G2 beat SK; to StarSeries playoffs

G2 are the second team through to the playoffs at the SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 finals after defeating SK Gaming 16-8 on Overpass.

The match began at a frantic pace as the teams struggled to stamp their authority on the game, with rounds going back and forth following strong individual plays.

With the scoreline reading 3-2 in favor of G2, Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub got two peek kills with the AWP to give his team the first two-round lead of the game, with Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro following that up with a clean sweep ace, forcing SK to call a tactical pause.

G2 continued picking up rounds and eventually jumped out to a 7-2 lead. SK then brought that streak to an end after overturning a 3vs5 situation, but they were unable to build on that win as the Frenchmen hit back in the following round thanks to a double spraydown from bodyy. G2's defence was simply impenetrable, and they ultimately finished the first half with 12 rounds on the board.

G2 advance to the playoffs in Kiev 

Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo turned hero in the pistol round as CT, denying Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt the ace with a great headshot to give his team some breathing room. SK put together a small run of rounds and reduced the deficit to 7-12, but then G2 won three in a row to hit match point.

SK still found a lifeline with a shoddy buy thanks to a last-minute kill from Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga onto G2's man carrying the bomb, but the Frenchmen would win the following round to book passage to the playoffs.

PoTM: Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon was 18:0 in the rounds that G2 won, which speaks volumes about his contribution. He was G2's top fragger and also had a crucial triple kill in the fourth round, which marked the beginning of a great run from his team.

SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 FinalsBest of 1 SKMatchpage 8 16 6th April 2017 G2 8Overpass 16

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	23 - 8	+15	94.6	1.59
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy	21 - 16	+5	96.4	1.44
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	21 - 12	+9	82.8	1.40
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	21 - 16	+5	96.8	1.32
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	16 - 17	-1	74.2	1.00

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	22 - 19	+3	90.4	1.29
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	11 - 17	-6	67.4	0.80
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	16 - 22	-6	72.1	0.70
João 'felps' Vasconcellosfelps	11 - 24	-13	56.6	0.62
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	9 - 20	-11	45.0	0.58

With only one match remaining today, the Swiss group stage's standings now look as follows:

3W-0L	2W-1L	1W-1L	1W-2L	0W-3L
Natus Vincere	FaZe	Astralis	MVP Project	TYLOO
G2	HellRaisers	fnatic	Immortals	UYA
	North		Gambit
	Ninjas in Pyjamas		CLG
	SK		Virtus.pro

Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt Age: 22 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1108 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 HellRaisers #15 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Natus Vincere #6 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo Age: 22 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 376 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.64 Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergWilliam 'draken' Sundin SK #3 Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloFernando 'fer' AlvarengaGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos Gambit #9 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov UYA #82 Lei 'forget' LiHongGuang 'Stevie' LiZhenDong 'Not7' MoZhiHai 'QKA' FuWei 'shuadapai' Wang G2 #16 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroNathan 'NBK-' SchmittRichard 'shox' PapillonDan 'apEX' Madesclaire Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1042 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 Immortals #7 Lincoln 'fnx' LauLucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' Prass FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliNikola 'NiKo' KovačFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyHåvard 'rain' Nygaard CLG #24 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' Arnold MVP Project #98 Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' KimJung-Hyeon 'rindA' JeonSoon-Woo 'Argency' KwonSoo-Yong 'kAyle' Jung North #5 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke TYLOO #33 Ke 'captainMo' LiuZhen 'HZ' HuangHui 'DD' WuWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga Age: 25 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 509 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.68 Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Age: 20 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 345 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.68 fnatic #11 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Age: 21 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 999 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.62