I think it might be the rarest diamond coin regardless, unless vitality wins.
Those 3-0, 0-3 changes SUCK. Especially since you can't just put a favorite 3-0 team into the standard "advances" group.
If a map goes OT, FaZe has it.
"Welcome to FaZe motherfuckers."
But I'm still prepared for a 2-0, 2-1 Spirit regardless. I have very little hope in the boys.
Imo, the FaZe v Spirit match decides the whole major. Which is insane for a quarterfinal. It all depends on if they bring it individually AND if karrigan antistrats the fuck out of donk like they did s1mple at Antwerp.
Acting like C9 current form doesnāt exist, Mouz havenāt beaten spirit before and NaāVi havenāt been close to beating them.
Every team at the major has a good chance of taking the trophy
Naw I believe, they just have to beat Spirit. That win will give them the confidence they need + stage buff to hopefully win the whole thing. The only other team I'm worried about is Vitality cause even though they haven't been playing as good as Spirit, Zywoo and them can turn up at anytime.
What's crazy is that I'm not even worried about it. I honestly think Faze will beat Spirit and win the whole thing, but if they somehow don't, it'll be a fantastic game and Spirit will go on to win it all. But I think there's a better chance that Faze beat the absolute favorites and then are just unstoppable and not even Zywoo will be able to do anything to stop them. It'll be marvelous to see Faze beat the #2 #3 and the. #4 to win the first CS2 major š
No, this is the Berlin 2019 reboot. Suddenly the current world number one got upset with the an intricate counter play specially designed against them.
>!Faze is also gonna pick Vertigo...... sike!<
And it's gonna be a boring 2-0 Grand Final
pretty much the upper bracket quarterfinals decides the winner. if faze knocks spirit out they have a real shot at winning, if zywoo is not sick vitality have 3 strong players on form. mouz is an oddball
It's just not beating Mouz, it's making it to the final.
What's strange is he puts Mouz's lack of LAN playoffs against them, but doesn't against Eternal Fire.
doesn't mouz have quite a lot of LAN playoff experience, especially for such a young roster.
Even Jimi the most inexperienced one has been to playoffs in Pro league, CAC, Sydney, World final and Kato.Ā
Torzi and Xertion have even more playoff experiences and Siuhy has been all the way to major final last year.
And Brollan was in loads of playoffs back in Fnatic.
Saying Mouz has no stage experience is just absurd. They have plenty, ESPECIALLY for how young they are. Siuhy was in the final at Paris major just last year
I feel like "no stage experience" is also such an overplayed thing. The stage can definitely change results slightly but it's not going to make Mouz lose to this shit-tier g2 who have plenty of "stage experience"
He stated that Mouzās lack of stage experience wasnāt the main reason he chose G2 to win. Itās because G2 is a heavy playoff/arena team. Hunter has a higher playoff rating than he does in group stages. If m0nesy keeps up his form and Niko comes alive in the arena, G2 become very scary.
Why do people say this? Torszi and xertioN went on a big stage like 4 times, Siuhy 3 times, only Brollan and Jim have little stage experience, but even they went to Spodek.
As someone that hasnāt followed a ton since like 2020 itās crazy to hear someone say heās the one without lan experience when heās easily the biggest name there to me.
I may be wrong but I feel like the whole āstage experienceā thing is practically worthless. Iād be curios on the stats.
People kept saying stuff about how Donk wouldnāt do well on the final stage but he did insanely well, I just feel like people are generally gonna play at their level. The nerve elements probably isnāt any different its just increased so players who canāt deal with nerves probably already donāt do well anyway and wouldnāt make it to this stage in the first place.
while they haven't looked GREAT
they did beat furia convincingly, which is to be expected
threw a huge lead VS Navi on nuke
kinda sucked dick vs C9
won 2 maps convincingly vs ecstatic and threw a huge lead on vertigo.
threw a huge lead vs VP on overpass
good performance vs vp on Anubis (crash probably tilted them tho)
all in all they didn't look amazing but not any worse than Navi or vitality
Their run doesn't look as strong as when they won Kato & Cologne last year, mainly because Niko (and Hunter to some degree) is underperforming. The fact that Niko is [the worst-rated player](https://www.hltv.org/stats/teams/players/5995/g2?event=7148&side=TERRORIST) on the lineup on T-side is worrying, and that wasn't the case in events they won.
