Moscow Five take third in Kiev

21-1-2012 20:36

Moscow Five have secured a place on the IEM6 Global Challenge Kiev podium with a 2-1 victory over fnatic.

Second third place finish in the last two tournaments attended, is what Moscow Five added to their achievement list today, as they won the third place decider against fnatic.

The Russians went down 0-1, with fnatic winning first map de_train with a 16-10 score line. In the semi-final against SK, Moscow Five seemed very much like a team tilted, which could be a reason for not performing well on the second map.

Exactly the opposite was the case against fnatic, M5 bouncing back on de_nuke, winning 16-10. Third map de_inferno saw M5 maintaining their momentum and several member showing great individual performance, which gave them another 16-10 victory, to win 2-1 and claim third in Kiev.

IEM6 Global Challenge KievBest of 0

Moscow Five

Matchpage

21st January 2012

fnatic

Train

Nuke

Inferno

Moscow Five place third in Kiev

Match statistics:
Null element
Null element
A third place granted Moscow Five $4,500 and 45 points for the IEM6 rankings, which surely will be enough for them to gain access to the IEM6 World Championship in March. fnatic gained $3,100 for fourth place and 25 points for the rankings, but have already qualified for the World Championship via their first place at IEM6 Global Challenge Guangzhou.

Nice

2012-01-21 20:37

hehe, gratz guys!

fnatic :(

1 reply

+1, sad moment ;(

2012-01-21 21:08

dissapointing

n1, m5 played really strong this event. i think they will be top3 2012

10 replies

that means they would have to overtake Na`Vi, SK, or ESC. I don't see that happening.

2012-01-21 20:38

6 replies

actually they almost did :)

2012-01-21 20:44

3 replies

they are doing it almost a one year, but still they can't, unfortunately :(

2012-01-21 20:48

2 replies

well sk has been on top for a long time, even with another lineup. i believe m5 will shine and be in top5 this year

2012-01-21 20:51

top5 is reached already, they need top1

2012-01-21 20:53

there is not a huge gap between top3 and M5/fnatic. M5 and fnatic both have won and played constant tight games against those 3 teams. if you look at where M5 came from then they improved a lot throughout 2011. it is not unlikely to see them grow more and surpass any of those 3 teams. to be honest there is no definite nr 1 atm, there are currently 3 teams that are all capable of beating each other on any given day/map and are only a bit ahead of M5/fnatic.

2012-01-22 01:23

"to be honest there is no definite nr 1 atm, there are currently 3 teams that are all capable of beating each other on any given day/map and are only a bit ahead of M5/fnatic." +1

2012-01-24 00:18

its first lan tournamen, calm down

2012-01-21 20:40

yes, but they played also very good in 2011. if they keep playing like this they could do it in top3, we will see^^

2012-01-21 20:49

not sure about that

Loved the m5 pushed :)

will they have a slot to IEM GF? i mean i know only 1st and 2nd places have but will there any other invites?

2012-01-21 20:39

8 replies

Counter-Strike 1.6 fnatic mousesports SK Gaming WinFakt eFuture UMX.us These teams were already qualified for Grand Final@Cebit before the Global Challenge in Kiev SK and fnatic are qualified, so the 2 slots will belong to NaVi and M5 I think

2012-01-21 20:42

+ Na'Vi

2012-01-21 20:41

so SK already have a slot, will their one be given to M5?

As far as I know, yes. Edit:// Oh, i did not read the bottom of the page: "A third place granted Moscow Five $4,500 and 45 points for the IEM6 rankings, which surely will be enough for them to gain access to the IEM6 World Championship in March. fnatic gained $3,100 for fourth place and 25 points for the rankings, but have already qualified for the World Championship via their first place at IEM6 Global Challenge Guangzhou." So, yea, M5 definetly will be there :o

Not according to what HLTV wrote. They wrote that this time, you HAVE to be 1 or 2 to get a spot. Edit: Meh, didn't read the bottom either.

They will not get a direct invite, but surely based on the points gathered and the teams on the list, they will make it. Mark my word :)

"Unlike previously though however, should the previously qualified teams place in the top two, the two World Championship spots do not get passed down - the only way to receive them is to place top two." So they won't get passed down! But m5 got enough points to get invited.

2012-01-21 20:50

i guess if they will be in enough position on the ranking of ESL, they will get invite to this tournament

gj guys.

inferno was map where m5 pushed every place

gg m5 , keep on going !

Nixon pls, get us pov demoes from this tournament :)

Check out POV demo section.

2012-01-21 22:07

saw it after i posted.. forgot to edit.. :) gj guys..

2012-01-22 03:04

cArn should think to retire ?

Gj m5 deserved

well played m5

you know... i kinda expected that!

2012-01-21 20:45

Thanks M5! WP

m5 nice team to watch coz of that aggresyve style players

2012-01-21 20:47

yeah,and it's pretty interesting when they are using 3 awp

nvm. grats m5, glad to see you doing well!

Fox really impressed the whole lan

Nice, i like Nixon's news

2012-01-21 20:52

Sad..

2012-01-21 20:55

gj M5!

top3 as top1 for m5 IMO

2012-01-21 20:57

deserved!

2012-01-21 21:01

gratz

sad;( Hope Fnatic.RaidCall can do better at the next event. (:

GG M5!

2012-01-21 21:12

If you want to see fun counter-strike, watch Moscow 5. They are the most aggressive fun team to watch, and every player on the team can pull insane frags. Dosia and Fox are unreal. Fox is probably the most underrated awper in the world.

2012-01-21 21:16

4 replies

+hundredmillionthousandbillion

2012-01-21 21:27

+20302

2012-01-21 23:08

i really love when xek with awp arcades :D

2012-01-22 10:06

three or even 4 awps during succesfull round can't see every day :D

2012-01-22 15:46

gj M5

2012-01-21 21:17

Congratulations MoscowFive!! I really like your impressive playing style!

2012-01-21 21:26

nice m5 ;p

2012-01-21 21:30

Nice M5 ^_______________^

2012-01-21 21:38

edik oO

2012-01-21 21:44

he is igl. you can't play stable every match if you're calling strats and coordinate the whole team.

2012-01-21 23:44

ed1k -18 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA@A@H@HA@HA@HHA@HA@

2012-01-21 21:46

2012-01-21 21:54

Good game and have fun =) deserved M5

2012-01-21 21:55

Gj M5. Bad for Fnatic.

2012-01-21 22:01

Good game. Good job Moscow Five! :D

2012-01-21 22:02

atm 1-ESC/NaVi/SK 2-ESC/NaVi/SK 3-ESC/NaVi/SK 4-M5 5-fnatic 6-Lions 7-WinFakt 8-mouzesports

2012-01-22 01:06

+2, exactly my thoughts. there is no best team in the world, all 3 teams can beat each other on any given day and M5 and fnatic are a very close nr 4 and 5 respectively.

2012-01-22 01:28

right

2012-01-22 09:46

bad, gj m5

2012-01-21 22:08

GuX had an insane tournament but in the last round he probably failed to make the most important frag for fnatic, when hi didn't kill a m5 player in the back

2012-01-21 22:18