Luminosity to semi-finals over VP

2-4-2016 20:20

Luminosity emerged victorious in Columbus, beating Virtus.pro 2-1 despite losing the first map as they advanced to the semi-finals (17-19 on de_cache, 16-10 on de_cbble, 16-11 on de_overpass).

The last quarter-final at MLG Columbus 2016 was between Luminosity and Virtus.pro. The Brazilians topped Group A as they beat MOUZ and Ninjas in Pyjamas while the struggling Polish side beat G2 2-1 in the decider match to keep their Legend status intact.

The first map was de_cache which was picked by Virtus.pro as Luminosity chose to start on the CT-side. The Brazilian team got three opening kills but Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas & Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski secured the round despite a 2v5 disadvantage. Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski & Snax combined for entry kills on the A-site in the first weapon round to put their team 4-0 ahead.

Luminosity started to win rounds but Virtus.pro made it expensive by getting kills and bomb-plants (5-2). This came back to bite Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo & co. as Virtus.pro extended their lead to 8-2 and Luminosity called for a timeout. The Brazilians grabbed three rounds in a row but TaZ & Snax stepped up once again, clutching another 2v5. The Poles ended the half 10-5 ahead.

Luminosity planted the bomb on the B-site as it was 5v5 to start the second half and did not let Virtus.pro retake as Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga had a triple-kill. Despite losing the first weapon round, Luminosity answered with three of their own and tied the game at 11-11.

coldzera was consistent on all three maps

The timeout came from Virtus.pro as Luminosity took the lead but TaZ & co. were not able to stop the Brazilians' momentum. The solid tactical T-side approach of Luminosity earned them four map points (15-11). The Polish veterans came alive when the map was on the line to take it to overtime as they got four consecutive rounds.

A very late execution on the A-site worked for Luminosity and they earned picked up the first round of the overtime. A three man hold by Virtus.pro towards middle paid off, tying the game at 16-16. Virtus.pro managed to come on top of a 2v2 to finish the first half of overtime 17-16 ahead. Virtus.pro were victorious in the end, finishing the match 19-17 and securing their own map pick.

FalleN got two opening kills to kick off his team's map pick, de_cbble, as they went on to win the anti-ecos (3-0). Virtus.pro decided to push the B-site but were unsuccessful, trailing 0-4. Double entry by Snax helped the Poles get their first round but they got reset as they lost the following round.

Virtus.pro saw enough and called for a timeout after Luminosity lead 9-1. The Poles lost the subsequent round but VP answered with a 2v5 eco round victory thanks to Paweł "⁠byali⁠" Bieliński's quad-kill. At halftime, the score was 11-4 in favor of FalleN & company.

pashaBiceps struggled on the second map

Despite losing the pistol round, Virtus.pro initiated a comeback attempt and Snax's 1v2, which brought the score to 12-10, caused Luminosity to take a timeout. It paid off for the Brazilians and they immediately won three rounds to acquire five match points and they finished it off with a 16-10 scoreline.

To decide it all, we went to de_overpass where pashaBiceps picked up a triple-kill in the pistol round as Virtus.pro started on a good note. Luminosity, undaunted, made the force buy work and took the lead (3-1). The Poles won two rounds and tied it but Luminosity took the lead once again to make it 4-3. Virtus.pro decided to force buy in the eighth round which did not work out for them. Luminosity led 12-3 at halftime break.

Luminosity's pistol round victory was countered by Virtus.pro who won the second round of the first half and went on to get their 6th round. The Brazilians picked up another weapon round to make it 14-6 but the Poles answered right back thanks to Snax's double entry (14-7). Just like on the second map, the Polish team made a comeback effort and reached to double digits with Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski wreaking havoc with his AWP.

Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo's triple kill gave the Brazilians four match points and Luminosity won it 16-11.

MLG Columbus 2016Best of 3

Luminosity

Matchpage

2nd April 2016

Virtus.pro

Cache

Cobblestone

Overpass

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	73 - 53	+20	83.7	76.4%	1.25
Lincoln 'fnx' Lau fnx	67 - 53	+14	82.1	71.9%	1.14
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	61 - 71	-10	82.0	70.8%	1.07
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	61 - 58	+3	70.4	67.4%	1.06
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo TACO	54 - 58	-4	70.8	66.3%	0.98

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Paweł 'byali' Bieliński byali	67 - 62	+5	80.3	70.8%	1.11
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Snax	61 - 67	-6	86.2	61.8%	1.09
Filip 'NEO' Kubski NEO	54 - 59	-5	67.4	68.5%	0.99
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas TaZ	55 - 58	-3	64.0	62.9%	0.89
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski pashaBiceps	56 - 70	-14	69.8	61.8%	0.87

Luminosity will play their semi-final against Liquid later today while Virtus.pro will place 5th-8th place, exiting the tournament.

