Na'Vi won Intel Challange Supercup 7

Natus Vincere has won the Intel Challenge Super Cup 7 season with a 2-1 defeat of Frag eXecutors in the Grand Final. The season final took place at the Kiev CyberSport Arena, where Natus Vincere took on Frag eXecutors to decide the winner of the season. The first map -de_nuke is rarely combined with victory for the Ukrainians and this time should be a repeat of that scenario. Fx won 16-12 and took the lead before moving to second map- de_dust2.

Na´Vi once again proved capable of solid play on the Terrorists side on de_dust2, scoring an 11-4 lead at half-time. Fx then came from behind and evened out the match and it seemed like it could go either way in the end. It should however be Na´Vi to equalize to 1-1 in maps, as they picked up the final round to win 16-14 on de_dust2 and force a third and final map.

Switching to de_inferno, it was Fx who started out the better, getting a hold of 9 rounds as Terrorists. Just like on second map, it went down the wire to decide the winner of the map. In the very last round, Fx had the opportunity to bring the game to a tie, but the Polish team got denied by Na´Vi hot-shot Yegor "markeloff" Markelov, who won a 1-versus-4 situation to secure Na´Vi victory at ICSC7 finals, with a 2-1 score in maps.

Natus Vincere 2:1 Frag eXecutors
-12:16 nuke
-16:14 dust2
-16:14 inferno

That was probably the best action in ICS 7!!

With the third place decider seeing DTS come out on top two maps to none over KerchNET the latter ends their tournament on a down note, taking home no prize money despite single map victories over Na`Vi and FX earlier in the tournament.

Here you have general classification:

1. Natus Vincere - $5,000
2. Frag eXecutors - $3,000
3. DTS - $2,000
4. KerchNET

Source : HLTV.org, sk-gaming.com

Intel Challange Supercup 7 :1st day

Wow, this was very interesting day. After day 1 of the Intel Challenge Super Cup 7 LAN finals finished up with all of the six teams having played their five matches the four teams progressing on to tomorrow (today in Europe), and the playoffs, were Natus Vincere , Frag eXecutors , DTS and KerchNET .

All these teams played out today 5 big battles. That was the clash of giants :)

Frag eXecutors :

Poles started the day duel with Iron Will at eleven o'clock. They won with him 19-11 on de_nuke. The first 4 rounds practically influenced the result of the match. Iron Will players rarely invaded the situation. Iron Will traveled this event with hope, rather than expectation, having changed one player, and then re-added two others, but the former Virtus.pro line-up were simply miles away from the opposition, losing all five matches. The Frag eXecutors's domination in this match we can see on this video :)

The next match was with KerchNET. One word fits to describe this game: school. Why? This match was school for Frag-eXecutors,where they learned from KerchNET how to play on de_tuscan. Although they had nice actions like this:

... They gave this match 22-8 for KerchNET. Ukrainians were simply better in respect of mastery of the map.

The third match was a clash of the best European teams: Na'Vi and FX. A duel was so stubborn ,that it ended... draw. Both teams gave took 15 rounds. Uffff.

The fourth battle was very easy for FX. They played against USSR team. They won on de_dust 2 25-5 , crushing rival. USSR fared a little bit better than Iron Will, generally winning two matches, and they would have made it through had KerchNET not defeated Natus Vincere in the last group match.

The last duel was against DTS. Ukrainians didn't have ways to FX. Poles were more aggressive and "dynamic" . It was evident ,that Frag-eXecutors have trained that map after losing on IEM V final with Na'Vi. Gj boys :)

Natus Vincere :

The first match had to be very tough. Na'Vi faced with DTS. The Ukrainians (:D Na'Vi ofc) defeated Ukrainians 23-7 on de_dust 2. That was niiiiice.

Second duel was against USSR team. Once again, Na'Vi didn't give any chances to the opponent and won on de_tuscan 22-8.

The third match markeloff and others played against FX. They're tied with them. Uuuuh, downward trend, uuuuh :)

The fourth battle was played at four pm. The enemy was Iron Will. The Ukrainians won this rencounter 18-12 on de_train.

The last battle was the biggest surprise of the tournament. Na'Vi lost (they didn't win) with KerchNET!!! They lost (!!) 14-16 on de_inferno. Yes, they didn't win.

On this tournament Na'Vi had a great advantage over opponents. THEY HAD DARTH VADER ON TEAM:

KerchNET :

On 11 am B1ad3, bondik, cArsky, Krutoi and sozikzzz played against USSR team. Ukrainian-Russian duel ended up winning for the latter. USSR won 20-10 on de_inferno. They were more dynamic and had more skills :)

Next battle was against FX. As mentioned, they defeated Frag eXecutors 22-8 on de_tuscan.

