Luminosity, mouz win in Group A

The Brazilian Luminosity squad took down a lackluster Titan team 2-0 (16-6 on de_cache and 16-10 on de_cbble) while mousesports defeated Na`Vi in an upset series (16-10 on de_mirage and 16-7 on de_overpass).

The first two games of the CEVO Professional Season 8 finals at the MLG.tv arena saw the four teams of Group A face off in best-of-three series.

On the main stage, a Belgian-French Titan being led in-game by Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon rather than by Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans opened up against Luminosity, who were returning from the major after having attained Legends status yet again.

coldzera was man-of-the-match for Luminosity 

However, the game was in Luminosity's palm as the Brazilians breezed through Titan on de_cache with a 16-6 game and then managed to stop an early Titan lead from spiraling out of control on de_cbble to win that map 16-10.

CEVO Professional Season 8 FinalsBest of 3 TitanMatchpage 0 2 6th November 2015 Luminosity 6Cache 16 10Cobblestone 16

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	52 - 29	+23	-	1.51
Ricardo 'boltz' Prassboltz	41 - 22	+19	-	1.43
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	46 - 31	+15	-	1.40
Lucas 'steel' Lopessteel	36 - 28	+8	-	1.22
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	25 - 32	-7	-	0.76

Titan	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	36 - 41	-5	-	0.98
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	32 - 41	-9	-	0.86
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	29 - 38	-9	-	0.81
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	25 - 40	-15	-	0.68
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	19 - 40	-21	-	0.54

The second duel took place on an alternate stage and saw the grand finalists from Cluj Natus Vincere take on mousesports.

It was in this game where an upset was in order: mousesports were down 3-9 on the first map of de_mirage before the team rallied and began to punish Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko and his men for their sloppy play. Ultimately, with Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač leading the charge, mouz took the first map 16-10.

Such a loss possibly unnerved Na`Vi as they played an even less certain overpass, which allowed the primarily German mousesports crew to jump in and snatch the second map 16-7.

CEVO Professional Season 8 FinalsBest of 3 Natus VincereMatchpage 0 2 6th November 2015 MOUZ 10Mirage 16 7Overpass 16

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	47 - 27	+20	-	1.49
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	46 - 25	+21	-	1.48
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	42 - 26	+16	-	1.36
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	27 - 28	-1	-	0.86
Fatih 'gob b' Dayikgob b	23 - 32	-9	-	0.75

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	40 - 35	+5	-	1.12
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	26 - 37	-11	-	0.76
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	27 - 36	-9	-	0.76
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	23 - 37	-14	-	0.70
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	22 - 41	-19	-	0.59

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Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Age: 28 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 658 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 23 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 738 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 18 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 251 KPR: 0.83 DPR: 0.70 Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans Age: 25 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 716 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.64