic perfectly while benefetting from some questionable buys, but they were simply outplayed on every level once the dual awps set in.

2015-07-18 23:21

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but why veto inferno and overpass if mirage is their worst map? it doesnt make sense. C9 basicly gave them the win. so i think you are wrong about that one.

2015-07-18 23:30

well their inferno is pretty bad too. maybe they pracced some mirage (obv for fnatic) and wanted to test their luck against tsm? it might be their 2nd worst, but it's still pretty bad.

2015-07-18 23:32

yeah they best chances would be if they had cobble, train and dust.

2015-07-18 23:38

because: 1. Cloud9 removed Inferno 2. TSM removed Cobblestone 3. Cloud9 picked Cache 4. TSM picked Mirage 5. Cloud9 removed Overpass 6. TSM removed Train how should they ban inf and mirage if eu teams just pick it before?

2015-07-19 00:04

16-2 yeah they didnt have a chance.

2015-07-18 23:14

yeah, whatever. clearly retarded.

2015-07-18 23:16

clearly fanboy

2015-07-19 01:51

Woo!

easy

0/4 pistols :/

wp tsm <3

gg wp

gg C9, next time!

2015-07-18 23:06

expected

This was posted suspiciously fast

I try to put the speed in speed writing

its written as the game is going on.

illuminati confirmed

2015-07-18 23:07

when one team is getting destroyed XX-0 u have plenty of time to prepare

Adderall helps writers too

2015-07-18 23:20

ha! I wish but I have the opposite of ADHD :/

2015-07-18 23:26

Why do you have a Double Head Double Acting Hydraulic Power Unit? hydratron.com/products/power-packs/liqui.. Seems like an odd thing to have and say on HLTV.

2015-07-18 23:41

LOOOL N1

2015-07-18 23:48

Nicely done by a team on vacation.

tsm top 1

Eu only good at CS lol EU CS = life NA CS = Hobby

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r u 3rd worlder guy as me and you're scared of showing your flag? dont worry, there's nothing to be scared of

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From the best country in the world bud World War Wins NA-2 EU-0

2015-07-18 23:08

ahaha NA ofc

Oh yeah because the two world wars was NA vs. EU right....

2015-07-18 23:22

NA v EU, right........... You definitely are stupid. WW 1 was fought between GB, Germany, France, Serbia and Austria-Hungary (mainly). The US came late. Same in WW 2, with the problem starting between GB, France, Italy and Germany. And let's remember US mainly fought Japan, sure they helped their allies in Europe.

2015-07-19 18:10

FailFish

All because pearl harbor :D

Yeah and NA life = mcdonalds

2015-07-18 23:10

Better than stupid baguettes

2015-07-18 23:11

XDDD cool memes bro !!!

gratz TSM

2015-07-19 01:06

freakazoidelele youtube.com/watch?v=_g9iz59WDQA youtube.com/watch?v=_g9iz59WDQA youtube.com/watch?v=_g9iz59WDQA

LOLOLOLOLO

look at shroud later ahhahahahaahahahah abashed!

2015-07-19 00:47

ye such a baddie wahahahah xD -freakazoid +moldy piece of bread on chair

2015-07-19 00:05

but the muricans said it was the start of a new era

no brits in the cs go scene tho

2-0 against #1 team, you're right they aren't very good yet. guess we have to keep rooting for the UK teams.......oh wait :/

2015-07-19 01:28

another take down in 2 days.

Should've won Cache. Never had a chance on mirage

FIRST!

TSM TSM TSM TSM

EZ TNX 4 SKINZ

adderall effect ended so early :( poor c9

freakazoid ....... wins for tsm

Is C9's fluke finally over?

don't worry french scene is over too

2015-07-18 23:09

why so mad Deus JAJAJA

2015-07-18 23:27

2015-07-19 01:29

GG to both team

gg, I wanted C9 to win but TSM too stronk.

C9 unstoppable, they trashed Fnatic in Mirage so they're gonna win it vs TSM too, Cache already in the bag by C9 or the maps are gonna be very close Well the only thing that I can confirm is C9 has become the new NiP. 3 2nd places in a row, congrats

Huge difference between getting second at 3 event, and getting to finals at every single major...

