NBK responds to criticism of Vitality\u2019s \u2018disrespectful\u2019 ESEA CS:GO Global Challenge performances CS:GO player Nathan \u2018NBK\u2019 Schmitt has explained his squad\u2019s actions at Sunday, July 14\u2019s ESEA Season 31: Global Challenge, explaining that they originally wanted to forfeit their spot in the tournament but weren\u2019t allowed. Team Vitality are recognized as one of the best CS:GO teams on the planet, and currently sit above teams like Astralis, ENCE, and NRG Esports in the world rankings. Despite coming into the match as favorites, they fell to a defeat at the hands of FURIA on July 14 at the ESEA Season 31: Global Challenge, and appeared to be messing around with strange weapon choices and unusual map picks throughout the tournament. During their match with FURIA, star AWPer Mathieu \u2018ZywOo\u2019 Herbaut swapped his trusted sniper rifle for a wide array of weapons, including the Zeus x27, opting to instead let C\u00e9dric \u2018RpK\u2019 Guipouy use the sniper instead. The Zeus x27 is a stun gun, and while it can kill enemies in one shot as Nicholas \u2018guerri\u2019 Nogueira found out, it\u2019s extremely rare to ever see it used in a game. ZywOo\u2019s odd purchasing habits didn\u2019t end there, with the Frenchman buying a PP Bizon SMG when Vitality had enough money for a full buy, instead opting to use one of the game\u2019s weaker weapons during their contest with the Brazillian squad. Michael \u2018dapr\u2019 Gulino used the opportunity to compare ZyWOo\u2019s decision with the opinion of Oleksandr \u2018s1mple\u2019 Kostyliev, tweeting: \u201cS1mple saying to be consistent you have to play 100 percent every single game, then you have ZywOo running around with the bizon on full buys on lan. Which god do I listen to?\u201d s1mple saying to be consistent you have to play 100 percent every single game then you have zywoo running around with the bizon on full buys on lan which god do I listen too \u2014 dapr\u2606 (@daprcs) July 13, 2019 As to why they behaved in the way they did, NBK explained that Vitality didn\u2019t want to compete in the tournament in the first place, and wanted to forfeit it, but were not permitted to do so. \u201cWe weren\u2019t allowed to forfeit this tournament otherwise we would lose the EPL slot too,\u201d wrote the Frenchman on Twitter. \u201cSad situation but now we are fully focused on Chicago and will give it our all there.\u201d We weren\u2019t allowed to forfeit this tournament otherwise we would lose the EPL slot too. Sad situation but now we are fully focused on Chicago and will give it our all there, fully focused and ready to play our best CS Out of the tournament 3\/4th, cya Thursday :punch::skin-tone-2: \u2014 Nathan Schmitt (@NBK) July 14, 2019 While some may have found their antics funny, many fans were not happy with Vitality\u2019s performance across the weekend, with many claiming that they planned to report Team Vitality for match-fixing or throwing, and describing Vitality\u2019s attitude as \u201cunprofessional.\u201d Others leapt to Vitality\u2019s defence though, with journalist and Reddit user \/u\/neLendireckt explaining that because Vitality have played lots of events between qualifiers, Summit ECS and ESL One Cologne, and then had to fly to America to compete at this tournament against their will. On top of that, Vitality have been forced to qualify for almost every competition they\u2019ve entered this year, meaning they\u2019ve played more games than almost any other team in the competitive scene, leaving them with little to no time-to-rest and recover. NeL finished with: \u201cIf preparing for Chicago means playing casual so you can relax and have fun before starting to travel and (compete) again, at an event you are forced to play in, is it that bad? You can say what they did was clumsy, maybe a bit dumb, but saying they are not professional is just not knowing the obligations they have all year long. Whether Team Vitality will face any repercussions from ESEA or Valve for their actions remains to be seen, but it seems unlikely given that they were still able to beat teams like Party Astronauts and Team Spirit using the same methods earlier in the competition. The French squad will be back in action later this week, when they take part in the IEM Chicago 2019 tournament, which kicks off on July 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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