12312

2016-04-02 20:21

9 replies

stronger team moves on, VP gave a decent fight but they would've made for a pretty poor final if they had beat liquid

2016-04-02 20:23

8 replies

LG so lucky, that second round on overpass. How the fuck this nade didnt kill terro and then he killed byali on flash with 1hp. More luck than expected.

2016-04-02 20:26

4 replies

game is broken, that failure of the game costed vp 3 fucking rounds!! FUCK YOU GABEN !!!!!!!!!!!

2016-04-02 20:29

yep vp would probably had won the map if it wasn't for that shitty round

2016-04-02 20:30

2 replies

whine more please

2016-04-02 20:37

1 reply

Shut up Brazilian Bully

2016-04-02 23:03

if you see how VP was playing since last year, i think they played beyond 'decent'. they put a hell of a fight for LG.. happy to see that they are getting back on track =)

2016-04-02 20:27

i agree. GG WP both teams

2016-04-02 20:50

VP is super strong on finals except few against fnatic. VP lost games this tournament and few other because they play old ecos strategy. They should focus on killling as many players as possible instead of winning round with them dying with no kills. Because they dont do much economy damage other teams rolling and 1-2 rounds won dont break opponents economy. Which happens to VP a lot..

2016-04-03 17:06

xddd

WELL PLAYED VP!

2016-04-02 20:24

good game by LG

VP played really well, if they can bring their CT sides back up to par then they'll be a top contender for sure.

whole new champion PogChamp

2016-04-02 20:22

NMICE

Lg good

GG LUMI

EEZ

WP VP

expected

totally undeserved for lg way too much luck for them GO LIQUID

nt lg hater

taco survive every 2nd round with 1 hp... yeah right, ok gaben

Good thing each player starts with 100 life, and not with 99.

2016-04-02 20:41

come one, show us your real flag

2016-04-02 20:38

we smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL!

NEO GOD, PASHA BOT

Lg to win the major.

Liquid is not gonna be easy

2016-04-02 21:01

Navi>LG sorry bro

2016-04-02 22:58

Yes they finnaly did it proud of my boys!!!

Inb4 favelas go nuts

lol hltv getting ddos'd from the traffic

VACO CARRY THE FAVELAS

Good show by taco last map

Expected

noice

ez 4 ence

WP LG, gl in semis

2016-04-02 20:33

anyway nice try VP

Ez 4 LG against Liquid

3 replies

Dont underestimate, LG never won a LAN match against liquid and they tend to aways choke against them ;) Its not gonna be easy

2016-04-02 21:03

EZ AGAINST LIQUID :v

2016-04-02 23:27

That was nothing ez about that match ;^)

2016-04-03 04:43

VP played good, nt.

VP is the real champion of the hearts.

great game I wish LG can win now this major and btw. TACO is amazing... so many impact kills, especially in those last rounds

he goes unnoticed by the majority of people who see stats and judge players, but TACO really has been so solid for Luminosity as he has played more and more.

2016-04-02 20:25

+1 so many impact kills who made lg win and a lot of DMG players saying he is bad because is bottom-fragging

he also was the first killed by NEO 3~4 times in a row.. B side was too ez for VP

In his defense, Neo was playing out of his mind

2016-04-02 23:15

LET'S GO LUMINOSITY THIS MAJOR IS YOURS <3

Finals: LG x Na'Vi, the best rivalry of 2016

ALL SUPPORT LIQUID PLZ! MONKEYS GO TO HOME

U f0kn mad m8?

2016-04-02 21:05

easiest major ever

respect

<3 i love you my country, i love u so much! we smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL!

LG champion is real

VP made LG to sweat to earn this victory, everyone thought it will be a cakewalk for LG. Seeing now LG performance for sure Liquid will be pumped up.

NA crowd is amazing

Detriment. :( Bravo Virtus.Pro for fighting. I congratulate Brazil because they have a great team with 2 legends cs 1.6 (fnx , FalleN vs. Neo and TaZ) I hope they win tournament,they deserve it. C'mon Brazileiro ! Ty USA for support. <3 gg wp both teams.

+1 good game, VP played amazingly.

it was a great match, i almost had a heart attack. Is not for nothing that FalleN said VP was the hardest team to play against

2016-04-02 20:31

GG WP, it's good to see VP playing good again. It's my favorite team after LG because these guys are old-schools warriors. TaZ and Neo are legends ingame and very polite nice guys IRL. Bravo Virtus.Pro!

Thanks my friend :) I wish Brazil victory because you have a super team. You can do it guys! mibr & LG = top level.

WP VP <3

nt VP Great game!

VP made bad mistakes for example losing 2nd round after winning pistols. If not this im sure they would have win atleast 6 rounds on ct.