Freakazoid C9 weakest link...

16-2 is not because to a "weak link". they were above.

TSM <3

adderall boys not so fresh when the effects run out

That fucking mirage, tsm going godlike mode.

how do they write these so quickly? is fox or somebody else GOD LIKE writing them?

he writes during the match obviously.

Scandinavia > EU > NA

Denmark > USA > Norway

GG to tsm. Solid CT side on mirage.

this is how you do it sweden

Cloud9 needs more time to actually perform in the finals as they do in semis or groups. Needs more time.

they can win finals but not vs tsm top 1 world it's hard

what is the song name at tsm winning moment ?

gg man :)

gg. 3rd second place in a row fellas

Dat mirage doe. Holy shit!

They can't handle the pressure at finals. Its the 3rd final they are failing. Tier 1 for sure tho, but hardly top5. Winning versus envyus, who are having tons of problems, versus fnatic who were performing awful this tournament and winning by a round or two versus one of navi's worst maps is not that big of an accomplishment.

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Celtic beating Barcelona at Celtic Park, since Barcelona was away; it wasen't "big of an accomplishment".

Well, if you ask me, yes, it wasn't that big of an accomplishment.

2015-07-18 23:53

lol those excuses

Excuse for what? I like CS, i don't care about the team as a long as the game is nice. And before the obnoxious question appears; no, I don't bet since I tend to lose a lot.

excuses for c9 success, why cant you just admit that they are good atm.

2015-07-18 23:45

Oh I've never said they weren't. They are doing extraordinary well for their standards and they have improved. They have a great read on the game atm. They are a bit overhyped, that was my point. They need to improve more to beat TSM, fnatic and possible navi again.

What a load of rubbish ... sorry mate.

TSM one love

n0thing 19-38 [*]

lol 2nd place third time in a row... Cloud2

Good game and well played. Hopefully one day, Cloud9 will take a final.

2015-07-18 23:12

Vasco9

gyazo.com/7e293fcbfcbdd061ecf36cf86bcab2.. freaka & flamie underperfoming. really nice tournament.

TSM was superior at this tournament. fnatic underperformed bigtime as u could see already in the NiP-game. gz tsm. 2stronk right now

I wouldn't say that's underperforming from fnatic. They are as good as their play shows.

well, they were not in the same standard as they've been in the last 1-2 tournaments. nip have been a cakewalk 4 fnatic lately, but not in this tournament. and from what i've seen they underperformed bigtime skillwise. except olofs 39 against nip

2015-07-18 23:52

Fnatic has finally been proven to be mortal when Olof doesn't show up. It's almost hilarious how much he impacts the game and he's reached the point when he doesn't dominate, he doesn't flame.

The bottom frager in TSM has the same kills as the top frager in C9 ROFL

16-0 never forget dudes, remember

Well 3 finals in a row, c9 will only get better. Now I'll just wait for Cologne where everyone will come prepared and that's when we will see where every team stands.

TSM finally won something again good for them, played a strong event they deserve the title. TSM can become #1 if they would attend more events right now winning something here and there doesn't compare to the amount of shit fnatic won in 2015 but its still nice that they can bounce back from being eliminated in groups to winning an event. Pretty strong comeback nice to see something that fnatic doesn't win, as much as I love them it gets boring seeing them win everything, well played for TSM.

n0thing became nothing in the grand final

How can you write in this spectacular site? TSM best this time, others worse. fnatic tsm c9 top three. nip nowhere near. wtf. should be bo7 so more maps would be involved. nice spam score yes please

More than expected, it was inevitable, too soon for C9 to beat them. They are #1 and all they gotta do is win Cologne to shut anyone up who keeps denying it.. fnatic have the potential but how consistently brilliant are TSM.. #1 clearly for me, fnatic could come back.. So kind to go triple awp yolo at 13-0, that was 16-0 just not on the scoreboard.. nice game on Cache though C9, and just have to keep improving.. just like TSM did.. that first tournament win they need will be the key just like TSM needed it, now lok at em.. even when C9 got that 4v2 and looked set for first round still denied by perfect play.. so much perfect play in first 13 rounds its mindblowing ? TSM so OP atm, good for em they worked so hard to get here and suffered so much back in the day, so close..choke.. now they choke the opponent! beautiful display of skill, will definitely rewatch that Mirage game soon as the VOD is up. The discipline that every other team lack, smart upon smart.. so good to see