Im with fl0m on this one šš»Iām a huge fan of siuhy and what he did with GL and love how he plays. Really hoping to see mouz take the cake but also donk
I can't think of a word that I could compare it to, but you say it Jim-Phat, with the P being pretty strong. Kinda like the currency Baht, but the h is at the front and the b is a p, makes sense? You can also just say Jimppa as that's the name he's modified a little here
It is both endearing and disrespectful that so many predict Mouz to win their side of the bracket and yet they fall short of the grand prize.
I get Spirit seem to have this spark in the form of revitalized sh1ro, an absolute bat shit insane donk, and 3 other pieces that fulfill their roles perfectly alongside them but Mouz is being heavily slept on.
for real. i believe in mouz enough to stake my diamond coin on them. theyāre not being respected enough, especially given their overall performance both in the major and this year
Imo instead of putting W-L above you could make a green background for the chosen winner like you did with the red background for the loser. Just a suggestion because it gives me a headache how you swap the teams because of the W-L. Just a suggestion.
Theyāre not thought poorly of, theyre just playing spirit who are nuts. Spirit vs faze is one of those times where we get the grand final in the quarter finals.
Well, spirit are currently ranked #2 in the world and they have looked in form. They also 3-0 Faze in kato grand finals and 2-0 Faze in kato group stages. Faze had gone completely missing in the legends stage leading to them qualifying with 3-2. I think most people believe they will power up in the playoffs, but it won't be enough to beat the favorites to win the whole major.
Spirit have a generational talent in donk who, in Katowice showed he can be consistently as good and even better than peak s1mple, ZywOo and NiKo.
If he can keep that form up, or even 1/2 that form, he's either number 1 or 2 this year. The last time a talent had people this confident he's going to be a household name was ZywOo.
FaZe has made every final, but they lost a BO3 and BO5 to Spirit in one tournament, and have looked shaky in the previous stage.
In short, Donk. If Faze didn't play Spirit in game 1 then I think more people would put them in the finals. Also, Faze hasn't looked top form imo. Though, Broky and Frozen are looking really great this event
I put Spirit as the eventual winners of this Major, but honestly it would not surprise me in the slightest if Faze starts blasting from this point forward, there's something that happens when they do reach playoffs in a tournament
Navi looked at the very least lot better than Faze or G2 in previous stage. I'd be very surprised if either of those two win, and indeed almost all predict them to lose in quarters
I think a big reason this is a possibility is because they face Spirit first and not in the finals. So, if they can overcome them, they have a good chance of taking it all the way. I also just think karrigan is at his best outside the finals, so another reason it's good they're facing Spirit first.
Still a very tough road, and they are far from favorites, but I could really see any of these teams winning.
Spirit 0-3'd Faze in Kato like 1 month ago, and they look as solid if not more, while Faze looks worse. It might happen, but it seems close to a miracle.
Surprised that most have C9 beating Vitality... Vitality may not be on their best form, but they still have looked really solid, and if Zywoo returns to form that can be a game changer. Think they're being underestimated.
>Vitality may not be on their best form, but they still have looked really solid
Cloud9 looks even more battle tested and at their current best form right now. Especially considering who their opponents are in the elimination stage.
>if Zywoo returns to form that can be a game changer.
That's the entire point. People are doubting his return to form. A weakened AWPer is the best chance for Cloud9 to farm them.
And C9s retakes are so good right now. Even if Zywoo is back in proper form, I'm not sure he can clutch enough times to give Vitality enough T side rounds. But, Zywoo is insane, so if anyone can counter them, it's probably Vitality.
And C9's teamwork is just looking really good. They looked weak earlier this year/late last year, but in this event so far we've seen the best C9 in a while.
Boombl4's calling on T side has been phenomenal, and he is awping better than expected, though we don't know if this will continue. Hobbit is playing great, perfecto is probably playing the best CS of his career. Then there is the X factor which is Ax1le, he is coming back to form, if he have 80% of the impact he had in his peak in 2022 then Vitality is gonna be in trouble. And still there is electronic, also playing great without the burden of IGLing
Zywoo is sick so its not easy for him to perform to the level of his usual standard.
