Astralis, E-frag secure remaining wins

3-3-2016 21:23

Two de_cache games closed out matches for four teams in Group B of IEM Katowice, with Astralis taking down Tempo Storm 16-12 and E-frag.net winning in double overtime against EnVyUs, 22-19.

The following two games had admittedly less at stake then the face-off between Virtus.pro and FaZe, as Envy and E-frag.net were both out of the tournament.

However, the game between Tempo Storm and Astralis had quite a bit going for it as the winner would top the Group and therefore move straight into the semifinals while avoiding playing the quarter-finals entirely.

karrigan helped his team secure top seed in Group B

Despite a dominant 13-2 CT-sided half on de_cache shepherded by Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen, Astralis suddenly found themselves facing against the indomitable will of a Brazilian resurgence as João "⁠felps⁠" Vasconcellos and his teammates began to steadily pick up rounds on the second half.

With the score at 14-12 for the Danes, Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen helped his team win the match point with a crucial two kills in a midround moment. The following round saw Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz and Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth work together to secure five kills and give the Danish team the map at 16-12.

IEM Katowice 2016Best of 1

Astralis

Matchpage

3rd March 2016

Tempo Storm

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Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen karrigan	25 - 17	+8	91.8	64.3%	1.27
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	17 - 18	-1	73.0	78.6%	1.15
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	21 - 19	+2	79.2	60.7%	1.11
René 'cajunb' Borg cajunb	20 - 17	+3	81.6	64.3%	1.05
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	14 - 20	-6	51.6	57.1%	0.77

Tempo Storm	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
João 'felps' Vasconcellos felps	24 - 19	+5	90.1	75.0%	1.34
Ricardo 'boltz' Prass boltz	17 - 18	-1	79.4	75.0%	1.08
Lucas 'LUCAS1' Teles LUCAS1	18 - 21	-3	79.3	64.3%	0.97
Henrique 'HEN1' Teles HEN1	17 - 19	-2	60.0	60.7%	0.92
Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' Gonçalves SHOOWTiME	14 - 20	-6	51.8	57.1%	0.74

The second match had very little on the line as both E-frag.net and Envy were out of the tournament and was merely played for the $1,000 bonus that is awarded to each victory in the group stage.

The first half was the Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt show as the current member of nV leading the team was a big part in his squad's 10-5 CT defense against the Bulgarian side.

v1c7oR had a phenomenal game against nV

Viktor "⁠v1c7oR⁠" Dyankov helped get the ball rolling for E-frag.net with a pistolround ace and despite EnVyUs winning a crucial early second-half round to reset the Bulgarian team's economy and then powering ahead to a 15-8 scoreline, E-frag somehow brought the score to an overtime result.

In overtime, the two teams traded blows with both favouring their CT-sides and the match progressed towards 18-18, double overtime. In the second overtime, v1c7oR and Nikolay "⁠pNshr⁠" Paunin put in crucial plays to help give the Bulgarian team their first victory of the tournament, and complete Envy' humiliation.

IEM Katowice 2016Best of 1

Envy

Matchpage

3rd March 2016

E-frag.net

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E-frag.net	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankov v1c7oR	38 - 24	+14	95.8	73.2%	1.40
Emiliyan 'spyleadeR' Dimitrov spyleadeR	27 - 31	-4	81.8	63.4%	1.07
Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov bubble	25 - 27	-2	75.6	65.9%	0.95
Nikolay 'nkl' Krastev nkl	28 - 33	-5	59.8	65.9%	0.87
Nikolay 'pNshr' Paunin pNshr	22 - 28	-6	59.1	65.9%	0.84

Envy	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt NBK-	38 - 31	+7	94.9	80.5%	1.27
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub kennyS	29 - 26	+3	76.5	65.9%	1.12
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire apEX	28 - 29	-1	79.7	58.5%	1.07
Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Happy	30 - 27	+3	79.6	68.3%	1.02
Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey kioShiMa	18 - 28	-10	61.4	70.7%	0.83

Group B standings:

#	Team	W	L	Diff	Points
1.	Astralis	5	0	+41	15
2.	Tempo Storm	3	2	+12	9
3.	Virtus.pro	3	2	-5	9
4.	FaZe	2	3	-4	6
5.	E-frag.net	1	4	-29	3
6.	EnVyUs	1	4	-15	3

As a result, Astralis have advanced directly into the IEM Katowice semifinals while Tempo Storm and Virtus.pro will be playing quarter-final matches come tomorrow.

