MAPS:
Mirage: 16:9
Dust2: 16:9

MAPS:
1. MIRAGE 9 : 16
2. Dust2
3. Inferno

ROUND SCORE:

01. 1 : 0
02. 1 : 1
03. 1 : 2
04. 1 : 3
05. 2 : 3
06. 2 : 4
07. 2 : 5
08. 2 : 6
09. 2 : 7
10. 2 : 8
11. 3 : 8
12. 4 : 8
13. 5 : 8
14. 6 : 8
15. 7 : 8
16. 7 : 9
17. 7 : 10
18. 8 : 10
19. 8 : 11
20. 8 : 12
21. 8 : 13
22. 8 : 14
23. 9 : 14
24. 9 : 15
25. 9 : 16

LDLC have overcome NiP 2-1 (16-11 de_dust2, 17-19 de_inferno, 16-10 de_cobblestone) to win MLG X-Games Aspen 2015 and $25,000.

LDLC opened up the rematch of DreamHack Winter's grand final by winning the pistol round, but NiP quickly rebounded by winning round two, allowing them go up 2-1.

Richard "shox" Papillon's squad went on a four round winning streak to take over the lead and extend it to 5-2, but then Mikail "Maikelele" Bill's AWPing got NiP back into the game.

After making it 3-5, Adam "friberg" Friberg's two AK-47 kills got NiP within one, and the Swedes soon strolled to six rounds total, regaining the lead at 6-5 scoreline.

LDLC's aggressive play in the middle area tied the score at six, but then NiP showed strong terrorist side play as they closed out the half with three wins, and a 9-6 lead.

NiP's in-game leader Richard "Xizt" Landström combined with newest addition Bill for five kills to win the Swedes the second pistol round, this time as counter-terrorists.

LDLC then split into the A bombsite, and with their pistols took down NiP and broke their money to make the score 9-10. The French then won the next round, forcing NiP on another save.

All of a sudden up 11-10, Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey's team wound up winning eight unanswered rounds to turn the game on its heels, up 14-10 after a 6-10 deficit a short while ago.

The Ninjas could muster only one more round before Nathan "NBK" Schmitt and company put them out of their misery and walked away with a 16-11 map one victory on de_dust2.

Friberg started off de_inferno with two kills to put NiP up 1-0, and his team quickly extended their lead to three rounds, despite LDLC's three kills on round three.

Bill's triple wasn't enough to keep NiP's streak alive as Papillon won a one-on-one in B, and the Frenchmen were able to streak four rounds together.
Two kills by Friberg tied the game, and a triple by Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg in A gave NiP another narrow lead. LDLC then regained the lead, as they took over the B site twice.

Schmitt ran out of time in the next round in a one-on-one against Lindberg, who only had one health point left. From that point on NiP rallied, winning the three final rounds.

Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux's two kills helped LDLC shut down NiP in B, and they were able to take down NiP twice more to tie the game up at nine rounds a piece.

The combination of Dubourdeaux and Schmitt then gave LDLC another lead and forced NiP to save, but a vintage round by Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund saw him win a key one-on-three.

Tied at 10-10, Friberg scored two entires to put NiP back up on top, followed by a one-on-two after plant clutch in B, that forced LDLC on a save round, and down 10-13.

Next two rounds were traded before LDLC mustered a force buy win, thanks to doubles from Schmitt and Fiey, in the A site against NiP's full buy.

Schmitt then scored four AK-47 kills in B to pull LDLC within one, but NiP forced map point by taking over the A site for a 15-13 lead, though LDLC still up in maps 1-0.

A two on three by Papillon and Fiey in B, together with Schmitt's two AWP kills a round later, finally forced overtime, where LDLC would continue as counter-terrorists.

LDLC won the opening round, as well as the third round, easily. However, in between Lindberg managed to sneak in a one-on-one win to give NiP a chance.

That chance was all the Ninjas needed, as a quad kill by Friberg tied the game at seventeen, Lindberg's triple gave them a lead, and three kills by Landström closed the map out 19-17.

Schmitt's triple gave LDLC an early lead on de_cobblestone, as they went up 3-0. NiP quickly tied the game, and Bill's triple on round seven allowed them to go up 5-3.

A triple AWP effort by Papillon got LDLC their fourth round, but Landström did even better as he scored four kills with his M4A4 by the sidehall of the A bombsite.

Double kills by Fiey and Schmitt got LDLC one more round as terrorists, but they were then closed out by NiP, who rallied to gain a 10-5 halftime lead on the decider.

The Frenchmen won their defensive pistol round as well, resulting in a three round run before NiP attempted two straight buy rounds, neither of which had much success.

Fiey won a very quick one-on-two, killing last NiP player with a HE grenade, to put LDLC in the lead. Bill then lost a one-on-one to Papillon in the next round.

Up 12-10, it was in-game leader Vincent "Happy" Cervoni's turn to contribute three kills, and NiP were then shut then, as the Swedes couldn't win another round, finally surrendering 10-16.

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With MLG X Games Aspen going live in approximately twelve hours time, we have compiled an official viewer's guide so that you can set your schedules accordingly.

As the first notable tournament of the 2015 season commences, eight teams will battle it out—not on the slopes but in the server—for a share of the $50,000 prize pool.

The exact prize breakdown is as follows:

1. $25,000
2. $12,500
3. $7,500
4. $5,000

The teams are divided into two groups of four and the first two days will see teams playing every respective member of their group in a round robin format. The top two sides from both groups will advance to the single elimination playoffs with a best-of-three format in effect.


For viewers accustomed to Twitch for tournaments, MLG X Games Aspen will instead be streamed on MLG's own broadcasting platform, mlg.tv.

HLTV.org are already on site in Aspen, Colorado, at the base of Buttermilk Mountain at the X Games venue, in order to bring you up-to-date coverage and reporting from 2015's opening tournament.

The International e-Sports Federation (IeSF) has announced that CS:GO will be played at the upcoming World Championship.

The first details about the 7th E-Sports World Championship, to be held in the Polish city of Łódź later this year, have just been announced by IeSF, with CS:GO and Dota 2 being the first two games to be selected by the 43 national federations that comprise the organisation.

This is the first time in the history of IeSF that CS is picked for a World Championship. According to the South Korea-based organisation, CS:GO was selected "with recommendation of most national federations."

Details about the World Championship are still scarce, but it is believed that there will be national qualifiers taking place all over the world to determine the teams that will attend the main event.

While participation in this event is "open to all people regardless of gender, age or disabilities", according to IeSF, international rosters are not allowed in the tournaments, which means that teams like Titan, HellRaisers, Na`Vi or Cloud9 are not eligible to compete.

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