G2 beat Luminosity to win ECS S1

26-6-2016 23:09

G2 Esports have won the first season of the Esports Championship Series (ECS) after defeating Luminosity Gaming 2-0 (16-11 on Dust2 and 16-5 on Overpass)

The series kicked off on Dust2, which saw Luminosity get first blood as they punished G2 for losing two men early on after pushing the B tunnel. G2 then pulled back on a force buy, with the following two rounds also going their way despite some serious damage done to their economy in force buys from Luminosity.

Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga then went huge and turned a 2vs4 situation around with three crucial kills, but once again the Brazilians failed to build on that win. It was a frantic period of the game as neither side were able to stamp their authority and ecos were won back and forth, with G2 taking a narrow 8-7 lead in the end.

The second half began with G2 winning the pistol round with a B push, but then Luminosity mirrored the Frenchmen as they hit back in the following eco. That win turned into a streak that eventually saw Luminosity secure a 10-9 lead and get a solid amount of cash in the bank.

After getting their economy stabilised, G2 punished Luminosity's over-aggression, with Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom picking up three kills. Powered by a fantastic display from rookie Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro, the Frenchmen brought the scoreline to a 13-10 advantage, forcing the Brazilians to call a timeout.

bodyy and ScreaM led the charge on Dust2

Luminosity were able to get a round on the board after the tactical pause, but G2 refused to take their foot off the gas, winning the next three rounds to secure a 16-11 win and take the lead in the series.

Map two was Overpass, where G2 came out of the gate eager to impose their will and cruised to a 7-0 lead as they bulldozed through the Brazilians' defense with incredible precision.

Luminosity then found a lifeline as they strung three rounds together, but G2 quickly regained control of proceedings and restored a seven-round lead. Lincoln "⁠fnx⁠" Lau breathed some life into his team with a quad kill, but they were unable to capitalise on that as G2 closed out the half with a commanding 11-4 lead.

Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon piled more pressure on Luminosity with a spectacular quad kill with the USP-S in the pistol round as CT. Everything was going G2's way, and the Frenchmen would soon hit 16 rounds, keeping the Brazilians, who are poised to join SK, from leaving the North American organisation with another title.

ECS Season 1 FinalsBest of 3

Matchpage

26th June 2016

Luminosity

Dust2

Overpass

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro bodyy	46 - 29	+17	105.5	91.7%	1.56
Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom ScreaM	44 - 27	+17	90.6	83.3%	1.49
Richard 'shox' Papillon shox	41 - 32	+9	91.2	70.8%	1.27
Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux SmithZz	29 - 25	+4	71.7	72.9%	1.11
Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy RpK	29 - 27	+2	58.9	75.0%	1.02

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	32 - 35	-3	74.4	70.8%	0.99
Lincoln 'fnx' Lau fnx	28 - 36	-8	74.4	64.6%	0.88
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	24 - 37	-13	62.9	58.3%	0.77
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	30 - 42	-12	66.7	62.5%	0.77
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo TACO	26 - 39	-13	68.1	58.3%	0.76

ECS Season 1 final standings:

1. G2 - $250,000
2. Luminosity - $125,000
3-4. fnatic - $80,000
3-4. TSM - $80,000
5-6. Liquid - $65,000
5-6. Cloud9 - $65,000
7-8. Ninjas in Pyjamas - $50,000
7-8. Astralis- $50,000

RIP LG

2016-06-26 23:09

35 replies

SO EZ LMAO

15 replies

ez for shoxie jesus

2 replies

youtube.com/watch?v=NTg4aBx7na8 ez for pyth!

2016-06-27 18:35

1 reply

Ez for Xantares

2016-06-28 05:51

Relax French in ESL will have a rematch , and remember LG / SK > G2 FRENCH RETARDATION IS COMING

2016-06-27 03:51

7 replies

mad cuz G2>SK?

2016-06-27 11:49

Ssssssh boi. Europe > South Africa. Oh sorry America.

2016-06-27 15:47

5 replies

Shut up, say me a good Team from your retarded country (CZECH GAYPUBLIC)

2016-06-27 18:12

4 replies

Lulz, idc about my country. I just hate Brazilians. Btw go to school scrub if you have one in your shitty country.

2016-06-27 21:22

3 replies

We from Brazil do not give a damn about your opinion So fuck you CZECH GAYPUBLICAN

2016-06-28 01:07

Calm your tits favela boi.

