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CS:GO – All about olof’s In-Fire Defuse Graffiti

As the angel of the map stood amongst the blazing fires of hell, his life trickled away from his... | 23. November 2021

As the angel of the map stood amongst the blazing fires of hell, his life trickled away from his body, bit by bit. But he stood, adamant on deactivating the plans of the evil, and by the time the Reaper finally caught up to him, he had accomplished what he sacrificed his soul for, rendering the explosive useless.

The Buildup

It was the second Major of the year: ESL One Cologne 2014. fnatic had topped the group 2-0 and defeated the Ukrainian NaVi to reach the semifinals of the Major. Against the Danish side of Dignitas, fnatic won the first map, Dust2 with a fair amount of ease.

The next map was Overpass, and fnatic found themselves in a dire situation, as a rock-solid CT defense of Dignitas put the Swedish side in an 11-4 deficit. After dev1ce’s side won the pistol, the situation became graver for olofmeister and co., as they fell to 12-4. But things were turning around, as fnatic won the next 8 rounds in a row, to somehow make it 12-12.

The Danish side screamed their last scream, as they won the next two rounds to make it 14-12, putting them just one round away from confirming Overtime, and two away from taking the semifinals to Inferno. fnatic put up a stronger face, as they denied Dignitas a bomb plant in both the next rounds, taking it to 14-14, as the game was confirmed to go the distance. And then the iconic Round 29 knocked on our doors.

The Play

After a very early B push, FeTiSh was allowed to plant the bomb, as the other Danes guarded his plant with utility. After losing two players, Dignitas’ dev1ce finally got a kill on JW and stole away his Incendiary. He quickly passed on this information to his teammates and FeTiSh stopped looking for kills and quickly vacated the bombsite. aizy couldn’t make it out, but despite being a 2v4, Dignitas’ chances may just be fancied.

dev1ce torched the bomb with fire when he heard the bomb being defused, and the strategy was about to work wonders. But the brave Viking in olofmeister shrugged away the burns and stuck to his defuse, and literal milliseconds before his death, the bomb had been defused, with 5 HP to spare. The Counter-Terrorists had been announced victors, and fnatic had reached match point.

“olof… just about gets it.” “And look at the little dance of happiness!“

The Unceremonial Aftermath

After winning the magic round, fnatic were 15-14 up, within touching distance of a majestic comeback. But after a similar play and a plethora of lost duels later, fnatic found themselves needing a B defuse in a 2v4 deficit. flusha had initially killed FeTiSh, and that remained the only death on the Danish side, as three Swedes fell one by one without a say.

But flusha activated god mode, as he isolated every single player and picked them apart, with KRIMZ creating enough distraction. flusha took it upon him and had completed the ace en route to defusing the bomb and creating another historic round to win fnatic the semifinal.
But the dream run didn’t quite last, as fnatic seemed to have spent all their magic points against Dignitas.

In the Grand Final against local NiP, fnatic went 11-4 up on Cobblestone, only to lose 16-11 after the otherworldly CT defense of NiP won the second half 12-0. On Cache, fnatic created a similar first-half story, after racing to an 11-4 lead. But this time they made their T side work, as they went on to close the map 16-8.

The Grand Finals had deservedly gone to the decider map, where fnatic took yet another first-half CT side lead, 9-6. But their T side was not up to the mark, as NiP turned it around and won the map, the match, and the Major. fnatic had lost in the Grand Finals of a Major, but their worse was yet to come, as they famously forfeited in the last Major of 2014, courtesy of the controversial olofboost.

Their run of misery ended in 2015, though, as they went on to create history by winning two Majors in a row, and becoming the first team to win 3 CS:GO Majors.

The Legend

The legendary play from olofmeister earned him a permanent graffiti on Hut.

olofmeister’s graffiti on Olofpass

olofmeister’s graffiti on Olofpass

A bewinged, angelic CT with pliers in hand, standing amongst a fury of flames. This is arguably the most beautiful graffiti that the CS:GO world has witnessed, with s1mple’s falling noscope a close second. olofmeister is the only player to have two graffitis dedicated to his plays; both of them on Overpass.

The legend of overmeister and Olofpass will forever be an unforgettable love story, cherished more than any Hollywood movie of our times. The Viking reigns supreme.