blameF 30-bombs Vitality on decider as Astralis move on to BLAST Showdown final

The hometown favorites keep the dream of qualifying for the Royal Arena alive.

Astralis defeated Vitality in a three-map series, coming back after losing Nuke (12-16) by dominating Dust2 (16-9) and Inferno (16-8). The Danish squad put together a good team performance on the first two maps, but it was Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer who got his team a comfortable victory on Inferno with a sensational deciding map display, putting up 30 kills and 138 ADR.

Astralis have now booked their spot in the BLAST Showdown final, where they will be facing the winner of the match between Sangal and HEROIC for a spot at the Fall Final on Sunday at 19:30 .

blameF put up a 2.11 rating on the third map

Vitality will be disappointed with the result, the No.1 ranked team in the world bowing out in the semifinals as the pre-event favorites. Their focus now switches to the IEM Rio Major, where they begin their journey against Imperial in the Challengers Stage.

"Qualifying for the BLAST Final was a goal for us," Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire said in an interview on the broadcast after losing the match. "This bootcamp has been kinda tough, because we want to both prepare for the Major and also preparing for the Showdown, so that was quite hard for us."

"That wasn't what we looked for at this tournament for sure, but now the Major is coming and that's the biggest goal for us."

The semi-final started on Astralis's map pick of Nuke, where Vitality got off to a 4-0 start on their defense. The Danes quickly answered back with a four-round streak and put together a dominant T side after that. Vitality won just two more rounds in the half as they were outmaneuvered by Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander's calling, the halftime score 9-6 in the favor of the Danes.

A quad-kill by Lotan "⁠Spinx⁠" Giladi won his team the second pistol round, with the reigning EPL champions getting within one round of their opponents. The score remained close for the next few, with both teams winning rounds from disadvantageous situations. A post-plant triple by Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif saved Vitality and got them 14-12 up, running away with the game after that to close out 16-12 and move the series to their map pick of Dust2.

Astralis began the second map in hot form, racing to an 8-0 lead on their defense before Vitality back with a B attack. The sole round win didn't do much to change the fortunes of the European combine, as they found themselves 12-3 behind at the interval. A second-half pistol win for Astralis almost guaranteed their victory, but Vitality didn't give up and put together a six-round streak to make the score a respectable 16-9.

The series was decided on the classic third map of Inferno, where the Danes put together another dominant first half. They won and converted the pistol to go 5-0 up and never looked like stopping after that, winning the half 12-3. blameF had an astonishing performance despite having a quiet series by his standards up to this point, as he put up 24 kills and 162 ADR at the interval, as well as winning two 1vsx situations.

Vitality answered Astralis's pistol round win with a forcebuy to reduce the deficit slightly, Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut even winning a 1vs3 to keep his team in it for a while longer. It wasn't to be for the European combine, as blameF hit 30 kills with a successful B defense to put his team up to match point. Astralis converted and booked their spot in the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown grand final, happening on Sunday at 19:30 .

