BLAST Pro Series Los Angeles Fantasy recap

15-7-2019 13:10

Let's take a look at the Fantasy game for BLAST Pro Series Los Angeles, where Liquid continued their dominant form.

Unlike at ESL One Cologne, where a plethora of teams and players were viable options for users, at BLAST Pro Series LA, the selection was smaller and the favorite was apparent - Liquid. Going the obvious route paid off this time around, but the key was to not overlook Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic, who had an outstanding tournament.

Incorporating multiple Liquid members was crucial for this event

The ideal lineup was a combination of two big-hitters, NAF ($220,000) and Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken ($223,000), with Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip ($205,000) being the final piece of the Liquid puzzle. To finish off the lineup, going for two budget picks from Renegades was the best option.

With the best roles, the ideal lineup brought in 924 points:

Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic (Defender): 336 + 56 = 392 pts
Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken (HS): 186 + 63 = 249
Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip (Leader): 168 + 70 = 238 pts
Jay "⁠Liazz⁠" Tregillgas (Stathunter): 22 + 16 = 38 pts
Sean "⁠Gratisfaction⁠" Kaiwai (AWP): -29 + 36 = 7 pts

The highest scoring team in the HLTV Money Draft league was appropriately named "THEBEST", made by user spankeer. He successfully combined Liquid's trio with Renegades' duo, with some good booster and role selection earning him a total of 949 points. Interestingly, the runner up in the league was Marko "⁠kressy⁠" Đorđević, who won the HLTV Fantasy game for IEM Sydney back in May.

HLTV Fantasy League:

1. spankeer (949)

Outside of the ideal lineup, a number of players had a good tournament and were great picks for Live Draft leagues. Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage, Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač, and Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte made it into the top 10, with the only surprise perhaps being Lucas "⁠LUCAS1⁠" Teles, whose 71 points was the standout for MIBR.

1. Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic: 336 pts
2. Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken: 186 pts
3. Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip: 168 pts
4. Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage: 103 pts
5. Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte: 100 pts
6. Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač: 88 pts
7. Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski: 78 pts
8. Lucas "⁠LUCAS1⁠" Teles: 71 pts
9. Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga: 58 pts
10. Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács: 51 pts

Stay tuned for news about upcoming tournaments that will be featured on the HLTV Fantasy game and share your results in the comments below.

Expected

2019-07-15 13:10

3 replies

Stewie with 168 points not in top 10 wtf

2019-07-15 13:44

1 reply

EZ4SPANKEER

2019-07-15 16:31

HLTV mentions usernames as well. I'm wondering if someday users like Diggest Bick will win fantasy league

not first

2019-07-15 13:11

expected

gay4liazz

2019-07-15 13:13

How can the number 1 get more points than "most ideal"??

2 replies

boosters

2019-07-15 15:34

Naflying

2019-07-15 13:14

Idk

2019-07-15 13:15

fantasy essentially picking 3 from winning team, 1 okay player and 1 that definitely wont reach finals so he doesnt ruin your score more

2019-07-15 13:20

lol that's not true at all... Only works in Blast. In tournaments with more teams the best players are more spreaded.

2019-07-15 16:10

LOL liquid top3 player LOL let me guess haters still no era for liquid

2019-07-15 13:23

17 replies

nonono GODJKS was in top 3 don’t doubt us we will come back #renegades #ytb

2019-07-15 15:21

4 replies

2019-07-15 15:49

Until liquid win major they dont have an era

2019-07-15 17:16

Don’t be jelly liquid got the worst looking flair on hltv now.

2019-07-15 18:44

Jebaited

2019-07-15 18:59

2018 - Astralis win Dreamhack,EPL,ECS,Eleague - people say NO era, first win major 2019 - Liquid win IEM Sydney with no good teams in there, DreamHack Ok ence was there, EPL, Cologne - Mostly NA fans say ERA. Explain please?

2019-07-15 16:13

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I say Astralis had a era and go back nearly 2 years and avg out teams finishes I guarantee liquid would have the best avg. 2018 2wins and what 8-102nds 2019 6 wins couple 2nds. That’s a crazy good team for 2 years straight.

