M80 lose to MOUZ in Thunderpick opener
Earlier today, M80 and Complexity began their Thunderpick run in Group C with two other teams, MOUZ and Spirit. Complexity faced off against the latter but it was up to M80 to face the former.
MOUZ's Ancient pick actually started out well for M80, picking up the CT pistol and two following rounds. The first round that MOUZ were able to take was immediately rebuffed. It was looking good for M80. Then it wasn't. Once M80 hit 6-2, MOUZ found their groove and didn't look back. The EPL winning lineup snatched the remaining four of the first half to tie it up. M80's T-side was generally subpar in this game. Never holding an economic advantage, M80's only solace was a solitary gun round, but even then, the game ended 13-7 in MOUZ's favor.
Onto M80's pick of Vertigo, it was a similar tale of Ancient in reverse. Being M80's map choice, of course, it was MOUZ who had to run up the early lead. T-side pistol victory turned into conversion victory turned into gun victory was the story of the first half. M80's three rounds, only two of which were consecutive, were never enough to break MOUZ's financials. M80's T-side was a different story from Ancient though. M80 put the hurt on MOUZ early. In what is a recurring theme, MOUZ's couldn't convert off their initial full buy victory, and M80 quickly slid up to tie the scoreboard at 10-10. Unfortunately, steam ran out at the very end and MOUZ went on to win Vertigo 13-11 and the series 2-0.
MOUZM80| MOUZ |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás |
39 - 23 | +16 | 88.0 | 81.8% | 1.39 |
 Dorian 'xertioN' Berman |
36 - 33 | +3 | 95.2 | 72.7% | 1.20 |
 Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo |
36 - 30 | +6 | 79.6 | 70.5% | 1.18 |
 David 'frozen' Čerňanský |
29 - 26 | +3 | 69.1 | 77.3% | 1.13 |
 Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek |
23 - 31 | -8 | 58.7 | 63.6% | 0.87 |
| M80 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ethan 'reck' Serrano |
33 - 31 | +2 | 82.3 | 79.5% | 1.13 |
| Michael 'Swisher' Schmid |
28 - 35 | -7 | 73.7 | 68.2% | 0.99 |
 Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa |
28 - 33 | -5 | 69.8 | 65.9% | 0.89 |
 Marcus 'maNkz' Kjeldsen |
26 - 32 | -6 | 66.8 | 63.6% | 0.89 |
| Adam 'WolfY' Andersson |
25 - 32 | -7 | 55.1 | 68.2% | 0.77 |
With this loss, M80 play Complexity on Monday at 08:00AM for elimination from Thunderpick World Championship 2023.
