Luminosity win ELEAGUE Group A

28-5-2016 07:56

Luminosity have won the ELEAGUE Group A final 2-1 over Cloud9 (11-16 on Mirage, 19-16 on Cobblestone, and 16-9 on Dust2) and advance to the playoffs of the $1.4 million tournament.

The late night final of Group A of the $1.4 million ELEAGUE Season 1 marked CS:GO's debut on American television on TBS as Luminosity, the world's best team per our Global Rankings, and Cloud9, currently ranked #18 in the world, faced off in a best-of-three to determine the team that would qualify for the weeks 9-10 playoffs.

Things got off to a lightning fast start with Cloud9 winning their CT-side pistolround and which included a knife kill from Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham. Following two anti-eco conversions, Cloud9 led at 3-0 and it was a triple kill from Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo that opened up the T-side for Luminosity and gave them the first gunround.

Luminosity appeared vulnerable but ultimately closed out the series on Dust2

Luminosity ran ahead to a 4-3 lead but a pistol buy by Cloud9 in the eighth round that included two CZ75 kills by Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert suddenly gave the Canadian-American team some fresh momentum and, following another successful execute by Luminosity, Cloud9 again grabbed round and began to inch ahead as n0thing and Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip warmed up to their CT roles.

With Cloud9 up 9-5, the final round of the half saw Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo get a multikill to help his team plant and successfully defend against a retake, and the half thus finished 9-6 in favour of Cloud9.

Luminosity relied on Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David to help stop a B-site push and thus claim the second pistolround and they managed to win both anti-ecos as well as the first gunround but suddenly Cloud9 swung back into action with n0thing picking up multikills across two rounds in a row (and a subsequent anti-eco) to move ahead to 26 kills and a 12-10 lead.

That lead did not give up as n0thing led his team through round-after-round (and finished with a monstrous 33-18 score) and Cloud9 picked up Luminosity's map pick 16-11.

n0thing but headshots on Mirage

The map went over to Cobblestone and n0thing and Alec "⁠Slemmy⁠" White teamed up to secure the necessary frags to get Cloud9 the T-side pistolround on their map pick. Following the anti-ecos, FalleN put his AWP to work to help Luminosity grab the first gunround and survive a two versus two retake situation.

Despite Luminosity picking up the round afterwards, Cloud9 again powered ahead, this time thanks to the AWP work of Skadoodle and stood at 6-2 in the lead on their T-side. Solid defending by FalleN and Lincoln "⁠fnx⁠" Lau on the B-site gave Luminosity the rounds to equalise and the half ultimately finished 8-7 in Cloud9's favour.

Luminosity won the second pistolround and steamrolled ahead to a 11-9 lead but Cloud9 yet again began to march back, led by Skadoodle who would wind up finishing with 34 kills in regulation time. By the end of the back-and-forth brawl (and plenty of B takes), the two teams moved into overtime.

Luminosity finally buckled down in the overtime and managed to claim the second map, 19-16.

Skadoodle dropped 34 in regulation on Cobblestone, but it was not enough

With Dust2 being the final map of the best-of-three, many expected a close series as the map is traditionally seen as a pug playground where aimers and aggressive players shine. However, it was the Brazilians that began to very quickly establish dominance on the third map.

Part of this dominance was thanks to FalleN forcebuying a Scout after Cloud9 lost the first pistolround and then securing two otherworldly wallbang headshots on Cloud9 players on A long as he came up the catwalk.

With TACO and Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga also helping bring down a Cloud9 retake early on, the North American team went silent as the Brazilians rolled ahead to a 14-1 first half. A close second pistolround saw Cloud9 manage to secure the plant and the round and inject some sliver of chance into the game.

However, with the score at 14-3, coldzera picked up three kills to help his team get match point. And then it became the Stewie2K show as the 18-year-old continued to get 3K's round-after-round. In the end, Stewie2K's personal battle to hang on was not enough as Luminosity secured the third map 16-9.

ELEAGUE Season 1Best of 3

Luminosity

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28th May 2016

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Dust2

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	69 - 50	+19	74.6	74.7%	1.29
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	63 - 62	+1	89.1	70.1%	1.14
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	61 - 56	+5	75.7	74.7%	1.13
Lincoln 'fnx' Lau fnx	53 - 57	-4	74.4	75.9%	1.07
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo TACO	57 - 57	0	69.6	71.3%	1.04

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	69 - 65	+4	91.6	65.5%	1.19
Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Skadoodle	65 - 52	+13	71.0	71.3%	1.12
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert n0thing	62 - 64	-2	73.4	58.6%	0.96
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek shroud	46 - 61	-15	67.2	69.0%	0.88
Alec 'Slemmy' White Slemmy	39 - 61	-22	51.9	57.5%	0.67

Fans of more ELEAGUE action in Atlanta, Georgia at the Turner Studios will have to wait until Tuesday next week when Group B action will kick off featuring Ninjas in Pyjamas, G2, OpTic, and Selfless.

