BLAST Pro Series Madrid group stage concludes with Astralis, ENCE through to final

11-5-2019 19:03

Upon conclusion of the round robin group stage of BLAST Pro Series Madrid, Astralis and ENCE have been determined as the finalists.

Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim opened Cloud9's efforts against Astralis with a pistol round quad kill on the CT side, creating space for his team to extend their lead in the following two rounds. Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and his men went on to equalise immediately after, and despite economic issues mid-half managed to amass a 9-6 lead come its conclusion.

dev1ce led the charge on Inferno, securing a 1.49 rating

Cloud9 kicked off their offense with a successful pistol round but were unable to establish a footing due to a well-timed upset from Astralis. The Terrorists spent the following four rounds trying to re-establish themselves, but the Danish defence put in work, securing map point off the back of their opponents' predicament. Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta and company did their best in attempting to comeback, but Astralis overwhelmed the North American squad, closing out Inferno with a 16-11 score.

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Astralis

Matchpage

11th May 2019

Cloud9

Inferno

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	21 - 14	+7	91.5	81.5%	1.49
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	24 - 16	+8	85.5	74.1%	1.33
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	19 - 13	+6	74.1	77.8%	1.28
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	21 - 16	+5	90.4	74.1%	1.28
Emil 'Magisk' Reif Magisk	15 - 13	+2	56.6	92.6%	1.10

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Timothy 'autimatic' Ta autimatic	28 - 21	+7	104.0	85.2%	1.36
Maikil 'Golden' Selim Golden	15 - 21	-6	63.9	55.6%	0.79
William 'RUSH' Wierzba RUSH	10 - 19	-9	48.3	55.6%	0.62
René 'cajunb' Borg cajunb	9 - 18	-9	44.7	63.0%	0.61
Daniel 'vice' Kim vice	8 - 21	-13	47.0	37.0%	0.49

ENCE kicked off Overpass on the defence, where a comfortable lead was accrued in the form of six consecutive rounds, the second of which witnessing an MP9 anti-eco quad kill by Sami "⁠xseveN⁠" Laasanen. Following an initial lull, the underdogs were able to weave in strings of three and two-round victories in the remainder of the half, concluding their T side with a 5-10 deficit.

allu finished the tournament with another outstanding performance

Off the back of a successful CT pistol, Giants were able to not only squash the deficit, but assume the lead, securing nine back-to-back rounds, over the course of which both Ricardo "⁠fox⁠" Pacheco and Ricardo "⁠roman⁠" Oliveira secured triple kills. Despite the lop-sided nature of the initial portion of the half, ENCE refocused, dispatching their Portuguese adversaries in the ensuing six rounds to secure a close 16-14 victory on Overpass.

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ENCE

Matchpage

11th May 2019

Giants

Overpass

ENCE	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Aleksi 'allu' Jalli allu	25 - 15	+10	72.7	83.3%	1.28
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Aleksib	22 - 18	+4	80.3	73.3%	1.24
Sami 'xseveN' Laasanen xseveN	24 - 22	+2	97.6	73.3%	1.22
Jani 'Aerial' Jussila Aerial	19 - 23	-4	77.0	73.3%	1.13
Jere 'sergej' Salo sergej	16 - 20	-4	55.9	70.0%	0.87

Giants	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco fox	24 - 21	+3	66.2	73.3%	1.06
Joao 'KILLDREAM' Ferreira KILLDREAM	22 - 21	+1	74.9	73.3%	1.05
Ricardo 'roman' Oliveira roman	21 - 25	-4	86.8	66.7%	0.99
Christopher 'MUTiRiS' Fernandes MUTiRiS	16 - 18	-2	70.9	63.3%	0.92
Luís 'ZELIN' Lousada ZELIN	15 - 21	-6	57.3	70.0%	0.75

Natus Vincere won the first two Terrorist rounds of their match against Ninjas in Pyjamas before Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman and Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg were activated and got the Swedes on track with multikill rounds and entries. The score was 6-2 when Ninjas in Pyjamas shut down a long push thanks to Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson's double with the AWP, allowing Ninjas in Pyjamas to extend their lead on the CT side.