Who did expect this performance from "Virtus Slump Pro" They managed a fight and with the luck LG has VP could probably do it! VP had not the luck that LG had! You also do need luck in this game. Still congratulation tho. LG can go to the Final WOW!

2016-04-02 20:28

"Your mistake is thinking you are at home. You're far away to home. HERE IS BRAZILLLLLLLL" HU3HU3HU3BRBRBR

Very good game, gg to LG. Seems like VP is back tho :) Still, it looks like it's time to shine for Na'Vi.

Love VP, they play nice but LG was ready 4 this

NT VP GO LG LG LG LG LG LG GO LG LG

Im feeling sad because of Neo... my favourite player since 1.6, the player of the decade 2000-2010. I saw the old Neo in this match. VP played very good, they are coming back and i hope that they will be able to win next tournaments.

i saw a lot of oldschool plays, neo entry fragging with awp was insane.

O PAAASHA VAI ME MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR O PAAASHA VAI ME MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR O PAAASHA VAI ME MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR O PAAASHA VAI ME MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR O PAAASHA VAI ME MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR O PAAASHA VAI ME MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR

faveladinho

2016-04-02 20:49

I really like LG and wish them victory! :)

Amazing game Cache was unreal Wp VP, glad to see u so strong <3polandbrothers

<3 Good luck my friend!

2016-04-02 20:34

Nice battle VP!

where the bananas in the desk of VP ? cry a river now racist.

VP just lost this map for stupid plays i mean they forced 2much and in cobble for example they were 4v2 then 1 player left a lot of times then no money ggwp etc. AND PASHA OMFG HE HAVE AIM AND SKILL BUT NO BRAIN LOOKS LIKE IDK WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THIS GUY PLS JUST STOP YOUR TWITCHES OR -PASHA

He has a family also a child to take care. And he ain't stream so much

2016-04-02 21:07

I think that even though VP lost this match, they won the hearts of many CS fans all over the world.

too ez against virtus.bot

2016-04-02 20:32

:) im not commenting a lot here as ppl behave like kids. But i love you post , you fighting with you self. You make anger win against you. Know one is angry , as VP done hell of a good job. A bit of luck more and game can go different way. LG did wp. And you my frend haha fantastic comment.

2016-04-03 00:15

5/5 london

2016-04-03 00:16

VP played very good GG

is coldzera human?

cold back at it again GG

2016-04-02 20:36

nice try virtus, now kick pasha

pasha was top fragging on overpass

did you saw most of his kills? What matters is how impactant were his kills

2016-04-02 20:39

snax did worse...no one needs to be kicked they're improving

2016-04-02 23:24

i didn't said they need to kick pasha. Actually I don't think they should kick him, just saying you can't say he was carryng vp on overpass because of the scoreboard.

2016-04-02 23:42

Can I get 25 replies? :D

VP is so shitty. if u make those mistakes against teams like G2 u can still win but when u actually do those mistakes against a top 5 team then u are dead for sure

How to shut an entire stadium 101, nicely do LG.

2016-04-02 20:40

I hope that this tournament could be the end of Virtus.Slump, they finally showed some great cs. And I hope that we lost to a MLG Major Champions, GO LG <3

2016-04-02 20:43

Can't wait to see them at Malmo!

2016-04-02 21:47

Luminosity = campers. How to play like Luminosity: Run down clock to 20 seconds then fully rush.

2016-04-02 20:46

5 replies

Its not like this on everymap... And believe, they are reallyng savin strats

2016-04-02 20:48

Saving strats in a major quarter finals?????????????????????????? Next level of authism right here

You know nothing about cs, stfu.

2016-04-02 22:47

Ofc mr ynk

2016-04-02 23:06

2016 and people still bitch about camping lmfao its called being a "smart" player ffs

2016-04-02 22:14

expected. USA can't live without monkeys and idiots like trump.

2016-04-02 20:47

2016-04-02 20:52

faggots

2016-04-02 20:55

i'm calling LG as champion

2016-04-02 20:59

LG was kinda lucky to get overpass instead of mirage/train as last map imo

One of the best matches I've seen on MLG, DH Malmö will be amazing too. I think that prize pool should be more than 250k $.

2016-04-02 21:04

let's go LG <3 and gg vp

-14 , always 4 vs. 5 :( :( :(

2016-04-02 21:10

I'm very happy for VP. They lost in details and some lesser mistakes that a Team outside of the top 5 wouldn't have been able to exploit. Excepting Fernando "MP9" Alvarenga, LG was no pushover

2016-04-02 21:14

"Luminosity's pistol round victory was countered by Virtus.pro who won the second round of the first half and went on to get their 6th round." second* half, not first

2016-04-02 21:31