G2 beat SK; to StarSeries playoffs

6-4-2017 20:00

G2 are the second team through to the playoffs at the SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 finals after defeating SK Gaming 16-8 on Overpass.

The match began at a frantic pace as the teams struggled to stamp their authority on the game, with rounds going back and forth following strong individual plays.

With the scoreline reading 3-2 in favor of G2, Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub got two peek kills with the AWP to give his team the first two-round lead of the game, with Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro following that up with a clean sweep ace, forcing SK to call a tactical pause.

G2 continued picking up rounds and eventually jumped out to a 7-2 lead. SK then brought that streak to an end after overturning a 3vs5 situation, but they were unable to build on that win as the Frenchmen hit back in the following round thanks to a double spraydown from bodyy. G2's defence was simply impenetrable, and they ultimately finished the first half with 12 rounds on the board.

G2 advance to the playoffs in Kiev

Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo turned hero in the pistol round as CT, denying Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt the ace with a great headshot to give his team some breathing room. SK put together a small run of rounds and reduced the deficit to 7-12, but then G2 won three in a row to hit match point.

SK still found a lifeline with a shoddy buy thanks to a last-minute kill from Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga onto G2's man carrying the bomb, but the Frenchmen would win the following round to book passage to the playoffs.

PoTM: Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon was 18:0 in the rounds that G2 won, which speaks volumes about his contribution. He was G2's top fragger and also had a crucial triple kill in the fourth round, which marked the beginning of a great run from his team.

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6th April 2017

Overpass

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Richard 'shox' Papillon shox	23 - 8	+15	94.6	87.5%	1.59
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro bodyy	21 - 16	+5	96.4	79.2%	1.44
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub kennyS	21 - 12	+9	82.8	79.2%	1.40
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt NBK-	21 - 16	+5	96.8	87.5%	1.32
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire apEX	16 - 17	-1	74.2	66.7%	1.00

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	22 - 19	+3	90.4	70.8%	1.29
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo TACO	11 - 17	-6	67.4	54.2%	0.80
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	16 - 22	-6	72.1	62.5%	0.70
João 'felps' Vasconcellos felps	11 - 24	-13	56.6	54.2%	0.62
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	9 - 20	-11	45.0	54.2%	0.58

With only one match remaining today, the Swiss group stage's standings now look as follows:

3W-0L	2W-1L	1W-1L	1W-2L	0W-3L
Natus Vincere	FaZe	Astralis	MVP Project	TYLOO
G2	HellRaisers	fnatic	Immortals	UYA
	North		Gambit
	Ninjas in Pyjamas		CLG
	SK		Virtus.pro

G2 top 1? I are think that PoTM: Richard "shox" Papillon was 18:0 in the rounds that G2 won, which speaks volumes about his contribution. Wow!

2017-04-06 20:06

10 replies

why did SK ban train against G2...

2017-04-06 20:03

1 reply

its about the games they play right before the events, bootscamps and so, one of the casters said that g2 crush every team on train.

2017-04-07 05:32

mad brazilians inc

So happy that both my favourite teams Navi and G2 are both making playoffs rn and in such a fashion of 3-0. g2 lost a total of 13 rounds i think during groups lol.

2017-04-06 20:04

5 replies

17 i think : 6 8 and 3

2017-04-06 20:13

4 replies

ye u r right. nonetheless its still rlly impressive and a rlly dominant performance. I really hope that it would be a NaVi v G2 final. Would be so dope.

2017-04-06 20:15

Indeed. But i have the feeling one of those 2 will face VP in quarter

2017-04-06 21:05

16: 6,2,8

2017-04-06 20:43

that's 11

2017-04-07 07:13

super team

2017-04-06 20:05

Bodyy and KennyS shake lul

It will become a meme soon

2017-04-07 04:51

3 replies

GOD BnTeT

2017-04-07 16:06

2 replies

jurrrr indo juga wakakakkkaa

2017-04-07 17:42

wakakakakakak

2017-04-07 23:06

an easy win - as expected

PZEZ for Superteam G2

bodyyyy

Nice

easy

expected

tier 2 team

GG G2

#1 team

french revolution!!

G2 to strong

G2 looking quite scary, only 16 round losses in 3 matches.

navi lost 15 at the major but still got eliminated at quarterfinals

2017-04-06 20:08

Yeah, as in the case of Navi we cannot say for example how deep is their map pool or how well they'll do in a BO3, but they show some promise :)

Looking solid so far, hope G2 will perform as well against Top 3 teams

2017-04-06 20:10

Totally expected, the super-team is going to win the whole thing.