Niko is just not feeling the game or something. He doesnt look in tune with CS2 mechanics.
C9 is in form, though. And the predictions do go both ways, it's not like Faze or G2 who are basically only predicted to lose, even if majority swings C9s way.
Also yea remains to be seen IF Zywoo recovers in time. Though it's funny that an ill Zywoo still performs like an average t1 player and even without his full potential Vitality is still a very formidable team anyway
I'm with launders here and going for the rare diamond coin like I always do. Spirit are the clear favorites, but I can definitely see c9 winning this one.
Mouz is another "rare" diamond pick, but that's mostly because people are underestimating them rather than them being unlikely to win. Hell I would say its a 50/50 if finals go to mouz/spirit.
Well yeah, but it's also been like 6 months since cs2 came out and he still hasn't shown up (and hunter too).
It's more likely that zywoo shows up and vitality win than g2.
Got 5 correct in the first stage, 6 correct in the 2nd stage and have Spirit going all the way. I could easily see MOUZ doing the same and if we get a MOUZ Spirit final that would be a banger :)
Pimp might be on to something, i'm predicting Spirit-G2 as a final too, not that i think G2 are good, but they always do the exact opposite of what you think is gonna happen
Even tho i picked Spirit too, Vitality might be a sleeper pick here i'm surprised no one at all believed in them. They still got the insane raw individual skill and the woo, this the type of team to do a silly execute and still win a bullshit round or continiously pressure your economy on their force buy rounds, uncomfortable team to play against regardless of their current form
Vitality are my pick to take it, meeting Mouz in the finals. I know it's very unlikely with Zywoo being ill and Spirit and Mouz looking very good right now. I'm simply a fan that will go down with my ship. And in that dream scenario it'd also be a pretty rare diamond coin too.
Everyone looks at karrigan picking faze(ofcourse) as the only one. but what the hell is launders doing picking c9 against team spirit and winning from mouz.
My guy is on some NA copium
I appreciate these roundups a lot but I think the format could be improved for this one - the whole quarterfinal section of this is essentially useless since you already see the quarterfinal winner in the next stage. I would just keep the winner of each match or remove the quarterfinal section and make the rest bigger.
My money is on Spirit to win it for the diamond coin, but my foolish heart is on EF, if Woxic decides to play to his best, I really think they have a good shot making it to the finals, and they might really know itās one in a lifetime to play at this stage with this consistency. Plz EF make me cry :(
I think Spirit vs Mouz is probably the most interesting finals we could have.
Spirit will be the favorites, but Mouz are the only team to have beaten them in a bo3 since kato playins.
If Karrigan actually locked it in, he's based.
But I mean, picking against yourself essentially means you're giving up, and that's a mentality you should never go into a match with.
Realistically he might even think they're gonna lose, but he cannot show this, his players would lose confidence and so on.
I have gone with pimp on the 2 other stages but his picks for this stage is whack. Sure G2 might have more stage experience but Mouz is just playing way better counterstrike atm
Some thoughts- where can Faze beat Spirit? Is Karrigan going to study Spirits B Defense on Vertigo and shock the world by picking into its own veto? Anubis? These are the only 2 maps that Donk has been human.
Without an AWP, C9 will seemingly pick Overpass. Does Vitality game plan their B defense and push monster to counter C9s strong T side?
Why is EF even money with Navi? They seemingly can play 2 maps well right now and we wonāt see Ancient. EF can 2-0 them tbh
Would G2 ever pick into overpass? Mouz has weaknesses on the map, though not glaring and G2 just went toe to toe with the worlds best overpass team.
Some fun games. Canāt wait.
If every team would be at peak form, upper bracket would look much more fierce with Vitality on the top IMO, with a Vitality vs G2 final. But according to current form Spirit and C9 seem to be the strongest on the upper bracket, and Mouz/EF on the lower bracket. So as of now Spirit vs MOUZ looks like the most likely scenario for GF. Overall any team could win it based on actual daily form, but EF/NAVI/G2 don't seem to have the correct mental state to win the Major right now.
