dignitas and G2 keep it tied, go 1-1

19-10-2016 12:17

Group A stays tied, and as is the rule so far in Moscow, Dignitas and G2 win their opponents map pick to make it 1-1. Dignitas won Dust2 16-14 to start it off, but G2 came back to win 16-12 on Overpass.

G2 had an explosive start to the Terrorist side of Dust2, getting to an early 7-2 lead despite Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon being unable to complete the potential 1v4 in round 4.

AWPs were a crucial part of Dignitas' comeback in the half, as René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg used a saved one to stop an anti-eco B-rush from the Frenchmen, while Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel joined in on the second one to get some crucial picks that allowed his team to pick up six rounds as Counter-Terrorists.

Dignitas picked up the Terrorist pistol to equalize the score, but G2 bounced right back with shox and Edouard "⁠SmithZz⁠" Dubourdeaux combining for all five kills while defending from a quick A-split.

G2 struggled to close out Dust2 on the CT side

SmithZz followed up with another good round, getting a quad-kill to make it 11-9 for G2. Dignitas were 13-9 down before they managed to string get five rounds in a row to get the 14-13 lead.

shox and Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro combined to close down the B-push and equalize it at 14-14 once again, but the Danes managed to find better timings in the following two rounds to win Dust2 16-14.

EPICENTER: MoscowBest of 1

Matchpage

19th October 2016

Dignitas

Dust2

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke k0nfig	28 - 21	+7	93.7	73.3%	1.36
René 'cajunb' Borg cajunb	25 - 16	+9	83.9	80.0%	1.36
Emil 'Magisk' Reif Magisk	24 - 20	+4	89.0	76.7%	1.25
Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen MSL	16 - 21	-5	56.0	73.3%	0.85
Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel RUBINO	15 - 23	-8	62.0	66.7%	0.81

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Richard 'shox' Papillon shox	27 - 22	+5	97.2	66.7%	1.24
Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom ScreaM	24 - 21	+3	73.2	73.3%	1.15
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro bodyy	19 - 20	-1	65.7	66.7%	0.93
Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux SmithZz	17 - 20	-3	69.1	60.0%	0.93
Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy RpK	14 - 25	-11	67.2	53.3%	0.68

Dignitas won the first three rounds on Overpass as Terrorists, G2 tied it with the following three, but as the rounds were close the Danes continued to buy up and eventually broke the economy of Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy and co.

Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen's squad got to a 8-5 lead, on the back of it before bodyy took down two with the Famas to put his team into a good position to win the 14th round and subsequently get to a 7-8 half.

Magiskb0y put up huge numbers on Overpass, but it wasn't enough for his team to win

RpK showed up with three huge kills on the second pistol and G2 got to 11-9 before Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif utilized a saved AK-47 to get two opening kills and steal back an otherwise eco round.

A number of 1v1's happened in the following rounds: Magisk won his versus SmithZz, shox took out Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke and then Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom found RUBINO to reset Dignitas and get his team to a 14-12 lead.

G2 kept it compact and took the last two rounds decisively, ending the game 16-12.

EPICENTER: MoscowBest of 1

Dignitas

Matchpage

19th October 2016

Overpass

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Emil 'Magisk' Reif Magisk	30 - 15	+15	94.4	78.6%	1.53
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke k0nfig	26 - 22	+4	92.3	82.1%	1.29
Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel RUBINO	18 - 20	-2	78.2	75.0%	1.05
René 'cajunb' Borg cajunb	14 - 20	-6	56.7	60.7%	0.81
Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen MSL	11 - 24	-13	70.5	71.4%	0.80

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom ScreaM	28 - 19	+9	114.5	82.1%	1.53
Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy RpK	23 - 21	+2	84.9	75.0%	1.20
Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux SmithZz	17 - 17	0	66.6	75.0%	1.04
Richard 'shox' Papillon shox	18 - 20	-2	74.6	67.9%	0.99
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro bodyy	14 - 22	-8	57.5	67.9%	0.73

The final standings of Group A are still unknown, as the matter of who will go through to the playoffs depends on the last match of the group Natus Vincere - Ninjas in Pyjamas.

Next in action in Moscow are SK and HellRaisers, with the double Major Champions needing a 2-0 victory to get to the playoffs.

2016-10-19 12:17

RIP 60$ thank mr MSL

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#16

2016-10-19 12:21

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Yeah not fragging for 26 rounds, and fragging for 2 rounds is acceptable.

2016-10-19 12:23

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Not defending him but they certanly did not lose because of him not getting kills as they were winning rounds

2016-10-19 12:27

If you watched the game, you would notice that he sacrificed himself to assure 1-3 kills for his teammates in incredibly many rounds. In general he was not needed to kill in those rounds, because his deaths did the job tbh.

