EnVyUs triumph at WESG

15-1-2017 14:14

EnVyUs dominated the WESG grand final against Kinguin, winning 2-0 (Train 16-5, Dust2 16-6) for the title and the biggest first-place prize in CS:GO's history, $800,000.

The grand final between Kinguin and Envy began on Train, where the Frenchmen got to play on the CT side at first.

With everyone sharing the weight, Envy got ten rounds on the defense and topped it off with a perfect Terrorist side for a dominating 16-5 scoreline.

EnVyUs dominated Kinguin on their way to the title

Dust2 followed with Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer's squad picking up 10 rounds in the first half again, that time on the offense. Only conceding one round in the remainder of the match, Envy celebrated the victory at 16-6.

WESG 2016 World FinalsBest of 3

Kinguin

Matchpage

15th January 2017

Envy

Train

Dust2

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Kinguin	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Damian 'Furlan' Kislowski Furlan	25 - 32	-7	70.6	62.8%	0.91
Michał 'MICHU' Müller MICHU	29 - 32	-3	63.8	58.1%	0.86
Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski mouz	24 - 35	-11	70.4	51.2%	0.80
Karol 'rallen' Rodowicz rallen	18 - 34	-16	52.7	55.8%	0.61
Grzegorz 'SZPERO' Dziamałek SZPERO	19 - 35	-16	51.1	62.8%	0.57

Envy	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire apEX	43 - 21	+22	107.2	74.4%	1.60
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt NBK-	39 - 19	+20	83.4	88.4%	1.50
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub kennyS	36 - 23	+13	89.9	79.1%	1.42
Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Happy	31 - 31	0	84.8	74.4%	1.22
Christophe 'SIXER' Xia SIXER	18 - 21	-3	46.7	62.8%	0.82

WESG 2016 World FinalsBest of 3

Kinguin

Matchpage

15th January 2017

Envy

Train

Dust2

Kinguin	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Damian 'Furlan' Kislowski Furlan	25 - 32	-7	70.6	62.8%	0.91
Michał 'MICHU' Müller MICHU	29 - 32	-3	63.8	58.1%	0.86
Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski mouz	24 - 35	-11	70.4	51.2%	0.80
Karol 'rallen' Rodowicz rallen	18 - 34	-16	52.7	55.8%	0.61
Grzegorz 'SZPERO' Dziamałek SZPERO	19 - 35	-16	51.1	62.8%	0.57

Envy	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire apEX	43 - 21	+22	107.2	74.4%	1.60
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt NBK-	39 - 19	+20	83.4	88.4%	1.50
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub kennyS	36 - 23	+13	89.9	79.1%	1.42
Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Happy	31 - 31	0	84.8	74.4%	1.22
Christophe 'SIXER' Xia SIXER	18 - 21	-3	46.7	62.8%	0.82

WESG 2016 World Finals standings:

1. Envy - $800,000

2. Kinguin - $400,000

3. Virtus.pro - $200,000

4. Space Soldiers - $60,000

5-8. iGame.com - $10,000

5-8. DarkPassage - $10,000

5-8. TYLOO - $10,000

5-8. Epsilon - $10,000

9-12. Signature

9-12. Selfless

9-12. K23

9-12. VG.CyberZen

13-16. Colombia

13-16. Ukraine

13-16. Bravado

13-16. Russia

17-20. TeamOne

17-20. FIVE

17-20. QuetzaL

17-20. rEAK

21-23. subtLe

21-23. ENZO

21-23. JYP

Well played to EnVy taking home alot of cash. NBK played good. event wasnt so good since i wanted to watch some other games then showed. GG

2017-01-15 14:15

22 replies

SIXER carried

12 replies

Talk about a lot of money, they took home the biggest prize ever in CS without beating a single tier1 team. Can't say this will happen ever again

2017-01-15 14:21

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biggest prize pool with only noob teams. chinese scene wanted the best but only got some ok teams + vp and envy. maybe they wanted tyloo to win and thats why not that good teams are there

2017-01-15 14:46

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That'd be completly dumb not to admit Tyloo has yet to prove itself as a top 15/20. And no good teams because of shitty roster rules ( all 5 players from same country )

2017-01-15 16:04

Knowing how the Chinese are that is a really accurate. Trying to give tyloo a free tournament win. Yet still fucked up

2017-01-15 17:15

cry is free

2017-01-15 15:46

Ugh how is it relevant to what I've said? xd

2017-01-15 16:47

0/8

2017-01-15 17:12

NBK mvp?

