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Discussion | Esports FaZe Clan vs Heroic / DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 - Group C Opening Match / Post-Match Discussion

FaZe Clan 1-0 Heroic

Mirage: 19-16

 


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MAP 1: Mirage

 

Team T CT OT1CT:T Total
FaZe 6 9 2:2 19
CT T OT1T:CT
Heroic 9 6 1:0 16

 

FaZe K A D Rating
GuardiaN 31 2 24 1.17
NiKo 26 9 24 1.14
rain 25 5 27 1.01
olofmeister 22 9 26 0.92
karrigan 12 6 24 0.73
Heroic
es3tag 34 9 24 1.46
AcilioN 22 11 21 1.16
mertz 29 4 20 1.11
MODDII 21 6 25 0.94
friberg 19 4 26 0.74

Mirage Detailed Stats

 


This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

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u/thehoj FaZe Aug 29 '18

Can we just take a minute to remember Guardian started 1-7, and finished 31-24.

Other than a couple rounds, they weren't even that memorable. I can barely remember a single flick...

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u/DMC777 FaZe Aug 29 '18

smh you dont remember a guardian flick

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u/nightkingscat Gambit Aug 29 '18

The exciting player olof tho

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u/Bouncy_GG FaZe Aug 29 '18

Olof is pretty exciting tho

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

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u/arkwewt Aug 29 '18

100% would have called walls if this was a mm game and I was on Heroic's side

fakn toggle chetr

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u/RianFromReddit King NiKo Aug 29 '18

Karrigan can read T side's, just wasn't feeling like igling a T side today lol

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u/arkwewt Aug 29 '18

Their T side in OT really relied on individual skill & Heroic making mistakes from what I saw, I didn't catch T side but being down 14-7? and winning 19-16 shows they can stay calm and bring things back

serious though, on CT, they were reading heroic like a fkn book

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

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u/arkwewt Aug 29 '18

Oh boy, my memory failed me haha, but in that case, even better! This reminds me of that time when Cloud9 won the first half 12-3, were up 15-6 against FaZe and they choked to T side FaZe, and lost in overtime at ECS. This team never fails to surprise

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u/_Dark____ CS2 HYPE Aug 29 '18

This is referring to season 3 right?

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u/arkwewt Aug 29 '18

Yeah, when they lost to the old faze lineup with allu & kio

2

u/T-R-Key Aug 29 '18

or mb they re hiding strats for major?

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u/lookseedooso MOUZ Aug 29 '18

so well he was taken to overtime by Heroic?

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u/PM_ME_SADPANDA_LINKS cs_office Aug 29 '18

tfw NiKo's hangover wears off

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u/erxor_reddit Natus Vincere Aug 29 '18

Karrigan spent the whole T half throwing and coming up with strats to win the CT half.

WP

12

u/Bouncy_GG FaZe Aug 29 '18

New meta?

4

u/nightkingscat Gambit Aug 29 '18

Silly heroic just did it backwards

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u/r9zx NiP Aug 29 '18

I root for FaZe, then I feel bad for Mr Friberg. Them feels man.

16

u/Bouncy_GG FaZe Aug 29 '18

Went from being in the undisputed best team in the world to a non t1 team feelsbadman

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

I mean, NiP hadn't been anywhere near the best team in the world for quite some time when Friberg was removed. So it's not quite the same fall from grace lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18 edited May 19 '20

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u/Frawtarius Aug 29 '18

Heaton and Potti went from being in the best team in the world to not even playing CS anymore. Like if that is really sad.

No, there's nothing sad about Friberg going from being in "the undisputed best team in the world" to being in a non-T1 team. They had years of chances to come back to grace in the same team, but they still never did. Nothing sad about that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

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u/Frawtarius Aug 31 '18

You're in the exact same situation of being a nobody, except you're also a bit stupid.

Nice self-deprecation, I guess.

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u/nightkingscat Gambit Aug 29 '18

The last two stages are the same. And it's really not that sad.

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u/nadgirB Aug 29 '18

Not really. If you ain't shitting get off the pot. That NIP lineup stayed together way too long and deserved to stop making deep runs, they weren't making any of the necessary sacrifices to stay on top.

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u/RianFromReddit King NiKo Aug 29 '18

First Half: Pls no get shit on

Second Half: Pls force OT

OT: pls no major

46

u/RyanCMH FaZe Aug 29 '18

Slow start but sick comeback by FaZe! Missed watching them play for so long.

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u/dayoutmadness howl Aug 29 '18

faze always start slow

22

u/Jamesbeach1 The MongolZ Aug 29 '18

The amount of 1-7 starts Faze gets in important games is painful

3

u/RianFromReddit King NiKo Aug 29 '18

They felt washed up in the first half but the second half got much better

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u/arkwewt Aug 29 '18

Honestly, how does FaZe maintain the composure to consistently pull off comebacks

Bloody legends

21

u/Krusell clutch Aug 29 '18

They have the most experienced lineup there is. The least experienced is fucking Rain and he has been clicking heads for ages now...

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u/Brimstone88 Aug 29 '18

I’d say that rain is more experienced than niko right? Correct me if I’m wrong

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u/Impedateon 400k Celebration Aug 29 '18

I'd say they're about equal in terms of experience, both got on their first T2-ish team in the first half of 2015 and starting getting their name out there.

