Vitality send Liquid to lower bracket at BLAST

The French side won the clash of the "dead teams".

Both Vitality and Liquid arrived at the BLAST Premier Fall Final with roster changes hanging above their head, but it was the Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire-led squad that showed a better face over the opening series in Copenhagen, taking a 2-0 victory.

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Mirage, Liquid's pick, looked competitive at times, but Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut's impressive performance put the map to bed. Dust2 on the other hand was a quick affair, tied up 16-7. Following this result, Vitality will face the winner of Astralis - Ninjas in Pyjamas next, while Liquid will be playing the loser of the same match.

"We really like each other, we have no problems, it feels really good to play here," apEX said after the victory, commenting on the atmosphere in the team ahead of reported changes. "Whatever happens next we just want to have fun and take care of each other."

Vitality strolled to their first victory

A 4-0 lead for Liquid on Mirage melted away in no time as Vitality locked in a force buy win and scrapped by in the anti-eco, putting down their foot on the CT side. ZywOo coming alive meant that the half would go convincingly their way, Vitality's star dropped 22 kills in the half to go 10-5 up. The Americans went on a five-round streak on the defense, giving an illusion of a tight game, but Vitality closed it out with a dominant run of their own as all five players finished with an above-average rating.

Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon and apEX turned around a 2v4 to win the pistol and set Vitality up for a great defensive half on Dust2. Liquid found themselves down 5-1 before they broke down the B defenses with a low-buy split, catching out an otherwise well-playing duo of shox and Kévin "⁠misutaaa⁠" Rabier. However, no momentum was built for the North American side, seeing Vitality run away with the scoreline. It was 11-4 at the half, with the second pistol all but confirming the eventual 16-7 victory.