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16
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Inferno
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 Vitality K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
74 - 45 +29 105.4 85.7% 1.55
46 - 52 -6 70.0 70.1% 0.97
43 - 54 -11 59.0 67.5% 0.86
42 - 55 -13 67.1 62.3% 0.82
36 - 51 -15 48.8 62.3% 0.74
 Astralis K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
65 - 47 +18 94.5 75.3% 1.37
51 - 47 +4 71.8 76.6% 1.11
46 - 50 -4 74.0 67.5% 1.04
44 - 50 -6 66.9 74.0% 0.99
48 - 53 -5 69.5 64.9% 0.93
Denmark Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
1731
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.66
France Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut
Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.27
Maps played:
1066
KPR:
0.85
DPR:
0.61
Denmark Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
1457
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.63
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France Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Age:
29
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
2049
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.70
Israel Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
488
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.65
Denmark Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer
Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
926
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.61
#1
ZywOo | 
Canada Femtal
Save ZywOo
2022-10-21 20:27
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Ez
2022-10-21 20:27
0
CS is so fucking random lol
2022-10-21 20:28
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10 replies
true
2022-10-21 20:42
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#55
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Germany DerValle
Its online so who cars
2022-10-21 22:09
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2 replies
#121
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
MrFuckYou | 
United States lybrel
Thanks for bringing the old memories from the other game when the character limit was 4. Also why all the COD names are 4. OpTc, FaZe, EnVy etc Someone sprayed their car with "who cars" and parents threw it away lol. No backseat at prom
2022-10-22 13:19
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1 reply
lmao
2022-10-23 11:43
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It's online + Vita is saving starts for the major
2022-10-21 22:58
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5 replies
Major is still on faze vs navi. No way vita reach gf
2022-10-22 01:28
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4 replies
They care, but not like a major qualifier or blast grand finals. Astralis on the other hand play without any pressure. Liquid with stewie + grim did well on blast fall. as a dead team. Imagine using all your strats for this online event.
2022-10-22 02:32
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#122
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
MrFuckYou | 
United States lybrel
We have a scene. At least 4 or 6. NiKo who gets clowned for Nuke Deag. He has his cousin and $600k AWP who doesn't miss. It's not 2. You're going to cringe when I mention Liquid but my sloth NAF could upset .
2022-10-22 13:30
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2 replies
u wot m8?
2022-10-23 15:29
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1 reply
#131
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
MrFuckYou | 
United States lybrel
There are many teams that can do it. Not just two
2022-10-23 16:14
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#4
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Russia Cl0XxY
Pog or what
2022-10-21 20:27
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VITALITY TOP 1 OMEGALUL
2022-10-21 20:27
0
damn.
2022-10-21 20:27
0
godF
2022-10-21 20:28
0
vitality played megashit, but mygod.. gla1ve T side calling was god tier in all 3 maps GOAT
2022-10-21 20:29
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1 reply
#76
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
kraghen | 
Denmark ReZenT0205
+1
2022-10-22 00:58
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#10
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Brazil Elakk
Flukest win of all time next to C9 (talkin about pro league)
2022-10-21 20:30
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8 replies
#30
ZywOo | 
France Alyta
C9 which event
2022-10-21 20:44
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4 replies
Boston major
2022-10-21 20:49
0
3 replies
#33
ZywOo | 
France Alyta
i Though Valorant Champions
2022-10-21 20:53
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1 reply
valowhat?
2022-10-21 20:54
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#50
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Brazil Elakk
yep boston major
2022-10-21 22:04
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Get, real. Only Zywoo has positive on vitality. You are one sad human being.
2022-10-22 02:44
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2 replies
#91
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Brazil Elakk
You got me wrong buddy I am talking about Vitality indeed Zywoo gigacarry + elige very poor perfomance
2022-10-22 03:19
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1 reply
#97
Faceit level 10  | 
apEX | 
France Alyex
Seems like Someone is mad
2022-10-22 09:17
0
Imagine losing to dead Astralis.
2022-10-21 20:31
0
Blastralis is back! At least for showdown
2022-10-21 20:31
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#13
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Iceland Voidsphere
Seems like Spinx is slowly but surely taking the misutaa route downhill. It was never a misutaa problem, it's an apEX problem.
2022-10-21 20:32
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14 replies
#15
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
ZywOo | 
Zimbabwe Vizions
+1
2022-10-21 20:33
0
not even close misutaa had worse stats than apex lmao