f0rest concluded Dust2 with a grand total of 20 frags

After losing 12 consecutive rounds, Natus Vincere secured the last round of the half, but Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner's double and Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund's clutching ability saw Ninjas in Pyjamas steal away the second half pistol (13-3). The Ukrainian side stayed alive thanks to a force-buy win, but Ninjas in Pyjamas broke them with a B split and shortly afterward got to 15 rounds, eventually closing out Dust2 16-9 to secure their third win of the tournament, which in the end amounted to nothing as ENCE secured a hard-fought win over the Portuguese side.

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Ninjas in Pyjamas

Matchpage

11th May 2019

Natus Vincere

Dust2

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg f0rest	20 - 17	+3	85.2	64.0%	1.19
Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Lekr0	17 - 14	+3	71.2	84.0%	1.16
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner REZ	19 - 18	+1	83.1	68.0%	1.09
Dennis 'dennis' Edman dennis	19 - 19	0	95.8	56.0%	1.06
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund GeT_RiGhT	18 - 15	+3	64.1	72.0%	1.03

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov electroNic	15 - 17	-2	91.2	76.0%	1.01
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev flamie	16 - 17	-1	71.8	60.0%	1.00
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev s1mple	19 - 21	-2	76.7	56.0%	0.97
Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Zeus	16 - 20	-4	67.3	68.0%	0.94
Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev Edward	17 - 18	-1	65.2	68.0%	0.94

Group A

TEAM

GG RIP! Navi would be better for a final, cause ENCE wasted spot 😥 Astralis will demolish Flukence in the final.

2019-05-11 19:06

34 replies

Ggwp

2019-05-11 19:03

4 replies

navi disband pls

2019-05-11 19:15

3 replies

Disbandus vincere

2019-05-11 19:16

2 replies

OMEGALUL ENCE WASTED SPOT OMEGALUL

2019-05-11 23:48

1 reply

Yes mens ence tier 6

2019-05-12 10:03

2019-05-11 19:05

Astralis threw so they couldn't face MMNiP weak as fuck tactics

Yeah ofc

2019-05-11 19:07

And you have to try spelling properly so we can understand you,

2019-05-11 20:06

I find it funny to read about the "boring" thing about THE most studied team in the world ... and now we have the "fluke" thing about Ence ... So far the "fluke" has been going on for half a year.

2019-05-11 19:09

8 replies

2019-05-11 19:11

2019-05-11 19:27

+1 unexpected from Astralis fan.

2019-05-11 19:39

HA! No worries, my friend! I like some GOOD CS, and Ence played BRILLIANTLY against all the fancy stuff you normally see from Astralis! It was a WONDERFUL match! ;O) Take care, my friend, and may the best team win in the final!

2019-05-11 19:41

+1 rare astralis fan! respect from ence fan!

2019-05-11 19:47

+1 for actual wholesome Astralis fan

2019-05-11 19:53

Thank you, Sir! Some people seem to lose their membership of "Homo Sapiens": The THINKING Man ... when they dedicate their fan support to a certain club or team. The reasoning or chain of logic should be EASY to understand for anyone capable of THINKING: Astralis has been top#1 for a year. That may simply be too tuff for ANY team in the future to copy! SO: ANY team being able to win even a MAP against Astralis is GENIOUS, STRONG, SMART, BOLD, AMONGST THE BEST OF THE BEST! It's THAT simple! ;O)

2019-05-11 20:04

Tbh, if you're calling a fluke, it's since the end of march (or february don't remember) which us 2/3 months..

2019-05-12 21:56

nt, BLASTralis gonna get rekted

2019-05-11 19:12

Why do you guyz KEEP using words like "rekt" when these superstars are playing? Anyone can beat anyone at the top, but normally it's tight and great fun to watch!

