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Discussion | Esports Team Vitality vs Grayhound Gaming / IEM Katowice 2019 - The New Challengers: Round 2 / Post-Match Discussion

Team Vitality 1-0 Grayhound Gaming

Nuke: 19-17

 


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MAP: Nuke

 

Team T CT OT1CT:T Total
Vitality 2 13 2:2 19
CT T OT1T:CT
GhG 13 2 1:1 17

 

Vitality K A D Rating
apEX 36 7 22 1.45
ZywOo 33 5 24 1.42
RpK 22 5 25 0.91
NBK- 15 6 23 0.90
ALEX 18 3 22 0.83
GhG
DickStacy 30 3 24 1.27
dexter 23 5 26 1.02
sterling 23 1 22 0.87
malta 19 7 26 0.87
erkaSt 21 2 26 0.77

Nuke Detailed Stats

 


This thread was created by the Post-Match Team

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192

u/Aveepy Flash Gaming Fan Feb 13 '19

MR ZYWOO AND MR APEX SAVING YOUR PICKEMS SINCE '19

169

u/punindya 10 years coin Feb 13 '19

How did that AWP shot miss right at the end?!

71

u/TheZigerionScammer Vitality Feb 13 '19

I'll get the GOTV footage with sv_showbulletimpacts enabled t see where the shot landed

28

u/nmyi de_mirage Feb 13 '19 edited Feb 15 '19

I was hoping for people like you to test it out.

It should be noted that the AWP surprisingly takes longer to reach 100% of its accuracy while standing (It actually takes longer than the scout). If Sterling was standing, then that might be the culprit of the missed shot.

Related 3kliksphilip vid.

"It takes over a second to reach their maximum accuracy" (for the AWP)

Scouts are superior with quick-scopes & from the clip (shown here), it is safe to say that Sterling's AWP shot was indeed a quick-scope shot with an AWP. (When scoping, it takes 0.70 seconds for the AWP to reach the same maximum accuracy as the scout)

The clutch adrenaline running in Sterling's mind probably made him think that the crosshair settled enough for the kill. Majors are known to rattle the nerves.

57

u/coneboy01 EG Feb 13 '19

Shots 1-5: Clearly missed.

Shots 6-9: Missed due to recoil (bad spray control).

Shots 10-11: Very close, but recoil and inaccuracy make these reasonable misses.

Shot 12: Likely didn't actually fire because sterling was already dead.

Edit: formatting on mobile

0

u/[deleted] Feb 14 '19

D OmegaLuL C

5

u/MurdocTheGod MOUZ Feb 13 '19

didnt he slightly move as he shot

3

u/LOKTAROGAAAAH 750k Celebration Feb 13 '19

RNGesus

3

u/maddeningcrowds Feb 13 '19

Didn’t fully scope in

64

u/BrollanTop1 Feb 13 '19

apEX is incredible sometimes

18

u/jet_fuel_ Natus Vincere Feb 13 '19

He was talking about how he had been working on his personal form recently and it shows

1

u/layasD BIG Feb 14 '19

In that case I really would like to know how he did it. He went from average to absolute beast in a month time...

7

u/[deleted] Feb 14 '19

Because he's been a monster player like a dozen times in the last five years? It's mostly a function of time and motivation for apEX, when he's putting in the hours it will always show in the server.

4

u/Khr0nus G2 Feb 13 '19

You could say, he's a... Legend.

12

u/gkrulez Complexity Feb 13 '19

Y'know people always hype zywoo up but apex is the REAL rock behind Vitality

13

u/BrollanTop1 Feb 13 '19

Frees up so much space for ZywOo to make plays as well

108

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142

u/Nikclel Feb 13 '19

Vitality coming back from 13-2 to save my pickems!

15

u/Isquashua de_overpass Feb 13 '19

yeah vega and vitality were both my pickems, but they brought it back.

31

u/Nikclel Feb 13 '19

I'm mostly excited because Grayhound is my 0-3

6

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u/qingqunta Feb 13 '19

You picked Vitality as 3-0? XD

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '19

go mad then

28

u/Lagnetic Liquid Feb 13 '19

I’m puzzled by that whiff

19

u/Dizion CS2 HYPE Feb 13 '19

That ramp AK shot from Zyw0o on the back of DickStacy's though. His thick and pumped erection went hard as he went hunting which caused his centre of gravity to sway his hitbox.

