The infamous Fnatic overpass boost: 3 years later

nepo (52)in #csgo • 8 years ago (edited)

Today (November 28th 2017) marks the 3 year anniversary of one of CS:GO's most infamous and iconic moments, the legendary Dreamhack winter 2014 fnatic boost on overpass.

The Dreamhack Winter 2014 major quarter final between Team LDLC and fnatic is often referred to as one of the biggest scandals in esports, and it's awesome for so many different reasons.

Coming into the quarter finals, fnatic had just came off an unexpected loss to hellraisers, so instead of being on the completely other side of the bracket against NiP, they would come to verse LDLC in the third quarter final of the tournament.

This would be a tough challenge for LDLC, fnatic was their toughest rival at the time and had just came beat them in the last two tournament finals. On top of this, Fnatic had hinted they had something special planned for the third map, overpass.

The first map was dust 2, Team LDLC's pick. This was a very good map for both teams at the time. Team LDLC convincingly won the first half 10-5, and closed out the game 16-10.

The second map was cache, a very good map for fnatic. Fnatic convincingly win the map and we went on to the deciding map, overpass.

Fnatic were the favourites to win overpass. Despite all odds, Team LDLC had a fantastic CT half, securing a 12-3 lead going into the T side. However it is often forgotten that although it had a weaker view of the map, LDLC too used a ct spawn immortal boost on this side. To open up the second and last half of the series, LDLC win the pistol round despite fnatic's best efforts, even an attempt to gain an advantage using the boost. LDLC had done it, they were sure to win against fnatic at this point.

Going into round 17, fnatic were down 3-13, so decided to force buy, with olofmeister buying a scout. This is where the fun would begin. Fnatic do their CT spawn boost, exciting casters Anders and Semmler to new levels. This boost allows olofmeister to see different areas of T spawn, mid and B site. That round, olofmeister manages to pick off two terrorists which were moving towards monster tunnel on B site, the rounds which would follow would define the legacy of this team.

Throughout the half, round after round, Fnatic would use the boost, olofmeister was continuously getting picks with the scout, eventually upgrading to a scar-20. This would make his elevated attack much more deadly. LDLC were getting destroyed round after round, failing to figure out where the attacks were coming from, even taking a timeout to try and counter a well hidden olofmeister. Although the timeout came too late, they were already destroyed mentally. LDLC were no longer yelling and fist bumping, but instead, sat in silence.

LDLC lose the map 13-16. It was one of the most iconic comebacks to date.

The comeback from fnatic would result in them securing the series win, and they would advance them to the semi final. This is where things got crazy, the community was in outrage. All over social media, including subreddits for other games like league of legends, people were furious. There wasn't a place you could go without a talent, player or fan critiquing fnatic for what they had done.