GPlay upset nV in StarSeries opener

GPlay have caused an upset in the first match of SLTV StarSeries XIII Finals, defeating reigning champions EnVyUs 16-14 on Dust2.

The first match of SLTV StarSeries XIII Finals pitted GPlay against the previous season's champions EnVyUs.

Map veto saw GPlay end up choosing between Inferno and Dust2, and selecting the latter, but the Frenchmen took control early on their T side.

After a 0-5 deficit GPlay started retaliating, but were falling behind 4-11 at the half.

GPlay with a second half comeback and a big upset win to start the day 

Upon the change of sides, the Bulgarians came out strong and quickly caught up with nV, evening the score at 12-12.

After exchanging a couple of rounds and setting the score at 13-13, GPlay won a key 3-on-5 situation, and one round later sat on match point, 15-13.

Despite having to force a buy with pistols, nV won the 29th round thanks to a couple of entries by Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon, but it was to no avail as the Frenchmen lost the match to a nail-biting 1-vs-2 clutch by Kamen "⁠bubble⁠" Kostadinov in the very last round.

SLTV StarSeries XIII FinalsBest of 1 EnvyMatchpage 14 16 19th June 2015 GPlay 14Dust2 16

GPlay	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Simeon 'dream3r' Ganevdream3r	27 - 20	+7	-	1.35
Emiliyan 'spyleadeR' DimitrovspyleadeR	19 - 17	+2	-	1.00
Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinovbubble	20 - 20	0	-	0.96
Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankovv1c7oR	16 - 23	-7	-	0.71
Nikolay 'nkl' Krastevnkl	11 - 25	-14	-	0.45

Envy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	21 - 15	+6	-	1.09
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	22 - 18	+4	-	1.04
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	23 - 24	-1	-	0.98
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	20 - 19	+1	-	0.93
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	19 - 18	+1	-	0.93

The next match will feature Gamers2 and HellRaisers, and there's plenty more of action to come after that today. Group stage portion of the tournament will last two days and see each team play five matches.

Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 23 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 582 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.65 Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov Age: 23 Team: GPlay Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 116 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.64