Virtus.pro remain undefeated in IEM New York CIS with win over NAVI

17-10-2020 20:34

Aleksei "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev's squad has extended their win streak across multiple competitions to 11 series and look set for a playoff spot in IEM New York CIS.

Virtus.pro took down the #1 team in the region, Natus Vincere, in impressive fashion in their third IEM New York CIS group stage match. Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali's team had solid leads going into the second halves of both Inferno and Overpass, and denied the comeback attempts from Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy's troops to close it 2-0.

Ahead of the game, the CIS rivals played just two matches against each other this year, with one win on each side's tally. Ranking-wise big underdogs, Virtus.pro (#27) proved too much to handle for Natus Vincere (#3), securing their biggest win since the return of Timur "⁠buster⁠" Tulepov to the lineup.

With three wins from three matches and FORZE and Cyber Legacy left to play, Virtus.pro seem like a lock-in for the playoffs of the CIS RMR event, but will hope to go flawless and confirm the semi-final spot.

qikert was the big impact player for Virtus.pro

A 2-0 start for Natus Vincere on Inferno was quickly turned over by Virtus.pro, who built their success on Banana dominance. The score was 7-3 in the favor of the CIS mixture when Jame clutched a 1v3 on B, but Qikert was the brightest star as Virtus.pro took a 10-5 half time lead.

Natus Vincere shrugged off the mid aggression in the second half pistol and started their comeback as T, but weren't able to catch up. At 11-10, Virtus.pro tied two key rounds together and closed out the map after an unfortunately timed Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev techical issue, 16-11.

Overpass, the pick of Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov and co., followed a similar pattern early on, as Natus Vincere's good opening were cancelled out by Virtus.pro on the rifle rounds. At 6-4, Jame and Qikert turned around a 2v4 to push their team forward, finishing the CT half 9-6.

A second-round force-buy enabled the comeback of Natus Vincere, winning six out of the first eight rounds, but losing another big advantage, this time a 5v2, spelled disaster for the Russian-Ukranian squad (13-12). Virtus.pro were near perfect from that point onward, closing out the series after Sanjar "⁠SANJI⁠" Kuliev's ninth multikill of the map, 16-13.

IEM New York 2020 CISBest of 3

Natus Vincere

Matchpage

17th October 2020

Virtus.pro

Inferno

Overpass

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev s1mple	41 - 34	+7	82.5	67.9%	1.15
Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy Perfecto	39 - 38	+1	80.2	73.2%	1.10
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Boombl4	35 - 41	-6	70.1	67.9%	0.95
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov electroNic	35 - 43	-8	67.4	58.9%	0.82
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev flamie	25 - 37	-12	49.0	64.3%	0.73

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Aleksei 'Qikert' Golubev Qikert	44 - 35	+9	83.8	80.4%	1.27
Dzhami 'Jame' Ali Jame	36 - 29	+7	63.0	78.6%	1.14
Timur 'buster' Tulepov buster	38 - 40	-2	73.6	76.8%	1.09
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis YEKINDAR	36 - 39	-3	72.2	76.8%	1.07
Sanjar 'SANJI' Kuliev SANJI	36 - 35	+1	75.0	73.2%	1.05

Group A

TEAM

got cis'ed

2020-10-17 20:35

6 replies

so much better than navi

4 replies

easiest 322 i guess

2020-10-17 20:45

3 replies

Wrong game bro

2020-10-17 21:07

2 replies

navi dno, played only simple need -4

2020-10-17 21:21

1 reply

nah, -flamie the inconsistent bot and -boombI4 the useless, other 3 are fine get sdy and proper igl

2020-10-17 21:47

Got s0mple'd

2020-10-17 20:48

bruh

S0mple

expected

Yep, only needed to kick adren (sorry adren)

2020-10-17 21:57

change the liquid in my name to VP and we're good

2020-10-18 06:31

Tru, but works like this aswell

2020-10-18 09:42

NaviKEKW

2020-10-17 20:36

VP is back

+1 now officially

2020-10-17 21:45

s0mple

Polish cs is back!! ohh wait...

s0s0mple

2020-10-17 20:37

He earns lot's of money, fuks free rusky pusky, plays game, now he doesn't even try and go out every night, drinks and still get to screw your bets haha. Betting Navi in small tournaments that are online is just amatezr betting lul

2020-10-18 19:34

haha

poggers

s0mple was garbage today, couldn't hit a barn door with the awp

+1 Like always

2020-10-17 20:49

Jame Time)

2020-10-17 20:38

S0mple to valulrant

everyone knows that Navi cannot play against the CIS I haven't watched the match, but I think VP played great

Thay got consistently lucky along side with some demo work.

2020-10-18 12:31

VP top 10 soon

s2mple noob

s0mple pimple p0mple, what else to call it?