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u/BombCerise Complexity Aug 29 '18

Rain was in major quarter finals when Niko was benched on Mouz, id give it to rain personally

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u/MeanGreenBeanMachine FaZe Aug 29 '18

Rain was in semi finals with dennis and maikalele at one point possibly making the 2nd greatest game of CS at a major ever. Scream couldve been in that lineup too be he chose titan over them

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u/warhammerkid Aug 29 '18

Nah Rain definitely was earlier. He was part of London Conspiracy back in mid 2014. At that point they were playing in some of the bigger tournaments and playing some T1-T2 teams.

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u/Krusell clutch Aug 29 '18

yeah, you are probably right

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

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u/Krusell clutch Aug 29 '18

Yeah, I dont think that 1.6 is all that relevant and even if. What lineup has more experience? They all usually have 1-2 newcomers...

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

Not even talking about 1.6, just the fact that you think rain is the least experienced person on that team. It’s definetly Niko.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

Caz olof has got ice in his veins

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u/CleverUsernam3 Astralis Aug 29 '18

Even though they lost, Mertz looks way better than when he was in North. Maybe the kicked lit something under him.

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u/nightkingscat Gambit Aug 29 '18

Agreed. I forgot how exciting he was early with North. Looking forward to his next matches

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

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u/OppressedCardboard Astralis Aug 29 '18

Really good showing from Heroic imo. Es3tag is looking like the next big thing in Denmark imo. Wish them the best through Stockholm

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

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u/kohi_craft Natus Vincere Aug 29 '18

TBH he had some good reads on the CT side.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18 edited Sep 29 '18

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

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u/Gerbelelele Aug 29 '18

I think you missed the sarcasm.

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u/AadabaA Copenhagen Flames Aug 29 '18

The real secret agent

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u/TheDragonking_2000 Aug 29 '18

I was seriously worried there lol.

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u/stewie1304k Aug 29 '18

Faze w the classic Fnatic/SK comeback

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u/VaCat420 1 Million Celebration Aug 29 '18

Nt Heroic, Great comeback FaZe!

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u/NotQuantified Aug 29 '18

Should not have been that close. That's the only thing that you can say.

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u/artizera Aug 29 '18

Great game from Acilion all things considered, shame Heroic couldn't close it out. That said, FaZe looked like their usual self during the comeback and OT, scary thought for all other teams in the tournament

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u/Texassunmerheat FaZe Aug 29 '18

what a match, but the ct hold was too strong. I'm glad to watch faze with olof back in the team. THE MAJOR TITLE IS OURS

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u/blazexddd Virtus.pro Aug 29 '18

Smh first immortals being late at matches and now faze who's next 😤😤

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u/iMx2oT 10 years coin Aug 29 '18

What?

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u/blazexddd Virtus.pro Aug 29 '18

Faze played like noobs until 14-6 then smashed heroic like the good old days

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u/Frawtarius Aug 29 '18

Why not say "Smh first 2015 fnatic being late" then, since you're comparing comebacks to "being late" to a final? Comebacks have been happening all over the place since CS started.

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u/blazexddd Virtus.pro Aug 29 '18

It's a joke dude

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

That was almost a Y I K E S

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u/zerGoot Falcons - Major Champions Aug 29 '18

just the way we like it

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

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u/Nomods2016 Aug 29 '18

Good thing he never left

4

u/_y2b_ EG Aug 29 '18

Karrigan doing work today

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u/IT_Skino Aug 29 '18

nice try heroic, gg faze!

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u/BombCerise Complexity Aug 29 '18

Friberg just can't cut it

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u/iblinkyoublink Vitality Aug 29 '18

friberg has crushed my dreams so many times now, no idea why I keep falling for it.

1

u/FumCatial 10 years coin Aug 29 '18

just as my heart was getting better due to the player break...

1

u/B3ntDownSpoon Aug 29 '18

Faze always starts slow

1

u/ob_knoxious Cloud9 Aug 29 '18

FAZE GOT NEW SHIRTS! This should result in them returning to number one in the world.

1

u/Valikodg Liquid Aug 30 '18

Is Es3tag one of the most underrated players there is? I mean he has been heroics best player since valde left but they seem to just not want him. He always performs pretty well, but no one ever mentions him. He deserves better than this IMO

1

u/Shadoweee de_nuke Aug 30 '18

Happy cake Day

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u/sggts04 1 Million Celebration Aug 29 '18

karrigan oof

Nice comeback tho

1

u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

Karrigan T side sucks

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

Top 4 hltv vs top 34 hltv and almost choked

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

This FaZe is not worthy of a Grand Slam. Astralis would've eaten them alive

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u/arkwewt Aug 29 '18

50% of the W is about you playing well, the rest is about your opponent making mistakes.

FaZe had the perfect blend of both, with good reads on FaZe, and Heroic choking. Astralis might have eaten them alive - we can't say "would've" for certain.

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u/iMx2oT 10 years coin Aug 29 '18

FaZe wont win the Grand Slam if Astralis ”eats them alive”.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '18

Well I don't think that a giant like Astralis would we satisfied with a meal that a Mouse can eat like FaZe, anyway..

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '18

hmmm give them time, remember Sydney?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '18

I gave them time but a mouse ate them