CS:GO S2 MKT and Semipro finals fought! Check out the atmosphere photos from the place
Saturday was a big day when the world’s first Kanaliiga LAN final was fought at Shelter Gameroom! The most enthusiastic ones came to exercise on the spot around noon, even though the actual games were not played until MKT at 15.00 and Semipro at 18.00. Members of the final teams arrived from near and far, in addition to southern Finland, at least Kuopio, Vaasa and Oulu were also represented.
The teams that played themselves in the final are here:
**MKT final eCraft BI vs Efecte Gaming Club
Semipro final eCraft vs Codemate**
Both eCraft BI, Efecte and Codemate have been involved in the Kanaliiga CS scrimmages from the beginning, while eCraft Oy Abn’s team was for the first time involved in the CS side of the scrimmages. Commentator legend Teemu “wabbit” Hiilinen and the undersigned were on the side of the newsroom. You can see the stream on Kanaliiga’s Twitch channel from here (our upcoming matches are also there, so please follow!)
In the MKT final map draw, eCraft BI chose Inferno and Efecte Mirage. The doll became a decider. After a tight fight, however, it happened that Efecte took eCraft BI straight in two maps and was able to raise the Kanaliiga rotating trophy to the roof as the first team ever!
Here are the game stats:
Mirage 16-4
Inferno 16-7
Photos of the teams:
MKT series winner Efecte Gaming Club, players from left to right: Santeri “sntr” Lehtonen, Eetu “tsat” Heino, Juuso “Juke|” Sormunen, Mikael “SanSamurai” Inkinen, Aleksi “slayviper” Pitkänen
Second place in MKT series eCraft BI, players from left to right: Joni “Urhea Jorgos” Laakso, Markus “naputin” Heinonen, Christian “CrideL” Lindholm, Henri “satapupu” Heino, Simo “Meciel” Sintonen
In Semipro, mapveto followed the same formula as MKT’s fino, as the result was Codemate - inffi, eCraft - Mirage and Overpass as decider. This twist also ended in two maps, when Codemate took Semipro’s victory!
Here are the stats:
Inferno 16-4
Mirage 16-7
Photos of the teams:
Semipro level series winner Codemate, players from left to right: Alex “fiA =DD” Lindroos, Juho “BlenderMan” Koski, Jussi-Tapio “kookoo35” Lamminheimo, Aleksi “hlappa” Holappa, Juho “Spjass” Rautio
Semipro level series second place for eCraft Oy Abl, players from left to right: Jonas “cawa” Mäkinen, Petri “Maa9n” Maaninen, Markus “Makke™” Talka, Antti “HALU” Määttänen, Juho “jjjuho” Röyhy
After the matches, we continued to the nearby Codemate office, where the evening continued enjoying good company. Kanaliiga would like to thank everyone who was there, both the spectators and the teams, as well as those of you who participated remotely! Special thanks also to Shelter for the great space, to Hiilinen Teemu for the quality report (and quality tips :D) and to Codemate for offering an extension!
Since it was really the first LAN event where Kanaliiga was the organizing body, it was not surprising that we sometimes experienced both technical and other challenges here and there. We are now learning from this and next time we can expect an even better LAN finu! We welcome feedback on our Discord.
The Pro final will be online this time, and the date is being feverishly agreed upon. It is also worth noting that the next Kanaliiga CS Season starts in a week! Registration is open until August 16, so there are still a few days left to collect your poppoo and come to the games! Registration here: https://www.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/2679586745217548288/information
And then, finally, we’ll serve up the final feeling of diving on Saturday with the following footage :)
Continuations at Codemate
Continuations at Codemate
Continuations at Codemate
Continuations of sequels at the market
At the market
At the market