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

Really interesting!

2016-03-03 21:23

Envy should be in the bottom of the board

2016-03-03 21:24

3 replies

fixed

2016-03-03 21:25

Like fox?

2016-03-03 22:54

1 reply

u saw what u did there :D

2016-03-03 23:55

kek

e-frag ftw!

1st in my heart

faking idiots, miss 5 seconds and u are #17

some people live on hltv bro

2016-03-03 21:54

dasd

envy so bad

rip nv

rekt

Unbelievable... I was hoping for nV to do some damage.

Wtf Envy

glad the baguette losts

these boobs

ez4astralis

Niceeee

LG>ALL

EnVyShit

envy cmon?!?!?

What is up with nv?

Lol, Ez E-Frag

ez ts

gj envy hope they diband and go play dota on a profesional level especially kio

#white flag french fight like always to end pure lions EleGiggle

sad nV ;/ -apex -k1o +shox +scream or maybe just let Happy igl again.....

6 replies

scream? overrtated retard why would you kick a consistent player to let someone who's good 1/10 game

2016-03-03 21:28

5 replies

scream has been way more consistent than kio and shox>apex easy (but ik it wont happen cuz shox doesnt want to play without fucking smithzz)

2016-03-03 21:29

4 replies

kio just had a bad start in 2016 hltv.org/?pageid=246&statsfilter=2052&pl.. nice consistency

2016-03-03 21:32

hltv.org/?pageid=246&statsfilter=2057&pl.. bet its better than kio ^^ (dont only look at the ratings look at the amount of frags aswell)..^^

2016-03-03 21:35

2 replies

kio has been struggling in 2016 yes but he will be better at major

2016-03-04 08:10

Lez hope^

2016-03-04 10:51

Thank you for -300$, EnVy :* Shittiest team in the history of CS:GO

how can the shittiest team in history win multiple events + a major? i dont think nv care about your skins

2016-03-03 21:26

Now they care about disband only. French CS <3

2016-03-03 21:27

envy... what a shame

EnVyUs what a joke :D French surrender throw

So round difference is what matter when its same point amount? Stupidest system ever. So basically yesterday fnatic could have throwed round away against mouz when it was 18:17 to play another overtimes to get +3 or +4 round difference which would put them on the first place in group.

11 replies

head to head lg beat them so that wasnt an option

So why the fuck NV is 5th and efrag 6th?

2016-03-03 21:30

hltv.org/?pageid=216&eventid=2036 they arent

2016-03-03 21:31

they were news was edited

e frag is 5th are you blind

it got fixed since then, they were 6th

2016-03-03 21:58

No its head-up confront.

Well actually it's because LG won against fnatic in a previous match.

Its who wins match between them. Like E-frag won against EnVy so they are in front of them even when got worse score in rounds

overtimes wins should be counted as 16-15 when it comes to counting round difference IMO But I still think round difference should count because it makes sense, just not counting the overtime rounds (like I explained earlier)

Yeah its my bad. It was envy 5th and efrag 6th but they changed it now

2016-03-03 21:44

Envyus wtf, last place. What a shame!

6. EnVy LOL

Rip thorin

Man i feel bad for nV, but i can't help the lolling at the same time :'D

2016-03-03 21:45

Wtf KennyS! Do something!

2016-03-03 21:48

he dunnit want to tho

2016-03-03 22:01

2016-03-03 21:56

-k1o hes the active fifflaren kick him and you will win these easy matches again :) But im sure they will be more prepared for the upcomming major, atleast they have 4 solid players so i dont count them out :) Gg

2016-03-03 22:45

wow v1c7toR :O what a amazing player <3 i loved his playstyle <3

2016-03-03 22:52

Once again, EnVyUs they has been screwed by random luck based BO1 format. Please have BO3 in tournaments, then a better team can win 2-1 not lose 0-1.

2016-03-04 03:17