PENTA upset OpTic in Bucharest

29-6-2017 12:13

PENTA won their first match of the Main Qualifier by besting OpTic, 16-14, on Train.

The match started with a quick USP double headshot by Oscar "⁠mixwell⁠" Cañellas, which propelled OpTic out of the gate and to a 3-0 lead. The second PENTA got their hands on weapons the dynamic changed, however, as the European side started racking up rounds until getting in the lead, 8-3, abusing a lackluster inside defense which OpTic were not adjusting.

Eventually, OpTic won an eco round and got the wind back in their sails, as the North American-Spanish team went on to close the rest of the half out without giving up a round, with PENTA ahead at the equator, 8-7.

PENTA go 1-0 after their first match of the Main Qualifier.

The second pistol round went to the European side, and was followed up by an eco bash. After that, OpTic started the comeback, bringing the match to a 10-10 tie on the shoulders of Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic and Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik. With the momentum on their side, OpTic tried to close it out with a rush outside, but PENTA were able to stop the play to stay in the game.

A quad kill from Jesse "⁠zehN⁠" Linjala got his team within one of OpTic, who had to go on a full eco with only a couple pistols bought. At 13-13, William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba was able to outplay Paweł "⁠innocent⁠" Mocek in a 1vs1 afterplant situation, getting his team on the verge of match point. PENTA brought it back to 14-14 retaking on the B site, resetting OpTic. After winning the anti-eco, PENTA stood their ground and shut OpTic down to go 1-0 in Bucharest.

PGL Major Krakow 2017 Main QualifierBest of 1

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29th June 2017

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OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Keith 'NAF' Markovic NAF	29 - 20	+9	92.6	73.3%	1.42
Tarik 'tarik' Celik tarik	25 - 21	+4	76.4	66.7%	1.15
James 'hazed' Cobb hazed	22 - 23	-1	83.9	80.0%	1.05
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellas mixwell	15 - 20	-5	63.3	70.0%	0.96
William 'RUSH' Wierzba RUSH	13 - 22	-9	48.8	60.0%	0.65

PENTA	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi suNny	28 - 19	+9	92.8	70.0%	1.40
Jesse 'zehN' Linjala zehN	25 - 24	+1	93.6	66.7%	1.23
Paweł 'innocent' Mocek innocent	16 - 21	-5	65.4	80.0%	1.02
Kevin 'HS' Tarn HS	20 - 20	0	66.0	70.0%	0.96
Kevin 'kRYSTAL' Amend kRYSTAL	17 - 20	-3	64.1	66.7%	0.87

SO EZ ez Kevin "kRYSTAL" Amend Miikka "suNny" Kemppi Jesse "zehN" Linjala Kevin "HS" Tarn Pawel "innocent" Mocek

2017-06-29 12:14

13 replies

upset? ok hltv you're disrespecting penta.

9 replies

yeah HLTV is so disrespectful. OpTiC has been shit for ages this was a 50-50 game. Calling this an upset? LucasAM OpTiC fanboy exposed!

2017-06-29 12:18

optic #11 penta #19 that's an upset

2017-06-29 12:21

6 replies

optic 11? source? oye hltv ranking xD

3 replies

yes and who made this news title? oye hltv

2017-06-29 12:22

2 replies

actually LucasAM did.

2017-06-29 12:23

1 reply

there's no difference there

2017-06-29 12:24

hltv proving their own ranking system is retarded, penta won so titles this year

2017-06-29 12:42

so titles?

2017-06-29 13:01

They are upset about it I bet

2017-06-29 12:47

get a life

2017-06-29 12:15

Quite an impressive result, although it was expected. Really nice to see them win, even though OpTic won almost every clutchround.

PENTA(FINLAND) TO MAJOR

2017-06-29 12:39

Pentaa <3

Pretty disappointed by PENTA, I thought they gonna rape Optic by at least 10 rounds. The odds was ridiculous, Optic is a tier3 team in a downward spiral, while PENTA has the skill and the motivation to reach tier2. And RedEye in the studio still talks about a surprise LOL. You should keep your eyes on PENTA and BIG, thank me later.

