Vega Squadron edge CLG on Mirage

Vega Squadron defeated CLG 16-14 on Mirage in their first match at the ELEAGUE Major Main Qualifier.

At the beginning of Mirage between CLG and Vega Squadron, the two teams were even at 3-3 following the Americans' pistol round win while the Russian side got the first two gunrounds and an anti-eco on the defense.

The next two rounds were exchanged, as Kenneth "⁠koosta⁠" Suen stepped up with a quad-kill with the AWP, while Dmytro "⁠jR⁠" Chervak and Nikolay "⁠mir⁠" Bityukov defended B with each player getting a double.

Thanks to an eco round victory, in which Yassine "⁠Subroza⁠" Taoufik got a double with a stolen AWP, CLG began running away with the half with koosta getting a triple on their way to 8-4. However, the last three rounds went the way of Vega Squadron, who then also clinched the second pistol round to get their first lead in the match.


mir led the way as Vega Squadron defeated CLG

Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov and company snatched away the first gunround as well despite Subroza getting two opening kills, but four more kills from the 19-year-old over the next two rounds, one of which was a forcebuy, equalized the score at 11-11.

mir continued to play well and clutched a 1v2, while James "⁠hazed⁠" Cobb got four quick kills in the next round, which sent Vega Squadron on a double eco. With a couple of attacks towards A, the Russians managed to reach match point and finished the map off at 16-14.

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 CLG K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
28 - 21 +7 83.6 80.0% 1.37
23 - 21 +2 85.3 76.7% 1.14
23 - 22 +1 76.4 53.3% 1.10
15 - 21 -6 77.0 63.3% 0.93
17 - 22 -5 74.1 66.7% 0.92
 Vega Squadron K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
35 - 21 +14 105.1 70.0% 1.57
19 - 22 -3 83.6 76.7% 1.06
21 - 23 -2 71.9 60.0% 0.95
16 - 17 -1 64.6 63.3% 0.91
16 - 23 -7 61.6 50.0% 0.68

With half of the matches of the first round being over, the standings are following:

1W-0L 0W-0L 0W-1L
Denmark Dignitas  Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas Australia Renegades Russia Spirit
Brazil Immortals North America OpTic China TYLOO France Envy
Europe FaZe Europe MOUZ Europe HellRaisers United States Cloud9
Russia Vega Squadron  France G2 Sweden GODSENT United States CLG

The fifth match of the Swiss format's first round, where Renegades are up against Ninjas in Pyjamas, will begin shortly.