2016-10-19 12:29

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I'm perfectly aware of the fact that he's an IGL and he sacrifices himself in order to execute properly, but if you've watched the game you'd also notice that he couldn't land some easy shots which he should have as a professional player. I'm a fervent supporter of MSL to be honest, but he simply underperformed in terms of fragging today.

2016-10-19 12:42

GOD MSL 3-20 and after that 11-24!!!

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2 rounds back to back he gets 3k and his team still loses xD

2016-10-19 12:19

well if msl miss that 3 free kills, u know what would happen :v

2016-10-19 12:37

goodtry

NIce

fml 9#

nice one

kek

Again ^^

so G2 has better round difference than dignitas.. would that mean that G2 go through if NiP or NaVi win both their maps??

2016-10-19 12:18

yes if either Na'Vi or NiP lose 0-2, they go out and the other three advance if they go 1-1, it will come down to round difference

2016-10-19 12:20

would be so sad to see dignitas go out by a single fuckin' round :p

2016-10-19 12:22

dig and g2 already qualified i think, coz they had positive RD

2016-10-19 12:30

Im not sure but i think a round difference by 2 is better than 1 Correct me if im wrong

2016-10-19 12:26

k0nfig going ham, really cool to see such a performance

Magiskb0Y: 54-35 k0nfig: 54-43 insane performances.

Danish Duo of Doom, move over Device and Dupreeh

2016-10-19 13:33

Indeed. Device and dupreeh can do the same in terms of sheer aim, but they're too choky.

2016-10-19 13:43

magisk is a baller

2016-10-19 12:35

Is G2 going to playoffs or what?

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yes its pretty much guaranteed now, because they have a better round difference than dignitas

So top3 goes through? Not only top2?

top 3 go through one of dignitas, NiP or Na'Vi will go out in last place

No. Only Nip or Navi.

2016-10-19 12:32

nah, no matter what NiP-Navi results, one of them will go out

2016-10-19 12:39

I think thats what he is saying. Dig is safe, its just nip or navi out (i think)

2016-10-19 13:34

As i see it both G2 and Dignitas is now secured a spot in the playoffs. No matter how the results pan out between Navi and Nip. If they tie 1-1 it will be impossible to turn two negative RD into two positives, which g2 and Dignitas currently have. Im just sad that Dignitas might lose the direct semi-final because of 1 round..

Its possible cuz if navi wins 16:14 and loses 16:12 then they have a positive ratio

2016-10-19 12:28

One team can perfectly gain a positive score, but both teams cant. Also, your example is not very well calculated.

2016-10-19 12:31

NaVi is on -1, if they win 16-14 they will be on +1, and if they lose the next map 16-12 they will be on -3 again. In that scenario NiP, G2 and Dignitas go to the playoffs.

in that case, navi will out of the groups and nip advance to the quarter finals.

Yeah, it looks like G2 and Dignitas are in the next stage already. PS: Why u left Fiorentina? :(((

Just to make it even closer - i heard that if a map goes to overtime, the winner of the overtime wins the whole map 16-15.

tiecenter strikes again

Best of 2s. Which genius thought of that idea?

2016-10-19 12:24

Admins, can you adjust your rankings for this event's groups? G2 is supposed to be #1 (RD & Head-to-head RD better for G2)

Hm, orgs do not have the rule about round difference in the official rules :) epicenter.gg/en/rules

2016-10-19 12:44

In case of a tiebreaker in the round robin group stage, the following factors will be taken into consideration in deciding which teams go through (in this exact order): a) Direct result b) Direct result round difference c) Group global round difference

Yes, true, did not find. So, in case two teams have equal points, then we first look at their own match and not to group round difference. But in case 3-4 teams have equal points, then we look at group round difference?

2016-10-19 13:56

It is not explicit, but I guess we'll find out once NiP and NaVi draw again :)

2016-10-19 14:46

G2's CT sides imo depends too much in RpK. If he performs well G2's CT sides are actually very good even with smithz playing terribly.

oh another tie, who would have tought

2016-10-19 12:46

good guy N/A Kappa123

2016-10-19 12:47

BO2 is clearly better than BO3 for these group stages, you have to play til the end, you can't get rewarded for winning games 2-1 with less rounds than your opponent like sometimes it happens, when a team wins a map 16-14, gets rekt 3-16 on a second, and wins 16-13 on the decider. Those cruel scenarios of undeserved wins (when you win your 2 maps with really close scores, sometimes with the help of favorable events going your way) with a map where you get completely owned/start to throw the map after the 13-2 first side "because whatever there is the 3rd map to come, we won't exhaust ourselves trying hard in that "already" lost map). On those BO2, every single round matters, this is better, you have to be consistent.

2016-10-19 14:19