SK falls to North in Group A winner's match
With DreamHack experimenting with new group stage formats, Malmo’s variation on the GSL system utilizes best of 3 winner’s matches and best of 1 loser’s matches, contrary to what many had previously been used to. SK met the new North lineup in the winner’s match after topping B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape yesterday, and went in as the favorites.
The series began on North’s pick of Cobblestone. This has historically been one of North’s best maps, but SK has never been a slouch on it either. SK racked up a humungous 12-3 first half from the Terrorist side, and despite Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke’s best efforts, the Brazilian side finished off the first map 16-5.
However, on SK’s pick Train, Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo’s men couldn’t get their CT side rolling until late in the second half, only garnering 7 rounds. Again, k0nfig as well as Philip “aizy” Aistrup, locked down North’s CT side to finish up the map 16-8.
This loss seemed to get to the SK side, as they only managed to win 2 rounds in the first half of the deciding map Inferno. João “felps” Vasconcellos put in a comeback-worthy effort, but it was not enough as North finally managed to close out the map 16-11.
This series marks the first time that North has bested SK in a best of 3, and both gives much hope to the Valdemar “valde” Bjørn Vangså infused North, as well as raises concerns of SK’s grasp on the #1 spot.
The decider match versus Cloud9 will take place tomorrow morning on the DreamHack Twitch channel.
SKNorth| SK |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 João 'felps' Vasconcellos |
58 - 51 | +7 | 95.4 | 62.5% | 1.25 |
| Marcelo 'coldzera' David |
56 - 51 | +5 | 80.8 | 73.6% | 1.08 |
| Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga |
48 - 51 | -3 | 70.8 | 70.8% | 1.02 |
| Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo |
38 - 49 | -11 | 60.0 | 68.1% | 0.91 |
| Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo |
35 - 44 | -9 | 58.3 | 68.1% | 0.90 |
| North |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke |
64 - 44 | +20 | 92.2 | 72.2% | 1.38 |
| Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen |
51 - 52 | -1 | 82.7 | 70.8% | 1.08 |
| Philip 'aizy' Aistrup |
48 - 48 | +0 | 74.4 | 73.6% | 1.03 |
| René 'cajunb' Borg |
42 - 44 | -2 | 58.2 | 73.6% | 1.00 |
| Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså |
41 - 48 | -7 | 68.3 | 72.2% | 0.95 |
