Tenstar summary, didn't post yesterday as i wasn't home and just finished watching the vod
of their last game. btw wish i didn't watch it...
TL;DR
Tenstar did what all polish CS teams love doing - they beat one of the
favorites to then go out in 2 games. they looked impeccable in their first
vitality game, to then get outaimed by case and outplayed by vita in a
rematch.
As a Tenstar supporter i gotta say - i expected tenstar to go out in a 0-2
fashion. Don't know if anyone had higher hopes for them because i never
really seen anyone discuss them but that is how they've come into this for
me.
Vitality vs Tenstar
the first map was vitality's icebox and in an amazing upset Tenstar manages
to take the lead after this map with a 13-9 victory.
tbh it seemed like both teams had a fairly limited playbook, but it was by
no means a bad game. A lot of great midround calls as well as individual
feats from both side - but Vitality picked reyna so there was no way they
can win ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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then we saw bind and what a show that was from tenstar! they had tons of
set plays and were even mostly outaiming the vitality players. also the way
they were controlling the pace of the game on attack was great.
once they got a spike plant the round was basically over and they knew
exactly how and when to push and when to fall back. We didn't see a lot of
their defence (3 rounds) but from what they've shown it seemed to be solid
as well.
a great game, Tenstar clearly was prepared and were looking sharp that day.
Case vs Tenstar
oh boy throw it all out the window. whatever i said. just cut it in post
or something...
bind, the one they beat vitality 13-2 on? non-existent.
Tenstar couldn't take space anywhere and while in game one they
looked as coordinated as optic, in this one it was all so disjointed.
solo peeking, missing easy kills, poor positioning, poor util - it was all
that combined that led to the 3-13 result here.
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oh my... the haven game lol.
the amount of absurd and stupidity from both sides on this map is
astounding - but tenstar definitely takes the cake. and round 19 was the
cherry on top, pls don't check out any vods to see it - you'll regret.
worst pro map i've ever seen and i refuse to elaborate. there was nothing
to praise about this one maybe except for maniek still hitting shots?
Tenstar vs Vitality(2)
Breeze had us start with a poor defence half from tenstar and the comeback
attempt on attack turning out to be unsuccesful.
not much i can say here except Stix deserves some reward for this game, he
was amazing. Unfortunately the defensive plan of Tenstar got read and
clearly countered.
on bind we saw two different versions of tenstar - one from their first
vitality matchup and another from the game vs case.
on attack they were world class, just like the first time around but on
defence? vitality came back from a 2-11 to a 13-11 with how awful tenstars
defending was. We didn't even get a clutch or something to secure the 12
point, just nothing going their way.
ultimately this game shows that tenstar might have the DRX syndrome, they
are great on attack but once we come to the defence you can see it's lacking
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