7 replies

s1mple_sumple_top1_s0mple

2020-10-17 20:41

s0mpl0

2020-10-17 20:52

s0mple, zero in his name, zero majors in this game

4_finals_against_astralis_0_wins 10_majors_0_wins 2_major_finals_0_wins_and_0.6_average_rating ch0keple Tox0mple

2020-10-17 20:51

rekt

2020-10-17 20:56

Man his major finals didn't even count Been rekt by gla1ve with the monitor turned off in FACEIT isn't the worse He was rekt by TACO in 2016

2020-10-17 20:57

Noob2mple

2020-10-17 21:14

NAVI KEKW VP AND SPIRIT THE REAL CIS GIANTS AND HOPEFULLY THE FINAL OF THIS RMR EVENT.

2020-10-17 20:39

+1 this would be dope

2020-10-18 15:37

2020-10-17 20:42

navi haters here XD nice kids

welcome back in the real world tox1mple

2020-10-17 20:44

Its Jame Time

2020-10-17 20:46

s0mple you should keep baiting kekw

2020-10-17 20:47

Qikert > s0mple

s0competentteammates

2020-10-17 20:50

wow nice vp !

NAVI in 2k20 KEKW

top1 team for some months and top1-3 for some other

2020-10-17 21:02

simple has been terrible lately missed tons of crucial easy shots ..

Watch his insta and get to know why very soon..

2020-10-18 19:36

wtf

2020-10-17 20:54

flashpoint team

2020-10-17 20:59

navi lul

2020-10-17 21:03

s1mple's second map is awful.

90% comments about s1mple's +7 play (still pretty bad today), 0% comments about -8 electronic, who supposed to be 2nd star in team or even better then s1mple due to haters.

2020-10-17 21:06

5 replies

s0mple - overrated toxic baiter electronic - good and humble player thats why

2020-10-17 21:15

But s1mple has changed into a nice human being. Hasnt he??

2020-10-17 23:03

So they say for how many years? Nevertheless, back in the spring there was scandal after scandal and everything with the participation of simple

2020-10-18 10:48

in Overpass electronic + and s1mple -

2020-10-17 21:23

Elec has lost form in last half a year or so I guess child and bitching ungrateful wife is not helping to stay top rifler in the world.

2020-10-18 12:34

Qikert rejected navi offer to play with avangar(now vp) is the best decision he had ever to choose

14 replies

0/8

2020-10-17 21:08

Qikert want to join Navi but CEO of AVG and Jame don't want to let him go

2020-10-17 21:17

Oh wow, they won the one match against Na'Vi, what a great decision! But truth is VP is still trash in comparison with Na'Vi.

2020-10-17 21:19

10 replies

year 0 Major

2020-10-17 21:24

9 replies

VP won 0 quals in this year (except the Flashpoint qualifications), VP won 1/9 games on LAN. VP didn't even reached the play-off on big tournaments. One victory against Na'Vi changes nothing

2020-10-17 21:38

And in group stages lol

2020-10-17 22:07

True +1

and you have 0 brain.

2020-10-18 00:15

0 major

2020-10-18 00:24

0 IQ nobody gives damn about this shit tournaments

2020-10-18 00:44

all your life you have been taught that you are nothing, therefore you literally pass on to others whit that word,,, now I want to try to go a little deeper ,,, hope you can follow that you tell people that they have no brain, say that you are low educated and are a child, that's fine enough I can accommodate you

2020-10-18 12:58

2020-10-18 02:11

you are a refugees in France,,,im right ?

2020-10-18 12:56

Lol bot you must be new quiter was crying to hltv how he missed life time opportunity to join navi and it was not so long ago like 6 months or so.

2020-10-18 12:37

Ez for VP

2020-10-17 21:26

Virtus.Pro is looking good rn., I'm surprised by them, with small changes they might be even TOP 10 team. NaVi is showing a little bit of life left in them, overall the core of s1mple, electronic and Boombl4 can still make a great team together I think.

2020-10-17 21:29

Polish cs pog again

2020-10-17 21:30

EZ 4 MY BOY JAME AND HIS CREW

2020-10-17 22:00

Told you guys Na Vi Sucks ass

2020-10-17 22:06

Insert meme: "What year is this!?" :)

2020-10-17 22:12

Expected, s0mple malding

2020-10-17 22:25

So navi is out when they lose both matches xd Forze probably will destroy them. If navi loses to espada, then this team is dead

2020-10-17 22:33

Lul and after s0mple top1 over zywoo ? LuL LuL and LuL

2020-10-17 22:41

ZyWho? hltv.org/matches/2343632/vitality-vs-spi..

2020-10-18 06:06

zywoo even when he lose he is still +19 at the end and what is the point you try to explain here ? because more and more i try to understand russians and more and more i lose some brain cells ps: s0mple baiter/exit fragger hahahah

2020-10-18 11:03

Wow two pro teams wow such amazings one is top 1 in rmr standings the other is unbeaten at iem still wooow what a world we live in such pro

2020-10-17 22:43

I didn’t think these guys would ever be good again but it seems like they are finally coming around

2020-10-17 23:05

VP is... back?

2020-10-17 23:41

jame>p1mple

2020-10-18 00:06

ALGA VP

2020-10-18 00:13

Remember, it’s a team game -- Qikert

2020-10-18 00:34

To all of you who think vp is back afther wining countless games vs t4 teams and one match with huge luck and alot of prep vs navi. You know what? shut up.

2020-10-18 12:40