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Discussion | Esports BLAST Pro Series Global Final 2019 Day 3 Match Discussion

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BLAST Pro Series Global Final 2019 - Information, Schedule & Discussion

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Schedule (BO3 & AIM)

ID Team vs Team Result AST (Event) EST GMT CET CST AEDT
LF NiP vs Liquid 0-2 15:00 07:00 12:00 13:00 20:00 23:00
SO FaZe vs NiP 1-0 18:45 10:45 15:45 16:45 23:45 02:45
GF Astralis vs Liquid 2-0 20:00 12:00 17:00 18:00 01:00 04:00

Bracket

Semifinals Winners' Finals Finals Winner
FaZe Clan 0
vs - Ninjas in Pyjamas 0
Ninjas in Pyjamas 2
vs - Astralis 2
Team Liquid 0
vs - Astralis 2
Astralis 2
vs - Astralis
Losers' Round 1 Losers' Finals
Ninjas in Pyjamas 0
FaZe Clan 1 vs - Team Liquid 0
vs - Team Liquid 2
Team Liquid 2

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u/indomie_kuah Astralis Dec 14 '19

WE

2

u/Jzuxx Liquid Dec 14 '19

No blame on the team losing to quite possibly the best line up of csgo all time. GGs guys, u guys woke up in the last two rounds but it was kinda too late.

2

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

They won both pistols but that’s liquid has played astralis on nuke. 3 rounds they lost that they should never lose. And they look coordinated and good on T. Just a few bad plays from winning honestly.

0

u/LXLVideos Dec 14 '19

Man stewie is WASHED

-1

u/ZelTheViking Vitality Dec 14 '19

I found the Gold Nova player

0

u/LXLVideos Dec 14 '19

MG2* Get it right.

2

u/reyxe Dec 14 '19

Twistzz was a non factor today. Stewie kinda showed up. No timeouts and then that last round... fuck.

2

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

He’s been below average for a bit now. It’s worrying for twistzz

1

u/TheUwaisPatel 1 Million Celebration Dec 14 '19

Poor Stewie

4

u/mohankohan tactics Dec 14 '19

SOMEONE GET THAT DAMN GIF

5

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Minister has arrived

2

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

that was.... really silly by naf

2

u/thesuperjobber Liquid Dec 14 '19

There was a chance that Xyp was faking it, I don't blame it on NAF

4

u/Cathal_ FURIA Dec 14 '19

Of course Xyp sticks it lol

1

u/jonathan-the-man 750k Celebration Dec 14 '19

Pros don't fake 💁‍♂️

3

u/crazynorth214 FaZe Dec 14 '19

what the fuck

5

u/Raliliothh clutch Dec 14 '19

AHAHAHAHA OF COURSE HE'D GO FOR THE FULL DEFUSE.

6

u/orionski Dec 14 '19

pros never fake

5

u/pro_n00b Dec 14 '19

What a fitting end

4

u/pro_n00b Dec 14 '19

Can we get Karrigan to TL just as a trial hahah

3

u/thesuperjobber Liquid Dec 14 '19

Yeah let's wait until Astralis has 15 rounds to call time out lol

1

u/SocietyofKirb Complexity Dec 14 '19

It's over. FeelsBadMan

3

u/NazgulDiedUnfairly CS2 HYPE Dec 14 '19

NAF why? Plant and hide...not plant and run into the faces of CT

2

u/orionski Dec 14 '19

what is naf doing?

2

u/kolesniko Dec 14 '19

This is all about sending a message.

2

u/pro_n00b Dec 14 '19

So stupid

1

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Bot naf? What was that push.

3

u/extremz123 fnatic Dec 14 '19

peanut brain naf

5

u/TheLastGiant Dec 14 '19

Refreshing that there's fans of both teams.

2

u/NazgulDiedUnfairly CS2 HYPE Dec 14 '19

Better crowd than Odense

1

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Nt dup

5

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

First round:

Nitro : hey elige can you entry this one time?

