Cloud9 to StarSeries semis over F3

FlipSid3 began the first quarter-final clinching the pistol round as Counter-Terrorists for an early 3-0 lead. Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip's entry kills in the following four then helped Cloud9 take the lead away, though FlipSid3 won the next forcebuy and equalized Overpass at 4-4.

From there on until the end of the half, Cloud9 powered through the defence and grabbed a strong 11-4 half with FlipSid3 barely getting any footing in the rounds.

Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy's side overpowered the B bombsite in the second pistol round, lowering the deficit to four rounds, while Cloud9 grabbed two gunrounds on the B bombsite, one of which was a close retake including a 1v2 from Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert.

Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham's aggression earned him two opening kills, pushing Cloud9 to 14-7, while FlipSid3 were forced to eco. The Ukraine-based squad managed to delay with a great fake, but eventually conceded map one at 8-16.

Train was much more promising for F3, who got off to a 4-2 start as Terrorists once they stabilized from trading the first couple of rounds. Cloud9 couldn't find a response to their opponents' executes at all and lost a couple of retake scenarios while FlipSid3 were on their way to 9-3.

With Yegor "⁠markeloff⁠" Markelov finding a few entries, his team pushed to a crushing 11-4 halftime score and after completing a close retake on the B bombsite in the second pistol round, FlipSid3 were two rounds away from equalizing the series.

Cloud9 avoided match point for four rounds, one of which included a quad-kill from Jan "⁠wayLander⁠" Rahkonen in an eco, but FlipSid3 closed it out eventually at 16-8 with Georgi "⁠WorldEdit⁠" Yaskin and wayLander delivering most of the blows.

Cloud9 kicked off the decider, Mirage, by clinching the first pistol round on the back of Skadoodle's triple up against a late-round strategy. FlipSid3 were prepared for the Americans' aggression in the first couple of gunrounds, equalizing the score at 3-3.

As the next two rounds were traded, Cloud9 found themselves on an eco, but they correctly rotated into the B bombsite where n0thing added a triple to his name only with a P250.

The economy turned on its head, as it was Stewie2K's squad who had the advantage, forcing their opponents on two ecos over the next four rounds for an 8-4 lead. Cloud9 ended up switching to Terrorists at a comfortable 10-5 and added a pistol round on top of it, inching ever closer to the semi-finals.

Stewie2K then came out on top of a 1v2 afterplant clutch thanks to a well-placed molotov from B apartments and Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek's five kills over the next two rounds gave Cloud9 the victory at 16-5.

SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 FinalsBest of 3

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Mirage

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Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	51 - 46	+5	85.9	66.7%	1.20
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	52 - 38	+14	81.5	73.9%	1.20
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	50 - 44	+6	72.4	72.5%	1.09
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	49 - 45	+4	74.7	66.7%	1.05
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	40 - 39	+1	67.6	75.4%	1.03

FlipSid3	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff	45 - 46	-1	68.2	63.8%	0.99
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	44 - 46	-2	75.3	62.3%	0.99
Jan 'wayLander' RahkonenwayLander	39 - 52	-13	69.0	62.3%	0.90
Andrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyB1ad3	43 - 48	-5	68.8	56.5%	0.88
Oleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevShara	41 - 50	-9	63.7	65.2%	0.85

SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 FinalsBest of 3

Cloud9

Matchpage

2

1

10th September 2016

FlipSid3

16

Overpass

8

8

Train

16

16

Mirage

5

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	51 - 46	+5	85.9	66.7%	1.20
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	52 - 38	+14	81.5	73.9%	1.20
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	50 - 44	+6	72.4	72.5%	1.09
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	49 - 45	+4	74.7	66.7%	1.05
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	40 - 39	+1	67.6	75.4%	1.03

FlipSid3	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff	45 - 46	-1	68.2	63.8%	0.99
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	44 - 46	-2	75.3	62.3%	0.99
Jan 'wayLander' RahkonenwayLander	39 - 52	-13	69.0	62.3%	0.90
Andrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyB1ad3	43 - 48	-5	68.8	56.5%	0.88
Oleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevShara	41 - 50	-9	63.7	65.2%	0.85

The next quarter-final will feature a familiar match-up, as Ninjas in Pyjamas and Astralis will battle for another semi-final spot.