Cloud9 run over Vega Squadron to qualify for playoffs

23-1-2018 02:00

Cloud9 have booked their spot in the ELEAGUE Major playoffs following a comprehensive 16-4 victory over Vega Squadron.

The match started with Vega Squadron failing to hold down the A site despite a well-timed split, with Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta and Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip splitting the frags. The North Americans were able to carry their momentum into the gun rounds, and the game quickly turned into a massacre as the Russians simply could not find a way through the rock-solid Cloud9 defence.

Cloud9 got out to a massive 12-0 lead before Vega Squadron could finally get their first round on the board. The CIS representative would not be able to follow it up, however, as the home side hit back immediately, setting themselves up for a massive 14-1 lead.

Cloud9 through to the playoffs

Now playing on the CT side, Vega Squadron kept themselves in the game thanks to three quick kills from Dmytro "⁠jR⁠" Chervak in the pistol round. The Russian team then picked up both anti-ecos to keep their hopes of a comeback alive, but such dreams would soon be crushed as Cloud9 took control of the game after buying up, winning two rounds in a row to assure themselves of a place in the knockout stages of the Major.

ELEAGUE Major 2018Best of 1

Vega Squadron

Matchpage

23rd January 2018

Cloud9

Mirage

Vega Squadron	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Pavel 'hutji' Lashkov hutji	12 - 17	-5	62.0	60.0%	0.78
Sergey 'keshandr' Nikishin keshandr	11 - 16	-5	49.5	55.0%	0.71
Dmytro 'jR' Chervak jR	11 - 18	-7	65.9	45.0%	0.70
Nikolay 'mir' Bityukov mir	9 - 18	-9	53.8	50.0%	0.51
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov chopper	4 - 17	-13	53.4	50.0%	0.49

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	22 - 10	+12	110.0	75.0%	1.75
William 'RUSH' Wierzba RUSH	19 - 8	+11	87.2	80.0%	1.50
Timothy 'autimatic' Ta autimatic	16 - 10	+6	89.3	90.0%	1.35
Tarik 'tarik' Celik tarik	15 - 7	+8	70.7	85.0%	1.33
Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Skadoodle	13 - 12	+1	89.2	85.0%	1.29

Qualified
G2		FaZe
Quantum Bellator Fire		SK
Natus Vincere		fnatic
Cloud9
2-2
MOUZ		Space Soldiers
Eliminated
North		Virtus.pro
BIG		Astralis
Liquid		Gambit
Vega Squadron

finally SKADADDY made legends stage

2018-01-23 02:00

10 replies

Was sad to see Vega underperform so much

1 reply

2018-01-23 02:01

C9 will get to semis

7 replies

then lose against FaZe 1-2

2018-01-23 02:13

6 replies

very likely no shame in that

Mhm.

2018-01-23 02:33

It depends They can still get the g2 bracket Or either get sk in the quarter finals

2018-01-23 02:32

3 replies

Naw...it's their destiny to get FaZe in Semis. Same with how SK will get G2's side of the bracket and beat them to meet FaZe in the finals. It's all coming into fruition...SK will beat the G2 curse at this major. C9 will lose 1-2 to FaZe.

2018-01-23 02:34

2 replies

God bless you,, friend

2018-01-23 02:47

Well if they get the win vs G2 it will be SK in the semis, scary stuff

2018-01-23 12:57

SKADADDYYYYYYYY

GJ C9

Fcking 3g

wasted spot in playoffs

24 replies

Lul nt NA hater baiter

Nobody cares, let them celebrate

"Fan of teams: Isurus" LUL like they would ever make it to a major LUL

2018-01-23 02:03

like they would ever make it out of Argentina

2018-01-23 02:11

+1233213123123123123123

2018-01-23 02:17

-184729385828/8 bad bait nt

2018-01-23 02:12

Vega would be any better? Uragay logic

8 replies

SS, Mouz, Gambit and Fnatic > c9 and vega So yes, wasted spot.

2018-01-23 02:15

uruguay more like ur a gay, good b8 though

2018-01-23 02:18

Salt

Gambit made stupid decisions, hobbit was playing shit, dosia good adren good fitch shit, they deserved to lose, fnatic already qualified, either mouz or space soldiers and lets be honest, mouz is the ONLY one of the four who has a really solid chance of going far into the tournament, space soldiers hasnt proven themselves yet in a bo3 and fnatic has an ok chance to do good too

2018-01-23 02:19

0-2 to come back 3-2 by beating VP and Astralis = wasted spot?

2018-01-23 02:23

Yes, because the others 4 teams in elimination games are better and more skilled than c9 and vega. "vp" LUL astralis in 2k18 OMEGALUL

2018-01-23 02:26

Sad to see 5 legends go huh Unlucky match ups LUL

2018-01-23 02:35

Must be hard To be that stupid

2018-01-23 09:10

Reeled in 3 with this b8, nice job man

Lol so if you make a team of you and your GN friends, you’ll win the major?

