It was the first day of the MLG Columbus Major, and while no team has been eliminated yet, yesterday’s events give a strong indicator of how teams stand for the rest of the tournament.
Train was the most played map for the first series and this will likely be a CSGO Ak47 Skins trend that will continue for the rest of the tournament. But once we get into the Best of Three games, we will finally get to see some more variations in the map pool mix.
Out of eight matches played, four of them where played on de_train, and all the actual matches in this (except for Astralis vs Gambit) ended on a big stomp.
Group A:
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs FlipSid3 Tactics
Ninjas within Pyjamas played against the Ukranian team FlipSid3 Tactics, and the Swedish team had to play without their latest addition Jacob “pyth” Mourujärvi. Pyth was unable to get his visa on time and will be missing the first game, and it is still unclear if he will be allowed to join his team for the rest of the games. Standing in for him they had NiP’s coach Björn “THREAT” Pers.
FlipSid3 started with a strong CT side but they were not able to keep the momentum going during the first half, letting NiP take nine rounds on their T side and leaving the score 9: 6.
The second half started with NiP winning pistol round and after a back and forth display, the game went into overtime. After a great display by team leader Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund, the team secured enough rounds to claim the particular match 19: 17, putting them on the top of their group alongside Luminosity Gaming.
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