Helix vs vib - ESL IPS Final Stage Action

When Big Igor Voldov woke up this morning with a raging headache, you might be forgiven for excusing his naive visions of beating Helix on the grounds of last night's vodka party. But today's game against helix is more than just a chance of a win, its also vib's last real chance of staying alive in ESL's IPS series final stage. With near 13,000 euros at stake as displayed by this charming banner on my right, the stakes right now mean vib will be desperate to lift themselves off the bottom of the table.

Helix meanwhile do not find themselves in such troublesome waters. Having taken a win against a struggling sFx LAN side in their opening game, a victory tonight would see the Germans move joint top alongside Idle and Diversus with 2 wins apiece out of two. Whilst a loss tonight would perhaps be seen as unthinkable for Helix who start as clear favourites, it would in no way have the same impact as a loss for Violence is Bad, who with two losses from two are now very much in last chance saloon. They can see the money slowly edging ever further away, and have a mountain to climb tonight if they are to avenge their previous defeats to aMenti and diversus. Violence could have met helix in less desperate times only this August if not for a cancelled ET-Cup game but now, only a win will do.



Lineups
Helix: biqq, drago, evil, riddla, ramin, conan
Vib: fuzz, dunno, Officer, Clown, zerender, vinyl

Time- 23:00 CET
Maps- Adlernest, braundorf




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