Swole Patrol take down Virtus.pro to secure last EPICENTER spot

23-10-2018 11:00

Swole Patrol are through to the main stage of EPICENTER 2018 after beating Virtus.pro 2-0 in the consolidation final of the wildcard qualifier.

Michał "⁠snatchie⁠" Rudzki opened up the action on Train, Virtus.pro's map pick, with an ace in the pistol round. It was the kind of start that the Polish team needed after they had managed to let the upper bracket tie against HellRaisers, but things quickly went awry for them.

Swole Patrol responded in the next round with nothing but USPs and set up a very tight defence after that to keep the Terrorists at bay. Virtus.pro only managed to break the North Americans' streak in the 13th round, but that round was immediately traded back. Still, the Polish side proved that they were not still out of the game as Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller and Piotr "⁠morelz⁠" Taterka overturned a 2v5 situation to make it a 12-3 half.

There was more misery for Virtus.pro, who were destroyed in the following pistol round. A successful eco shortly afterwards gave the Polish side a glimmer of hope, but Swole Patrol responded on a weak buy and followed it up with another round for a 16-4 rout.

Swole Patrol through to the main tournament

Next up was Nuke, a map Virtus.pro had not played competitively in the last three months. The Polish side got off on the wrong foot, losing the opening three rounds, but bounced back once they had money in the bank.

Down 3-4, Swole Patrol upped the pace and took a three-round lead before a quad kill from morelz put Virtus.pro back in the game, inspiring the Europeans to win the remaining rounds of the half.

The North Americans came out swinging in the second half and secured a massive lead after winning five rounds in a row. It looked like Swole Patrol had the game under control, but then they gifted Virtus.pro a way back into the game after losing a 5v2 to Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski and snatchie.

Virtus.pro rode that momentum and took a 14-13 lead, but Swole Patrol kept their composure and secured the remaining rounds of the half, with Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir hammering the final nail into the Europeans' coffin with a 1v2 clutch.

EPICENTER 2018 Wild Card QualifierBest of 3

Swole Patrol

Matchpage

23rd October 2018

Virtus.pro

Train

Nuke

Swole Patrol	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Austin 'Cooper' Abadir Cooper	51 - 30	+21	97.9	86.0%	1.52
Braxton 'swag' Pierce swag	36 - 29	+7	84.9	80.0%	1.28
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir freakazoid	34 - 35	-1	82.0	78.0%	1.17
Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado MarKE	35 - 29	+6	76.7	76.0%	1.11
Jordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro Zellsis	38 - 30	+8	73.7	76.0%	1.10

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Michał 'MICHU' Müller MICHU	34 - 39	-5	80.1	66.0%	1.04
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzki snatchie	37 - 39	-2	71.4	60.0%	0.99
Piotr 'morelz' Taterka morelz	37 - 38	-1	75.9	62.0%	0.98
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski pashaBiceps	27 - 39	-12	57.7	54.0%	0.75
Filip 'NEO' Kubski NEO	18 - 39	-21	55.3	56.0%	0.62

Swole Patrol follows HellRaisers, the upper bracket winner, into the EPICENTER main stage, kicking off at 12:00 . The complete groups look as follows:

Group A

Group B

expected Oh wow first time #1 - I'd like to thank my mom and my family <3

2018-10-23 11:01

21 replies

Lets gooo

3 replies

UNLUKO 0-2

2018-10-23 11:02

Expected

2018-10-23 12:35

1 reply

I like your name

2018-10-23 14:02

Gj dude

2018-10-23 11:11

Why are you so quick?

2018-10-23 11:15

Cuz German! Oh wait, that's outdated, should have been an Indian #1... Kappa

2018-10-23 11:23

So your mom is not a part of your family?

2018-10-23 11:46

7 replies

No mom is special.

2018-10-23 12:02

6 replies

MILF

2018-10-23 12:16

5 replies

How do u know? She never went to Vietnam...

2018-10-23 12:23

4 replies

vietchong knows everything dude, that's why they won against US

2018-10-23 13:06

So true.

2018-10-23 13:10

Facts

2018-10-23 18:01

"Only country to defeat the US" True very true. Also its sad for people who dont learn that. Thats why more people who are not poor or can afford Private school do it in the US because our School System has been TRASHED by Democrats.

