Nostra Amplecti Hospes (To Embrace A Stranger As Our Own)

The GGS Barwon CS:GO 2v2 Invitational has ended! It was a brilliant tournament with many upsets as well as many suprises. All the teams entered did their best and Angels would like to wish them all a huge congratulations for what they have achieved!

We would also like to say a special thanks and congratulations to our friends that were also in this competition!:

http://i.imgur.com/QjExX7c.jpg (Left to Right: Rouge & Periodz) for finishing in a strong position of 9th Place overall in the competition! (Apologies for knocking you out!)

KCubs [i.imgur.com] (Left to Right: Zacz and TBSound) despite failing to get out of the knockout stages, tried their best and supported us all the way! And a really big thanks for helping us find out information about our opponents!

FragLifeMad [i.imgur.com] (Left to Right: Poopz and SDK) great friends and good to see them once again! Hard fought victory, and very tough opposition. Pity that the final map was lucky Italy, sorry about that boys! But it was a really good game! Congrats on finishing in 3rd position!

And lastly, a big thank you for the FANTASTIC match in the finals to Team Vox[i.imgur.com]! it was a brilliant game and really fun! A heart stopping finale to a great week!

(You thought I would say the results there didn’t you? :P don’t worry, its below!)

Tears and I came into this tournament not knowing what to expect, with many new faces (as well as old faces) being around. The event was a huge success with many many participants [i.imgur.com] involved! Everyone gave it their all across the week, with smaller prizes and games available to be played for those that were knocked out as well! (Mini matches with skins as rewards/wagers etcetc). Despite not actually being physically there and having to play through a relay server point in Singapore, we could still feel the excitement and tense gameplay, overhearing the crowds on Skype calls and really just having people cheering for teams was quite exciting.

Having fought through tough opposition to reach the finals meeting Team Vox, we found it extremely hard to hold our own, with a tense warm up before the finals. Meeting Team Vox for the first time on skype was also a very enjoyable experience, learning that they had previously played CS1.6 for the past 7 years since they were 11! And recently moving to CS:GO in late 2012. After the all the introduction was completed, the game began!

The finals is set as a Best of 3 Deathmatch first to 100 format. With the first team to 2 games, winning the tournament!

Immediately after the first 5 minutes of the first game @ Nuke, we found out how strong they were. Their rifling accuracy was immense, with Tears and I getting ripped to shreds by AK-47 and M4a4 headshots coming left right and center! We tried our best to fight back with Tears using his AK-47 and I AWPing, but in the end lost the first game 71-100.

When the 2nd match began @ Dust 2, Tears and I concluded that I should not AWP as quite often a miss shot meant a bullet in my head, instead we went on the offensive with both of us on the AK-47. Tough fire fight with flashes everywhere and tracer rounds penetrating through thick smoke! Suprisingly this was the quickest end to a round in the entire tournament! With the round finishing in just under 15minutes! (Games averaged 24minutes.) Thank heavens though Angels manage to win this round to get back in the game with a shout! Angels won 100-75

At this point in time, both teams agreed to take a 10minute toilet/drink break. Both heart racing knowing that the next win takes the prize!

Match 3 begins @ Dust, both teams quickly drew blanks as each kill was compensated for another, Angels and Vox kept the score line even, and similar to the semi-finals, both teams were playing very passive with no real pushes forward. Small frags here and there, with long periods of absolutely nothing. Not a footstep, not a gunshot, not a sound. By the 37th minute of the game, the scores were tied at 71-71, both teams refusing to budge. But at the last 2 minutes, Angels decided to take the risk pushing, grabbing 5 kills to set the score at 76-71, but that was not the final say of the game, in the last minute of the game, Vox pulled of some stunning headshots to draw the game level! Match 3 ended in a stunning 78-78 draw!

(By this point in time, you are probably thinking, “jeez, get on with it already”.. well too bad, deal with it :D)

Match 4, the map randomizer rolled… Office. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YES. Thinking it was ours, then they kicked our ass in the first 5 minutes.. Going to a 9-21 lead. Immediately Tears and I had to change the style of play again, but not to something aggressive or defensive, but to our natural playing style. Immediately adapting to the situation around us. Getting back to fight the score all the way to the 25th minute when the scores were fairly even at 63-66. At this point in time, I decided that Rifling against Riflers would not win the game, instead opting to play AWPer with Tears covering me to slow the game down. By the 35th minute they were still in the lead with the score at 81-86. With Angels staring at defeat in the finals, Tears for some awkward reason decides to grab the Auto-Sniper (ikr? What a ♥♥♥♥♥♥), and slaughters them! Grabbing kill after kill with the auto and GRABBING US THE WIN! Angels won the game at 38min 49Seconds in a great comeback to seal a 100-96 win!

WE ARE CHAMPIONS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. <3

Okay, but we had to be kinda ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to win with that auto-sniper.. but desperate times calls for desperate measures right?

Here are the results from each round:

Game 1 @ Nuke
Angels VS Vox
Angels:
Pess – 30/51
Tears – 41/49

Vox:
Nigtone – 61/39
Botsy – 39/32

Game 2 @ Dust 2
Angels VS Vox
Angels:
Pess – 54/31
Tears – 47/44

Vox:
Nigtone – 38/50
Botsy – 37/50


Game 3 @ Dust
Angels VS Vox
Angels:
Pess – 40/45
Tears – 38/33

Vox:
Nigtone – 45/37
Botsy – 33/41


Game 4 @ Office
Angels VS Vox
Angels:
Pess – 46/43
Tears – 54/53 (Grabbed 12 kills in the last 2minutes lol)

Vox:
Nigtone – 60/59
Botsy – 36/41
So once again I would like to thank everyone for their support! And hopefully if possible, will enter a team into the 5v5 competition that will be taking place in December! So stay tuned for announcement and trials for teams! ☺[/b]

Also stay tuned for a surprise that the clan will have coming soon! ;)

Best Regards!