REZ claims IEM Oakland MVP award

20-11-2017 04:36

HLTV.org's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for IEM Oakland goes to Ninjas in Pyjamas youngster Fredrik "REZ" Sterner.

The 19-year-old was already a strong contender for the award leading up to the final, and he acquitted himself really well in the best-of-five series, averaging a 1.13 Rating despite his team suffering two heavy losses.

Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner had the highest rating among playoff players at 1.28 and only one below-average rating in 13 games. His remarkable consistency throughout the competition and his team-leading performance in the semi-final series against SK ended up earning him the award over teammate Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg, who was Ninjas in Pyjamas's top performer in the title decider (1.18 rating).

REZ wins his first MVP award

The former Epsilon member also stood out in opening kills by quite some distance (54), with his closest suitor being Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard (45), who was also a strong candidate for the MVP award alongside Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács.

This is REZ's very first MVP award, and it comes just five months after he joined Ninjas in Pyjamas, replacing veteran Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg.

god

2017-11-20 04:37

6 replies

Deserved

REZ -erved, but what about f0rest, he had a good tournament as well

2017-11-20 04:50

In a year or two, this man is going to be the best player in the world, with maybe some contenders like electronic, ropz, or s1mple. Mark my words.

2017-11-20 13:03

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You forgot twistzz and sunny

2017-11-20 14:10

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Oh yeah i didnt think about that lol

2017-11-20 15:11

And that boy cerq, maybe.

2017-11-20 17:37

R EZ

2017-11-20 05:18

R EZ Clap

2017-11-20 05:55

R EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZ

2017-11-20 09:38

expected

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2017-11-20 11:54

Legendary play . Greetings from Venezuela

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how are you using internet from Venezuela? LUL

2017-11-20 04:43

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Please not sk fans in this notice :)

2017-11-20 04:45

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nice m8 but isn't me living in a dictatorship xD

2017-11-20 04:46

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Haha calm ur tits, living in a corrupt, garbage, favella country with like the highest murder rate worldwide imo..

2017-11-20 04:54

yeah but we still have democracy :)

2017-11-20 05:12

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Keep telling that to yourself. corrupt democracy hardly any democracy

2017-11-20 06:50

Hahahah keep dreaming, bro. And for your information: there are elections in Venezuela.

2017-11-20 11:25

HAHAHAHAHA you don't know nothing, search about the actual situation of Venezuela and about the fake democracy there. ;)

2017-11-20 21:53

Yes, of course you pay attention to the mass media. Like they aren't fucking liars LOL

2017-11-23 02:07

The government of Venezuela is far superior to ours! There on the left has a voice.

2017-11-20 20:27

ur country is shit lul

2017-11-20 04:49

It's your problem? :)

Just ignore them, dude That's how you handle people like them in HLTV, just ignore...

2017-11-20 05:00

But is true lul

Don't be stupid!! Because people like you they call us monkey! Babaca!

the Venezuelans call us as monkeys? LUL they also are south americans

2017-11-20 21:55

Agreed, greetings from the US. :)

2017-11-20 06:14

Cheira meu ovo. Go study! #PAZ

2017-11-20 17:32

deserved

Well deserved.

Deserved, a fantastic player at a young age.

2017-11-20 04:38

Agree

2017-11-20 05:21

Deserved... much deserved

NIP INCOMING!! <3

YES!

nice

w0w

Friberg was the problem exde

DESERVED

everyone below here spam R EZ

2017-11-20 04:39

2017-11-20 04:44

JasonR EZ

2017-11-20 06:38

Get_rekt all haters

good job kid

Deserved tbh

f0rest the REAL MVP!!!!!'

2017-11-20 04:40

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Yea i think it too. f0rest should have get this. He did bigger amount of impact and gave them so many rounds that should have been taken by the enemies. REZ is great great player but f0rest was better than him in this tournament.