In the 3rd match they were better than Iron Will. This time , the Ukrainians beat Russians 16-14 on de_nuke.

KerchNET winning once, losing once. Now they lost against their "brothers" , DTS. 11-19 on de_inferno for DTS... they were better tactically.

The last chance for advancement was the victory against Na'Vi. The playing of KerchNET was wonderful. 16-14 on de_inferno. GG :)

and the last team...

DTS.chatrix :

The young team was thrown to the lions Na'Vi. Oh, that was Own3d. 7-23 on de_dust 2. That wasn't fresh start in tournament...

Fortunately, in 2nd duel DTS met with Iron Will (read: whipping boys). They won surely 22-8 on de_inferno.

More Fortunately, the third match was against USSR team (read: second whipping boys). 17-13 on same map.

The Fourth battle they played against their native rivals, KerchNET. Good tactics and teamwork have been successful. They enjoyed the victory on ... you have to guess (A. de_inferno, B.de_inferno, C. on toilet)(17-13).

In bringing the lands of the DTS players have helped the Poles. Frag eXecutors won this match 18-12 on de_infe...train.

ICC semi-final pairings (20.3):
10am- Frag eXecutors vs. DTS
2pm- Natus Vincere vs. KerchNET

Could repeat the IEM 5 final duel (Frag eXecutors vs Na'Vi)? Well, in my opinion yes, because KerchNET and DTS are young teams and they can't withstand the pressures associated with the final. Beside this, FX and Na'Vi have the best players in the world, who as yet don't include the slip :)

And you, what is your favorite?

Source: HLTV.org, frag-executors.com, sk-gaming.com, counter-strike.pl

Natus Vincere won Intel Extreme Masters V!

Natus Vincere (lat. born for victory :)) defeated in the final duel Frag eXecutors. The Ukrainian machine led by Zeus (others: markeloff, Edward, Starix, Esenin) faced with Neo and partnership( TaZ, kuben, pasha, Loord) on de_train and de_dust 2. They won both maps, They won both maps, although the match was very tough. The second time they reached for the cup winners of Intel Extreme Masters.

Review of match (sk-gaming.com):

de_train (Fx 11-Na'Vi 4, 1-12)

The game got underway with the Poles defending the bomb sites of de_train following their knife round win. A heavy advantage on the Counter-Terrorist side allowed them to take a respectable 11 rounds, but Na'Vi were definitely happy with four rounds on the Terrorist side.

On the change over, Na'Vi quickly secured the pistol and the next two rounds. They then managed to string multiple rounds together, thanks to strong holds from both AWPers markeloff and starix. Throughout the half, the side only slipped up once, which allowed them to win the half 12-1 and the game 16-12.

[My comment] It was a two-AWP map. This weapon gave a huge advantage. When Filip "Neo" Kubski and Jakub "kuben" Gurczyński has the sniper rifle, entrance to the bomb-site resembled a massacre of the innocents (Na'Vi's innocents).It was the same, when Na'Vi was on CT , 1 or 2 Frag-eXecutors players could only watch as other colleagues are killed (Na'Vi usually killed 1-2 players per round with AWP).

de_dust 2 (9-6, 1-)

Taking down four of their opposition, FX thought they had the first pistol round of dust2 in the bag. However, Natus Vincere's Starix managed to clutch a 2v1 situation to win the pistol round for NaVi. The following round saw FX catch Na'Vi offguard, buying AK's to win the second round and even up the game. From that point rounds exchanged, more in the favour of FX, allowing them to take the half 9-6.

The second saw Na'Vi do a strong push on short A, only losing one man in the process, they took over A and eventually won the round. After two eco rounds from FX, they looked like they would pull a round back, but ceh9 managed to hold A with the bomb down, pulling of a 2v1 clutch. Four more rounds followed after that, until FX called a timeout, which lead to them taking their first round of the CT half. Then Na'Vi got back up after losing a round to win the following round and the next round, which won them the game 16-10, and the match 2-0.

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The victory was well deserved for Na'Vi because they played better, both tactically and skillfully. Na`Vi in-game leader, Danyl "Zeus" Teslenko, was the top-fragger.

Natus Vincere... lost to win in IEM. The ESL has announced that Natus Vincere will have their IEM5 World Championship earnings reduced by 13 percent. The reason for the imposition of penalties are two offenses during a match with mortal Team work. The first offense was leaving the stage without permission at halftime of the second map and the second was extra timeout to go to the toilet (:D).