5 replies

these Eu teams are godlike I don't know why they underestimate them so much Penta,Big,Dignitas>Optic,Liquid,Cloud9

2017-06-29 12:16

At least someone with knowledge

2017-06-29 12:26

Penta and Big rekt these guys any time are you Big fan? jirschi?

2017-06-29 12:28

Yes you are right. I am :-)

2017-06-29 12:50

+10000, this isnt upset

Good game & well played Penta, keep up the good work!

UPSET? lol

10 replies

Yes when the #19 ranked team beats the #11 ranked team that becomes an upset, Welcome to having over a 40 IQ.

2017-06-29 12:17

Finally somebody

its not upset, and please dont speak about iq if you are from uk :D and how hltv ranking is relevant in this case? your low iq really makes you think that hltv ranking is some official and only one important? you just roasted yourself so badly... but expected from uk

2017-06-29 12:25

You're a terrible troll just stop. You also don't display your country confirming that you're embarrassed of the shit hole you live in. United Kingdom has an average IQ of 100 which is a decent score and above most countries probably including your country. So everything you have said so far has been incorrect, i highly recommend you concentrate more in school and spend less time on HLTV. /close

2017-06-29 12:32

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Im not troll - you got low iq Dont display country=confirming embarrassed - you got low iq UK is dumb country overall Everything I say is incorrect and everything you say is correct because you are little low iq uk kid with closed mind. I finished school, only university left. Your iq is incredibly low, you are dumb person as everything you say was created in your mind, 0 facts. One day you will grow up and understand cya

2017-06-29 12:54

0/8

2017-06-29 12:55

you just prove my point any time you post those nonsense shits, im glad my little friend :D

2017-06-29 12:57

2017-06-29 12:58

UK fishbrain. Top 4 NA team have automatic tickets to all offline events = autimatic ranking points. Being a NA top team will bump you in world top20 even if you are deep shit

Its not like HLTV ranking is some official tool that represents teams skill level 100% correctly. Like it or not but NA teams have an easier way to get higher up in the rankings than EU teams, for two reasons. 1. Teams like optic play the majority of their games in NA tournaments and leagues which are treated equally in the rankings as similar tournaments in EU even tho the NA teams are way worse. A good example of this would be ESL Pro League, where finishing number 1 in the league in both EU and NA would give you the same number of points even tho the NA teams have way weaker teams in it. 2. NA teams get invited to international tournaments even tho there are stronger EU teams available simply because they are from NA and organizer want to invite equal amount of teams from both regions. I'm not saying that this is fair or not, but what it does is give the NA teams a hefty boost in the HLTV rankings just because of participation even if they go out dead last in the tournament, in other words, free rankings points.

2017-06-29 15:35

EZ 4 ESTONIA PogChamp EZ 4 ESTONIA PogChamp

Estonian people are so honored by this, nice tho

2017-06-29 13:37

gotta support your own countrymen ;)

2017-06-29 20:59

Yeah but I never saw any in cs but really nice tho

2017-06-29 21:08

Faze academy CONFIRMED!

WTF

I am not surprised

mocek wake up !!

"Upset"

upset?? lol

Oh boiii

gg penta

Not an upset LMAO.

upset? nice troll headline

Not really an upset in my opinion.

tarik bro? wth u doin bro

#PENTATOMAJOR

"Upset"? It was 50-50 if not slightly for PENTA

Upset hahahah

upset XD

ez 4 sunny madfragger

penta stickers would be ugly but optic's way much uglier xd

Depends on the overall design of the sticker. Katowice 14 and Cologne 16 had imo the best design, Cluj Napoca was awful. Bad design can make every logo shit. Hopefully there will be no Pgl logo on them.

thats true

Optic Disband Mixwell to KPI and ez t2

UPSET? o.O

eu t3 > na t1

Upset ? Are you on drugs? Solid tier2 vs a shaky tier2 NA. Cmon, penta had the edge in every betting website.