2016-06-28 11:51

I calm The tits of your mother :)

2016-06-28 21:35

BRAZIL CRY HAHA

2016-06-27 06:22

Suck my dick ACCEPT: brazil>>>ALL So relax and cry

2016-06-27 17:35

EZ For fuck your mother

2016-06-27 17:38

não vou fazer o gosto de escrever em inglês, então traduzam isso se quiserem saber, não vejo derrota para a Luminosity visto que os garotos estão em uma fase de transição indo para SKgaming além de críticas por todo lado, é muito pressão como consequência concentração, não vou tirar méritos do team G2 parabéns mas eles não estão sobre pressão da mídia e a turbulência que os gorotos da Luminosity está passando. apesar de tudo de uma olhada lá em cima no RankINGS #1 Luminosity tem 1000pts algum time tem isso? Esse é o legado da Luminosity!

2016-06-27 18:45

GGWP

2016-06-26 23:10

So Proud to be a fan of G2. Well deserved, Next is the major.

Same here, they deserve it so much.

2016-06-26 23:26

They deserve at least get to semi finals

2016-06-26 23:30

Same , really hope they will go atleast the semifinal for major

2016-06-27 02:52

Indeed, it was very well deserved. It was a fantastic game, G2 played perfectly, was incredible! Glad For the French, Good luck

2016-06-27 08:15

are u happy now? its not an achivment

rip lurppis

youtube.com/watch?v=D7aHOsxFP4w

Where you at now brazil talkin shit about fnatic? thats two teams that SK isnt better of atm

2016-06-26 23:11

You shold try to burn them. Oh...

2016-06-27 00:17

bra20l

2016-06-26 23:12

Lol no favelas commenting. These cocky ass retards finally got their mouths shut.

2016-06-26 23:14

yee, but we are still waiting for spoiled blond cocksuckers to do the same...

2016-06-28 10:03

Speak for yourself

2016-06-28 10:17

RiP favelas

2016-06-27 06:48

Ez for 1 taps

2016-06-27 09:00

So NiP lost to winners.

2016-06-27 11:18

ShoxieJesus <3

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tbh fallen should retire outdated IGL completely outplayed by shox, easy to read and too slow to enter the sites (g2 had 4 people most of the time) cant neutralize smithzz in car LOL what a joke first thing g2 did when going catwalk was to smoke and flash the same position picking overpass against g2 when they lost last time and g2 just rekt fnatic 1 day ago lol LEAVE US ALONE AND MOVE TO COACH -fallen+felps

and there it is.. the silliest post in HLTV history. Without Fallen this team wouldn't even make it out of groups of a single tourney. dude is the driving force of the team lol

2016-06-26 23:25

spotted a retard live in action

2016-06-26 23:29

i will waste 5 sec of my precious time to type THAT YOU ARE A BIG RETARD

2016-06-26 23:37

So much for your 'brazilian loyalty'. Just another mindless monkey.

2016-06-27 00:02

Too right mate

2016-06-27 00:35

You loyal Huge fucking Kappa. Also: "i'd like to call this the match that will decide who will get rekt by LG :)" -Hyzek me dumb me unloyal me unfriendly me hyzek

Yeah this kid is a retard

2016-06-27 10:10

When Scream is on point, everyone should be scared No one can outaim him when he's on fire, what a god

2016-06-26 23:21

11 replies

niko's aim>scream's aim

2016-06-27 01:00

10 replies

stop fanboism...

2016-06-27 04:34

9 replies

its a fact that niko is a better aimer than scream

2016-06-27 16:07

8 replies

You mean a myth? Fact is ScreaM has been called the best aimer since the beginning of CSGO and still is. Ask any other pros/analysts. #Fanboy2StronkInThisOne

2016-06-27 16:24

lol scream fanboys calling me a fanboy.. grow up guys, niko, cold and imo shox also all have better aim than scream.. He is good, top 5 aimers for me, but not the best...

2016-06-27 16:26

"..He is good, top 5 aimers for me" /close EDIT: fnx is SK's best aimer.

2016-06-27 16:27

alright, keep fanboying ;)

2016-06-27 16:28

In term of aiming - ScreaM is better, but I would consider NiKo as better player, overall. However, ScreaM is taking first places, while NiKo can't even achieve something.

Scream took a 1st place now, how many time as passed since his last 1st (not counting gaming paradise) ? But well we dont know what the future can bring to both scream and niko...

2016-06-27 16:30

Now you're talking a little bit less fanboism. That's good.

2016-06-27 16:35

i wasnt being a fanboy.. i was being realistic

2016-06-27 16:44

Shox you are my hero <3

Congratulations to Gamers2 !!!!

congratz G2 deserved

wow you people are fast wtf

nice!

Thank Mr G2

G2 and Fnatic can easily win against new SK, SK world's best CS GO team? myth busted gonna be a tough group in the major :)

GOD FUCKING DAMIT HOW CAN YOU BE INSTANT HERE AND POST?????