United States Kenneth 'koosta' Suen
Kenneth 'koosta' Suen
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
289
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.67
Russia Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov
Age:
19
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
123
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.69
Ukraine Dmytro 'jR' Chervak
Dmytro 'jR' Chervak
Age:
23
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
169
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.65
Russia Nikolay 'mir' Bityukov
Nikolay 'mir' Bityukov
Age:
20
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
157
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.67
United States James 'hazed' Cobb
James 'hazed' Cobb
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
449
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.69
Canada Yassine 'Subroza' Taoufik
Yassine 'Subroza' Taoufik
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.89
Maps played:
71
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.73
#1
Faceit level 5 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Turkey rusty james
for the love of god or anything that you deem holy, somebody remove thorin from the scene. ecs was great. at least for like 2 months. this guy does not shut up. i get it you are trying to be edgy. shut the fuck up and say something meaningful every once in a while. motherfucker only acts like a memelord nowadays. never trust a guy who doesnt even play the game. anyways gg clg. disband.
2016-12-15 20:35
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ez godsent
2016-12-15 20:35
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1 reply
Vegan Squad > meat eaters
2016-12-15 20:39
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#25
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Poland Santro
gj
2016-12-15 20:35
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#26
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Finland Elpelias
lul
2016-12-15 20:35
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#27
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Czech Republic realProkda
cheater
2016-12-15 20:35
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motherfucker only acts like a memelord nowadays.
2016-12-15 20:35
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#30
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Slovakia tincaller
He is memelord
2016-12-15 20:35
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GOD
2016-12-15 20:35
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#34
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Other kimbadim
+1 for the thorin part
2016-12-15 20:36
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how many casters/analysts actually play the game
2016-12-15 20:36
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7 replies
#39
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Turkey rusty james
semmler ddk and black ddk play regularly. anders is a bit better than them. moses former pro. same with henryg. sadokist is a casual but i dont like him as well. who else? rlewis used to play source. most of them play or played dude.
2016-12-15 20:38
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5 replies
okay then :D
2016-12-15 20:40
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why don't you like sadokist? he's probably the best play-to-play caster in the talent scene right now imo
2016-12-15 20:42
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2 replies
#63
Faceit level 5 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Turkey rusty james
he feels too repetitie anwaytoo enthusiastic when he is not. i dont like his approach.he is a good caster tho. just dont enjoy his style.
2016-12-15 20:45
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ok gotcha. all valid reasons
2016-12-15 22:54
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R Lewis was a semi pro / pro in cod4. Not the same game but he does have experience of playing at the high end of a game.
2016-12-16 11:55
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ynk was a pro too i think
2016-12-15 22:33
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#56
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England Lonom8
thorin does play though he's LEM/Supreme fucking retarded roach
2016-12-15 20:41
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#61
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Turkey rusty james
bullshit. he does not play. mad yellowteether.
2016-12-15 20:44
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#62
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England Lonom8
RLewis and others have played with him before, wouldn't expect anything clever from an inbred turk though tbh
2016-12-15 20:45
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#65
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Turkey rusty james
dont try to bullshit ur way outta this.he doesnt play. i remember him saying he never touched the game. insert default insult.
2016-12-15 20:46
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6 replies
#68
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England Lonom8
Thats why he's said on stream he's LEM/Supreme L U L. Cuntfirmed for being turkish, only turks could be so dumb.
2016-12-15 20:48
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4 replies
m8 thorin has said he doesn't play csgo lmao
2016-12-15 21:22
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3 replies
#94
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England Lonom8
see #83
2016-12-16 00:16
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bruv i am just saying he isn't smfc. yes he's mentioned he has played but I haven't heard him say his rank or how often he plays, only that he's shit at the game.
2016-12-16 04:39
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#99
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England Lonom8
So you just contradicted yourself then, he clearly does play csgo... He said on by the numbers i think that he was LEM/SMFC, it was something with RL.
2016-12-16 22:19
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I agree with you on him being annoying on desks of late always trying to be edgy, I think with whatever social issues/disorder he has it always comes off as awkward. When he's being more of a serious analyst he's OK. But you are wrong he does at least play matchmaking, he's talked about it in many of his videos.
2016-12-15 21:05
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UKCS
2016-12-15 20:47
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#69
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England Lonom8
Rather have a shit cs scene than be canadian tbqh
2016-12-15 20:49
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our country is great
2016-12-15 20:51
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9 replies
#71
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England Lonom8
Trudeau is your president it really isn't.
2016-12-15 20:51
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8 replies
PRESIDENT? LOL FAKE FLAGGER
2016-12-15 20:52
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7 replies
#73
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England Lonom8
Prime Minister then? I'm not canadian so ofc idk shit about your irrelevant country's political system. If I was a leaf then ye sure i might be fake flagging. Why are leaf posters always so retarded?
2016-12-15 20:54
