Cloud9 upset EnVyUs in opener

Cloud9 have completed a 16-13 win over EnVyUs (7-8, 9-5) on de_cache to move to the winner's match of group A at ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 Finals.

To begin the match, Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt scored two USP-S headshots in a round where nV ran a perfect counter tactic to shut down Cloud9's A hit and giving them an early 3-0 lead..

After going down 0-6, Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham and Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek got a couple of good entry kills and Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares seemingly figured EnVy's style out.

EnVy could only muster one more weapon round later in the half as the Americans tied the game at 7-7, only to lose to a desperation buy of mostly pistols in the final round.

seang@res led his team to a surprising comeback win over EnVyUs 

Down 7-8, Cloud9 made things harder for themselves by losing another pistol round, despite seang@res calling what EnVy would do ahead of the round even beginning.

Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer got his team another first weapon round win to start the second half up 5-0, or 13-7 overall - meaning EnVy had 6-0 and 5-0 leads to start the halves.

Cloud9 then mounted a massive comeback led by Skadoodle and Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert's fragging, with seang@res reading EnVy perfectly to win nine straight rounds. ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 FinalsBest of 1 Cloud9Matchpage 16 13 2nd July 2015 Envy 16Cache 13

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	26 - 18	+8	-	1.28
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	25 - 19	+6	-	1.20
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	18 - 19	-1	-	0.93
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadirfreakazoid	18 - 19	-1	-	0.86
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	11 - 21	-10	-	0.56

Envy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	21 - 18	+3	-	1.07
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	20 - 20	0	-	1.05
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	18 - 18	0	-	0.93
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	20 - 22	-2	-	0.88
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	17 - 20	-3	-	0.84

Cloud9 will face Virtus.pro in the winner's match of group A later tonight, estimated to start around 18:00 . EnVyUs will play Luminosity in a must-win game soon after, around 19:00 .

Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 208 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.60 Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt Age: 21 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 684 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Age: 23 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 540 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.64 Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert Age: 24 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 203 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 Sean 'seang@res' Gares Age: 27 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 204 KPR: 0.59 DPR: 0.67 Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 141 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone