We recently announced EIZO's Counter-Strike Forever showmatch. The showmatch headlined two of the best line ups in Counter-Strike history - Natus Vincere 2010 and  Fnatic 2009. Thousand of fps fanatics had another chance of witnessing ten legendary Counter-Strike players in action.

Na'Vi 2010 was dominant against Fnatic 2009. After an intense 3-2 series, Na'Vi was able to grab the victory together with the whopping €1,000 prize money.

Natus Vincere 2010 in the early days

Fnatic 2009
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund
Patrik 'carn' Sattermon
Harley 'dsn' Orwall
Rasmus 'Gux' Ståhl

Natus Vincere 2010
Daniil 'zeus' Teslenko
Sergey 'starix' Ischuk
Areniy 'ceh9' Trynozhenko
Ivan 'edward' Sukharev
Yehor 'markeloff' Markelov

The first map was played on Counter-Strike 1.6. Fnatic was able to bagged the first victory. They started the series with a 9-16 victory against Na'Vi.

The second game was played on de_tuscan. Na'Vi did a great performance in the second game which led them to victory. They were able to execute impressive plays like in the old days. They tied the series with a 16-13 victory.

The third map was played on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. markeloff and his company clearly dominated the game. They easily defeated Fnatic 13-2 in de_dust2.

The third fourth was on Counter-Strike 1.6. Victory was slipping away for the Sweden based organization but they know they can still make it. carn and his squad made their great comeback after defeating the Ukrainian gaming powerhouse 13-16 in de_dust2. Their plays and tactics had been their key to victory in this game.

The series was forced to enter a decider game. It was a do-or-die match for both teams. The final match was decided on Counter-Strike 1.6. It was played on de_mirage. It was an all Na'Vi game. The team drew the match point at 16-10. The team was able to draw victory against Fnatic 2009.

Game	Map	Na'Vi 2010	Fnatic 2009
CS 1.6	de_inferno	9	16
CS 1.6	de_tuscan	16	13
CS:GO	de_dust2	16	9
CS 1.6	de_dust2	13	16
CS 1.6	de_mirage	16	10

In the end, the viewers were the real winners. Seeing the these legendary players who drew history on the e-sports scene is totally priceless. It's clear that these ten players earned the respect after writing history in the Counter-Strike competitive scene.

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