Secret win Intel Challenge 2017

4-3-2017 01:10

Secret defeated dignitas 2-0 (16-4 on Train and 16-12 on Nuke) in the grand final of Intel Challenge Katowice 2017 and thus continue their reign over the female Counter-Strike circuit.

Secret, the European powerhouse female team who put a capstone on 2016 with victories at both ESWC 2016 and Intel Challenge Katowice 2016, came into the $30,000 2017 version of the Intel Challenge in Katowice, Poland as heavy favourites to take home gold.

Zainab "⁠zAAz⁠" Turkie & co. easily made semifinals of the eight team tournament alongside their known and prevalent North American competition in the forms of CLG Red and dignitas (the latter team having recently signed the Selfless Gaming roster), in addition to majority German team expert.

vilga showcased a stalwart performance for Secret in the grand final

With dignitas edging out CLG Red on the other side of the semifinals bracket, Petra "⁠Petra⁠" Stoker and crew of expert surprisingly gave Secret a run for their money with a 16-10 victory on the first map of Cache in the second semifinal but Secret eventually closed out the series 2-1 and moved into the grand final.

There were less surprises in the grand final where, following a 16-4 wipe over dignitas on their map pick of Train, Secret took down their rivals 16-12 on their map pick of Nuke and secured victory, with Ksenia "⁠vilga⁠" Kluenkova putting on a dominant 1.90 rating and 129.1 ADR in the grand final.

Intel Challenge Katowice 2017Best of 3

Dignitas fe

Matchpage

3rd March 2017

Secret fe

Train

Nuke

Secret fe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Ksenia 'vilga' Kluenkova vilga	60 - 27	+33	129.1	83.3%	1.97
Michaela 'mimi' Lintrup mimi	35 - 26	+9	75.0	75.0%	1.18
Anna 'Ant1ka' Ananikova Ant1ka	34 - 26	+8	74.0	83.3%	1.15
Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie zAAz	35 - 27	+8	70.8	75.0%	1.14
Julia 'juliano' Kiran juliano	23 - 27	-4	60.2	75.0%	0.93

Dignitas fe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' Garrido EMUHLEET	32 - 35	-3	73.9	60.4%	0.95
Catherine 'cath' Leroux cath	28 - 39	-11	79.5	58.3%	0.87
Carolyn 'artStar' Noquez artStar	26 - 38	-12	69.5	54.2%	0.81
Amanda 'rain' Smith rain	27 - 38	-11	60.4	64.6%	0.80
Mounira 'GooseBreeder' Dobie GooseBreeder	19 - 37	-18	47.0	47.9%	0.56

Intel Challenge Katowice 2017 final standings:

1. Secret fe - $15,000
2. Dignitas fe - $8,000
3-4. CLG Red - $3,500
3-4. expert fe - $3,500
5-6. LDLC fe
5-6. Vexed fe
7-8. EYESports fe
7-8. silhouette

FEMALE CS LUL

2017-03-04 01:10

8 replies

Female CS in one round :D clips.twitch.tv/SteamyManlyCucumberMau5

2017-03-04 01:11

5 replies

LUL

2017-03-04 01:16

1 reply

German Top3 Team!!! German CS = Tier 1 Cs

2017-03-04 09:12

that's gold right here

2017-03-04 01:20

damn beni

2017-03-04 01:44

Hahhahah

2017-03-04 08:21

ez for juliano

THE BIGGEST PRIZE POOL IN CS HISTORY!

even EU females >NA females :(((( good job secret ez vilga carry would like to see her on premier team see how she does

badly

2017-03-04 04:20

3 replies

di played on an NA premier team for a bit and did well i dont think it's impossible

2017-03-04 04:54

2 replies

Bcs NA premier is 5x more bad than EU premier

2017-03-04 09:04

yea di can carry her own weight, maybe team secret would do fine in NA premier. clg red are 3-5 in NA main. i couldn't find secret / dignitas on esea.

2017-03-04 23:36

why did they delete my comment omg

2017-03-04 09:20

who else would win?

let's go female cs

gz zAAz

incredible

gud shit, not it's female cs after all

ggggg

Mimi.<3

vilga da carryyS

Juliano kicked LUL

wow congrats man what a big event really high level cs here

it was a really good tournament, we need more female tournaments like this :)

juliano insteed of bullshiting on twiter, you could focus more on game.

why..all this shows is that they are so far ahead of the next team ..she doesnt have to do much of anything and 1 person can shit all over the other team

2017-03-08 01:11

Next female tourney will be at Copenhagen Games

ez for vilga and ant1ka<3

atleast secret wins something, not like the dota2 team

60-27 XD

AND THE CROWD GOES WILD......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................WAIT WHAT???

2017-03-04 01:12

Just like the crowd did in DH Las Vegas!

2017-03-04 01:14

Carried by ruski, expected Juliano should focus on game and not making sandwiches

$15,000 that's more than Na'Vi/North won in Katowice

2017-03-04 01:13

17 replies

good point actually :DD

2017-03-04 01:19

Great, cause Na'vi/North didn't win anything in Katowice :)

11 replies

But they did, all teams are awarded $1k for each group stage victory not mention quarterfinals money (which is $13k for Navi).

2017-03-04 01:25

10 replies

I'm sorry, thought it would be obvious I meant they didn't win the CS tournament, shouldn't have wrote "anything".

2017-03-04 01:27

9 replies

It wasn't obvious cos Alser was talking specifically about the money.

2017-03-04 01:30

Yes, and so was I, in the sense that Na'vi/North didn't win the tournament, so it's great they earned less then the winner secret. Just ignore my "anything" in my previous post.

