Map 1: Ancient
It’s Kaze or go home. Packed to the br1m, it’s crowd or go home. It’s not the best version of fnatic but still, this former powerhouse can crush rare atom’s hope to stay in the tournament. Rare Atom needs to do a 360 compared to the past day. Crowd power now or never. Elimination time for either side. ‘Wanting to see a brighter future’, ‘is what rare atom needs to give to the crowd, something they can cheer about and pin their hopes’ -caster. ‘Take care of biz for fnatic’ order of the day -caster. CT for RA. Childking tripler dualies! He’s soooooo fired to the rafters. Pent up frustration from yesterday spills over to the first round. ‘It’ll be embarrassing if fnatic loses’ -caster. 2-0. L1hang with 3 kills in defense. 3v2. They stick the defuse. 3-0. Fnatic turning into dust. 3v2. 3v1. 4-0. BaitF pronounced. Superb start. 3v2 again. 5-0. Flawless beginning to fnatic’s map pick. Truth be told, RA must have been saving all their eggs and energy from their first 2 matches and unleashing them all upon fnatic for this do-or-die decider. ‘WOW, fnatic gets annihilated’ -caster. Still flawless. 6-0. RA pumping fists in the air! ‘Atmosphere is unreal’ -caster. Crowd must be pumped up to the max, right to the ceiling. The real RA has revealed themselves! Fnatic in desperation. Childking’s 1v2 steals the clutch from fnatic in zero second. Unbelievable! Without a kit and having to grab the kit from a dead teammate body. It’s an impressive 7-0! Fnatic finally on the board with 7-1. ‘Jia you’-crowd. Noise getting louder and louder! Kaze with 2 fiveseven headshots. 2v4. Kaze the round savior! 8-1. Fnatic must be can’t have believed this. Kaze not only an AWP expert but seems fiveseven too. 8-3. First timeout from RA. If fnatic gets another round, it’ll be dangerous in the second half for RA. An illusion they are greatly leading, they must avoid at all costs. So RA needs this round badly. Childking’s double deag. 4v3. 2v2. 2 smokes by RA isn’t enough to cover their defuse and fnatic gets lucky! 8-4. Good recovery from fnatic indeed. What magic can RA conjure up on T side, a much tougher prospect. Everyone on RA firing on all cylinders so far. ‘For all the marbles’ -caster. 8-5. Flawless pistol from fnatic. Now RA must be fearing the worst. Bodyy slicing over kaze’s dead body to rile up the crowd. ‘Public enemy no. 1’ Lul. 8-6. Kaze the lastmanstanding again. Not looking good all of a sudden. ‘Pressure starting to set in now’ -caster. Childking or choking? 8-7. 1 round difference. Slow start from fnatic BUT. RA feeling slightly deflated after all their initial good efforts. ‘L1hangs them fnatic up’ by clutching 2v1. ‘1 bullet, a chance shot, BOOM! -caster. ‘Fnatic on the rope’ -caster. ‘Cinema, VAC’ -chat. With early info, fnatic stacked at the right site and decimates RA as they unknowingly entered the trap. 9-8. 3v3. Childking with a 2x lineup. BlameF runs away, looking for exits. Childking and l1hang really pulling their weight in this intriguing match. RA losing to eco pistols and blameF hero M4? No way, not at this moment. 2v3. That was close and nawwk wins the 1v1 kaze clutch. NT from RA. Down to the wire. Feels like 2 rounds undeservedly lost’ -caster. Fnatic biting hard at RA heels. 10-10. Crowd’s quiet now. Fnatic has now quieten the roaring crowd. ‘Tables well and truly turned, has RA run out of steam?’ -caster. 2v2 tecs from RA. This gonna be close. Fnatic comes up top to win. 10-11. ‘A sweaty and big sigh of relief for fnatic’ -caster. RA planted c4 unchallenged, with nawwk missing some AWP shots. 4v5. .70000 seconds left for RA to avoid being defused. 10-12. ‘Oh dear’. ‘May be fanatic take their map pick after all’ -caster. RA rushes and got immediately slaughtered. Kaze lastmanstanding 1v5. Fnatic comes alive. ‘RA got swallowed up whole under the bright home lights’ -caster. LIBRARY in crowd. ‘Sick game of cs’ -caster. RA needs redemption next. ‘Wild ride but flowers more to RA’ -caster. Super close match, down to milliseconds on bomb plants the main difference. Just heartbreaking! ‘Ran out of steam, wind left their sails’ -caster. They’ll need to brush off the loss and pick themselves up again.