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Dust2
7
 Vitality K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
49 - 25 +24 100.5 81.6% 1.58
46 - 30 +16 92.8 85.7% 1.42
38 - 27 +11 83.3 77.6% 1.25
37 - 30 +7 92.3 73.5% 1.24
31 - 35 -4 64.4 67.3% 0.93
 Liquid K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
33 - 40 -7 77.9 49.0% 0.96
29 - 41 -12 69.8 61.2% 0.85
28 - 38 -10 59.5 63.3% 0.82
28 - 41 -13 79.9 59.2% 0.81
29 - 41 -12 64.4 53.1% 0.77
France Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabier
Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabier
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
339
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.66
France Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut
Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.28
Maps played:
901
KPR:
0.85
DPR:
0.62
France Richard 'shox' Papillon
Richard 'shox' Papillon
Age:
29
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
1920
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.66
France Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
1884
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.70
sad
2021-11-24 14:04
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10 replies
+1 It's not just that Liquid roster's getting changed, the depressing part is the note on which it's breaking apart. Elige, stewie taking digs at everyone, especially Grim and FalleN. Playing like they don't even care as professionals....
2021-11-24 14:08
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2 replies
'Dead team' sad phrase
2021-11-24 14:14
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Such unprofessional attitude
2021-11-24 16:44
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#21
Faceit level 6  | 
donk | 
United States larrypotato
Wdym I laughed a lot
2021-11-24 14:13
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4 replies
#26
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World lol_n00bs
Wait a sec wasnt magisk zonic supposed to > vita?? Or after this event ?🤔
2021-11-24 14:24
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3 replies
In 2022
2021-11-24 14:33
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Still tied to their contracts until 2022
2021-11-24 14:53
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1 reply
January
2021-11-24 15:01
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to think you will get a portion of $10000 for doing absolutely nothing and be chill about it. how can someone be a fan of stewie?
2021-11-24 15:06
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1 reply
his streaming
2021-11-24 18:47
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liquid falling apart
2021-11-24 14:04
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5 replies
#StewieBrokeLiquid
2021-11-24 14:07
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4 replies
#19
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Philippines Admyrell
pepega mindset, how did Stewie broke liquid?
2021-11-24 14:10
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3 replies
#46
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Philippines euzu
2021-11-24 15:01
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1 reply
#74
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North America hi_mens))
I think you should re-read it if you think stewie is only reason. He clearly states it was issues between the entire team
2021-11-24 16:57
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personally, i feel like elige always had a bad attitude and when something doesnt go his way he will start pointing fingers
2021-11-24 22:20
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#3
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Finland tailal
in another news, sky is blue
2021-11-24 14:04
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#4
Faceit level 10  | 
Sweden Aggevall9
haha
2021-11-24 14:04
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Lmaoo lulquid at this point just play with music and no comm Faceit team
2021-11-24 14:04
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1 reply
#6
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Germany LANDWHALE
+1
2021-11-24 14:05
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#7
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Austria mo_bamba
rip lulquid
2021-11-24 14:05
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#8
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
flameZ | 
Israel dBo
VALORANT team
2021-11-24 14:06
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GJ Fallen, doing great even knowing that the team is done!
2021-11-24 14:06
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3 replies
LUL
2021-11-24 14:18
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>0.96 >great Pick one
2021-11-24 15:07
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1 reply
His usual is .80 so yeah he did pretty good. [SAD BRAZILIAN NOISES]
2021-11-24 16:01
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#10
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Serbia Dusan837
Classic
2021-11-24 14:06
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Liquid so BAD LUL
2021-11-24 14:07
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2 replies
Not worse than aleksib LUL
2021-11-25 21:12
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1 reply
Youre hurting my feelings LUL
2021-11-30 15:03
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Jake Yip byebye
2021-11-24 14:07
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And they're keeping elige… who torpedo’d like 3 lone ups already, clown org.
2021-11-24 14:07
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#45
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
ropz | 
Estonia VatusNincere
Wanna punch elige so bad ngl
2021-11-24 14:58
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#80
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India FosFate
who torpedo’d like 3 lone ups already, clown org. wat dis mean?
2021-11-24 18:54
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4 replies
Ruined them. When you "torpedo" somthing it means you fucked it up. Lone is misspelled, should be "line ups"
2021-11-24 20:06
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3 replies
mistakes : 1. Keeping elige 2. Not giving Grim star roles 3. Picking up shoxie Why cant they just find young talent somewhere and build a team instead of just forcing it. And why old major winners :(
2021-11-24 22:22
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2 replies
respect shox?
2021-11-25 00:16
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1 reply
they should be picking up talent
2021-11-25 02:22
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surprising 0 people
2021-11-24 14:08
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#17
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Pakistan LoOuU2
TL werent even trying bruh I know the team is dead but it s sad and pathetic to see them in this form and enjoying loosing.
2021-11-24 14:09
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Asian cs >>>> NA cs nowadays
2021-11-24 14:10
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2 replies
ZywOo Goat!!!!
2021-11-24 14:22
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#54
Faceit level 7  | 
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United States thespecht
Xi Wu, pride of the east, son of the dragon
2021-11-24 15:23
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depressing game
2021-11-24 14:12
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#23
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Spain yowyOw
Ah well, at least Liquid were having fun and a laugh at the end. Maybe they'll perform better in their lower bracket game. Btw, Zywoo is a beast and misutaaa will become Vita's own b1t/crack into top10 next year.. book it!
2021-11-24 14:16
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"dead teams" LUL
2021-11-24 14:26
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This team lasted way longer than expected. More than 9 months. It's about time Liquid's water broke.
2021-11-24 14:26
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#29
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India taco9873
LMAOOO DEAD TEAMS
2021-11-24 14:30
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ZyWOo was feeling it this BO3 , great game Vitality !
