mousesports overcome ex-Winstrike to win Snow Sweet Snow 3

7-4-2021 23:16

The European combine came out on top in a two-map series with overtimes on either map to claim the title.

MOUZ rallied after a three-map semi-final against fnatic to defeat ex-Winstrike in the Snow Sweet Snow 3 grand final in a two-map series with overtimes on both of the maps to claim the $40,000 grand prize.

The tournament win comes as a breath of fresh air for the squad led by Christopher "⁠dexter⁠" Nong, as they stumbled at ESL Pro League, finishing in 21-24th place with a 1-4 record in Group B, and were eliminated from Fantasy Expo Spring Cup after two best-of-one losses to PACT and DBL PONEY, and will now have a boost of confidence after a rough patch as they set their sights on DreamHack Masters Spring at the end of the month.

ex-Winstrike, who made their European rivals suffer for the victory, won’t have much time to dwell on their close grand final loss, which no doubt will be a tough pill to swallow after taking Evil Geniuses out in the semi-finals, as the CIS squad now has European Development Season 3 and Funspark ULTI Europe Regional Series 1 to put their focus on, as well as their ESEA Premier quarter-final match against AGO also on the horizon.

ropz topped the scoreboard in the final with a 1.36 rating and 100 ADR

The first half of Nuke, MOUZ’ map pick, was a close affair as the two teams stayed neck-and-neck since the early rounds with ex-Winstrike winning the first three rounds on the defense before dexter and company brought it to a 4-4 tie by the eighth round. The half ended with the European mixture ahead by one on the attack, but their CIS counterpart tied it right back up on their first round on the offensive.

An ace by Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool when down 10-12 got MOUZ back on track as the two teams remained close all the way to the end, ultimately sending the map to overtime. It then took the European combine not one or two, but three overtimes to overcome Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov's men and secure their pick and take the lead in the series, 25-22.

MOUZ were first out of the gate on Dust2, taking a 4-0 lead on the CT side, but ex-Winstrike didn’t take long to bring it back to a tie and even take the lead, 5-4, in another exciting half that saw the two teams battle to get ahead before switching sides, with mouz taking the half by one round.

The European squad managed to extend their lead in the second pistol round, but were quickly equalized as the two teams continued the nail-biter all the way to the final round, prompting another overtime. This time around MOUZ took the lead in the first half and converted after all six extra rounds, 19-17, to secure the series and the title.

Snow Sweet Snow 3Best of 3

ex-Winstrike

Matchpage

7th April 2021

MOUZ

Nuke

Dust2

ex-Winstrike	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Aleksei 'El1an' Gusev El1an	59 - 57	+2	78.9	67.5%	1.12
Vladislav 'Krad' Kravchenko Krad	61 - 58	+3	79.9	62.7%	1.07
Igor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy Forester	57 - 55	+2	67.0	65.1%	0.97
Viktor 'Lack1' Boldyrev Lack1	48 - 54	-6	65.9	69.9%	0.96
Aleksei 'NickelBack' Trofimov NickelBack	47 - 61	-14	70.5	67.5%	0.94

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Robin 'ropz' Kool ropz	73 - 58	+15	100.7	72.3%	1.36
David 'frozen' Čerňanský frozen	62 - 60	+2	92.5	66.3%	1.17
Aurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras Bymas	48 - 44	+4	62.3	66.3%	0.95
Frederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand acoR	51 - 57	-6	57.3	65.1%	0.89
Christopher 'dexter' Nong dexter	51 - 55	-4	62.1	62.7%	0.86

The Snow Sweet Snow 3 standings, including Regionals are:

