Astralis trounce EG.PA in Pinnacle Cup Championship opener

8-6-2022 14:29

Astralis made quick work of EG White in Group B's first match and are a single win away from the playoffs.

The Danes' first outing at the Pinnacle Cup Championship ended with them taking a dominant 16-6 win over EG White as Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander 's crew completely overpowered the former Party Astronauts roster, who have recently been picked up by the Evil Geniuses organization as a part of their 15-man pool.

Evil Geniuses to field one of new rosters at Pinnacle Cup

EG White now face an uphill battle in their first competition under a new banner, having been sent to a best-of-three elimination series against the loser of the match between Imperial and Finest. The North Americans will require back-to-back victories if they want to reach the playoffs' lower bracket.

Astralis never let their foot off the gas against EG.PA

Astralis got off to a hot start on Overpass, taking a commanding 11-1 lead over EG White by establishing their nearly unbreakable area control and Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer providing much-needed firepower with his 16 kills at that point.

Ben "⁠ben1337⁠" Smith's squad finally broke Astralis' streak in the 13th round with double-kills coming in from Josh "⁠PwnAlone⁠" Pigue and Jonathan "⁠djay⁠" Dallal, but it would merely be a consolation in an otherwise one-sided first half which saw the Danes enter the switch leading 13-2.

The second period kicked off with EG White scoring the first four rounds and taking advantage of Astralis' slow CT-side economy as they began their attempt at a comeback and narrowed the Danish team's lead to seven. The North Americans' dream wasn't meant to be, however, as blameF drove his team to victory off the back of his 29 kills, Astralis ultimately wrapping up the game 16-6.

Pinnacle Cup Championship 2022Best of 1

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8th June 2022

EG White

Overpass

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer blameF	29 - 11	+18	131.8	81.8%	2.06
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	21 - 11	+10	100.1	77.3%	1.44
Asger 'Farlig' Jensen Farlig	15 - 10	+5	75.7	77.3%	1.18
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	13 - 14	-1	63.0	77.3%	1.09
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke k0nfig	13 - 12	+1	60.0	77.3%	0.96

EG White	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jonathan 'djay' Dallal djay	13 - 15	-2	63.9	59.1%	0.86
Wesley 'viz' Harris viz	13 - 19	-6	79.6	59.1%	0.82
Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey Jonji	15 - 21	-6	66.8	54.5%	0.75
Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue PwnAlone	11 - 18	-7	51.5	50.0%	0.61
Ben 'ben1337' Smith ben1337	6 - 19	-13	45.8	45.5%	0.48

Why EG buy this team

2022-06-08 14:31

10 replies

to help na scene, these players didnt had salary while being profesional players, couldnt play as much as they want and couldnt have same things as every pro has, giving this team all they need will make them progress. Also now they are more motivated and they can play vs stronger teams, lets see if it works or if its a total failure

2022-06-08 15:09

9 replies

at least i cant understand why they went for PA's team. wasnt Gaimin Gladiators or Strife a better option?

2022-06-08 15:31

1 reply

Strife and Gaimin Gladiators are orgs, both teams that bought eg were just teams without orgs

2022-06-08 16:08

They weren’t professions tho. They are and still are a t2-3 team…..

2022-06-08 15:48

4 replies

so in ur opinion, t2 of every sport aren't professionals, okay, great logic bro xd

2022-06-08 16:07

3 replies

imagine getting relegated in football and literally lose all your salary lmao

2022-06-08 17:37

To be fair, I couldn’t, give a fuck less. But think about it like you do your job… You get hired on, doesn’t mean your a professional in your trade or what have you… you’re getting paid to do a job, you’re not very good. Doesn’t mean you’re a professional just because you make money. Even then once you get certified in many areas, as you get better you get better and better jobs. It’s like a ladder… Just because they made it to an event out of ((actually quite some luck) a t2-3 team making it to a major) Just because you lucked into an event and get smoked. Doesn’t make you a pro..

2022-06-09 02:59

12 iq

2022-06-09 15:22

Legit it makes the scene more dead bc these academy teams will get dropped in 2-3 weeks. Legit pump and dumping NA scene.

ofc no, things take time

expected

2022-06-08 14:30

Sick

NA cs kekw

Hilarious that they decided to throw a t3 NA team at a tournament with some of the best teams in the world. Sad thing is that the actual EG roster probably wouldn’t have done much better

2022-06-08 14:38