2022-10-21 20:41
0
10 replies
Which is true even now, and he said it is going downhill, not already at his worst
2022-10-21 20:59
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#45
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World Kobs
Silver spoted ..misuta was playing all the hardest role , apex the stars position ...
2022-10-21 21:18
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4 replies
put spinx in the hardest role with one hand tied behind his back and he'll still be above apex's rating misutaa is just a class below
2022-10-22 00:04
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3 replies
2022-10-22 01:04
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2 replies
2022-10-22 11:41
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apex flashed magisk, spinx was anti flash for 2 and the third from gla1ve got him, sure he shot at apex for half a second but it was a hectic situation. misutaa was just worse idk why this is an argument
2022-10-22 12:21
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i guess u cant read stats bro
2022-10-22 09:39
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3 replies
2022-10-22 11:40
0
2 replies
lmao dude this is a 6 months sample, take the whole thing at least if u wanna be credible lmaoooooo
2022-10-22 19:04
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1 reply
you're not following the conversation, anything before the roster change is irrelevant here
2022-10-22 19:11
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Yep,until they realise that apex has no place in that team they wont be good at all.What is the point of having apex and dupreeh on same team,they were pretty much same player on t sides,with apex being much worse individually.Let Magisk igl,and bring in solid star rifler who can hold anchor sites.
2022-10-21 21:17
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1 reply
#56
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Slovakia GloryMole
jackZ
2022-10-21 22:17
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#14
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Brazil hugoooo
ZywOo deserves a better team... he can't carry Vitality forever
2022-10-21 20:32
0
20 replies
agreed
2022-10-21 20:34
0
Major is coming up, they already qualified for blast? They probably don’t really care, and are trying new stuff
2022-10-21 20:36
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18 replies
check your facts, they qualified for a different blast event. these were quals for fall finals in copenhagen and vitality just failed to qualify for this big stage event
2022-10-21 20:48
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13 replies
#41
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Argentina Saazu
Vitality already qualified to the world finals Not defending vita, just correcting you. World finals is way better than fall finals.
2022-10-21 21:08
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5 replies
you are not correcting me because I said truth, I think you must have misunderstood. these are 2 separate events and vitality failed to qualify for copenhagen one, not sure what is hard to understand here
2022-10-21 21:10
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4 replies
#54
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Argentina Saazu
Yeah, but the copenhagen is the quali for the world finals
2022-10-21 22:09
0
3 replies
nah lol, it's a huge arena event with 425k$ prizepool. it is a part of blast events chain and counts towards blast final just like iem cologne is a part of intel grand slam but it's a separate event, not a qual.
2022-10-21 22:19
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2 replies
#78
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Argentina Saazu
not quite, there is no tournament for the IGS title. but now I know that you understand. it was a bit confusing because you said "they failed to quali to this big stage event". but the world finals is even better? the comment sounded like the fall finals is super prestigious and other tourney is "just" the world finals.
2022-10-22 01:27
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1 reply
yeye both big events, the world final obviously even bigger
2022-10-22 01:53
0
I know, but i’m not wrong
2022-10-21 21:39
0
6 replies
you are wrong saying they don't care. so far there were only 5 arena events in 2022, it's the 6th one, definitely one of the biggest csgo events of the year and way more prestigious than esl pro league that had same money for winner but no real crowd.
2022-10-21 22:23
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5 replies
> try hard an online quali for an event which qualify your team for the world finals you already qualified for > focus on major im pretty sure they focus on the major... btw the only two teams who need to fight for copehagen (and hope a ticket to the world finals) is Astralis and Heroic... NaVi, FaZe, Vitality are already in and OG & G2 got more points than Astralis and Liquid. Heroic need to win Copenhagen Astralis need a top2 to get over ENCE at the blast ranking Liquid got Rio major and Fall to get enough points to get over Astralis and ENCE
2022-10-22 10:07
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4 replies
I can't be arsed to get your facts straight, you don't understand but have a nice day. but if you want you can google and simply learn how blast events work, up to you m8
2022-10-22 12:29
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3 replies
cant discuss with a donkey. you got your point and dont want to change. have a good day
2022-10-22 12:32
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2 replies
2022-10-22 12:35
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no I just discussed it already with other people in this thread and have no interest in having same discussion 3 times in row xdd see #57, #78 etc tldr: fall finals =/= not a qualifier, it's a big event, the global finals are hardly more important in any way
2022-10-22 12:42
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#64
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Poland mihas