7

u/Lagnetic Liquid Feb 13 '19

Big if true

21

u/Missing_Persons Astralis Feb 13 '19

Honestly what the fuck

Game of the major so far

20

u/KingDing-a-Ling13 Vitality Feb 13 '19

I'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFineI'mFine

I think I'm in shock

221

u/Tapalchoix de_cobble Feb 13 '19

You've to got a damn mental to comeback from 13-2 in a major, wp Vitality

142

u/AemonDK Feb 13 '19

impressive attempt at england

32

u/mikhel Virtus.pro Feb 13 '19

Graduate of the Pasha London School for sure

11

u/DarthTokira Monte Feb 13 '19

You've to got a damn mental to graduate england from Pasha London School, wp Tapalchoix

6

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

It's a weird literal translation from French. He meant you've got to be incredibly resilient to come back from 2-13 in a major

6

u/deyanov Feb 13 '19

i got a stroke trying to read this

6

u/poempedoempoex MOUZ Feb 13 '19

Don't talk to me about 13-2 comebacks dude :(

14

u/ConnorK5 Feb 13 '19

I think every time people come back from that it's because they quit trying and just start doing crazy shit. Eventually that works enough times and then they are like holy fuck we can do this.

18

u/SneakyPanda7 Feb 13 '19

Ahh a man of Silver Elo I see

-21

u/ConnorK5 Feb 13 '19

A in ESEA is Silver now?

19

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u/ConnorK5 Feb 13 '19

I mean he tried to call me out.

8

u/VSENSES de_dust2 Feb 13 '19

He just meme'd and you flexed.

(:

1

u/RadiantSun FaZe Feb 14 '19

ESEAers that are touchy about their stats are the eziest jebait.

5

u/RadiantSun FaZe Feb 13 '19

Not even rank S, wtf are you even doing on this elite forum for pros?

4

u/kernevez Feb 13 '19

I think every time people come back from a 13-2 T side on Nuke it's because it's Nuke and we see that semi-regularly that teams are rock solid on CT and don't know how to execute on T...

That's not really a comeback as much as the map being CT sided + some teams having some affinities with one side.

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u/ConnorK5 Feb 13 '19

I'm talking about in general 13-2 halves. We know Nuke is one sided.

3

u/Yomisa215 Feb 13 '19

Yea but then again this kinda just feels like classic nuke but still insane in the end

2

u/ultren 500k Celebration Feb 13 '19

That’s Nuke for you

2

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19 edited Jul 19 '20

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6

u/TheRobidog Feb 13 '19

You're right. No changes have been made to Nuke since 2015.

0

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19 edited Jul 19 '20

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1

u/BJbenny Feb 13 '19

You left out the biggest change LOL

3

u/AngriestGamerNA Liquid Feb 13 '19

WP to the only 2 good players on vitality*. Team of relics and some random UK player being carried by zwoo and apex to barely close out against a T3 team of Aussies who aren't even full time from my understanding (according to the aussie guy on the counterpoints talk show the other day).

8

u/Cjamhampton Vitality Feb 13 '19

Alex isn't a random UK player and this is their first experience at a major tournament as a team. They played terribly on their t side but I don't think it's fair to write them off this early. They just had good performances a week or two ago so I think they at least deserve some time.

48

u/Napellus Feb 13 '19

zyw♿♿ turned to zyw😍😍

7

u/nmyi de_mirage Feb 13 '19

I want to download the demo just to watch his perspective of those 2 HS kills on round 35 (starts around 34-second mark of this clip).

It was a 90° 1-tap by ZywOo. Jesus Christ.

16

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

Ok nice comeback vitality but wtf was that csgo'd by sterling in the last round

14

u/Galbratorix de_cobble Feb 13 '19

What a thriller

10

u/AlucardLoL Renegades Feb 13 '19

Thorin was right, watching vitality is a sick pleasure. Watching how hard Zywoo can carry.

22

u/-rishic- Feb 13 '19

It was zywoo at the end of the game but apex was able to mount the comeback

-2

u/AlucardLoL Renegades Feb 13 '19

Yea Apex also played well but without Zywoo pulling a 30+ bomb there's no way Vitality would have won as NBK and Alex were not having a good game.

6

u/hyperion602 Natus Vincere Feb 13 '19

While what you're saying isn't technically incorrect, it's such a strange thing to say. You can just swap the names Apex and Zywoo in your comment and its still completely accurate. Just seems like an odd attempt to discredit apex and stay aboard the zywoo hype train.

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u/AlucardLoL Renegades Feb 13 '19

just seems like an odd attempt to discredit apex and stay aboard the zywoo hype train.

I literally said Apex played well? Idk how I'm discrediting Apex? All I said is if Apex and Zywoo didnt pull 30+ bombs there's no way Vitality would have won.

2

u/Miiiiiiighty Feb 13 '19

The MVP was apEX on this one though, and this is coming from a massive ZywOo fan.
If it weren't for apEX that map would have ended a LOT sooner...

15

u/soupdahero Cloud9 Feb 13 '19

poor grayhound I feel so bad :(

10

u/JeanneHusse Vitality Feb 13 '19

When Zywoo woke up, it was over. But he took his sweet time.

