New Legends Stage Round 3 match-ups determined

21-2-2019 01:18

With the first day of the New Legends Stage in the rearview mirror, ESL has determined the pairings for the third round of fixtures.

The 2-0 pool will be headlined by a mouth-watering clash between Liquid and Natus Vincere, the current No.2 and No.3 teams in the world, with current Major champions Astralis taking on Renegades, the surprise package of the tournament so far, in the other match.

In the 0-2 pool, NRG will fight for their tournament lives against fellow North American side Complexity, while BIG face a must-win clash against ENCE.

Na`Vi will fight for Legend status against Liquid

Cloud9 will be looking to bounce back from their 16-0 beating against Vitality in one of the most interesting clashes in the 1-1 pool, the last to feature a best-of-one format.

Below you can find the complete match-ups for the third round:

2-0 Pool:

Astralis vs. Renegades
Liquid vs. Natus Vincere

1-1 Pool:

FaZe vs. AVANGAR
MIBR vs. G2
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. HellRaisers
Vitality vs. Cloud9

0-2 Pool:

NRG vs. Complexity
ENCE vs. BIG

We all have seen this before. 0-2 -> 3-2 BIG will win the major. EZ for GERMANY 😎

2019-02-21 01:18

65 replies

Ence Will crush big

2019-02-21 01:19

44 replies

m16r will go 1-3 LMAO Astralis < Renegods Liquid < Navi Faze > Avangar m16r < G2 NIP > HR Vitality > Clown9 NRG > col Ence < BIG

2019-02-21 01:22

41 replies

And BUG CLAN 0-3 OMEGALUL

2019-02-21 01:20

15 replies

m16r lost to c9 OMEGAHYPERLULW

8 replies

BIG GONNA BE ELIMINATED FROM THE MAJOR OMEGAMASTERPOWERLUL

2019-02-21 01:21

6 replies

m16r disband after losing 16-3 to Clown9 HYPEROMEGALULEXTRALUL HAHAHHAHA I CANT

4 replies

This man doesn't have any differents words to say, holy shit XAXAXAXAXAZXA

2019-02-21 01:23

3 replies

BECAUSE ITS A REKT HAHAHHAHA 16-3 against team who got 16-0'd OMEGALUL nt LUCAS XAXAXAXAXA

2019-02-21 01:26

2 replies

Yeeet best team vs best player

2019-02-21 01:33

2019-02-21 02:46

Xantares should stop using aug them Big go win Major!!

2019-02-21 12:31

now it's cl0ud N1N6 or c16ud 9

2019-02-21 11:59

Still calls BIG BUG CLAN in 2019. Omegaroflcopter

2019-02-21 06:57

YES

2019-02-21 06:59

i see it works anyway, why not

2019-02-21 07:46

They're only known as bug exploiters, besides that no one knows them

2019-02-21 11:54

1 reply

They put themselves in tier2 after cologne

2019-02-21 14:16

Fan of doesn't check out

2019-02-21 14:15

lets go mibr !! ez4Fallen <3

10 replies

disband

no ! nt

2019-02-21 01:25

7 replies

why not? they lost to clown9

So to you, each time a team loses a match, it should change its roster? oly fak

2019-02-21 01:31

5 replies

nah but if a team is overhyped like m16r and they lose the first match in the major 16-3 to a meme team they should just disband

Mibr became overrated af

2019-02-21 01:36

+1 MIBR_OVERRATED

only by brazilians, we should not even considerate their opinions on MIBR.

2019-02-21 04:28

2019-02-21 12:04

I thought this type of brazilians aren't in hltv when mibr got a huge slump

2019-02-21 08:21

you wrote every single team name correctly except mibr. why so much hate ?

2019-02-21 01:30

check the comments in this thread and ask again

2019-02-21 01:32

what should i check? your hate ? pet :*

2019-02-21 02:55

Because mibr

2019-02-21 01:35

Because people think it is funny, there is a million hateful threads about br teams in one day but as soon as a br team wins somethin g all Brazilians make threads celebrating but then we are 3rd world undeveloped monkeys, there is a guy who spends his entire day hating mibr in hltv, If we complain to be called names we are playing the victim, you are south American too so you know that monkey for us is maybe even worse than n***** is for americans, it is really stupid tbh, if you don't want to waste your time don't even read forums, everyone here is under 20, nobody is mature enough to have a decent conversation

2019-02-21 03:00

+10

2019-02-21 21:11

Renegades woulda prob beat liquid. There map pools align well. But astralis will butcher them.