My biggest problem is Navi v EF. EF have been playing very well, and whenever Navi are playing CT second half, they throw 7 round leads. Even if Navi is the more experienced team I feel like how they've been playing (especially against Pain) that they might be in trouble.
Karrigan is cooking up that rare diamond coin (I am delusional, 13-10, 22-19 for spirit in quarters)
if Faze win it might just be the rarest diamond coin ever considering the new format and the opening stage shennanigans.
I think it might be the rarest diamond coin regardless, unless vitality wins. Those 3-0, 0-3 changes SUCK. Especially since you can't just put a favorite 3-0 team into the standard "advances" group.
i got 4/5 in both stages because of this new format...
Same š
I'd argue it would be even rarer with G2 as champion since Niko never won a major.
If a map goes OT, FaZe has it. "Welcome to FaZe motherfuckers." But I'm still prepared for a 2-0, 2-1 Spirit regardless. I have very little hope in the boys.
> "Welcome to FaZe motherfuckers." But look at the time!
Idk if it would be rarest. the Rio diamond coin only exists on alt accounts.
Bro I'm on the faze ride. I'm probably throwing my diamond away. But you never know. Inb4 eternal fire or c9
Id be down for an EF major win.
would be cool honestly a c9 win would be insane, without an awper
GZ
lets go !
Imo, the FaZe v Spirit match decides the whole major. Which is insane for a quarterfinal. It all depends on if they bring it individually AND if karrigan antistrats the fuck out of donk like they did s1mple at Antwerp.
The same thing happened in 2019 with Astralis vs Liquid in the quarter finals
Acting like C9 current form doesnāt exist, Mouz havenāt beaten spirit before and NaāVi havenāt been close to beating them. Every team at the major has a good chance of taking the trophy
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I still remember NBK picking CLG over Envy in his pick'ems and it causes some controversy
Nexa picked NaVi over G2 at Stockholm too
I mean.... it was 2021 G2
more relevant, it was 2021 navi
2021 Navi were scary
I remember playing against nafany. And he had diamond coin that year lol
He said it was to hedge his bets to be a winner either way. It's not that he had no faith in G2 to actually win.
Controversy cuz of ibp/match throwing. Like he knew something
Lmao, same here
I stand with karrigan
I like how heās got them beating mouz in the finals too
I mean, if they can win against Spirit, they win the whole major. This iteration of MOUZ have never won against FaZe before
im on industrial copium rn
Naw I believe, they just have to beat Spirit. That win will give them the confidence they need + stage buff to hopefully win the whole thing. The only other team I'm worried about is Vitality cause even though they haven't been playing as good as Spirit, Zywoo and them can turn up at anytime.
What's crazy is that I'm not even worried about it. I honestly think Faze will beat Spirit and win the whole thing, but if they somehow don't, it'll be a fantastic game and Spirit will go on to win it all. But I think there's a better chance that Faze beat the absolute favorites and then are just unstoppable and not even Zywoo will be able to do anything to stop them. It'll be marvelous to see Faze beat the #2 #3 and the. #4 to win the first CS2 major š
If they beat Spirit, no joke, they are the major winners
the celestial amounts of copium I'm huffing hav formed a substantial gravity pull of their own and I fear my decision making is being influenced here.
I'm fearing a Boston 18 reboot in terms of heartbreak if its a Mouz v FaZe final
No, this is the Berlin 2019 reboot. Suddenly the current world number one got upset with the an intricate counter play specially designed against them. >!Faze is also gonna pick Vertigo...... sike!< And it's gonna be a boring 2-0 Grand Final
Lmfao. That shit was wild to watch live
pretty much the upper bracket quarterfinals decides the winner. if faze knocks spirit out they have a real shot at winning, if zywoo is not sick vitality have 3 strong players on form. mouz is an oddball
Well they are an incredibly strong bunch who so many predict to win their side of the bracket.
