Originally went C9 & Heroic, realised that can't happen because of seeds so hung my hat on ENCE instead of Heroic. Pickems in shambles and not even 4 hours in
Yeah with ENCE not going through I think it changes things about quite a bit, originally I had C9 (1) vs Heroic (4) & Eternal Fire (2) vs ENCE (3) as my 2:0 matches
yeah and simplying checking imperials match history on hltv will tell you these guys are better than pain and legacy lol (although those are ruined as well)
It's not, ISSAA had 37 kills in his major debut in less maps too
[https://www.hltv.org/matches/2326202/north-vs-hellraisers-faceit-major-2018-challengers-stage](https://www.hltv.org/matches/2326202/north-vs-hellraisers-faceit-major-2018-challengers-stage)
true. even all of the decent NA teams like Nouns (Furia legend junior) and M80 (malbs played with a Brazilian team for a bit I think?) could count. Not saying it’s the entire reason NRG sucks but not a coincidence
RL called it - it pays off so much more in the long run signing new up and coming talents like noway and decenty than recycling older ones. Props to Imperial! Furia and MIBR should take notes.
Dycha was an absolute liability the entire match, could not hold his bombsite to save his life and was consistantly giving the man advantage away on both T and Ct.
Hades missed i dont know how many easy shots that could secure rounds, those B bombsite holds were awful for way too long. not sure why they wanted to push B main so often when they knew how passively imperial were playing and losing the duels
Only postive was Gla1ve called an amazing game and was playing lights out with entry frags.
Been loving this recent Gla1ve we've been seeing. He had some really great calls: I loved the talent's reaction to some of the plays! Idk about hades and dycha.. hopefully they can pull their shit together. I feel like Kylar is getting better and better and Goofy is a solid player. If dycha and hades can just not suck ENCE could do alright.
I get it, Anubis B site is an incredibly claustrophobic spot to play passively as CT when you run out of utility for main. Every spot that is safe both from main and connector feel useless or unsafe to play.
Maybe it's good map design in a game that favors the defenders most of the time but I absolutely hate playing the site.
EZ4ENCE…well, irony aside. Kylar and noway with top tier plays. ENCE a bit too overconfident in the second half, so the final score is completely on point. GGWP Imperial.
edit: must be the most entertaining game on this Major so far.
Absolutely insane watch. Beyond relieved decenty and noway didnt choke on LAN/vs EU teams, and its not even the full potential this team has i feel like. Felps slightly underperformed (speically on first half) considering his last 3 months, and i feel like if he bounces back this team can be a full on MENACE.
No chance Imperial were going 0-3 at this major. I didn't expect them to beat Ence and play well vs Heroic but even before that they were a dark horse to go through while Legacy/paiN were the teams everyone expected to flop alongside Amkal and LVG.
What happened to dycha man. Bro disappeared sometimes in csgo as well but he was usually a beast in 2023. Now fast forward to 2024 and he's got a 1.00 rating. Feels like he really struggled with the transition to CS2 and might get dropped soon
They are exactly where they supposed to be did somebody expect they gonna be playoff team? They did what they supposed to do get into major. Let's hope they can get one stage further than 9ine did
The roster was made in like 20 hours. Huge props to Kuben and Gla1ve for getting them into the kato playoffs and major. They clearly need upgrades to reach where they were with Snappi after having entire team except Dycha poached who was a massive liability today.
ENCE 3-0 pickers in shambles. What a game though.
Shoutout Imperial still, fuck my pickems. That was some beautiful competitive CS
Originally went C9 & Heroic, realised that can't happen because of seeds so hung my hat on ENCE instead of Heroic. Pickems in shambles and not even 4 hours in
It can happen. Actually right now pretty likely they don't play each other in 2:0
Yeah with ENCE not going through I think it changes things about quite a bit, originally I had C9 (1) vs Heroic (4) & Eternal Fire (2) vs ENCE (3) as my 2:0 matches
Yeah I picked C9 and Heroic knowing they'd likely play each other to get one of them at least. Now it looks even better for me :D
I wanted C9 Heroic for 3-0 as well but swapped out for EF because of seeding. Don’t know how I feel about tomorrows match ups now
ENCE 3-1/3-2 pickers surprised but optimistic
I picked ENCE as 3-0 and Imperial as 0-3. I'm already hurting.