GodShox

Where are you buddyinsane ?

I just crtl+F'ed his nick to see if he was man enough to post his cancerous shit now that LG lost. Obviously, as the autistic coward he is, there is no post of him there.

2016-06-27 01:03

At least the other retard "Hyzek" posted here and got shit on for it.

2016-06-27 02:53

lmao

2016-06-27 15:38

YES <33333

G2 is love, G2 is life. Seriously thanks G2 to destroy the LG Arrogants Fan's confidence.

2016-06-26 23:17

2016-06-27 08:19

Wtf??? And you guys from europe?? You are so racist, calling The brazilians of "monkeys"

2016-06-28 01:12

I'm not racist at all, read my message again. I just calls most of brazilians to being arrogant.

2016-07-02 03:20

asd

FRANCE BAISE OUAIS

sketchtoy.com/66873027

sketchtoy.com/67186763

2016-06-26 23:13

YES

ez for ence

FINALLY G2 WIN SOMETHING

The best teams were saving strats for the upcoming major. ECS winner gets only 250k, while ESL Cologne winner gets twice as much - 500k. I hope G2 gets to the playoffs at the major finally, but even if new SK and fnatic didn't save strats, they for sure will figure out how to outplay G2's strats, I guess it's not that hard cuz G2's game isn't heavily strat-based, they're based mostly on shox and ScreaM playing out of their minds and SmithZz hitting his shots + they need one more player to kill their opponents, it's either RpK or bodyy. I'm G2's long-term fan and I do want them to finally become strong enough to win tournaments, but they disappointed me so many times, hundreds of times for the recent 4 years, so I won't say they're a top-tier team till they repeat their sucess at least twice. I also feel sorry for Ex6TenZ - he can't even say say he wasn't the problem...

saving strats lol stfu

pls die.

ur flag says eu but your retardation says "BRA71L"

ECS - 1.75kk champioship Major - 1kk champioship ECS>Major - prize

nice try LG

765k > 1000k? BRA71L education lmao

2016-06-26 23:49

for me the prize of this champioship are 1.75kk, when hltv post about ECS, they spoke prize among 3.5kk in 2 seasons...

2016-06-27 07:21

Fallen literally said in an interview he doesn't believe in saving starts

hltv.org/news/18128-fallen-i-dont-believ.. 2 days ago Retarded and flawed logic

2016-06-26 23:28

he can say whatever he wants, just like everyone else but it would be an obvious decision to not show everything you got at the tournament that doesn't matter the most for you; G2 played overpass for the 1st time only in the semi-final, doesn't it say anything to you? again - ecs gives away 250k for the 1st place, esl cologne gives away 500k for the winner, so it's obvious that the major matters more, and while G2 seemed like having tried their best, fnatic and future SK were looking a bit shaky, I doubt a team that lost on cobblestone twice to Liquid (it might be their weaker map, but... to Liquid?!) and also to mousesports and even Gambit offline, can make a top-tier team look the way LG and fnatic looked on overpass. you can save a link to my posts and come here again after the groupstage at the major comes to an end to prove me wrong (if G2 defeats fnatic and SK again) or to prove yourself wrong. for now it's only your opinion vs my opinion.

2016-06-26 23:50

Still a very flawed logic. No need to repeat yourself, you won't make any more sense by writing the same things twice.

2016-06-27 09:14

EZ4ENCE

so ez 4 g2

grats g2, well played tournament

inet too slow :(

Just German things

2016-06-26 23:39

cool

gratz to g2, wp

papu shoxu

lets fuq dem

Boddy mvp

greatest day in HLTV THANKS G2

2016-06-26 23:40

xST FOR SHOXIE DA GOD

nice

Champions, we run the city Number one, they fallin' from the top rpk bae SO FUCKING HOT

Travis $cott :D

FAVELAS DOWN

$250,000, WE GETTIN SUM PUSSY TONI8 BOYZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Impressed by bodyy, wp!

"LG TOP 1" xd

gg wp

insane plays by shox and the rest of g2 gg well deserved and well played

deserved

expected. really. praying to shoxie pays off, always!

Can't stop the TANK.

ReKET! Shox & Scream on TOP!

Fernando "fer" Alaverga xDDDD

bodyy is fucking god give this man a medal

2016-06-26 23:23

unreal performance throughout the tournament, can't wait for cologne!

G2!! REALLY DESERVED WIN!!! <33

G2 are gods!

Holy fuck, i tried to be first

i cried... haha, i love this team <3

Really enjoying watching G2 play better and better!

