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Discussion | Esports SK Gaming vs FaZe Clan / ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018 - The New Legends: Round 3 / Post-Match Discussion
SK Gaming 0-1 FaZe Clan
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MAP: Cache
| Team | T | CT | Total |
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| SK | 10 | 2 | 12 |
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| FaZe | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| SK | K | A | D | Rating |
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| TACO | 19 | 5 | 18 | 1.11 |
| FalleN | 16 | 7 | 18 | 1.00 |
| coldzera | 20 | 5 | 20 | 0.98 |
| felps | 17 | 2 | 20 | 0.76 |
| fer | 13 | 3 | 24 | 0.67 |
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| GuardiaN | 27 | 4 | 15 | 1.49 |
| NiKo | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1.23 |
| olofmeister | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1.21 |
| karrigan | 17 | 2 | 19 | 0.95 |
| rain | 14 | 7 | 19 | 0.88 |
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u/Cool_Like_dat Jan 21 '18
TACO's aim was on point but Coldzera looked so lost. He got caught off guard so many times on B site, and lost a lot of 1v1s at the end.
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u/RoBoTiCPeRsOn Jan 22 '18
But coldzera was taco that game didn’t u see the post?
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u/Okieant33 MIBR Jan 22 '18
Cold was fine for not really playing B. fer wasn't really himself but this is the effect of having felps. He's great but it messes with the team synergy
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u/Zashak Astralis Jan 21 '18
olof: hey what year is it
karrigan: 2015
olof and guardian: oh ok ez
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u/RianFromReddit King NiKo Jan 21 '18
On a map Guardian doesn't play as well..... <3
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u/xxHourglass FaZe Jan 21 '18
they keep telling me that guardian doesn't know how to play cache, but based on the evidence it looks to me like guardian knows how to play cache
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Jan 21 '18
It almost seem like Guardian is a top player that can plays this game yes
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u/PhilJonesIsTheGOAT Liquid Jan 21 '18
commentators were acting as if he's played the map 5 times in his life... obviously FaZe are going to practice on cache.... it was annoying me before the game and the he comes out and does this lol
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u/Vizvezdenec Vitality Jan 21 '18
27-15 for Guardian, but keep saying that he doesn't play it. Faze are constantly training Cache...
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Jan 21 '18 edited May 23 '24
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u/Njyyrikki NiP Jan 21 '18
Guardian must've made a career record of kills through smoke and wallbangs. Would've reported in MM for sure.
Then again, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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u/Unban_Ice MOUZ Jan 21 '18
First 2015 krimz now 2015 olof...
Old fnatic please reunite
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u/MarbleAstronaut FURIA Jan 21 '18
How did cold kill 20? I just remember him dying in 2nd half
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Jan 21 '18
Most of his kills were earlier on. Second half wasn't on him, hard to pinpoint SK as screwing up big time somewhere to be honest.
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Jan 22 '18
They just couldn't beat Guardian in duels. He was so good at timing his peeks in the last 10-12 rounds they couldn't figure out how to get rid of him.
Olof also with a lot of the same backstab plays purely through doing unorthodox timing and moves like his double kill highway after standing in the smoke for 4-5s and letting them walk past and give up on watching mid.
FaZe had some really creative stuff going on and that is what you have to do to beat the best team in the world it seems like.
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u/PootieTooGood BIG Jan 21 '18
please lord give us a bo3 of this match up in the champions stage.
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u/Lepojka1 Team Spirit Jan 21 '18
Yea but please not in Top 8, I want this to be finals or semis :)
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u/TheRisingBlade CS2 HYPE Jan 21 '18
In b4 both faze and sk are knocked out before the finals and wont play a bo3 with each other
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u/iSleepUpsideDown howl Jan 21 '18
good guy FaZe making sure people get some points in pickems
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u/kubikb0y guardian_elite Jan 21 '18 edited Jan 21 '18
You mean to say less number of people had SK as 3-0?
Edit: many many youtubers i watched had SK as 3-0 Edit2: I myself picked Gambit
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u/iSleepUpsideDown howl Jan 21 '18
i would say so considering SK have felps, which although still means they're very good i would not say this is close to SK full strength
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u/t3r4byt3l0l Immunity Jan 21 '18
I wonder how long olof can keep his Major playoffs streak going...
NiKo also made it for the first time
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u/Szween Jan 21 '18
I also wonder when we will have no players left who have made all playoffs, and how the scene will look then
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u/AquafieR_ King NiKo Jan 22 '18
Device and xyp9x are definitely the closest they've ever been to losing their streak being 1-2 right now
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u/fu3ll Copenhagen Flames Jan 21 '18
I remember when some people were angry that Faze was replacing allu with Guardian, lol
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u/FourKrusties FaZe Jan 22 '18
Still am. Memes > everything.