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

FalleN MVP

2016-05-28 07:56

34 replies

YUNG STEW GOD "Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek 46-61-15" typical, choked on lan against non NA teams once again idk why people say shroud is any good, hes just a really flashy player

2016-05-28 07:59

11 replies

FalleN on FPL: youtube.com/watch?v=X4zl6med_-8 FalleN's favorite song: youtube.com/watch?v=SGizmrwIZHc

2016-05-28 08:19

Just because the team played good and shroud didnt have to do all the job like it used to

2016-05-28 11:18

8 replies

wat, if shroud had shown up on the last 2 maps they could have taken the series 2:0 he rarely shows up in big games idk what you mean

2016-05-28 11:21

7 replies

I havent watched the match, but if you know how he played in the past you would know he is a solid player

2016-05-28 11:24

5 replies

on online games and na vs na matchups only though

2016-05-28 11:27

4 replies

Like Renegates :3

2016-05-28 11:29

3 replies

ye renegades are fucking trash, one day they take lumi to the absolute limit on one of their best maps, then the next thet get 16:3'ed by clown9 on the same map

2016-05-28 11:31

2 replies

Well first day I thought C9 was bad on cbble, but renegades even worse... I did expect c9 winning cbble the next day but not even 16-3 XD

2016-05-28 12:34

At least you admit it lol

2016-05-28 17:00

pointless to argue shit over here m8 it is no secret shroud can't perform on relevant matches guy has to think it's just a pug in order for him to show dank CS otherwise u can't count on shroud to deliver

2016-05-29 00:15

Dont be so harsh , the kid is good but in this case he met better players thats all. How can u expect him to beat Coldzera ( a monster ) ; fer fallen fnx are tons of exp ahead of him . And speaking about being flashy , hes not even as half as fnx in his 1.6 prime

2016-05-29 13:46

#SCOUTGOD

2016-05-28 07:57

mudaphucker so fast

Kreygasm COLDZERA Kreygasm ANELE USA ANELE

For sure, bro. We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we MAJOR champions, we CEVO champions, we DH AUSTIN champions, we ESL PRO LEAGUE S3 champions, we ELEAGUE GROUP A champions, we are from BRAZIL!

2016-05-28 07:58

we? I don't remember seeing you play.

2016-05-28 08:02

1 reply

+1 don't see how people can be proud of something they didn't do anything for

2016-05-28 23:42

U r not champion all of this tournaments LG is a good team, but their fans... just retarded

2016-05-28 09:12

+10000000000

2016-05-29 04:08

It was such an intense match, at least the first two maps that people just might had heart attacks. Now, analising the whole game, I can just congratz Cloud 9 for the effort and predict they are in the right track. LG again making some huge mistakes in another finals, but n0thing went too much wrong to cost their victory. Finally, I need to say because it's bothering me. What was this Twitch transmission?! I couldn't even hear the caster because there were some Muricans shouting USA all the time like some broken alarm. I've muted the transmission a lot of times because of this. I want to hear the footsteps, the fire shots, not some crazy crowd. After saying that, I need to reserve a space for the value of the crowd for their team. In this case, I think C9 felt their fans cheering and stuff, I'm not complaining about it, i'm complaining about it's presence on the stream. Please, Eleague, fix that urgently. It's not professional! One last thing; NTC philosofy just making presence again! There's no lost match, guys! GGWP and see you on the big event! #LGLoyal #NTC # NiceToMeetYou #ConfiaNoVErdadeiro

2016-05-28 08:13

13 replies

WTF is Unprofessionell with a Perfect wired Crowd? It is actually very professional to wire the crowd that you can feel at home the emotions in the Studio And I do not remember once you couldn't hear Casters And I do not remember a event this year where you where able to hear footsteps

2016-05-28 08:34

10 replies

Yes, it's unprofessional and very disturbing. Any event that it's not made in USA you can hear every single soung in the game. It can be hard to hear footsteps sometimes, but for me it's the ideal. I repeat for you, it's unprofessional to put us and even more the players to hear such a loud crowd. Know why? Because it's a game that need focus, concentration. It's not Football where people have stadiums for cheering, it's Counter-Strike, for god's sake! I reinforce, the problem is not people yelling, it's the sound coming through the stream! Omg, I can't describe how annoying is it! I can bet if it were a brazillian crowd making noise there people would agree with me, i'm totally sure about it.

