Astralis eliminate Liquid from EPICENTER

Astralis have picked up their first victory at EPICENTER 2017 after defeating Liquid 2-0 (16-11 on Inferno, 16-12 on Train).

Starting out as Terrorists on their map pick, Inferno, Liquid managed to secure the first pistol round of the series, but Astralis rallied back immediately, winning four rounds in a row. 

Then, a triple-kill from Josh "⁠jdm64⁠" Marzano put his team back in the game, and the North Americans started racking up rounds, eventually securing a 6-4 lead.Astralis still tried to retake control of the game, but they merely picked up two more rounds before the end of the half.

After a back and forth pistol round that Astralis picked up, Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and co. managed to restore parity at 9-9. And even though the first gun round of the half would go to Liquid, the Danes did not let their foot off the games as they went on a great run to close out the map, 16-11.

Astralis will take on the loser of the match between G2 and North for a playoff spot

Train, Astralis' map choice, began with a slow-paced and keenly-contested pistol round, which the Danish squad eventually picked up. Liquid wanted to turn things around right from the start, but Astralis did not let them win the following force-buy despite losing every player.

The North Americans finally managed to respond six rounds into the game, but they could not build up their economy as Astralis regained control of proceedings.  A quad-kill from jdm64 then gave Liquid some breathing room, with that round sparking a great run from the North Americans, who would cut the gap to 9-6 by half-time.

Liquid got off to a great start to the second half, winning five rounds in a row to pick up the lead for the first time on the map. However, the Danes tightened up their defense and continuously kept their opponents at bay, winning seven of the next eight rounds to lock down the map, 16-12.

Matchpage
2
0
25th October 2017
16
Inferno
11
16
Train
12

 Astralis K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
50 - 31 +19 92.8 81.8% 1.47
40 - 34 +6 84.6 80.0% 1.29
48 - 41 +7 95.0 70.9% 1.19
35 - 32 +3 57.2 72.7% 0.99
27 - 40 -13 60.6 72.7% 0.87
 Liquid K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
40 - 36 +4 73.4 69.1% 1.13
43 - 39 +4 75.6 72.7% 1.06
39 - 41 -2 73.4 78.2% 1.03
32 - 44 -12 73.9 65.5% 0.85
24 - 41 -17 58.1 58.2% 0.79

Denmark Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
802
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.67
United States Josh 'jdm64' Marzano
Josh 'jdm64' Marzano
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
653
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.64
nice
2017-10-25 16:24
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6 replies
2/3 of earth is water
2017-10-25 16:25
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1 reply
3/4 of earth is water
2017-10-25 16:26
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#21
Faceit level 10  | 
broky | 
Latvia De1Co
Amazing
2017-10-25 16:26
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nyc so ezy fr astralis.......fuking liquid rekt by xp9x.....finally i got my money bak.thanks astralis
2017-10-25 16:26
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2 replies
#25
Faceit level 10  | 
broky | 
Latvia De1Co
You should pay more for your English teacher
2017-10-25 16:27
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1 reply
wtf! what is wrong
2017-10-25 16:36
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#3
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adeX | 
Russia NickelBack77
1
2017-10-25 16:24
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#5
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Japan nakTriceps
4th
2017-10-25 16:25
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wp
2017-10-25 16:25
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#7
JACKZ | 
Japan DokiZ
ez
2017-10-25 16:25
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#8
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Brazil ^7|1
ez
2017-10-25 16:25
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kick nitro
2017-10-25 16:25
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expected
2017-10-25 16:25
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No surpise
2017-10-25 16:25
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EZ
2017-10-25 16:25
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#14
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
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Moldova OptimusBlyad
Chokequid
2017-10-25 16:25
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and people keep claiming Liquid->C9 TOP LUL.
2017-10-25 16:26
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8 replies
Why c9 doesnt play this tournament?
2017-10-25 16:31
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3 replies
Liquid eliminate c9 from qualys
2017-10-25 16:33
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1 reply
Thats my point
2017-10-25 16:33
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Online qualies, c9 rapes liquid on lan, btw how many tournaments have liquid won in the last 2 years?
2017-10-25 20:54
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Liquid eliminated C9 from epicenter qualifiers.. Liquid > C9 Top KEK
2017-10-25 16:46
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3 replies
Can't deny that one LUL
2017-10-25 16:53
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1 reply
Haha nope :D
2017-10-25 16:56
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#56
nitr0 | 
Canada Surzz
haha fucking brutal my dude
2017-10-25 19:04
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ez
2017-10-25 16:26
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kick
2017-10-25 16:26
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nice try anyway guys, keep it going
2017-10-25 16:27
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#24
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mohamed | 
Turkey Mouz_top_1337
liquid worst team na?
2017-10-25 16:27
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Probably not since they are the only NA team that actually put up a fight. And the only team to qualify
2017-10-25 17:43
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Never see NA teams doing something, never wins nothing, but they still trying, and I still laughing. HAHAHA
2017-10-25 16:27
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2 replies
flag checks out
2017-10-25 16:30
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Could say the same thing about sk atm
2017-10-25 17:44
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expected from NA CS LUL
2017-10-25 16:32
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#34
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World endofdays
toldya
2017-10-25 16:34
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Wasted spot as always
2017-10-25 16:36
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device didnt have to even bother to turn on devicemode
2017-10-25 16:42
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NA CS :lul:.GG Astralis
2017-10-25 16:45
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NA CS back to sour disappointment. Expected.
2017-10-25 16:45
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eZ
2017-10-25 16:50
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na cs lul
2017-10-25 16:52
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#49
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United States NA_CS_FAN
Feelsbadman
2017-10-25 16:59
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#50
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Croatia Netkov
Unexpected, Liquid got 23 rounds wtf.
2017-10-25 17:00
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#51
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Finland Suppp
not deserved
2017-10-25 17:02
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#52
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Macau Never get tired
kick_nitr0_ffs, 2 suckers in one team is too much to handle for elige and twistzzz
2017-10-25 17:23
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device is back bois
2017-10-25 17:29
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#57
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Brazil DiegoXPG
LULQUID
2017-10-25 20:20
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#61
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s1mple | 
Azerbaijan MetalFace
Only team Liquid can beat is SK such an over rated team it isn't funny.
2017-10-26 04:46
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