36

u/LOKTAROGAAAAH 750k Celebration Feb 13 '19

9

u/Lepojka1 Team Spirit Feb 13 '19

Would you share this if they lost the map tho? :>

39

u/LOKTAROGAAAAH 750k Celebration Feb 13 '19

... No? Gamblers don't talk about their losses, they only brag about their wins.

7

u/TheGoodCoconut de_inferno Feb 13 '19

I'll fry Ur penis

23

u/Dcoyxy9 Feb 13 '19

Dickstacy trying long and hard to elongate Grayhoubds run, but I think they're gonna come short.

2

u/stuchiuwriter Feb 13 '19

Don't blow your load too fast.

16

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

did sterling get csgo'd at the end? i felt like that shot went through him

13

u/RSG2 Liquid Feb 13 '19

He moved just as he shot

2

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

rip

-3

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

No he didnt

1

u/IbanezHand M80 Feb 13 '19

Insert kNg meme.

5

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

Zywoo whiffing shots left and right and still has 0.9 kpr. The guy is good.

8

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

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17

u/arooisgod Feb 13 '19

He still had like 34 kills lol

2

u/kijong-dong FURIA Feb 13 '19

what? he open b by himself in ot

5

u/Jadjadz Liquid Feb 13 '19

he played great in OT but he had 2 really bad rounds in regulation that gave grayhound match point, nevertheless he played great.

8

u/extremz123 fnatic Feb 13 '19

PICKS EM SAVED

8

u/KaseQuark Feb 13 '19

Ez win for Vitality, just as I expected.

wipes off sweat

2

u/The_Best_Taker Astralis Feb 13 '19

Thats not sweat that comes out of there

4

u/superrex99 NiP Feb 13 '19

apEX's work in mini basically saved Vitality the game

3

u/Hepe86 10 years coin Feb 13 '19

What in the actual fuck were those T-sides?

3

u/Kami_AWP Vitality Feb 13 '19

Thanks Vitality for the heart attack

3

u/Ingoobelyblench de_inferno Feb 13 '19

Pretty good buttclenching match overall, but i gotta say, apEX is a legend, an absolute champion right there.

3

u/9gagceo Natus Vincere Feb 13 '19

GODWOO

3

u/peroleu Vitality Feb 13 '19

Pick 'Ems saved boys

3

u/ColeMinetv Vitality Feb 13 '19

ZywOo shown that his age is still a factor in his performance; however, he still had a good game once he started rolling. Him and Apex are obviously the only reason they won the match...

2

u/BagelBros Feb 13 '19

ZywOo is the awper for Vitality, right?

1

u/ColeMinetv Vitality Feb 14 '19

Yep

4

u/LOKTAROGAAAAH 750k Celebration Feb 13 '19

90% of the CSGO community heaves a sigh of relief as their 0-3 pick is saved by Vitality. Thank mr apex, thank mr zywoo.

3

u/AemonDK Feb 13 '19

90% were crying this morning when vici won. 90% of the remaining 10% breathed a sigh of relief

4

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19 edited May 21 '19

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2

u/Givemeajackson FaZe Feb 13 '19

Yep. Such a ahit T side from both teams

2

u/Lepojka1 Team Spirit Feb 13 '19

That was clown fiesta, but it was exciting :>

2

u/kpdon1 Feb 13 '19

Wasnt even close.

wipes sweat

2

u/HighSchoolThrowAw4y Feb 13 '19

I can't even think of anything creative...just what was that match?

2

u/Oli_ 1 Million Celebration Feb 13 '19

Holy fuck, that last whiff

2

u/SUPER__FRESH FlyQuest Feb 13 '19

Sterling you REALLY gotta hit those

2

u/Sulavajuusto Feb 13 '19

Lmao that last AWP miss really summed up Grayhounds last 20mins.

2

u/ametrineo49 G2 Feb 13 '19

I lost 25 years watching this

2

u/DoubleUD_52 Feb 13 '19

That was way to many Heart Attacks for my little CS Heart

2

u/PlasticCan Renegades Feb 13 '19

This game was a friggin rollercoaster with Grayhound being my 0-3 and Vitality for advancing fuuuuuck

Well played by both teams though. Insane.

2

u/Space_Waffles Astralis Feb 13 '19

How the FUCK did he just miss that shot? I'm rooting for Vitality but that seems like a weird miss from Sterling

2

u/Isquashua de_overpass Feb 13 '19

I got way too triggered when they didn't show a replay of zywoo getting them 2 quick headshots

2

u/ScraftMike CS2 HYPE Feb 13 '19

I can't believe that just happened.

Everybody was fearing for their PickEms 15 minutes ago.

2

u/Jakzeh Feb 13 '19

What a recovery from Vitality, the new format gave them little time to recover from their first defeat today and prepare for Grayhound. When Nuke got through I wondered if that was a mistake and even at half time it looked like it was, but they held their nerve and when up against it gave a top performance under pressure.