What a Tournament Online and Offline Huge love to you guys G2! You already deserved it in PRO LEAGUE SEASON 3! You simply deserves it G2 congratulation for the WRECK! Overpass so damn strong for them! All with a huge tournament GZ!

YEAH FINALLY wow, I like this guys so much. Top1 in my heart, sad Ex6 wasn't able to be part of this...

if he stopped playing and went to coach he would ve been part of this but...he wants to play

2016-06-26 23:41

Yeah, I know. But coach role wouldn't turn out either. He wanted heavily structured gamestyle, while modern G2 play freely. Look what Ex6's departure made to ScreaM, what a BEAST

2016-06-26 23:44

G2 improved a lot in last months, congratz!

Congratz guys

Congrats G2! Well-deserved.

gj G2 RpKTANK

So happy for G2 getting their revenge! #G2

FAVELLA OUT!!!!!!

Shoxie is a GOD! Wtf was that in pistols

LG na hope ahaha

easy for shox aka koin

gg boiz

WP boyz

gg gratz to g2 they deserve. They talk about my baguettes

Great job G2! :p Finally somebody beat those favelas...

I love shoxie.

i.imgur.com/quNkwPN.png

What was the song at the end when G2 won?

One god, one saiyan, one tank, one desert car driver, and one kid

reference game op

I am so happy seeing bodyy perform so well

FUCK YEAH !!

Amazing performance by G2 really impressive.

I hope SK step up in the major, I want them to make it to the playoffs :D

I think NiP's losing was not entirely NiP's fault, G2 is wrecking and demolishing everyone.

gj guys!

gj g2 rekt favelas

Awesome, GG

Ex6TenZ was the problem. No Kappa

bodyy mvp of final but that ct pistol from shox was insane

fallen even worse than taco xDD

G2 the top team in the world, no longer anyone can question... shox GOD, scream MACHINE

rpk TANK

And SmithZz desert car driver

2016-06-27 09:30

WP G2, THEY DESERVE THIS!

i fucking love g2

Finaly G2:) Thanks

Totally deserved, LG was off the entire bo3, lose like three or four times to eco on dust2, and lost every key round and every important aim duel on overpass. They should avoid playing overpass against G2, they lost twice in a row already. About dust2, they should improve it, since it's either d2 or cache that will be played anyway. I hope they bounce back stronger, like they did after losing to TyLoo. FalleN NEED to play better, he sucked hard the entire tournament.

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The way G2 played, the map wouldn't matter.

Yeah, today I agree, LG would've lost anyway. But I'm talking about future matches.

2016-06-26 23:16

that is at least some normal critisism, all these other brazilians crying and talking cheats... its sad. At least you are normal. goodluck in the major !

g2 is not tyloo. favelosity is going down.

2016-06-26 23:15

No, it wasn't because Fallen or the entire LG team sucked. See how they just breezed through the previous rounds? In this final G2 showed who understood their opponents more. They always found ways to limit Fallen's influence on the map with their smokes and movement.

Everyone should avoid playing Overpass against them.

2016-06-26 23:32

geegee / ziizii

deserved for sure

Congrats G2! I think SK can learn a lot from this loss, Fallen knows how to do it.

this was not just a win . it was DOMINATION.

gg G2. RUN SK TO MAJOR!

rip

EZ for frenchies No chance at all for favelas

GG G2, deserved

GG to both teams. Proud of G2. I'm happy tonight.

When Scream is on point, everyone should be scared No one can outaim him when he's on fire, respect what a god

boddy is the best think they did 19th to beat 1st team

ezzzzzz

2016-06-26 23:18

Gj g2 very good team, im happy because we got rekt by a good team on the finals.

When will teams learn to ban Dust 2 against G2? Its the only map that SmithZz is always a god in. Pick any other map and you take away most of his impact. Of course, LG did worse on Overpass anyway but still.

2016-06-26 23:19

LG don't play cache. They have to get it. Also LG beat G2 on D2 in the ESL finals.

2016-06-26 23:22

Yeah that makes sense. I was thinking in general, forgetting which map LG doesn't like.

gg gratz to G2 wp

2016-06-26 23:20

So going into the major(16 teams) and the 3 best teams in the same team How retarded can Valve be? There is your answer

Group D so stacked! Sucks to know that only 2 teams will advance.

One thing is sure - FaZe will have a hard time on the major.

the funny thing is.. FaZe r strong AF last month. :D

2016-06-26 23:35

ggwp, lets go win major

LG/SK rip ... won't even make it outta the group....

SK & G2 will move to next phase

G2 fanatic

2016-06-27 00:20

coldzera > fusha

2016-06-27 05:22

Olof>coldzera>flusha

2016-06-27 10:00

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes! What a fucken ass whooping!