1. MOUZ - $40,000
2. ex-Winstrike - $4,000
3-4. fnatic
3-4. Evil Geniuses
5-8. Wisla Krakow - $7,000
5-8. SKADE - $7,000
5-8. Dignitas - $4,000
5-8. HAVU
9-12. Tricked - $6,000
9-12. Nordavind - $6,000
9-12. Anonymo - $3,000
9-12. SINNERS - $3,000
13-15. Trident - $3,000
13-15. EXTREMUM
13-15. Sprout
16-18. OFFSET - $3,000
16-18. FORZE
16-18. Sangal
19-20. Galaxy Racer -$3,000
19-20. Young Ninjas - $3,000
21-23. K23 - $1,000
21-23. Nexus - $1,000
21-23. BLINK - $1,000
24-26. LDLC - $1,000
24-26. HONORIS - $1,000
24-26. Copenhagen Flames - $1,000
27-28. GTZ - $1,000
27-28. UMX - $1,000

ez for ropzicle

2021-04-07 23:16

13 replies

Sexter edit: wtf, why havu, fnatic & eg didn't get money

2021-04-07 23:18

12 replies

They were invited to the playoffs, while the other teams qualified through 1 or more swiss stage

2021-04-07 23:19

-dexter pls, very bad igl, it's not even been 2 months but I know a lot about cs. I'm very smart man.

2021-04-07 23:20

8 replies

LOL

2021-04-07 23:21

I know a lot about CS.... Minus guy which had to move to another continent, learn all callouts, come to team which had historically one of the best IGLs, get used to EU CS etc. etc. Cuz it was already 2 months. Yep, seems like you know a lot about CS as i can see.

2021-04-07 23:26

6 replies

He can obviously do better, he knows a lot about cs. Don't disrespect THE DDSkidrow...

2021-04-07 23:46

how much more effort does one man have to put into a post to make their sarcasm painfully obvious

2021-04-08 02:48

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But you have to be honest, right now, Mouz rely too much on Ropz and individual. I watched the nuke game against ex-Winstrike and I hurt my eyes watching that horrible teamplay and random rounds. Dexter was not particulary good. But a win is a win. GJ mouz

2021-04-08 03:17

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sure. they're not perfect. they might not even be good after 1 year (or ever) if this roster holds. I'm not saying dexter is the solution for their problems, but I certainly fucking hate it when people judge fresh teams and have high expectancies very early on for no fucking reason.

2021-04-08 14:17

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It's sure, at least, nobody on mouz side said something like : "we gonna be top 10 in the next 2 weeks". When I look Mouz's game, I feel something is lacking. I cannot really tell, probably it's teamwork, routine. They have already looked better thought

2021-04-08 21:34

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I mean, the IGL played his whole career in a very underdeveloped region with same language comms and now he's in Europe, routinely playing vs good teams (t2 EU>any AU team) so he has to adapt to the style of play we've got. He also has to lead 4 people of different nationalities, it will take a while for this roster to solidify itself.

2021-04-08 21:47

Group stage Swiss Bo3 - Top 8 teams receive $3,000 each. Playoffs Single elimination Bo3 - Winners of the first playoff round receive an additional $1,000.

2021-04-07 23:23

because they were invited (to playoffs)

2021-04-07 23:31

RiP FNAtic

with JW u wont go back to good old times..

2021-04-08 13:07

fun game it was

2021-04-07 23:17

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yeah but the quality was very bad

sometimes it's nice to see some messy but exciting cs

yeah the weekly dose of clownfiesta that we all need in this forum :D

Agreed. Sometimes a scrappy game is entertaining to watch. Who needs tactics when the match turns into a brawl...

2021-04-08 13:14

yodaspeak

2021-04-08 07:30

luckysports

9 replies

mimimi.. is it their fault that winstrike did so many stupid braindead plays?

7 replies

every round kill in smoke, awp gives -90, is it not luck? and I will not deny that 2v5 mous won rightly

2021-04-07 23:22

yeah so? if you throw so many advantages away its not unlucky.. they deserve the lose

You probably didn't see the 20 kills that el1an got while being full blind or through smokes with awp

2021-04-08 09:12

He sees what he wants to see

2021-04-08 10:16

it was winstrike 3rd best of 3 during that day. Mens winstrike win if that is first best of 3

2021-04-08 08:13

Mouz played since 3pm until 11pm as well. Shit excuse.