2021-11-24 14:31
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7 replies
Nothing new to frag a Tier 2 team
2021-11-24 14:38
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6 replies
#15 Rank is Tier 2 ? PS : not even a TL fan
2021-11-24 14:39
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5 replies
That number need an update... just wait, ANY top 20 (or even top30) team can beat TL
2021-11-24 14:46
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Yes, any team from #10 to #20 is tier 2 but Lulquit is not tier 2, they are tier 10
2021-11-24 14:52
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3 replies
Ok europe
2021-11-24 14:52
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What a nice logic ! I hope you don't correct exams in your real life.
2021-11-24 15:56
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tier 4 not 10
2021-11-24 22:23
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StewieTrash2k throwing and he didn't even hide it what a shitty human being bullying Grim saying he sucks while you are much worse trash kid with big ego
2021-11-24 14:35
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The worst funny of this interview : - He is talking about NA players who care too much about aim. Maybe, you should too, your aim is awful and you miss easy kills. - Grim doesn't have a good ethics. Stewie10am tweet = playing on streams until 4 am. Maybe, look at the mirror, Lebron Stewie James.
2021-11-24 16:01
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This is just sad, you can be a fan of any team, but as a fan true to cs, to see them implode like this, constant infighting everybody taking jabs at everybody is just very very unfortunate
2021-11-24 14:41
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bad stew speak those grim words the day before the blast, out liquid
2021-11-24 14:42
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#37
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Korea yokol
kıck stew and grım or brasıl team transfer team lıquıd fnx fer fallen coldzera +1
2021-11-24 14:45
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#39
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Uruguay !skoolage
SOMEBODY SAVE FALLEN!
2021-11-24 14:50
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8 replies
Biggest cheque stealer, totally washed and getting fat on top of it all. Semmler let him have it years ago and semmler was proven right.
2021-11-24 16:13
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7 replies
Thorin kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
2021-11-24 17:29
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6 replies
youtube.com/watch?v=6erkY78qSsM watch 0:00 to 1:00 Thorin fucked that clown live and to his fuckin face and thorin also got proven right. He is a clown.
2021-11-24 17:32
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#89
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Uruguay !skoolage
FalleN is a class act, he doesn't defend himself he defends his team. Not inky that despite being at one time one of the best players he has never held himself above others he is a good player and a good man, check the video comments LOL
2021-11-25 00:30
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4 replies
Check Youtube comments? Sorry I did not realize your IQ is under 80.
2021-11-25 00:50
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3 replies
#93
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Uruguay !skoolage
Do you call this an argument? Apparently there is an exotic clown in the discussion, who spends 24 hours on hltv, and can't watch 17 minutes of a video
2021-11-25 16:04
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I said that "Thorin fucked that clown live and to his fuckin face and thorin also got proven right. He is a clown." And your rebuttle was "check the video comments LOL" You're a moron, Thorin was right, Fallen does nothing but talk out of his ass that entire time and is proven to be washed up once again, hopping to yet another team to collect a cheque.
2021-11-25 16:29
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Yes, Thorin is a clown.
2021-11-30 23:18
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ZyGOD
2021-11-24 14:50
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Team Egoid
2021-11-24 14:55
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7 replies
wdym with that?
2021-11-24 15:02
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6 replies
Wdym if I mind ? Kekw
2021-11-24 15:37
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4 replies
what do you mean with that is what i meant, its an abbreviation
2021-11-24 15:44
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3 replies
Have you seen Stewie Interview ? It's like he said it's not his fault but others fault and Elige's ego is too big ... I think he's a good player but he's not doing that well ... I think just because Stewie won a major he thinks he's super good or something like this ... And he always blame others and not himself.
2021-11-24 15:50
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2 replies
are you talking about elige or stewie now?
2021-11-24 15:52
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1 reply
Both
2021-11-24 16:06
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I thought wdym = why do you mind kekw
2021-11-24 16:15
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Nice job from vitality) will be a good follow up
2021-11-24 15:02
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#50
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland SebL
2 dead teams as HLTV say, well neither looked good tbh., Vitality won because of better individuals and that's pretty much it. I'm a little bit sad that it didn't work out for this Liquid team, I really felt like this roster had huge potential, and that with the right attitude and motivation they could comeback to being a Tier-1 team, but it seems like there was no motivation at all for some of the players. Sad. I still expected TL victory here, and again they fail, sad, but maybe changes is the best that can happen to them. GL further. GGWP!
2021-11-24 15:03
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2 replies
they never had potential as grim was support
2021-11-24 22:25
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#87
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland SebL
I mean they tried to make FalleN play this sort of a supportive AWPer style but ppl started to shit on him really badly because his rating was less than 1.10 but I think that actually could've worked out.
2021-11-24 22:54
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meanwhile Fallen as always a class man, ending things professionaly.
2021-11-24 15:06
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Liquid is a dead team
2021-11-24 15:29
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3 replies
#56
Faceit level 10  | 
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France LorisDF
Vitality is better than Liquid but they're also a dead team tbh
2021-11-24 15:34
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2 replies
But at this point, Vitality is less dead inside. Three players will remain on the roster.
2021-11-24 15:57
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1 reply
#78
Faceit level 10  | 
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France LorisDF
true
2021-11-24 17:43
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#70
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China RADNIKEY
FalleN and Grim making stewie point chair
2021-11-24 16:23
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#73
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India taco9873
At this point just drop Stewie2k fr. Dude is egoistic as shit. "Grim doesn't have good work ethic" Played on streams until 4AM Great Finger pointing Stew 👍👍🥱
2021-11-24 16:55
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2 replies
Stewie is leaving no need to drop him
2021-11-24 22:26
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1 reply
#92
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India taco9873
Oh yeah he is
2021-11-25 03:54
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bot2k bottom fragging while talking shit about other players, expected and deserved
2021-11-24 17:27
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