FrinkX   United States. Nov 20 2017 14:20. Posts 7561
IEM Oakland just finished. was a great finals between NIP and FaZe (NIP hands down most legendary team in CSGO who have been on a giant downswing, FaZe current #1 in world)
Here's a perma link to a reddit comment with highlights from the game:
whammbot   Belarus. Nov 20 2017 15:58. Posts 518
Loved NiP and did switch my bet to them in games 3 and 5. Seems like the more team oriented cs is back, too much raw individual talent and godly aim has taken over lately with SK and Faze dominating. Frink what do you think of Space Soldiers? They're my favorite team but it seems they can't do well against top EU competition. Individually though aim-wise I think they're up there with the best teams, even better with Xantares and Calyx in there.
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FrinkX   United States. Nov 20 2017 16:24. Posts 7561
i havent followed the scene close enough in the past 6 months to comment on anything past tier1 teams. SS has always struggled in tier2 but are a good team to bet when they are big underdogs vs tier1 teams, especially at big LANs bc teams like SS dont win spots at every LAN and their preparation is unreal, when they come into BO1s as huge underdogs vs tier 1 teams its the easiest bet ever
i also like them tho and XANTARES is the man and a lot of people think he's one of the best, he should be in a tier 1 team probably
bitch on a pension suck my dong
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whammbot   Belarus. Nov 21 2017 06:53. Posts 518
Xantares spray control is unmatched by anyone I know of, as I'm not familiar with Coldzera's skills in that dep. With an AK it's just mind-blowing how he knows exactly when to spray transfer and leave bullets for everybody without a reload. Just so sick
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FrinkX   United States. Nov 26 2017 14:31. Posts 7561
whammbot   Belarus. Nov 27 2017 00:16. Posts 518
yeah saw that last night, Paz's presence was sorely missed. most my bets on SS lost for the whole event haha. DESPE the stand-in fucked up all fanboy dreams fuckn AWPER with no AWP kills made all their games feel like a 4 vs 5 Majer had to do some AWPING instead lol