Needs to be Apex. He saved them all tournament long.

2017-01-15 14:27

Look at Apex's ADR. Bear in mind he is entry and is expected to have the worst stats.

2017-01-15 14:59

Well i think SIXER had the home ground advantage over his opponents

2017-01-15 14:23

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ahaha

2017-01-16 08:21

Now Envyus is a TOP 1 of HLTV ranking.

What a joke. They should have lost to Tyloo 1st then SS, but both of those teams did everything they could to hand nV the win, so they lost some aim and game sense by the end of the games.. nV luckiest team ever. Major qualifier draws included.

2017-01-15 14:16

not to mention their major win at 2015, almost going out 0-2 in maps by the old G2. But barely winning on OT and then the third map. EnVyUs is the only team I've seen got away with so many things compared to any others

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As well as the boost scandal in Overpass where they went to win the Major. When at the same map, THEY also did a pixel'd boost but was not as game breaking as the fnatics one. These fcking cunts are lucky af.

ah yes, forgot about that one.. so true

2017-01-15 14:24

Nip magic? Biggest luckers on the scene?

2017-01-15 16:45

the difference, NiP got "lucky" rounds against teams like VP and fnatic. EnVyUs got it against underdogs such as TyLoo and SS.

2017-01-15 18:09

There's no "should have" in match results. Tyloo could have won, but they didn't, so they shouldn't have. Same deal for SS, or for any other team/player in any other tournament in any history of any sport.

2017-01-16 03:54

2fast

Shittiest +250k event I've ever seen.

2017-01-15 14:14

Looks like a pretty easy event to be the favourite at

2017-01-15 14:18

+100000

2017-01-15 14:19

lucky sixxer carried on dust. kinguin was way better

ez for my boy KENNYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

EZ MONEY FOR SIXER

sixer got carried

Easiest $800k. Great job nV <3

Major - the hardest 500k$ against the best team in the world China - 800k$ against not even top20 team Eu teams should attend chinese tournaments just like fnc academy

2017-01-15 14:17

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CS isnt just about the money you know

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Life is about money, you know

but CS isn't that's why teams like Godsent or North didn't even attend WESG finals and why NA teams preferred EPL over PEA because they care more about competition and prestige than money

2017-01-15 15:03

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money > prestige ; we're not talking $50k, it's freakin $800k ! any team to miss up an opportunity like this is dumb af (e.g. godsent)

2017-01-15 16:03

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that's obviously not the case for many pro players they just have different priorities than you I'm glad not everybody is money thirsty

2017-01-15 17:44

it's not like the events happened at the same time. EnVy still have a whole week until the major and have had enough time since the major qualifier in December to pracc for it. so you can either >pick up ez 800k and go to Atlanta in 7 days, with the same chance you've had w/o attending wesg >decide 5 days in China is detrimental to your practicing, so go all in at the major because you are ashamed to be rekt by teams like pride, rogue, etc and hide behind the "prestige" argument. quite arrogant imho but you're right - everyone should have their opinion i just don't see how 5-8 days of practicing is better than 800k. if it were one event vs the other, then i'd call nV money-thirsty. this way i just think they're smarter.

2017-01-15 17:55

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As I said it just seems that they (Godsent and North especially) don't care about the money that much and prefer to perform well at the major. And most of the tier 1 teams didn't even bother participating in the qualifier at all even if it was the biggest price pool ever and preferred playing in events with smaller price pools and way tougher competition. Why did they do that? because money really isn't that important for many pro players, it is more about the passion for the game.

2017-01-15 18:02

yeah i understand that, but honestly if you were on a team like nV or Godsent, how would you approach this? I mean, a week more of practice doesn't guarantee you will perform well. if it did, godsent would have never lost to pride. Winning a tournament gives some confidence, that could be even more important than practice for experienced teams that are going through a rough patch. and 800k right off the start of the year gives you leverage not to worry about the money aspect for the rest of the season. so you can be more relaxed at the major. i think you can go for both money and prestige in this particular situation, thats all I'm saying. you just need to plan out your praccs better, use free time more efficiently. I've got respect for players who want to be the best, not the richest. if it were not like that, there would be no real competitive cs. but i fail to see why so many teams quit on wesg. then again, I'm no professional player.

