CLG beat Immortals; to playoffs

7-4-2017 20:31

CLG are through to the playoffs at the SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 finals after defeating Immortals 16-8 on Cache.

The match began with CLG taking the pistol round but failing to build on that as Immortals hit back on a force buy with a quad kill from Ricardo "⁠boltz⁠" Prass. The Brazilians put together a small run of rounds and jumped out to a 5-1 lead, but then Pujan "⁠FNS⁠" Mehta stepped up to the plate and picked up five kills over two rounds to help CLG to cut the distance to 3-5.

A triple kill from Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes during a B push gave Immortals their sixth round of the game, but CLG tightened up their defence right after, winning five rounds in a row before the Brazilians collected the final round thanks to a trio of quick kills from boltz in a 2v3 after-plant.

CLG pass Immortals test

Kenneth "⁠koosta⁠" Suen went huge in the pistol round as Terrorist, picking up four headshots to give CLG their ninth round of the game. The North American AWPer carried that momentum going into the gun rounds, with CLG increasing their lead to 13-7.

Immortals called a tactical pause in a bid to discuss their issues but CLG kept up the pace, winning back-to-back rounds to hit match point. One round was all that Immortals could muster in the second half as CLG would eventually take the map at 16-8.

PotM: Ethan "⁠Ethan⁠" Arnold was once again the star of his team, with eight multikills and a 108 ADR to inspire CLG to book passage to the playoffs.

SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 FinalsBest of 1

CLG

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7th April 2017

Immortals

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CLG	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold Ethan	25 - 16	+9	108.0	75.0%	1.41
Ricardo 'Rickeh' Mulholland Rickeh	21 - 12	+9	81.9	70.8%	1.29
Kenneth 'koosta' Suen koosta	18 - 16	+2	84.9	75.0%	1.26
Pujan 'FNS' Mehta FNS	17 - 15	+2	88.1	70.8%	1.24
Stephen 'reltuC' Cutler reltuC	14 - 16	-2	66.6	70.8%	1.01

Immortals	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Ricardo 'boltz' Prass boltz	21 - 18	+3	97.3	70.8%	1.28
Lincoln 'fnx' Lau fnx	18 - 21	-3	85.8	70.8%	0.98
Henrique 'HEN1' Teles HEN1	13 - 20	-7	71.0	62.5%	0.96
Lucas 'steel' Lopes steel	12 - 18	-6	60.7	66.7%	0.81
Lucas 'LUCAS1' Teles LUCAS1	10 - 18	-8	43.1	54.2%	0.68

With only one match left to play in the Swiss stage, here is how the tournament is looking so far:

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

Hello darkness my friends... rip BR

2017-04-07 20:32

6 replies

n1 clg

2017-04-07 20:31

5 replies

Brazil > World

2017-04-07 20:36

4 replies

5th best NA team > forever 2-3

2017-04-07 20:37

Yes because both sk and imt in playoffs OH WAIT BOTH Eliminated xDD

2 replies

sounds like someones got a personal problem..... baby dick swedish cunt

2017-04-08 02:54

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LMAO you still crying?

2017-04-08 02:56

Really well played by CLG!

EZ for NA

brazil cs LUL

what a suprise

nice

XDDDD

unexpected

immortals t1 team

Kappa

2017-04-07 20:35

Immortals easiest road to the playoffs ever and they couldn't make it disband

2017-04-07 20:38

Reminds me of NIP xd

2017-04-07 21:43

bb BR

I'm so happy for them after that long struggle they had

that moment when CLG is better than VP LOL

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you can't really say that because they didn't play each other, but they got a higher placing. LUL at br

2017-04-07 20:33

you meant better than immortals and SK lul

2017-04-07 20:34

no i mean MUCH better than VP because they got worse record

no you don't we know that VP was utter trash in this tournament but SK actually looked better than VP and lost in the last two halves in their last two games with 2-11 and 8-0 so they were not much better lul

2017-04-07 20:42

Vp 9 rounds in 3 matches lul?

SK 2 rounds in their last two halves lul

i see your logic then. 2 halves > 3 games gj

2017-04-08 06:13

I never doubted them! #faith

bad news coming from hltv, just turned off browser notification ... i'm happy because fnatic lost , sad because sk lost , who is like me ?

