NiP, SK & C9 to IEM Oakland playoffs; Astralis eliminated

16-11-2017 00:10

With wins in the last two matches, Cloud9 and NiP secured playoff spots at IEM Oakland, while SK's good start to the tournament allowed them to make the bracket play over Astralis and EnVyUs.

Facing SK on Train, Cloud9 picked up the early momentum with a second-round force buy, going on a run of four round wins after that. SK's first gun round was a successful one and it broke Cloud9's economy, but another anti-eco blunder cost them the opportunity to take control of the match on the T side of Train.

Throughout the first half, Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham was impeccable, making up for his lackluster performance in the previous match against Envy. The North American AWPer boasted a 23-3 K-D at one point of the match but finished the half 24-6 as SK woke up towards the end of their Terrorist side.

Cloud9 came up big in the deciding match of the group stage

Cloud9 extended their 10-5 lead from the first half by winning the second pistol, however, Ricardo "⁠boltz⁠" Prass's double on the force stopped the North American side from building momentum early in the second half. It didn't add up to much in the end, as two from William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba and one from Skadoodle opened up the first buy round for Cloud9, and they were able to close out the game from there to ensure their place in the playoffs - as well as eliminate Astralis from IEM Oakland 2017.

IEM Oakland 2017Best of 1

Cloud9

Matchpage

15th November 2017

Train

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Skadoodle	30 - 11	+19	122.6	87.0%	1.99
Tarik 'tarik' Celik tarik	19 - 17	+2	97.0	78.3%	1.32
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	18 - 15	+3	76.7	73.9%	1.10
Timothy 'autimatic' Ta autimatic	14 - 13	+1	69.9	65.2%	1.03
William 'RUSH' Wierzba RUSH	13 - 16	-3	69.3	78.3%	0.95

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	18 - 18	0	89.1	73.9%	1.12
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	17 - 19	-2	84.9	78.3%	1.11
Ricardo 'boltz' Prass boltz	17 - 17	0	64.6	60.9%	0.98
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	15 - 20	-5	64.4	65.2%	0.78
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo TACO	5 - 20	-15	36.1	34.8%	0.42

After winning the CT pistol on Nuke, Ninjas in Pyjamas set themselves up for a comfortable lead and put themselves in a good economic situation by securing the first buy. The key man in the round was Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner, who picked up two kills on the lower site to deny the bomb plant. Envy first round came in round seven, and they importantly followed it up with another one, as Christophe "⁠SIXER⁠" Xia picked up a double entry with the AWP. (6-2)

As the half went on, Envy slowly took over the momentum, with Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer spearheading his side with 17 kills on the T side. In the end, the French team was able to minimise Ninjas in Pyjamas's lead to just one round before switching to the defensive side of the map.

NiP eliminated EnVyUs in a direct fight for a playoff spot

Ninjas in Pyjamas went on a six-round winning streak at the start of the second half, making the score 14-7 and putting Envy in a tight situation. A triple kill from Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom stopped the bleeding, but only shortly, as the Ninjas confidently closed out the game 16-11 with the youngster REZ topping the scoreboard.

IEM Oakland 2017Best of 1

Envy

Matchpage

15th November 2017

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Nuke

IEM Oakland 2017Best of 1

Envy

Matchpage

15th November 2017

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Nuke

Envy	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Happy	24 - 21	+3	111.3	74.1%	1.35
Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom ScreaM	23 - 16	+7	78.4	81.5%	1.32
Christophe 'SIXER' Xia SIXER	21 - 19	+2	82.5	59.3%	1.06
Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy RpK	16 - 18	-2	65.3	77.8%	0.93
Alexandre 'xms' Forté xms	8 - 21	-13	35.7	55.6%	0.54

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner REZ	28 - 17	+11	112.0	81.5%	1.68
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund GeT_RiGhT	23 - 20	+3	97.1	70.4%	1.27
William 'draken' Sundin draken	18 - 18	0	75.1	77.8%	1.11
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg f0rest	16 - 20	-4	63.3	66.7%	0.94
Richard 'Xizt' Landström Xizt	10 - 17	-7	46.1	59.3%	0.70

The final game of group A was the one between The MongolZ and Astralis. The Danes had to win against the Asian team to have a chance to move on in the tournament and didn't struggle to do so. After losing the CT pistol round and the following two rounds on Inferno, Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander's side dropped only one round to Enkhtaivan "⁠Machinegun⁠" Lkhagva and co. before the switch. (11-4)

With Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen dropping 29 kills, Astralis had no issues closing out the game on the Terrorist side. Despite dropping a couple of rounds along the way, the final score was a convincing 16-6 in favor of the Danish side.

