Yesterday afternoon, Team Liquid faced off against Mythic for the Intel Extreme Masters Group Stage. It's strange to consider that Mythic typically stomps around the T2/3 scene with Erik Flom advocating and encouraging growth in the scene with Mythic League, and Liquid has gone toe-to-toe against the best teams that the world has to offer. To say that it was a lop-sided match-up is putting it as lightly as possible. Mythic was invited into the Intel Extreme Masters due to how little competition there is at the moment within Counter-Strike for North America; there would be roughly four teams competing for IEM if not for Mythic, along with other teams, being invited to compete. It has resulted in some bizarre matches where the casters and hosts struggled to put a positive spin on things, and yesterday was arguably no different: Mythic managed to put up nine rounds across two maps before Liquid closed them out in a clean sweep. https://twitter.com/EliGE/status/1314302760448335878 Yet the history of the teams doesn't stop there: Liquid's organization has brought on Moses as a new coach replacing Eric 'adreN' Hoag, and Eric is playing on Mythic team for the interim while he decides his new place within Counter-Strike, or esports in general. The two teams are rather familiar with each other, although they typically fight in the server together during PUGs and the like, or at least know of their presence within the Counter-Strike sphere of influence. So when the two teams clashed yesterday in a relatively fast match-up, it was tremendously enjoyable to watch if you understood the history between the two long-standing cultivators of their respective tiers. So it's almost expected that people would want to see the chat logs of both teams throughout the server as they play through a competitive match; one of their first head to head matches ever. Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip came forward on Reddit and offered fans just that; a complete chat log from the two teams as they poke and prod each other, and it's worth the read if you want additional backstory and understanding of the two. What follows is a transcript of the match: Stewie2K : .ready Grim : ( ︶︿︶)_╭∩╮ NAF : hfhfhf @ADREN Grim : hf @davey NAF : (˵ ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°˵)ノ⌒♡*:・。. Polen : hf boyz adreN : hfhfhafhasfh DAVEY : ty i was about to ask what about me DAVEY : hf mike Grim : i gotchu bro DAVEY : ur just better Grim : bro.. Grim : know u too well DAVEY : LMAO Stewie2K : WE ARENT SCARED OF UR 5 PING EVEN IF U HAD IT LOL DAVEY : he dies if im on 5 ping DAVEY : coach diff DEAD fl0m : Gap or did i get ****ed that hard just now DEAD Twistzz : whoever threw it has a pooor smoke DEAD fl0m : ****ing davey DEAD DAVEY : thats toxic Achievements disabled: demo playing. Stewie2K : .ready Keiti : gh Keiti : .ready Stewie2K : .notready adreN : **** yeah we got 1 fl0m : EZ NAF : eric awping my b rotate from NAF : lil shiet NAF : (˵ ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°˵)ノ⌒♡*:・。. NAF : halls NAF : xd adreN : hahaha Stewie2K : .ready NAF : hf EliGE : hfhf NAF : (˵ ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°˵)ノ⌒♡*:・。. adreN : HFH adreN : f Twistzz : hf @fl0m fl0m : not even close DEAD fl0m : FBI DEAD EliGE : lmao DEAD EliGE : FBI OPEN UP DEAD fl0m : mans out here just vibing DAVEY : ♿ Grim : ns.. Grim : ♿ DAVEY : LMAO DAVEY : ♿ DEAD DAVEY : gg DEAD EliGE : gg DEAD Keiti : ggs ---Inferno--- EliGE : .ready NAF : hfhfhf Grim : hfhf DAVEY : hfhf fl0m : no gl? fl0m : gl hf EliGE : glhf Grim : GL @davey fl0m : im a mad man EliGE : gl @ fl0m Twistzz : gl @flom fl0m : ok now im scared Stewie2K : BACK HALL? DEAD Twistzz : ns DEAD fl0m : ty DEAD fl0m : 1920 fl0m : f DEAD Stewie2K : SIT DOWN fl0m : woah man Stewie2K : love u :( NAF : (˵ ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°˵)ノ⌒♡*:・。. NAF : (˵ ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°˵)ノ⌒♡*:・。. fl0m : well EliGE : oh hey DAVEY : .ready Stewie2K : .ready EliGE : hf NAF : hfhf EliGE : god damn davey DAVEY : i was so close fl0m : nade smoke ninja DEAD adreN : :[ DEAD EliGE : ROFL DEAD adreN : haha DEAD EliGE : musta been some commsss adreN : WOW P90 RUSS Twistzz : new meta EliGE : fkin bm Keiti : can u guys wait to end until i have 10 assists DAVEY : guy watched 1 furia demo... EliGE : tyty eric EliGE : ez assist Keiti : BRO fl0m : LOL adreN : LOL i was frozen EliGE : LOL Keiti : I WAS ABOUT TO POWERSPIKE fl0m : HE ****ING OWNED HER adreN : hahaha DEAD NAF : yoyo DEAD adreN : why hello there DEAD fl0m : u cray NAF : :D NAF : (˵ ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°˵)ノ⌒♡*:・。. DEAD Keiti : ggs EliGE : gg DEAD Grim : gg The post-match interview had the analysts reaching for Davey of Team Mythic, where he offered one of the strangest courses in dialogue that Counter-Strike has likely ever seen; a feat that Davey is known for. https://twitter.com/elgreatodavid/status/1314309401981775872 The casters played along with the tongue in cheek humor, where Davey stated that Liquid got 'really lucky' in being able to beat Mythic, and that Mythic wasn't using the full extent of their power so no one would be ashamed. The chat logs are interesting enough to read, but it should put to bed any speculation that there is growing unrest between the two teams for North America.
