Gen.G upset OG in Flashpoint 2 Group C opening match

Gen.G were in firm control throughout both Train (16-5) and Dust2 (16-10), sweeping OG to proceed through the Group C upper bracket.

Gen.G, who are playing with Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström and Rasmus "⁠kreaz⁠" Johansson as stand-ins and have no official matches played since ESL Pro League Season 12 in September, when Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele and Sam "⁠s0m⁠" Oh left the team, made quick work of OG in their opening Flashpoint 2 match. Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand and company did so convincingly, winning their pick, Train, by an ample 16-5 margin, after which OG played into Gen.G’s puggy style on Dust2, which ended 16-10.

OG, who come from being eliminated from IEM Beijing-Haidian in last place following losses to FaZe and Spirit, will now have to continue through the Group C lower bracket after their defeat at the hands of Chris "⁠Elmapuddy⁠" Tebbit’s men. There, they will face off against Cloud9, who lost their opening map to Virtus.pro. The red-hot CIS squad, who have won 13 out of their last 15 matches, will now be Gen.G’s next test, as the two will meet in the upcoming upper bracket match.

koosta, who is now leading Gen.G, ended the series with a 1.66 rating

Gen.G successfully hit the B site in the first two rounds of Train to take the lead on the attack, which they extended against pistols with a fast A play. OG put the Terrorists through the blender as they tried to hit A again in the first gun round, but were then unable to stop a B play, going down 1-4. The two teams then traded rounds, with Gen.G playing a straightforward duel-heavy playstyle that gave them an edge over OG on the way to a 7-2 lead. OG won a pistol buy off the back of two P250 opening kills by Mateusz "⁠mantuu⁠" Wilczewski, but they were unable to follow it up as Gen.G dominated the half, 12-3.

kreaz won a 1vs2 clutch on an A retake with two USP headshots to keep Gen.G in a commanding lead, as they hit match point two rounds later. Without being able to get a bomb plant, OG went into what could have been the last round with two Galils, two Desert Eagles and a Scout, but kept the map alive in-extremis. The dream of a comeback didn’t last long, however, as they were stopped on their tracks at 5-16.

Gen.G were once again first out of the gate on OG’s map pick, Dust2, this time on the CT side. After winning the first three rounds, Gen.G gave up their first round of the half, but immediately went back to putting up a wall as OG were unable to find openings into either bomb site. Gen.G maintained control of the half, giving up just a scattering of rounds on the way to a 10-5 half.

Four kills by Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad kept OG in the game, as they brought it back to 6-10, but unable to win against Gen.G’s forcebuy, they once again started to fall behind. OG once again won a round with nothing to back it up, as Gen.G kept their momentum, and although they couldn't immediately close out the series, they eventually did, 16-10, to keep progressing through the Group C upper bracket.

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OG	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Mateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewskimantuu	24 - 33	-9	63.5	63.8%	0.88
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	28 - 37	-9	70.8	63.8%	0.87
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	30 - 38	-8	72.9	63.8%	0.86
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	23 - 35	-12	64.9	66.0%	0.78
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	19 - 32	-13	54.9	68.1%	0.71

Gen.G	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Kenneth 'koosta' Suenkoosta	47 - 28	+19	108.3	85.1%	1.66
Rasmus 'kreaz' Johanssonkreaz	37 - 20	+17	77.1	91.5%	1.45
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandBnTeT	35 - 29	+6	84.1	85.1%	1.21
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	27 - 28	-1	67.9	74.5%	1.05
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	29 - 22	+7	52.3	78.7%	1.03