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Counter-Strike Source: Turmoil upsets the OPTX

By: Carlos A. Mercado - Published September 28, 2007 at 6:22 PM EDT - Writer Archive
In an impressive display, Turmoil beat the San Francisco Optx 16-14 to take their first round match in the Digital Life 2007 GGL Tournament.


At the Digital Life 2007 Pro-Am Tournament, Turmoil took down the San Francisco Optx in their first round match on train. This was due in large part to a very strong first half by Turmoil. It started out rough, as Optx took the opening pistol round on offense, with Ryan Pham getting a quick 4 frags to dominate the round. Turmoil was able to settle down and take the first half 11-4, thanks to the excellent AWP work of Sam "devour" Chamma, who joined the team for this tournament. Devour worked himself a three frags in the fourth round, as well as an uncommon double frag in the 13th.

Steven "sasquatcH" Csikos noted the difference between devour and their usual primary AWPer, Gary "Funshine" Laurita: "Funshine is more of a defensive AWP, while devour is more like an aggressive, terrorist AWP." Devour has worked with Turmoil before, most recently in the CSA Open.

In the second half, Optx roared back to take the first six rounds. When asked about his team's strategy, Yazan "clowN" Ammari said, "We started playing a lot more passively, peeking a lot of corners, letting them come to us, and it worked out really well."

Turmoil was able to come back and take the middle portion of the match, despite the best efforts of the Optx, including Trevor "p0s" Randolph and his three frags in round 19. SasquatcH explained his team's adjustment: "We weren't able to go inner, so we started spreading out and hitting outer, and it proved to be really successful."

Devour also noted the Optx strategy: "We saw that they were stacking the inner (site) a lot, so we started changing our strategy and going after outer."

Optx made it 14-12 in round 26, when Laurent "Warmach1ne" Keoula won a crucial 1v1 with the bomb ticking down in outside site. Optx proceeded to follow that up with a team ace, and looked to be close to tying up the match. But Warmach1ne lost a 1v1 in the 28th round to give Turmoil their 15th round, and Turmoil was able to clinch it in the 30th round on a bomb plant in outer site, sealing the match for them.

Sasquatch had nothing but respect for the Optx after the match, saying, "We feel like we match up better against (potential opponent) 3DNY than we do against Optx." Devour was the same way, stating that he "would probably rank them number 2 or 3 of all the teams" at the tournament.

When asked about any adjustments his team would make now that they were in the Lower Bracket, clowN said, "Actually, I think it helps us. Some people think that we're God, that we don't need to practice that much, so I think it's a big wakeup call that we need to step up our game."

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sasQUATCH~
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LOL OWNED.
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good read :)
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looks like a great game...grats turmoil!

Good read.
o_O!
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turmoil reppin the dirty jersss
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Nice job sam. Keep it up turmoil!
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OPTICKZ BETTAH STEP YO GAMMMMMMEEEEE UP
#pete - I'll probably ban you forever.
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n1 turmoii0l
i love this place : }
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FiXED

This comment was edited at 09/29/2007 5:47 PM
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You speak of yourself in third person now dubs? :P

I spot manboobs in #10's picture.
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#11 is dubs and u dont have anything to be proud of in e-sport
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demo ! wd turmoil upset :O
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Such a nice young man.
Its a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake.
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I feel really sorry for Warmach1ne. He's an awesome player, but he's always put in the worst positions. Remember at buy.com LAN?.. he lost the 1v1 on train, on the final round.. and sure enough, he's put into the exact same position here.

This comment was edited at 09/28/2007 9:37 PM
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wait aren't cgs franchises supposed to be the best? lololol
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#17 No, it all depends on who the managers pick... Case and point compLexity and BellE, athough not her fault.
Go Read a Book =)
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#18
How do you involve a DoA player in a CS:S post?
He's talking about suppost to be the best SOURCE franchises.

BTW complexity sucks.
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#19 read #18's post again...
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#18 was saying that CGS franchises don't necessarily have the best players, that's what #17 was saying (sarcastically).
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You people are just jealous you arent getting paid to play in it. CGS is a new tourny give it some time to develop and improve before you bash it. Dont you people understand that they idea of competitive gaming is still new? We should be supporting ALL types of competitive gaming (xbox, pc ,etc) because more support will generate more money which equals more tournys.
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Good job Turmoil keep it up!

The world isn't used to gaming being a competetive "sport" yet. Like #22 said, give it time and support the cause...
#teamvolume
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Congratulations are in order for Sasquatch and team! :) Great job!
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=))) good job
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devour is nuts!!
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pretty sure nobody thinks they are gods. What an ego, for a player and team that hasnt won anything since 1.6 switched over.
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#27 That came out wrong, what i meant was my teammates think they are god. not fans at all so if it came out wrong sorry. and its a wake up call to us
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nice job samalamma chamma and steve :D
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#12 when I'm feelin saucy

Brodeur you're an ugly canadian with Braces, relax. I can fit you in my GOAT SEcx.

This comment was edited at 09/29/2007 3:29 PM

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