2016-05-28 08:44

9 replies

No I think It is the Highest Level op Production To broadcast the Atmosphere in the Game and in Sweden + Poland the Crowd is Super loud as well And CS moved in big Stadiums and CS turned into a Sport with cheering Crowds But always when it gets important the Crowd goes down in Sound in case you didn't notice

2016-05-28 08:50

I think we can reach a mid term here. They don't need to put the crowd sound all the time, for example, but when they do something interesting, like a team warcry or celebrating an eco round won and this kind of things. When you put an annoying sound all the time you mislead the attention of the viewers. I personally prefer to hear the casters and the game sound, because since I do play this game I just pay attention in some details. When there is something, some noise all the time, you just can't focus. Every shot landed by LG was an "OHHHHH" response from the crowd and every shot from C9 was an "EHHHHHHHH". It's very annoying indeed, and the "USA" all the time. C'mon, man, you need to agree with me, it's not necessary to put a loud sound every moment of the game. And you also know that in Sweden and Poland people can be noisy but most of the time we don't hear them, at lest not this loud. You'll see if CS future is this madness sound mix in transmission or if I have some point here.

2016-05-28 09:02

Do you even watch football? Or any other sport?

2016-05-28 10:03

This is a serious question? How am I supposed to not watch football when I'm Brazilian. Why you're asking me this?

2016-05-28 10:05

Then why do you dislike crowd reactions so much? I could find you a clip from any televised football match and you would be able to clearly hear chants and cheering from the spectators in the stadium. Pro CS:GO should be no different.

2016-05-28 13:07

fkin football so unprofessional we want to hear the kicks and passes !!!11!!! omg FIFA should change this!! the crowd should not be allowed to cheer anymore fkin crowd, why do they hype the game? i dont wanna be hyped fkin bastards

2016-05-28 16:36

lol, ty m8. this guy literally has no clue...

2016-05-28 23:03

Did you read my post? "I repeat for you, it's unprofessional to put us and even more the players to hear such a loud crowd. Know why? Because it's a game that need focus, concentration. It's not Football where people have stadiums for cheering, it's Counter-Strike, for god's sake!". Now, let me say something. That's not because the e-sport is growing that we need to hear the crowd so loud. This last tramsnimission you could hear them louder than in any football match, and it was very annoying for me. We compared CS with football and it's not even accurate. Like I said before, this esport needs concentration and focus. In Tennis the crowd respect the playing moments, same as Golf, same as Chess and many other focus based sports. I know from de botton of my heart that I'm right about this. People can still cheer for their teams, I'm not complaining about it at all, since I've almost had an heart attack here at home on this last match. They just cannot let the loud sound come through the Stream, that's it. Maybe it would solve just rise game and caster sound and down the crowd's. The same argument you've used fits for me as well, if you want to hear the crowd shouting, just go to the presential event, go to the stadiums. The truth is I don't want to wait for the Demo or something like that, this is bullshit. I want a good live transmission and they're not delivering it.

2016-05-28 19:43

If you want it to be dead serious, watch the demos with perfectly clear sound. This is turning into something big, and the players want that more than anyone. It secures their salary and eventually a future job within the business.

2016-05-28 16:37

Lol, NTC is just a clothing brand... stop saying that shit on every LG thread

2016-05-28 18:06

Great to see some fans with respect. That game actually made me feel good, despite being a Cloud9 fan and seeing my team lose. They made LG a run for their money, which is more than anybody expected. Just a glimpse at what this team can do.

2016-05-29 04:10

nt c9

ROFL NA thought they were gonna win

Ahhh if only cloud9 hadn't lost 14-1 first half on d2, it would be more competitive match

woow lol no shit, that´s a given why would u feel like u would even have to write that ? "eehh if fnatic didnt run over VP with 15-0 on the first half it wouldve been more competitive".... such a fucking dumb thing to say

2016-05-28 11:20

its just commentary, sir

2016-05-28 19:39

Nothing else came into my mind rather than writing shitpost.

2016-05-29 17:24

LESGO

Nice game by c9, they improved a lot. LG didn't play that well but they kept the consistency.

ezzzzzzzzzzz

asd

that was pretty tense lul

GGWP

izi

ezpz

cool

FIRST?

nice caralho, respect essa porra !!

2ez

ezlG

sorry C9

MAX5 was harder.

slemmy's aim is just horrific. I don't understand how you can put so many hours into the game and never fucking start your spray anywhere near someone's head

did you even watch map 2? fuck outta here

2016-05-28 08:17

what? the 2 rounds where he actually aims at people's heads? At this level, you can't settle on getting body shots and spray adjusting. Its absolutely atrocious how that kid aims, hit the fucking hsdms man.