2017-03-04 01:32

7 replies

'so it's great they earned less than the winner secret.' Well no, not really considering the fact that these are tier 5 teams playing who would get crushed by the likes of North/Na`Vi at any opportunity. How in any rational, logical way could you ever think Secret deserve more prize money than North or Na`Vi when they can't beat tier 5/6 male teams who aren't salaried and have no realistic chance of making it into a tournament where they could win nearly as much prize money as Secret did? It's ridiculous that a tier 5 team is winning more prize money than tier 1 teams like Na`Vi or North.

2017-03-05 14:25

6 replies

Agreed with you until you said North and Na'vi are tier1

2017-03-05 16:11

depends what you call tier 1. do you mean the elite teams? do you mean the top 5 teams? top 8 teams? I'm talking about the top 5-8 teams, of which Na`Vi and North are both in therefore I called them tier 1.

2017-03-05 16:12

Tier 1 = tournament favorites. VP SK Astralis. There's no set number for tier 1 teams.

2017-03-05 19:10

Well, that goes for every sport, women are not at the same level. The difference between a tier 5 team for men and the best for women is not the skill-level, and that's not what makes the pay-gap. The difference is that when two tier 5 teams of men compete, they don't have any viewers, cant say the same for the female final, can you? Public interest pays.

2017-03-06 08:16

'Public interest pays.' It does, but you're not making a very massive point here. And the 'public interest' you're talking about is derived from people wanting to watch the best teams in the world play CS:GO at the highest level. No one wants to watch tier 5 male teams play because there are much more skilled teams that viewers can watch play at big tournaments, nor do the tier 5 male teams even get a chance to compete at tournaments with anywhere near as much money as these shitty female teams do. You're avoiding my point anyways, I'm asking you why they DESERVE that money not why they RECEIVE that money, and they absolutely do not deserve more money than far better teams than them such as Na'Vi and North. Anyways, on the topic of public interest, there was far more public interest for IEM Katowice than there was for the female tournament, in fact you had hundreds of thousands of viewers throughout the playoffs and consistently 400k+ watching in the finals. Can't say the same for the female matches can you?

2017-03-06 08:52

I'm not avoiding anything, they deserve the money cause of the interest the public shows, and in all fairness to your last point that connects the two, yes the best teams in IEM Katowice had a lot more viewers in the playoffs then the female final, and they also DO earn way way more money because of that, so it's fair. And that's just the prize money, not the salary. In my first comment I was a bit ironic, but the point is, it should be a big gap in money due to the skill-level, and it is. But that's always the case, no matter the sport, and the skill-gap is always there, so is the difference in money they earn. But due to the audience, the best females are able to earn more then men at the same level, why should it be different just in CS? Now, in IEM Katowice, the prize money for the men was pretty low compared to other tournaments, and it was high for the female's, compared to most others, I think :)

2017-03-06 10:36

Their salary is 15k

2017-03-04 03:26

20k*

2017-03-04 09:13

f0rest's salary 2015 was 20k per month now maybe 30k :DD

2017-03-04 11:28

You obviously dont know, how equality works. Sexist pig.

2017-03-04 09:49

Thanks you

female CS LUL

Congrats to secret, even tho I cheered for dignitas this time :)

2017-03-04 01:15

Nice.

2017-03-04 01:18

OMG WHO THE HELL CARES?

2017-03-04 01:23

a stich article in 2017 lul

Wonder why you did this one hmmm? :thinking:

2017-03-04 01:33

wow lost all respect i had for stich

2017-03-04 05:27

2017-03-04 06:14

Julia 'juliano' Kiran, the famous streamer.

2017-03-04 01:31

$15,000 Ez $9,000 Make-up

2017-03-04 01:40

tbh I thought NA girls CS would be better but okay

2017-03-04 01:45

Bot juliano

Vilga 2 Gambit = Best Dance! youtube.com/watch?v=NFvOxWyA1Ew

2017-03-04 01:48

still better than NA cs feelsbadman

2017-03-04 03:09

vilga the only one who deserve prize money

2017-03-04 03:31

60-27 wtf lul GOD

2017-03-04 04:15

ZAAAAZZZZ <3!

2017-03-04 05:37

GOD vilga ggwp

2017-03-04 06:54

Enjoyed watching the final and especially their semi final against experts from germany was so close and really exciting.

2017-03-04 07:07

looks like canada is a dominant force in female cs XD

2017-03-04 07:08

The pricemoney is a joke compared to the male tournaments, i think girls need usually more money then boys right? shoes, makeups etc. xD

2017-03-04 07:27

+33 LUL

2017-03-04 07:50

expected

2017-03-04 08:28

vilga play for best fe team and she outskill evn her team idk if she just play this lan but she could join other team

2017-03-04 08:36

Separated competition -> separated section for player of the week Tier 3 plays Tier 5, gets on player of the week. Up next on hltv, Admins post their best KDA while smurfing 10 ranks below.

2017-03-04 09:47

AMD Ryzen Rise its time to change this intel trash

2017-03-04 09:52

Congratulations to puppey for winning 1500 bucks

2017-03-04 10:07

Easiest cash there is, all we have to do is cut off our dingdings.

2017-03-04 10:23

Now Secret is without a doubt the best female cs go team in the world :)

2017-03-04 10:28

butter face juliano

2017-03-04 10:30

2017-03-04 10:31

vilga to Na'Vi

2017-03-04 10:51

I bet i could be in secret if i tried Then again i'm stuck in mge

2017-03-04 12:40

Lol, I dont understand, why they have separated event just for women with bunch of tir999999 teams? Why they cant all qualify and play in main event? Played with juliano on faceit, she is literally cant kill someone from behind, finish game 3-19 and can compete in event for $15k? Lol wtf is this shit. Thats disrespectful for every player who actually tries to achieve something..

2017-03-04 13:01