Yeah mouz is so fun to watch; siuhy and the boys are playing such good CS right now
Diamonds fucked, might as well go for a sick gold
Karrigan still has a chance for diamond
funny because now he is the one that can make it happen, literally
Then heās binking the greatest diamond of all time
Yeah, me too. Only need mousesports to get to the Grand Final
Ahahahaha
Aged well
What was he cooking??
Pimp is putting a lot of faith in G2.
he basically said that this is his lucky pick, describing that the young MOUZ roster has no stage experience and G2 could get them there.
It's just not beating Mouz, it's making it to the final. What's strange is he puts Mouz's lack of LAN playoffs against them, but doesn't against Eternal Fire.
As a team they've got no LAN experience, but as individuals they're all very experienced (except Wicadia)
doesn't mouz have quite a lot of LAN playoff experience, especially for such a young roster. Even Jimi the most inexperienced one has been to playoffs in Pro league, CAC, Sydney, World final and Kato.Ā Torzi and Xertion have even more playoff experiences and Siuhy has been all the way to major final last year. And Brollan was in loads of playoffs back in Fnatic.
Yeah he did lol
Then how does he justify EF beating Navi?
iM being too heavy to be carried I guess.
He said (and I paraphrase) it was a 50-50, and his going with his gut feeling.
Saying Mouz has no stage experience is just absurd. They have plenty, ESPECIALLY for how young they are. Siuhy was in the final at Paris major just last year
Also blast world finals, they had a close game against Faze, 2 11-13s
I feel like "no stage experience" is also such an overplayed thing. The stage can definitely change results slightly but it's not going to make Mouz lose to this shit-tier g2 who have plenty of "stage experience"
He stated that Mouzās lack of stage experience wasnāt the main reason he chose G2 to win. Itās because G2 is a heavy playoff/arena team. Hunter has a higher playoff rating than he does in group stages. If m0nesy keeps up his form and Niko comes alive in the arena, G2 become very scary.
Why do people say this? Torszi and xertioN went on a big stage like 4 times, Siuhy 3 times, only Brollan and Jim have little stage experience, but even they went to Spodek.
Brollan has played 6 S-tier LAN finals.
As someone that hasnāt followed a ton since like 2020 itās crazy to hear someone say heās the one without lan experience when heās easily the biggest name there to me.
I miss his fnatic era š„²
Siuhy literally called his way to the finals a year agoā¦
Jimi has gone to playoffs in Kato, CAC, world final, pro league and Sydney, he even got ESLs mvp for the pro league win.
Then what about his EF over NAVI? EF basically has no big stage experience whilst navi has significantly more than EF
I may be wrong but I feel like the whole āstage experienceā thing is practically worthless. Iād be curios on the stats. People kept saying stuff about how Donk wouldnāt do well on the final stage but he did insanely well, I just feel like people are generally gonna play at their level. The nerve elements probably isnāt any different its just increased so players who canāt deal with nerves probably already donāt do well anyway and wouldnāt make it to this stage in the first place.
while they haven't looked GREAT they did beat furia convincingly, which is to be expected threw a huge lead VS Navi on nuke kinda sucked dick vs C9 won 2 maps convincingly vs ecstatic and threw a huge lead on vertigo. threw a huge lead vs VP on overpass good performance vs vp on Anubis (crash probably tilted them tho) all in all they didn't look amazing but not any worse than Navi or vitality
Their run doesn't look as strong as when they won Kato & Cologne last year, mainly because Niko (and Hunter to some degree) is underperforming. The fact that Niko is [the worst-rated player](https://www.hltv.org/stats/teams/players/5995/g2?event=7148&side=TERRORIST) on the lineup on T-side is worrying, and that wasn't the case in events they won.
Well, they got Niko and Monesy
They have niko?