2016-05-28 08:20

He might actually bring something to the team that is more scarce than aimers. You can probably find a lot of better aimers than many pros on ESEA or FaceIt, but they don't have the same understanding, experience, ingame IQ and general benefit to a team as pro players. You might be one of them? If so, stop concerning yourself about the guys with the "worst" aim among the best. Go and become a good allround player and take their spot. Sorry, I'm just tired of people picking on these players. They don't deserve it. They worked their freaking butts off to get to this point, and they never claimed they are among the best aimers in the world, even if they probably are, and you just underestimate the pressure, they are under.

2016-05-28 16:44

well... i agree on most of what u did say but they still pros and we expecte them to be at top every time because they r paid to do what they do

2016-05-28 17:42

I'm calling it like it is. At this level, you have to start your spray at someone's head. I don't care if he's smart, he can't lose so many fucking 1v1 duels. He's exclusively going for body shots and letting the recoil ride up. Those first 2-3 bullets are crucial to winning gun fights, and he just wastes them.

2016-05-29 04:03

wp cloud9, gg LG

expected

so ez LG!

Epic series. Was definitely worth it staying up so late here in EU. GGWP to both teams.

not this time murica... ez skins

ez murifats go back to your trailer and get a burger good night

Salty fag

2016-05-28 08:05

go back to your olympic city and rape a woman with 30 other men

2016-05-28 08:37

great start to eleague each map had something cool or diff player going off

I don't know if it will remain the same now that everyone knows the format. I'm afraid we are gonna see some throws on the group stage since it's worth nothing.

2016-05-28 08:06

i thought someone said the winner of the week gets $50k but idk how it works tbh

2016-05-28 08:10

Even so it doesn't change the fact that the group stage is good for nothing.

Yes it is Good for Seeding 1st plays against Last 2nd against 3rd So Teams try to get the 1st Seeding To secure a final spot

Every team get a semifinal group spot no matter what. But yeah the point from group stage may be useful for Last chance qualifier and tournament Finals seeding.

2016-05-28 08:40

No Groupstage is only Good for the Group Semi final seedings and that's it Top1 Group vs Bottom of Group in Semi1 And 2nd in Group vs 3rd in Group in Semi2 Winner1 - Winner2 Winner Final goes to Championship Week 9/10 Looser Final goes last chance qualifier Week 8/7 I think that that is a Great Systeme and do generally not understand why people get so upset about it

2016-05-28 08:55

Yeah but every map win is worth 1 point in group stage and 2 points in the group finals. So that's how they will define the matches at the final stage.

2016-05-28 18:32

If you make it out of groups/through LCQ, last place in brackets is $50,000

2016-05-28 08:21

What he says is the first day you can loose 6 Maps still Top Group But he doesn't understand seeding

2016-05-28 08:38

fallen>guardian easy atm whats up now my friends?

Fallen, Taco, and Cold BLATANT hackers, 10/10 would be banned if seen on overwatch. Pathetic.

6 replies

2016-05-28 08:08

Lol so silly... How low is your IQ?

2016-05-28 18:09

170 thanks for asking

2016-05-28 19:38

They are good players my friend, sometimes seems to be hackers to lower skilled player, but if you closely pay attention, you will understand they are legit ;)

2016-05-28 08:09

to lower skilled player? not even close

2016-05-28 16:40

taco hacking 4Head

Stewie with a 91.6 ADR is pretty dang nutty. Breakout event for him.

This has already a major feeling going into it, hopefully the other groups have exciting games like we had tonight.

2016-05-28 08:00

gg BOYS! Thank you, we appreciate that! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! <3

Stewie2k is the NA hope

shroud with another underwhelming performance at a LAN worth a damn.

2016-05-28 08:01

he's a pug/stream star, poor perfomance by him

-shroud +freakazoid

2016-05-28 08:11

minglee

Respect to C9, the best NA team after Optic.... yungstew has a bright future ahead of him.... <3

2016-05-28 08:03

So is C9 going home, or is there another twist to the tale for this LAN?

2016-05-28 08:04

6 groups = 6 teams to the playoffs +2 teams in 8º week between the 2º placers = 8 teams playoffs

6 groups = 6 teams to the playoffs +2 teams in 8º week between the 2º placers and 3º placers (the two best ones) = 8 teams playoffs

2016-05-28 08:07

interesting format, so c9 have to compete with other 2nd placers from other groups?

yeah, my bad... +2 3º places with most points = 8 teams last chance qualifier

ah thanks

2016-05-28 08:14

Oh okay thx

2016-05-28 08:32

now we wait for Group B on Tuesday! :D

GGWP. Poor Ska, it must be rough to drop a 30 bomb in regulation and still loose the map ! Godamn. LG are just too good. It was fun though !

boring

FalleNGOD

FalleN is the best player in the world right now, no way, 1° IGL 1° AWP 1° Scout 1° Supporter Role flashbang 5~10° Pistoler Medium rifler What a complete package...

