Last weekend we witnessed an incredible CSGO Major in Cluj-Napoca hosted by DreamHack in association with PGL. Here’s a round up of the tournament as a whole from cool storylines to results and funny bits.
DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Results
1. EnVyUs – $100,000
2. Na`Vi – $50,000
3-4. G2 – $22,000
3-4. NiP – $22,000
5-8. TSM – $10,000
5-8. Virtus.pro – $10,000
5-8. Luminosity – $10,000
5-8. fnatic – $10,000
9-12. CLG – $2,000
9-12. Cloud9 – $2,000
9-12. mousesports – $2,000
9-12. Titan – $2,000
13-16. FlipSid3 – $2,000
13-16. Liquid – $2,000
13-16. dignitas – $2,000
13-16. Vexed – $2,000
Aizy played his socks off this major, it was a shame his team couldn’t play on his level. Dignitas left the tournament in 13th-16th without winning a match.
Cloud9 n0thing was a lot luckier with these wallbangs than his team with the tournament
WHATEVEN… That @c9n0thing double wallbang #DHCJ15 @Cloud9gg pic.twitter.com/7n639hstNx
— Johannes Schiefer (@JoSchiefer) October 30, 2015
In the group stage we saw Luminosity, the Brazilian team, face off against fnatic in a best of one. Previously we have seen Luminosity beat fnatic on single maps so we knew it could happen, but noone actually thought it would. Luminosity beat fnatic in the groups to take first seed coming out of the groups.
Player pics change on damage, flash, smoked, on fire, or dead. Leds in mid = health. Other leds flash red for plant. pic.twitter.com/FzodOKvK4p
— Scott Smith (@SirScoots) October 29, 2015
Bomb defusal stage production from #DHCJ15 pic.twitter.com/yx0FwhyHlR
— Jason O’Toole (@JmosesOT) October 29, 2015
This is how it should be
Good news. The “lag” issues with the PC are being addressed and we’re hoping that will be the end of it for the tournament.
— Richard Lewis (@RLewisReports) October 30, 2015
Overall we saw some amazing Counter Strike played by the top teams in the world produced by the very best talent with high production value. Definitely one of my favourite majors, I would have liked a little more hype but it’s understandable we didn’t see too much excitement from the crowd during a time of grief. EnVyUs were a worthy winner, the banter was top notch and the casting was insightful and interesting which we don’t always get when ESL do a major.