The third place coincided with mTw, which defeated SK-gaming 2:1 (de_inferno 16:6 for SK, de_nuke 8:16 and on de_train 24:26 for mTw).

Final Standings
1st. Natus Vincere - $30,450 (-$4,550 due to 13% deduction)
2nd. Frag eXecutors - $17,000
3rd. mTw - $8,500
4th. SK Gaming - $4,000
5/6. compLexity br - $2,500
5/6. fnatic - $2,500
7/8. Lions swe - $1,750
7/8. Moscow Five - $1,750
9/10. UMX - $1,750
9/10. Team EG - $1,750
11/12. TCM-Gaming - $1,750
11/12. redCode - $1,750

Source: sk-gaming.com, navi-gaming.com, frag-executors.com, HLTV.org

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Intel Extreme Masters V- Frag eXecutors defeated FnaticMSI.CS

Frag eXecutors (Neo, kuben, Loord, TaZ and pasha) confidently win with Fnatic (Delpan, pita, dsn, cArn, Xizt) 2:0 on de_dust2 (16:13) and de_nuke (16:10). Polish-(hardly)Swedish duel was the main attraction of quarter-finals (beside this match FX won with UMX-Gaming on de_inefrno 16-12 :D). This battle have given us some of the greatest series of all time but this instance proved a little anti-climactic as FX moved past fnatic without being pushed too hard.

Here you have a review of the battle on :

Dust 2 16-14 (CT 9-6, T 7-8) (sk-gaming.com)

The first map saw FX arrive in form as they pushed the game from the CT side of dust2 while fnatic won enough rounds to stay within striking distance but still not ever feel comfortable. After FX finished the half with a three round lead everyone had to know fnatic were set for a tough time coming back against one of the great offensive teams of this era.

fnatic did manage to pull back rounds, as Delpan showed off his AWP talent and fnatic showed they could retake B as FX continually attacked it. Eventually it had developed into a fully fledged nail-biter as the teams were clearly going to go down to the wire. A few key rounds saw the momentum switch to FX's favour such as one where a low health Xizt decided to save at A, thinking kuben was safely tucked away at the catwalk box when in fact he was above him inside the site and had looked quite tentative in their first exchange.

Most noteworthy for fans of CS highlight clips was neo's AWP round late in the game. The man some consider to be the greatest CS player of all time once more showed his special touch for the game as he saved an AWP and on a round where most of his team-mates had glocks he went to work demolishing fnatic at bombsite B. The part which thrilled the crowd and frustrated fnatic came when the Pole faced a 1v3 and killed each in succession, the last even coming through a box as the player rushed around towards him. The legend had once more lit up the big stage and many will look to tomorrow's face-off against f0rest as another chapter in their storied history.

Another theme of the dust2 game late was that fnatic seemed overly greedy, or perhaps a little panicked, as they bought weak over and over with famas and deagles only to lose round after round. On a map they had a few chances in the Swedes left one down and with work to do on nuke.

Nuke 16-10 (T 7-8, CT 9-2) (sk-gaming.com)

Despite losing on dust2 a couple of the fnatic players had shown some nice moments and once more it was individual rounds doing it for fnatic in the early going on nuke as they won the pistol round and third round with clutches. After that though FX locked the train into top speed and rolled over fnatic with classic FX aggressive nuke play. Few teams in history have been as good on nuke T side as this side and once more they proved a tough nut to crack for the CTs. Losing the first half 7:8 was no shame for FX as they had been down 4:7 at one point.

On the second half Neo aced the CT pistol round and it was clear FX were zoned in to take the series then and there. They charged forwards and fnatic simply couldn't find the answers to hold back the Poles.

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"Interestingly in the series FX used their timeouts very well and discussions seemed to be constructive rather than divisive, so they came back into the game each time and improved their approach. For fnatic this series suggests Kiev was a great few days but that's all it was. In reality their team is most likely more in the range of 3rd-5th than legitimately #1 or a big favourite for every event. Of course they'll have their chances to prove themselves at the next event and show some evolution positively in their game." -commented Thorin.

Fx will now face SK-Gaming (dennis, face, f0rest, GeT_RiGhT and RobbaN) tomorrow in the Semi-finals.

Today also mTw and Na'Vi defeated CompLexity on : de_nuke (16-3 for mTw) , de_dust2(16:10 for Na'Vi) and de_train( 5-16 for Ukrainians too). These first two teams will play against each other in Semi-finals too.

Source: sk-gaming, frag-executors.com, HLTV.org