GameGune 2010: Top Players

Another major tournament is behind us, and we now bring you a breakdown of the best players at GameGune 2010. Many players showed impressive form in Spain, so here we will analyze their performances through a statistical magnifying glass. Also, at the end of the article we will provide you with the opportunity to vote for the Most Valuable Player of the event, so don't miss the chance to have your say.

69 matches were played in Bilbao, Spain during this event, so there were plenty of chances for the 140 players in attendance to shine. In this article we will take a look at who were the best of the best and what made them stand out, as well as some other interesting stats like top awpers, pistol round players and entry killers. Also, as in the previous couple of tournaments, only players from the top 8 placed team are considered.

Best rated players

15) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Filip 'Neo' Kubski Frag eXecutors 0.78 0.57 1.19

3 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.89 vs D4 (Upper bracket quarter-final)

Despite this being one of the rare occasions when he was not the top fragger of his team in a tournament, Filip "Neo" Kubski was instrumental in Frag eXecutors' biggest success this year. He had many amazing, round-winning plays throughout the entire tournament, a good example of which are these two rounds – video #1 and video #2. Kubski was one of the best pistol round players of the event (3rd) and one of the most successful in clutch (1vsX) situations, as he won 7 of them. He was also top rated in three matches, all of them in the playoffs, and was also one of the most consistent players, 8 of 9 times with rating 1.00+.

14) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Rasmus 'Gux' Ståhl fnatic 0.78 0.58 1.20

2 x MotM, Highest rating: 2.13 vs prodigy-esc (Group stage)

In his first tournament back in fnatic, Rasmus "Gux" Ståhl proved to be a huge boost for the team not only because of the fact that they placed first, but also because of his great individual performances. He especially shone in his team's two matches against prodigy-esc and aAa picking up two man-of-the-match awards, but he didn't play badly against any other opponent, averaging a very good 0.78 KPR.

13) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund fnatic 0.79 0.54 1.21

2 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.61 vs duellum (Group stage)

Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund was among the top rated players in every tournament fnatic competed in this year, regardless of their final placement, so it is no wonder that he is here once again after they won. Alesund was top rated in two of fnatic's matches, against k1ck and CNB, and just as his teammate Ståhl, he had his moments in every other match. He particularly excelled in pistol rounds, finishing 1st in that category at this event. He was also great in clutch situations, winning all 6 times he found himself in a 1vs1, plus one 1vs2.

12) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Sergey 'starix' Ischuk Na´Vi 0.78 0.50 1.22

1 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.54 vs k1ck (Lower bracket semi-final)

All five of Natus Vincere's members were rated 1.13 or more which made them the top rated team of the event, so it is no surprise that three of them are among the top rated players of the entire event, starting with Sergey "starix" Ischuk. Even though he didn't play at the level of his MVP-worthy performances in Dallas, Ischuk was again the epitome of consistency with 7 of 8 maps being rated 1.00+. He was his team's best pistol round player (7th overall) and 6th best entry player of the event, while also being 2nd hardest to kill as he survived half of the rounds he played in (0.50 DPR).

11) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Benjamin 'drizzer' Charnet wCrea 0.83 0.64 1.22

1 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.59 vs CNB (Lower bracket semi-final)

The French team that changed organizations just before this tournament managed to represent their new home wCrea in great light, with resilient play throughout the entire lower bracket to achieve a great 4th place finish. Two of their players were crucial in that success, and one of them is Benjamin "drizzer" Charnet. He can mainly be proud of his 0.83 KPR and not only consistent good play, but consistent great play, as he was rated above 1.30 in 6 of his 9 matches.

10) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Mariusz 'Loord' Cybulski Frag eXecutors 0.84 0.57 1.22

4 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.75 vs 4FRAGS (Group stage)

The Frag eXecutors' player who managed to outfrag Kubski at this event, and be, arguably, more influential in their team's success is Mariusz "Loord" Cybulski. He played consistently good having 8 of 9 maps with rating over 1.00 and was man of the match on 4 occasions. Cybulski's most notable performance was against fnatic in Upper Bracket Final when Frag eXecutors managed a win after overtime to secure at least 2nd place. He was also the 5th most regular fragger of the event with 56% of rounds with at least 1 kill along with a 0.84 KPR (7th).

9) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Fatih 'gob b' Dayik mousesports 0.76 0.53 1.24

1 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.62 vs Defining Stars (Group stage)

Mousesports' in-game leader Fatih "gob b" Dayik might not have led his team to great success in Spain as they finished 7-8th using 2 stand-ins, but his individual performance surely contributed in a positive way. Dayik played well in each of his 7 matches and was particularly successful in avoiding getting killed, which can be quite significant for a strat-caller, having a 0.53 DPR (4th). He was also the 4th best player in pistol rounds which significantly helped mousesports win 71% of their opening rounds.

8) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Na´Vi 0.82 0.53 1.26

0 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.84 vs dignitas (Group stage)

It's been a while since Na´Vi's in-game leader Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko played this good fragging-wise. More precisely, since Arbalet Best of Four in mid-April, as he averaged the same 0.82 KPR now in Bilbao as he did then in Kiev. Apart from being good at taking out opponents, he was also good at staying alive recording a 0.53 DPR (3rd). He mostly stood out in his matches against dignitas, k1ck and B4G where he recorded ratings of over 1.60. Teslenko was the best player with M4A1, having 0.44 KPR with that weapon.

7) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Guilherme 'spacca' Spacca CNB 0.83 0.57 1.28

2 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.67 vs aAa (Group stage)

The Brazilian team CNB finished in very good 5-6th place, largely thanks to the contributions of their two star players at this event. The slightly less shiny one of those two was Guilherme "spacca" Spacca, who excelled in his team's early matches, especially versus aAa, but kept his form up in 6 of 7 matches. He was also the most lethal player with AK47, recording 0.43 KPR with it which constituted more than half of his overall fragging, as he had a very good 0.83 KPR.

6) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Rodolphe 'Diodel' Verloës wCrea 0.85 0.58 1.31

3 x MotM, Highest rating: 2.10 vs adeclik (Group stage)

The other wCrea member who excelled and helped his team on their road to 4th place is the often disputed Rodolphe "Diodel" Verloës. He was man of the match 3 times, including excellent performances in what were probably their most important two matches against aAa and CNB late in the lower bracket of playoffs. Verloës was one of the players who were most influential in their team, as he had rating 17% better than team average, mostly thanks to his great 0.85 KPR (6th).

5) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco k1ck 0.90 0.58 1.34

2 x MotM, Highest rating: 1.95 vs adeclik (Group stage)

Ricardo "fox" Pacheco proved how much he was missed by k1ck at ESWC, not only due to being the first star of his team now in Bilbao and leading them to 5-6th place, but also for being one of the brightest stars of the entire tournament. He performed good in every match except their goodbye-encounter with Na´Vi, while displaying some great actions such as this one - video. Pacheco excelled the most as an awper, taking the Top AWP title with the highest amount of total awp kills (80) and the best awpKPR (0.38). Another important area where he showed his worth was ability to get entry kills, as he was ranked 1st in that category as well. Add to that his amazing 0.90 KPR (4th), frequent fragging with 57% of rounds with kills (3rd), and that his rating was 20% higher than his team's, it all makes him one of the best players of the event.

4) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg fnatic 0.95 0.60 1.39

5 x MotM, Highest rating: 2.00 vs Antwerp Aces (Group stage)

There should be little doubt about who was fnatic's best player at this event, as Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg was top rated 5 times in their matches (event-highest), including the Swedes' last 3 maps that brought them the gold medals. His most noticeable performance came in the first map of the Final, as he had 39 kills in the double overtime thriller. Lindberg was the most consistent player of the event, recording a rating of 1.00 in all of his 10 maps. He had a 0.95 KPR (3rd) while getting by far the most total kills in the event (280, 46 more than second highest). He also had the most entry kills per round (0.17), but a lot of entry deaths (0.10) brought his ranking down slightly in that overall category.

3) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov Na´Vi 0.88 0.46 1.43

4 x MotM, Highest rating: 2.20 vs dignitas (Group stage)

Yegor "markeloff" Markelov has been playing outstanding this whole year, but now he managed to exceed all of his previous performances, at least statistically. He recorded his best yet 0.88 KPR, and also best so far 0.46 DPR (which is also the best ever so far in our stats for a player with a decent amount of rounds in an event). He had several impressive performances gathering 4 man-of-the-match awards, three of them with amazing ratings of 2.00+ against k1ck, dignitas and coketa. And even though he has been using his favorite weapon slightly less lately, he was still the third best awper of the event, with 0.26 awpKPR (same as in Arbalet Dallas). Another thing that seems to be characterizing his play style lately is successful entry killing, as he was 5th best in that category this time after being 2nd in Dallas.

2) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Christian 'Blizzard' Chmiel mousesports 0.95 0.58 1.44

4 x MotM, Highest rating: 2.31 vs erandio (Group stage)

Perhaps the biggest surprise on this list is seeing mousesports' backup player Christian "Blizzard" Chmiel, as he took the front seat in the absence of their two star players and led the way. He was known as a great player back in the day when he was one of mousesports' main players, and last weekend he proved that he's still got it. Although he mostly excelled in the group stage, being by far the best player of Day 1 at GameGune, he didn't disappoint in the latter stages either. In total he was top rated in 4 matches, had an amazing 0.95 KPR (2nd) and was the 2nd best pistol round player (somewhat thanks to the action in this video). He was also the player who had most rounds with at least 1 kill (58%) and was the 4th best entry killer of the event.

