Liquid, Luminosity survive at EEPL S2

12-12-2015 06:04

The elimination matches of day two of the ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 Finals saw Liquid defeat Conquest (12-16 on de_inferno, 16-7 on de_cache, and 16-6 on de_overpass) and Luminosity take down CLG (16-8 on de_mirage and 16-12 on de_overpass).

Elimination matches for Groups A and B of the ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 finals in Burbank, California were a strictly not-European affair with all four qualifying teams from North America taking part.

The first game was a match-up between Liquid and Conquest and a chance to settle the score for both teams after Conquest had eliminated Liquid in an upset match back at the CEVO-P Season 8 finals.

The domestic match against Conquest took place in Hiko's court

Conquest got the ball rolling, and no doubt caused many Liquid players to break a sweat, with a sweeping 8-7 T-side half on de_inferno powered by Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic that eventually transitioned into a 16-12 map win for the primarily Canadian team.

The next two maps however allowed Liquid to show that they were the more dominant North American team, and with a deeper map-pool at that, as Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin led a charge that saw Liquid win de_cache 16-7 and de_overpass 16-6, with Conquest's attempts at making a mark on both maps a mere whimper.

ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 FinalsBest of 3

Liquid

Matchpage

12th December 2015

Conquest

Inferno

Cache

Overpass

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Hiko	67 - 38	+29	-	-	1.40
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella nitr0	61 - 48	+13	-	-	1.22
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski EliGE	50 - 49	+1	-	-	1.00
Eric 'adreN' Hoag adreN	44 - 48	-4	-	-	0.92
Jacob 'FugLy' Medina FugLy	48 - 51	-3	-	-	0.91

Conquest	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Damian 'daps' Steele daps	48 - 49	-1	-	-	0.99
Keith 'NAF' Markovic NAF	54 - 58	-4	-	-	0.98
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan ShahZaM	49 - 57	-8	-	-	0.87
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz stanislaw	41 - 52	-11	-	-	0.78
William 'RUSH' Wierzba RUSH	41 - 55	-14	-	-	0.73

The Group B elimination match was between CLG and Luminosity, and just like the Liquid versus Conqest match-up, the series was a rivalry-esque return to the offline grand final both teams had played at the WinOut Championships, which CLG won.

CLG were however frustrated by a much strengthened Luminosity roster, as Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and his Brazilian damagers played an impeccable T-side on de_mirage and then shut down CLG's offense to take the first map 16-8.

godzera was on point as usual for Luminosity

Stephen "⁠reltuC⁠" Cutler and his crew were stumped on the second map as well, despite securing an 8-7 T-sided half on de_overpass and powering ahead to a 12-8 lead at one point. FalleN busted open his stratbook and his team began to come back, with Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David leading the charge.

Using their higher firepower and execution, Luminosity therefore took the map 16-12 and eliminated CLG from the event.

ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 FinalsBest of 3

CLG

Matchpage

12th December 2015

Luminosity

Mirage

Overpass

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	48 - 38	+10	-	-	1.28
Lincoln 'fnx' Lau fnx	42 - 36	+6	-	-	1.15
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	36 - 30	+6	-	-	1.01
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	34 - 30	+4	-	-	1.00
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo TACO	24 - 39	-15	-	-	0.66

CLG	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
James 'hazed' Cobb hazed	47 - 36	+11	-	-	1.23
Josh 'jdm64' Marzano jdm64	43 - 36	+7	-	-	1.14
Stephen 'reltuC' Cutler reltuC	30 - 33	-3	-	-	0.88
Pujan 'FNS' Mehta FNS	26 - 38	-12	-	-	0.72
Tarik 'tarik' Celik tarik	27 - 41	-14	-	-	0.68

Tomorrow will see both decider matches take place along with both semifinals, with the final day of the ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 finals reserved for a showmatch and for the best-of-five grand final.

The action will first begin with a Group A decider match at 19:00 between Liquid and fnatic.

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter

LG doin it again!

2015-12-12 06:04

Acre News

2015-12-12 06:05

godzera

Fnx 61% hs, monster...

godzera, HLTV Confirmed AGAIN!

2015-12-12 06:06

4 replies

he's really playing light-outs Counter-Strike, it's incredible to watch

2015-12-12 06:10

3 replies

cold good but not best (stich bestest)

2015-12-12 06:18

Were u born polish? Cause u speak perfect english, id never say u are polish

2015-12-12 10:24

1 reply

Polish nationality, lives in the States.

2015-12-12 14:31

I hope Fallen doesn't regret picking up TACO after he had 2 good matches with Games Academy @ lan, he has been shit since, no kappa, just facts

2015-12-12 06:07

2 replies

He did good at DHW though

2015-12-12 06:42

Watch his Statistics. He only had 1 good game. He sucks. His rating vs good Teams are horrible

2015-12-12 12:10

lol godzera

haha

With this playstyle, they will beat NaVi 2-1. You heard it here first.

steel > taco

2015-12-12 06:08

Boltz > Taco > Steel

2015-12-12 13:44

i agree boltz > steel > taco Steel no have much skill but more tatical... taco is horrible

2015-12-12 14:13

Fer runner with C4

taco is not playing well he needs to focus

2015-12-12 06:09

remove these idiots semmler and sadokist. i have to mute stream and change quality to mobile cuz of them!

why?

2015-12-12 06:39

better casters than Pansy Xd

2015-12-12 13:56

not really. at leasy pansy doesnt clown nor try to "analise"

2015-12-12 14:04

good perfect

Cold +10 Fnx +6 fer +6 fallen +4 TACO - 15 ... -taco + boltz plz =\

nt fakeflagger but I agree. -Taco(without Water) + boltz

+1 =)

2015-12-12 06:20

Now it's too late, how do you imagine communication between them if they just kicked him like this ?

2015-12-12 14:09

GODZERA HLTV CONFIRMED

2015-12-12 06:11

+11111111111111111111

Taco looked nervous as f*ck today.. He has lots of room for improvement, too bad BR community will call for his head every bad game he has.

2015-12-12 06:13

+1 I'm pretty sure fans will always find someone to hate on in every roster LG could form Poor Taco

not if they add another cold

2015-12-12 06:23

TACO - 15 FeelsBadMan

2015-12-12 06:22

Hello Taco? wtf are you doing?

-TACO +bot boltz

2015-12-12 06:27

only to get knocked out agian kek

2015-12-12 06:29

Now the question is: "Can you survive to EU ?".

2015-12-12 06:47

that hardest ppart of it, EU too stronk!

2015-12-12 10:26

hello tarik?

2015-12-12 06:50

do they literally have a taco playing as their 5th?

2015-12-12 08:34

Godzilla

2015-12-12 08:48

tarik was never good. I have no idea why people overrate him so much. Average reaction, average aim, and average spray control(by NA standards). I don't think he's necessarily a brickhead by NA standards, since they all play the same way.

2015-12-12 08:57

yeh when people say he is top3 player in NA i think they watch only his stream and NA matches hltv.org/?pageid=247&statsfilter=5&playe..

2015-12-12 09:44

He's not even that good in pugs. He loses his spray a lot, and his 1st shot accuracy is probably the 2nd worst on clg. His pistol is alright, but at most you'll only get to see him shine 2 rounds per map.

2015-12-12 21:38