2017-11-20 08:31

If forest had higher impact how come he got a lower rating? :thinking:

2017-11-20 11:21

Stat never lie

2017-11-20 11:28

f0rest killed SK especially FaZe. REZ was also good but he had overall a better rating because of the Bo1 matches.

2017-11-20 12:17

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or the fact that he had the best rating vs SK and f0rest had the worst.

2017-11-20 12:39

forest has a beard and rez not

2017-11-20 14:01

hard to argue with that

2017-11-20 14:11

winner!

2017-11-20 18:21

Beast

he should give it to rain.

What about the snow?

2017-11-20 05:22

2017-11-20 05:27

Losers can’t get MvP, wouldn’t be fair.

2017-11-20 12:21

Really EZ

2017-11-20 04:41

GG R EZ NiP is Back !!

Tbh I think rain deserved it or F0rest. But gg

Nah Rez was a beast the entire tournament, I would have been very surprised if he didn't win the mvp

2017-11-20 12:47

True. But I’m talking just finals and F0rest carried them in the finals and rain had over 100 kills

2017-11-20 15:29

Yeah but that's exactly why the MVP award is given to the best player over the course of the entire tournament

2017-11-20 19:03

REZpect

Rezurrection of NiP!

2017-11-20 04:42

Well deserved

Rez plz become NiP - zet 2006 !!!!!

source? rez was 7 yo in 2006 xD

2017-11-21 11:58

i mean...zet is crazy in 2006,and after that zet is not zet,he went to play CSS. i hope Rez become NiP - zet (2006) and make NiP successfull.

2017-11-22 14:48

Okaii ^^ I'm not old school enough for that stuff :p

2017-11-22 17:01

f0rest robbed

Ggwp rez

he certain doesn't deserved ............. f0rest top frags , why ?

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cuz MVP isnt only about the finals, bro.. its not finals MVP

2017-11-20 04:51

But f0rest was insane from the start (besides 1-2 map)

2017-11-20 10:14

he was, but REZ had the 2nd highest rating in the tourney at 1.28 and the guy above him was NAF who played only 5 maps they were both deserving, i think that REZ was more consistent tho.. f0rest had great games in the groups, and then kinda played worse against SK in the semis, while REZ went ham.. and then f0rest was better in the GF, but REZ wasnt far behind

2017-11-20 10:17

yeah you're right, they both were MVP contenders and it's good for the young start to get his first MVP medal, I bet f0rest doesn't mind that much not getting the MVP

2017-11-20 12:29

because frag count isnt everything???????

Its not only the finals that matters

2017-11-20 04:52

Rez dropped 40 frags every map in groups and played sick vs sk and did some insane plays and played consistently good cs vs Faze. F0rest was amazing too but certainly Rez deserves this.

2017-11-20 04:53

"Rez dropped 40 frags every map in groups" what?

2017-11-20 10:04

You get the point aussie :)

2017-11-20 12:12

People who are saying, f0rest and rain are brainpoo. Rez is an entryfragger, thats why its amazing muppets!

2017-11-20 04:47

Deserved, ggwp

rip daddy draken

It was indeed between him and f0rest, must feel really good for him to win this tournament and get the MVP award. Congratulations.

happened once , not gonna happen again , and to you guys saying nip era starts again , they won only this one , just look at the demos and see how bad sk played . gg forest and getright you won this , but if you think what you achieved with fiflaren for years, is gonna happen again , you are wrong dude .

2017-11-20 04:55

well well guy from analyst's desk.

2017-11-20 07:47

The fucking ayatollah here with the counter-strike knowledge. Laughing my fucking ass off mate.

2017-11-20 17:06

ayatollah :)

2017-11-22 12:13

2017-11-20 04:56

RiP F0rest

2017-11-20 05:02

lol, forest had way more impact

2017-11-20 05:04

YAYAYAYYAYAAYAYAYYAYA NIP NIP NIP

2017-11-20 05:05

REZ was insane the entire tournament but f0rest was nuts in final too.