Hype2

supreme game from G2 <3

Ez 4 ShoxieJesus RAPEX NBKING- Godyy KennyGod

Not sure what's going on with Fallen,he used to be godlike. ):

Fallen is starting to fall into the same scenario seang is in, great strategic mind, but aim is going away. I think he should take a step back from playing and become SK's coach and bring in HEN1. I think SK would go back to dominating people again. Just my 2 cents though...

You might be right, but I thought Seang was still doing ok in Misfits? And that leaves Immortals with nothing ^^ It's just that everytime I see fallen pick up the AWP, I expect at least 2-3 kills yaknow. I guess we've been spoilt by his previous form.

2017-04-06 20:12

SK without fallen won't be top 10

2017-04-06 21:29

I'm so proud of them. A phenomenal match for G2. They impress me with their behavior. FalleN is joking about the result (16:3), VP's players doing it as well (Snax, pasha for example) while the French keep calm and just do step by step.

Proper lanliners. Impressive showing so far. I wonder how they'll perform when they have a bad start in a game tho, previous g2 used to shut down pretty fast, especially if it happened in the T side.

They lost both pistol round in this game, that as bad as you can say

2017-04-07 04:58

But they won a force, broke sk's economy and ended up in a position of strenght from the start. I recall a game in de_train where shox just tilted out of the server after the 1st gun round and their T side was simply non existent from there. Wanna see if they fixed it with the new lineup. That's what I was refering to as a bad start :>

2017-04-07 05:15

bodyy proved he is good enough to play in this line up

He definitely has stepped up compared to the Pro League matches recently.

Brazilian CS in 2017 LUL

EZ FOR: shoxieJESUS pennyS NBKING GODYY RAPEX Coach: Will SmithZz

well deserved if continues like that, I would say: - fallen (coach) + kNg - taco + boltz/fnx

kng LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL

hen1 dont play without lucas kNg in my opinion is much better than yel So who do you suggest if fallen continue to play like shit?

2017-04-06 20:53

Kng????? No OMG

2017-04-06 20:30

#86

2017-04-06 20:54

GG!

Promising showings at LAN boys

G2 putting up solid display of teamwork. Hope they continue in doing so and lift the trophy. GG :)

Yeah. This really reminds me of their form at EPL and ECS.

A cool video about it, still relevant: youtube.com/watch?v=T2T3_YKsiKA .

brutal

2017-04-06 20:11

Easy.

BOYS THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED, G2 ARE THE KINGS, SITTING ON THRONE AFTER THEY WORKED HARD TO GET THERE #G2ARMY

So many people laughing at G2's first online results since the shuffle. Haha. I think Shox + KennyS on fire in the same game can beat Guardian + s1mple. That would make a great final.

2017-04-06 20:14

True, tbh their first showing was really worrying for me, hope G2 make it to the final :)

2017-04-06 20:18

Sorry to my homies but i just have to say another time,FalleN is playing like a bot. Famboys keep burning my comments but Im so fucking right,fallen now is a shame for our country,he dont represents me.

2017-04-06 20:16

S U P E R T E A M

2017-04-06 20:23

SUPERTEAM PogChamp

we all know Na`Vi and G2 won't win the tournament it rarely happens that team with the 3-0 record or team already in semis win the whole lan

2017-04-06 21:44

I just knew they were gonna destroy SK

ez 4 G2. SKZOU

2017-04-06 21:48

Where are the people in denial "G2 only played sh*t teams, wait before they play SK/Astralis or VP" Where are the people who made fun of me when i said "G2 best team in the world, their era started". LMAO : VP 2-16 SK, VP obviously not the best team in the world. Astralis conceeding 11 rounds to CLG (which also scored 11 vs HR :) ), losing to North, Astralis not the best team in the world in current form. So the best team was either G2 or SK, G2 made it extremely clear : they are by far the best team in the world right now.

2017-04-06 22:12

I hope they can keep the same form into the playoffs. If they do, nobody will be able to stop them :)

2017-04-06 22:50

Huge G2 fan here I believe in them winning the whole event <3

2017-04-06 22:54

2017-04-07 03:14

bodyy vs sk video pls

2017-04-06 22:51

BOT FALLEN

2017-04-07 00:59

eZZ 4 G2

2017-04-07 02:16

twitter.com/VaKarM_net/status/8500274334..

2017-04-07 09:29

"PoTM: Richard "shox" Papillon was 18:0 in the rounds that G2 won, which speaks volumes about his contribution. He was G2's top fragger and also had a crucial triple kill in the fourth round, which marked the beginning of a great run from his team." nice.

2017-04-07 10:07