
Noir Verse beats Alliance after seven- overTIME Nuke marathon
Noir Verse beats Alliance after seven- overTIME Nuke marathon
Noir Verse defeated Alliance 2–0 in ESL Challenger League Season 52 Europe Cup 12, surviving a 34–31 Nuke marathon before completing the series with a 16–14 Dust2 Victory .
Both maps required overTIME , with the teams playing 95 ROUNDS across the series.
Seven overtimes on Nuke
Noir Verse recovered from a 1–7 deficit on the opening map. Alliance led 8–4 at halftime, but the second Half produced the same score in the opposite direction, sending the teams into overTIME at 12–12.
Seven overTIME periods followed before Noir Verse finally secured the map 34–31.
The 65-round contest became the joint third-longest CS2 map recorded by HLTV, placing it among the GAME ’s most extended competitive maps.
Dust2 also goes beyond regulation
Noir Verse led 8–4 at the interval on Dust2, only for Alliance to respond with eight ROUNDS of its own after the switch.
This time, one overTIME was Enough . Noir Verse won the additional period 4–2 to take the map 16–14 and close out the series.
xeNji tops the scoreboard
xeNji finished with 84 kills, 56 deaths and a 1.35 rating across the two maps. Naginat contributed 78 kills, while avid led Alliance with 75.
Final score: Noir Verse 2–0 Alliance — Nuke 34–31, Dust2 16–14.