2019-02-21 02:17

Liquid > Noobvi Astralis > Renegays Bug Clan 0-3 GIGALUL cry is FREE

2019-02-21 02:19

nice b8 m8

2019-02-21 03:08

Your dlusional if you think renegades can beat Astralis

2019-02-21 06:53

Your lack of faith in the boys is disturbing

2019-02-21 10:23

Love Flusha? Astralis 160(too)

2019-02-21 12:07

I have a doubt when people put the" >" it means that it's pointing to the one you think it's winning or it's like math ?

2019-02-21 12:14

HUMM ITS 2-1 GOTCHA

Well either way its a big rip for whichever team has to go through the EU minor with mous, fnatic, and north

North omegalul

HOW ARE YOU ALWAYS FIRST

im actually 2nd

No life I assume....

Esketit RNG 😎

f5 #2 nerd,kid no life nt

Bug

You misspelled NRG

NO BUG NO QF CRY HERE BUG FANS \/

2019-02-21 01:24

lets go liquid!!!

OMEGALUL

nah, I only remember the 1-3 from bug without bug

2019-02-21 01:49

no bug no major GIGALUL

2019-02-21 02:20

ez 0-3 to BUG CLAN

2019-02-21 02:27

Big 0 major

2019-02-21 04:01

And 0 tier 1 TITLES HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

2019-02-21 07:24

0 3 dream

2019-02-21 06:14

2019-02-21 08:14

I expected you'd say EZ4Ence before I saw your flag :/

EZ4ENCE

2019-02-21 09:16

BIG. Hahahah.

2019-02-21 23:18

zxcvzxcv

ez 4 renegades

RIP BIG & RIP COL

lol

nice

BIG 3-2 :~>

Keep dreaming.

For My Pick-em, I really want this to Happen (already lost 3-0 ENCE pick), but the Road is Very Hard ahead. Because of Seeding, BIG will have to face Slightly Higher-speed Opponents, so, it'll first have to Defeat ENCE, then the Second Seed of the Next 1-2 pool, then, Probably a Loser of the 2-1 pool. That would be a really cool Storyline.

2019-02-21 08:04

Perect

ez4ence

Gogo vitality

Astralis Navi Faze G2 NiP Vitality NRG Ence

Liquid over NaVi is the only one I would change there

Na vi over liquid lol

2019-02-21 01:34

Spoken like true biased liquid fan. Navi liquid is like 60 40 in liquids favour. Could easily go Navis way if liquid arent playing at full potential

2019-02-21 10:27

They will play at full potential. 2-0 Pool: Astralis > Renegades Liquid > Natus Vincere 1-1 Pool: FaZe > AVANGAR MIBR > G2 - I'm MIBR's fan, so.. but G2 always makes me feel fear. NiP > HellRaisers Vitality > Cl0wn0 - 16-0 yesterday .. 0-2 Pool: NRG > compLexity ENCE > BIG

2019-02-21 12:13

lets go NaVi!

Let's go!!!

RIP MY PICKEMS GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR got navi at 3-0 and most of what i picked are in 1-1 and 0-2 fucking kill me

Rip col and big And some of my pickems as well

fuck i gotta get up at 5am for Mibr G2 guhhh

Mibr will probably ban Dust II

ok? they beat big on mirage....

Ez for g2

wont be ez haha. depending on the map it might be an OT game tbh

WTF hahahah 9 o'clock here in Brazil. They will win, but will be a good game.

2019-02-21 12:15

it hurt me opening my eyes and seeing Inferno, G2 so bad on inferno...

2019-02-21 20:34

Sorry coL but you gotta take the big L for NA and everyone's pickems.

Ez ence 0:3

No >:( 3-2

2019-02-21 08:13

After tomorrow I have 3 pick em points

same!

Ofc. Renegades 3-0 Na'Vi going through Complexity 0-3

2019-02-21 01:42

Renegades 3-0 lmao, Astralis is on another lvl.

2019-02-21 04:03

I know, but one can dream

2019-02-21 05:12

Not possible for it to be a guarantee

2019-02-21 01:54

Its 100%sure

2019-02-21 01:58

Not possible

2019-02-21 02:01

I have all the current 2-0 teams to advance and big 0-3 in one account and ence 0-3 in one account

2019-02-21 02:07

“Ence 0-3” Checks flag and flair Hol up

2019-02-21 03:20

ASTRALIS NAVI FAZE G2 NIP VITALITY NRG ENCE

I agree with all accept i think liquid win, navi still looked lost on T side mirage and it'll be a bo3

Me too

2019-02-21 08:51

AUGstralis vs. RenAUGades ez for CT side

Call of Duty Major Katowice 2019

agahahaahaa

LAUGHING

2019-02-21 12:16

Now I can be a pro in csgo

But every team is doing it rn lol

Prediction: Reduction in Base Damage of AUG, so that it's not 1-shot anymore, Decreased Movement Accuracy for both Scoped AR's

2019-02-21 07:31

It's rarely 1-shot though, and I don't think decreased movement accuracy will help that much since AUG is mostly used to hold long angles instead of peek

2019-02-21 14:56

EZ LIQUID <3

ez4mibr

big ence.....who is the worst team????????