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u/Willporker FaZe Jan 22 '18
I was more sad that kio was replaced by olof, but allu replaced by guardian was necessary.
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u/Dumbledorfie Jan 22 '18
That was because everyone loved allu, not becausr they thought he was better than Guardian. Now allu is never seen because he's in a t2 team
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u/manatidederp NiP Jan 22 '18
That was some truly vintage Guardian and Olof shit. Winning duel after duel with the awp, and olof doing the typical 2015-fnatic shit turning a 5v3 into a 3v1 after some ridiculous smoke push.
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u/DemDim1 MIBR Jan 21 '18
That round where Fallen and Fer were on highway both looking towards A getting shot in the back by Olof tilted me into oblivion.
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u/budxors Liquid Jan 22 '18
Yep I was watching it happen but I said no way a team as disciplined as SK will have both turn away from highway.....
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u/Shadow_Wave FaZe Jan 21 '18
SK: we’re up 9-1, ez win boys lets go
GuardiaN: no
SK: understandable have a nice day
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u/rustyjame5 1 Million Celebration Jan 21 '18
well he didnt look that happy. he did say he wanted to face them with their full line up tho.
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u/oomnahs Liquid Jan 21 '18
The round where FaZe got 9-2 I feel like sk underestimated guardian. They kept peeking Guardian without a flash or anything and played really sloppy.
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u/rustyjame5 1 Million Celebration Jan 21 '18
stand-in.
ct side.
probably the deadliest team they can go against as of this moment. not really that surprising.
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u/matheusvidotto Jan 21 '18
Tbf felps had nothing to do with then losing, SK’s B were the most terrible thing ever. Fallen taking the awp to sandbags on first gun round and stuff. They played that terribly
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u/kub3r Jan 21 '18
Also not to mention turning you back on mid and giving olof 2 free kills. Then Taco not having his gun out when Faze go B. Abysmal CT side from SK.
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u/beren2707 BIG Jan 21 '18
From 0:3 last time to 3:0 now - great to see Faze performing, especially Guardian!
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Jan 21 '18
FaZe just might win this major, as much as I love SK I think it would be an absolute travesty if guardian never gets a major.
I honestly wouldn't mind it if we get an epic FaZe SK final where FaZe edges it out, they'll have to earn it though ;)
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u/Lepojka1 Team Spirit Jan 21 '18
GODS CAN BLEED!!!
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u/Georg_Schmo FaZe Jan 21 '18
"FaZe Clan have not improved" from 0-3 last major to 3-0 this major finally beating SK - also Niko group stage curse is broken too
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u/manatidederp NiP Jan 21 '18
Some idiot writer thinking second place is "almost as good as first place". Winning is everything, second places are essentially meaningless for these kinds of players.
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u/xxHourglass FaZe Jan 21 '18
afaik it's an observed phenomenon in olympians that silver medalists are less satisfied with their performance than bronze medalists. second place is first loser.
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u/DoomgooeyKK King NiKo Jan 21 '18
I can't even imagine how nice Niko must be feeling. All these years, all those exits, and especially with that last 0-3, it must have been a heavy feeling over him
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u/x2Infinity Jan 21 '18
finally beating SK
With a stand in. Not saying SK is bad or anything but SK with boltz is definitely a better team.
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u/YassinRs MOUZ Jan 21 '18
The stand in being the 3rd highest rated player on HLTV and a player they had on their team for far longer than Boltz. Not as bad as you make it sound
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u/filous_cz FaZe Jan 21 '18
Loses to some ruski boys with mac10's, plays insane against no.1 team in the world.
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Jan 21 '18
Here's a post-game interview we did with NiKo. Also honestly SK should've come away with this, Fer is a magician.
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Jan 21 '18
HOLY SHIT WE ACTUALLY DID IT.
also does anyone have a GIF Of that guardian fingerwag , that's gonna come in handy some day.
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u/cakefmateus FURIA Jan 21 '18
GG Faze, you guys played very well. I put you guys to go 3-0 so even with SK lost I'm happy, see you guys in the final :b
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Jan 21 '18
why was coldzera replaced by botzera
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Jan 21 '18
Were you watching a different game? He played fine, Faze just had all the little moments going for them. The game was really close, despite how many rounds Faze won in a row.
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u/Bibidiboo NiP Jan 21 '18
Faze just had all the little moments going for them.
Just like SK had all the little moments going for them in the first half?
