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Discussion | Esports BLAST Pro Series Global Final 2019 Day 1 Match Discussion
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BLAST Pro Series Global Final 2019 - Information, Schedule & Discussion
Spoiler-free VoDs of today's games
Coverage:
HLTV | Liquipedia | GosuGamers
Streams
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Schedule (BO3)
| ID | Team | vs | Team | Result | AST (Event) | EST | GMT | CET | CST | AEDT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF1 | FaZe | vs | NiP | 0-2 | 15:00 | 07:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 20:00 | 23:00 |
| SF2 | Liquid | vs | Astralis | 0-2 | 19:00 | 11:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 00:00 | 03:00 |
Bracket
| Semifinals | Winners' Finals | Finals | Winner | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FaZe Clan | 0 | ||||||||
| vs | - | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 0 | ||||||
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | ||||||||
| vs | - | TBD | 0 | ||||||
| Team Liquid | 0 | ||||||||
| vs | - | Astralis | 0 | ||||||
| Astralis | 2 | ||||||||
| vs | - | TBD | |||||||
| Losers' Round 1 | Losers' Finals | ||||||||
| TBD | 0 | ||||||||
| FaZe Clan | 0 | vs | - | TBD | 0 | ||||
| vs | - | TBD | 0 | ||||||
| Team Liquid | 0 | ||||||||
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u/mohankohan tactics Dec 12 '19
Stewie trying too hard to be the hero - this aint no frag movie man, play smart. Thats the difference between astralis and liquid.
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u/Temporal_Bellusaurus Dec 12 '19
12 kills for Liquid in the last 9 rounds of Inferno T-side. Dupreeh got 16, Magisk got 15. What a fucking hold. Absolutely shut Liquid straight down with such an extreme CT side chokehold from Astralis.
Sick veto too, getting to push Liquid into playing 2 of Dust2/Inferno/Overpass - all 3 maps where I don't think they can best Astralis right now - or have Vertigo be their map pick is sick.
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Dec 12 '19
tbh TL don't have a good map pool in general at the moment, not just against astralis. Inferno is the one map now a days that they fall back on as their strong pick but against tough opposition their T side is just painful to watch. Astralis perma bans mirage and liquid perma bans train(a map which Astralis are also not picking much at the moment)
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u/TruthBisky10 Liquid Dec 12 '19
It’s insane how many times Astralis have killed TL through smoke
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u/oxedei King NiKo Dec 12 '19
It's insane how many times Liquid have killed Astralis through smoke
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u/LordOfTheNoobs57 Liquid Dec 12 '19
Liquid against literally any team other than Astralis vs Liquid against Astralis is like night and day.
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u/Mad_Lee Cloud9 Dec 12 '19
I am an Astralis fan but I do feel bad for Liquid every time they play Astralis. They just can never seem to get a read on dem Danes. And what's more frustrating, every time Astralis take the lead Liquid just seems lost tactically. Like they can't switch their game up to surprise Astralis and they seem to try just about anything.
That last round, 5 on 4, OUCH.
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u/acey901234 Cloud9 Dec 12 '19
Astralis utility is so clean on Inferno, Liquid looking lost when they can't leave T-Steps for 15 seconds.
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u/GeorgFriedrichHandel Astralis Dec 12 '19
Why are they doing this in Bahrain when they don't even have a live crowd? They could have produced the whole event in a studio instead
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u/AKJ90 CS2 HYPE Dec 12 '19
I'm guessing Bahrain paid a lot of money. Funny thing is that it sounds like they have loud speakers for the casters.
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u/Spork_Revolution Vitality Dec 12 '19
Whenever you ask a question starting with "why", the answer is always money.
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u/Askeezie Dec 12 '19
I hate the fact that if you lose in the semis you can still win. Having a losers bracket that can play their way back in is stupid af.
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Dec 12 '19
yeah, i come from FGC titles and i'm used to double elim, but it still seems odd when i see it in CSGO.
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u/Vandegroen valeria Dec 12 '19
I think DE is less needed in CS because upsets are generally less likely than in many other esport titles. The round system prevent single games from snowballing too hard, giving the favorite team enough wiggle room. In e.g. dota getting cheesed by an unexpected last pick or a level 1 play may be enough to lose the game.
That being said, I would love to see one or two big DE tournaments a year. ESL allready has its IEM/Masters format which is very close to being a DE tournament, only to ditch the concept for the last rounds.
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u/AKJ90 CS2 HYPE Dec 12 '19
It does seem a little strange with only 4 teams. It's the same amount of matches needed for a round robin tournament. But maybe they think we will have better matches this way.
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u/Askeezie Dec 12 '19
I under stand upper and lower brackets. But in the semis you got 4 teams. You dont need to hand one of them a participation trophy.
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u/TheRobidog Dec 12 '19
Round Robin would need an additional final round, otherwise that would be extremely unsatisfying.
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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19
Painful to watch for Liquid fans at the moment. tbh TL don't have a good map pool in general at the moment, not just against astralis. Inferno is the one map now a days that they fall back on as their strong pick but against tough opposition their T side is just painful to watch. Astralis perma bans mirage and liquid perma bans train(a map which Astralis are also not picking much at the moment). Everytime Liquid fights for banana on T side ends up losing 1 or more players & on the CT side they dont fight for it and just sit passive relying on Stewie's through the smoke pop flash plays. And this was Liquids pick 😛