LDLC have picked up their first points at MLG X Games Aspen following a 16-9 victory over fnatic on de_inferno.

Albeit being a traditionally very slow team on the Terrorist side, fnatic came out very determined and claimed bragging rights first with a no-nonsense B push. After losing the first eco round only because the bomb went off at the last millisecond of a defuse, LDLC pulled one back at the second attempt following a triple Nova kill from Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt.The two teams then exchanged a couple of rounds and parity was restored at 3-3, but then LDLC took control of the match and picked up two rounds in succession. Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell then took matters into his own hands and pulled off an impressive four-kill round, which included a 1-on-2 clutch in A, but Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer responded in convincing fashion with four kills of his own in the following round.LDLC remained in the driving seat for the remainder of the first half as they went into the interval up 11-4, knowing, however, that they were going to play on the lesser-favoured Terrorist side.fnatic found a lifeline in the pistol round as they executed a great retake in B to put an end to LDLC's winning streak, but Markus "⁠pronax⁠" Wallsten's men were then caught off-guard by the Frenchmen's B push on eco.

Albeit being a traditionally very slow team on the Terrorist side, fnatic came out very determined and claimed bragging rights first with a no-nonsense B push in the pistol round. After losing the first eco round only because the bomb went off at the last millisecond of a defuse, LDLC pulled one back at the second attempt thanks to a triple Nova kill from NBK- in B.

The two teams then exchanged a couple of rounds and parity was eventually restored at 3-3, but then LDLC took control of the match and picked up two rounds in succession. JW then took matters into his own hands and pulled off an impressive four-kill round, which included a 1-on-2 clutch in A, but Happy responded in convincing fashion with four kills of his own in the following round.

LDLC remained in the driving seat for the remainder of the first half as they went into the interval up 11-4, knowing, however, that they were going to play on the lesser-favoured Terrorist side.

Happy inspired LDLC to an important win

fnatic found a lifeline in the pistol round as they executed a great retake in B to put an end to LDLC's winning streak, but pronax's men were then caught off-guard by the Frenchmen's B push on eco.

LDLC continued to pile the pressure on fnatic and won the following two rounds to make it 14-5 in their favour, but fnatic refused to throw in the towel and closed the gap to five rounds. However, it was too little, too late, as LDLC strung two rounds together to seal a 16-9 win and keep their qualification hope alive.

MLG X-Games Aspen 2015Best of 1 fnaticMatchpage 9 16 24th January 2015 LDLC 9Inferno 16

LDLC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	29 - 10	+19	-	1.90
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	19 - 14	+5	-	1.20
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	18 - 13	+5	-	1.14
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	21 - 15	+6	-	1.13
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	17 - 12	+5	-	1.13

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	17 - 20	-3	-	0.84
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	15 - 19	-4	-	0.81
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	12 - 21	-9	-	0.74
Markus 'pronax' Wallstenpronax	11 - 20	-9	-	0.62
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	9 - 24	-15	-	0.38

Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt Age: 20 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 480 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Age: 23 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 337 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 Markus 'pronax' Wallsten Age: 23 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 394 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.65 Jesper 'JW' Wecksell Age: 19 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 415 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.67