for me it's not such a thing like "don't care" in any sports especially including e-sport. i mean - you won't be good at something if u don't care even on the warm-up.
2022-10-21 22:59
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3 replies
They care, but not like a major qualifier or blast grand finals. Astralis on the other hand play without any pressure. Liquid with stewie + grim did well on blast fall....
2022-10-22 02:31
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2 replies
you misunderstand how blast works a bit. they have 3 big arena events a year - the 3rd one (global finals) is technically a bit more prestigious than the former 2 but not much, the prize pool is a bit bigger but all 3 are good events and players want to win them. also none of them is even close to major so here you are right - having major starting soon everyone focuses on it. tldr: every arena event is a big one, blast global finals has a bit bigger prize pool than spring or fall finals but that's pretty much it. in most cases players don't care if it's fall finals or global finals, arguably for danes the fall finals (copenhagen) is even more important
2022-10-22 12:34
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1 reply
Sure but the pressure felt differently. Vitality went to the break, while astralis had no pressure rn. Fnatic, liquid played well as a dead team. Confident, etc. Vitality had everything to lose while astralis has litteraly nothing to lose. Vitality won't throw their strats while astralis will use their major strats.
2022-10-22 14:28
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#17
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
huNter- | 
Denmark Product_Manager
k0nfig was the problem
2022-10-21 20:35
0
and people thinking he is a baitF xD
2022-10-21 20:37
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1 reply
#112
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Denmark ReSalty
"Thinking" They are just a haters He legit carry the shit out of astralis all the time
2022-10-22 12:21
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#20
Faceit plus user Faceit level 9  | 
Czech Republic maXX_CZ
Dev1ce parted ways with astralis for one of the biggest fuckups in csgo roster change history....
2022-10-21 20:37
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3 replies
He is not coming to astralis, relax.
2022-10-22 02:49
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2 replies
jahahahahahahahhahhah he is signed from 3 weeks and u talkin shit like that. Just wait till december.
2022-10-22 09:41
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1 reply
Astralis is a stock listed org, and if they signed Device they have to make a public announcement. As far as I recall nothing of such thing has happened yet. You just speculating at this point.
2022-10-22 16:59
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#21
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United States zovint
Godf
2022-10-21 20:37
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zywoo god farming stats tho not gonna lie
2022-10-21 20:38
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blameF to the rescue, GJ
2022-10-21 20:38
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#24
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden skorpan
Zywoo and the bots. This must hurt a little extra for dupreeh, magisk and zonic
2022-10-21 20:39
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blameF god
2022-10-21 20:39
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#27
Faceit level 8  | 
DZ | 
Algeria SilverQuick
Unexpected really
2022-10-21 20:42
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zywoo got NO help lol
2022-10-21 20:42
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See when blameF goes entry?
2022-10-21 20:54
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Vitality saving strats for major obviously.
2022-10-21 20:56
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#37
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France cedd
i watched vitality go on that comeback and destroy them on t side nuke and closed stream thinking gg LUL tf were they doing on d2 and nuke
2022-10-21 20:56
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1 reply
#113
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Denmark ReSalty
Fluke map win Vitality won both pistol rounds so they won like 8 eco rounds or weak astralis buys
2022-10-22 12:24
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how can anyone hate blameF? its crazy
2022-10-21 20:57
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3 replies
Its the playstyle not the person. Its like people being a fan of s1mple's playstyle not the person. As for people who defends blameF by saying hes not baiting, they prolly play the same in MM so its understandable
2022-10-22 00:51
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They hate him as a lurker, he is ultra passive. He is doing Konfig roles rn.
2022-10-22 02:33
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1 reply
I would love to see him in that role more often. I dont know if he is more confident on banana on inferno, to do so. But it would be interesting to see that aggression on other maps too.
2022-10-22 12:05
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#40
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Poland kuziuk
lol zywoo nice experience
2022-10-21 21:04
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Astralis is back
2022-10-21 21:11
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ZywOo deserves a better team
2022-10-21 21:34
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3 replies
Agreed. Welcome: BIG.zywooN
2022-10-22 00:44
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2 replies
#107
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Denmark P0vTr
ZywOobseN
2022-10-22 10:58
0
1 reply
Very good :DD
2022-10-22 15:09
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#48
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Fifflaren | 
Brazil matheuscoelho
+29 and I lose