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you're british you called a prime minister a president
2016-12-15 20:55
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#77
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England Lonom8
You're a cunting retard mate, why the fuck would I know what political system your country uses. I know my own country has a PM and not a president but amazingly some countries have presidents! scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15..
2016-12-15 20:57
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keylogger
2016-12-15 20:57
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#79
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leaf
2016-12-15 20:58
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2 replies
i'd rather be a 10 year old canadian child than a 40 year old programming key loggers :)
2016-12-15 20:58
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#81
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England Lonom8
good for you
2016-12-15 20:59
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Well then you're an imbecile
2016-12-15 21:06
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#59
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Turkey SG^^
rip skins, I presume?
2016-12-15 20:42
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they probably just kept the lineup to try to play in this qualifier. maybe some miracle. but yeah. they are disbanding after major qual 100%
2016-12-15 20:44
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Europe mlok401
Ez Vegan Squad
2016-12-15 20:35
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ez
2016-12-15 20:35
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1
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Lithuania Tomekas85
the 1st dude is cheating 4 sure
2016-12-15 20:35
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d
2016-12-15 20:35
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Andorra Kidiot
1
2016-12-15 20:35
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nice
2016-12-15 20:37
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Poland Kagor
N1
2016-12-15 20:35
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#12
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Russia M4TV3Y
ez
2016-12-15 20:35
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Bulgaria kr9ptonn
CLG are so fucking retarded how are they a team
2016-12-15 20:35
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This was a tough game for both teams even though they are both around Tier 4 - I believed that CLG would beat this CIS squad considering they were legends from columbus at the start of this year but you also have to take into consideration that CLG has gone to shit ever since they lost their best two players, in my opinion, tarik and jdm64. Please disband
2016-12-15 20:37
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And tarik now is in a top 5 team lol, everyone tought he was dumb to move to "another NA shit team" who's the shit team now lmao
2016-12-16 04:46
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ez
2016-12-15 20:35
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Expected 4Head
2016-12-15 20:35
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COCATb
2016-12-15 20:35
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Finland Madd!z
LUL
2016-12-15 20:35
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wtf is this
2016-12-15 20:35
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rip clg
2016-12-15 20:35
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Germany TeeZe
HAHAHAAHAHAA
2016-12-15 20:35
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Estonia teremartin
gj Vega team :) ty CLG bettors!
2016-12-15 20:35
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lul clg pls disband
2016-12-15 20:35
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Finland juliuSZ
wp mir
2016-12-15 20:35
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#33
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Finland Sizz - <3 ex-LGB
Expected af
2016-12-15 20:35
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#53
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Russia Drinkins
this. Vega was good in prac matches. Every tier1-3 hltv member knew that.
2016-12-15 20:40
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#57
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Finland Sizz - <3 ex-LGB
literally the only reason people bet on CLG is that they don't know the Vega Squadron players I love to farm with these kind of games tho
2016-12-15 20:41
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#64
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Russia Drinkins
ye, ez money for you. And it was win w/o Chopper, who is best Vega player
2016-12-15 20:46
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#66
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Finland Sizz - <3 ex-LGB
true, I expected chopper to destroy them tbh but can't always have a good game
2016-12-15 20:46
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GOD Mir
2016-12-15 20:36
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a ez win for the next team
2016-12-15 20:36
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#38
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Bangladesh kappadia
the last cis hope, gj
2016-12-15 20:37
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#40
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Finland ZoqFotPik
nicely done vega!
2016-12-15 20:38
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Grats Vega, showing that good old CIS power.
2016-12-15 20:38
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Clg disband if they don't qualify. They have a shit roster anyways
2016-12-15 20:38
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gj
2016-12-15 20:38
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Reunion HLTV_Confirmator
ez for putins
2016-12-15 20:38
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Europe Tejmn
Ez for Vega
2016-12-15 20:38
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Gj, sosat CLG bomji Nahuy, Mir horosh Nahuy!!!
2016-12-15 20:38
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Latvia Ke]R[4u
score is actually deceiving, and CLG won almost no gun rounds, if Vega didn't throw 3 anti ecos with hard resets of economy, this would be like a 16-8 and hope chopper will show up later this tournament
2016-12-15 20:39
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lmao clg time to real disband
2016-12-15 20:39
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YESSSS VEGA SUKADRONE GZ
2016-12-15 20:39
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gg
2016-12-15 20:40
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Trolololol cs is fuckin dead
2016-12-15 20:40
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#76
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Germany pastaMasta
someone getting an easy 2nd win
2016-12-15 20:56
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CLG IS FUCKING TRASH LUL
2016-12-15 21:04
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Ukraine biglargebop
WOOOOOOOO #VEGABOYS
2016-12-15 21:39
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clg won the map for them,thats all vega no chance vs decent team
2016-12-15 22:58
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Ukraine rad0s
umad H@H@
2016-12-16 07:09
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