Ksharp's Match Review: Dallas Venom
Posted by: moto
Kyle "Ksharp" Miller is best known for his exciting play style, amazing awp and all around fantastic play. Kyle is a long time member of 3D.NY and while he has become a fan favorite over the years, his first person demos have always been few and far between. It's without further ado that I present to you Ksharp's Match Review of 3D.NY vs. Pandemic, which took place before the 2008 CGS Combine & Draft.
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Reston, VA

Name:
Kyle Miller
Position:
Player
About the author
Kyle is a long time member and original founders of 3D.NY. He is also one of the most well known Counter-Strike players in the world.
Round 1
The first round of the match starts off with me awping in the tower. Not my favorite spot but someone has to do it. Nick fell asleep outside and gets picked in the first few seconds of the round. Now I have to go take another angle I really dont like, tower to outside. I'm able to get a quick peek and take down zid who is running across to the warehouse. The T's were attempting to attack the upper site, but mikey and sal were able to stop them pretty quickly. I realize that ramp is open so I head over to cover that. The last 2 t's decide to rush ramp but I'm already there waiting and finish them off with two awp shots.
1-0
Round 2
Nick gets pushed back outside almost off the bat again, and we run into each other underneath the tower. The t's make a quick move into the upper bombsite where I think all of our team is blind at the same time. It didn't take long for this to turn bad as mikey sal and I are all dead in almost the same instant. After this round Nick and I talk about a new approach to the outside defense and it works out better in the next rounds.
1-1
Round 3

Ksharp posted up
I start things off with a quick hop onto the ramp room box and set up with an awp for any unsuspecting enemies. Dominator runs into my crosshair not even a second after I get set up and he gets picked trying to make it into the ramp hallway. The team starts to call for help as upper and outside is smoked and getting flashed so I come help and as soon as I get in the tower I'm blind. I did see one T getting down the vent into lower and start to rotate back to ramp to help out. Somehow I shoot through an enemy in the ramp room but it doens't really matter as the team has everything under control and the round ends shortly after.
2-1
Round 4
n0it starts things out with a quick awp pick outside so I come back to tower to make sure everyones ok. I bounce back and forth between outside tower and ramp to support anyone that needs it and eventually the upper rush comes. Sal erupts on the first T and I pick up the last 3 from the tower to put a swift end to their attack. I also get a "nice job kyle" from #1 player mikey so, and that makes me pretty happy.
3-1
Round 5
Finally some ramp room action. Juan and I had been wondering when this was gonna come, and unfortunately I leg the first guy I see which ends up in juan getting killed instead of saved. A few t's rush upper as well but mikey so picks up both. Falling back to under tower I manage to get zid but the last T who I legged at the beginning of the round saves his gun.
4-1
Round 6
A super boring round from my POV. I spent the entire time looking at hut while my teammates are running around fragging people, I want that job next time! The t's get pushed on from everywhere and the last one is killed near spawn I believe.
5-1
Round 7

Ksharp takes down Dominator
The last round I was hoping for some ramp action and they must have read my mind. Mustang threw me off a little bit by getting a pick in upper early round, but I was still at ramp in time to help Juan who managed to get 2 outta 4 of the rushers alone.
An interesting round where the venom rush upper and I don't really get to see anyone because of the lovely smoke grenades tossed into tower. Volcano picks up two of the rushers and when I finally get into the rafter from tower to help him I get flanked from under window/ramp. Thankfully Nick n0it is the savior of the round winning a 1v2 with his trusty awp/deagle and manages to defuse before the bomb explodes. GJ NICK!
6-1
Round 8
Another upper rush by the Dallas team... aaaaand another round of being blind but this time no smokes! That allows me to get two picks from the tower on the people coming out from hut, while our upper defense gets another 2. The last T had killed nick outside earlier so I knew to quickly check outside to make sure he wasn't underneath me(no more dying from people coming up the ladder behind me please!) Thankfully he was only at the mini entrance to upper and I got him with another awp shot.
7-1
Round 9
The last round I was hoping for some ramp action and they must have read my mind. Mustang threw me off a little bit by getting a pick in upper early round, but I was still at ramp in time to help Juan who managed to get 2 outta 4 of the rushers alone. I finished the last two off and we picked up another round giving us a great start and much needed lead going into T side of nuke.
Final Half Score 8-1