Gambit, NiP, Cloud9 fall in Snow Sweet Snow 2 quarter-finals

9-3-2021 22:43

The quarter-finals day of the tournament's second edition was full of upsets as every directly invited team has been eliminated.

The Snow Sweet Snow 2 quarter-finals have come to a close as the underdogs prevailed in their respective series, which saw HAVU, AGO, Winstrike, and Copenhagen Flames advance to the tournament's semi-finals. Sprout, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Cloud9, and Gambit have been eliminated from the event.

The day began with a series between Sprout and HAVU, in which former ENCE duo Jani "⁠Aerial⁠" Jussila and Sami "⁠xseveN⁠" Laasanen ensured a 2-1 win for the Finnish side, who had only recently entered the top 30 and now hold a 13-series winning streak.

IEM Katowice champions Gambit were eliminated by Copenhagen Flames

AGO then sent home the struggling Ninjas in Pyjamas side on the back of a massive performance from their AWPer, Michał "⁠snatchie⁠" Rudzki, who averaged 101.4 ADR and a 1.53 rating over three close maps to secure his team a spot in the semi-finals.

Cloud9 haven't been able to get out of their rut, either, with a loss to Winstrike seeing the Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin-led side add another disappointing finish to their resumé following the unsuccessful campaign in the DreamHack Masters Spring closed qualifier last weekend.

The quarter-finals ended with a bout between Gambit and Copenhagen Flames, in which the Danes stunned the IEM Katowice champions as they came back from a narrow opening loss on Vertigo to win Train and Overpass.

The semi-finals and the grand final will take place on Wednesday, with the matchups and schedule looking as follows:

Wednesday, March 10
12:00 Copenhagen Flames vs. AGO
15:00 HAVU vs. Winstrike
18:00 Grand final

amazing event LUL

2021-03-09 22:44

10 replies

i said it..

2021-03-09 22:45

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nice script, all invited teams lost 1-2 in the same fashion lol

2021-03-10 05:21

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Stop acting like a idiot fakeflagger.

2021-03-10 05:44

How much money your lost be honest?

2021-03-10 08:11

Don't be one of "those" users, friend...

2021-03-10 15:57

tier 5 teams

2021-03-09 22:59

ago is only team wich is not in hltv top 30. "tier 5 sure"

2021-03-10 07:46

havu tier 1 next month

2021-03-10 14:27

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This month if they keep up this streak lol

2021-03-10 18:17

2021-03-10 00:08

LOL choke

2021-03-09 22:43

lol

Lets go CPHFLAMES

2021-03-10 08:57

As someone said: Scam Sweet Scam

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how much?

2021-03-09 23:09

They need money for another edition

2021-03-10 13:57

Rekt fluke gambit

tier 3 is to strong

#NotMyC9

THROW SWEET THROW 2

LOL

havuja

2021-03-09 22:46

havu vs cph in final and havu will whoop those danish noobs once again :)

more look like havu vs ago

2021-03-09 22:51

Prob Havu vs AGO, CPH can impress, they're just waaay to volatile rn

2021-03-10 09:40

Sprout getting rekt by low teams is expected at this point But gambit going from Katowice champions to losing to cph flames in the same week is strange, looks like they Need some more time Also C9 as disappointing as usual but I don’t think anyone needs to point that out anymore

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Gambit probably just used the match as a practice run

Stupid for them since they just got their first invites to the bigger tournaments and now they are acting like they dont care about these lower tier matches.

2021-03-10 08:04

yeah, we won't know for certain tho it's snow sweet snow after all - maybe they got a ton of money to throw the game, which kinda would be in their best interest, so they can save strats and prepare for Pro League which starts for them in two weeks. nobody knows

2021-03-10 08:13

just proves there is no tiers in eu cs. top teams just boosting rankings by circle jerking invites.. nothing new. many top 20 teams are irrelevant without circle jerking invites.

2021-03-09 23:11

cloud 9 is great example

2021-03-10 01:12

That was crazy how they got straight into those big events without proving anything and got a spot on the top 20 by just finishing last

2021-03-10 08:05

If it wasnt for invites and them being partner team they would have hard time getting in top30

2021-03-10 08:06

Pretty much the case. And then people are shocked by these "upsets".

2021-03-10 10:07

Gambot is CIS lucky trash

2021-03-10 01:06

Don't bet kidderson and you'll be much happier.

2021-03-10 02:15

This has been happening always, a team wins big things and gets upset the next day in some irrelevant cup

2021-03-10 06:47

eu tier 3 is too strong wtf

2021-03-09 22:47

OMEGALUL NLINE CS

2021-03-09 22:52

Wtf

2021-03-09 22:53

wow what an upset by cph flames, i hope they win it all

2021-03-09 22:54

+1 i hope so. Would be cool

2021-03-10 08:58

C9 and Sprout losses were expected, others were very surprising.

2021-03-09 22:56

they dont give a damn about this one, plain and simple

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Not an excuse

2021-03-09 22:57

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did i say it was one?

Sounds like it 😳

2021-03-09 23:10

just facts

2021-03-09 23:53

Actually post #23 was an opinion, not fact.

2021-03-10 15:58

Yes son, you know better

2021-03-10 20:46

Sure, nice excuses haha

2021-03-10 10:42

Havu🥵

gambot back to tier 3

2021-03-09 23:00

Someone called out CPH win over Gambit, you guy a bet monster!

