The fervor and pressure of playing professional Counter Strike must be at unheard levels with more money up for grabs and people to please. It's no wonder that even the best players slip up fantastically. These mistakes, while detrimental to the team's performance, are part of what makes the game so captivating. So in order to share with you the turmoils of being pro, I, a lackluster CS:GO player will reveal the Top 6 Fails of CS:GO Eleague Quarterfinals.



6. Astralis vs Mouz: Karrigan's Awp on CT Mirage

​It seemed like Karrigan just could not get a break against Mousesports. His cover seemed to get blown or smoked out everywhere he went. The greatest example of this was Round 5 in CT Mirage. He gets pressured so well he can not even enter the fight. The reason why this is a fail is because Karrigan gets locked off the entire game itself. He literally cannot move to shoot because he'd get his head blown off immediately.

5. Navi vs C9: Skadoodle uses Edward's Smoke Grenade

​What a brilliant mistake on NaVi Edward's part to throw that smoke grenade. C9 Skadoodle not only makes a spectacular play with a head shot on Edward, he also utilizes his smoke grenade to run down time. Zeus does end up getting the kill, but loses the match anyway.

4. EnVyUs vs Fnatic: Stacking Fail

​The definition of a failed plan, EnVyUs attempted to run boost DEVIL on top of Happy in order to surprise Fnatic. Unfortunately for them, Olofmeister was waiting with his AWP and annihilated DEVIL the second he jumped out of cover. Greatplay by Olofmeister, hilarious fail by Happy and DEVIL.

3. Astralis vs Mouz: NiKo Being Disrespectful

​This play was extremely funny to watch, but also highlighted the genius of NiKo. Astralis really had a tough time against the mousesports IGL. KJAERBYE and dupreeH found out how tough by being disrespected first hand. NiKo sneaks by both of them and contemplates knifing KJAERBYE before quickly headshotting him and dupreeH. A major fail on their part for not covering an important entry point.

2. NaVi vs C9: Stewie2k Smoke Bomb Sneak

I felt so bad for seized and flamie. It was such a fail on their part to not cover Site B as well as they should have. Flamie was too far ahead of the point and seized was too preoccupied with the smoke, and Stewie2k took advantage of the rare situation and outplayed them both.​

1. Virtus.Pro vs NiP: Pyth vs 1 Health Snax

This was the most outstanding fail during the Eleague Quartersfinals. While it wasn't as fancy as sneaking through a smoke bomb or stacked headshots, it was the most heart pounding part of the tournament. Snax, surviving on 1 health, managed to dodge Pyth's bullets like Neo and finished him off for the win. Snax's level of choke here was probably greater than Kevin Durant's choke against the Golden State Warriors. Probably.