Luminosity take revenge on FaZe

23-1-2016 13:23

Luminosity Gaming have secured a spot in the DreamHack ZOWIE Open Leipzig semifinals after easing past FaZe 2-0 (16-7 on de_train and 16-5 on de_cache).

Day two of DreamHack Open Leipzig began the same way as the opening day, with a clash between Luminosity Gaming and FaZe, but this time there was a lot more on the line as the teams faced the prospect of an early exit in the tournament.

Train was a completely one-sided affair for most of the first half as Luminosity raced into a 9-0 lead on the Terrorist side. It was only then that the former G2 side finally managed to adjust their defense, picking up five of the next six rounds to reduce the deficit to 5-10.

Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard's beautiful ace in the final round of the first half gave FaZe some breathing room, but the momentum swung in favour of Luminosity after the break as the Brazilians grew their lead by winning the first four rounds on the CT side. FaZe then rallied back and picked up back-to-back rounds, but their hopes of a comeback were shattered by the CZs of Luminosity.

coldzera was on fire as usual

Cache was the second map in the series, and here Luminosity got out to a five-round lead before FaZe could get their first. The Brazilians quickly bounced back, however, preventing any economic development from their opponents. Unable to build on the few round wins they had in the half, FaZe saw the scoreline bloom to 2-13.

The second half began with FaZe picking up the opening three rounds, but once Luminosity bought up it was game over for the Europeans, who were a far cry from the side who had opened the tournament with a sensational 16-9 victory over Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's men.

DreamHack ZOWIE Open Leipzig 2016Best of 3

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Love that team

2016-01-23 13:23

ayyyy

so close .....

Niceee

Holy fucking rekt.

nice

tnx dad

expected

saving strats, relax

2016-01-23 13:24

ez game

Godzera

VERY EASY

coldzera top1 2016

MASSACRE !

2016-01-23 13:25

stats pls

this is not COD

2016-01-23 13:26

faze is awfull to watch, no teamplay no emotion, seems MM team

2016-01-23 13:27

6 replies

language barrier af plz disbanderiho

2016-01-23 13:28

hard to give a fuck about cs when you get paid more than 1st place prizemoney

2016-01-23 13:29

4 replies

+21, salarries are higher than prize purse of 1 tournament

2016-01-23 13:46

2 replies

How much are the players being paid?

2016-01-23 13:49

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in the astralis article says that the players started the org with $9000 in salary, and they got offered $10000 and for a team that never wins a tournament like faze/g2, it's a lot

2016-01-23 14:52

is funny cuz LG reject a rlly huge offer made By TSM

2016-01-23 14:31

well played LG, its gonna be a good match vs Astralis :D

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2016-01-23 13:55

Hopefully it'll be like FaceIT semis. That match was insane.

2016-01-23 13:58

+1 One of the bests Bo3 i've watched in a long time.

2016-01-23 15:36

Where is the 360 no scope?

Someone should ask FaZe's CEO: how much ?

Over $1 million I hear

2016-01-23 14:09

shame on them to waste that kind of money on this team, they could bought off fnatic lineup, and u can even see ocelote happiness after the buy off from faze on his twitter

2016-01-23 15:37

fer and cold carry-mode

fox MVP as per usual

2016-01-23 13:30

One more sacrifice for the FerGOD.

2016-01-23 13:31

-fox

2016-01-23 13:32

taco mvp

2016-01-23 13:33

Cold is a fucking beast. I think he's best aimer in the world. His crosshair placement is fucking great.

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lol

2016-01-23 13:41

Lol. Even fnx and fer on point are better pure aimers than cold.

No. Watch his POV and you'll win the answer. Also i'd put him in top3 aimer in the world alongside olof and niko

2016-01-23 13:52

I think fnx is the best aimer in LG.

2016-01-23 14:10

Not sure about best aimer. Top 10 for sure. But I agree very much about crosshair placement. Very very good instinct, defo top 5 for that.

2016-01-23 14:25

Lg won

2016-01-23 13:34

lol slaughtered

lg top 1 2016

2016-01-23 13:35

LG <3

EZ Game

2016-01-23 13:36

LG too ez :D

2016-01-23 13:37

It clearly shows what I was feeling and a lot of BR fans also felt: yesterday LG was having some problem, they either had terrible sleep, eat something that made bad for them, I don't know, yesterday they were just MISSING SHOTS like a tier 3 team. They were able to spot enemies first, but somehow they missed 6,7 shots, before getting killed. LG on a normal day wouldn't lose inferno like that, and wouldn't drop a map for SK, with all respect to SK. Today against FaZe we saw the normal LG, fortunately.

2016-01-23 13:39

I wonder if TACO were switched by a better player

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Taco is a solid player, just because he is at the bottom doesn't make him bad.