2018-10-23 23:57

So happy for you, deserved!

2018-10-23 12:43

So proud of you son ... All these years of sitting in basement finally paid off :')

2018-10-23 12:54

So youre saying your mom isn't your family?

2018-10-23 13:19

2 replies

#76

2018-10-23 13:25

Well said

2018-10-23 15:42

wow

2018-10-23 11:00

2018-10-23 14:23

vp is back

back to t95

Lol

2018-10-23 11:18

expected

2018-10-23 12:37

rip

vp disband

ez for swag

VP AXAXA

neo the legend!

fck

I remember Swag flick

Yes that was so sick

2018-10-23 11:04

Dirtus.low strike again with a fantastic performance from botshabotceps...

NEO pure trash pasha fucking brainless

Name doesnt check out

2018-10-23 11:08

Your daddy should've used you

2018-10-23 12:38

bro clips.twitch.tv/CrackyIronicWolfPanicVis

daaaamn sooon

2018-10-23 11:03

Nice flick bro

2018-10-23 11:10

2018-10-23 13:31

Swag and freakazoid is back! Finally!

ale kurwa wstyd xD

2018-10-23 11:09

easiest report of my life

What is this man say

2018-10-23 22:33

Xdd

2018-10-23 12:39

+1 xD

2018-10-23 17:58

NEO 18 kills in 2 maps lul

Me when i was MGE

2018-10-23 11:19

Rip VP

BRAX AND STEEL COMING BACK MOTHERFUCKERS

Rest in Peace Virtus.pro :'(

expected VP? Making money Machine

I predicted this!!!

loosing to steroid amateurs LUL

"AMATEURS" btw

2018-10-23 13:08

Steroid amateurs beat steroid amateur lul

2018-10-24 08:35

Im so done with vp

2018-10-23 11:05

Took ur time

2018-10-23 22:34

freakbiceps> pashabiceps

Retire neo

Losing to Freakazoid IGL and Swag Support HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

2018-10-23 11:06

wait, so zellsis is not their igl wtf

2018-10-23 13:09

I'm not sure one of the casters said Freak was IGL. I don't follow swole I just watch them from time to time because they are such a meme team.

2018-10-25 07:24

disband vp

2018-10-23 11:07

Pasha needs to go

atleast freakazoid is playing

-Kuben -NEO -Pasha

LUL VP

2018-10-23 11:12

This EPICENTER is so much better than the one i attended in 2017, more entertaining teams playing on stage, Moscow always has better events than Saint-P

2018-10-23 11:13

Seriously? I tought that Epicenter 2017 was one of the best tournaments of the year, the final was super awesome and all teams were top tier

2018-10-23 12:09

Yeah it was loud out there, but i personally wasn't a fan of any teams playing there, the opening ceremony was amazing tho, got a fidget spinner and a cap lmao

2018-10-23 12:11

Haha nice one. The only event I ever attended was the Cluj Major, cause I'm too poor to go abroad to events. U have a lot of kickass events in Russia

Man it's sad to see VP play this bad.. I'll give it to them though, they sure are dedicated. Neo and Pasha should have quit long time ago.

WE HAWT

2018-10-23 11:14

omegalul

Wow vp losing against swole patrol

Shoulda put HR in Group B because now the groups are so mismatched. FaZe > NiP ENCE > Avangar Hellraisers > Swole Patrol

These groups are fucked +1

2018-10-23 12:22

It’s time to change something...

2018-10-23 11:16

Neo doesn't seem to give a fuck any more, which is understandable - but at odds with the rich form he refound not so long ago. I hope he at least gets the opportunity to go out on a high.

2018-10-23 11:22

I might be totally wrong but I think neo is kinda heartbroken since he realised getting rid of taz was the worst decision he and his teammates have ever made in their entire cs career

2018-10-23 12:58

Vp are so done.. Sad to see them like this, maybe it's time for them to end the struggle so we can remember their glorious days

why VP

Ja pierdole

2018-10-23 11:30

me too

2018-10-23 16:32

Neo pls

2018-10-23 11:33

sad vp 14-16 everytime xDX

2018-10-23 11:36

Only noob teams on group B, well done!

It's time to retreat

2018-10-23 11:37

And now all the people who yelled that it was all rigged in VPs favour are silent, guess this result doesn't fit their agenda.