1) Player Team KPR DPR Rating Arthur 'prd' Resende CNB 0.97 0.60 1.45

3 x MotM, Highest rating: 2.36 vs RG (Group stage)

The top rated player of GameGune 2010 was, also quite surprisingly, Arthur "prd" Resende from CNB Gaming, who led his team to a 5-6th finish. Resende was surely one of the stars of the event as he was the most lethal fragger (0.97 KPR), with 58% of rounds with kills (2nd), while being the 4th best awper and 3rd best entry killer. He was top rated in 3 matches, including two important playoff victories against Antwerp Aces and mousesports and he ended up with a rating 31% better than his team's average. To complete his candidacy for best player of the event, he was also one of the best clutchers, having won all 5 1vs1s he was in, as well as two 1vs2s.

Note: This ranking is based on Rating (if you're wondering what that is, read about it here). It doesn't necessarily represent an ordered list of the best players at the event, but instead singles out the ones who played good in their matches using the formula described in the page linked above.

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Top Awpers

The best awper in this event was without a doubt k1ck's Pacheco with the highest total and average amount of kills with the big green. Second place, a bit surprisingly belongs, to aAa's Fabien "atLaNtis" Deguiraud who had a very good 0.31 awpKPR. It's also worth mentioning great awping by another fnatic member, Lindberg, as even though he didn't use the weapon often, he collected a big part of his 41 kills with it in the first map of the Final.

#	Player	Team	awp Kills	awpKPR	% of kills
1.	Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco	k1ck	80	0.38	42%
2.	Fabien 'atLaNtis' Deguiraud	aAa	57	0.31	43%
3.	Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov	Na´Vi	52	0.26	30%
4.	Arthur 'prd' Resende	CNB	49	0.26	27%
5.	Jarosław 'pasha' Jarząbkowski	Fx	59	0.22	31%
6.	Harley 'dsn' Örwall	fnatic	64	0.22	30%

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Top Pistol Round players

Fnatic's Alesund was the best pistol round player, while also winning a couple of clutches in those rounds. Right behind him is mousesports' Chmiel who was also very dominant, and after him another two already mentioned players, Kubski and Dayik. Completing the list is wCrea's Jeremy "ioRek" Vuillermet, who helped his team be the most successful in pistol rounds at this event (72% won, 13/18), just in front of mousesports (71%, 10/14).

#	Player	Team	PR KPR	PR DPR	PR Rating
1.	Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund	fnatic	1.30	0.50	1.93
2.	Christian 'Blizzard' Chmiel	mouz	1.14	0.57	1.92
3.	Filip 'Neo' Kubski	Fx	1.11	0.56	1.61
4.	Fatih 'gob b' Dayik	mouz	1.00	0.43	1.57
5.	Jeremy 'ioRek' Vuillermet	wCrea	1.06	0.67	1.50

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Top Entry-kill players

Another area where k1ck's Pacheco excelled was entry kills, as he was most successful in first duels by winning 79% of them. Following are Na´Vi's Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev, and three already mentioned players, Resende, Chmiel and Markelov.

And here are a few possibly interesting stats involving entry kills:

• aAa lost 16 of 18 rounds when atLaNtis was killed first
• Zeus was one of the least involved in entry kills (13%), which is a big change from just a few events ago when he was in the opposite position - most involved with 32% at DH Summer

#	Player	Team	EKpR	EDpR	EK-DpR	Won%
1.	Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco	k1ck	0.15	0.04	+0.11	79%
2.	Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev	Na´Vi	0.17	0.07	+0.10	72%
3.	Arthur 'prd' Resende	CNB	0.17	0.07	+0.10	70%
4.	Christian 'Blizzard' Chmiel	mouz	0.13	0.04	+0.09	76%
5.	Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov	Na´Vi	0.16	0.07	+0.09	69%

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MVP nominations and honorable mention

The best performer that didn't make the list because his team was stopped as soon as the playoffs started was Carlos "xhiroz" Puente, as he achieved the highest rating of the event, but played only 6 maps. He mostly shone on the first day, as his team B4G stormed through the group stage.

Another very good performer who missed out on further glory with his team is Timuçin "xylm" Argilli from DarkPassage. Even though his team lost 3 of their 5 maps, Argilli was rated 1.00+ in each of them and didn't let his team down on any occasion.

Nominating players for the MVP award proved to be more difficult than usual, as there were some extraordinary performers outside the top 3 teams, as well as many great ones among those who reached the podium.

Lindberg was clearly the best from the winning team fnatic, even though his teammates Alesund and Ståhl were in great form as well. Frag eXecutors had two similarly important members in their 2nd place campaign, while Natus Vincere were always led by Markelov. But we also must include two players who excelled in so many different categories and led their teams to 5-6th finishes - CNB's Resende and k1ck's Pacheco. Perhaps mousesports' Chmiel also should have been there for those reasons, but his team's not so successful 7-8th finish kept him out of the nominee list.

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With the vote we conclude this statistical review of top players at GameGune, so feel free to leave your opinion on the matter and the reasoning behind your choice, if you voted, in the comments below. You can check out the rest of the stats from GameGune here. We hope that you enjoyed our coverage of GameGune 2010, although we are not finished with it as we also need to upload POV demos from the event. In the mean time, a new event is upon us as early as tomorrow when IEM5 Global Challenge Shanghai will begin, so stay tuned to HLTV.org!