Well SK didn't start so well, losing 16-13 to NIP playing pretty average i would say, not bad just average. Silly mistakes costing them, should have even gone to overtime but Fallen miss played the round and lost the 1v1. Stewie2k debut not starting so well
Yeah so today & tomorrow matches are bo3. So to decide who is 1st and 2nd in the group are both bo3, to get eliminated you just had to lose 2x bo1 though
On April 21 2018 19:26 Faruko wrote: I'm not sure Mouz is happy with Styko honestly, sure IGL and all that but his performance the last few months have been... subpar to say the least
of course is hard being IGL but he really needs to step up his game
Seized isnt the hottest IGL around, but hes also the guy whose fragging they can do without. This is the closest Gambit has been to the major winning setup in terms of roles. Everyone had their GO (no pun intended) at IG'ling suffered individually and gave it up and they rolled around to what worked for them before.
Astralis and Glaive in particular prep way to well for teams like Fnatic. I would heavily favour Astralis on any map (xcept inferno) against Na'vi in the final. Unless ofcourse Simple goes Nuclear and someone else goes with him.
On April 22 2018 21:39 Faruko wrote: Didn't watch Navi vs Gambit, doing now
Can't remember flamie being a good awper he had some pretty sick plays, on Train especially.
Flamie has been secondary awping for Na'vi on occasion for a while back when Simple wasnt around and since Guardian left. Hes servicable, but not world class. Sorta Dupreeh level, maybe slightly better.
On April 22 2018 20:46 Faruko wrote: Coldzera has been on a slump lately and device is slowly but surely getting back to that top tier level
Device has had a decent level throughout. Astralis as a squad is just too hot, all of them are fragging at extremely high levels, which is usually because they are comfortable, and they are comfortable because their prep is the best in the business right now.
Ive been watching them in Pro League and ESC EU quite alot. They are the hottest team by quite a bit at the moment. Similar to early 2017 late 16 Astralis
I love Astralis as a team, maybe the most strategic team in the world and with everyone hitting shots and fragging like they are doing they will bring back that Astralis era we missed, it was too short lived.
So far Navi look broken, but this the best NaVi I've seen in such a long time, a lot to look forward if Flamie and Electronic keep the level they had throughout this tournament.
Good times ahead of CS with Fnatic and NiP rising slowly too, a little worried about SK but Stewie should fit nicely, also Taco showing was pretty decent with Liquid, even Gambit showed some power.
Yeah it's hard to call it a choke when you lost against what looked like the best team in the world during this tournament. I believe they could've score a couple rounds more on Nuke, but that's it. On Inferno I expected S1mple to do more, but that's mostly by his standards. He did well no matter what.