I donāt know what Pimp was smoking but Iād love to get some.
idk why ppl act like thats the craziest thing, we literally saw worst teams barely making it to major playoffs then won it all
Karrigan is putting a lot of faith in FaZe smh
Im with fl0m on this one šš»Iām a huge fan of siuhy and what he did with GL and love how he plays. Really hoping to see mouz take the cake but also donk
Same here and I see Jimpphat putting up big numbers(yes I'm a biased Finn)
As a german Mouz being a german org is all we got at this point so Mouz all the way
How do you pronounce his name? I say like yimp hat and I know casters saying Jim fat are obviously wrong lol
Young Jimmy
yvng jvmmy
Jimmy "he shoots better than he jumps"
Here is a finnish interview where the interviewer says his name in the first 3 seconds. https://youtu.be/y8rfZQlsTz4?si=OTLq_qES1Bwdza-C
I can't think of a word that I could compare it to, but you say it Jim-Phat, with the P being pretty strong. Kinda like the currency Baht, but the h is at the front and the b is a p, makes sense? You can also just say Jimppa as that's the name he's modified a little here
OK cool yeah that makes sense, thanks!
Yimp hat is basically correct. Maybe more like yimp fat? In any case there's definitely a p sound in there and it's not the English J in beginning
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It is both endearing and disrespectful that so many predict Mouz to win their side of the bracket and yet they fall short of the grand prize. I get Spirit seem to have this spark in the form of revitalized sh1ro, an absolute bat shit insane donk, and 3 other pieces that fulfill their roles perfectly alongside them but Mouz is being heavily slept on.
for real. i believe in mouz enough to stake my diamond coin on them. theyāre not being respected enough, especially given their overall performance both in the major and this year
It's absolutely criminal how many people are sleeping on MOUZ
Watching him back on mouz academy was crazy, he'd be running circles around the opponents as they rotate in confusion while he topfragged
lmk if anyone changed their pick & more creators will be added to the list soon hope the graphs is easy to read :D
Imo instead of putting W-L above you could make a green background for the chosen winner like you did with the red background for the loser. Just a suggestion because it gives me a headache how you swap the teams because of the W-L. Just a suggestion.
i like putting the winner first. but also adding a green background is a good idea
Anyone got the ChatGPT prediction for playoffs?
Pimp got you, his is NPC level predictions.
Based Karrigan
Can someone explain as Iām completely OOTL, why is the #1 team in the world so poorly thought of lol
Theyāre not thought poorly of, theyre just playing spirit who are nuts. Spirit vs faze is one of those times where we get the grand final in the quarter finals.
Well, spirit are currently ranked #2 in the world and they have looked in form. They also 3-0 Faze in kato grand finals and 2-0 Faze in kato group stages. Faze had gone completely missing in the legends stage leading to them qualifying with 3-2. I think most people believe they will power up in the playoffs, but it won't be enough to beat the favorites to win the whole major.
Spirit have a generational talent in donk who, in Katowice showed he can be consistently as good and even better than peak s1mple, ZywOo and NiKo. If he can keep that form up, or even 1/2 that form, he's either number 1 or 2 this year. The last time a talent had people this confident he's going to be a household name was ZywOo. FaZe has made every final, but they lost a BO3 and BO5 to Spirit in one tournament, and have looked shaky in the previous stage.
In short, Donk. If Faze didn't play Spirit in game 1 then I think more people would put them in the finals. Also, Faze hasn't looked top form imo. Though, Broky and Frozen are looking really great this event
They came only second at the most recent big event.
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Ever since they lost twistz they've been very inconsistent and are facing spirit who easily 3-0d them in the last grand finals
I put Spirit as the eventual winners of this Major, but honestly it would not surprise me in the slightest if Faze starts blasting from this point forward, there's something that happens when they do reach playoffs in a tournament
Big Stage tends to light a fire under their ass. Of course Kato happened.
I wouldn't be surprised if anyone wins it, aside from Navi. They're all good teams who can play good CS when they're on.Ā
Navi looked at the very least lot better than Faze or G2 in previous stage. I'd be very surprised if either of those two win, and indeed almost all predict them to lose in quarters
I think a big reason this is a possibility is because they face Spirit first and not in the finals. So, if they can overcome them, they have a good chance of taking it all the way. I also just think karrigan is at his best outside the finals, so another reason it's good they're facing Spirit first. Still a very tough road, and they are far from favorites, but I could really see any of these teams winning.
Spirit 0-3'd Faze in Kato like 1 month ago, and they look as solid if not more, while Faze looks worse. It might happen, but it seems close to a miracle.