2016-01-23 13:42

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(с) Fifflaren

Different player, another situation.

2016-01-23 13:44

Ikr but he isn't on LG level, maybe some improvements

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Well since him and coldzera joined they have been a contester. Personally I think his playstyle fits well with the team. He spots more than he engage, so that they get information. He also holds the "boring" spots, where there is less action - which normally gives a lower score. There is always room for improvement. But in a match were you clearly win, who cares if you're the bottom fragger, your team won and that is what counts.

Well thought m8

2016-01-23 13:48

Great arguments my danish friend

This, +2312312312313 this. You should coach some ppl here my friend.

2016-01-23 14:22

I agree. I had poor thoughts of him before but I noticed he does do that a lot. Or plays the bait for his team, which LG are extremely good at thanks to their trading skills.

2016-01-23 14:26

thank you for not being the typical hltv retard

2016-01-23 14:27

That's exactly what FalleN says all the time when people criticize taco.

2016-01-23 15:15

#71 + taco and cold is bestfriend and cold wanna play with him.

2016-01-23 13:54

This wont happen while LG keeps doing fine

2016-01-23 14:19

FalleN: "Hard to play teams like FaZe" Forgot the Kappa

TACO - 0.73 facepalm

2016-01-23 13:38

lg ez

Faze pls back to cod

18 kills fox in 44 rounds 0,4k/round lol

that wasnt a revenge that was a vendette

lel

2016-01-23 14:24

FaZe looked so uninspired... but if these Brazilians were rekting on me I think I'd understand

2016-01-23 13:43

-taco +good openfragger = top1 team

its not like you think dude, there cant be ideal 5 players. its about tp. even fnatic dont have 5 ideal.

there is no tp with taco, he just rushes and kill or die mode

2016-01-23 13:50

but he gives info, while fallen fer cold fnx can use it well

2016-01-23 20:46

any open fragger can do that if he has mouth

2016-01-23 20:56

imagine if i rush v fnatic, and i gove you info, i bet you wont have idea how to kill them, even you know their place, right?

2016-01-23 21:09

Tbf fnatic do kinda have 5 ideal. Although JW has been lacking in recent memory.

He is very young player, what you expected?

2016-01-23 13:53

s1mple, flamie, fnx, f0rest and get_right in 1.6 raped everyone at 16 stupid excuse

2016-01-23 15:58

Yeah dude, 10years ago :) 1.6 was 1.6, now its a GO and its to different games. 1.6 everything was about game, GO its about skins and money :)

2016-01-23 16:39

i am telling you about young talents not skins and money

2016-01-23 17:13

Dude, show me at least one 16years player, who is PRO level. Noone care abuot that, at this time.

2016-01-23 17:47

taco played great

about today : youtube.com/watch?v=CGqEDu4_XoM

2016-01-23 13:56

eu precisei de legendas pa ver o BOPE, n se percebia um caralho e preciso de terapia dps do jogo de hoje ;(((

2016-01-23 15:14

kick TACO PLEASEEEEEEE

2016-01-23 14:00

Are you an idiot? Do you just look up scores at the end of a match? Do you even play CS?

2016-01-23 14:02

2016-01-23 14:55

LG are obviously gunna win this tournament only threat is astralis and they're gunna choke so...

Navi will win this tournament. Astralis will proceed to finals. People, be realistic.

2016-01-23 14:06

Its a semi final ffs,astralis always get cucked on semis

2016-01-23 14:11

only on majors

2016-01-23 17:16

ayyy lmao told you m8

2016-01-23 19:45

Told you

2016-01-23 19:47

wp favelas, nothing to add here <3

2016-01-23 19:49

Australis and Navi can win also. Nice games coming.

2016-01-23 14:08

only navi to go and they might choke against dig, I doubt it tho

2016-01-23 19:46

Too easy to COLDZERA... Too hard to TACO

LG 32x12 FaZe when Coldzera is on fire,LG is unstoppable

2016-01-23 14:16

Fer was on fire too

2016-01-23 14:23

coldzera

ITS ALL OVER FOR LG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111111

1.50 rating...

2016-01-23 14:30

-taco +hunden

2016-01-23 14:32

GGwp, free skins for all

EZ fer GOD Bot fox

2016-01-23 14:49

When the FalleN plays well and Fer and Cold are in godmode, LG is unstoppable

just a tip, there's no "the" before names neither in portuguese or english.

2016-01-23 15:17

fucking google translator xD

2016-01-23 15:30

"coldzera was on fire as usual" lol

2016-01-23 15:24

EZ Revenge

2016-01-23 16:00

cs isnt about fragging only :) ppl doenst know anything about cs TACO fits really well on LG

2016-01-23 16:05

" coldzera was on fire as usual "

fox useless again

2016-01-23 18:04

Luminosity take revenge on FaZe

Learn what is happening - and why.