Map 2: Inferno
RA on T. ‘Can RA harness the energy of the arena?’ -caster. RA must put their frustration and disappointment of their previous match to the side. 4x from usp MATYS. Sick headshots. We see ‘gg’s’ galore -chat. If this is the start… Kek. 0-1. Kaze with double tec kill and a c4 plant. 2v3. 0-2. nawkk with an AWP this early. Hammering down RA early its purpose. Kaze lastmanstanding. Seems to adopt the ‘Jame time’ mantra in his arsenal. 0-3. 9-1 for matys. Where he came from? Childking with 2 kills gives that advantage but suddenly it’s 2v3 down. 0-4. ‘Disastrous round to lose’ -caster. ‘MATYS again 13-1.’ -caster. More kills than entire RA or fnatic. MATYS has been a beast. A brick. An insurmountable rock for RA. Holy. BlameF with 3 kills. ‘Fnatic are playing a great game. Krimz 8-0’ -caster. RA getting swatted like flies. Ideas are at a premium now it seems from RA. Last howl of ‘jia you’ cries from the crowd. Kek. ‘Seems 8-1 lead of RA shall be their best memory of the major’ -caster. RA finally breaking through. 1-6. Still salvageable but looking extremely slim. C4 planted for RA. Fnatic saving 4 men. ‘Why is bodyy spamming after dropping a smoke?’ -caster. RA comeback is on. Childking with 3 crucial kills and entries. ‘AdultKing, pogKing’ -chat. Childking with yet another entry. ‘Childking can’t be stopped, insane, 1 man army’ -chat. ‘Childking soooo good man’ -chat. 10-7 childking. 11-7. He’s here to play, to stay. ‘Childking vs the world’ -caster. 4-6. ‘Childking vs donk’ -chat. ‘Sus, VAC’ -chat. Childking with a QUAD. HOLY S###. On for the ACE. Stolen by teamate. ‘King of children becoming a man on stage’ -caster. MUGA. 15-7 for childking. Summer still 0-9 in comparison. ‘GIGACHAD, childGOD.’ -chat. Superlatives are growing by the sheer numbers. China’s new CS superstar has arrived. Finally he falls first. Now l1hang activates with 2 kills. 3v3. 0-10 for summer but 6-6. WTF. ‘RA really fighting for their lives to remain in shanghai, not going down without a fight.’ -caster. Feeling the energy now. 6 rounds for RA to salvage their tournament. Summer with usp finally first kill. ‘Summer in winter KEK’ -chat. 6-7. MATYs Childking going head to head in terms of kill feed. 1 man army from both sides to make the difference. And we’re just halfway through. Simmering from ice cold to boiling point. RA deserve plaudits even if they leave this tournament, with their heads held high. Especially for giving a commendable fight and watch for everyone. 6-8. Kaze with a nova lmao. Childking on 17k. Another deag. 1hp. NT. 18 kills Child vs 19 kills MATYS. Head to head. ‘Carryking, childking vs 9, childGOAT’ -chat. Game heating up like the first map but RA running out of lives, out of rounds. ‘Fnatic handling business’ -caster. 6-10. Kaze hits a kill + noscope. Saves the round for RA. 7-10. Inching closer. Not left hang out to dry, just yet. 19-19 childking-matys. Fnatic shut out of the round. Perfection from RA. All alive. If RA gets this match, it’s like they’ve would’ve just won the major. Bodyy utterly shaking his head now. 8-10. Kaze with 4 kills, with 5hp. Even kaze is coming alive in the final rounds. 9-10. 3v3. Summer 3k and kaze won them the round!!! ‘Cinema’ -chat. Nerves. Even summer with such an awful start starts the fightback. 10-10. ‘OT?’ -PGL. L1hang with 3k. 4v2. 