2017-01-15 18:20

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yeah I would maybe go for the easier money too and I don't think that nV are money thirsty or something it is totally legitimate to try the get some ez money but I think pro players and many other world class sportsman think differently than most other people. they wouldn't be able to get to the absolute top with some special kind of dedication for their sport. that's more than just money I just think it is nice to see that money is not everything for them and that is more than just a job for them

2017-01-15 18:47

fair, i agree with that. i guess I'm just still baffled by how big CS has gotten to make a $1.5m event seem virtually irrelevant. crazy

2017-01-15 18:58

yeah that's honestly insane

2017-01-15 19:17

Russian miserable slave)

2017-01-15 16:49

ukraina saying about slavery

2017-01-15 17:47

The same sheet here, though

2017-01-15 18:14

Of course it is

2017-01-15 15:18

ofc it is. you think they care about their "top 20" or other rankings kek whole point is to win money and if you can win more money with less effort that is really it.

2017-01-15 15:39

Disgusting socialist.

2017-01-15 16:09

Congrats EnVyUs! It was pretty one-sided though, but congrats Kinguin for beating VP in the semis! :D

ez nbkcry

ez sixer

FeelsBadMan

woooo

Well deserved! GG! Also grats to SIXER for getting the record of most bombs planted in a single half.

gge z

nice

yeep

Congrats nV!

GJ ENVY

nice envy

Gj!

nt kingwin

wtf was this tournament

best french team. ez semi-final at major.

haha! wont even make it out of groups

well.... just wait till this major start :D

2017-01-20 16:32

ye, they will lose first day to shitquid

2017-01-22 14:21

LUL

WESG 2016 World Finals played in 2017. gg

Ez4nv

ez money

close in mostly-T4 tournament gg baguettes, you belong there

800k$ while German players have to sell breitzels for 5$.

brezels > crossaints jawohl

true, im from Alsace and i eat Bretzel at breakfast time

2017-01-15 15:10

i can already see the reddit thread about WESG prizes not paid

exactly my thoughts

2017-01-15 14:22

do u know alibaba

2017-01-15 16:02

1.5M$ tourney -> 10k$ going to chinese teams with a group draw that looked to be rigged in their favor LMAO

Only 1 Chinese team as well, hahaha

Yeah obviously. The greatly (LMAO) structured prizepool wouldn't allow some finishers to get 5k$ per team when the winner got close to a million xD TyLoo 2 rounds away from at least 60k (vs NV), Space Soldiers 2 rounds away from at least 400k (ended up with 60). Sick ...

2017-01-15 14:20

get better

2017-01-15 17:05

Why ? I'm already good, no ? But, what have i to get better in ?

2017-01-15 17:37

i was refering to the team you feel bad about cuz they didnt get good money for not reaching top8 in a lan lol

2017-01-15 19:28

Easiest final Envyus ever played. I had high hopes for this game after kinguin's performance against VP. Such a let down.. Sixer mvp!

Two Polish teams in top! Good Job guys!

HLTV salty and triggered that the team they always called tier 2-3 all the time won a tier 2-3 tournament. #FreeThePainInTheirAss

So bad , ENZO deserved those 800k $

800K against tier4 LUL EZ money Congratz! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

DarkPassage ez $10k

NBK csgo's higher earner ever ayy lmao

GOD SEXHER BOY BOMBPLANT

vp threw because kinguin needs money

kinguin easiest 400k, even SK never won this much last year

yes they did lol, $500k at each Major

yeah they didn't much that much, they won s*** ton of more :D

Tier3 tournament with 1.5 million $ and no viewers, good job China

one of the worst tournaments i've ever seen. never host anything again china

not bad 800k previous disband

easy money for GOD SIXER

worst tournament ever =)

sixer will bring chinese fans-SKRILLA thats why envys have chosen him

So NV won almost 3x the money from one t10 tournament, than fnatic did winning 3 majors. Let that sink in... ez $800k EleGiggle

Well played to EnVy taking home alot of cash. NBK played like a GOD!

tbh,boring

ez apex

truely deserved

Great to watch, gj nV and Kinguin

happy for the man sixeR, good1 dude!

so much hate and salt here. -Millions of viewers on Chinese streams across like many streaming platforms -Global event that is fair to all (instead of cocky attitude of only allowing NA and EU teams) -Nice venue with good accommodation/food/practice area as mentioned by players(or do you want to play in 5000 max seat at ELEAGUE studios KEK) -Good prize money (Chinese can do it all in todays world)

2017-01-15 14:26

Fair to all? Them groups tho

2017-01-15 14:48

Wow well explained. Rekt eu and na

Nice venue? Are you joking? I went to spectate on Saturday and there was literally nothing there apart from the stage area - which seated way less than 5000 people. Add to that there was only ONE CS match on the stage the whole of Saturday and that it wasn't possible to go watch the other games anywhere else at the venue I'd say it was pretty fucking terrible.