Nope winstrike played 2 bo3 that day and so did mouz. Winstrike actually had advantage because their match with EG went a lot faster than mouz fnatic match. Winstrike also started playing at 11:00 Mouz did at 15:00 winstrike actually had every advantage with time schedule they could have asked for. Sooner start. faster match. More time to prepare.

2021-04-08 10:19

Flair checks out

2021-04-07 23:45

1. 40k prize 2. 4k prize 5-8. 7k prize Nice.

Playoffs R1 Winners $1,000 Main Swiss Top 8 $3,000 Regional Swiss Top 8 $2,000 Regional Groups Top 16 $1,000

2021-04-08 04:01

so Fnatic $0, thats hard, they play for free. :-D

2021-04-08 08:30

I think teams were payed per win they achieved or something like that It was like that the last time as well, and it kinda made sense but also was strange

paid* Payed isn't a word Don't @ me

2021-04-08 06:51

@DeathNaught You’re right of course ty

2021-04-08 07:21

Nt winstrike

Dexter already has more trophies than Karrigan.. Karrigan is finished and mouz will be top 5 soon in my book.

what?

2021-04-07 23:35

2021-04-07 23:44

Jokes aside, I think that Dexter is really starting to come into his own. I see him staying and really starting to deliver. Acor is currently a massive question mark. He simply does not have the impact that he needs to if mouz is top be a top contender. Bymas probably needs to go. Simply too inconsistent.

2021-04-08 00:01

On the contrary, I feel Dexter is not looking solid as an IGL and as a player. I saw him playing on others teams and I know that he can be better than that. Right now, he takes horrible individual decision, don't get a lot of impact and his strats are pretty average.

2021-04-08 03:21

So, that is exactly my point - there is plenty of scope for individual improvement. Mouz has always been a team of mavericks and I am sure that Dexter fits into that mold. Not sure that Acor and Bymas do.

2021-04-08 03:26

Acor was good with Madlions and show some good moves, but for Bymas, I am 100 % agreed with you : his aim is shaky, bad decision-making and look overall lost.

2021-04-08 03:45

That’s nice and all But can we shortly remember that tarik wasn’t able to hit 2 guys with their backs turned to him and thus lost the map and the game for EG in the semi finals

i still feel bad for him... things like that can happen to everyone.. the only good thing is that it was just a weekly cup. imagine his fail would be in a major semi final or something like that

Yeah it would be way worse if it happened in a t1 event but still that cannot feel good, especially against an orgless team that’s nowhere near the best in their region It’s still one of the most facepalm-moments i can remember in recent cs, especially because the thought behind his play was pretty great, just executed terribly in the end

2021-04-07 23:24

EASY WOOOO DEXTER CARRY

Amazing final, very intense. And congrats to mouz, they are starting to look better!

Good to see mouz play at their level now!

Gg's ropz if ex winstrike dont get org g2 should buy out el1an if they need awper pretty good.

Ropzen carrying as always. But these 4k from SEXTER *__*

grinds the whole tournament, goes to the grand final and ends 2nd, receives 4k just like 5-8, mouz comes in quarters, gains 40k wtf

2021-04-07 23:25

If they were invited to the tourney, it's ok because of regional qualifiers rewards

2021-04-08 01:24

I don't deny the weirdness of that of course

2021-04-08 01:25

+1 wtf 4k

2021-04-08 06:34

BASED tournament

2021-04-08 09:14

ez for Sexter and the crew

not a bad to win tier 3 tournament

They gave tricked 6k and winstrike only 4k? Wtf

i think you get 2k for being 3-0 in groupstage or somth like that edit: wtf it says 3k men