RIP German eSports Organization SK Gaming

ggwp G2 now the problem will be the major... group b Who will make out of groups? SK, Fnatic, G2, Faze?? :d looks interesing

2016-06-26 23:24

Fnatic and SK will make it out of groups

no G2 and Fnatic will make it out of groups

2016-06-26 23:43

no SK and Fnatic will make it out of groups

2016-06-26 23:45

Faze and G2 will make it out of groups.

2016-06-27 00:51

you are so deluded. SK #1

2016-06-27 03:54

Hello sheldon!

2016-06-27 15:13

gg wp G2

LEAVING LG WITH A LOSS. LUL

wp g2, u deserved it. xD

Fair play brazilians,is that real ? omg :)

2016-06-26 23:31

Too busy counting their money to practice wp g2

more like "dominated"

2016-06-26 23:33

Very good

Does anyone know the name of the victory song?

Song is G2 - Favelas got rekt (7-1 remix)

2016-06-26 23:47

ahhahahahahahah

2016-06-27 05:25

More to follow

Well, they finally got a title, and a big one as well. Now the only real task left for them is to get into the play-offs. With such a hard group, it's going to be quite hard, especially with two opponents they played so recently. Good luck to them.

2016-06-26 23:46

keep it up G2!

2016-06-26 23:48

Cloud9 made more in this one event then their past 2 or 3 majors combined XD

Great day for Belgian fans; Hazard doing what he does, resulting in 4-0 and quarter finals and Scream doing his this thing, resulting in G2's first big win. OK, some frenchies may have helped a bit, but still 😉

"Saving strats doesn't make sense" Obviously our lord and saviour fallen was pranking ya kidz. WE SMART WE LOYAL WE FRIENDLY WE ARE FROM BRAZIL

2016-06-26 23:57

2016-06-27 00:05

eu>sa EZ favelas 4Head

2016-06-27 00:07

rekt wp G2

2016-06-27 00:30

congratz to g2, they deserve a good title for some time now... wp

2016-06-27 00:37

gg rihanna show 1 day before the grand final hahahah

2016-06-27 00:48

Hahaha sooooooo unworthy. LG let them win

2016-06-27 00:59

gr8 b8

2016-06-27 01:33

50 grand for showing up.

2016-06-27 01:13

for qualifying to the LAN through the online league rather

2016-06-27 01:29

Definitely not fair... the top4 should make more and the losers, way less.

2016-06-27 02:54

nice to see g2 win

2016-06-27 01:37

finally :Z

2016-06-27 02:02

LG NOT SMART! LG NOT LOYAL! All > LG/Immortals SiEGED | CSGO Genius

2016-06-27 02:04

Olof was apparently with digestion problems and LG ingested too much alcohol 1 day before. KAPPA! G2 played much more than LG and fnatic togheter. no excuses... Scream and shox amazing skill today.

2016-06-27 03:05

+1 Hoping for LG/SK to bounce back on the major though!

2016-06-27 04:41

EU will always be better.

2016-06-27 04:16

GG!

2016-06-27 04:33

hey i make sandwiches. who want some?

2016-06-27 04:47

ez for shoxie

2016-06-27 05:33

So fucking expected.

2016-06-27 06:11

BRA71L dont forget.

2016-06-27 07:17

2016-06-27 08:26

I never saw his country in football. Therefore , I understand your frustration. You play all the hatred toward Brazil because his country is negligible and never excelled in football. Not even been symbol of something. The Brazil , this football crisis , would easily win your selection. accepted !

2016-06-27 08:34

well done

2016-06-27 07:18

thank you G2 bois you saved hltv

2016-06-27 08:47

ex6 is a good IGL Kappa

2016-06-27 09:42

Amazing run, 2-0'ing three elite teams with few rounds given up (32-14 vs NiP, 32-15 vs fnatic, 32-16 vs LG). Good to see France has a top team again :D

2016-06-27 10:52

Realy great game by G2. Gratz

2016-06-27 11:46

hltv.org/news/14128-f0rest-youll-always-.. This entire event was just one big clusterbomb of fuck you's to old ways and old teams. Astralis being outdone by what were supposed to be T2 NA shitters. Semphis and FNS doing what C9 and CLG wish they could. A French speaking team -Ex6 +actual LAN results and pretty much outing Ex6 as a Belgian FeTiSh. SicK coming good to the tune of several hard carries and gun round saves versus T1 talent. Lum players possibly sticking it to Lum owners and management by not giving them a big number to take a winnings cut from while on their way out. What a fun weekend.

2016-06-27 13:57