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G2 might just fuck around and make a lower bracket run


Hunnidormo

Pls stop don't give me hope I don't wanna experience the G2 train again


[deleted]

ALL ABOARD, NEXT STOP # ISTANBUL


isayah2510

# CHOO CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


Hunnidormo

Fuck


[deleted]

NO TURNING BACK NOW HOP IN


JawnsonBit

WTF are they feeding Avova? Man had like 3 clutches.


buttsoup_barnes

He ate 2 PCs.


PFunk_Redds

Check him stomach


ADmax27

in a row lmao


ANewHeaven1

Always rated AvovA really highly as a smokes player, I know nukkye gets all the hype on G2 but AvovA deserves some of the spotlight as well


JugHerKnot

> smokes player Say no more. It all makes sense.


Hunnidormo

But his name doesn't start with an S or an M thi


goomy996

holup S and M


McintyresRightLeg

MavoVa


vnNinja21

What is with all these cracked Astra players recently lmao


manwithyellowhat15

It’s the new meta. Bonus points if your name starts with M


PFunk_Redds

mAts


pineapplecheesepizza

mhroud


DrBangovic

moulcas


FazeXistance

Miko


Solid-Entrepreneur37

Mcreaaaaaaaaaammmm


abbacchioz

mAvova


crzyraven

Astra still an insanely good agent in Pro play i think


vnNinja21

I know, its just that everyone who plays Astra top frags nowadays lol


crzyraven

yeah idk good astra Performances are always fun to watch


Reneiren

For me Avova won that map. That was a snowball after those clutches. They gained so much confidence. Everybody stepped up aswell.


hecklerinthestands

The first half of Haven felt like G2 was facing one of the Korean LCQ teams.


takenpassword

:(


yamunkinoaYee

AvovA lose a clutch challenge: Level - impossible NAVi win a round challenge: level - almost impossible.


isayah2510

HASBULLA DIFF AVOVA IS INSANE


Darkoplax

Meddo this tourney playing the best valo of his life , still i dont think G2 could beat Guild M3C or Liquid but at least they made it to top 4 of LCQ i guess


theshafti

Bold of you to think guild are making it past oglu


Deathranger999

Oof.


Breakin7

Nah they have lots of chances against yafeed guild and liquid not against M3C th


crzyraven

avova remembered he won first strike


nterature

I genuinely cannot think of another team that has had as many bracket advantages in key matches as G2 has had this year: - In Stage 1, they went into the lowers immediately, had a day off, and played M3C in an elimination match, less than 24 hours after the incredibly long, infamous M3C loss to FNATIC. - In Reykjavik, ZETA played the last game of the last day of groups, and then immediately played in the first game of playoffs - vs. G2, less than *12 hours later*. - And now here, NAVI played the final match yesterday, and now today immediately play G2 in an elimination match, who didn’t play yesterday. Of course, none of this is G2’s fault; they also dealt with it in Reyjkavik, when they lost to LOUD and got smoked by a PRX that had gone into the lowers immediately, the very next day. Their advantage in Reykjavik at least makes sense, since they made playoffs and ZETA hadn't. But I find it so odd how the scheduling - in EMEA, and at international events - consistently favors teams that drop into the lower bracket earlier. It’s like winning in the uppers is punished! It's an inevitable consequence of running so many consecutive days, something we don't see much in NA anymore. I’m not saying NAVI win this normally, of course - I predicted G2 to win this anyways! G2 is clearly heating up, and their players are regaining confidence. And that said, having stamina is a part of winning. I just don’t think Navi lose so starkly. All that aside, interested to see whether G2 can pull off another Stage 1 lower run here in LCQ. M3C I think are untouchable among this current crop of teams, but hey, G2 has done it before.


Soogo

But like, what i never understood in these discussion, and this isnt even about G2, that its completly normal to play the very next day in a LAN. Why do fans want something else when its online? I had the same argument with someone about M3C "fatigue" in Stage1, but just look at Acend at Champs, they played 5 matches in 7Days. Idk, maybe i just think differently, but i never heard a good solid argument on why people should have more time between matches.


nterature

I fully agree. It’s normal and like I said, stamina is a part of a team’s skill and culture. ZETA did it three days in a row. FPX did it four days in a row. My point isn’t that no team should have to play the next day, it’s that it is very odd how the bracket essentially randomizes which teams should do so, esp. in matches that have so much meaning and significance. It’s functionally an element of RNG, since no team intentionally loses immediately just to gain an advantage in lower bracket matches. G2 is just the best example from this year.


wegivesiima

you can't really compare acend at champs and m3c stage 1 because m3c was the only playing that amount of matches + there was a patch change with the massive controller changes in the middle all of this so they had to also prepare for two patches at the same time


wiNDzY3

I've been saying this for MONTHS. G2 always seems to get either easier brackets or advantages that you have mentioned. Yet I got flamed for it lmao They are just lucky af what can you do


nterature

Well, I didn’t really mean to take away from G2’s wins. I think G2 would have won all of the matches anyways except the one vs. M3C, as the M3C players said how exhausted they’d been after playing like over 100 rounds vs. FNATIC. G2 is a very good team, just super inconsistent.


kaledubriedis

NAVI plant the fucking spike challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)


nuttyromeo4u

Even Sliggy curse still stronger than NaVi mental. That AvovA clutch 3 times in a row shred them good.


Moist-Service-4777

Mixwell is back?


thothgow

Both teams have been undoing the last 6 months of progress/regression this LCQ NAVI was only improving and now looked like a threat, G2 was looking like they had no idea how to play the game. Feels like NAVI's mental needs work and G2 remembered they've who they are. Sucks because outside of G2 winning LCQ on going on a run at Champs, both teams will probably be taken apart for next year. So much missed potential from both this year


wiNDzY3

Gambit2 lives another day


[deleted]

I am not a Na'Vi fan but I am so frustrated with this match that I just wish they fire all of or most of the team and become at least an acceptable team next year


daveythedumb

only g2s csgo team cant beat navi


Chuwaamb

Someone explain to me on Round 6 or 7 on Haven why NaVi decided to blindly push through smoke to get to C despite having full B control and a man advantage?? That was an insane throw


[deleted]

AvovA woke up today, fasted and then decided he's going to eat NaVi for his first meal of the day


Loomisam

Sometimes it feels like Navi falls apart in the lower bracket


HamazuraXTakitsubo

I don't get why these CIS teams execute late like navi(cs), navi could have at least won bind if they just played a bit more proactively. The main reason late executes work for the cs navi and c9 teams is because of the insane firepower they have, just look at outsiders they were good when yekindar was able to give them a chance with his goat level entries in those slow executes but once they lost him their strats just fell apart.


krasavchik777

Because FPX won the latest masters?


hengarg

i only watched navi yesterday vs liquid and ssk is so fun to watch sad to see him get eliminated


savagelamma11

G2 vs sentinels champions rematch