2017-11-20 05:09

Yeah sure

2017-11-20 05:08

R EZ EZ for Tyloo

congratz, played amazing

2017-11-20 05:13

WHAT!! f0rest deserved it.

Gratz

Gratz NIP. Well PLayed REZ!

too bad, not gonna happen. maybe if every single t1 lan was played in oakland xD

2017-11-20 05:23

Oakland major ez

2017-11-20 06:12

Dude impressed me a lot, kid has a bright future for sure, totally deserved the MVP award!

2017-11-20 05:52

who?

2017-11-20 06:04

Rez God!

2017-11-20 06:32

holy shit i tough REZ was worst player in NIP a month ago even draken are still better than him and suddenly he become 1st or 2nd best player in the team ps:you need drunken to upgrade his skill next tournament

2017-11-20 06:42

2017-11-20 06:47

Finally, totally deserved. GJ, GODREZ

2017-11-20 06:52

ez 4 R ez

2017-11-20 07:26

R EZ magic

yee ma boy rEZz

2017-11-20 07:29

2017-11-20 07:32

2017-11-20 07:43

Undeserved, he should give it to forest

2017-11-20 08:11

Why do Justin Bieber always win the awards?

2017-11-20 08:35

Glad it's finally working out with rez, let's see if they can keep it up.

Team leading in the semi finais? He got 30 Kills on the map they lost, the other Maps he wasnt even decisive...

2017-11-20 09:09

rezGOD top 1

2017-11-20 09:50

Rez <3

2017-11-20 09:57

I watch CS for players like Rez. Insane talent.

2017-11-20 10:36

2017-11-20 11:37

Deserved, amazing tournament from him

2017-11-20 11:48

sweden cs still sux

2017-11-20 12:19

Totally deserved it! Glad for it goes to the young blood and ofc best aimer of IEM OAKLAND!

2017-11-20 12:24

R'EZ

2017-11-20 12:34

AR EEZY

2017-11-20 12:36

Yes yes I know salty faze fan blah blah blah But on a super serious note I’m just really curious how Rez who has tbh been pretty shit on nip for the past few months and now he performs like this? I get maybe it was role changes or practice but I just think it’s reallly really interesting.

Your point being? I doubt you just came here to say that it is really interesting, makes for a pretty hollow time wasted.

He played also godlike in ESL one cologne

2017-11-20 14:13

Only in group stages though

2017-11-21 04:38

Deserved.

2017-11-20 13:02

Everyone is a Wannabe here, feeling safe behind their PC in their cellar. COME OUT AND PLAY

2017-11-20 13:50

Hahahaha all of these NiP retards saying "ReZ NumBeR 1!!1! " Winning 1 tournament doesn't mean shit..They still didn't qualify for major LUL SK or FaZe will win Blast Copenhagen..Mark my words

2017-11-20 14:27

His cobblestone b oppenings from plat 1V3 was fucking amazing ...

2017-11-20 14:50

One might think the major qualifier system is flawed.

2017-11-20 15:01

Pfff, R EZ

2017-11-20 15:12

he was a beast again faze

2017-11-20 16:26

rez bait

2017-11-20 16:47

f0rest deserved

NO SHIT! how the fuck did f0rest not win MVP...

All I know is REZ had all that time to wallbang that crouched player behind the box and he didn't...

2017-11-20 18:04

Congrats REZ! Well deserved!

2017-11-20 18:05

R EZ what a beast

2017-11-20 18:08

Thank Mr. Friberg. 4Head

Thank Mr.REZ Kappa

2017-11-21 11:54

good job young

2017-11-20 18:33

noice

2017-11-20 20:22

Is it REZ or R.E.Z?

2017-11-21 03:44

MVP award is white privilege. Tell me one black people who got it. See you can't tell me one name. It should be called Most Valued Privilege. Which is clearly white privilege.

2017-11-21 03:47