SK top IEM5 group of death

1-3-2011 19:31

SK Gaming finished day 1 the happiest as they picked up the first place in the IEM5 World Championship semi finals.

Going into the last round, none of the top four placed teams in Group B were saved as all of them could still walk out empty-handed. SK Gaming and Lions had an advantage, in theory, as they were to battle Evil Geniuses and redCode, respectively, two teams who had nothing to play for but pride.

In a rather surprising move, Lions did not vote de_inferno out, and that moved certainly cost them as they were downed 16-8 by a stubborn Korean side, a result which denied them access to the playoffs.

Elsewhere, SK Gaming were made to work hard to move past Evil Geniuses, beating the American team 16-11 after being down 9-6 at the break.

In the final group match, Na´Vi played their last card and it worked out for them as they defeated fnatic 16-9, with the scoreboard showing 12-3 in their favour when the teams switched sides.

This means that SK Gaming finished at the top of the group, while Na´Vi placed second and fnatic third. These last two teams will now meet the third and second-placed sides from Group A, respectively.

SK ALL THE WAY !!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-03-01 19:32

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yeah baby :))

2011-03-01 20:43

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SK .....:)....

2011-03-02 05:27

yeah!

2011-03-01 19:32

great

2011-03-01 19:32

nice

2011-03-01 19:32

"sk wont succed" "omg sk is bad with new lineup" Yeye, look what happend, as I said, they just needed more time together!

2011-03-01 19:33

16 replies

Lets see brackets.

2011-03-01 19:36

2 replies

get dolla

2011-03-01 19:38

2011-03-01 20:59

fx > sk

2011-03-01 19:37

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2011-03-01 20:30

2011-03-01 20:42

i think NEO > sk :D

2011-03-01 21:17

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keep dreaming!

2011-03-02 01:55

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thanks! =D

2011-03-02 02:33

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OWNED!

2011-03-02 09:38

2011-03-01 21:42

Also, dennis is an awesome teamplayer, which helped them a lot I think.

2011-03-01 19:41

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ye, but I think only on last map he had a score like 0-11, and on making 1st frag Joe M reacted "great job, dennis, pressure is off" :))))

2011-03-01 19:55

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He was playing with a team who had alot of pressure to do well in this tournament against the best team of 2010, imagine being him in that situation. He'll do better in the semifinals.

2011-03-01 21:23

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it was actually against Evil Geniuses, and of course I understand that he has the pressure.. I am not saying he is bad!! He is really good - he is a part of a team who managed to earn 1st place in the group of death... I just remembered very funny Joe's comment on him and that's it))) Anyway, gl SK in the play-offs... I wonder what will happen to allen if SK will be at least top2 at this tournament

2011-03-01 22:00

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Sorry! My memory is failing me, I thought the last game was Na'Vi because I totally forgot about the EG game. To be honest, I think allen will still have his spot when he's ready to play again, but dennis seems like the perfect replacement. =)

2011-03-01 23:26

Oh well, it went down just as i predicted in my Blog. SK without allen - 1st place in group of death.

2011-03-01 19:33

Na`Vi > SK!!!!

2011-03-01 19:33

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as all we saw: Na`Vi = SK

2011-03-01 19:35

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But best off 3 Na`Vi > Sk

2011-03-01 19:47

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who know...

2011-03-01 19:55

maybe no

2011-03-01 20:14

go fnatic <3333

2011-03-01 19:33

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+1 i think fnatic plays without good strats i dont see the matchs but i think they are saving the best to bo3

2011-03-01 21:00

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Why would they? Had Lions won, they would have been out, so no reason to make the excuse of saving strats...

2011-03-01 21:15

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lets see mark my words

2011-03-01 21:22

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Stil didn't give me a reason for saving strats... And no, I don't believe fnatic will pass the quarter final.