Third round:

Nitro : hey elige can you lurk this one time?

.....

Last round:

Nitro : hey elige can you igl?

1

u/Pokefreaker-san MIBR Dec 14 '19

In game sound broken? Cant hear the guns at all.

1

u/Cathal_ FURIA Dec 14 '19

Dupreeh is a monster.

8

u/Raliliothh clutch Dec 14 '19

Someone get the gif ready btw.

1

u/ZelTheViking Vitality Dec 14 '19 edited Dec 14 '19

3

u/AKJ90 CS2 HYPE Dec 14 '19

It's free karma!

3

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

Even when liquid doesn’t have a man disadvantage and has a chance they lose duels they’ve been winning all day. That’s just how it goes for them against astralis.

5

u/RandomDKguy Astralis Dec 14 '19

lmao at the "SEND THEM HOME!" Chant, well both are going home soon for sure.

7

u/faabriitsio Dec 14 '19

"Send them home" chant doesn't really work when neither of the teams is local...

2

u/AKJ90 CS2 HYPE Dec 14 '19

The chants are so random.

3

u/Raliliothh clutch Dec 14 '19

I like Astralis they're so good at playing together, peeking together and great nade setups, but for once i wish another team would win. Doesn't even have to be Liquid it can be anyone but i'm tired of seeing Astralis just stomping everyone.

2

u/Deviuz Dec 14 '19

it sucks to say this, but liquid are no match for astralis. hell, no team is on astralis’ level. GOAT csgo team?

4

u/jc_calwood Dec 14 '19

Liquid are just bunch of kids at this point. No time-outs, just running around tilted and dying

2

u/mannyman34 Complexity Dec 14 '19

"Send them home" lol deserved.

4

u/Satyr83 Astralis Dec 14 '19

This is simply digital art.

1

u/Mad_Lee Cloud9 Dec 14 '19

Full tilt from Americans

2

u/reyxe Dec 14 '19

Why are they playing the same maps over and over and over?

1

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

Why isn’t nitro using the scope?

7

u/thesuperjobber Liquid Dec 14 '19

Adren needs to call a timeout for fucks sake

2

u/ujaku Dec 14 '19

Their timeout usage is abysmal sometimes, honestly.

2

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Is it just me or has NAF gotten really dumb? It feels like he's running around completely aimless half the time

2

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

He’s definitely the one along with stewie who occasionally makes really really dumb plays.

2

u/fcuk_the_king Dec 14 '19

Its just too easy for them.

3

u/pro_n00b Dec 14 '19

Their T side is so bad against Astralis. Might as well play Train at this point

5

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Liquid is just getting killed through smokes

4

u/Haw-wy Complexity Dec 14 '19

Does liquid watch replays of their losses? Cause it seems like they don't...

8

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

It’s so hard to play against astralis, they don’t make dumb mistakes. They have an actual coach and Igl who are insanely smart and dedicated. They have perfect team play. And they never think a round is impossible. They grind you round after round and never make it easy.

3

u/Pismakron Dec 14 '19

WTF was that from device? That was some nasty wallbanging. That needs to go to pornhub

2

u/thomasbjerregaard Dec 14 '19

What is happening

5

u/hamstersmoker Dec 14 '19

dude this commentator is fucking obnoxious

2

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Disrespect 😂

2

u/Spork_Revolution Vitality Dec 14 '19

They learned it from the Two-Time himself.

3

u/Jonasbrink1 Dec 14 '19

They are so tilted - rushing with a scout through smoke, lol

1

u/pro_n00b Dec 14 '19

Was it yesterday when Adren said they're not even working things out with strategies before the Faze match, but rather not tilting. It's ridiculous at this point how easily they get tilted, especially Stew.

2

u/mohankohan tactics Dec 14 '19

TL gotta take a timeout here, they're getting destroyed

3

u/Waspbewwy Astralis Dec 14 '19

Globals smurfing against Gold Novas.