2021-04-07 23:32

G2 sign el1an now while he's free pls

2021-04-07 23:30

Would be perfect fit for g2

top 3 name on hltv

2021-04-07 23:36

1)you will have tier 1 awp 2) niko back from this sh1t idea with awp to rifle 3)say goodbye to the bot like jackz or amanek 4)takes him for free

2021-04-07 23:39

maybe they should kick both jacz and amanek and sign another player, maybe ropz or fl1t

would be strong contented for top 1

2021-04-07 23:40

g2 story, huge potential and trash team that can be tier 1 on some days and tier 7 on others

2021-04-07 23:41

Sign el1an, g2 He is a beast!

same second as #38 lol

Same opinion, m8 :)

2021-04-07 23:34

why is spirit academy logo better than the main one?

2021-04-08 00:00

good question :)

2021-04-08 00:11

yea im very confused :( maybe its because there is no A on the word "Spirit"

2021-04-08 00:12

EZ4MOUZ

2021-04-07 23:33

Congrats!

2021-04-07 23:37

can we appreciate them shoulders of ropz. Must be aching....

LUL SO EZ... TOP 1 INCOMING

2021-04-07 23:47

terrible production, low fps and shitty hud

2021-04-07 23:53

will ropz get mvp for his outstanding performance in snow sweet snow?

2021-04-07 23:54

less go

Ez for sexter

2021-04-08 00:08

Mouse barely won winscringe, mouse is so disgusting and awful team

Don't discard winstrike, they're a really good team right now

2021-04-08 01:28

2-0

2021-04-08 09:15

2 OTs with multiple mappoints for ws

2021-04-08 10:03

with insane amount of luck.

2021-04-08 10:06

No,I'd rather say mouse got lucky, cuz nobody can explain what exactly winstrike were doing in some situations :DDD

2021-04-08 15:08

i think lack1 got lucky

2021-04-08 16:19

Crazy match. Only shit thing is that ex-win got the same money as 5-8... So fking fair.

2021-04-08 00:19

hltv 2 days ago: KICK DEXTER LULMAO hltv today: wow SEXTER that's why we come back to hltv

2021-04-08 00:25

Lmao facts you know how it goes

2021-04-08 00:36

Thats the cycle of hltv.

2021-04-08 10:22

Aaaaaand no one gave a shit. This was DIG or Fnatic but they failed like noobs. sad shit

2021-04-08 01:19

cry is free

2021-04-08 02:11

what? "cry is free" wtf does that mean :D oh u kids :D

2021-04-08 05:01

flag checks out xaxaaxax

2021-04-08 06:56

washed-up t2 team wins t3 even congrats literally free money

2021-04-08 01:26

2-0'd EG but nt

2021-04-08 09:17

Those who lost to ex-Winstrike but should have not to? Top NA scene is a discussion for another whole topic...

2021-04-08 10:29

Congratulations to Ropzsports for one of their only victories this year. Hope they find a good home for the young man so we can see an actual good team do something with their talent.

2021-04-08 01:37

2021-04-08 01:45

EZ 4 Accountant IGL CPA/CA really do help you!

2021-04-08 01:59

That was soooo EZ

2021-04-08 02:13

godz

2021-04-08 04:02

ropz win Snow Sweet Snow 3

2021-04-08 05:09

Robin as always Cool <3

2021-04-08 07:01

mouz is showing a little bit of life left in them, maybe the core of ropz, frozen and acoR could still build a TOP 10 team together. ex-Winstrike is looking really good, I actually expected them to rekt mousesports in this final, I'm kinda surprised with this result.

2021-04-08 08:01

Snow Sweep Snow 5678 three times per week

2021-04-08 08:37

Two ot against an orgless team from a different tier. It means something.

2021-04-08 09:49

+1 lol

2021-04-08 10:14

GG Mousesports! Excellent matches and definitely a good show in form from what we have wanted to see for a while. :D Ropz still a top 5 player as always.

2021-04-08 13:34