2011-03-01 21:26

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lets see MARK MY WORDS

2011-03-01 21:38

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Your words are just wrong dude. Even if they win the tournament they surely are not holding back on strats

2011-03-02 08:47

Mark is fucking words or he'll bust you up nigga

2011-03-01 21:53

SK is hoping that UMX will win all their matches....or not since it will be tough for them xD

2011-03-01 19:33

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IF UMX win all their matches they are pretty good :P

2011-03-01 19:37

even if UMX won all their matches and topped the group, they wouldnt meet SK seeing as they would be in the other semifinal

2011-03-01 19:45

SK GJ

2011-03-01 19:34

Gj eska

2011-03-01 19:34

naj$$$$$$

2011-03-01 19:35

Face saved SK, if it wasn't for his great play, they wouldn't have been through the group.

2011-03-01 19:35

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IF it wasn't for markeloff's play, Na'Vi would probably never win anything in 2010, so get over it :)

2011-03-01 19:40

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Haha, so untrue, what about Edward, what about Starix? They were bad? hltv.org/news/5888-top-20-players-of-201..

2011-03-01 19:41

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you actually just made his point clear. he never stated starix nor edward were bad, but navi wouldnt have the same succes without markeloff

2011-03-01 19:46

if it wasn't for neo, if it wasn't for f0rest, if it wasn't for trace, if it wasn't for Adolf Hitler, if it wasn't for Mao Zedong, if it wasn't for Kim Jung il, bla bla bla.

2011-03-01 19:44

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I'm talking about SK's performance so far, face saved them from getting eliminated in the group stage. We shall see now how they perform, the tournament isn't over.

2011-03-01 19:47

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f0rest had some great rounds as well. Stop acting like SK relied solely on face to win. face stepped up, but he's part of SK so that doesn't make SK "saved by face" but rather face playing brillantly to help SK even more. Something like that. Every team gets saved by one of their players at random times. It is CS, man, sometimes one player will do the job for a whole round or several...

2011-03-01 20:12

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Yeah f0rest was solid too. The last thing you wrote, that's what I meant in this case.

2011-03-01 21:39

then how the hell is gtr 1st on stats??? hltv.org/?pageid=181&eventid=720

2011-03-01 21:26

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Yeah, he scored frags in the non-important rounds when they lost. The rounds that they lost were thanks to face with a little bit help from f0rest.

2011-03-01 21:41

But an amazing performance vs fnatic though where he was a main player!

2011-03-01 21:41

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So you can't say that without face they wouldn't pass the groups... All of them were important...

2011-03-01 22:00

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Face was the best player in the group-stage. He won the deciding rounds for the team, so yeah, thanks to him, they are through group stage.

2011-03-01 22:06

they dint loose a single match ... i find it very amusing

2011-03-01 19:35

tomorrow will be exciting as well, i mean for first place

2011-03-01 19:35

redcode ={ Aw well, i rather watch Na'Vi play more games! CMON GO UP A GEAR!

2011-03-01 19:39

frag executors!!

2011-03-01 19:39

- navi + lions

2011-03-01 19:39

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ofc, lions had a bad match against red code

2011-03-01 21:19

- fx + k1ck

2011-03-03 18:25

if anyone c0uld write results all results fr0m day1 and explain,h0w many teams are goin t0 the next stage,and how is possible that all of them have equal chances to come through the next stage? [if someone has time 2 do it, thansk upfront]

2011-03-01 19:39

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results - hltv.org/?pageid=215&eventid=720 teams go next fnatic sk navi

2011-03-01 19:41

GJ SK! :)

2011-03-01 19:39

I HATE SK!!! FX POWER!

2011-03-01 19:41

I was hoping EG would do better... but unfortunately STORM is holding them back.

2011-03-01 19:42

pretty luck based positions

2011-03-01 19:44

2011-03-01 19:46

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You feel sorry for them being to stubborn to vote our their opponents best map?