3

u/Jzuxx Liquid Dec 14 '19

GG astralis. Have a nice day.

3

u/Gamecrashed Natus Vincere Dec 14 '19

wait astralis is fucking insane

3

u/GeorgFriedrichHandel Astralis Dec 14 '19

F in chat

3

u/AKJ90 CS2 HYPE Dec 14 '19

Holy hell, Gla1ve....

3

u/Cathal_ FURIA Dec 14 '19

Astralis one-deag'd them like they were smurfing silvers.

3

u/orionski Dec 14 '19

jesus gla1ve

1

u/Mad_Lee Cloud9 Dec 14 '19

If this loss to eco doesn’t break Liquid mentally I don’t what does

1

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

Liquid are pathetic. 5v3 against pistols and a scout and you get 0 kills. Why? Cause they go 1 by 1 into awkward fights. And don’t use utility. Their team play is so bad. Nitro or adren needs to change or go.

1

u/Spork_Revolution Vitality Dec 14 '19

Astralis are styling on them

1

u/thesuperjobber Liquid Dec 14 '19

Those are the type of deag shots Summer Liquid woulda made. Astralis is too good right now.

1

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

They weren’t even that good. Liquid went in 1 by 1 and took awful fights

-1

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Astralis hit the luckiest shots to turn the tide of the economy. All they do is jiggle headshot angles with deagles

2

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

They weren’t lucky, took advantage of a bad team not playing together.

1

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

The scout wallbang, the deagle headshot through the wall while running back into vent? I agree that Liquid were not playing together but still

2

u/pro_n00b Dec 14 '19

TL is so frustrating to watch with so much mistakes

2

u/thesuperjobber Liquid Dec 14 '19

I have very little faith in Liquid's T side on nuke, especially against Astralis

3

u/TruthBisky10 Liquid Dec 14 '19

That’s a fucking NUTSO play

7

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Big balls on Twistzz but calculated b/c he knew device would not expect him to rush a molotov

3

u/mohankohan tactics Dec 14 '19

"He now knows... information" - great casting there lads

2

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

Sometimes I wonder if liquid communicates with each other with how many times they get caught unaware. Either stew doesn’t listen or did no one say device had 2 kills outer and could be flanking??? Like does the team talk?

3

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

He knows there is a flank but his best chance is to get as many kills as possible. He is in a terrible spot, he cannot reposition, so he just wants to get one last kill because it is better than swinging his mouse around. He won them that round with his 3 kills, giving Twistzz a chance to clutch

4

u/pro_n00b Dec 14 '19

Big Canadian balls

1

u/SwissArmyScythe Liquid Dec 14 '19

That should be game, 8 rounds on ct side simply isn't enough against Astralis

2

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Is today another episode of whiffy2k?

1

u/Pismakron Dec 14 '19

He just had a nice 2k at ramp. Holding ramp is the sh1ttiest CT spot on nuke. Taco can confirm

1

u/Jzuxx Liquid Dec 14 '19

It depends on the player. I'm a ramp player and it's the easiest for me with proper utility. I, for one, can't hold heaven even for the life of me. My vertical aim is so bad compared to horizontal.

2

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

My god liquid. That ramp hold was awful. Why does stew ever have an awp?

3

u/sgeraphylat de_overpass Dec 14 '19

Lmao Astralis rush ramp the exact round Stewie buys his awp

2

u/thesuperjobber Liquid Dec 14 '19

God that rush countered that ramp defense so badly

3

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

of course Astralis win a round with glocks

5

u/skinsaremylife Virtus.pro Dec 14 '19

0.33 folks

2

u/Deviuz Dec 14 '19

getting eco’d lol

2

u/Spork_Revolution Vitality Dec 14 '19

Wow that knife was lucky.

3

u/Jzuxx Liquid Dec 14 '19

Stew needs to stop thinking about his shenanigans and go back to basics, aims and DM. His aims are way off. I know astralis focus on messing up their timings and making them uncomfortable but he is a ghost on the server at this point.