2018-01-23 12:25

MORE LIKE G2 WASTED SPOT IN PLAYOFFS LUL

2018-01-27 01:00

5 replies

c9 ruined the semifinal. No chance vs SK. Absolutely one sided match.

2018-01-27 01:02

4 replies

Even if that was true, your original statement of "wasted spot in playoffs" is completely and utterly wrong, so stfu. LOL

2018-01-27 01:11

"Absolutely one sided match for SK" Cloud9 win mirage 16-3 win series 2-1. I think this proves you're brain dead.

2018-01-28 03:49

sk with stand-in and a dramatic bo3 vs fnatic. rigged af. anyways, ez final 4 faze, tier 3 team ruining a major.

2018-01-28 05:14

If c9 is 'tier 3' than does that make Isurus tier 50?

2018-01-28 14:38

"Wasted spot in playoffs" *Wins Major* LUL

2018-01-29 04:07

NACS

NICE C9

Rip skadoodle streak

rip dev1ce streak.

2018-01-23 02:14

NA major coming!

EZ C9

ez c9

cool for c9

Hell yeah boys

finally out of groups!

Stop thinking about how your enemy will play and you go 3-0 NA CS lmao

Golden Rule of NA : No Brain But Aim

2018-01-23 02:04

it worked tho.

2018-01-23 02:02

W A S T E D S P O T

Well done C9, you guys deserved this so much

Vega's story deserved a better ending :( But c9 worked hard for this, unlike the previous lineups, this guys are actually hungry for wins, and it shows. WP c9, grats on the legend status

Vega goes step by step: they lose 2-3 at ELEAGUE 2017 Offline Quals, then they passed to the next major PGL Krakow 2017 quals, but lose 0-3 in "groups". Now they are easily qualified to the Boston, but lose 2-3. Following this logic, at next major they should be in Legends. They really can do it. And congrats C9, they deserve it

2018-01-23 02:25

Final C9 vs SK, SK Wins in C9 House. equal to what happened in the ESL Pro League Final São Paulo

Leets go Tarik

#LETSGOC9

C9 vs qbf pls

I hope too, best chance for qbf to advance semis. Clown9 always choke hard in playoffs.

2018-01-23 02:06

C9 won EPL S4 with C9's 3 core players. OpTic won ELEAGUE S2 with tarik and RUSH. Besides, they only play FaZe in playoffs, and FaZe is basically a counter-C9.

2018-01-23 02:16

Gggggg

C9 navi final my prediction still stands #RUNC9

First Playoffs Match C9-FaZe and thats the end of C9 again...

C9 so lucky. Going 0-2 against two real teams, then they rng semi-pro team VP, then Astralis with their worst form to date, and finally a Russian team that relies on having a good day

Let them have their fun, and G2 was also lucky, they didnt even run into SK or FaZe at all and got the ez teams

2018-01-23 02:05

Let's not forget that everybody thought VP would bounce back at this major and had over a month to prepare. Astralis was a top 4 team that shouldn't have played so terribly, and Vega impressed a lot of people this major. Some people even had Vega going into playoffs.

I'm aware, but my point still stands. Tho I'm mostly salty that a fucking bo1 decides everything instead of having a bo3 for elimination games.

2018-01-23 02:27

Not too surprised, good job C9! RIP Gambit and Vega, but still showed a few good games, its hard to keep up where everyone can beat each other on any given day, today you win, tomorrow you lose, waaay too much competition, I hope the roster for Gambit and for Vega stay together for a bit longer not jumping to conclusion and changes right away as both teams still have a lot of power.....

Vega had a rough reality check on this major: 3-16 3-16 4-16

2018-01-23 02:07

feelsbadman, at least c9 finally made it through. There is only 1 hope now. #RUNQBF

2018-01-23 02:10

Feelsfuckingbadman vega got ALL the hard teams

Na'Vi is here.

Let's hope they show up.

2018-01-23 02:22

Luck is over

gg wp c9 bb vega(

You had a nice run Vega But it was time for the curse to be broken.

It's down to ChrisJ...the Dutch...we broke VP's 10 major playoff streak, the Astralis core's 12 major playoff streak, VP always beating C9 for 3+ years streak, Skadaddy...shoxie...NiKo...not making playoffs streak.

2018-01-23 02:20

This major seems to be the major of breaking records. I just can't be mad at this major even for using the swiss system; it's too perfect

2018-01-23 02:29

If SK Wi this it will e the first major won with a stand in If FaZe win it will be first major won with a international roster. If c9 win (unlikely but) it will be the first major won by an NA team If fnatic win it will be the first team with 5 majors won And there’s NaVi who never won a major and QBF who is really a surprise here. Don’t know what to expect from ss/mouse tho G2 ain’t no surprise here. If they win I won’t be impressed. Guys are playing like gods rn Really this major is breaking records

2018-01-23 03:00