+1 funny how people still think fnatic #1 They just get carried by olof most games, and when that doesn't happen they lose to teams like c9

+1 enjoyed reading

2015-07-19 08:00

+1 Good Read

2015-07-19 15:01

How did n0thing have a worse kdr than freak? n0thing is a lurker, freak is an entry...

+1 n0thing played pretty bad this final but still good tournament

Cloud9 got rekt.

2015-07-18 23:25

Great team they don't deserve for rekt

wp c9 congrat tsm

GG TSM

2015-07-18 23:28

So n0thing posting in twitter and saying their mirage has not been practiced enough ROFL SO when they won against Fnatic there nothing said about it but now yes? I wonder what he would have said if they would have won there? NOTHING ofc (no pun intended). Just accept the loss Jordan

they didn't practice mirage, they relied on SKA getting entry picks on fnatic and fucked their economy. they went in thinking that their mirage couldn't be worse than their inferno.

2015-07-18 23:42

It wasn't practiced m8, I didn't watch the fnatic game so I have no idea how they won it, doubtful they could get good at the map in a couple days, shows against TSM

2015-07-19 00:09

device <3

c9 is known for their 2nd place in both DotA2 and CS:GO now

2015-07-18 23:31

Very impressive performance from TSM, especially on mirage, I think I've never seen a so perfectly played mirage CT side, they only slipped up on the last 2 rounds, they could have gone 15-0 at this point, a true lesson of CS. A shame for C9 that they couldn't bring their A-game, but I was kind of fearing that result from them after defeating fnatic. It's the problem with taking down the big fish before the final.

Well deserved victory for TSM, but when it comes to cloud9 , I felt like they were tired on Mirage , it looked like they were not full of energy and its a shame because they looked solid through out the tournament until the final against TSM.

2015-07-18 23:49

In my opinion it's linked to what I've said above: they took down fnatic before the final, which released a huge amount of pressure that built up, because fnatic are still considered the number 1 team to beat (well, at least they were). After they took them down, it's very hard to refocus on TSM, especially if you've beaten fnatic, because you kind of feel like the worst is behind you. Many people can fall into this kind of trap: beating the main favorite and losing energy and spirit against other players. NiP at DHW 2013 after beating VG is a perfect example.

I agree with you , but for now on , i have to say that TSM looks like one of the favorites to win ESL Cologne 2015 because they are looking extremely solid right now..... i would say that Fnatic and TSM are the favorites right now BTW. However do not underestimate Cloud9...because they have already showed us that they could beat Envy, Fnatic etc and i would say that cloud9 have the potential to be one of the best....... Sry if my english is bad)

2015-07-19 00:25

Yes, in my opinion the real favorites for Cologne are TSM, even though they have less results to back that up, their main strength is that they don't have much to fear from most teams at the moment. Then fnatic are the second favorites of course, and then it's up to anyone from the top10 (including C9).

2015-07-19 12:14

c9 rip

2015-07-18 23:35

Loosing with Adderall? How bad are they without it? wow

adderALL IN hype cmon !!!!!

finally.. I didnt expect them to beat navi, northat they would face c9 in the finals, thanks god for that hehe..

C9 needed to win cache. There was no way they were able to win mirage. Gg though. C9 will get a title soon. Still very pleased with how c9 have played the past month.

