NIKO MASTERCLASS FENDS OFF EG AT BLAST FALL GROUPS
G2 have Nikola "NiKo" Kovač to thank for staving off a shocking upset elimination from BLAST Premier Fall Groups........................................
G2应该感谢NiKo，他避免了G2落入showdown这一令人震惊的结果。
G2 had to delve deep to find the strength required to put away a strong performance from Evil Geniuses, winning Inferno (16-7) and Mirage (19-15), either side of a loss on Nuke (13-16). G2 move on to face Natus Vincere on Sunday at 00:30 for a spot in the Royal Arena.
G2必须要深入挖掘来找到在与Evil Geniuses的比赛中所需要的实力，分别赢得了Inferno (16-7)和Mirage (19-15), 然后输了Nuke (13-16)，G2将要在周日的00：30在Royal Arena与Natus Vincere进行对战。
Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen spoke on broadcast after the result, stating that despite doing well on Nuke in practice, when G2 played it in officials it felt like they hit "a break wall." He went on to opine that the closeness of the series was more down to G2 playing poorly, rather than Evil Geniuses playing well.
HooXi在比赛结束后的采访中，陈述说即使在Nuke的练习中做得很好，但G2在实战是总感觉好像撞上了一堵破墙。他认为这场比赛更多的还是队伍整体打得不好，而不是EG发挥出色。
G2 underwhelmed thoroughly at BLAST Fall Groups, having come into the event as one of the few teams who didn’t make changes in the off-season. Instead of hitting the ground running they struggled, losing to a revamped Liquid lineup and being comfortably dispatched by FaZe.
G2在BLAST Fall Groups中表现不佳，作为少数没有在休赛期间决定变阵的队伍中的一位，他们没有全力拼搏（hitting the ground running they struggled ？）输给了变阵后的Liquid阵容与轻松地被FaZe送走。
The general consensus was that G2 would walk over Evil Geniuses in this match, and despite an immense performance from NiKo, they instead found themselves
nearly upset by heavy underdogs. NiKo spoke about wanting to build confidence ahead of IEM Cologne, but G2 may instead have had their confidence dented by this game.
大部分人们都认为G2将会打败Evil Geniuses，尽管NiKo有出色的发挥，他们发现自己几乎要被一个弱队给击败。NiKo曾谈论过想要在IEM科隆的比赛前建立信心，但经历了这场比赛现在G2的自信心可能会受到极大的损伤。
By contrast, this was an immensely impressive performance from Evil Geniuses, especially considering how outclassed they were in the early stages of Inferno. The North Americans recovered magnificently to steal away their opponent’s pick of Nuke with a strong performance, and they were comfortably the better side for much of Mirage.
相反，这场比赛对于EG来说是一场极其印象深刻的比赛。特别是考虑到在小镇的早期阶段它们远远落后于对手。这个北美队伍在图二中完美地恢复了状态，以强大的表现从对手的选图Nuke中拿走了一分，并且他们在Mirage的大部分时间内表现得更好。
The early days of this iteration of Evil Geniuses have been the most promising of any recent lineup, and their performance here will only serve to reinforce that fact.
在最近的队伍中，EG的早期变阵是最有希望的，他们的表现只会更加证实这一点。(啊?)
Evil Geniuses found themselves utterly outclassed on their own map pick of Inferno, the North Americans starting on the T side and floundering badly. G2 completely dominated round after round with ease, such that Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov didn’t die and Jeorge "Jeorge" Endicott didn’t get a kill until the 11th round. A late flurry of Evil Geniuses rounds made the half-time score respectable, but after G2 won the second-half pistol the result was a foregone conclusion, and the European squad duly closed out a comprehensive 16-7 victory.
EG发现他们在自己的选图小镇上完全被G2所压制，这支北美的队伍选择匪开然后艰难挣扎着，G2完全地轻松支配了一个又一个回合，比如说m0NESY在十一回合前没有死亡过和jeorge在十一回合前都没有拿到过击杀，一些迟来的胜利使得EG上半场的比分还能够让人接受，但当G2赢了下半场的手枪赢了之后这场游戏的胜利已成定局，欧洲队伍适时地以16-7的全面胜利结束了比赛。
Over on G2’s map selection of Nuke, Evil Geniuses managed to find their footing much earlier than on the first map. Starting on defense, the NA squad recovered from a 1-4 start to take the lead early doors, thinning G2’s numbers effectively when they tried to take map control and clutching when the need arose. Even when G2 did manufacture winnable scenarios they often squandered them, and so the European squad ended the half with only five offensive rounds to their name.
来到了G2的选图Nuke上，EG设法比第一张图更早地找到他们的立足点，EG选择警开，他们从1-4的开局中恢复过来，并取得了领先，当G2试图控制地图时，有效地削弱了G2的人数，并且在必要的时候拿下残局。即使G2制造了可以获胜的场合，他们也经常浪费它们，所以欧洲队伍在上半场结束时只赢得了有五个回合。
A T-side pistol victory and conversion put Evil Geniuses in prime position to win the map, but once G2 got guns up they started to work their way back into contention, thanks in no small part to NiKo’s impact and HooXi’s improved fortunes after a woeful game to this point. Evil Geniuses remained competitive even in round losses, and eventually G2 fumbled a 4v2 situation to allow the underdog squad to get themselves to map point and eventually secure a 16-13 victory.
下半场的手枪回合胜利使得EG在这张图中占据了胜利的主动权，但当G2开始拿起了长枪，他们之间就开始回到了激烈的回合争夺当中，这要感谢NiKo大部分回合的影响力和Hooxi的？？？EG在输掉了的回合中仍然保持着竞争力，然后最终G2搞砸了一个4v2的回合使得这个“弱鸡队伍”拿到了属于他们的赛点，之后终于取得了一个16-13的胜利。
A back-and-forth brawl kicked off the decider of Mirage, with the teams trading force-buy rounds until a NiKo 4k put G2 on top. Evil Geniuses answered right back when they got guns up, and the North Americans started to take control of the game thanks to breaking G2’s economy, with Timothy "autimatic" Ta in particular thriving. It wasn’t until late in the half that G2 woke up, exploiting a seemingly weak A bombsite, and the European side mustered seven rounds heading into the final half of the series.
一场有来有回的争斗拉开了决胜图Mirage的序幕，两队互相赢得了他们的强起局直到NiKo4杀，EG拿起长枪之后便开始了反击，由于打崩了G2的经济，北美人开始控制游戏，尤其是autimaticta，直到上半场的后期，G2才醒悟过来，利用了一个看似薄弱的A包点，在上半场的最后赢了七个回合。
Evil Geniuses won their T pistol and dispelled a force-buy to put G2 in hot water, but the European squad managed to steal away a win on a full eco to stave off complete disaster. Once Evil Geniuses got their economy under control they took control of the half, marching all the way to 15-10 with slick executes and some powerful fragging from Colby "Walco" Walsh. NiKo still had enough in the tank to haul G2 all the way to 15-15 against the odds, forcing overtime.
EG赢得了下半场的手枪局然后赢得了强起局，使得G2陷入困境，但G2设法拿下了eco回合，避免了绝对的灾难，当EG压制住了G2的经济，他们便赢了一半，通过流畅的执行力和来自Walco强有力的击杀一路行进到15-10，但NiKo仍然有足够的能力把G2拖到加时。
The pressure of overtime seemed to wake G2 up as they were far more potent than in regulation, completing two man-down retakes to open their account in OT. After a 3-0 CT half the result seemed set in stone, and G2 went on to seal the deal cleanly, 19-15.
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