NA sees first two teams eliminated
After a first day full of Counter-Strike, the second would be starting with qualification and elimination BO3s. In a day where two teams would book their flights to Monterrey, another two would be shattered for not being able to move forward in the qualifier.
Today, Reign and 4ORMULA were the teams eliminated from the BLAST.tv Paris Major North American RMR Closed Qualifier. Reign lost to Take Flyte and 4ORMULA couldn't survive against LOS + oNe.
Reign's campaign wasn't easy to start with. The ESEA Advanced side started off by facing Complexity and lost the BO1 16-10 showing a good T-side on Nuke. After facing the #1 seed in the qualifier, Reign had to face Evil Geniuses that, despite their recent form, are still favorites to reach the Americas RMR. Once again Reign showed a good T-side, this time on Inferno, but it wasn't enough, as EG won the match 16-8. Reign found themselves down 0-2 early but still had a chance to survive day two, would they beat Take Flyte. Unfortunately for Collin "CoJoMo" Moren and co., the team lost the series 2-0 and were eliminated from the closed qualifier.
For 4ORMULA's side, the team is leaving the qualifier with great exhibitions despite the results. To start the tournament, Noah "Nifty" Francis' squad almost upset paiN on Vertigo, but couldn't find their feet on the CT-side, and the map ended 16-12 for the Brazilians. Up next would be the ECL side of ATK. In a very close match, 4ORMULA couldn't resist ATK's offense and lost 16-14 on Inferno. In the elimination series, the ESEA Advanced side would face oNe in the BO3. The North Americans couldn't maintain the level of play of the day before and the Brazilians comfortably survived day two and will look to stay alive on day three. The series ended 2-0 for the South American team.
Take Flyte and oNe will find their opponents from the losers in the current pool of 1-1 record teams, Strife, Nouns, ATK, Detonate, yur, Mythic, Vendetta, and EG.
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