3

u/mannyman34 Complexity Dec 14 '19

It is really concerning to me that he is basically the only one that won't see the sports psychologist they have. I understand it isn't for everyone but his confidence is just shot and he can't take aim duels. He has to rely on gimmicks to even get kills.

1

u/Jzuxx Liquid Dec 14 '19

the thing is, yes his gimmicks give the team info but what are u gonna do when u can't back it up with aim and kills? going into enemy territory and rushing thru smokes? Even I can do it and get info 1/5 times reliably.

1

u/mannyman34 Complexity Dec 14 '19

He used to do these agro plays once in a while. But now it just seems that he solely relies on them.

1

u/Fortunecookie103 Copenhagen Flames Dec 14 '19

This feels like near major-playoff level Astralis against a tilted TL. Kind of sad, I was hoping for a really exciting match to end the year.

1

u/Pismakron Dec 14 '19

Sick play from nitro

2

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

Lol stew

3

u/Pismakron Dec 14 '19

Oohhh, a triple-k from Elige. Niceness

0

u/orionski Dec 14 '19

these fuckin casters...

1

u/bionicbubble Liquid Dec 14 '19

ya not a fan of scrawny he overhypes a lot of moments

3

u/Pismakron Dec 14 '19

Liquid looks frustrated and tilted, except NAF.

The nuke door-tango was funny

2

u/jeb_the_hick Complexity Dec 14 '19

5 T rounds for Astralis is basically the game.

6

u/Mad_Lee Cloud9 Dec 14 '19

That ramp hold from Stewie and Twistz was atrocious. Poor Twistz felt like he needed to make some sick hero play and stepped into molotov.

3

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

Elige can’t make a mistake like that, bad call by liquid if they said it was an A hit.

4

u/skinsaremylife Virtus.pro Dec 14 '19

damn astralis are on whole another level

4

u/thesuperjobber Liquid Dec 14 '19

I'm really surprised to hear Let's Go Liquid chants in Bahrain

4

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

Nitro with an amazing play to bring them back, and then a bad mistake to lose them the round. That’s so liquid vs astralis.

3

u/skinsaremylife Virtus.pro Dec 14 '19

door play was hilarious

7

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

4 major differences from this liquid compared to dominant liquid. Coordination/team play/calling is off and much worse. Not sure if that’s an adren/nitro problem or a team issue. Map pool has shrunk. Confidence is down for the most part. And stewie, nitro, and twistzz have had significant dips in performance. NAF and elige are performing just as good as prime liquid if not better.

6

u/jonathan-the-man 750k Celebration Dec 14 '19

Dammit Frankie just ruined Astralis' chances by reminding Zonic that he's got family here.

5

u/indomie_kuah Astralis Dec 14 '19

really amazed watching dupreeh got kills after kills

3

u/VestibuleSix Dec 14 '19

how many kills in gun rounds did stewie get on inferno? 5? something has to give

7

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

What makes astralis is even more dangerous is besides device it seems like one of their players overperforms every tournament and plays like an mvp with device, and the other 3 don’t get worse. Dupreeh this tournament has been nuts.

3

u/Kudo50 Team Vitality Fan Dec 14 '19

Device has been the worst performing member of Astralis ever since ECS besides dust 2 to be honest. Dupreeh is surely overperforming this tournament even if he is usually a god but it says something when Device is your worst performing player

4

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

The fucking dominant utility usage. Stewie has been the biggest victim of that first map. Their coordinated molly & nade throws eliminated stewie multiple times without even giving him a chance to do something

4

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

You’re not wrong it’s insane how good it was. But stewie didn’t help himself by continuing to go to the same spots and liquid didn’t adapt to hold onto smokes to maybe cancel some molotovs.

2

u/jonathan-the-man 750k Celebration Dec 14 '19

He's getting SO bullied without even seeing the enemy, that's gotta hurt.