2017-01-15 16:05

Agreed

2017-01-15 16:33

youtu.be/4DsrrmZHHUs sixer with a chinese flag lul

2017-01-15 14:29

SIXER always carried, lol...

At least sixer proved he can plan the bomb decently

2017-01-15 14:30

Sixer always get carried

2017-01-15 14:34

HLTV always needs a reason to cry..

2017-01-15 14:36

nice 800k before disband

Highest prize pool with few good teams and few people watching kek

2017-01-15 14:41

Interesting what would have happened if VP'd been placed in Envy's ladder and vice versa. Well deserved, took their chance.

2017-01-15 14:38

FRENCH ANTHEM PogChamp i cried.. :'(

how many points in ranking will they get?

2017-01-15 14:42

doesn't matter, they will be disbanded, and on the scorecard probably somewhere around 300

hah ez last premium for them before the shuffle, sadly the event has no prestige whatsoever.

2017-01-15 14:43

who gives a fuck when you can win a shit ton of money

prbbly worst tournament of this year lul

And the first one...

2017-01-16 00:27

sixer pls get some skill this is pathetic right now.. what happened to you

2017-01-15 14:49

Shitload of money. Can not EnvyThem

2017-01-15 14:50

apex kennys and nbk after this year can retire and buy a mansion next to brad pitt

2017-01-15 14:52

big result for Igame, space soldiers

2017-01-15 14:55

i think space soldiers should be tier1

2017-01-15 14:56

xD nice jk the only tier 1 team in this event was VP and they are inconsistent af

2017-01-15 15:05

nice shuffle

2017-01-15 14:58

VP :( Congratulations Kinguin!

vp got 200 k too is pretty nice ^^

2017-01-15 15:19

yeah but 3rd place...

2017-01-15 15:20

its only first tourney in the year xd but soon is major:0

VP saving tactics for major ;)

2017-01-15 16:27

you know a tournament is shit when kennyS is able to win a trophy

2017-01-15 15:00

at his peak best player we ever saw made finals of 2 majors won 1 shit top kek

2017-01-15 15:02

2017-01-15 15:06

You know this guy's brain is nonexistent when he says shit like this

2017-01-15 17:21

2017-01-15 20:34

Last tournament they won at 2017

2017-01-15 15:01

nice london

2017-01-15 15:25

Feel bad for SpaceSoldiers almost win 800k to 60k

They didn't almost win 800k, lost last 2 games...

2017-01-15 16:25

-_- SS >> Kinguin

You wouldnt know the outcome of that match, like nobody had thought kinguin would beat vp

2017-01-15 16:35

nV are rich as fuck now, congrats

Ez rapex in a tournament against 90% BOTs

2017-01-15 15:13

wOw :O 800k very nice

2017-01-15 15:14

Such a wasted tournament..imagine it with all the top teams instead of those noobs.

tier 2 tournament LUL

2017-01-15 15:33

SIXER the type of nigga who does nothing in project and still gets A

2017-01-15 15:36

so true LUL

2017-01-15 15:49

Easy event for them but now watch how mysteriously the money doesn't come and what was at first an icredibly profitable tournament ends up being a nightmare

2017-01-15 15:40

Watch how quickly the money comes.

2017-01-15 16:39

This is alibaba. They wouldn't risk tainting their name to pay a bit of money.

2017-01-15 17:22

proper old school tournament, shame about no gotvs tho

2017-01-15 15:48

easiest 800k in NV's history rofl

yep, easiest 800k in their life

2017-01-15 15:59

lol they're still not gonna make it past groups

2017-01-15 15:55

Is VP the best team in the world? They are not even the best in Poland.

2017-01-15 15:58

ofc they are the best in poland

2017-01-15 17:08

say that to Kinguin lul

2017-01-15 17:46

exactly VP>SK KInguin > SK Polish scene is the best ;)

2017-01-15 18:59

none of those teams deserve this money lmao

2017-01-15 16:01

lol they are was fighting against Kinguin for $800k in the grand final So fucking ez money If SPACE SOLDIERS was beat them then ss will take 800k but RiP

Probably the easiest 800k anyone will ever take.

2017-01-15 16:06

800K holy shit

2017-01-15 16:18

gg i guess twitter.com/nV_NBK/status/82061698283163..