2022-10-21 21:44
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Vitality top 1 KEKW
2022-10-21 22:00
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BOTALITY WTF TRASH GARBAGE
2022-10-21 22:05
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Crazy to see to get 1.55 rating and still lose the game
2022-10-21 22:06
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1 reply
#53
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
flusha | 
Pakistan sanos
match was literally "zywoo go kill" otherwise no brain by 0 iq apex
2022-10-21 22:08
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how did this team beat liquid again lmao, fluketality strikes again
2022-10-21 22:25
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3 replies
#70
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France Gabenjaa
fluke and without liquid is impossible too
2022-10-22 00:18
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#115
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Denmark ReSalty
Liquid are bots as well They won silver 9 to even get qualified and won them again to get to final That's it What a fluke
2022-10-22 12:30
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1 reply
name
2022-10-25 23:47
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#60
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Murdy | 
Sweden Murdy
Very amateurish title. Might wanna rewrite..
2022-10-21 22:28
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Fake no 1. Hltv ranking decider hates FaZe
2022-10-21 22:52
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1 reply
#116
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Denmark ReSalty
Yep they do what ever they can to cut faze top 1 timer
2022-10-22 12:31
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online pro cs 😴
2022-10-21 22:56
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#65
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
manne | 
Sweden FREE_XELOS
A bomb is not a kill. The CAL-i guys who started using the word first had it as 10 kills. It doesn't make sense otherwise but who cares anymore I guess. The original guys are all gone anyway.
2022-10-21 23:13
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#66
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Pakistan LoOuU2
no surprises , i anticipated this Vitality gotta focus on Major + they havent looked in their EPL form since EPL and struggled even against Tyloo + online + 3 guys from former Astralis vs Astralis who are a dead team walking with no idea who stays and who comes + new coach + nothing to lose + 2 guys from Former Astralis BaitF was entrying during run rounds , go figure.
2022-10-21 23:24
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#67
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England BobDude65
Astralis ct sides are embarrassing but wtf gla1ve those t side calls were literally perfect, I wonder where tf that came from. So good to watch.
2022-10-21 23:26
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Lose to current Astralis = disband. You know the rules
2022-10-22 00:08
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top1 can't even reach showdown finals hltv have to review their ranking system
2022-10-22 00:32
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Bro ZywOo pull 1.55 rating over 3 maps and they lose, better put this into tittle
2022-10-22 00:42
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number 1 team LOL
2022-10-22 00:52
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#81
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Poland Obajtek
gratz to blameF to carry these bots
2022-10-22 02:08
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Wait but some random person on the internet told me he was bad?!?
2022-10-22 02:36
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#87
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France ZeroIQ
Irrelevant online tournament, nothing special.
2022-10-22 02:48
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#90
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Other individual
they dont have to reveal their strats before major and also got 20k under the table (same amount as winner prize) from betting syndicate...nice acting by vitality
2022-10-22 03:06
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1 reply
nice brain xD They are just bad. They will miss blast final with 425k prize pool. nice try. they will be first to be kicked from major i promise.
2022-10-22 10:51
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#92
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Europe Cr3eP_70
Well... If nothing else, a huge contribution for those arguments saying that hltv rank is absolute dogsh*t... Thank you astralis
2022-10-22 03:59
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vita tier 10 without goatwOo
2022-10-22 04:26
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#94
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Philippines B3nk4i
How tf did vitality lose this???
2022-10-22 05:36
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#95
NAF | 
Canada Chordal
this what happens when BaitF decides to stop baiting and starts clicking heads instead
2022-10-22 05:57
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imagine blameF and device together... farlig had 5 kills on inferno, not that he needed more
2022-10-22 07:09
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Spinx and Magisk didn't show up as they should have... bad match from Vita
2022-10-22 09:33
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#101
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Poland Obajtek
blameF is a god
2022-10-22 09:42
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Imagine being zywho out baited by baitf
2022-10-22 09:57
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What a shot article, weak bait and poor writer. Zywoo had equal three maps and that's not wir h Attention but a lucky random 30 frags game by another player is a sensation. Pffff fuck off.
2022-10-23 10:56
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