UPSET? Penta better team LUL ez

Not upset

NA upset LUL

2017-06-29 12:20

It's not an upset imho, wasn't difficult to predict their win.

it was not an upset. I expected 16-7 for penta

PENTA's feeling nervous and with a lack of experience: team flashes, retake mistakes, strange tactical decisions. But I'm glad they have won

They played pretty sloppy, but if they can fix those things penta can be tier1 team

2017-06-29 12:29

Ye, you're right, but seems like they can't fix it for a long time :(

It wasn't an upset penta iz too good for crappy na teams

Expected

#Winland #PentaFinnishers But for real, how is this an upset.. Optic still playing with their coach and they seem underwhelming. Penta seemed tense, they kept losing leads.

Penta top5 in next year

Upset? Optic are dogshit now.

WHY DO PEOPLE THINK ITS AN UPSET

It is on the basis of their ranking positions.

2017-06-30 14:41

expected, looking forward for penta stickers

NOT AN UPSET HLTV FIX THE TITLE

2017-06-29 12:33

This was not an upset...Penta is by far a better team than OpTic.

2017-06-29 12:34

penta top10 this year :)

2017-06-29 12:38

Next news : Dignitas upset Godsent and BIG upset Cloud9

Godsent is shit, wouldn't be an upset lol

2017-06-29 13:07

thats was my point

2017-06-29 13:18

#PENTAtoMAJOR

2017-06-29 12:41

optic #11 penta #19 = upset dooh

2017-06-29 12:46

so biased.. penta upset LMAO like optic are better than tier 1 eu team

Penta is sharp. Optic doing crazy buys on a swiss system.

2017-06-29 12:49

""""Upset"""" more like na is usually where it belongs.

why they call it "upset"

But considering last results and the fact, that Optic doesnt have stable 5th player(playing with their coach), it wasn´t that surprising

2017-06-30 16:43

Well, that is a way of seeing it whereas the news takes the ranking into account, as said.

2017-06-30 17:12

not upset, 100% expected

2017-06-29 13:03

"upset" lol SuNny is so fucking sick

2017-06-29 13:06

lul

It's not an upset if nobody expected Optic to win the match to begin with

2017-06-29 13:08

HLTV staff did, they always favor NA teams. Look at their preview for this qualifier, they have Optic as favorites together with G2.

2017-06-29 15:24

Upset LUL

2017-06-29 13:11

"upset" LUL

2017-06-29 13:15

The two vampiers from Finland strikes again!

2017-06-29 13:39

lol @ 'upset'

2017-06-29 13:47

PENTA all the way

2017-06-29 13:56

Not an upset, Optic basically playing with a stand in

2017-06-29 14:15

Yeah, a stand in that is in the team for almost 2 months

2017-06-29 14:26

He was coaching, He hasn't been an active player

He still knew all the positions of the team, the problem was not about him fragging

2017-06-29 14:27

He doesn't play like JasonR, Positions would have changed since

2017-06-29 14:28

Hltv are out of touch with competitive CS. They have optic as favs for the qualifier. Rofl the only upset here is penta winning by a small margin.

2017-06-29 14:25

penta only played againt shit teams and hasn t qualified for a big lan since katowice 2015.Meanwhile optic still plays in some of the big lans even tho they usually place in the bottom .Because of that they were the favourites coming into this one....

2017-06-29 14:36

They play in big lans because big tournaments have 50/50 eu/na teams. Should be 80/20 if you look at the skill... And optic would not qualify...

2017-06-29 15:13

First off Penta 2015 is not the same Penta in 2017, Penta in 2017 have played exceptionally well and way above expectations. OG on the other hand have had a pretty shit year so far compared to their good little run in late 2016. And the only reason OG play big lans is cuz tournaments auto invite top NA teams, or cuz there's a local qualifier where they play against teams like Misfit and NRG. Just look at the teams in the EU minor compared to the NA minor. The skill difference between the teams in the two regions is laughable.

2017-06-29 15:18