MIBR defeat NiP; move on to playoffs at IEM Katowice

22-2-2019 21:47

MIBR are through to the New Champions Stage at IEM Katowice after beating Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0 (16-6 on Train and 16-14 on Inferno).

The best-of-three series kicked off on Train, with the Swedish side starting on the T-side and securing the pistol round victory thanks to a triple kill by Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner. Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David responded in the following round with a Deagle triple kill as MIBR tied the game.

The Brazilian side's strong defense propelled them to a 7-2 lead. Ninjas in Pyjamas picked up their third round with a force buy, with Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson and REZ combining to make it 7-3. MIBR finished the half 10-5 ahead after winning the last three rounds of the half.

The new lineup of MIBR has reached the playoffs

Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga consolidated MIBR's lead with an ace in the second pistol round and the Brazilians made it 13-5 after winning the first weapon round as Ninjas in Pyjamas didn't have enough time for the defuse on the B-site. Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo & company won a 3vs3 in the 22nd round to close out the map with a 16-6 final scoreline.

fer and João "⁠felps⁠" Vasconcellos opened Inferno with double kills in the pistol round as the T-sided MIBR took the A-site. The Brazilians won three gun rounds to lead 6-0. Ninjas in Pyjamas got on the scoreboard in the seventh round with a Banana shutdown. MIBR took three more rounds in the first half to lead 9-6 at halftime.

Ninjas in Pyjamas picked up the first three rounds in the second half to tie the game and took the lead after Lekr0 and Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg's 2vs4 victory in the 19th round (10-9). However, MIBR came back from 14-12 to win the map 16-14, with their final round victory coming after a 1vs1 clutch by FalleN on the B-site.

IEM Katowice 2019Best of 3

MIBR

Matchpage

22nd February 2019

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Train

Inferno

MIBR	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	52 - 33	+19	97.4	75.0%	1.45
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	47 - 31	+16	102.8	73.1%	1.43
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	32 - 29	+3	61.0	78.8%	1.08
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo TACO	29 - 31	-2	68.8	73.1%	0.99
João 'felps' Vasconcellos felps	29 - 36	-7	71.7	69.2%	0.94

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Lekr0	40 - 37	+3	82.2	71.2%	1.13
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner REZ	38 - 37	+1	88.1	65.4%	1.11
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund GeT_RiGhT	31 - 39	-8	70.9	65.4%	0.95
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg f0rest	30 - 39	-9	59.2	63.5%	0.78
Dennis 'dennis' Edman dennis	21 - 38	-17	44.1	51.9%	0.62

The New Legends stage

3W - 0L

Astralis

3W - 1L

2W - 2L

1W - 2L

0W - 3L

BIG

NRG

ez for Astralis to rek them in Semifinals, or RNG in quarters :> NiP though... why not at least win 1 map :(

2019-02-22 21:47

42 replies

23 replies

MEEP MEEP

22 replies

Brazil try to win their first major?

21 replies

MLG COLOMBUS,ESL ONE COLOGNE??? nt Argentina 0 major boluditos

2019-02-22 21:48

11 replies

nip 2-3 lmao

4 replies

expectr

2019-02-22 21:57

1 reply

Where the fuck is north??

2019-02-23 03:52

Will still advance

2019-02-22 22:56

+1 , Shitters in Pyjamas don't deserve to get into playoffs, while they still have GeT_UgLy in their team.

2019-02-23 08:21

read my name and think again

2019-02-22 21:49

2 replies

This baiter is trying too hard

2019-02-22 21:54

Your name is the law?

2019-02-22 22:03

fam, you just got jebaited

2019-02-22 21:51

Didn't you get the sarcasm or are you baiting?

Didn't you get the bait?

2019-02-22 21:52

7 replies

BR Organization? NO;Lg is north american organization,Sk is european organization.

2019-02-22 22:15

6 replies

by your logic MIBR is also an american organization, it is owned by immortals

2019-02-22 22:18

bR oRgAnIzAtIoN your baits are reaching stupidity levels that shouldn't even be possible.

2019-02-22 22:20

your life is reaching stupidity levels that shouldn't even be possible.

2019-02-23 01:03

nt fake italy

2019-02-23 04:49

By that logic, UK has 3 major titles since Fnatic is UK based.

2019-02-22 22:38

Poggers

2019-02-23 02:23

i hate brazil team either but why the fuck people dont accept that brazil won a major lmfao

2019-02-23 05:40

Nice edit,f5 spam

why cry fakeflagger

2019-02-22 22:25

GG!

Astralis will face RNG most likely.. unless any other team with lower rank than RNG makes it to the top 8.