IEM Oakland 2017Best of 1

The MongolZ

Matchpage

15th November 2017

Astralis

Inferno

The MongolZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Enkhtaivan 'Machinegun' Lkhagva Machinegun	15 - 20	-5	67.2	68.2%	0.83
Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' Battulga Zilkenberg	12 - 20	-8	62.4	59.1%	0.79
Bold 'ncl' Batsukh ncl	13 - 17	-4	67.2	63.6%	0.78
Erdenedalai 'maaRaa' Bayanbat maaRaa	10 - 15	-5	68.5	54.5%	0.76
Tsog 'Tsogoo' Mashbat Tsogoo	7 - 15	-8	48.1	50.0%	0.60

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	29 - 10	+19	136.7	90.9%	2.12
Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Kjaerbye	17 - 9	+8	83.5	81.8%	1.45
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	18 - 13	+5	87.3	81.8%	1.30
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	15 - 14	+1	80.3	81.8%	1.15
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	8 - 11	-3	45.7	63.6%	0.68

In the end, Ninjas in Pyjamas ended up on top of the group and with a spot directly in the semi-final, while Cloud9 and SK are set to play in the quarter-final tommorow.

Final standings:

Standing	Team	Points
1.	Ninjas in Pyjamas	12
2.	Cloud9	9
3.	SK	9
4.	Astralis	8
5.	Envy	7
6.	The MongolZ	0

ay im back

2017-11-16 00:11

16 replies

damn nice, Thoughts on ss getting rekt by a 15 year old?

10 replies

Ma boy skadoodle makes only 4 kills against envy, but against the best team of the world he drops 30, logic Ps: boltz look like the girl from minecon that says detated WAM

2017-11-16 00:16

6 replies

sk throw the game so astralis get eliminated !

2017-11-16 00:25

u know sk was throwing, right? If they lose to c9 Astralis is eliminated sk vs astralis is 50/50 many times, but sk vs c9 is 90/10 if sk is actually trying lol so obv they lose to give themselves easier time in rest of tourney

2017-11-16 06:21

3 replies

this is pure facts :)

2017-11-16 08:01

2 replies

But because they lost they had a chance of being eliminated. I doubt they would risk getting out for Australia to get out

2017-11-16 14:57

1 reply

you heard about inconsistency and that you cant hit 30 bombs every game?

2017-11-16 09:43

no paz. despe is bad. ngin has no working arm. was expected. sad that paz had a surgery. they needed someone like mini and got rid of despe ages ago. im still delighted vp got rekt and cant make it to epl straight. hopefully ago will go through cuz 15 year old kid cant play epl. and ago is a better team imo.

2017-11-16 00:40

idk though. space has to play vp now... it usually goes all three maps and VP takes it over at the very end. gl though. I just want extatus to go through, them niggas were playing open at Janurary of this year.

2017-11-16 00:44

ye vp is shit. but ss seems shittier atm. so vp probably takes it. srsly sad that ss made ecs dev league finals twice to lose to vp. and now they going to fail to make it to invite. they could have made tides and waves if they were in on both leagues. would ve been great for the scene here. extatus are alrite but comingftom open doesnt really mean that much seeing as they were almost all semipros before. ago on the other handonly has guby and furlan with the xp. the other 3 came out of nowhere. still truth be told i dont really care. i want rise nation and soar to make it and maybe gx as well. na premier is way more fun.

2017-11-16 00:49

Hi HLTV admin

2017-11-16 00:12

Go back to reddit.

was here first

nip major qualifier chokers confirmed

Good upset by Astralis

2017-11-16 00:10

f0rest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <333333333333333333333333333333

Wow

Cry is free?

2017-11-16 01:56

Fuk

Easy for Skadaddy

go sk!

-1

SK dudu

2017-11-16 00:37

Lololo

Astralis won the last 3 matches and is still out? wtf

7 replies

Well they won a OT so they only got 2 points, and that adds to their 6 points to equal 8, and SK had 2 wins with 1 OT win(which gives them 2 points) and one OT lose (which gives them 1 point) so that equals 9 so they have 1 point ahead of astralis, basically saying they go to playoffs instead of Astralis

2017-11-16 00:18

This system sucks

2017-11-16 00:20

5 replies

Yes, a win should be a win....

