The EPIC.LAN 41 finals couldn’t have began higher for K10. They gained map one, their opponent’s map decide 13-6 as Jamie “Tree60” Callan does what he does greatest by dropping a 1.42 HLTV ranking and successful the psychological battle over Owen “smooya” Butterfield. Nevertheless, The Neighbours turned it throughout off the again of a Ninja defuse on spherical 9 and ‘G2 Second’ – not defusing the bomb – deep into the map.
Smooya and Tree60’s psychological warfare.
With the momentum swung again within the favour of The Neighbours, map three couldn’t have been any simpler. Dubbed ‘Adampass’, Adam ‘Adam9130‘ Ahmad led his group to win their T half flawlessly 12-0. It was solely a matter of time till the champions had been topped, and James ‘bevve‘ Slinn gained his third consecutive EPIC.LAN.
After the sport had completed, UKCSGO talked to bevve about what it was prefer to win three EPIC.LANs in a row, how did they alter the momentum of the sport after map one, and has the ‘bevve curse’ lifted?
Congratulations on successful your third EPIC.LAN all in consecutive trend. What are your ideas after the win?
It’s all the time good to return to play an EPIC, participating and the win is an enormous profit. Coming into LAN we don’t care if we lose, simply so long as we’re having enjoyable. Yesterday particularly, on Saturday we struggled with that. However right now was significantly better.
Even after our map loss within the finals, all of us went exterior laughing at one another, mentioning the temper, we then took that confidence into maps two and three.
Did it really feel good getting revenge from the Higher Bracket Finals after which additionally a reverse weep?
For me, a reverse sweep ought to solely be used for a BO5, not a BO3. It’s cool successful two maps in a row, however the entire title of a reverse sweep is meaningless in a BO3. I’ve all the time thought this, I discover that phrase can be utilized for a Cologne or Katowice remaining as a result of that has a excessive impression BO5. At an EPIC.LAN it’s simply pub groups. It’s all the time good enjoyable although.
As for revenge, I don’t actually assume so. They got here off manner worse than us yesterday, simply wanting a bit worse after the stomp the day earlier than. Yesterday was only a full shock day from begin to end anyway. We had some scary shut calls in opposition to Sorex and kicA, The Final Resort took it very shut as effectively.
Taking a look at map one, you had a sluggish begin. What was making the sluggish begin and the way did you bounce again going into map 2?
Like I mentioned we got here out after map one and simply laughed, it was just like the Spiderman meme, we had been all pointing at one another. No-one was enjoying with 100%, no-one actually had good power or needed to be there, extra like ‘let’s get today completed’. Adam sat us all and requested what number of LAN finals we misplaced. Smooya mentioned one, Extinct mentioned one, and Adam mentioned one, Dobbo and I mentioned zero. He then mentioned now we have misplaced extra LAN finals than they’ve been in, so use that as motivation, let’s simply go tear their heads off.
We had actually actually good anti-strats for them on Historical from Adam and Owen [smooya]. They got here again final evening whereas nonetheless drunk and watched their demos, and there have been some actually large tells on what they had been doing. Despite the fact that on Historical my stats appeared unhealthy on the CT facet, I used to be mainly calling from the fifteenth second in every spherical if it was A or B. We surprisingly had these tells in opposition to a variety of groups this LAN.
The impression isn’t proven by the stats for myself, however that was the extent we got here into the LAN with.
On Overpass you had a 12-0 half, what did that really feel like on the server after a detailed map two the place you bought saved by a ninja defuse and a ‘G2 second’?
I believe map three all stems from the ‘G2 second’. The spherical they did it, Owen went in when it was 9-6 and mentioned that their cash was not nice and neither was ours. If we win this spherical we win the map 13-6, if not, we’re in for a really sticky sport. I heard the gang chanting however then appeared over they usually all had their heads of their arms. I appeared again at my display, noticed them faucet the bomb, and run off and I simply began laughing.
Owen additionally obtained a humorous ninja defuse. After each of these moments, they had been completed going into map 3. I’m not certain in the event that they got here out and reset correctly, it’s laborious to return again from that.
You mentioned you guys have misplaced extra LAN finals than that they had been in. Do you assume they didn’t know the best way to reset as they’ve by no means been on this scenario?
It’s SLY and Rezst’s first time on an EPIC.LAN stage so perhaps. Particularly after we performed the primary time they weren’t used to the desks, the goofy chairs, and the chilly arms while you got here in at 9 am. It’s a entire completely different local weather for them and that does play an enormous function certain. Regardless, I believe we simply owned them on Overpass, to be sincere.
Lastly, has the bevve curse lifted, will you get some good luck after this win?
I fucking hope so, I must fucking catch a break [laughs]. Adam, dobbo, and I hope we are able to get orgs taking a look at us a bit extra, however we’re not certain this may change something. Hopefully, quickly one thing will come up. Adam had an important occasion, dobbo and I struggled a bit. We are able to put that all the way down to dobbo being a bit sick and so was I for just a few days, we are going to put it all the way down to that.