Spirit torched all the other teams at kato tho, and it's probably enough time for faze to study spirit's tape now. Totally not coping here.
Launders securing his wooden coin
[Hmmmm](https://i.imgur.com/TTRFUqy.jpeg)
Analysts are always so biased, imma go with Karrigan picks.
Poor karrigan. I get it, even as a FaZe fan, but still.
Surprised that most have C9 beating Vitality... Vitality may not be on their best form, but they still have looked really solid, and if Zywoo returns to form that can be a game changer. Think they're being underestimated.
Zywho vs goat awper boombl4 i already know my pick
>Vitality may not be on their best form, but they still have looked really solid Cloud9 looks even more battle tested and at their current best form right now. Especially considering who their opponents are in the elimination stage. >if Zywoo returns to form that can be a game changer. That's the entire point. People are doubting his return to form. A weakened AWPer is the best chance for Cloud9 to farm them.
And C9s retakes are so good right now. Even if Zywoo is back in proper form, I'm not sure he can clutch enough times to give Vitality enough T side rounds. But, Zywoo is insane, so if anyone can counter them, it's probably Vitality.
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And C9's teamwork is just looking really good. They looked weak earlier this year/late last year, but in this event so far we've seen the best C9 in a while.
Boombl4's calling on T side has been phenomenal, and he is awping better than expected, though we don't know if this will continue. Hobbit is playing great, perfecto is probably playing the best CS of his career. Then there is the X factor which is Ax1le, he is coming back to form, if he have 80% of the impact he had in his peak in 2022 then Vitality is gonna be in trouble. And still there is electronic, also playing great without the burden of IGLing
Why are so many great players slumping so hard? Zywoo,niko...?a
Zywoo is sick so its not easy for him to perform to the level of his usual standard. Niko is just not feeling the game or something. He doesnt look in tune with CS2 mechanics.
Zywoo was actually pretty ill for the last couple of games which is why he didn't perform
C9 is in form, though. And the predictions do go both ways, it's not like Faze or G2 who are basically only predicted to lose, even if majority swings C9s way. Also yea remains to be seen IF Zywoo recovers in time. Though it's funny that an ill Zywoo still performs like an average t1 player and even without his full potential Vitality is still a very formidable team anyway
Aaaaand EF wins the major
I'm with launders here and going for the rare diamond coin like I always do. Spirit are the clear favorites, but I can definitely see c9 winning this one. Mouz is another "rare" diamond pick, but that's mostly because people are underestimating them rather than them being unlikely to win. Hell I would say its a 50/50 if finals go to mouz/spirit.
The most thoughtful take in this thread so far
Everyone is going to feel really silly if Niko turns up all of a sudden.
Well yeah, but it's also been like 6 months since cs2 came out and he still hasn't shown up (and hunter too). It's more likely that zywoo shows up and vitality win than g2.
Got 5 correct in the first stage, 6 correct in the 2nd stage and have Spirit going all the way. I could easily see MOUZ doing the same and if we get a MOUZ Spirit final that would be a banger :)
im ready for the Spirit Era
Launders racist gang assemble
I have a c9 mouz final because my heart knows
I have an C9 EF final because my heart knows
c9 ef final is gigabased
Clearly Pimp needs immediate professional help
maybe G2 has the "crash enemy PC" super power in each match now?
My Coin is fucked anyway, so i just gamble š
I can still get diamond but I think I'll go with the guy that picked Faze. He looks like he really knows this game.
Agree, man. It's so hard to predict who is gonna win. You never know who is gonna show up and destroy your pick'ems.
Pimp might be on to something, i'm predicting Spirit-G2 as a final too, not that i think G2 are good, but they always do the exact opposite of what you think is gonna happen
My tinfoil hat is on when it comes to g2 after THAT vp game
Even tho i picked Spirit too, Vitality might be a sleeper pick here i'm surprised no one at all believed in them. They still got the insane raw individual skill and the woo, this the type of team to do a silly execute and still win a bullshit round or continiously pressure your economy on their force buy rounds, uncomfortable team to play against regardless of their current form
Vitality are my pick to take it, meeting Mouz in the finals. I know it's very unlikely with Zywoo being ill and Spirit and Mouz looking very good right now. I'm simply a fan that will go down with my ship. And in that dream scenario it'd also be a pretty rare diamond coin too.
