Day one recap of IEM Gamescom

5-8-2015 18:38

Here's a recap of day one at IEM Gamescom, which SK and EnVyUs have survived without a dent.

Day one in Cologne started off with the expected EnVyUs-TSM match-up, which has been voted on for nearly two days by the community.

TSM were in an uphill battle though, as de_cbble was chosen, which the Danish side is known not to play very often. The fresh French lineup was able to prevail following a strong Terrorist side 16-11, which cost TSM one of their four lives.

IEM Gamescom 2015Best of 1

Envy

Matchpage

5th August 2015

TSM

Cobblestone

Thanks to the peculiar format, Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer's side were given the opportunity to choose the next match-up, but according to the rules, were unable to pick either themselves and TSM.

They went with mousesports and Renegades instead, this time on de_dust2, which the German-based side was able to storm through with no real trouble 16-2.

IEM Gamescom 2015Best of 1

MOUZ

Matchpage

5th August 2015

Renegades

Dust2

Interestingly enough, mousesports didn't go with either of the favourites to have a chance to cause some damage, and decided to match up CLG and SK Gaming, the only couple that have not played a single match yet.

SK Gaming arrived with a stand-in, Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač, of course, who led SK Gaming frag-wise to their first victory in Cologne on de_overpass after a confident 12-3 Counter-Terrorist side.

IEM Gamescom 2015Best of 1

CLG

Matchpage

5th August 2015

Overpass

de_mirage was randomly chosen from the community's tweets and the victors decided to match their Danish comrades to Renegades on it.

The clear favourites didn't let their Australian opposition surprise them though, as Renegades lost another life after yet another one-sided result, this time 16-6.

IEM Gamescom 2015Best of 1

TSM

Matchpage

5th August 2015

Renegades

Mirage

Understandably, TSM wanted to cause as much damage as possible to their biggest threat at the tournament, EnVyUs, who they have lost to in the initial match of the tournament.

With that in mind, arguably the third best team at the tournament, mousesports, were picked to battle for one of their lives. That match ended up being the closest one, despite EnVyUs picking up a 14-8 lead. mousesports couldn't come back all the way though, as the Frenchmen closed it out at 16-13.

IEM Gamescom 2015Best of 1

Envy

Matchpage

5th August 2015

MOUZ

Inferno

With the first five matches of the tournament and the first day over, the number of lives and matches are standing as follows:

	W	L	Lives
EnVyUs	2	0	4
SK	1	0	4
mousesports	1	1	3
TSM	1	1	3
CLG	0	1	3
Renegades	0	2	2

Tomorrow the action continues in Cologne, Germany, but we won't get to see which map or which teams get to play first before the start, per tournament rules.

mouz vs nV was good, other games was boring

2015-08-05 18:39

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NV beating TSM was quite alright :)

2015-08-06 00:08

nV <3

2015-08-05 18:40

day one recap: 80% of bullshit commercials and pseudo analysis followed by 10% of pauses and streams going offline and THEN we finally get our 10% of gameplay. How about you go fuck yourself ESL ?

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2015-08-05 18:42

lol

nt pasha

also where is our show match :(

2015-08-05 18:49

2 replies

I've been told they're gonna have one at the end of each day except for today.

2015-08-05 19:49

Ah, thx for info

2015-08-05 19:58

at least we has good gameplays today

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we has i arent think that

2015-08-05 19:01

"i arent think that" I aren't think this

2015-08-05 19:17

"I aren't think this" I aren't think that

2015-08-05 21:04

rip aussies

2015-08-05 18:41

envyus so lucky to play tsm and mouz on their worst maps ...

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omg mouz so lucky to play renegades on their best map

2015-08-05 18:57

2015-08-05 18:58

would have won on anymap

2015-08-05 19:33

pretty much this

2015-08-05 19:06

+1 mouse still managed to get 13 rounds. very impressive imo

2015-08-06 00:07

god KennyS

nice nv<3

2015-08-05 18:44

envy x tsm - mvp : apEx mouz x renegades - mvp : chrisJ clg x sk - mvp : NiKo tsm x renegades - mvp : device envy x mouz - mvp : Happy

2015-08-05 18:47

"mousesports didn't go with either of the favourites to have a chance to cause some damage, and decided to match up CLG and SK Gaming, the only couple that have not played a single match yet." Isn't one of the rules, that only teams with the fewest matches played can be picked? So they didn't have much choice here...

2015-08-05 18:50

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Only rule bro is that team can't play 2 matches in row, nothing else :)

2015-08-05 18:53

Advanced Rules *For every game won, teams will get to choose which two teams play each other next. *Noone can play twice in a row (unless unavoidable) *One of the teams picked needs to be from the teams with the least amount of matches played.(until impossible) *Map choices will be made via community participation. A map that has been picked before can not be picked again that day.

*One of the teams picked needs to be from the teams with the least amount of matches played.(until impossible) ty, didn't know for this one, makes some sense to give some balance.

2015-08-06 03:31

One of the two has to be of those who played the least, not both.

2015-08-05 19:09

This is actually a super fun tournament format, abeit not the best for a serious tournament like the major, but a fun change for both the fans and teams.

2015-08-05 18:51

NV will probably pick SK and TSM (assuming they can).

2015-08-05 18:55

They should, Danes trying to work together but whoever wins HAS to pick CLG and cannot try to match envy up with mousesports etc again. (nt Denmark)

2015-08-05 19:03

all games won by europe, expected

2015-08-05 18:56

niko is love niko is life

[*] aussies

where photo?

2015-08-05 19:14

Vods available anywhere? Especially nv matches

2015-08-05 19:12

youtu.be/wERGtBNzegg This channel has all of them.

2015-08-06 03:06

Thanks

2015-08-06 08:38

Next match SK vs TSM

2015-08-05 19:16

LOL sounded as lot of fun as much as the format is odd!

What about the showmatch?

2015-08-05 19:28

this tournament is 100% random

2015-08-05 19:30

2015-08-05 22:44

The asian on the desk is a noob lol he is talking out his ass about csgo and has no idea

2015-08-05 19:36

I think it's likely to work out like this: nV pick TSM vs SK. TSM pick CLG vs Renegades CLG pick nV vs mousesports nV pick TSM vs SK again TSM pick CLG vs Renegades again CLG wins again and Renegades eliminated, end of day 2.

2015-08-05 19:37

Renegades really should beat clg

2015-08-05 22:34

Possible, but even though, I doubt it would change the picks.

2015-08-05 23:45

"Tomorrow the action continues in Cologne, Germany, but we won't get to see which map or which teams get to play first before the start, per tournament rules." Awesome rules.

2015-08-05 19:38

8 hours = 5 maps. This format is a joke.

2015-08-05 19:46

what a crappy format.. you dont know which teams are going to play and on what map + a boring useless bo1. A useless and boring lan imo.

2015-08-05 20:06

format is weird but it's interesting that's for sure

2015-08-05 23:11

The format is flawed with the random maps not decided by the teams. Also by guessing what the match ups will be fans can effectively rig it by choosing a teams best or worst map for the match up.

2015-08-05 23:32

That is the point of the format...

2015-08-06 09:40

Renegades was on a bad day or what?

2015-08-06 00:59

Lets hope so :/

2015-08-06 03:18

Mouz couldn't pick both teams, they had to use either CLG or SK in the matchup and there would be no reason to match them up against either EnVyUs or TSM as that would end up with the same result (either CLG or SK losing a life). Meaning that their pick could end up with another EnVyUs vs TSM game afterwards, but then SK played it smart. I have found the format fun so far - of course it will be intensified today when teams are loose more lives.

2015-08-06 09:47