2017-11-16 00:22

4 replies

No not really. As it is impossible to get a tie whereby both teams get 1 point, a game being split 15-15 and then going into overtime is essentially a tie + a few rounds to see who wins. If the two teams get to the 15-15 tie point, like every other real sport, they get 1 point and then the winner of OT is awarded 1 extra point basically for winning 4/6 rounds.

2017-11-16 00:36

It should be like in the NHL. Full poits to the winner and a 'consolation' point to the loser. A point shouldn't be removed from the winner in any situation thats why a 16-0 worth the same as a 16-14.

2017-11-16 00:45

Well 16-0 is worth the same as 16-14. Personally i agree with the full point to the winner no matter what happenend.

2017-11-16 01:30

I think you're the only person that thinks that, even gla1ve from AST thinks its a better system.

2017-11-17 01:57

SK sold out confirmed

damn

LUL

lul

LOL ASTRALIS BYE XD

-TACO

fuck sk

Cry is free

2017-11-16 14:45

lmao sk lost to c9 who were playing like shit and lost to envy

2017-11-16 18:46

rip australias

Damn. Beat me to it!

2017-11-16 00:46

Some damn fine CS from the guys in last two days, warms my heart! #GONINJAS <333

yeah it's good to see f0rest playing like a beast again.

2017-11-16 09:06

the difference between bot ska and bot taco is ska will win you the game every now and then.

2017-11-16 00:13

Xddddd +1

2017-11-16 10:24

I love how even brazilians hate TACO

2017-11-16 15:40

c9 will win it easy for them

2.12 damn

"-skadoodle" lulz

That first game without dev1ce cost astralis playoffs spot. GG nicolai.

actually no, cuz they lost the game against c9 ( which should be easier than nip ) even with device

2017-11-16 12:41

Damn, REZ is beasting

Skadoodle is a weird player lol

SK 3rd in this group and people call them the best in the world

They were playing the whole series with 4 and 1 decoy. How come they are not the best Kappa.

2017-11-16 00:14

Exaclty, but they needed some red bull to carry the decoy the rest of the playoffs

who is decoy?

You don`t know? Seriously?

2017-11-16 00:21

taco

2017-11-16 00:24

fer he wasn't on a good day

Kek.

2017-11-16 00:38

BO1 my friend

2017-11-16 02:09

Should we remind you of NIP's rankings in every tournament?

2017-11-16 04:27

do it please :) (not a NiP fan). Cheering for c9 this tournament though!

2017-11-17 12:31

when you can lose a game and get into playoffs and win a game and not get into play offs. why do they even put those type of games in?

Have you not ever played real sports on a team? Such as hockey? This type of stuff happens all the time in tournaments; technicalities etc.

2017-11-16 05:52

The team finishin 4th gets nore money then placed 5th

2017-11-16 09:04

HAHAHAHHAHAH

Sk and Astralis should play again?? they both won in overtime??

SK cunts

Ez for taco

2017-11-16 00:17

TOP4 this tournament: NIP,SK,FAZE,LIQUID

2017-11-16 00:19

"Taco is so important for SK. He has such a difficult role to play." Apex is IGL and can entry frag better than Taco. His fans excuses suck. Oh, and no one explains why he is even worse as CT compared to T, does he have a different role as CT as well? Retards.

apex isn't the igl lol

KYS

2017-11-16 00:27

kys

NiP haters BTFO

SK throwing to get Astralis out... where the fuck is the sportsmanship.

If Envyus had won against NIP they would be eliminated. Do you think SK players are betters? "We throw this match while betting NIP will win". Think one time before spread dumbness.

2017-11-16 00:29

in this case a 3-way-tiebreaker will need to happen. SK would out only if nV-nip ended in a OT.

2017-11-16 00:47

So you are telling me Astralis wouldn't do the same if given the chance? lol get your head out of your ass

2017-11-16 04:29

Astralis out BEST EVENT EVER

Why are you against Astralis? I can understand that you want a certain team to win, but don't see why you would actively be against someone.

2017-11-16 01:45

In the end, NiP ended up on top of the group and with a spot directly in the semi-final, GG NiP EZ FOR NIP this year aaswell ;)

Taco is so bad

GoNinjas!

