G2 loses to Aurora as slump continues

G2 beat Aurora twice in August, but since then the two teams' form has reversed. The 0-1 map result at PGL Masters made that gap clear.

Aurora lost both pistol rounds before winning Cache 13-11. A 16-14 comeback on Inferno came from an ace by Özgür "woxic" Eker. Still, Aurora played better in full-buy rounds and deserved the 2-0 win.

On Cache, Jimi "Jimpphat" Salo stood out with two strong B site defenses. İsmailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş joined him by winning eight opening duels.

On Inferno, Aurora led 12-9 and the map looked headed to a third map. Woxic then came up with five frags in a 2v5 situation. G2's lack of coordination was clearly visible in that round. In the map that went to overtime, an ace from Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski pushed the score to 16.

After losing to The MongolZ on the first day, Aurora considered this win important. At present they look likely to earn a 3rd Stage invite to the Major. G2 now faces a second consecutive group stage elimination. After losing the FPG 3 final in September, their only win came against ShindeN, and they have lost six of their last seven matches. For new AWPer Artem "r1nkle" Moroz, this is a match he would prefer to forget, finishing with 53 ADR and a 0.86 rating.