shutout2023-10-20
FaZe13–0ENCE
FaZe beat ENCE 13–0, conceding nothing.
Anubis · FaZe started on T
IEM Sydney 2023
Sydney, Australia
FaZe Win Sydney in Overtime, at the Earliest Event This Archive Reaches
IEM Sydney 2023 is where this snapshot's match coverage begins, three weeks after CS2 launched. FaZe lost the final's opening map to Complexity on Overpass, took Nuke 13-10, and finished 19-16 in overtime on Ancient. They went 6-1 across the event; Complexity, who pushed them that far, went 5-2.
2023-10-16 – 2023-10-22, part of Season 1a. 29 matches played across 59 maps at Tier 1 events — HLTV Majors and international LAN events with a prize pool between $600,000 and $2,000,000.
championWho took it
FaZe won this event's chronologically last recorded match.
Why no bracket is shown
matches.stage is empty on every row in this snapshot — no bracket, round, or placement is derivable for this event, or any other on this site.
momentsThe maps worth remembering here
The maps from this event that were not ordinary — a half thrown away and won back, a game that would not end, a side that conceded nothing. Ranked by how rare each reading is across every map in this snapshot, rarest first.
comeback2023-10-18
MOUZ19–15BetBoom
MOUZ went into the break 3–9 down on CT, took the second half 9–3 on T, and won double overtime 7–3 — 19–15 over BetBoom.
Mirage · MOUZ started on CT
marathon2023-10-22
FaZe19–16Complexity
FaZe and Complexity played 35 rounds and double overtime before it broke, 19–16.
Ancient · FaZe started on CT
marathon2023-10-16
GamerLegion19–15FaZe
GamerLegion and FaZe played 34 rounds and double overtime before it broke, 19–15.
Nuke · GamerLegion started on T
What these readings are drawn from
Drawn from results, half-by-half round counts and overtime only. This snapshot carries no demo data, so nothing here is about an individual player.
formatHow the event was run
Double elimination Bo3 - Opening matches Bo1 - Group winners advance to the semi-finals - 2nd and 3rd placed teams in each group proceed to the quarter-finals | Single elimination Bo3
maps playedWhat was picked, banned and left over
Every map this event's veto touched, picked or played, at least once — Mirage was the most first-banned map (13 matches), and Overpass was the most first-picked (6 matches).
- Anubis12 maps played
47.2% CT · 52.8% T — 2.8pts T-leaning
picked 10 · banned 16 · left over 3 · first ban 1 · first pick 5 · decider 3
- Ancient11 maps played
48.9% CT · 51.1% T — 1.1pts T-leaning
picked 9 · banned 14 · left over 6 · first ban 3 · first pick 2 · decider 6
- Nuke9 maps played
50.0% CT · 50.0% T — an even split
picked 5 · banned 20 · left over 4 · first ban 2 · first pick 3 · decider 4
- Overpass8 maps played
56.2% CT · 43.8% T — 6.2pts CT-leaning
picked 7 · banned 21 · left over 1 · first ban 3 · first pick 6 · decider 1
- Mirage7 maps played
45.8% CT · 54.2% T — 4.2pts T-leaning
picked 5 · banned 20 · left over 4 · first ban 13 · first pick 4 · decider 4
- Inferno7 maps played
57.5% CT · 42.5% T — 7.5pts CT-leaning
picked 3 · banned 20 · left over 6 · first ban 3 · first pick 0 · decider 6
- Vertigo5 maps played
46.2% CT · 53.8% T — 3.8pts T-leaning
picked 3 · banned 21 · left over 5 · first ban 4 · first pick 1 · decider 5
Per-map veto counts and the thin-sample rule
A row marked "thin sample" played under a quarter of this event's own busiest map — the same relative cut `/pro-meta` uses for a thin season or month, applied here within this one event. A map with no CT/T bar was banned before it was ever played, not omitted.
against the seasonHow it compares with its own season
This event played 59 maps at 50.1% CT; Season 1a as a whole played 528 maps at 50.8% CT (0.8pts CT-leaning) — 0.7pts more T-sided than the season as a whole.
59 maps is under a quarter of Season 1a's 528 maps — a small sample against the season it sat in, marked here rather than read as equally trustworthy.