I think big have looked worse. Tabsen had a horrible day of CS and Xantares only fragged in their second game because mirage is his favourite map and he was playing it as if it was fpl. In their first game he was trash.

2019-02-21 01:41

Did BIG even Prepare for the Dang Major? I'm Disappointed to be honest, I had them as my 7th Advancing team. (ENCE was for 3-0 RIP)

2019-02-21 07:32

smooya was the problem

2019-02-21 08:48

Ez4ence

EZ4VITALITY

EZ 4 NiP

Ez 4 big

nice 4 navi

Where is the #1?

Rip the boys 😢

Goodluck Renegades.

Glad to see that either ENCE or BIG will be out tomorrow.

Don't forget CoL/NRG (If I see NRG go 0-3 I won't be Very Happy)

2019-02-21 07:34

NRG will win, ez4them

2019-02-21 12:17

You are not happy hahaha

2019-02-22 03:45

I'm Furious, I'll tell you. RIP my 0-3 Pick, and My Advancing Pick.

2019-02-22 06:53

Was terrible. But this is life

2019-02-22 11:49

liquid astralis 3-0....at least they didnt have to face each other like last major when liquid went 3-0 and astralis went 2-1

Yeah, loving the new system. No more bullshit match-ups in initial rounds. Like Navi - Faze in 2nd round at FACEIT.

2019-02-21 11:32

Yea it’s a better system.

2019-02-21 12:11

2-1 NIP

Astralis Liquid Avangar G2 Nip Vitality Nrg Ence

Astralis 70:30Renegades Navi 40:60 Team Liquid Faze 60:40 AVANGAR MiBR 50:50 G2 NiP 45:55 HR Vitality 65:35 C9 Nrg 75:25 coL Big 45:55 ENCE

Astralis 99:1 Renegades....

2019-02-21 01:28

Probably 2:0 for Astralis but i'm still hoping they will play nicely

2019-02-21 01:29

Renegades are good and this is a good test for em. I just want my Astralis 3-0 Lul

Lul me either I have Renegades second time in a row

This is pretty accurate imo

man astralis will crush renegades...also faze they missed it because they played inferno. anyway a very good surprise renegades

2019-02-21 08:49

should be ez4ence

EZ4ENCE. Qualifying for champions stage no doubt.

..... how "humble"

Astralis > Renegades Natus Vincere > Liquid FaZe > AVANGAR G2 > MIBR NiP > HellRaisers Vitality > Cloud9 NRG > compLexity ENCE > BIG

Liquid will win the bo3 against navi

2019-02-21 01:27

Anyway, the two teams will advance in to next stage... because the one who lose will win the next game. Doesn't really matter who will win this game.

Actually it does cuz if liquid win then Astralis and Liquid are are opposite sides of the play off bracket so they will only face each other in the final which is the best possible final

2019-02-21 01:39

Only if they win. People have been underestimating Renegades throughout the major. I think 75-25 for Astralis and 60-40 for Liquid.

2019-02-21 07:52

Yes but I think NaVi and Renegades have less chance now they are facing the best 2 teams in the world now in a bo3 especially since both the teams should be warmed up by now

2019-02-21 11:30

Let's go Vita

bye big

lets go NiP YOU GOT THIS

Go home BIG EZ4ALLU

imagine getting ence instead of coL :DD

Question: Why do MiBR appear as 4th in seed and FaZe 5th on HLTV but on the ESL stream it's FaZe 4th and MiBR 5th?

i guess they lost some elo after losing against c9

This ELO system used in major still count in swiss round. Since MIBR lose for C9 (a worse seed team than RNG), FaZe gain points enough for pass MIBR and pick a low seed team.

2019-02-21 01:45

Oh okay I though the player seeding was fixed at the beginning and it doesn't change during the Major

2019-02-21 01:46

twitter.com/iem/status/10983757650900705.. Shows the ELO

2019-02-21 06:51

All of the teams on left will win.

ast navi faze mibr NIP vitality NRG BIG

Astralis Liquid FaZe MIBR NIP Vitality NRG ENCE

Btw why is mibr playing g2 not avangar if g2 is on higher seed?

probably they lost some elo after losing against C9

Ok ty, I didnt know that they can lose elo after matches.

2019-02-21 01:38

that is exactly how elo works... the bigger the disparity between teams, the more elo you lose/gain for win/loss.. MIBR losing to C9 would have lost a lot of ELO, while if Liquid lost to Astralis, they’d lose next to no ELO

2019-02-21 02:24

Need nrg to beat complexity to secure that 0-3 pickem for safety.

