With Astralis already securing its spot in ELeagues Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Season 2 playoffs, earning a big upset win over SK Gaming Friday night, there was only one spot still left to win from Group C. That spot was secured by SK Gaming in one of the best series of the season to date.The day started out with Natus Vincere facing off against Alternate aTTaX in what was more of a formality than anything. No one on the analyst desk or the casting chairs thought that Alternate had any shot in this series. After it took the opening pistol round on Cobblestone, it looked like maybe the team would prove everyone wrong. But then NaVi joined the party and pushed Alternate aside. NaVi would take the first map by an incredibly one-sided score of 16-3.The second game on Overpass would prove to be a bit closer, but NaVi still didnt leave much up to chance. It would take the map 16-8 to move on to face SK Gaming in the Group C decider match.The stage was set for what was sure to be quite the closely contested series. The old rivals would be meeting once again to see which one would follow Astralis into the playoffs of ELeague Season 2. In the first halves of both games, the audience was treated to a true tug-of-war between two of the best teams in Counter-Strike today. In the second half of each series, however, it was one team exerting its dominance on the other.SK enjoyed a 9-6 lead in Game 1 on Dust 2 before going 7-2 in the second half to take the first map pretty handily. Gabriel FalleN Toledo and his AWP was the main catalyst for his team, racking up an impressive 24/11 Kills/Deaths and 106.7 Average Damage per Round (ADR) in the game. Game 2 on SKs favorite map of Train didnt get off to the best start for the Brazilian squad. It was NaVi that came out the gate hot this time. NaVi enjoyed a 5-0 lead to start and an 8-7 lead at the half before SK came roaring back. The team went 9-0 in the second half to take the map and show everyone that its still got what it takes to play dominant Counter-Strike.With just one group yet to be decided, the ELeague Season 2 playoffs are rounding into shape. So far, in addition to SK and Astralis, Virtus.pro, Ninjas in Pyjamas, mousesports and FaZe Clan have secured spots in the playoffs. Group D action kicks off next Friday, November 18 at 6:00 PM ET.Bill Bates Jersey .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Trysten Hill Jersey . Jane Virtanen scored two, and Alex Roach and Elliott Peterson rounded out the offence for the Hitmen (40-15-6). Brady Brassart chipped in with three assists. 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Then, check them again.Rio Games organizers who managed to irritate China by using incorrectly printed Chinese flags can take consolation from the fact that they are not the first to make such gaffes and, judging from how often these errors happen, surely wont be the last.Red-faced Rio organizers quickly ordered new flaw-free flags from a Brazilian supplier.They are producing a bunch of flags correctly now. The first flags should be delivered here shortly, organizing committee spokesman Mario Andrada said Monday.We do understand that there is a problem with the flag. Its very small. You have to be very familiar with the Chinese flag to understand that, he said. However, we need to correct.Heres a quick look at flag flap and errors at other events.---RIO DE JANEIRO OLYMPICS: On the five-starred red Chinese flag, the four smaller yellow stars are meant to be slightly tilted so they point toward the heart of the big star .Eagle-eyed Chinese observers quickly spotted that the small stars on flags used in Rio, including one waved by Chinas flag-bearer, fencer Lei Sheng, at the Olympic opening ceremony, werent tilted but straight and orientated parallel with the big one.A small error, perhaps, but one that still made people upset.The botched flag has been a source of public disappointment, noted the online edition of the Chinese government newspaper Peoples Daily. It said Chinas consul general in Rio contacted Rio organizers and demanded an immediate fix.---COPA AMERICA 2016: At the Copa America in June, the national anthem of Chile was mistakenly played instead of the one for Uruguay when Uruguay played Mexico. The Uruguayan players stood silently, many with blank stares , while the wrong anthem was played.Copa America blamed a human error and said: We sincerely apologize to the Uruguayan Federation, the Uruguay National Team, to the people of Uruguay and to the fans for this mistake.dddddddddddd---LONDON OLYMPICS, 2012: The South Korean flag was mistakenly displayed on a giant screen before a womens football game between North Korea and Colombia. The North Koreans refused to take the field for about an hour before the match went ahead. London organizers apologized for what British then-Prime Minister David Cameron called an honest mistake, honestly made.---ARAB SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIPS, KUWAIT, 2012: During the award ceremony for Kazakhstan gold medalist Maria Dmitrienko, the public address system played the spoof anthem from the 2006 comedy movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, a film that offended many Kazakhs by portraying the country as backward and degenerate.Kazakhstan called the mix-up a scandal. The Kazakh news agency Tengri quoted team coach Anvar Yunusmetov as saying tournament organizers had downloaded various countries national anthems from the internet. Organizers expressed deep sorrow for the mistake, which they said was corrected, with the national anthem of Kazakhstan played afterward.---ASEAN MEETING, NEW YORK, 2010: Sports events dont have a monopoly on errors.When President Barack Obama hosted leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, an inverted Philippine flag -- which wrongfully signified that the Southeast Asian nation was in a state of war -- was displayed upside down behind then-President Benigno Aquino III.The U.S. government blamed an honest mistake and said the U.S. treasures its close relationship and close partnership with the Philippines. ' ' '
