Map 1: Anubis
Surprise package so far, Passion UA about to take on BIG! Toughest test for sure. Donk and jame taken down. Chilla/fear vs rigon/syrson. ‘Real story of rmr’, ‘Precipice of making history, surprise package’ -caster. Casters gloating about them. Jambo the hero. Freshies vs Experienced. CT. Jambo starts off like how he ended, taking off JDC. ‘Fairytale story of Shanghai’ -caster. BIG forced completely melted. Also showing impressive stuff at 3-0. ‘One of the youngest teams in attendance’ -caster. 3v3. A double from chilla but tabsen saves their BIG @ss! 3-1. Chilla behind pillar with the perfect triple spray. 4-1. ‘Magical from chilla’ -caster. Jambo threw awp at end when he should have saved but tried to find sryson. WOW. Quad headshot from chilla. ‘Chill guy’ -chat. Glowing reviews towards chilla. 5-1. Unfortunately chilla first down as they straight rush A. 5-2. Chilla down again in A defense. BIG getting back at things. 5-3. Chilla A hold behind pillar immaculate. 3 kills to end the round. ‘Passing test with flying colors’ -caster. With chilla flexing, grinding and streaming on faceit previously, another superstar in the making? 14 kills so far. 6-4. ‘Passion feeling the nerves’ -caster. 6-5. 6-6. ‘Passion making some novice mistakes as expected’ -casters. 7-7. 8-7. 9-7. 10-7. Chilla with 20 kills. 11-7. 12-7. 22 chilla. 12-8. 12-9. Is inexperienced of closing out showing? 5v3. 2v5. Passion did it. 1 map away from the major. ‘Doing the impossible’ -caster. ‘They so chill’ -chat. ‘Fundamentally sound team’ -caster. ‘Chillas > drillas’ -chat. Passion being compared to Virtus pro major win run. Nasty stuff!
Map 2: Dust2
‘Mammoth, historic’ -caster. CT. Rigon with 3 kills pistol. 0-2. 0-3. 1-3. ‘Jambo high elo’ -caster. Tabsen’s 1v4 almost NT. Could have been a tilter atmosphere. Zerrofix with 10 hp. 2-3. 3-3. 3-4. Passion wanted to save but when 2v3 they try to attack but lost. 3-5. 3-6. 3-7. ‘BIG steamrolling’ -caster. 4-7. If passion can get 5-7 then we’re talking. 4-8. Krimbo dualies, 4-11. Double AWPs for BIG. 4-12. 5-12 thanks to chilla!
Map 3: Mirage
Down to the final map. Passion T. BIG wins the pistol. ‘Nerves play an important role, on brink of history’ -caster. Passion forced. 0-2. ‘Experience over youth’ -caster. 0-3. 0-4. 0-5. Chilla with round the world to try to hold their c4 plant but. Close chilla molly. NT. Not looking good for Passion. Reality bites. Pretenders? Fear needs to re-school their team economy again, as per hltv. 1-6 at last. Ok it’s 2-6. Zerrofix with triple kill. 3-6. Rigon niko slamdesk. Zerrofix with a great play. ‘4 consecutive rounds well and truly in this map’ -caster. Some missed shots from BIG and 5-6 just like that. Tabsen can’t even get a kill. 6 rounds in a row for passion! 6-6. 6-7. BIG with first blood. 6-8. 6-9. ‘Best of 1 merchants?’ -caster. ‘Labels, killer of magic’ -caster. 6-10. 6-11. Looks like BIG about to have this map sewn up. 7-11. 8-11. 8-12. Heartbreak for passion. 9-12. Not about to give up passion. Aggression. Chilla leading the charge. BIG to the major. Close game. Celebrating like they’ve won a major. Very NT from passion. BIG just have that extra edge in foundation and fundamentals.