LETS GO LIQUID GIVE ME MY 3:0 <3

Im sorry renegades

Inb4 2-0 PogChamp

They will be in the top 8 teams, do not worry, only a little later

Renegods will beat astralis

Come on Liquid lets go

EZ4ENCE EZ4NRG

Feijoada vs. Baguette. Feijoada Wins.

AHHAAHAHHAHAHA LOL

2019-02-21 12:21

Pretty much this. [Astralis] vs. Renegades [Liquid] vs. Natus Vincere FaZe vs. [AVANGAR] MIBR vs. [G2] [NiP] vs. HellRaisers [Vitality] vs. Cloud9 [NRG] vs. compLexity [ENCE] vs. BIG

Astralis>Renegades Liquid>Navi Faze>Avangar Mibr=G2 NIP>Hr Vitality>C9 NRG>Col Ence=Big

Astralis > Renegades Liquid > Natus Vincere 1-1 Pool: FaZe < AVANGAR MIBR <<< G2 NiP > HellRaisers Vitality < Cloud9 0-2 Pool: NRG >> compLexity EZ4ENCE >> BIG

Mibr bad , but g2 also bad bro... Astralis Na vi Avangar Mibr Nip Vitality Nrg Big

2019-02-21 01:43

MIBR will win

Idc about the teams, i just want my pick'em to be good XD

Liquid NaVi gonna be intresting, hope NaVi will not choke once again

Denmark Astralis >> Australia Renegades United States Liquid > Ukraine Natus Vincere Europe FaZe >> Kazakhstan AVANGAR Brazil MIBR > France G2 Sweden NiP ? Other HellRaisers France Vitality > United States Cloud9 United States NRG >> North America compLexity Finland ENCE ?(>) Germany BIG

Astralis Liquid Faze m16r HR Vitality > Clown9 NRG Ence > BUG

Astralis Liquid AVANGAR ??? NiP Vitality NRG ENCE

G2 against MIBR will be a good game

2019-02-21 12:22

2019-02-21 12:54

Avangar will crush Faze like ReneGods kick off PutaStralis, trust me like your cat loves proplan; im so high.kappa

Bait

Ezbaited

2019-02-23 09:45

Mibr and g2 50/50 Mibr 25:22 g2

2019-02-21 01:48

1. Can someone tell me the exact variables being used for the ELO rating? 2. Is there no ELO rating after Swiss Round 2? ad 1.: my assumptions are highest R = 2000 (or whatever) increments are 10, so Astralis = 2.000, Complexity = 1.850 k = 10 First observation: After the first round, there was a mistake in the showed ranking (NiP rank 10, Vitality rank 11) but pairings were correct with NiP on rank 11 and Vitality on rank 10 (otherwise NiP would have played against Navi, which they didn't). ad 2.: After the second round, the teams rank were exactly the same as after the first round, which is only possible if you do not update the ELO rating. If rated correctly, the matchups in round 3 would be: MIBR vs. Avangar and Faze vs. G2 (all others would be the same) Can someone tell me what's what ? thx

2019-02-21 01:50

ad 2.: same doubt

2019-02-21 02:05

They do update the rankings same as in challengers. The bigger the upset the more affect it has. But if favorite wins it barely changes anything. Teams facing at similar level also doesn't affect much. Here's the current rankings (lower is better) twitter.com/IEM/status/10983757650900705..

2019-02-21 02:13

yeh after the ranking system was established, the team's ranking doesn't change which means that teams like nip and avangar will have to play way better teams like renegades which is one #8 due to this system thus it quite unfair

2019-02-21 02:16

Astralis Liquid Avangar MIBR/G2 (Close game both seems to suck a bit, but i guess MIBR is a bit better) NiP Vitality/C9 (C9 if they can bounce back from that 16-0, if not surely Vitality) NRG BIG BYE BYE ENCE

2019-02-21 01:51

Big got legend status from a bug this time they kick smooya and take bit nex back before major start, it cant work with 3 bots, tabsen and 1 not speaking english or german gg brain bot b

Astralis > Renegades Liquid > Na'Vi FaZe > Avangar MiBR > G2 NiP < HR Vitality < Cloud9 NRG > CompLexity ENCE < BIG

wake up nrg

2019-02-21 02:08

Hoping to see epic match between Navi and TL. Too ez for Astralis by the way.

2019-02-21 02:12

Ez yeet for faze

2019-02-21 02:21

should be ez 0-3 for complexity

2019-02-21 02:28

NAVI will be trouble for a, so far, only decent showing by Liquid. Wake up! Mibr gets another gift as G2 looks just as faded. NRG with a massive gift. They do not look cohesive at all. Ence Big is a sad goodbye.

2019-02-21 02:49