A custom gaming keyboard illuminated with red LEDs awaits tactile input before the manual took on Boone County in a Rocket League game, which was streamed on YouTube on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Natus Vincere won two maps in overtime and emerged with a 2-1 victory over Pain Games in the quarterfinals of the Blast Bounty Spring 2025 event on Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark.
In today’s second quarterfinal match, Eternal Fire swept Team Vitality 2-0.
The first S-Tier Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Event of the New Year features eight teams in a single-elimination bracket. The quarter-finals and semi-finals are best-of-three, and the grand final on Sunday will use a best-of-five format. Participating teams compete for a prize pool of $500,000.
On Friday, Natus Vincere opened with a 16-13 overtime win on Dust II before Pain evened it out with a 13-7 win on Nuke. Navi took the decisive third map, Mirage, 16-13 in overtime.
Ukraine’s Ihor “W0nderful” Zhdanov paced Natus Vincere with 64 kills and a plus-15 kill. Brazil’s Joao “Snow” Vinicius led the pain with 62 kills and a plus-14 KD differential.
Eternal Fire reduced vitality 13-9 on Anubis, 13-11 on Mirage. Ismailcan “Xantares” Dortkardes posted 44 kills and a plus-20 KD differential for Eternal Fire, while UK’s William “Mezii” Merriman put up 33 kills and a plus-1 KD differential for Vitality.
In the semifinals on Saturday, G2 -eSports will oppose Eternal Fire, and team spirit will meet Natus Vincere.
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