The North American side is a fan-favourite due to some big names in the scene such as Braxton “Swag” Pierce, Sam “DaZed” Marine and Kevin “AZK” Lariviere found success on their T side pistol round by selling a fake in their MDL match versus rivals Torqued. I break down how it works and the all-important fake-selling smoke grenade.

Visual break down and map overview

The idea behind GX’s pistol round is to keep one player lurking around the T Control area and checking for an Ivy push. During this time four players head to Halls who aim to prevent any information players or fast flanks. From here, three players cover the ramp and heaven push whilst one player watches the Popdog ladder.

GX throws a connector smoke and DaZed flashes three of his teammates out at B ramp. Instead of following his teammates he cuts his noise and walks to Popdog whilst Swag pushes out of T control and the other three teammates push up the B bomb site and towards connector.

GX has a free pass onto the site due to the connector smoke pulling the two remaining A players towards the B site. The side manages to get the bomb planted and quickly dispose of the remaining Torqued players.

Whilst GX ends up losing in double overtime, it’s safe to say that this basic execute worked and helped them on their way to reaching overtime.