2017-01-15 16:20

1. EnVyUs - $800,000 2. Kinguin - $400,000 3. Virtus.pro - $200,000 4. Space Soldiers - $60,000 lol

Lol people barking about event having no prestige. No one cares kid. It was all about the money here. A few months ago everyone was Barking about how fast sk early their money, 1million from 2 majors. Lmao envy earned 800k without playing a bo3 against a good team.

2017-01-15 16:43

wll don

2017-01-15 16:51

u only need to win subtle, epsilon, russia, team one, tyloo, space soldiers and kinguin and ur 800k richer KEK

2017-01-15 16:53

800k... this is getting a bit crazy, some tier3 teams lul congrats

2017-01-15 17:02

happy nice lurk on the picture

Congrats. Now they are laughing thinking of their name - "EnvyUs"!

2017-01-15 17:04

Eleague major giving 500k $ so this tour. more important a major lol :D

800k LUL

2017-01-15 17:41

i was really expecting either VP or space soldiers to win it. but still gj to envy, NBK pulled some heroics in the space soldiers match. I didn't see the final but he was the reason they made it to finals

2017-01-15 17:49

tier5 800k noice

2017-01-15 18:01

Giving 800k to tier 2 team and 400k to tier 3 Nice charity China Envy back to their old style when they would win all those close games by some really lucky rounds and plays, but ofc against much lower teams

2017-01-15 18:06

charity lmao

2017-01-15 18:25

I guess the prizes are on Zimbabwean dollars. That actually fits this tournament.

2017-01-15 18:13

wtf 800k :O?

2017-01-15 18:23

Awesome, EnVyUs continue dominating the biggest events!

2017-01-15 18:37

humongous big event!

2017-01-15 23:28

ENVYUS almost lost to SS, VP beats them easly so VP > ENVY > KINGUIN? lul VP would win that final

2017-01-15 18:41

LMFAO, easy money.

2017-01-15 18:43

happy lurk in the picture

2017-01-15 18:55

haha +1

2017-01-15 21:47

The "grand" finals were so boring, I ended up watching the Heroic vs Big game lmao.

2017-01-15 19:45

rip iGame :D

2017-01-15 20:01

So much money

2017-01-15 20:13

$800k for playing against tier3 teams

2017-01-15 21:37

Literally what I said to myself how the fuck is this a 800k tourney?

2017-01-15 23:26

pasha deserve better team

2017-01-15 21:38

Pretty nice with a bot in the team.

2017-01-15 21:57

They dont deserve this. SS/Kinguin really should of won this.

2017-01-15 23:06

SS = Schutzstaffel ? lul

2017-01-16 13:42

then why didn't they?

2017-01-17 16:38

What a tournament without logic, if you stay below the 9th you get nothing lul At least ELeague was right about that.

2017-01-15 23:47

Happy is a really good lurker

2017-01-16 00:30

why did so many other team not come to this tourney? Its free money

2017-01-16 01:17

wp kennys the best awper

2017-01-16 03:26

did polish fans truly belived kinguin were gonna win ? they won against VP because VP let them... if i were in VP i would have throwed the final place for my fellow countrymen kinguin are tier5 team, why would anyone belive they could win against envy or VP ?

2017-01-16 08:10

Yes ofc, G2 almost lost place in last qualifer to kinguin in eleague season 2 hltv.org/match/2304572-g2-kinguin-eleagu.. PLS DONT BE STUPID. VP SUCK A DICK and Kinguin emotions have subsided after the game and could not play on the same high level.

2017-01-16 16:11

NOW CAN DROP OUT FROM MAJOR IN GROUP STAGE AGAIN HAHAHA

2017-01-16 13:39

lol true

2017-01-17 16:33

sixer to tyloo you heared it here first

2017-01-16 13:44

Expected, rip Virtus pro, soon disband

2017-01-16 13:46

no money no honey !

2017-01-17 01:19

Uhm i dont follow csgo very active lately, can someone explain, why there is 800k for the first place? I mean thats massive and then i see the teams which took part and think "lel what" ...to see space soldiers and kingiun in top 4 is enough to know that was a t2-3 event, yet it has the biggest $$$$$ in the history of csgo xD

2017-01-17 12:16

China's trying to do some CS:GO stuff, bringing huge amount of money. But w/o solid t1 teams and w/o worldwide streams it seems strange. Maybe they trying to promote CS:GO at local market and make money from 238575046426 chinese people, dunno.