Natus Vincere

Team work is a big part of counter strike, one team that displays this amount of team work is Natus Vincere. Natus Vincere are a Ukrainian team that lives together in Kiev,they are a underdog team that are capable of taking on any of giants in the counter strike scene.They have been in numerous tournaments,but their most notable events are Gifinity and ESL Pro League 2015.

 Gifinity Lan started off as a event that Na'Vi was looking forward to going to, after an easy group stage they found themselves in a semi final against the polish team Virtus Pro.The first map was Virtus Pro's pick, The polish team ran a standard setup and demolished the Ukrainian side on the first half of the match, The unthinkable happened Na'Vi managed to make an amazing half bringing the match to overtime. But in the end the polish team reigned victorious over the young players of Na'Vi, the match finished with a scoreline of 19.-17.The second map was Na'Vi's pick, they came into this match with determined you could see the determination in their eyes. They wanted to win this badly the match started off in favor of Na'Vi, the first half was a complete blow out the Ukrainian team looked they had won the match already. But then the polish squad woke up and tore Na'Vi apart just barley edging out overtime in over time, Na'Vi fought back hard eding out a second overtime but virtus pro was to strong taking the match with a final score line of 25-22.

The ESL Pro league tournement was an event that many teams would have loved to participate in,the Na'Vi team was going into this tournement with alot of practice after a crushing defeat at gifinity. Na'Vi ran through the group stage with great ease crushing everyone in their path.They found themselves in the final against a long time rival Titan.The First map was in favor of Na'Vi and Na'Vi proved this by completely dismantling Titan in the first match with a scoreline of 16-12.In the second map Titan worked together as a team and overran the defenses of the Na'Vi and crushed them with a scoreline of 16-7.The last match was a death match that came down to the wire it was a slaughter on both sides both teams played like it was their last game ever in their careers but in the end Na'Vi came out victorious.This is the final round of the tournement.


cited sources  MIRAA.(2015)Na'Vi win ESL Pro League over Titan retrieved from http://www.hltv.org/news/14731-navi-win-esl-pro-league-over-titan
MIRAA.(2015)Virtus Pro to Gifinity final over Na'Vi retrieved from http://www.hltv.org/news/14984-virtus-to-gfinity-final-over-navi

Titan

Individual skill is a big part of video games, one team that displays this amount of skill is titan.Titan are a french team that have been thrown into the spot light after some of their most notable events, such as Dream Hack Stockholm and ESL Pro League 2015.

Dream Hack Stockholm was the first event that threw titan into the spotlight,They had a phenomenal group stage upsetting teams like Fnatic,Ninjas in Pyjamas and Na'Vi. here is a clip of an amazing play by Titan's star player kennyS
After crushing the Ninjas in pyjamas, titan went on to the finals where they found themselves against their french rivals Team LDLC. In the first half of the finals Titan completely destroyed LDLC, they had make them look like a joke.After the first half the slaughter continued in favor of titan. They took the first map with a scoreline of 16-4.On the second map first half LDLC man handled Titan. they looked focused and stronger but in the second half titan came back with a determination to win. LDLC had no way to counter the tactics of their french rivals and eventually lost the game with a score line of 19-15. here is a video of titans winning moment    Fast forward a year later and you now see the french giants in a tournament that every team has been waiting for. They breeze through the group stages and find themselves in a final against their biggest rivals Na'Vi. In the first map of the finals titan looked completely out of sync, they were getting demolished by the Ukrainian stars after an awful beating and loss on the first map.The tides turned and titan annihilates the Ukrainians on their map choice titan finishes the second match with a scoreline of  16-7.In the final match titan brought out every single trick in the book they were almost convinced they were going to win but in the end they lost with a scoreline of 16-13.
cited sources: lurpiss.(2014)Titan win Dreamhack Stockholm retrived http://www.hltv.org/news/13298-titan-win-dreamhack-stockholm
MIRAA.(2015)Na'Vi win ESL Pro League over Titan retrieved from http://www.hltv.org/news/14731-navi-win-esl-pro-league-over-titan