They arent, look at the tournament page

2019-02-22 21:53

Is it that in swiss system 2 teams cannot play twice each other

but playoffs =/= swiss stage

2019-02-22 22:19

Ty for clearing

i am not sure seeding matters in playoffs

Ast and liquid will play against low 3-2 elo Rng-mibr Navi vs high 3-2 elo

2019-02-22 22:06

EZ FOR BR

2019-02-22 21:50

cuz mibr is way better

2019-02-22 22:16

Cry hater

2019-02-22 22:51

all is possible ;)

2019-02-22 22:55

What a joke from no sceners!

2019-02-23 00:37

ez Champion Major for MiBr Astralis noob

2019-02-23 03:37

ez 4 mibr

2019-02-23 09:55

All that MIBR haters are crying hard now...

10 replies

So tasty nhummy..

2019-02-22 22:27

NaVi and mibr are hated so hard atm

2019-02-22 22:33

8 replies

No clue why

names doesn't check out

2019-02-22 22:36

Add G2

2019-02-22 22:41

True

2019-02-22 22:43

Even though they are not even that bad

Yeah, the players are not, but the team is struggling a lot

2019-02-22 23:57

I don't see G2 getting too much gate as MiBR or Liquid

2019-02-23 00:59

Yes Stop navi hating

2019-02-23 01:53

GG wp

1110

expected

pick'ems saved!

Same but i feel for nip :/

3 replies

They can still make it! Gotta believe

2019-02-22 21:59

They will make it! I hope so at least

2019-02-22 22:10

maybe but if their match is against vitality, i prefer having them instead le bigmac and zywoo deserves it

2019-02-23 04:57

sad

ferMonster

LETS GO BOIISSS

ez pickem done

too ez cmon

Nerf AUG!!

GG mibr! Glad to see them back. GL to NiP tomorrow, we still got this. #GONINJAS

2019-02-22 22:05

+1 I'm just hoping that either Liquid or mibr or Navi have the abilities to put down Astralis. Because otherwise CS is getting too boring

2019-02-22 22:35

Same man. I wanna see Liquid finally win a major, but i would be equally as happy to see s1mple win one or MiBR win their third

2019-02-22 23:22

2019-02-23 00:18

I just feel sad that S1mple has to carry the Na'Vi on his back, because without him they would be so far from top 5... But he deserves a major, before cs go dies at all.

2019-02-23 01:02

Yes, he's a god, he deserves that

2019-02-23 01:06

beautiful comment!

2019-02-23 08:14

2019-02-23 01:04

thank mr dennis

ggwp

Lets go boysss!

GG ;)

Yes! Let's fucking go!!!!

ggwp great game.

gg. hope the Ninjas go 3-2

MIBR line up: fer, felps, TACO, coldzera, FalleN and dennis

report mibr for 6 players in line up, valve pls

Lmao

lel

2019-02-23 01:07

Coldzera is getting chubby again, no one can stop it if get back his old form.

b8zera

2019-02-23 14:30

EZ 4 MIBR, I KNEW IT

Expected

4 pickems now right, surely one of faze, nip, or ence can advance?

FaZe I think

Same here but only have Faze and ENCE, I think you are in good shape because I believe if Faze advances tomorrow they have a chance to face NIP so you’ll be in.

I have 4 pickems also, but I've got FaZe, Ence and C9

Hopefully faze and ence are matched up on Sunday

2019-02-22 22:44

EZ GOATZERA

ferBEAST

fermonster + godzera = major is coming

2019-02-23 03:17

GGWP NiP. I hope they get to playoffs. FalleN turned off his monitor on Inferno And Coldzera forgot how to clutch on Inferno too But well played boys.

FalleN was too bad in inferno, so NIP had real chances. When FalleN goes well, the game changes completely.

2019-02-23 01:43

I never saw MiBR lose a match when FalleN is on Bad Mode.

2019-02-23 15:36

MIBR on their new but old roster really getting good train Gods are back ;) haters keep hating. MIBR are way far good then they were back last year. #SomosMIBR

fer is back

Forest - 9....

gg coldzera is goat -dennis + ?

Isn't Dennis in mibr lineup ? lmao

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? hes on nip

It's a joke cuz he not played so good.

2019-02-22 22:01

dude, didn't you see the game ? He was clearly in MIBR lineup, stop baiting me.

oh lmao yea

2019-02-22 22:04

Hahahaha lol

fermonster godzera wins gg ez

No Fnx no major report me if mibr wins major. #BringBackFNX!

nt viuva do fnx even i am reking him on gamersclub, quit the bullshit.