Skadoodle and Stewie2K should try to go to Liquid in place of AdreN and Koosta!

That's actually a good idea wtf

2016-05-28 08:33

Ska had his chance C9 threw money at him that time and will throw money at him again if Liquid come calling again Tbh C9 has looked better this LAN then they had the rest of 2016.

2016-05-28 08:35

Was way too close than I expected, but yeah - C9 lost their opportunity to close match on Cobble and it was only a downhill since, LG had full control on Dust 2, nice attempt from C9 thought.

Things may have ended differently on Dust2 if C9 started on T-side. Their CT-side is much weaker and didn't afford them enough rounds to close in on LG.

2016-05-28 23:07

I doubt it. LG proved being much better than C9 at dust2 this week. C9 could start T-side with 6 guys and it should be the same way it was. C9 played good tho, ska, stewie and n0thing were true monsters this series. I'm not disapointed with LG cause I know the way C9 played this series they could challenge and win against any EU team.

2016-05-29 01:48

excellent performance by shroud on lan as usual! Kappa shroud is shit without his modem

2016-05-28 08:27

What happened to Shroud? Why was he so incredibly bad?

2016-05-28 08:28

LAN dude.. LAN

2016-05-28 10:24

What are you talking about? He's only decent against NA teams online. Shroud is absolutely useless on LAN and especially in games that matter

2016-05-28 12:24

On dust2 C9 would have just been better off with a bot instead of shroud.. Hold position in spawn and let stew rambo in and get 2 kills die and then take over the bot...

2016-05-28 08:29

LoL that's what I thougt

2016-05-28 08:42

ez game ez life boys

2016-05-28 08:31

wow definitely not expected

2016-05-28 09:18

So what happens now for the teams of that group ? Liquid is out of the tournament ?

2016-05-28 10:21

LG is through, C9 has the chance through the last chance qualifier with all the other 2nd places.

2016-05-28 12:44

ez for SK #SKLOYAL

2016-05-28 10:26

OT on the second game you could really see LG flip a switch or hit a key. biggest joke on the planet.

2016-05-28 10:29

Fallen hitting more headshots through walls than Fodder.

2016-05-28 11:16

C9 was hitting every shot on Mirage also walking through smokes at the perfect time. Don't think that was cheats doe

2016-05-28 16:26

Kick slemmy ffs. Why is he on the team? He can't even figure out how the money system works in csgo. If he is igl then he's shit at that. As for his skills, he sucks at it. Poor shroud suffered all the way through dust2

2016-05-28 11:08

Luminosity top 1 team 2016. Cold top 1 player 2016. FalleN top 3-5 player 2016. gratz Brazileiro!

top 3 awp? fallen top 1-3 not 3-5

2016-05-28 15:38

in my opinion cold top 1 , fallen top 3-5.

2016-05-28 15:43

Couldn't watch cause insane times Did C9 have match point in Cobble before OT?

2016-05-28 12:27

No, LG went up 15-13.

2016-05-28 16:23

shroud is overrated as fuck

2016-05-28 12:28

lucky, lucky as always...

2016-05-28 12:31

I see so many negative comments about c9, they played insane compared to the last months.

so easy thanks for skins noobs

2016-05-28 12:45

Props to C9!

2016-05-28 14:09

2016-05-28 15:23

Mirage = Nothing 33 kills Cobble = Skadoodle 35 kills dust2 = Shroud 7 kills Every star shining at different map.

2016-05-28 15:37

Wow the cheaters won?! No way!

2016-05-28 16:04

Does anyone know how good or bad the ratings went during the transmission?

2016-05-28 17:25

The funny thing is that in sports in general when teams lose we blame the refs, here we call the other team cheaters. kek

2016-05-28 17:26

Did anyone expect a different outcome

2016-05-28 17:28

NTC GL

2016-05-28 18:11

USA be proud of your C9, they played very well, but need more hard work yet. Congrats.

2016-05-28 18:23

Only 1 team from each group through?

2016-05-28 19:04

No, the 2nd and 3rd place finisher will play out a group stage in August with the runner ups from other groups. LG advances directly into the playoffs. Only the 4th place finisher is eliminated.

2016-05-28 23:09