2017-11-16 00:23

After watching the SK vs. Cloud9 game I feel that they should not get away with this. SK lose this game on purpose. Its many situations that you can se they dont play the way "pro" players do, they push when they should not, they stay in same poss alot so they get naded, if this was a FINALE they whould never make mistakes like this, if this was a opening game in this event they whould not make that many mistakes. So I hope they match will be checked if they find any proof at all. SK should get a year BAN from the scene. This is just sick that they do this to get rid of Astralis. Yes Astralis is a better team then C9 in the long run of a torney, but come on SK. Have some pride!

8 replies

Agree

NiP vs ENV was happening at the same time SK vs C9. Do you think SK would thrown this match to eliminate AST taking the risk to get eliminated if ENV had won against NiP? LOL

2017-11-16 00:32

Such BS from a cry baby, all you have to do is win your games, then you don't need others to do it for you.

2017-11-16 00:48

it was a tactical loss. this is what happens in formats like this.

I am not a fan of SK but if they had to ban them means less views and less money. CSGO is slowly dying IMO and cutting off the best teams is not the best idea for the organizers

2017-11-16 01:17

Slowly dying when??

2017-11-16 14:52

Just a reminder Astralis lost to c9 this event and you say they are a better team .... maybe they arnt meant to be in the playoffs if this event cuz they are playing like shit

2017-11-16 18:07

A-S-T-R-A-L-I-S E-L-I-M-I-N-A-T-E-D

And so are Envy and TheMongolz. Whats ur point?

My point is.. Where's Norway CS ?

2017-11-16 00:42

Hehehe n1 mai bouy

2017-11-16 14:47

xD DE_stroyed

2017-11-16 15:13

This overtime system is awful and rewards losing, reduces competitivity and favors subpar teams overall.

2017-11-16 00:26

Sk throw the map af.. they picked train even when cloud9 was reking astralis on the map yesterday ahahha

2017-11-16 00:33

BOTACO 5/20

Nip is going to get fucked if they meet FaZe

2017-11-16 00:41

What a shitty system. Round robin is a joke.

Disband Envyus please, trash playing, lack of tatics, bad aim, disturbed minds, so retarded, adding nothing to the cs scenario, BYE ENVYUS

2017-11-16 00:43

kkkkkkkk

How much?

2017-11-16 01:25

Mongols @ IEM Katowice 2016 / 0-5 / 28-80 / 0 points Mongols @ IEM Oakland 2017 / 0-5 / 38-80 / 0 points Progress boys, LUL

2017-11-16 00:51

TACO literally make SK lost matches today.

2017-11-16 01:11

I like TAC0 so much, but i agree with you, his role was not filled today

2017-11-16 02:58

skadoodle remembered to turn his monitor on

2017-11-16 01:18

-SIXER -xms +KennyS +Shoxie Real french superteam

2017-11-16 01:32

astralis LMAO

2017-11-16 02:12

Rip system lmao

2017-11-16 02:38

fuck yeah nip

2017-11-16 02:51

Taco was a completely shit in both games. He had Astralis players on back and took out a knife do throw a decider round.

2017-11-16 02:54

If only NiP plays like this in minor quals :/

2017-11-16 03:36

NiP= the kind of team that does well against Tier 1 teams but lose against Tier 3 and 4 teams

2017-11-16 03:38

You wish fanboy

2017-11-16 12:51

Can anyone explain to me why astralis was eliminated pls? Poor Device

2017-11-16 04:20

You goddamn cucks act like this is the first time this has happened in the history of CS. Teams have thrown matches to drop down to lower bracket for easier path in the tournament including your Swedish saints all the time. Gtfo here with your sportsmanship speech and holier than thou attitude. Edit: Stop calling out the system coz your fav team lost or is out. If SK lost that way, there would be 20 monkey threads by Danes right now dancing with their dicks out

2017-11-16 04:35

+1 also nice RAS-Syndrome

2017-11-16 10:00

expected from murica

2017-11-16 12:44

+1 Kids will be kids. Its by the rules so nothin uncommon there.

2017-11-16 14:55

TACO is trash as fuck

2017-11-16 06:01

Fuck you sk But ast deserved it

2017-11-16 06:53

Daaaamn,feels bad for Astralis,device's illness hurted them so much,if they wouldn't had to play with zonic in the first match they would've went through most likely,they got unlucky af

2017-11-16 08:49