s1mple unable to deny Falcons elimination on return
After a disappointing return to competitive Counter-Strike for s1mple, which saw Falcons go down to 3DMAX in the Thunderpick World Championship 2024 Group A opener, Falcons and s1mple were battling for their tournament lives in the Group A elimination game and ironically, it was s1mple's long-time old teammate electroNic on the opposite as as Virtus.pro's shock loss to OG dropped them to the elimination game as well.
The series kicked off on Mirage where a four-round CT side hurt the Falcons in the end as a decent showing on the T side wasn't enough as a late surge from jame and co. saw them take their pick at 13-9 with s1mple leading the scoresheets for Falcons once again, with 18 kills.
Moving to Anubis, it was a back and forth start with in quintessential s1mple fashion, the Ukrainian star single-handedly helped the Falcons take the lead on their CT side thanks to a couple of crucial multi-kill rounds with the Big Green. Virtus.pro picked up a much needed pistol and a uninspiring T side from Snappi's boys saw VP end the map with a near-flawless CT half, going 13-8 to close out the series 2-0.
The loss also ends Falcons' run at the Thunderpick World Championship 2024, with s1mple and Falcons being eliminated on the opening day itself and leaving the event without a single map win, although s1mple himself showed promise and signs of his old self.
FalconsVirtus.pro| Falcons |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev |
41 - 32 | +9 | 99.6 | 74.4% | 1.24 |
 Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer |
23 - 33 | -10 | 64.2 | 67.4% | 0.81 |
 Pavle 'Maden' Bošković |
18 - 33 | -15 | 55.3 | 60.5% | 0.74 |
| Emil 'Magisk' Reif |
20 - 27 | -7 | 56.7 | 67.4% | 0.71 |
| Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen |
16 - 32 | -16 | 50.3 | 46.5% | 0.53 |
| Virtus.pro |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev |
40 - 24 | +16 | 101.5 | 81.4% | 1.53 |
| Dzhami 'Jame' Ali |
33 - 22 | +11 | 76.3 | 81.4% | 1.30 |
| Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov |
29 - 27 | +2 | 73.3 | 81.4% | 1.14 |
| Petr 'fame' Bolyshev |
27 - 22 | +5 | 67.2 | 81.4% | 1.13 |
| David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan |
28 - 23 | +5 | 69.1 | 76.7% | 1.12 |
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