3DMAX win LanTrek over Menace

3DMAX won LanTrek 2015 after securing a 2-0 victory over Menace in the grand final (16-2 on de_dust2 and 16-14 on de_mirage.

The Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre played host to yet another edition of the famous Finnish event LanTrek, with eight teams from across the country taking part in the CS:GO tournament, which had $6,000 up for grabs.

Fresh off recruiting Mikko "⁠xartE⁠" Välimaa from Menace after losing star player Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli to Ninjas in Pyjamas, 3DMAX beat manUplay and Paranoia in the group stage before cruising to a 2-0 victory over tryPANTS in the semi-final stage.

 natu's 3DMAX win LanTrek 2015

From the other half of the bracket came Menace, who attended the event with Jesse "⁠zehN⁠" Linjala as their fifth player. Niko "⁠naSu⁠" Kovanen's side also had a fairly easy route to the final as they beat Revoluted, tryPANTS and Paranoia without barely having to break a sweat.

The first map of the grand final, de_dust2, was completely one-sided as 3DMAX ran out 16-2 winners after picking up 14 rounds on the CT side. On de_mirage, Menace acquitted themselves really well but they still fell short in the final round against Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen's men, who receive a considerable boost of motivation ahead of ESL One Katowice.

LanTrek 2015Best of 3 MenaceMatchpage 0 2 28th February 2015 3DMAX 2Dust2 16 14Mirage 16

LanTrek 2015 final standings:

1. 3DMAX - $3,000
2. Menace - $2,000
3. tryPANTS - $1,000
4. Paranoia

Mikko 'xartE' Välimaa Age: 23 Team: 3DMAX Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 106 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.67 Jesse 'zehN' Linjala Age: 23 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Niko 'naSu' Kovanen Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 54 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.64 Aleksi 'allu' Jalli Age: 22 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 274 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.64 Joona 'natu' Leppänen Age: 29 Team: 3DMAX Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 150 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.71