2011-03-01 20:44

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I feel sorry b/c a team which beated the champions and took a draw with a team which hasn`t lost any match yet didn`t qualify to playoffs

2011-03-01 22:20

good job for sk i guess the reason why lions didn't vote out de_inferno was that Redcode recently change a player and they were defeated easily by sk on inferno on their first game today,so i assume they underestimated the Koreans...it's a shame that can't see pingu's performance any more at this event.

2011-03-01 19:47

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true and also lions made a draw against sk on inferno!

2011-03-01 20:52

well sk 1st and lions&fnatic&navi w'll make their own luck = buy with this we have seen 2day i'll give advantage 2 fnatic and lions,with respec 4 navi

2011-03-01 19:48

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there are no more B group matches, fnatic is 3rd and Lions are out , read the whole news post..

2011-03-01 20:17

SK Gaming <3 :)

2011-03-01 19:48

SK is awesome, i hate people who said after IEM Europe that they are a failure with get_right and f0rest u can't go wrong !

2011-03-01 19:50

nice dennis make SK be in the top he is a greate player

2011-03-01 19:53

Go go m5!!! Go final M5 vs Na`VI!!!

2011-03-01 19:54

SK|dennis-thE_kEy

2011-03-01 19:56

GJ SK !!!

2011-03-01 19:59

go fx :)

2011-03-01 20:00

Good sk and navi but FX will win :D

2011-03-01 20:02

looking forward to see group A

2011-03-01 20:03

As I already said, TimeToShine SK <3

2011-03-01 20:13

if sk face to mtw or fx they gona lose it :)

2011-03-01 20:14

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cool story bro

2011-03-01 20:33

dennis is the reason of this :) -allen +dennis ! :)

2011-03-01 20:22

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allen is better

2011-03-01 20:34

today half haters of SK became their fans, interesting for how long..

2011-03-01 20:42

lol lions, hope they learned their lesson by now. de_korea is de_korea for a reason lol

2011-03-01 20:43

Good job SK and others! Nice try EG and better luck in the future (still need time to get adjusted with their new lineup to go far in a big event like this).

2011-03-01 20:56

I watched nearly every game of today's matches.. And yes I got mad at first because of all the crappy delays which derived from technical difficulties, thus not being able to watch fnatic against LIONS and redCode against SK I think.. Anyways, it's definitely gg for LIONS which is meant in a good way but the evil Koreans denied them the advance.. LIONS where surely the team that impressed me most today(along with SK versus both fnatic and NaVi on nuke and train respectively) and it was a pleasure to watch them play the way they played today.. Apart from the "Gux letting 3 SK players stroll their way through CT spawn unharmed/undetected" incident(unsatisfying is an understatement at that moment for me), that allowed SK to tie the game, LIONS were the team to watch in my opinion exhibiting solid play against both NaVi on tuscan and against SK on inferno. I guess you could say it was "really bad timing" on that round, while it was indeed SK's call attack B from CT Spawn, I bet when they were pushing from arch they didn't expect absolutely no resistance from LIONS whatsoever.. And, couple of rounds before this happened, I was chatting with a friend on steam who was watching the game also, when LIONS had to eco -even though they almost won a semi famas/deagle buy- and I predicted that they will buy AWPs at the last round and win it.. After NIKO's first frag of the round from both teams(holding the push from banana) I was so sure that LIONS would win the match but..SK though otherwise.. Well gg LIONS wellplayed badbeat and remember!! Next time exclude inferno against ex-WMF!..what are you, st00pid? Last thing I have to say about fnatic and redCode, please bear with me. When I heard on the stream that LIONS lost and it became clear that fnatic will advance to the playoffs I was starting to think that maybe fnatic will win this tournament to repeat their IEM5 EC success.. IF this happens, I want cArn to give to the Koreans a portion of the prize money because if it weren't for them fnatic wouldn't even be at the playoffs right now.. Of course that isn't going to happen(and by that I mean carn giving money to the Koreans and not fnatic not repeating their success)..We shall see! I believe it was the most thrilling opening to an IEM WC we've seen so far with a lot of twist and a taste of bitter for LIONS exit after proving that they can deliver against the best. I believe LIONS is the team to watch in the future. SK along with NaVi have shown that probably they will be the ones playing on the grand final but we haven't seen Group A yet, so.. Happy viewing to all of you and may the best team win! (although my heart is torn between fnatic and FX)