Fnatic won

this year will br cs suck like fr cs last year

omg IMT sucks ass GOD ETHAN

nahte*

*ethan

2017-04-07 20:57

what a shame IMT, the most lucky matches but still out

LUL GG NA > BR once again. NA CS top1 soon boys

noice rickeh. carry shit team to payoff.

He's great but didn't always carry, especially in this game

WTF why u so rude dude? Rickeh played good, nahtE also. FNS had great mid game desicion and calls. Its about teamwork, not just one player calm your tits kangaroo

lol. Maybe if he got more than 10 kills against astralis they would have won.

2017-04-07 21:28

idiot

2017-04-07 23:25

Ya dude he carried thats why he keeps getting cut from tier 2 aussie teams and had to join a tier 3 na team lulz

2017-04-08 00:00

feel bad myth

2017-04-08 07:46

rip VP, rip SK welcome CLG and HR ^^

It was a 16-8 victory, not 16-10

They won 16-8 though

Wp clg, you deserve to be in playoffs

Impressed by FNS In-game leading skills. Some very nice read and mid calls. Also nahtE the 17yo kid played really really well, and GOD rickeh!

That's a surprise. I thought IMT would roll over them.

Based on? Clg barely lost to way better teams than imt. Imt was shitty in almost every single game.

2017-04-08 00:01

Based on just my impressions. I don't follow the scene to such detail to analyze games and lineups.

2017-04-08 20:47

make BR CS great again. =/

rickeh was such a good pickup

That's pretty crazy considering what people were predicting for this lineup. Making playoffs in a tournament where SK, VP, Gambit and Immortals all got knocked out.

Has Rickeh been the signing of the year for CLG or what? Constantly impressed.

2017-04-07 20:39

I feel like FNS and his pancakes are the real MVP though. Thank god he strolled into the CLG house and started setting up.

2017-04-07 20:48

Brazil CS LUL

2017-04-07 20:41

NA team in playoffs LUL

So many people enjoying both Br team eliminated, seems like inferiority complex or what? come on

No people including me hate Brazil because their fanbase is so lame (we loyal and cry is free bullshit) I don't have any grudge against the players but br community is so toxic that it makes us hating the players

2017-04-07 20:49

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I inderstand some br guys are annoying with their stupid fanbase, but not all of them, is like everywhere. I know it because we (Arg players) play in the same platform as them and i met some of them very good and talented, ando also not toxic. It seems like everyone in EU were "happy" when SK "era" ended... You dont really need to be like that

2017-04-08 00:21

Not all of them, but many of them are, and they're everywhere. Not to discredit the non-toxic fans but br fans needs to get off their high horse once in a while.

2017-04-08 04:46

They're not all like but most of the ones who speaks are like that. Every once in a while there is one regular Brazilian while i see thousand of message on hltv or Twitter from retarded ones

2017-04-08 17:18

Inferior to people who can't get out of groups. Nt fakeflag.

2017-04-08 00:02

In fact im not br dude.

2017-04-08 00:15

That was really bad for Immortals, gg. The easiest matches and stil out, gj boys lul

2017-04-07 20:44

IMT easiest matches loses LUL SK hardest matches loses LUL

2017-04-07 20:47

Brazil top 1 they said

CLG > VP, SK What a time to be alive

CLG caught a break getting Immortals

2017-04-07 20:52

CLG are through to the playoffs at the SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 finals after defeating Immortals 16-10 on Cache. hltv.org/match/2309425-clg-immortals-sl-.. Was it 16-8 or 16-10 ?

2017-04-07 20:55

16-8

2017-04-08 01:03

So since eu teams hsve lost their magic on previous games tournaments now their back kenny s with ibsame aawping kioshima with best entry frags and so astralis etc

2017-04-07 21:00

A new low for BR cs... damn.

Everyone was crying over clg in group from na. While c9 optic or liquid would have been eliminated, clg worked hard and got to playoffs. Now give clg the resoect they deserve for this achievement. GG CLG. This is good for NA scene. A dedicated team with good IGL can reach playoffs

2017-04-07 21:02