LDLC beat NiP, top group C

LDLC have beat NiP 16-13 on de_overpass to win group C and advance to the quarter-finals of DreamHack Winter 2014.

To start the match, NiP's in-game leader Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström scored three Glock-18 kills in B to win his team the pistol round, and they also survived the two following rounds.

Down 0-3, Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey scored three M4A4 kills in A, and a double kill by Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon in B forced NiP to save and effectively tied the game at three each.

Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill helped NiP win a two-on-three to put them ahead 4-3, but from that point on the first half was dominated by the French, who won seven straight rounds.

Final round of the half went to NiP as Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund was able to score two kills, including a one-on-one at the very end, to make the score 5-10 in LDLC's favor.

LDLC finish on top of group C with a win over NiP 

Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt's two pistol round entry kills got LDLC the second half pistol round win, but Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg's three Five-SeveN kills won NiP the second round of the half.

LDLC force bought still, and two kills by Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer got their team the win, and forced NiP on two save rounds to put his team up 14-6 in the match.

Then it was NiP's turn to string multiple rounds together. First Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg and Maikelele stopped a bombsite A attack, and then f0rest scored three kills.

GeT_RiGhT got two early kills in B on the following round, and a double M4A4 kill by Xizt saw the Ninjas get as close as 11-14 before LDLC could win a round back.

A successful B fake with three AK-47 kills by NBK- got LDLC map point, but NiP won two more buy rounds before Happy's two CZ-75 kills on a a save closed it out. DreamHack Winter 2014Best of 1 LDLCMatchpage 16 13 27th November 2014 Ninjas in Pyjamas 16Overpass 13

LDLC will continue their campaign tomorrow in the playoffs, while NiP still has to bet the winner of ESC versus Planetkey Dynamics to secure a spot in the top eight.

Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt Age: 20 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 460 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Richard 'Xizt' Landström Age: 23 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 555 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.62 Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Age: 23 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 309 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill Age: 23 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 162 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund Age: 24 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.27 Maps played: 558 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.58 Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 22 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 390 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.63 Adam 'friberg' Friberg Age: 23 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 552 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Age: 26 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.23 Maps played: 549 KPR: 0.83 DPR: 0.61 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Age: 20 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 269 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64