Yesterday afternoon, Team Liquid faced off against Mythic for the Intel Extreme Masters Group Stage. It's strange to consider that Mythic typically stomps around the T2/3 scene with Erik Flom advocating and encouraging growth in the scene with Mythic League, and Liquid has gone toe-to-toe against the best teams that the world has to offer. To say that it was a lop-sided match-up is putting it as lightly as possible. Mythic was invited into the Intel Extreme Masters due to how little competition there is at the moment within Counter-Strike for North America; there would be roughly four teams competing for IEM if not for Mythic, along with other teams, being invited to compete. It has resulted in some bizarre matches where the casters and hosts struggled to put a positive spin on things, and yesterday was arguably no different: Mythic managed to put up nine rounds across two maps before Liquid closed them out in a clean sweep. https://twitter.com/EliGE/status/1314302760448335878 Yet the history of the teams doesn't stop there: Liquid's organization has brought on Moses as a new coach replacing Eric 'adreN' Hoag, and Eric is playing on Mythic team for the interim while he decides his new place within Counter-Strike, or esports in general. The two teams are rather familiar with each other, although they typically fight in the server together during PUGs and the like, or at least know of their presence within the Counter-Strike sphere of influence. So when the two teams clashed yesterday in a relatively fast match-up, it was tremendously enjoyable to watch if you understood the history between the two long-standing cultivators of their respective tiers. So it's almost expected that people would want to see the chat logs of both teams throughout the server as they play through a competitive match; one of their first head to head matches ever. Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip came forward on Reddit and offered fans just that; a complete chat log from the two teams as they poke and prod each other, and it's worth the read if you want additional backstory and understanding of the two. What follows is a transcript of the match: Stewie2K : .ready Grim : ( ︶︿︶)_╭∩╮ NAF : hfhfhf @ADREN Grim : hf @davey NAF : (˵ ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°˵)ノ⌒♡*:・。. Polen : hf boyz adreN : hfhfhafhasfh DAVEY : ty i was about to ask what about me DAVEY : hf mike Grim : i gotchu bro DAVEY : ur just better Grim : bro.. Grim : know u too well DAVEY : LMAO Stewie2K : WE ARENT SCARED OF UR 5 PING EVEN IF U HAD IT LOL DAVEY : he dies if im on 5 ping DAVEY : coach diff DEAD fl0m : Gap or did i get ****ed that hard just now DEAD Twistzz : whoever threw it has a pooor smoke DEAD fl0m : ****ing davey DEAD DAVEY : thats toxic Achievements disabled: demo playing. Stewie2K : .ready Keiti : gh Keiti : .ready Stewie2K : .notready adreN : **** yeah we got 1 fl0m : EZ NAF : eric awping my b rotate from NAF : lil shiet NAF : (˵ ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°˵)ノ⌒♡*:・。. NAF : halls NAF : xd adreN : hahaha Stewie2K : .ready NAF : hf EliGE : hfhf NAF : (˵ ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°˵)ノ⌒♡*:・。. adreN : HFH adreN : f Twistzz : hf @fl0m fl0m : not even close DEAD fl0m : FBI DEAD EliGE : lmao DEAD EliGE : FBI OPEN UP DEAD fl0m : mans out here just vibing DAVEY : ♿ Grim : ns.. Grim : ♿ DAVEY : LMAO DAVEY : ♿ DEAD DAVEY : gg DEAD EliGE : gg DEAD Keiti : ggs ---Inferno--- EliGE : .ready NAF : hfhfhf Grim : hfhf DAVEY : hfhf fl0m : no gl? fl0m : gl hf EliGE : glhf Grim : GL @davey fl0m : im a mad man EliGE : gl @ fl0m Twistzz : gl @flom fl0m : ok now im scared Stewie2K : BACK HALL? DEAD Twistzz : ns DEAD fl0m : ty DEAD fl0m : 1920 fl0m : f DEAD Stewie2K : SIT DOWN fl0m : woah man Stewie2K : love u :( NAF : (˵ ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°˵)ノ⌒♡*:・。. NAF : (˵ ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°˵)ノ⌒♡*:・。. fl0m : well EliGE : oh hey DAVEY : .ready Stewie2K : .ready EliGE : hf NAF : hfhf EliGE : god damn davey DAVEY : i was so close fl0m : nade smoke ninja DEAD adreN : :[ DEAD EliGE : ROFL DEAD adreN : haha DEAD EliGE : musta been some commsss adreN : WOW P90 RUSS Twistzz : new meta EliGE : fkin bm Keiti : can u guys wait to end until i have 10 assists DAVEY : guy watched 1 furia demo... EliGE : tyty eric EliGE : ez assist Keiti : BRO fl0m : LOL adreN : LOL i was frozen EliGE : LOL Keiti : I WAS ABOUT TO POWERSPIKE fl0m : HE ****ING OWNED HER adreN : hahaha DEAD NAF : yoyo DEAD adreN : why hello there DEAD fl0m : u cray NAF : :D NAF : (˵ ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°˵)ノ⌒♡*:・。. DEAD Keiti : ggs EliGE : gg DEAD Grim : gg The post-match interview had the analysts reaching for Davey of Team Mythic, where he offered one of the strangest courses in dialogue that Counter-Strike has likely ever seen; a feat that Davey is known for. https://twitter.com/elgreatodavid/status/1314309401981775872 The casters played along with the tongue in cheek humor, where Davey stated that Liquid got 'really lucky' in being able to beat Mythic, and that Mythic wasn't using the full extent of their power so no one would be ashamed. The chat logs are interesting enough to read, but it should put to bed any speculation that there is growing unrest between the two teams for North America.