2018-10-23 11:38

vp LUL

2018-10-23 11:40

group B is dogshit except liquid

2018-10-23 11:51

NO ASTRALIS NO TIER 1

2018-10-23 11:52

VP is f...... bottom)))))))))

2018-10-23 11:56

Cooper who?

2018-10-23 11:57

How are those groups balanced lol

2018-10-23 11:58

"NEO"

2018-10-23 12:03

Amazing how polish cs went from tier 1 to tier bottom in a year. And how is it there is no upcoming talents in this country any more?

2018-10-23 12:07

MICHU

2018-10-23 12:08

VP is back boys!

reported for griefing

2018-10-23 12:15

NeO what is going on ? Worse than tier 3 already ?

2018-10-23 12:18

Hahaha, time to disband already.

They should create an entire new team... They were good back on the days but now isnt good at all. Rip virtus pro

they could try international team before dropping them. maybe keep MICHU, snatchie and NEO or just MICHU and snatchie to freshen it up

2018-10-23 12:25

VP direct invite to qualifier, free win vs 5power and still out xaxaxaxa

Time to disband already?

2018-10-23 12:29

2018-10-23 12:33

Vp is back

2018-10-23 12:36

not so big that biceps anymore? :D

neo & kuben retire plz

-pasha+Furlan -NEO+GruBy -morelz+SZPERO

* +byali +snax +szpero

2018-10-23 12:41

-kuben also

2018-10-23 12:46

Yes, -Kuben But... Yeah, I forgot about byali and Snax. So.. -Kuben +Gruby -pasha +Snax -NEO +byali -morelz +Furlan

2018-10-23 12:47

Every map VP plays there is 50% chance they will play 30 rounds or more

2018-10-23 12:40

LMAO

2018-10-23 12:42

Pasha believes he can still win the major lmao. Old guy with impossible dreams.

Yep sad to be fair but oh well...

2018-10-23 18:54

like i say NEO & PASHA cant competite on any fucking lvl

2018-10-23 12:45

ez4swag

i dont mind pasha, but neo is seriously done in this game for quite some time now. Time to move on...

VP, just go back to a CIS roster, would still be better than that :)

nt dosia

clips.twitch.tv/AbrasiveCaringShallotSha..

The team keeps going down. Where the fuck is the bottom? Lmao

2018-10-23 13:12

GO!! Mexico and US :D

2018-10-23 13:21

virtus throw

2018-10-23 13:34

xd vp

2018-10-23 13:36

word.exe

2018-10-23 13:39

VP should sign a russian team LUL.

Virtus.Premier

2018-10-23 13:48

LOL

2018-10-23 13:51

Lul

2018-10-23 14:10

Kick the old guys and pick up more young guys. At least NEO needs to go!

2018-10-23 14:33

SWOLE!!!

Well, there goes yesterday's progress

2018-10-23 14:34

Swole patrol..Jesus effin christ it sounds like a porno movie, they rly couldnt come up with anything better for a name??.. not to mention, none of the guys are swole..

2018-10-23 14:40

pls Virtus disband this is so embarrassing

2018-10-23 14:58

DISBAND WHEEEEEEN srsly tho, they should give their salaries away for charities

2018-10-23 15:03

2018-10-23 15:15

swag train xd

2018-10-23 15:23

Fucking luckers

2018-10-23 15:47

hahhaha

2018-10-23 15:53

VP is so close just two roster moves away

ez vp

2018-10-23 15:56

losng to freakazoid lmao

2018-10-23 15:58

VP is doodoo but dont underestimate the swole boiz

2018-10-23 16:10

Virtus.pr♿

2018-10-23 16:49

Snax Byali MICHU Snatchie Innocent/rallen Coach NEO with TaZ The only true lineup to get Polish CS back to life

2018-10-23 17:39

pasha my fend

2018-10-23 18:19

atleast Virtus.pro is starting to look better. but loosing to swole 2-0 didnt expect it

2018-10-23 18:28

Let's go brrrrrrrrrrrrrax

Hontesly, this is pathetic. I'm not even sure if VP really believe that They can bounce back or They're playing just to get paid. Sad because I was a fan of Polish CS since PGS.

2018-10-23 22:27