Dubai, UAE – 10 December 2024
CS2 Shanghai Major: Elimination stage Recap – who is winning the major?
The CS2 Shanghai Major has set the stage for a thrilling grand finale as the Elimination stage concluded with major heartbreaks, and unpredictable results that has shaken the CS:GO competitive scene. Many player pickems have been in shambles, non the less, 8 teams have advanced to the final phase of the majors, with matches lined up against some of the best in the world.
These are your top tier teams matchups to close the year 2024 moving to 2025
What games are going on in the final stage of the shanghai cs2 major:
- The Mongolz vs MOUZ
- Spirit vs Liquid)
- G2 vs HEROIC
- VITALITY vs FAZE
All these are well established CS2 teams who have showcased dominance throughout the history of Counter Strike and CSGO, Hence the question is:
Who is winning the shanghai major ?
There might be a simple trick, based on the results below the Yalla Compass 2024 champions The Mongolz have won all their matchups since the RMR so the simple trick is to take Mongolz as a benchmark and just check who struggled the least against Mongolz and that team might be your major winners, could it be HEROIC ? MOUZ was a close one or would it be the deadly trio of Monesey Niko and Malbs, there is only one way to find out who the shining dark horse might be and its to tune in !
Was it underperformance? or was it that NAVI was a common feared enemy that got teams to counter strategize against them? or was there another reason for this mysterious downfall?
Natus Vincere lead by AleksiB had a good start winning against liquid in a fairly close game later on lost to MIBR in an insanely close game as Insani showcased incredible performance clutching in the most crucial round in a 1vs2 where all they had to do was play time or peek Insani at the same time, very flavorful situation turned to shambles as the team crumbled down and lost 13-11 to MIBR, and hey kudos for the Brazilian scene 3 teams reaching this far ( Furia, MIBR, PAIN gaming) and they have made their mark this major
After the loss from MIBR I think this is what caused JL to tweet "I would spiral down a big rabbit hole of negative thoughts and lose all confidence in my abilities. " And that is understandable you are representing NAVI who has historically won many majors in the past fostering legendary players like Zeus, S1mple, Edward & GuardiaN with his legendary AWP plays.
In any case there was a clear mental drain on the players and things were just not going in their favor especially after getting demolished by team spirit or rather say d0nk nick named donk the destroyer showed an outstanding performance who has over 1.5 kda in this major so far who had his star moment in a 1vs5 vs Heroic quoting the caster as he clutched " can this little nuisance pull of an unbelievable clutch to keep his team in it ! " note that the team that donk aced against was the same team NAVI struggled against in their final game that got them disqualified.
Crowd " Cheats" on CS2 Shanghai Major
AleksiB pointed this out in an interview that there was a situation where he was flanking and the crowd was too loud and it messed up his timing and that the organizers should turn of X-Ray mode, although I don't believe this is an excuse for their performance as NAVI and especially AleksiB have a known history for using the crowd to their advantage, but I must stand with the point that the crowd has been a very chaotic crowd with fans yelling " ITS A ITS A " can be heard in the live stream on Twitch or Youtube
When is the Shanghai Major finals ?
Thursday 2024 -12-12 will kick off with The Mongolz vs Mouz and many are riding the train of Mongolz winning the major and that shows that the YaLLa Compass 2024 champions got many opportunities to strengthen their
Furia vs PAIN Professor Fallen meets Student Snow
Back in 2017 the Professor Fallen Gabriel Toledo previously fostered an upcoming star Snow João Vinicius who plays in team gaming now, 7 years later they face off each other in the major making it a very heartwarming moment for all cs fans and the Brazilian scene as well
Furia also did an amazing play with their player skullz keeping the dream alive by clutching a 1vs4 situation from the same spot as d0nks ace vs Heroic, however this for sure brought back memories when fallen and coldzera were in Luminosity and that historic 4k with the awp keeping the dream alive, however this time FAZE have shortened the dream and has qualified to play against Vitality in the final stage of cs2 shanghai major.
