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Counter-Strike: Play-by-play recap of Fnatic vs. Gravitas

By: Alex Nguyen - Published October 18, 2008 at 4:24 PM EDT - Writer Archive
Alex "Vansilli" Nguyen provides a round by round recount of the match from his point of view behind Gravitas Gaming at EM Montreal.


First Half Fnatic won the knife round and decided to start off on the CT side on Nuke.

Round 1: Gravitas goes for a 3 -2 split to the upper bomb site by sending 3 outside. Gravitas Gaming plays it slow though by having Benhui pick outside with a usp while the two others wait around the corner of the connector. They then push inner from connector first and get dominated from the middle "spider" rafter and above the ladder. Good job as fnatic waited instead of pushing to flank on the pistol. Gravitas only ended up having one kill with no bomb plants.

Round 2: Save round for Gravitas of course as they send bomb outside again with three more people for a 4-1 split to the upper site to at least get the bomb down...they never really made it past the connector.

Round 3: Gravitas will save again with another 4-1 split attempt outside. Ins famases from the middle of the big garage as he two and a third one into the upper site. The last two from Gravitas dies as fnatic has a flawless victory on that round.

Round 4: First gunround of the match. GG opens squeeky and try to take the upper bombsite. Patyojon runs in with the bomb and sees no one around the rafters, but as he tries to plant on the side of the bomb boxes, Archi pops out like a jack-in-a-box and kills him. Although we kill the bomb carrier, the CTs are slowly getting dropped outside. It was a 2v2 then ended on a 2v1 as Archi is the last man standing for fnatic. He killed one on the catwalk outside to even things up as the pressure is now on for Goodfornothing. Goodfornothing takes his time though has he had about a minute left to work with. He walked back outside through connector to pick up bomb then walked through squeeky to go towards the hut. As 15 seconds remains he decides to walk out the hut. He spots Archi on the opposite rafter and crouch spams him but seemed to have gotten Counter-Struck as Archi clutches the round to give fnatic an early 4-0 lead.

Round 5: GG forced to save as they try to go upper to plant the bomb...Archi at bomb box just holds the site like a king and Gravitas gets nothing done.

Round 6: Early pick from forrest onto impulsive into squeek as gfn replies with a kill in ramp. We play the pick off game for GG now as ben spots 2 connector from outside..he was able to frag one, but then got dismantled quickly after. 3v3 now with 1 minute to go. gfn picks off hut and gives GG an advantage to take upper..mehler does a nice pick from connecter to ins above ladder and Archi comes to hut. He flanks Mehler as Patyojon pushes into the site to close the squeeky door. As he tries to flash into the hut, Archi comes out again and they start spamming each other. Archi takes the upperhand putting himself in another 1v1 against Goodfornothing. gfn, with the bomb on his back, at least went vents and planted lower which gave him a chance to redeem himself from the last one vs one against Archi, but the star player of the match walked up the sliding door where gfn was hiding and outaimed him again to clutch another round.

Round 7: Gravitas has the money bonus as they buy again, spamming the rafters and play the pickoff game. Somehow Archi gets a flank from the squeeky as GG tried to push the upper site..they dominate the Terrorist team who never saw it coming..scores is now 7-0, fnatic.

Round 8: Outside upper fast split for GG 3-2 as they buy..impulsive dropping 2 make that 3 very early into the round (great round for ImpulsivE). Ben Hui drops one outside as it gives Gravitas a huge advantage. They end up getting the last frag to put Gravitas Gaming on the scoreboard. (Score: 7-1 fnatic)

Round 9: Another 3-2 split for GG as Mehler gets the opening kill from big garage to window. They try to work ramp now as patyojon gets picked. Fnatic regains the advantage as they knew that GG was gonna fake to outside to work ramp. It ends up a 4v1 with mehler stuck outside by ct red box. Archi drops him. After losing that round, GG gets money reset since they won the round b4 so they are forced to save.

Round 10: Save round trying to plant the bomb from outside again but doesn't work..score 9-1 for fnatic.

Round 11: buy round for GG. Time to spam rafters as fnatic pushes 2 outside, they pick off impulsive. GG is stuck in lobby with mehler while PaTyoJoN is working outside by bomb. Benhui tries to clear ramp, he kills ins and gets spammed from hut. Delusion is coming up ramp and fragged them both as benhui was reloading. Mehler and pat 15 have seconds left as Archi drops pat from squeeky and mehler goes down from delusion. 10-1 for Fnatic now

Round 12: Big aggressive round by fnatic as they push hut and squeeky and take GG down as they were saving in lobby.

Round 13: Buy round for GG as they try to split outside again but it doesn't work..flawless victory for fnatic as the score is now 12-1

Round 14: They buy to get the last 2 rounds...if they lose, they will have nothing but deags on the 15th round. One pushing squeeky again as they get picked off pushing ramp, fnatic playing really aggressive as ins falls. It's a 4v3 now for fnatic now, 4v0 as they push ramp.....13-1 now

Round 15: GG is broke as they will try to push upper one last time with deags. impulsive had an AK though and killed one. Carn rotates from outside and the bomb is planted. Benhui has an m4 as two are flanking lobby. Fnatic tries to retake, ben drops 1..2...runs out of bullets. 1v1 for mehler and Forrest with the bomb planted, mehler starts running as time expires and forest dies..half is 13-2


Team fnatic


Second Half: 13-2 fnatic

Round 1: Pistol strat for GG is to push three slowly towards ramp and try to pick. Fnatic came from outside and gfn drops 2-3 as mehler kills 1. Now we have a 2v1..Carb has usp trying to go lower and Patyojon kills him

Round 2: Fnatic works it slow. Boosted 3 guys to avoid being spotted in connector. The continue pushing towards ladder and take the advantage. 2v1 amazing save for fnatic. Bomb up with an m4. 14 seconds remain as impulsive kills him in vents.

Round 3: Could be a buy for fnatic, they push out after flashing and drop the defense upper but benhui came in to save the day. However, not enough time to defuse as Fnatic goes up to 14 now.

Round 4: After that win, it puts GG on a save where they will save and buy for the tie. gfn picks up AK as impulsive flanks ramps and drops two..good save for GG... 4v1 as archi gets picked...ECO COBRA HISSSS

Round 5: Slow start for fnatic as they might push outside or have a timed push to upper. patyojon gets opening frag in outside, fnatic is saving and pushing ramp as gfn picks up the last 2 frags. 14-6 Fnatic now.

Round 6: fnatic trying to work ramp. 1 for 1 in frags. Mehler spotting some outside, he drops ins. It is now a 3v3 as pat gets dropped. Impulsive pushes hut and gets picked as gfn spams lobby, kills one and gets picked off by a spam himself .mehler couldnt win the 2v1 which brings us to game point for fnatic.

Round 7: Benhui tries to hold ramp on his own as delusion comes and single handedly clears it. 4v2 now. bomb planted delusion again drops pat and ins kills the last.. final score 16-6.


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