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November 29, 2025 | Alexander Saraff

Liquid fall in Stage 2 opener; Imperial win Brazilian derby

try had the highlight of the tournament on Nuke.

try had the highlight of the tournament on Nuke.

“It was not that hard,” said alex666 after defeating Liquid on the CT-side on Mirage.

Liquid got to start on the CT-side and won the pistol in a 1v1. B8 responded right back with the force buy and won 7 rounds in a row to shut out Liquid.

esenthial found multiple opening kills as Liquid failed to find any answer. It finally came towards the end of the first half, when they streaked 4 rounds, thanks to strong performances from EliGE and NAF.

In the second half, B8 won the pistol and conversion. Liquid took the next gun round, but failed to win two consecutively.

B8 defeated them on middle and on Mirage with npl getting multiple kills in connector with no challenge.

ultimate, got 0 AWP kills during the map, despite playing 15 rounds on the CT-side.

Imperial destroy MiBR on Nuke

On the B-stream, Imperial took on MiBR. It was a lop-sided contest from the start, as Imperial got a whopping 10 round start on the offensive side.

MiBR could do nothing in response as they were getting outclassed.

In the second half, MiBR won the pistol, but try soon activated to end the map convincingly. He got an unbelievable ace to win a 3v4 on A-site with the AWP, the highlight of the tournament so far.

Match Statistics

Liquid vs B8 – | Starladder Budapest Stage 2 Round 1

7-13 (Mirage) – kensizor | 1.39 rating

MiBR vs Imperial – | Starladder Budapest Stage 2 Round 1

5-13 (Nuke) – try | 2.29 rating

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I'm an aspiring journalist in the world of esports. I first got into MOBAs watching SMITE in 2015, and got hooked on CS from the MLG Columbus Major.

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