2021-03-09 23:04

I did not bet

2021-03-10 07:45

what was the odds on cph before the match was started?

2021-03-10 08:59

I had CHP +1.5 just for testing if the script works. Now there are only teams left that takes this event seriously. So no more fix.

2021-03-10 09:11

No matches stats?????

All matches was won by underdogs, impressive

2021-03-09 23:07

Not havu vs sprout. Havu had 1.x odds and Sprout 2.x

2021-03-10 05:46

ah, when i saw it i thought of sprout as clear winners but i guess they aren't as good anymore

2021-03-10 09:49

Winstrike and havu =/= underdogs

Zywoo carried me in faceit, do you guys think that I apply as an igl for C9?

2021-03-09 23:12

Did you set him up with flashes like Alex did? Lul

2021-03-09 23:48

Sure. And we won the game so I guess that I am a t1 igl now

2021-03-10 07:50

Just call HenryG, I am sure he will give you a 1M contract

oh wait, but I just realized that I am not brit like him :/

2021-03-10 09:14

If Clown9 plays, Clown9 loses

2021-03-09 23:36

FeelsBadMan HenryG

2021-03-09 23:44

2021-03-10 05:03

EZ for HAVU now

2021-03-09 23:47

Nothing will stop HAVU! Getting revenge on lulstrike next!

C9 wasted spot

2021-03-10 00:46

Gambit is still pretty good, the no.4 ranked team shouldn't lose match such as this though, NIP has barely any life left in them, changes might be needed, same goes for Cloud9. Honestly I'm not that surprised by this.

2021-03-10 00:49

Who takes online CS serious after this ? lol

2021-03-10 01:03

if anything it just shows we need more open qualifiers and stop inviting teams that dont deserve invites

2021-03-10 15:37

Tbh Sprout and Clown9 losses aren’t upsets since they’re ranked 20-30 as the team that beat team NIP is hopeless for some time now, not shocked by this The only real upset was Gambit, but one could imagine this since they were like ranked #20 some weeks ago with the same roster

2021-03-10 01:09

Gambit...what a joke

GamBOT *

2021-03-10 08:45

322 fiesta

How else you think they could afford $100k prize pool.

2021-03-10 02:07

Need police to get involved here lol

2021-03-10 01:13

Just like Gaules said, tier 1 and tier 2 doesn't tank tier 3 tournament. It's a dog eats dog place

2021-03-10 02:02

That's all about match fix.

2021-03-10 02:19

Gambit more like flukebit ahahaha expected from cis fluke team no.1 ahahaha

2021-03-10 02:21

Gambit, the world's luckiest team, proving their reality against copenhagen flames

2021-03-10 02:24

+1 Even Hobbit said in Katowice interview when asked about the reasons they’re doing so well. “Because its online”

2021-03-10 10:44

Clown9 disband please

2021-03-10 03:46

Gambit era 1 week LUL

2021-03-10 04:17

Expected from super tier pros!

2021-03-10 05:20

TRASH TO TRASH TOURNAMENT WHY ALWAYS FUCKING FOCUSING THIS MATCHES?

Why is it that the lower-tier teams always destroy the big names, when given the chance? This leads us to the problem of lack of variety. Playing against the same teams again and again, doesn't make you learn and grow compared to the lower-tier teams that hunger for success and spotlight...

2021-03-10 05:24

Omfg all the invited teams got rekt xD

2021-03-10 05:39

Expected, the same happened in Kato

2021-03-10 09:04

Aaah the online era back at it again

2021-03-10 07:26

CPHF GODS

2021-03-10 07:44

Ahaha, very nice :)

2021-03-10 07:47

Gambit - CPH Flames should be investigated by ESIC for potential match fixing.

2021-03-10 08:21

How much money you lost?

2021-03-10 13:56

Gambit like old good ENCE. They rised for 1 tourney - then slowly rolling to the bottom :D

2021-03-10 08:25

GamBOT flukers OMEGALUL

#kickBOTNawwkandbringbacktwist

+1 Nawwk can't awp

He were so good but now he's Lost it :'(

2021-03-10 09:50

EXPECTED from major finalists xseven and aerial. watch them smurf in the final

2021-03-10 09:34

Gambit Katowice win was a fluke lol

2021-03-10 09:36

fluke is a strong word, but they still might lack some consistency

2021-03-10 09:56

yup could be as well

2021-03-10 13:28

also, ez4havu

damn i called out in group stage for gambit in their next event in another thread. close enough :)

2021-03-10 10:23

Friendship ended with Gambit, now Winstrike is my best friend XD

2021-03-10 11:06

322

2021-03-10 12:24

🤡9 disband incoming.What a turd of a team.What have you done Henry...

2021-03-10 13:24

ye lol haha, he fucked up with the build for sure!

2021-03-10 15:28

Well the bright side is that I'll see him casting soon😂😂😂😂😂

2021-03-11 02:19

Why so many accusations of match-fixing and swindling just because the favoured teams lost? Instead of complaining and throwing around accusations, be happy for the underdogs that managed to overthrow the heavy favourites. I don't know about anybody else but this tournament was a joy to watch simply because of the high-upset factor.

2021-03-10 16:00