4v1. RA are in the lead after 0-6 down. ‘No way’ -chat. Crowd decibels has returned to monstrous heights. Just imagine shortly. Double AWP setup from RA. ‘Fnatic getting desperate’ caster. Summer with 2k. 2v1. 2 AWPs vs nawwk ak. Kaze delivers map point to RA taking down nawkk. Kaze truly activated with 18 kills. 5v2. It’s OVER! It’s 13-10! ‘Cold depths, summertime has dawn upon them’, ‘RARE ATOM will keep the dream alive. Unreasonable from RA, whatever fnatic concocts’-caster. ‘RA popping off. Respect grit perseverance’ -caster. ‘CINEMA’ aptly summarized by -chat
Map 3: Vertigo
RA lez go! ‘After defying all odds’ -caster. 1 map splits both teams. ‘Kaze pillar in inferno, a rock, not a meme of missing shots in csgo’ -caster. CT start for RA. 5v3. 1-0. It’s now ‘GG’s for fnatic’ LMAO. -chat. How the tide has turned. Fnatic forced full. Kaze with 2 kills. 2-0. 3-0 almost a given as fnatic full eco now. Kaze 3k again. 3-0. Good start. Somebody’s m4a4 missing all shots. ‘Ewww’ -chat. Lul. 4v5. Kaze with 3 AWP shots!!! Malaysian pride dismantles fnatic with some sick slick AWP shots! ‘Historic start’. 4-0. It’s another 2k from kaze’s AWP and summer. 5-0. Casters still not sold. ‘Bloody good start from RA’ -caster. Fnatic perfect round. 5-1. Crowd chanting like in a badminton match! Kaze with 10 kills start. Senior experience shining through. 3v3. 6-1. Childking’s flank helps the round win big time. Coach Keita frustrated, head shaking seems telling them to stick-stay calm. RA totally unrecognisable from their first 2 BO1 matches. Krimz hunted both 2 remaining players trying to save and got em’. 6-2. FULL FORCE from RA. ‘Avoid childking at all costs’ lul -caster. ‘RA panicked. Such a close round, ma gawd’ -caster. ‘Letting fnatic in is going to be a big mistake’ -caster. Kaze’s 1 deag. 6-4. ‘Early leads means nothing, we have seen comebacks across both maps, true to call’ – caster. 7-4. ‘Krimz never went to major and left 0-3. A new low for krimz’ -caster. 8-4. Claps all round. ‘They are playing the best cs this roster has ever played together, underdogs of huge proportions’ -caster. ‘Most important game of childking l1hang’s career’ -caster. Fnatic tilted. ‘Fnatic needs to pull a monumental comeback on ct side of vertigo’ -caster. ‘Lots to proof for RA, but eliminating fnatic with a win a huge step in the right direction’ defying naysayers and orgs who left them from the wayside. -caster. 5v2 pistol. 9-4. Childking niko slamdesk in delight! 3v3. Fnatic gets 2 rifles. 10-4. ‘Veterans rising, summer and kaze’, ‘It all comes down to this rifle round for fnatic’ -caster. 10-4. What an advantage to throw now. ‘Don’t jump the gun RA’. caster. Never think of the finishing line even with 3 rounds to go. Summer 2 kills with a nice flash assist. Goodbye fnatic, hello RA. Fnatic can feel game slipping through their fingers. 11-4. ‘One of the BIGGEST UNDERDOGS’ -caster. Childking with the opener and bomb plant. ‘GG and jame time.’ -chat. MATCH POINT with full team save from fnatic. 12-4. 3v4. 3v3. 3v2. 3v1. 2v1. King of Krimz to save them? 13-4. RA legendary moment. Crowd on their feet! They stay alive, they live to fight another day. RA inspires hopes, inspires asian scene. Thats why they brought the Major to china. So right! Congratulations…
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