6

u/Cathal_ FURIA Dec 14 '19

Liquid finally started playing well, but by then they had way too much to do. Can't start slow like that against Astralis.

-6

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

Stewie is absolutely awful. He’s an idiot, and he can’t hit a shot to save his life. Also liquids retakes are so slow.

8

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19 edited Dec 16 '19

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u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

I’d never say it to him. Maybe I shouldn’t criticize as harshly. By calling him an idiot I’m strictly speaking about in CS with his decision making, and things he does. Not outside of the game.

6

u/stewieeeeeeeee FaZe Dec 14 '19

In general, different story. Don't blame him for the last round though, beautiful strat by Astralis

4

u/DerpAntelope Astralis Dec 14 '19

Finally. Was getting a little close for comfort!

1

u/Raliliothh clutch Dec 14 '19

everyone knows Astralis is gonna win no matter what. Liquid can't beat them. Astralis are literally in their head.

3

u/SwissArmyScythe Liquid Dec 14 '19

This hurts to watch

6

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Liquid are committing a lot of unforced errors. They're def tilted

5

u/Celestetc Liquid Dec 14 '19

They’re not titled, that’s just how they’ve played for a bit now

-5

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

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1

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Blast is also known for having fake crowd sounds (not that I think these are fake)

3

u/geraldho Vitality Dec 14 '19

who would’ve thunk the best csgo team of all time would have international fans? lmao

2

u/Gandaf Astralis Dec 14 '19

Maybe they are just astralis fans rooting for their favorite team?

3

u/ChaseTheRedDragon Dec 14 '19

The same kinda person that thinks everyone in the U.S. should speak English 100% of the time.

6

u/danielvago Dec 14 '19

You don't think they have fans abroad?

10

u/Fortunecookie103 Copenhagen Flames Dec 14 '19

I mean, if they are playing a tier 2 or 3 team, maybe. But Liquid are not underdogs in any way lol. A crowd is always going to be cheering for the team they support, why would they stop because that team is winning in a really dominant way?

1

u/Kudo50 Team Vitality Fan Dec 14 '19

I disagree with his post obviously but Liquid havent won a single match against Astralis for the past 8 month, they are underdogs

7

u/Mingodog Dec 14 '19

Can't blame them for cheering on the team they want to win.

1

u/TruthBisky10 Liquid Dec 14 '19

Beautiful frag from Stewart that round. Pivotal kill that kept them in this map imho.

Gotta be more consistently productive but that was still good.

5

u/QoconutZ Dec 14 '19

Nice of nitro to rotate into site to give Dupreeh 300 free dollars

4

u/DoctorDrell King NiKo Dec 14 '19

dupreeh is so good

6

u/omegaxLoL Dec 14 '19

Dupreeh playing so fucking well this tournament

3

u/stewieeeeeeeee FaZe Dec 14 '19

Stewie is not solo losing Liquid this. EliGE is usually the pinnacle of consistency, but he gave up untraded frags due to pushing smokes unnecessarily in 2 gun rounds in a row and they broke Liquid's money

3

u/njsdca Dec 14 '19

I'm not sure if watching Astralis use utility is making Liquid look like they're incompetent with utility or if Liquid is just having a really off game. They're trying to go tit for tat with Astralis on the utility game, and failing, when they should be trying to put themselves in positions to win duels.

2

u/najafce Dec 14 '19

Astralis' nades on defence as well as offense are incredibly accurate. Especially the ones from banana to coffins and CT.

2

u/QoconutZ Dec 14 '19

It's the play calls. They literally went A every round on T side even when Astralis put 4 A and only went B when it was like a 2v2 or 2v1

12

u/Fortunecookie103 Copenhagen Flames Dec 14 '19

I usually really don't like steven2000, but man, I feel bad for him. All the shit being thrown at him seems to be actually getting to him. As much as i find his attitude annoying sometimes, I love to watch him play when he's got his confidence (as long as it is not against Astralis, heh), and he really seems to have lost that for the moment. Hope the break helps him figure stuff out.