2019-05-11 19:32

ummm

2019-05-12 03:27

Stop acting like adult in HLTV

2019-05-12 09:40

+1 I like THAT one! ;O)

2019-05-12 11:54

NT KID

2019-05-11 19:24

You’re gonna regret that...

2019-05-11 19:38

9-2

2019-05-11 20:41

Oof

2019-05-11 21:08

welp,ence demolished astralis

2019-05-11 21:31

What did you say? LMAO 2-0 EZZZZ FUCKING IDIOT

2019-05-11 22:31

that did not work out for you didn't it?

2019-05-12 00:32

2019-05-12 02:19

TOO EZ for ENCE

2019-05-12 13:12

hltv.org/matches/2332821/astralis-vs-enc..

2019-05-13 12:49

Yes

Nice try Giants

Nip could've been close second had they had not been fisted by Giants.

Lul

Proud of my Ninjas! They were not good against GIANTS but still , #GONINJAS all the time

2019-05-11 19:04

Hat's off for GeT-RiGhT anf f0rest: They battled it out against Zonic 7 years ago!

2019-05-11 19:18

EZ for #1 ever

EZ4ENCE

what a surprise

EZ4ENCE Ps: Stand-off rigged

Giants deserve at least top 30/20

14 replies

Tbh they deserve top 30-40

2019-05-11 19:14

7 replies

Not expecting that answer from you hermano :)

I mean, the goal is to show that the península has good teams and players who can stand up in the global ranking

yesterday Alex and Deathzz were insane

>Giants 30-40 >Mibr 1-10

nt >MiBR 0-16

2019-05-11 20:02

LULK

2019-05-11 23:49

#44 now, told you guys

2019-05-13 20:23

bro it is just 1 event, if they want to be top 20 they should be better than top 30 teams constantly

2019-05-11 19:28

5 replies

And they are but they haven't been able to do it because the event organizers just dont invite them to their tournaments, leaving them with online tournaments where they play with 70/80 ping, and in a top level its impossible to play with 80 ping

2019-05-11 19:34

i play always with 80 ping and i think it is decent

It's decent in a amateur level not in a competition level where every milisecond matters

Any European organization should be able to send its team to Germany/France for 2 or 3 days to play an online qualifier. Europe has a super efficient transport system between the countries, ping is not an excuse.

2019-05-11 20:09

It is when you have low funds

2019-05-11 20:10

joke tournament

uhh, heartwrenching finish to that ence vs giants match

Happy for giants!

2019-05-11 19:08

+1 They can be proud ... and GREAT supporters as well! ;O)

2019-05-11 19:19

auti so good rest of c9 SOOOOO BAD

It's a shit tournament, made for bo1 teams like liquid. ence, Astralis, Navi and mibr should be playing bo3. Liquid won't win any bo3 T1 tournaments but shit tournaments

Blablablabla ... "Official Troll" makes sense, but your comment doesn't. Millions of people watching, thousands at the event ... The entertainment seems to be fine, and you may NOT have anything interesting to say about which tournaments these top pro's should play or not.

13 replies

Millions? LUL. Not even 150k on twitch. Arena not even half full. Casters not even casting seriously. No Sadokist, no party! Worst Blast ever imo.

2019-05-11 19:30

Ok. Only a few hundred nerds in dark rooms in basements here and there on the planet ... and you and I are practically the only ones commenting on it in an extremely exclusive chatroom ...

2019-05-11 19:36

This is a shit tournament set up, bo1's group stage straight to a final, liquid got the the final against astalis due to 'round difference' it's a joke tournament, you see it's a joke because liquid want to play blast and not ESL one Cologne. Why do they want to play blast not ESL one? Because they can't compete at T1 tournaments, struggled against fnatic at t2 tournament. Joke tournaments

10 replies

Fair enuff. You don't HAVE to watch it, if you don't like it. I can recommend Fortnite or LOL (no pun intended!) ;O)

9 replies

I'm just saying man, this tournament has so much potential, it's just wasted entirely because you have crap structure and all, I want this tournament to be better and it was more interesting before all of this victory map bullshit they made this year, it's a good idea but it's essentially just going to be a tournament for teams like liquid to try and go oh look at us winning so many tournaments, I love cs and always have but the tournament scene will only get worse with tournaments like this getting lots of attention in my opinoon

