One of CS:GO’s biggest tournaments is coming up and here with an in-depth preview is veteran eSports journalist Thorin. Lets step up the tournament, looking at what Thorin has to say about Front Runners, and #1 team in the world, Fnatic:
FNATIC are not just the best team of this era, stretching back to around October of last year, but still retain the number world number one ranking. The reason why both of those statements can be made comes down to their incredible consistency. FNATIC does not win every event, but make the final of almost every one they enter. When they don’t make the final, they are a lock to at least finish top four. On only one occasion in history has this FNATIC line-up failed to reach the final four of a tournament.
Despite all their titles and top finishes, FNATIC have not looked as strong in the last few months as they did at their peak, yet that has only highlighted the depth and additional strengths of the team, being as we are seeing them outside of the superlative form of late 2014 which had seemingly everyone performing at the same time. Over the last three months, this “slumping” FNATIC has still won two events, made the final of three and finished top four in all four events they attended.
The Swedish side’s consistency in results starts with their line-up, which is one of the few in the history of CS:GO which has been able to seemingly rotate who is the star at a given time, so as to adapt and still remain an elite level team. KRiMZ and JW played the best CS:GO of their careers in late 2014, when FNATIC were in god-like form, but olofm has emerged as the world’s best player since March of this year. When all of those players had their issues at the ESL ESEA PL finals, it was Flusha who carried maps in the final of the tournament to allow his team to collect another trophy. No other team in CS:GO has that level of depth in terms of star power performances.
How will the other teams stand up against these guys? Thorin has the low down on all the other big names, like TSM and Na’Vi, so head over to the full article here. With a prize pool of 250,000 Dollars, this ESL tournament is gonna be one to watch!
