Liquid edge past AVANGAR in overtime to secure last Major spot

16-1-2018 05:50

Liquid have secured the final spot at the ELEAGUE Major Boston's New Legends Stage after defeating AVANGAR 19-15 on Mirage.

The final match of the day began with Liquid picking up the first pistol round of the game following a successful B retake, with Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken picking up three kills. AVANGAR then hit-back on a third-round buy off of two entry kills from Timur "⁠buster⁠" Tulepov in the T ramp, and they followed up with another round to equalise the score at 2-2.

The game then entered a scrappy period as rounds went back and forth and anti-ecos were lost, but then AVANGAR ran away with the lead, closing out the half with a 9-6 lead as the rounds Liquid edged out were few and far between.

nitr0 the hero as he forced overtime with a quad-kill

AVANGAR picked up where they had left off and won the pistol round and the following anti-eco to take an even bigger lead over the North Americans. The game then turned into a complete one-sided affair as Liquid won nine of the following ten rounds to secure a 14-12 lead. buster and Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali then came up for the Kazakhstani team, who hit match point, but a stunning quad-kill from Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella in the 30th round pushed the game to overtime.

With the momentum on their side, Liquid rallied for a quick win in overtime, winning four straight to close out the match and book the last spot in the next stage.

ELEAGUE Major 2018 Challengers StageBest of 1

Liquid

Matchpage

16th January 2018

AVANGAR

Mirage

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella nitr0	32 - 20	+12	102.4	82.4%	1.44
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Twistzz	27 - 20	+7	78.9	82.4%	1.27
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski EliGE	24 - 21	+3	70.4	70.6%	1.17
Josh 'jdm64' Marzano jdm64	20 - 21	-1	69.1	79.4%	1.06
Wilton 'zews' Prado zews	15 - 22	-7	58.2	85.3%	0.99

AVANGAR	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Timur 'buster' Tulepov buster	31 - 24	+7	85.2	55.9%	1.16
Aleksei 'Qikert' Golubev Qikert	24 - 27	-3	86.4	73.5%	1.08
Aidyn 'KrizzeN' Turlybekov KrizzeN	19 - 23	-4	66.4	70.6%	0.94
Dmitry 'dimasick' Matvienko dimasick	17 - 27	-10	66.2	70.6%	0.83
Dzhami 'Jame' Ali Jame	13 - 17	-4	39.7	73.5%	0.78

This means that the final team list for the ELEAGUE Major Boston's New Legends Stage looks as follows:

Gambit	Astralis
Virtus.pro	fnatic
SK	BIG
North	Cloud9
G2	FaZe
Space Soldiers	Vega Squadron
MOUZ	Natus Vincere
Quantum Bellator Fire	Liquid

-fitch +buster profit??

2018-01-16 05:50

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22 replies

fuck sleep schedule. worth it.

2018-01-16 05:51

Reminder that NA can only get 2 to the main stage when a Legend Drops out

20 replies

naize b8

2018-01-16 06:06

15 replies

how is that a bait when Liquid literally wouldnt be at main stage with 100t visa issues?

2018-01-16 06:07

14 replies

remember they're playing with zews

2018-01-16 07:10

13 replies

oh my bad I had no idea they played with zews since that is the case they shouldnt have to play a single game and be place in the finals

2018-01-16 07:11

12 replies

just sayin, they wouldn't need that 9th spot bullshit if they had steel there

2018-01-16 07:12

10 replies

If they had steel who literally wpuldnt manage more than 5 kills per map than zews let alone do other useful stuff shich zews did, nitr0 wouldnt be in top3 loquids best performers

2018-01-16 08:24

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Well it is true that zews was calling so nitr0 was free to focus on his game but you're still playing with someone who hasn't played on pro level for ages now, almost a 4v5. I believe they could go 3-2 or 3-1 with steel

2018-01-16 09:35

8 replies

He did a bit with immortals.ma point was that at the time he had more impact than steel wouldve imo

2018-01-16 09:48

7 replies

He definetly did not have more impact than steel would have at the same point... just stupid to compare a coach and a professional

2018-01-16 11:58

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Come back here when Liquid replace steel with someone else because he is pure garbage

2018-01-16 12:03

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well I don't think so, first of all he has massive problems to fit in this team due to permanent visa issues, actually I think that he is not the worst player on the lineup because there are many games where he performs better than other parts of the team. But to say that the coach gets more impact than him is just mean and furthermore not true.

2018-01-16 12:17

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Yes yes and he is a foreigner etc etc i knoq i know but look, no way, and i mean no way liquid is going places with him on the team. Mark my words. And zews did everything that a world class support wouldve done except for a clutxh or two. You will see

2018-01-16 12:27

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And they lost multiple games 16-14, Liquid haven't had that much time to see how they can perform with Zews, if they don't play well at their first event post-major, then maybe I can see a roster change.

2018-01-22 18:21

Delusional or b8, I can’t tell

2018-01-16 13:11

Apparently delusional iyo

2018-01-16 13:31

I like this insight And I second it

2018-01-16 07:31

C9 is a good bait cyka

2018-01-16 06:11

Except cloud9 with literally only Americans on the team went 3-0 nice bait mate

2018-01-16 10:42

reminder that QBFire got into the legends stage by beating Stars, Avangar, and EnvyUs. three teams that did not qualify. Liquid's three losses came against all teams which qualified.

2018-01-16 16:18

I'm guessing this post is meant to say fuck NA?

2018-01-16 16:21

CHOKE CIS. NVM, CHOKENAGADES AS WELL :c

lol ye all around chokerillo

2018-01-16 21:02

NT, Jame is best ever

HOLY SHIT, WHAT A GAME

2018-01-16 05:52

only vs rng

2018-01-16 11:53

nice

Very exciting to watch! LETS GO LIQUID

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Really well played buster tbh Great player and epic performance Nice match for liquid and great performance from C9.. good luck guys!! You deserved it!

