Luminosity have joined NiP in the winners' match of group A after another close game, as they passed their mousesports test 16-13 on de_mirage.

After the first game of day one at MLG Columbus saw Ninjas in Pyjamas and FlipSid3 go head to head in an overtime battle, from which the former came out victorious, it was MOUZ' turn to take on Luminosity on de_mirage.

Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač's kicked things off with a triple in a lurk as Terrorists in the pistol round, however their spread-out default backfired in the following anti-forcebuy as Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David got a triple of his own.

Two anti-ecos went swiftly in favor of the Brazilians before MOUZ got the first full gunround on board. They could never string more than one round in a row together, however, as the following three went Luminosity's way, and three more after NiKo's team picked up only one despite his heroics.

NiKo's heroics weren't enough to close out Mirage

The halftime score showed 10-5 for Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's squad after Johannes "⁠nex⁠" Maget turned things around with a deagle triple in a forcebuy. NiKo's insane triple in the second pistol round helped them sway it back to 10-8. Lincoln "⁠fnx⁠" Lau snatched the first gunround though following a 1-on-2 clutch.

At 12-8 NiKo worked wonders again, as he picked up an AK-47 from an early trade and got two more kills in an unfavorable situation to convert a nearly full eco into a round win. Once again his team couldn't string more rounds together though as Luminosity picked up two in a row with an eco included.

Due to a lot of players dying in the previous rounds Luminosity found themselves in a double eco after just one round lost, but fnx made sure it wasn't too close as his triple in a well-thought-out fake pushed his team to match point. That was turned into a victory only two rounds afterwards when the Brazilian lineup managed to win in a forcebuy, 3-on-4 afterplant situation.

MLG Columbus 2016Best of 1 LuminosityMatchpage 16 13 29th March 2016 MOUZ 16Mirage 13

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	24 - 17	+7	89.6	1.25
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	21 - 17	+4	83.3	1.19
Lincoln 'fnx' Laufnx	22 - 18	+4	74.7	1.11
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	17 - 23	-6	78.4	0.98
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	15 - 19	-4	54.9	0.82

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	25 - 22	+3	108.1	1.33
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	25 - 22	+3	85.7	1.23
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	17 - 16	+1	73.0	1.05
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterSpiidi	15 - 19	-4	70.3	0.89
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	12 - 20	-8	31.2	0.63

For the next couple of matches the competition will move on to group B with FaZe versus Liquid set to begin soon.

Marcelo 'coldzera' David Age: 21 Team: Luminosity Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 223 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.64 MOUZ #10 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačJohannes 'nex' MagetTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell FaZe #11 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoMikail 'Maikelele' BillPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' NygaardJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Ninjas in Pyjamas #9 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Age: 24 Team: Luminosity Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 269 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.61 Johannes 'nex' Maget Age: 23 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 440 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 Luminosity #4 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Liquid #18 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinNick 'nitr0' CannellaOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiKenneth 'koosta' Suen FlipSid3 #16 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyOleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukGeorgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin Lincoln 'fnx' Lau Age: 26 Team: Luminosity Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 138 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 19 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 330 KPR: 0.83 DPR: 0.70