Natus Vincere have begun their campaign at RaidCall EMS One Fall 2013 Finals by defeating Universal Soldiers in their opening match on de_dust2 in triple overtime with a 31-28 score.
Universal Soldiers went for a delayed middle push on their counter-terrorist pistol round, but Na`Vi shut them down within seconds as they jumped to a three-to-nothing lead.
The Ukrainians continued their strong performance as they won five more straight rounds to go up 8-0 before the Poles could reply, led by Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas and Jarosław "pasha" Jarząbkowski.
Na`Vi had to surrender in the following round as well, but successfully executed a mid-to-B split, forcing US on a save round and extending their lead to 11-2.
The Wojtas Jarząbkowski duo combined for four kills again to win US their third round, and Paweł "byali" Bieliński's triple denied Sergey "starix" Ischuk in the final round to make it 4-11.
starix played really well for Na`Vi in the triple overtime battle
US had a strong start to their terrorist side as well, going up 3-0 with Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski clutching an impressive on-on-three amidst a smoke two rounds later to make it 12-9.
Na`Vi won the next round after a B retake, but lost the one after with their economy down the drain and wound themselves only up two at 13-11. US then tied the game with another gun round win, followed up by a Ukrainian save round.
Danilo "Zeus" Teslenko's team grabbed a brief 14-13 lead, but lost the following round and had to save, giving US game point before Teslenko and company could recover on a weak buy and force overtime.
The first overtime didn't settle the battle between these two Eastern European giants as each team scored three rounds as terrorists, sending the game to a second overtime.
Second overtime couldn't settle the battle either despite Anton "kibaken" Kolesnikov, Pogorzelski and Wojtas all putting in three frag rounds, but Natus Vincere finally prevailed in overtime number three at 31-28. RaidCall EMS One Fall 2013 FinalsBest of 1 Natus Vincere
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K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 | |
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![]() | 56 - 33 | +23 | - | 1.44 |
![]() | 55 - 46 | +9 | - | 1.28 |
![]() | 35 - 45 | -10 | - | 0.81 |
![]() | 34 - 41 | -7 | - | 0.79 |
![]() | 30 - 42 | -12 | - | 0.74 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 | |
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![]() | 43 - 36 | +7 | - | 1.16 |
![]() | 44 - 43 | +1 | - | 1.04 |
![]() | 45 - 46 | -1 | - | 1.03 |
![]() | 40 - 46 | -6 | - | 0.88 |
![]() | 35 - 40 | -5 | - | 0.88 |
Next round is set to begin any minute with NiP making their tournament debut against mousesports. The winner will play against Na`Vi, with the loser facing US one round later.