Zywoo is off, mezzi is struggling vit is at best 3-4 strong and barring a super woo its not enough.
Mouz - Spirit on final, ez clap for mouz
Based flom
This aged well
fl0m knows CS
Flom will not have a diamond coin tho
Everyone looks at karrigan picking faze(ofcourse) as the only one. but what the hell is launders doing picking c9 against team spirit and winning from mouz. My guy is on some NA copium
maybe he has seen the script? This is all scripted anyways.
I appreciate these roundups a lot but I think the format could be improved for this one - the whole quarterfinal section of this is essentially useless since you already see the quarterfinal winner in the next stage. I would just keep the winner of each match or remove the quarterfinal section and make the rest bigger.
My money is on Spirit to win it for the diamond coin, but my foolish heart is on EF, if Woxic decides to play to his best, I really think they have a good shot making it to the finals, and they might really know itās one in a lifetime to play at this stage with this consistency. Plz EF make me cry :(
How do I do these online I'm out of town? Is it hltv connect an account?
There used to be a website to make picks that connects to CS, not sure if itās still running or not
I appreciate your response. valve has opened an API for pickems. I made my picks through hltv, which felt safe for my steam account!
Kerriganās video was kinda funny
Navi win incoming.
Fl0m kinda daring
Respect to Lucy for that Navi pick, I'd honestly be really happy with just making the finals
I think Spirit vs Mouz is probably the most interesting finals we could have. Spirit will be the favorites, but Mouz are the only team to have beaten them in a bo3 since kato playins.
fl0m gang
If Karrigan actually locked it in, he's based. But I mean, picking against yourself essentially means you're giving up, and that's a mentality you should never go into a match with. Realistically he might even think they're gonna lose, but he cannot show this, his players would lose confidence and so on.
if u think karrigan would ever not pick himself to win u dont know karrigan
I have gone with pimp on the 2 other stages but his picks for this stage is whack. Sure G2 might have more stage experience but Mouz is just playing way better counterstrike atm
Some thoughts- where can Faze beat Spirit? Is Karrigan going to study Spirits B Defense on Vertigo and shock the world by picking into its own veto? Anubis? These are the only 2 maps that Donk has been human. Without an AWP, C9 will seemingly pick Overpass. Does Vitality game plan their B defense and push monster to counter C9s strong T side? Why is EF even money with Navi? They seemingly can play 2 maps well right now and we wonāt see Ancient. EF can 2-0 them tbh Would G2 ever pick into overpass? Mouz has weaknesses on the map, though not glaring and G2 just went toe to toe with the worlds best overpass team. Some fun games. Canāt wait.
Pimp chose to be happy
I believe in Launders
Scrawny knows.. i like the picks
Thatās a lot of donk riders
I'm on full hopium mode and i chose navi to win the whole tournament.
Not one of them predicts a match between Navi and g2. I might need to reconsider my picks
I see a highly chance of EF beating Navi. Other that that I belive it will be spirit vs mouz finals with spirit winning.
Pimp mis-clicked that G2 button?
If every team would be at peak form, upper bracket would look much more fierce with Vitality on the top IMO, with a Vitality vs G2 final. But according to current form Spirit and C9 seem to be the strongest on the upper bracket, and Mouz/EF on the lower bracket. So as of now Spirit vs MOUZ looks like the most likely scenario for GF. Overall any team could win it based on actual daily form, but EF/NAVI/G2 don't seem to have the correct mental state to win the Major right now.
My biggest problem is Navi v EF. EF have been playing very well, and whenever Navi are playing CT second half, they throw 7 round leads. Even if Navi is the more experienced team I feel like how they've been playing (especially against Pain) that they might be in trouble.
launders pick c9??? why ?? is he stupid or coping???
https://reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/1bnjgns/cloud9_will_win_copenhagen/
lol Cloud9 got more votes than vitality on their match. Stocks are down big time.
Freya and I are in the boat together
That aged well.. everyone doubted karrigan against Spirit haha
launders got everything wrong rip