2018-01-16 05:54

Astralis gonna be good with Dev1ce back :))

2018-01-16 05:57

Yeah I hope so! I'm so excited to watch them play!! I can't wait anymore lol

2018-01-16 06:00

>fan of cloud 9 >lets go liquid lul

2018-01-16 11:36

Not fernando

2018-01-16 12:38

Sry didn’t know I can’t have pride in my country

2018-01-16 15:11

rip ex-imm

Did not expect this match to be this close. WP Avangar

Well played, Avangar. Unlucky you guys didn't make it, but you fought well. And nitr0 is really on fire, carrying Liquid.

Let's go boys!!!!!!

Yay

Zews GOD

Poor Avangar :(

first

EZ FOR LIQUID

avangar was good but liquid too op

Thx 100T

NITRO WHAT A GOD

QBF 1ST ON MAJOR PLZ

Buster to Gambit Kick fitch ffs Buster epic player.. great performance during qualis Nt and wp

DID SO MUCH TO LOSE ON OT I KNOW DAT FEEL BRO AVANGAR :((((((((((((((((

Respect AVANGAR

If nitr0 was even slightly off on round 30 they would have lost, he went off on Avangar.

2018-01-16 05:53

Well I was 7/9 on my pickems. My only wrong pickems: Faze not 3-0 Renegades not making it How was everyone elses pickems?

7/9 too Faze 3-0 and envy rip

2018-01-16 06:12

Same here

2018-01-16 08:02

5/9 navi vega ss mouz g2

2018-01-16 06:28

5/9 wrong about FaZe 3-0, qbf 0-3 and f3/envy

2018-01-16 08:27

15:14, 5v4, full map awarness...

nitro went team america world police

2018-01-16 05:56

LOL

2018-01-17 21:30

Sed lyf 4 dem ;___;

Liquid wasted spot it was for avangar but 15-14 and choke. But very good match from avangar top 2 na team struggle against t3 eu team.

2018-01-16 05:55

"wasted spot" They're playing wtih fucking zews lmfao what do u expect

if you cant beat a team with a coach you dont belong, they played great but theyre not ready

2018-01-16 06:43

they had a MANAGERRRR

Rip lucky for buster :(. He's good player, better they got quali instead of shit QBF. No hope for this russian team

2018-01-16 06:01

*bumbletump*

Wp to buster, potential tier 1 player if his team plays in more tournaments and attaining satisfying in results

2018-01-16 06:08

nitr0 saved liquid's ass with that 3k or 4k. avangar so pitiful

Man oh man will I rest easy, WP to AVANGAR!

2018-01-16 06:10

Poor Avangar Some may say not deserved but just imagine how happy they would have been, it was their entire life for that game:( Nt guys, well fought, gl next time

2018-01-16 06:34

still young, they proved themselves imo. hopefully will see more of them, and that it wasnt just a rampage tournament, like mk for example

2018-01-16 07:01

They will top CIS minor again and come back next time for sure but there may not be so many chances in the future, given the last round of regulation, it has been their best opportunity

2018-01-16 07:13

well, this is the thing, if you are good enough, you should progress, now they have xp, they'll be more confident hopefully

2018-01-16 07:14

Lets hope they dont disband like F3 did

2018-01-16 07:15

Did nitr0 have a single bad map this whole event? Looks more like the iBP nitr0 that we all thought he'd end up being.

2018-01-16 06:37

Against NAVI yeah, but If you exclude that he dropped like 130 frags in 5 maps. Absolutely nuts

2018-01-16 06:42

if you exclude the map against Na'Vi, nitr0 had a 102.016 ADR across the entire qualifier. Also excluding that map, he averaged 29.4 kills per game.

2018-01-16 07:02

Omfg 29 kills per game But I guess smn from Liquid has to do this to make up for Zews

nitr0 top20 confirmed

2018-01-16 07:09

Nitr0 EliGE Twistzz top20 2018 for sure if they keep this up

2018-01-16 07:34

buster, jame great potential. respect avangar

Nitr0 what a player

-QBF +NiP :") or RNG could be the best major ever.

2018-01-16 07:42

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-SS and it will be awesome major ever.

2018-01-16 08:56

> Passing minor and major with just 3 maps drops > -SS

2018-01-16 08:57

kardesh, tavuk durumu ne kadar? 10 tl mi?

2018-01-16 09:01

5 tl 10 fazla ;)

2018-01-18 10:45

NiP couldn't qualify for the qualifier of the qualifier. QbF fought hard they deserve it.

2018-01-16 12:45

After all everyone deserve that spot except qb fire

2018-01-16 09:20

waste of spot

2018-01-16 09:21

kid

2018-01-16 11:35

Did liquid srsly qualify with a damn coach?? Holy hell

2018-01-16 11:54

avg fans scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.288..

avg this major: vs mousesports - should be won but many mistakes, choke vs SS - ss deserved win vs f3 - f3 noobs vs QBF - avangar throw vs RNG - jame just destroyed rng vs Liquid - lmao chokengar in 30rounds

2018-01-16 12:42

I hope avangar will get lots of invites to tournaments or else abother roaster of great players will be forgotten

2018-01-16 13:13

next major dont need qualify, feelsbadMan eleague

2018-01-16 15:30

GGWP Avangar it was a nice run this tournament <3

2018-01-16 16:00

holy shit trash named QBF(won vs Flash Gaming, nV with maLeK and badly underperforming AVANGAR) qualified and these guys with huge potential didnt just because they choked? no fucking way, AVANGAR deserved it more and they'd show a better showing at the major than their russki comrades