Natus Vincere and HellRaisers are through to the Upper Final of the GameShow League Finals after beating Virtus.pro and myXMG, respectively.

The first day of the GameShow League Finals, taking place at Crocus Expo in Moscow, under the wings of the computer and videogame show IgroMir, has come to an end, with the two Ukrainian teams - the favourites to win the title - moving on to the Upper Bracket Final.

With Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller as a stand-in for Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski, who just recently became a father, Virtus.pro came into this event with hope, rather than expectation, and they stunned Na`Vi on the first map, which they won 19-16.

GuardiaN delivered a great performance 

However, Na`Vi were able to turn the tide and won the next two maps, de_season and de_inferno, with 16-14 and 16-7 scorelines, respectively, with Ioann "⁠Edward⁠" Sukhariev and Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács topping the scoreboard.

Game Show Season 1 FinalsBest of 3 Natus VincereMatchpage 2 1 3rd October 2014 Virtus.pro 16Mirage 19 16Season 14 16Inferno 7

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	74 - 55	+19	-	1.25
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	74 - 56	+18	-	1.24
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	60 - 60	0	-	1.04
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	49 - 54	-5	-	0.87
Sergey 'starix' Ischukstarix	46 - 60	-14	-	0.81

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Michał 'MICHU' MüllerMICHU	67 - 63	+4	-	1.04
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	62 - 62	0	-	1.00
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	57 - 61	-4	-	0.94
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	55 - 59	-4	-	0.93
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	43 - 58	-15	-	0.77

In the other semi-final, HellRaisers, playing with Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev on LAN for the first time, were caught off-guard by myXMG's strong display on de_overpass, where Mathias "⁠PnX⁠" Pedersen helped his side to secure a 16-8 win with his +19 K/D ratio.

s1mple then proved his fragging credentials and powered HR to win the following maps, de_mirage and de_inferno, with 16-7 and 16-11 scorelines, respectively.

Game Show Season 1 FinalsBest of 3 HellRaisersMatchpage 2 1 3rd October 2014 myXMG 8Overpass 16 16Mirage 7 16Inferno 11

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	77 - 49	+28	-	1.47
Emil 'kUcheR' AkhundovkUcheR	56 - 42	+14	-	1.16
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	55 - 45	+10	-	1.12
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	53 - 50	+3	-	1.00
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff	40 - 47	-7	-	0.81

myXMG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	50 - 60	-10	-	1.02
Mathias 'PnX' PedersenPnX	50 - 55	-5	-	1.02
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	49 - 51	-2	-	0.99
Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenHUNDEN	47 - 55	-8	-	0.89
Kevin 'kevve' Hansenkevve	37 - 60	-23	-	0.66

Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev Age: 26 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 291 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Mathias 'PnX' Pedersen Age: 19 Team: myXMG Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 73 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.71 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Age: 23 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 274 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.62 Michał 'MICHU' Müller Age: 17 Team: INSHOCK Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 69 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski Age: 26 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 409 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.68 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 17 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.23 Maps played: 59 KPR: 0.87 DPR: 0.69