2019-07-15 16:15

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Ofc Astralis had a era, but if we talk in period of April 2018 - July 2018 when astralis won 4 tournaments, people didn't consider it as an era, mostly was saying "You need to win major to have a era"

2019-07-15 16:19

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Liquid did something no other team did. Went 4 for 4 in the grand slam. They ciuld possible go 8 for 8 with 2 slams and a major. That 100% would be the greatest team EVER.

2019-07-15 16:21

Like grand slam actually mean something, its just extra money. Major still has the biggest meaning in csgo, if you didn't win any how can you be The Greatest? If Liquid win next major then i can surely say its Liquid era, but now its just a good run, 4 straight tournaments its really impressive but not a era yet.

2019-07-15 16:25

And do u think liquid can keep it going???

2019-07-15 16:27

I don't do any predictions, i just watching. It all depends on themselves, they ofc can win a major but at the same time they can lose it. So let's just wait a major and see how it all goes.

2019-07-15 16:29

Fair enough.

2019-07-15 16:36

Is it liquids fault there was no good teams at Sydney?

2019-07-16 08:51

not liquid fault, but its not a tier1 event

2019-07-16 09:31

It’s a tier 1 event if the boys are there

2019-07-16 09:32

dont be fucking delusional

2019-07-16 09:33

Waaaait a sec.. Ideal lineup with ideal roles nets 924 pts but the league winner netted 949 pts? How the heck would that even be possible, might I ask?

2019-07-15 13:29

he didnt have ideal roles but got points from boosts

2019-07-15 13:31

Pls explain, I thought the ideal roles would be the one that net the most points in the end. Are there other boosts for stats then the roles which give points?

2019-07-15 13:33

hltv.org/news/27208/esl-one-cologne-fant.. permament roles for each player that can give 0/3/10 points. then theres 14 boosters that only work once for 1 player in that match. boosters also give 0/3/10 points depending on success.

2019-07-15 13:35

Oh, alright! Thanks for the information. :) I wasn't aware, haven't really participated in the fantasy league.

2019-07-15 13:37

Gratisfaction brought 7 points Wasn't there a better AWPer?

2019-07-15 13:41

It's not because of his awping, it's because of his low money value.

2019-07-15 13:46

kressy OP

2019-07-15 13:42

Fucking TACO, I had grat, naf, twistzz and brehze, almost went so well, and forgot about boosts

2019-07-15 13:52

Does the winner win anything?

2019-07-15 13:56

i was like asleep when half the matches happened didnt have time for boosters((

You can apply boosters for every game before you sleep then

2019-07-15 14:04

yea i forget tho((

2019-07-15 14:19

Faze was a little bit shaky on first map and they had the potential to win that map but liquid was better at all hope to see faze returning to their best

I'm pretty sure kr3ssy isn't German pro player kressy

2019-07-15 14:20

I'm pretty sure if HLTV mentions the link to him, they have verified that it's him.

2019-07-15 14:27

Yup

2019-07-15 15:54

they have made mistakes like that in the past, like linking the wrong player, that's why I doubted it

2019-07-15 17:56

Expected from THEBEST

2019-07-15 14:26

Just make unable to pick more than 2 players from one team its will be more intresting otherwise picking core players of Astralis/Liquid every events its too easy, once i picked 4 Astralis players and got top100 instrantly

2019-07-15 14:34

Is there any reward on winning fantasy or it is just for fun?

2019-07-15 14:58

2019-07-15 15:12

recap : crap event

2019-07-15 15:46

feels

Elige wtfk with you whay so bad this event?????

2019-07-15 17:02

what is the diffrence between bait (Booster) and avenger (Booster) and how a get points in boost if j pick never behind please explain to me ????

bait: player gets traded 5 times avenger: player trades a fallen teammate 5 times you get points by picking the correct booster for that round

2019-07-15 17:59

TY What about never behind . Team must be all the time lead or My pick player must be first on scoreboard??? J want to know everything before Chicago :) of course if it is Fantasy

2019-07-15 18:29