2015-07-18 23:55

tsm is the best !! Fnatic is the 2nd... Fanatic get lucky all the time...but their victory has never been convincing

2015-07-19 00:26

Fnatic have won 5 of past 9 matches (not maps), tsm won 4 PAST ENCOUNTERS Fnatic vs TSM 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 3 2 - 1 1 - 2 0 - 1 1 - 0 also TSM has no major wins yet

2015-07-19 01:59

Not true. Out of last 9 matches, TSM is the one who won 5, not fnatic. Your list is good, but there is one mistake. Between 0-1 TSM win and 1-3 TSM win, you listed three 1-0's for fnatic, while there are only two 1-0's in a row since that 1-3 TSM win. That basically means you made one result up, which means that there are 8 matches in your list. And the match that comes after those you listed is the match where TSM won in a bo1. This is how a correct list looks like: Fnatic - TSM 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 3 2 - 1 1 - 2 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 And if we are going to compare fnatic with TSM in matches they played against each other, the result is actually pretty embarrassing for fnatic.

2015-07-19 07:10

There were three 1-0's for fnatic after fragbite, he's right

2015-07-19 13:03

how? hltv.org/?pageid=188&teamid=4991 i don't see it.

2015-07-19 13:27

Nice to see fnatic and NiP not win a tourney for once :P

2015-07-19 00:38

Last time NiP won something? oh right, it was in january they won against Titan in ASUS ROG xD

2015-07-19 03:50

What's this rating 2.0 business? New algorithm?

2015-07-19 00:42

c9 forever 2nd

2015-07-19 02:35

1. TSM 2. fnatic 3. Na'Vi 4. Cloud9 5. EnVyUs 6. Virtus.pro 7. NiP 8. Titan 9. Dignitas 10. FlipSid3

2015-07-19 03:10

nahh fnatic is still 1st they need to face in a bo5 final

2015-07-19 03:46

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true i think tsm have the better form right now tho. and there are still way too many people who think olof and krimz are gods while device and cajunb are pretty much on the same level.

2015-07-19 03:54

well, last time they faced fnatic won. TSM got busted in groups and fnatic won 100k in ESL ESEA.

2015-07-19 03:59

fnatic lost to clg, tsm lost to keyd. fnatic won 16-14 against tsm. all b01's. if u take a look at the bigger picture tsm still have the upper hand against every other team right now. nothing is set in stone so fnatic or maybe even navi might win the next tournaments.

2015-07-19 04:07

LOL that joke Tsm > fnatic ez fnatic just won one bo1 against tsm tsm won bo5 and bo3 against fnatic and won tournaments during those last monthes

2015-07-19 13:20

And fnatic won ESL Katowice, DH Open Summer, Gfinity Spring Masters II and 100k in ESL ESEA two weeks ago

2015-07-19 15:30

I believe they are both on par currently, either can take a tournament all depends on who's performing well on what day.

2015-07-19 17:30

tsm weren't in those tournaments otherwise fnatic would have probably only win esl esea

2015-07-19 18:36

TSM were at ESL Katowice rofl and you don't know that

2015-07-19 18:41

sry was talking about gfinity & DH open didn't see you had esl katowice in the list

2015-07-19 18:45

TSM <3!

2015-07-19 03:44

Dammit ..navi had this but ...

2015-07-19 06:57

Look up "adderall side effects" in Google and you will understand Cloud9's performance on the final map, mirage.

2015-07-19 07:54

LOL 16-2

2015-07-19 09:09

fucking brilliant finals.. looking forward to seeing more of C9, they seem to have hit their stride..

2015-07-19 10:06

wp tsm

2015-07-19 12:05

I love these danish beasts, was so happy yesterday to watch them riding Na'Vi and C9 to the gfinal:) and to be honest, on Mirage they just gifted 2 rounds to C9, had a feeling they relaxed too much, 3 AWPS, and like they ran to C9 to get killed, no matter - TSM goah boys! <3

2015-07-19 14:32

Key duels won: Device 13 - 3 Skadoodle that shows quality of this dane. Ska is mentioned as the best or second [ after gvardian ] awper in the world. So where's Device?

Congrats to TSM for winning, but to C9 for going that far (and beating fnatic on their way to finale).

2015-07-19 14:54

Maybe we can stop calling fnatic worlds best now. Getting sick of this shit, every damn tournament.

2015-07-19 17:02

Apparently you can only be the best team if you won the last major, no matter how bad it's going for the team atm... Fnatic haven't been on point for 2 month, only inhuman cs from Olof gets them results lately.

2015-07-19 19:55