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u/420fourtwenny Jan 21 '18
amazing game. I root for faze over SK, but its such a disgusting pleasure to watch SK play.. it's just so silky smooth, I can't describe it, it's like theyre reading each others minds, I don't think I could relay and process information fast enough and still hear the game
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u/dixon5y MIBR Jan 21 '18
From SK GOD to NA SK in sidechange. This is one of the WORST ct side of SK history lol
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u/Kapem1 Jan 21 '18 edited Jan 21 '18
Sgares said he never liked sk's ct side on cache
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Jan 21 '18
0-3 > 3-0
Quite a development, very nice to see up and coming teams doing good.
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u/Heisenberg-84 FURIA Jan 21 '18
I like Felps but he looks lost in this match, i wonder how different the game would be with boltz.
In the other hand, Taco played really well imo.
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u/yknuf NiP Jan 21 '18
Honestly the only reason SK got a such successful T side was because of every single kill taco got there was so impactful, otherwise it would have been more sided to Faze
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u/mochatsubo Jan 22 '18
Agreed. Taco was a beast. Hard for any player to keep up that level of play for an entire match.
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u/luett2102 MOUZ Jan 21 '18
Thank God mouz doesnt have to play against FaZe or SK to get a third win and advance to the Legends stage.
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u/OJbeforethebadstuff 10 years coin Jan 21 '18
great game, some sick no scopes by fallen and guardian with the wallbang
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u/Bearly_funny BIG Jan 21 '18
Faze just looked so explosive on their T-side, SK couldn't stop their executes onto sites. I think this was a bad map for SK tho, and I'm hoping we see a BO3 between these teams in this tourney.
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u/mochatsubo Jan 22 '18
Didn't we all love that 5 man B rush? Imagine playing head shot and hearing Coldzera call out "Rain, Olof, Niko, Guardian" rushing B from checkers and then dying. :)
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Jan 21 '18
Has karrigan beaten Sk in a bo3 just asking? Saw on hltv faze has only won bo1 against them
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u/BuckNekkid18 Jan 21 '18
SK's best maps are FaZe's best maps but SK's is just better in them. Ie: Overpass, Mirage, Train
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u/octaviusii 750k Celebration Jan 21 '18
That was a nice game. It really shows that Faze, G2 and SK are on another level right now.
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u/eSportsStats Jan 22 '18
FaZe vs SK is the most popular game of the day:
https://twitter.com/EsportsCharts/status/955240276053852160
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u/HalyAThk Renegades Jan 21 '18
coldzera during the b rush: "OMG GUYS WHY IM ONLY 1 B I SAID 212 NOOBS OMG!"
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u/Rektalalchemist BIG Fan Jan 21 '18
Guardian was absolutely legendary. This guy is back man.
Bbutt but... olof washed up and Guardian also!
-reddit a while ago
Topkek
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u/Sexy_sharaabi Natus Vincere Fan Jan 21 '18
Holy shit faze just wiped their dicks on SK's face T side....
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u/BreakingMilan 750k Celebration Jan 21 '18
SK FANS: EZ WIN going to take a nap
FaZe Fans: Nap?😂 I don't know that word😴 while you taking Z's 💤 I'm making W's🙌🏆U snooze you lose😤🤘
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u/r3al_se4l 500k Celebration Jan 21 '18
At least they can beat SK with standin in a best of 1. Congratulations to FaZe for advancing!
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u/Tavob0y Jan 21 '18
If only cold and fer weren't complete and utterly shit, sk could've win this. Gg nonetheless
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u/mochatsubo Jan 22 '18
Olaf has definitely lost a step mechanically, but he still can make up for some of this with his smart play. It was a little sad to see his reaction time totally bested by Taco (albeit he was on fire) when Faze were CT, but he redeemed himself when they switched to T.
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u/T0MERNAT0R Jan 21 '18
This really looked like two different games where a different team dominated each time.
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u/Marcs_26 Jan 21 '18
On a side note, this is the first time that Niko has reached the playoffs of a major
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u/christley Jan 21 '18
Talk about a comeback. Being 8-1 winning with 12-16.
Just watch fnatic getting SK in the next 2-1 game.
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Jan 21 '18
Too bad they will probably meet again before the finals, best matchup by far of this tournament
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u/m1cker Jan 21 '18
This is just the first map of these rivals this year. 2018 is gonna be so enjoyable as a CS fan.
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u/FaZeSmasH CS2 HYPE Jan 21 '18
Wasn't expecting FaZe to win after that bad start but they proved me wrong
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u/OmgDatCow ENCE Jan 21 '18
Watch fnatic get sk as their 2-1 matchup