{"id":37391,"date":"2024-08-04T23:25:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T03:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=37391"},"modified":"2024-08-04T23:25:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T03:25:19","slug":"g2-esports-edward-gaming-start-with-impressive-champions-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/g2-esports-edward-gaming-start-with-impressive-champions-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"G2 Esports &#038; EDward Gaming start with impressive Champions wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>G2 Esports started their <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/champions-tour\/valorant-champions\/\" title=\"VALORANT Champions betting guide\">VALORANT Champions 2024<\/a> campaign with a decisive 2-0 (13-8, 13-9) victory over Paper Rex, securing a spot in the Group D winner&#8217;s match.<\/p>\n<p>This victory marks the second time G2 has bested Paper Rex, the first being a 2-1 win at the VCT Masters Shanghai playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The current G2 roster, which previously played under The Guard, made their debut at this prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/champions-tour\/\" title=\"VALORANT Champions Tour betting guide\">VALORANT Champions Tour<\/a> tournament.<\/p>\n<p>G2 opened with a 3-1 lead on Paper Rex&#8217;s pick of Icebox, thanks to a Gekko bait play.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a mid-solo-play attempt from Jonah &#8220;JonahP&#8221; Pulice, Paper Rex initially equalised at 4-4 but struggled to maintain momentum.<\/p>\n<p>G2 secured the half at 8-4 and went on to win the map 13-8.<\/p>\n<p>G2 dominated the early rounds on Lotus with a strong defence led by JonahP, who achieved a 1.45 rating and a 327 average combat score (ACS) in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>They took a massive 9-3 lead into halftime, and even though Paper Rex managed to close the gap, they ultimately fell 13-9.<\/p>\n<p>G2&#8217;s performance was praised by Josh &#8220;JoshRT&#8221; Lee, while Paper Rex&#8217;s coach, Alexandre &#8220;alecks&#8221; Sall\u00e9, lamented his team&#8217;s inability to follow their game plan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">G2 kicks off their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VALORANTChampions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VALORANTChampions<\/a> campaign with a clean sweep! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G2WIN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#G2WIN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z0F2d87Xat\">pic.twitter.com\/Z0F2d87Xat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; VALORANT Champions Tour (@ValorantEsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValorantEsports\/status\/1820035230755102789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>EDward Gaming (EDG) triumphed over FUT Esports 2-0 (13-9, 13-10), winning both maps and advancing to the Group D winner&#8217;s match against G2 Esports.<\/p>\n<p>EDG, seeking redemption after a year of disappointing results, showcased a strong performance reminiscent of their peak in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>EDG chose Lotus and FUT picked Bind, with both maps favouring the Chinese representatives, who held strong records on both maps throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>EDG secured an 8-4 lead in the first half of Lotus, propelled by the performances of Zhang &#8220;Smoggy&#8221; Zhao and Wan &#8220;CHICHOO&#8221; Shunzhi.<\/p>\n<p>Although FUT rallied in the second half, the Smoggy and CHICHOO dominance continued, as they posted server-high ratings of 1.27 and 1.26, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a close match on Bind, EDG stabilised their economy late and clinched the map, securing a 2-0 series victory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Edward Gaming wins their first series at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VALORANTChampions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VALORANTChampions<\/a> Seoul! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RTZ5UrqkZZ\">pic.twitter.com\/RTZ5UrqkZZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; VALORANT Champions Tour (@ValorantEsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValorantEsports\/status\/1820070106212565298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>EDG&#8217;s strategic use of mixed buys and half-armor proved effective, contrasting with FUT&#8217;s preference for full buys.<\/p>\n<p>Despite FUT&#8217;s efforts, including strong individual performances from Eray &#8220;yetujey&#8221; Budak and Mehmet &#8220;cNed&#8221; Ya\u011f\u0131z \u0130pek, EDG&#8217;s coordinated play and economic management led them to victory.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming matches in Group D will see G2 Esports facing EDward Gaming in the winner&#8217;s match, while FUT Esports will take on Paper Rex in the lower bracket, fighting to stay in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G2 Esports and EDward Gaming kicked off their VALORANT Champions 2024 campaign with dominant 2-0 wins in Group D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":31262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[348,3056,103,2398,1150,2052,1610],"class_list":["post-37391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-edward-gaming","tag-fut-esports","tag-g2-esports","tag-paper-rex","tag-valorant","tag-valorant-champions","tag-valorant-champions-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37391"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37393,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37391\/revisions\/37393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}