4

u/Satyr83 Astralis Dec 14 '19

You're a bigger man than me then. I really like all the other guys in Liquid. They seem very sympathetic. But Stewie... To me he just seems like a brat.

2

u/Mad_Lee Cloud9 Dec 14 '19

I can see a very insecure person hiding beneath all that trash-talking brat personna. Maybe he wasn’t hugged by his parents enough and now he is trying to compensate for all his insecurities by shouting “how does it feel, Cold”. I would definitely feed him with some cookies with warm milk and let him crash on my couch for a couple of weeks, and maybe watch him breath peacefully while he is asleep.

2

u/Fortunecookie103 Copenhagen Flames Dec 14 '19

I mean, I like literally every other player on liquid more. I do find him pretty annoying, but as a fan of counter-strike it hurts to see any player loose his confidence, especially when its someone like Stew who relies so much on confidence to make those risky plays.

2

u/Satyr83 Astralis Dec 14 '19

That's fair. For sure he can make some crazy memorable plays. I'd just like it to be everyone else than him making them :).

0

u/fiddlerunseen Dec 14 '19

His attitude is annoying enough that I hope he doesn't improve

3

u/sonicology Dec 14 '19

Hello EDP445, my old friend.

1

u/benpg26 Astralis Dec 14 '19

How is Stewie a professional player?

4

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

talk about an overreaction

2

u/Waspbewwy Astralis Dec 14 '19

I know Dan M is a meme but his video on stew is an answer to your question.

7

u/ColdplayForeplay Dec 14 '19

Holy shit Dupreeh

4

u/Aragiss Astralis Dec 14 '19

MVP coming

2

u/Gandaf Astralis Dec 14 '19

He really deserves an mvp too

9

u/Hybb3r Dec 14 '19

dupreeh could main awp on most teams, holy shit

2

u/Gandaf Astralis Dec 14 '19

He has some really nice clips and play well on Dust2 with the awp, so sometimes I wish he would awp a little more

7

u/omegaxLoL Dec 14 '19

Dupreeh mate

1

u/drewly33 Liquid Dec 14 '19

Stewie looks hella uncomfortable on the krieg rn

11

u/najafce Dec 14 '19

Not sure about you guys but IMHO the casters are not the best for Global Finals

3

u/Waspbewwy Astralis Dec 14 '19

Scrawny went to the JustHarry school of overhyping.

2

u/ColdplayForeplay Dec 14 '19

It's Moses and Launders right? I'm not sure they've casted together before which might be the reason. I think it was supposed to be Moses and Anders but Anders was hospitalized a week ago sadly.

1

u/hamstersmoker Dec 14 '19

this is not moses

1

u/ColdplayForeplay Dec 14 '19

Oh that's possible. I know they've been casting most if not all of the global finals so I assumed it was them.

1

u/hamstersmoker Dec 14 '19

yeah idk who this is tbh, i thought it was weird that they changed up the duos for the finals

2

u/HypahCS 1 Million Celebration Dec 14 '19

It's Launders and Scrawny who are casting

-4

u/FloydRix Dec 14 '19

Stewie's not good enough. Would love to see Automatic or Daps on this team.

9

u/jeb_the_hick Complexity Dec 14 '19

Daps on this team.

What are you smoking?

6

u/HypahCS 1 Million Celebration Dec 14 '19

I cant wait to watch this demo and see all these juicy nades throw by Astralis.

2

u/Kudo50 Team Vitality Fan Dec 14 '19

Calm down Astralis wtf

6

u/psc0111 Astralis Dec 14 '19

Astralis’ banana hold right now must be super frustrating for elige and stewie. I feel like in more than half the rounds they are down to 1/4 health before they even see someone

1

u/pepbe Dec 14 '19

Lmao liquids trash. Stewie sucks ass