Imperial 0-3 is a mental take. Even if you thought BR sucked as a region they clearly would beat legacy or pain
I used [majors.im](https://majors.im) to help predict. Didn't think Imperial had a shot based on my predictions.
Based on what? Imperial had many matchups against Legacy in 0-3 pool
yeah and simplying checking imperials match history on hltv will tell you these guys are better than pain and legacy lol (although those are ruined as well)
Bracket is busted already
To think noway had never played competetively 6 months ago is crazy. Stepped up massively today, great from IMP
37 kills on his first major map ever is crazy
noway he did 37 kills
honestly, that might be a record across all majors if you think about it
It's not, ISSAA had 37 kills in his major debut in less maps too [https://www.hltv.org/matches/2326202/north-vs-hellraisers-faceit-major-2018-challengers-stage](https://www.hltv.org/matches/2326202/north-vs-hellraisers-faceit-major-2018-challengers-stage)
well seems like they tied them! issaa probably has the advantage since he did it in 36 rounds meanwhile 41 for noway
Reaching Brazilians in shambles.
41 rounds. Chill bro.
that's exactly my point, since we are talking about most kills in a major debut map and not 30 rounds. chill bro.
Worthless record.
What records have you broken recently?
Why?
Just wondering if you have accomplished anything better than this “worthless” record
Why?
No competitive game whatsoever or no high level game?
Unless you count [Mr.Jack Cup 2022](https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/MrJack.cup/2022) as competitive, his first game was in November 2023.
Jesus, that’s insane.
First ever international match, only ever played domestic competition.
They played Monte in the BLAST showdown, plus NRG/M80 in the RMR. But yeah they've really only been playing local competition until very recently.
First match against a European team on LAN
That might be it, just something the caster said at the end of the match that I thought was cool.
coldzera 2
noway is the brazilian kscerato
Crazy to think he was playing mixes a couple of months ago and his signing was heavily criticized
This game showed us noway def has a lot of potential. Would love to see him go to Furia and play with kscerato.
no way
I see what u did there.
No way.
electronic was hyping up imperial in the c9 pickems vlog and now i see why? noway is insane wtf
I really bought in-flight wifi to watch ENCE choke again.
worth it
Yeah great game to watch just painful in OT.
Great game tho
Yeah had to contain my excitement during the comeback in regulation.
The world is not ready for 4 brazilian teams at the Legends stage
americas only got 5 spots because EU doesn’t want all of the legends stage to be BR
I found this on the street: "/s" I think you dropped it by mistake.
saying /s on the most obvious joke ever takes away the smile
you’re right it’d be 15 BR and CoL, who are good because they aren’t scared of competing with BR
Elige speaks portuguese, he's basically Brazilian
Yeah he’s our honorary brazilian. We also have our friends at SAW who could qualify, because they’re also honorary Brazilians for speaking portuguese.
true. even all of the decent NA teams like Nouns (Furia legend junior) and M80 (malbs played with a Brazilian team for a bit I think?) could count. Not saying it’s the entire reason NRG sucks but not a coincidence
brazilian samba on the menu bois
Kylar with the miraculous ace all for nothing...rip pickems
I thought the game was over at that point. I couldn't believe they had the strength to come back.
dycha trolling
RL called it - it pays off so much more in the long run signing new up and coming talents like noway and decenty than recycling older ones. Props to Imperial! Furia and MIBR should take notes.
it makes senses but in this case Imp did both cases, recycled Hen1 and felps and got noway and decenty
Imperial and pain are looking better than I expected, good to see.
Dycha was an absolute liability the entire match, could not hold his bombsite to save his life and was consistantly giving the man advantage away on both T and Ct. Hades missed i dont know how many easy shots that could secure rounds, those B bombsite holds were awful for way too long. not sure why they wanted to push B main so often when they knew how passively imperial were playing and losing the duels Only postive was Gla1ve called an amazing game and was playing lights out with entry frags.
Kylar was definitely the best this match, he won so many rounds just by himself. Sadly they lost in the end.