Thank you! Now ... THAT is DECENT conversation !!! And I appreciate that !!! REALLY! (it is SOOO rare in here ...) You are ABSOLUTELY entitled to have your opinion! We may not agree, but THAT doesn't make you my enemy! May life bring you joy and happiness! ;O)

2019-05-11 19:45

It's so good to finally meet someone who doesn't scream in my face because they disagree with my opinion! I've actually found a conversation on hltv worth having! May life bring you joy;)!

2019-05-11 19:48

He ... "Decency" or being polite, gentle, kind, respectful ... I mean ... it seems to be sooo straight forward or natural to most of us ... I simply don't understand all the "stfu", "motherfk'er", "gay" or what have you ... COMPLETELY unnecessary! It is MUCH more interesting to "exchange viewpoints", and what would be more boring than everybody agreeing with me ... I find the Blast format entertaining and action packed, where all other tournaments basically have the same formats. Enjoy the final, my man! ;O)

2019-05-11 19:55

That's fair, I get why people may find it more entertaining with the whole bo1 series stuff. I'm quite old school and like the bo3 series with a quarter final and semifinals before the finals. I really just don't like a straight to the finals because it's like well okay liquid are in the finals but what if it came to bo3 knock out stages before the final, they could easily be beaten like they were at Katowice by ence and the same goes for ence and astralis. To get to the final you need a challenge like at majors and cologne. We saw at the first blast that liquid got lucky to get to the final, no overtime against ence on overpass meant a draw which meant that liquid through on 'round difference' I just think that's such a boring system if there is no overtime in a game as well.

2019-05-11 20:03

As mentioned: Your opinion is YOURS, and NO ONE can change that. I think a DIVERSITY of tournament formats is absolutely fine and entertaining. Ence took a map from Astralis today ... but when it comes to a Bo3 final, I would find it REALLY SURPRISING if ANY team can take down Astralis at the moment.

2019-05-11 20:11

RFRSH is trying to make esports/CS into a mainstream sport like football by trying to package it into a 90 minute programme while giving no respect to how the game should be played. Treating round difference as goal difference is simply bs IMO. It's a meaningless stat that's used to punish teams on equal points. I don't think BLAST will ever be a successful event without having partnered teams. I think even the orgs and players are realizing how trash these events are. RFRSH has to be losing money in these tournaments. Idk how they can afford a $250k prize money every tournament.

It's juzz SUPER entertaining, isn't it ??! TWO days ... over and out. Action packed and full speed ahead ... Even some upset potential and chances for the "underdogs" to put up some great fights! And then the stand-off show ... Now even in Madrid there were chances for some local teams to give it a shot against the best of the best: Hat's off for Giants! It's just NOT a Major or an IEM event ... it's not the final rounds of a league ... it's just FULL SPEED ahead!

2019-05-11 20:19

No, it's not. I prefer storylines, open circuit qualifiers, more number and variety of teams competing in a better format. Nothing to look forward to other than the final.

2019-05-11 21:14

FREE AUTIMATIC

GOD ALLU

2019-05-11 19:21

How come I put vice as "noob" in my team role, but I am currently on -150 points on him? Wtf?

i'm thinking the same, i guess this is rigged or something :D

2019-05-11 19:29

It's really f'in weird. He averaged 0.63 rating this event, I would get Extra points every single match he has played so far, but instead I got -150 points. The fuck HLTV

2019-05-11 19:40

Just a meme team, wat up now haters?

Expected

Why giants last?

Lost against C9

Worst Blast ever. Blast twitch moderating has to be the worst. 30 second cooldown in chat? You don't even have 150k viewers. It was a 2 minute cooldown at one point on the main stream. Have the word "skip" in your sentence? 10 min cooldown. Type "JW VAC BANNED CHECK HLTV"? 10 min cooldown. What a trash event and trash stream.