2019-02-22 22:02

NiP, how do they manage to lose all those 13-12 vs Liquid and 14-12 now..Ffs Hope f0rest turns up for 2-2 game, it's pointless to expect anything from dennis

gg mibr

SO expected guys

2019-02-22 21:56

now Vitality and FaZe advance and ez saved pickem

I hope so. NBKING

yeah man i hope so too

2019-02-22 22:34

NiP FaZe coL

2019-02-22 21:58

ez pz

Good to have fer back

It is nice!

Easy win

EZ bois EZ E Z

Thought nip would do better but I expected mibr to win nonetheless. Ggwp.

2019-02-22 22:00

Ez pickems

Expected.

Let's go mibr!!

Wp nip, FaZe is the last team that can finish the my 5 correct pick and if they fail, my picks also fail :'(

2019-02-22 22:08

Who did you pick then? I mean I have 5 already, and 3 fuckups.

Vitality 3-0 Complexity 0-3 Astralis Liquid Mibr Na' vi FaZe NRG BiG

2019-02-23 19:56

I mean Vitality to go 3-0 is pretty unreasonable. I had something like Ast 3-0 Liquid,MIBR,Navi,Faze,NRG,Big,Renegades and Col 0-3

2019-02-24 13:02

I know, but it wasn't my pick'em choices

2019-02-24 19:40

He must have made choices like a fanboy. 4 were guaranteed: Astralis 3-0 and MIBR, Liquid, NaVi. Only Renegades and BIG were surprises. Other safe picks still have odds, FaZe and NIP

2019-02-23 01:37

Mibr is literal garbage but dennis is a silver 1. Both teams did not deserve to win this, and both will get assraped in later stages, if NiP makes it that far.

finally found someone with a brain

2019-02-23 12:28

Nice choke on inferno NiP, sad to see

Always legends. 100% Legends rate since their first attempt.

MIBR isn't legendary at this point, you're legendary if you win a major, which they havent done 1.5 years. They're trash, but were lucky dennis is even worse and forest had a bad game for once.

2019-02-22 22:17

how much?

2019-02-23 08:31

Lol

Katowice 2015 - Legends Cologne 2015 - Legends Cluj-Napoca 2015 - Legends Columbus 2016 - Legends Cologne 2016 - Legends ELEAGUE Major 2017 - Legends Krakow 2017 - Legends ELEAGUE Major 2018 - Legends FACEIT Major 2018 - Legends Katowice 2019 - Legends There's nothing to "Lol" about

2019-02-23 03:31

I’m not disagreeing of downplaying what you say mate. It’s just not that they play exactly great atm. Which is sad. Wish more teams can actually tactically stand up against astralis.

2019-02-23 11:16

TRIGGERED

2019-02-23 12:30

Just stating facts.

2019-02-23 20:16

I think Dennis will be dropped after this major.

Well, if they somehow manage to get a legends spot, I guess he'll stay sadly

2019-02-22 22:24

Dennis' aim was wayy too sketchy, man. Well, sure, he stepped up on Liquid yesterday but the rest his aim looks like someone with tremor plays with high sensitivity. Not calm enough to actually hit the target. I'm sure he's like the non-toxic dude, but he needs to step it up a bit.

2019-02-22 23:54

He is anchoring hard. I think he is over it. Before he left fnatic he was pulling his weight. Even if they make legends he needs to go. Swedish csgo needs new blood to rise up. It is so stagnant...

2019-02-23 01:33

Zews looks like ynk in this photo. That skinnyness is lookin strange

what happened to f0rest 1+ rating streak now that they faced a decent team 4head ?

2019-02-22 22:26

Well, I'm still not convinced by both mibr and nip level of play

I saddens me that this is what happens when forest doesn’t perform

2019-02-22 22:30

EZ4COLD

2019-02-23 03:15

cold and fer.. gg

Got my 5 Pickems thanks to NAVI, mibr and RNG.

2019-02-22 22:40

2 players ~100adr is ridiculous. mibr are the real deal

Why is MIBR so entertaining?

2019-02-22 22:46

faze or ence save my pickem XD

2019-02-22 23:00

dennis the pistol gods relevance in 2k19 in the new meta teams just force 2nd because they have smgs same as other team or buy 3rd round anyway, so hes only good for a +1 round now they should just drop him and pickup nawwk they are needing a proper awper f0rest giving up his rifle skills to take up the awp role is doing more harm than good

2019-02-23 00:01

PLZ FAZE WIN PLZ FAZE WIN PLZ FAZE WIN

2019-02-23 00:28

Havent seen nip for a while and im shocked how dennis dropped off. F0rest clearly didnt have his day, so considering this it is almost miracle that inferno was this close.

2019-02-23 00:52