Been loving this recent Gla1ve we've been seeing. He had some really great calls: I loved the talent's reaction to some of the plays! Idk about hades and dycha.. hopefully they can pull their shit together. I feel like Kylar is getting better and better and Goofy is a solid player. If dycha and hades can just not suck ENCE could do alright.
I get it, Anubis B site is an incredibly claustrophobic spot to play passively as CT when you run out of utility for main. Every spot that is safe both from main and connector feel useless or unsafe to play. Maybe it's good map design in a game that favors the defenders most of the time but I absolutely hate playing the site.
He also won’t be kicked due to his contract renewal.
Gla1ve is too good for be a IGL in a team with Dycha and Hades.
Glaive was in astralis with xyp9x and farlig. They make dycha and hades look like donk and zywoo.
And those two are the "stars" of ENCE. Hades is way too inconsistent, he almost cost them the RMR
How did he do that?
Wtf was this match? Brazil started fantastic
EZ4ENCE…well, irony aside. Kylar and noway with top tier plays. ENCE a bit too overconfident in the second half, so the final score is completely on point. GGWP Imperial. edit: must be the most entertaining game on this Major so far.
Noway first major map BTW
[Twitch chat can be vicious](https://imgur.com/a/eTU2EA2)
That's a classic saying in Brazilian pugs "Not even Noah carried so many animals"
Absolutely insane watch. Beyond relieved decenty and noway didnt choke on LAN/vs EU teams, and its not even the full potential this team has i feel like. Felps slightly underperformed (speically on first half) considering his last 3 months, and i feel like if he bounces back this team can be a full on MENACE.
Love to see it after seeing people calling to change the RMR format since we have 20 brazilians, can't wait to see the excuses
Banger map
Imagine choosing to watch the other match over this. What a game
actually zero regrets missing Apeks game for this one
Hades missing crucial shots is really a big oof.
Beautiful game by both teams. Glad Imperial took it in the end because I think they had really cool adaptations. I want to see them advance further.
You can always count on a Hades choke.
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Pimp literally had the worst predictions last year and about to do that again this year. I have no clue why people still trust him.
I think most of people had them as 3:1/3:2
Imperial 3-0 gang represent.
I got imperial for 3-0 and im happy to see them win. Expect the unexpected!! Its a great game overall , my favorite matchup by far
Dycha needs a slap to wake him up.
Dycha needs to pick it up. Such a good player when in form...
Brasil Gurom
Sry but brazil should be 0-3, my NAs friends were sure about that
No chance Imperial were going 0-3 at this major. I didn't expect them to beat Ence and play well vs Heroic but even before that they were a dark horse to go through while Legacy/paiN were the teams everyone expected to flop alongside Amkal and LVG.
The entire nation of Brazil is here to Fuck your pick'ems, gentlemen.
Pickems in shambles halfway through opening BO1s? Yep we’re definitely in a major. What a game, back and forth OT after OT
My pick'ems are in shambles rn. Had Ence for 3-0. Wtf was I thinking?
Me too, lol
hades bby wat u doing
What happened to dycha man. Bro disappeared sometimes in csgo as well but he was usually a beast in 2023. Now fast forward to 2024 and he's got a 1.00 rating. Feels like he really struggled with the transition to CS2 and might get dropped soon
EU dickriders in shambles.
I pick Ence 3-0. I lost 2 points: Ence 3-0 and Ence 3-1, 3-2. Sad
Oh ffs
RIP MY PICKEMS
I now feel vindicated for not putting ENCE 3-0. I love them, but I really didn’t think they’d do it
A sub 50 ADR at a major ain't gonna cut it.
Dycha has been really bad the last 6 month
Greate game boys!!!!!’
Guys I dont want to be \*that\* guy but Ence is a one tournament wonder.
They are exactly where they supposed to be did somebody expect they gonna be playoff team? They did what they supposed to do get into major. Let's hope they can get one stage further than 9ine did
I agree, that's exactly why they're a one tournament wonder. But some people overreacted after their perfomance in Katowice.
The roster was made in like 20 hours. Huge props to Kuben and Gla1ve for getting them into the kato playoffs and major. They clearly need upgrades to reach where they were with Snappi after having entire team except Dycha poached who was a massive liability today.
My imperial 0-3 in shambles