Well, as some of you guys know I'm an "official ESL shoutcaster" now, and as such I was given permission to shoutcast a great match between two teams that I both respect and am friends with.
Here is the frapsed cast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skz5WwEJJMU
And the Match Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LCm22FQjaM
Anyways I'm going to break the match down as I saw it here. (Spoilers below...)
Team Rosters:
Facedown
- Blindhound - solid rifle, good support player, didn't impress me in this match
- Saucey - very good rifle, usually carry/main frag, played well this match
- Erick - main hybrid, did great this match with both rifle/snipe
- Jkeith - in-game leader, rifle, held site very nicely this match
- Dacbeitelite - rifle, played flukey this match (Fun to watch)
Underrated
- [R1] - solid rifle, top fragged this match, a few sniper frags
- Rockstarz - team leader, solid shot, nice site holds
- Phenatik - low ping, great rifle shot, decent gamesense, nice game-changing plays
- cl0ud - main awp, strat caller, poor showing this match, a few nice frags
- Guccii, amazing rifler, good site holds, struggled this match
Opening Comments:
I went into this match with an open mind, yet even so I expected facedown to win by a decent amount. I've watched games of both of these teams, and even scrimmed with / against both of them so I had a realistic understanding of their skill levels. With that being said I think that facedown is the stronger / more consistent team and so while facedown wasn't running their main5 roster I still expected a great showing from them. Underrated on the other hand had a few clan issues before the match, with R1 not wanting to participate, and spots being switched up from what they had practiced.
First Half:
Offense (BL) - Underrated // Defense (GR) - Facedown
Round 1 - Underrated came in super strong and while they were down 3v4 they took B site hard and won the round decisively putting them up 1-0.
Round 2 - Underrated pushed B again, and once more they completely dominate the site, making it a 4v2. Erick is able to trade a frag and make it 1v3 and it falls down to sauce who makes an extremely nice headshot long b and then doubles up with the bomb defuse as well making it a 1-1 game. This was truly a momentum changing round as Underrated should have had no problems winning. (Clutch at 1:39)
Round 3 - Once more Underrated pushes B site but instead of pushing hard they try to take it slow and play picks. Jkeith is able to grab 3 frags and knock it down to a 4v2 and then the last two are cleaned up in mid making it a 2-1 game in favour of Facedown.
Round 4 - Switching things up finally BL pushes a full A and Erick (With the help of some flashes) is able to pick up an extremely nasty 4k, winning the 3rd round for his team.
Round 5 - Another slow B / pick strat for Underrated and it works brilliantly, putting dacbeitelite in a 1v5 and he's only able to pick up 1 frag before Ur win the round making it 3-2.
Round 6 - Blindhound struggles with the B hotel hold once again and Underrated completely stomp into B site, tieing the match 3-3.
Round 7 - Bomb goes down at A site for the first time and cloud is left in a perilous 1v2 situation. He's somehow able to grab 2 frags and win the round, giving Underrated their second lead of the match 4-3. (7:10)
Round 8 - Playing picks doesn't work out for Ur and they are put into a 2v4. Erick peeks mid and grabs both frags (At 9:10) making it a 4-4 extremely close match.
Round 9 - Yet another 2v4 situation for Underrated and they lose the round after picking up 2 frags. Giving the lead and the momentum to Facedown, 5-4.
Round 10 - R1 is stuck in a 1v2 situation but he plays it perfectly getting behind 2 players and then completely chokes the double kill, giving Facedown the round, a serious blunder that no doubt led to them losing the match. (12:38)
Round 11 - With just 1 round left to finish off the half, Phenatik from Underrated goes huge and grabs himself a 4k, with a very nice 2k in the last 2v2 of the round. Picking up the round and a bit of momentum for his team.
Round 12 - Feeding off their momentum Underrated grabs yet another round, miraculously holding themselves in the match, making it a 6-6 game.
Round 13 - Trying to end strong Underrated pushes into B site quite aggressively but they are stopped short of site by an amazing AK spray by dac, picking up 3 kills and finishing the round with a deagle headshot for the ultrakill.(16:06)
Facedown wins the half 7-6.
Second Half
Offense (BL) -Facedown // Defense (GR) - Underrated
Round 1 - B aggression for Facedown works well and they pick up the round with only losing 2 players.
Round 2 - Facedown decides to rush again, but this time to A-stie. However they get stopped short as cloud picks up a nice awp headshot, and rockstarz is able to land a 3k, securing the round. (17:43)
Round 3 - Slow B push gives Facedown the round and the 2-1 lead.
Round 4 - Erick picking up 3 sniper kills, including a 5hp reaction shot onto guchi, and blindhound ends the round with a double kill giving Facedown the big 3-1 lead.
Round 5 - Underrated makes a very good call and 4 man pushes into mid, completely shutting down Facedown's pick strat and making it a 3-2 game.
Round 6 - Facedown's A push gets completely shut down, without any players from Underrated dieing. Cloud picking up 2 sniper kills and his team picking the rest.
Round 7 - Facedown works an effective pick strategy which turns into a slow A and they pick the round up easily.
Round 8 - Facedown once again works slow picks, with sauce leading the charge, picking up some crucial frags and cloud is left in a 1v3, only picking up 1 before going down. 5-3 for Facedown.
Round 9 - Jkeith is left in a 1v3 situation which quickly turns to a 1v1, with guccii being stuck in the middle of the map. Jkeith plays it smart and is able to live with 14 hp. Horribly unfortunate and definitely a morale decreaser for Ur.
Round 10 - A heroic charge from cloud and rockstarz almost wins them the round but Jkeith is able to pick up the last kill on rockstarz and win the half 7-3.
Facedown wins the half 7-3.
Closing comments:
I personally think both teams played great. A few players struggled, and others stepped up and excelled but as teams they came together quite nicely and put on an AMAZING match to cast/watch. The main game changing plays in my mind are:
- Sauce's 1v3
- R1's 1v2 choke
- Dac's 4k to win the half
- Erick's sniping second half
- Guccii getting stuck on round 9
So, while I feel that Underrated had a few tough breaks, and would definitely have done better I still feel that Facedown outplayed them and deserved the win.
A great match, and I look forward to casting more in the future.
- LucK
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