2011-03-01 21:01

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evil koreans lmao

2011-03-02 05:12

I saw nearly all the games too and I'm also really impressed by both Lions and SK. To bad Lions didn't make it all the way to advance but gg guys! GL to SK in the play off! Todays matches will be fun to watch aswell, I'm hoping for FX to show their power today and win the group, gl guys! I'm looking forward to see the brazilian team coL today aswell, hope you're gonna advance today guys so GL to you aswell! Second place - coL/mTw Third place - coL/mTw

2011-03-02 06:16

fnatic sucked hard, navi without form...i'm really looking farward to see how fx or mtw will rape these swedes.

2011-03-01 21:04

go mTw!

2011-03-01 21:11

great for NaVi!!!

2011-03-01 21:14

bad for lions...close isnt enough

2011-03-01 21:26

f0rest was amazing vs fnatic, i wish i got to watch more :)

2011-03-01 21:35

2011-03-01 21:36

GO SK , so dennis is good aimer

2011-03-01 21:48

Too bad cus Lions are better than all three of those teams.

2011-03-01 21:53

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I am a bit surprised, but.. I must agree with you, fella!

2011-03-01 22:09

epic fial lions :)

2011-03-01 22:39

sk <3

2011-03-01 22:40

sk <lions

2011-03-01 22:53

I don't really get it, why is Lions going off? You need 8 teams in the quarter finals and I guess it's 4 teams from each group. So, the top 4 teams (considering the points) in Group B are Sk, Na vi, Fnatic and Lions. Why don't they qualify? I'm sorry if the question is too dumb but I have quite not understood the whole idea here. Any help would be really appreciated.

2011-03-01 23:05

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No, top 1 of the group will go directly to the semi-finals, while the the second team plays the third team from the other group to get to the semi-final. So Na'vi is gonna play the third team from group A next, and fnatic will play whoever finishes second in group A :)

2011-03-01 23:10

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To be honest, this is a bit confusing and I would have preferred 'my way'. Well, We could have seen Lions more. I don't know, it's just a bit 'unfair' they have to leave while they played good. Just a thought. Looking forward to Group A matches today. Go FX :)

2011-03-02 08:50

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And I agree with you. Would've been better to have 4 of them pass the group!

2011-03-02 14:52

Ofc. SK > all ;)

2011-03-01 23:42

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fuck sk fans. NAVI>ALL

2011-03-02 01:54

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..... stop spamming! KID,grow up!

2011-03-02 01:56

who cares for you or Na'Vi kid,stfu now ..

2011-03-02 15:34

lions were just unlucky, and the exp will come to them, throwing away a 15-12 lead or something even though they won the first half 11-4 against sk, and picking inferno vs redcode :( other than that they are deffo the team to shock us all for the rest of the year imo -khrystal +moddii ;)

2011-03-02 03:29

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no way dude ;) -fyrrte +moddii if anything =p

2011-03-02 21:57

China love sweden,but I don't like sweden,Dramrk.I Only Russia and ukraine ,I don't care about sweden's team and idea,I only care about Russia and Ukraine.I know you want to how to tell ukraine and russia team's words.I don't care about yours' words.

2011-03-02 03:44

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I don how speak english !

2011-03-02 06:49

Rofl. Wat du us thing aboot brazil?

2011-03-02 07:16

SK POWER!

2011-03-02 03:48

NO COMMENTS ON GET_RIGHT...Y?

2011-03-02 05:25

I did not like as she played against Lions. I still do not understand like SK coming to win to him to fnatic that he is a great one, can tie of the way did that it against Lions.

2011-03-02 05:32