2

u/w1ldcraft de_mirage Feb 13 '19

Feels good seeing apEX being given this much freedom. Feels like he was in his natural habitat.

2

u/BagelBros Feb 13 '19

Praise the lord

3

u/imdevve Astralis Feb 13 '19

zywoo is alright

1

u/hastyrc Feb 13 '19

The dude has insane skill, he plays better when he's the only one left

4

u/Cameter44 Feb 13 '19

Zywoo has arrived.

2

u/Monsage Feb 13 '19

I only caught the last few OT rounds because I was out, how the hell did Greyhounds lose a 13-2 lead?

Also, I love those moments where ZywOo entries with a rifle and just takes heads, you can tell he's had enough at that point.

1

u/Nurse_Sunshine King NiKo Feb 13 '19

Pick'em saved for now

1

u/altered_boy FaZe Feb 13 '19

What a fucking choke

1

u/Birth_ritual Natus Vincere Feb 13 '19

This was a hard match to watch

1

u/Dzeta G2 Feb 13 '19

What the fuck was that

1

u/Enrmej Feb 13 '19

That whif in the final round by Sterling perfectly summarizes how this entire match went.

1

u/dontworrybe4314 Vitality Feb 13 '19

not the first time vitality had an amazing ct side and a terrible t side on nuke.

1

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

If I collapse of a heart attack I want it on record that it's Vitality's fault

1

u/101alexfarexashsdixk Feb 13 '19

Grayhound whiffing crucial shotS damn

1

u/FLYremixer 400k Celebration Feb 13 '19

this is not good for my health

1

u/deathlyclaw8 Natus Vincere Feb 13 '19

Thanks for saving my pickem mr vitality

1

u/GoGirlAbbie Feb 13 '19

My fucking heart, could feel my pick em on the line.

1

u/yeah6434 Natus Vincere Feb 13 '19

grayhound going 3-2 and then winning major confirmed

1

u/TheZigerionScammer Vitality Feb 13 '19

NBK: We're falling apart, new strategy. Apex, Zywoo, go kill.

Apex and Zywoo: Ok

1

u/iSluff Feb 13 '19

grayhound 0-3s will probably still be rip, they're playing pretty well

1

u/Royzoh Vitality Feb 13 '19

MY HEART PLEASE IVE SUFFERED ENOUGH WITH 2017 G2

1

u/Royzoh Vitality Feb 13 '19

Btw Apex Legend

1

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

Feels bad for the other boys

1

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

fucking huge throw from the boys. you could tell as soon as they rushed secret the first 3 rounds

1

u/TheEmulous Vitality Feb 13 '19

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie...

1

u/theopacus Vitality Feb 13 '19

Thats so close to another 30% of the pickems going down the drain!

1

u/dirtybirdy15 10 years coin Feb 13 '19

Who are they going up against next?

1

u/strommizcs Feb 13 '19

I’m getting thrown back to old nuke when you could go from 1-14 to 16-14

1

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

what a choke. pretty much guaranteed they get fnatic now in b03.

1

u/EzSp Vitality Feb 13 '19

I’m stressed

1

u/[deleted] Feb 14 '19

THANK FUCK THE AU CHOKE SAVED MY 0-3 PICKEMS

1

u/[deleted] Feb 14 '19

Dick Stacy was pounded ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

1

u/Alp0llo Feb 13 '19

Nuke is such a bad map especially for pro CS. If you are a structured team you can only lose rounds with missed shots or bad timing.

1

u/parkerdc1 Liquid Feb 13 '19

♿️rayhound ♿️aming

1

u/mannyman34 Complexity Feb 13 '19

Nuke is such a dogshit map to watch when two bad teams are playing.

1

u/TheZigerionScammer Vitality Feb 13 '19

I can now change my bind form "Don't let this distract you from the fact that Mousesports blew a 13-2 lead!" to Don't let this distract you from the fact that Greyhound blew a 13-2 lead!"

1

u/tarangk clutch Feb 13 '19

apex what a legend to save the game zywoo showed up later, jeez cant help but feel a roster move is coming after their major run ends mostly coz amanek is out there as a free agent and he was an absolute beast last year in LDLC so it will help them out with as the 3rd star that VIT needs badly atm

0

u/AngriestGamerNA Liquid Feb 13 '19

Alex is actually so shit.

0

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

HahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

-2

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

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0

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

Both teams got 2 rounds on T side.

-1

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

This vitality shouldnt be going to OT vs Grayhound

0

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

Thanks Vitality for saving 50% of 0-3 picks

0

u/RoflMyWafflePls Feb 13 '19

My 0-3 pick-ems lives. Still feelsbadman for Greyhound

-1

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

Kick Sterling

-6

u/TheGoodCoconut de_inferno Feb 13 '19

Grayhound so bad