BLAST.tv Americas RMR Day 1 Live Blog
The BLAST.tv Paris Major Americas RMR is about to get underway today with the first few matches starting in just under an hour. North American fans will be tuning in to see Liquid, Complexity, Evil Geniuses, Nouns, and yur fight their way through the list of South American teams and even their own continental compatriots for just five spots for Paris.
With the matches happening throughout the day, this live blog will be serving you all as the one-stop shop for all highlights, match notes, and news updates for the day. Keep refreshing this page to see any and all relevant information for your day as we try to bring you the best from Monterrey!
12:10AM - Day is done
Matchups are out, and boy, are some of these games going to be insane. An unfortunate elimination match between yur and Nouns will see one American team head home.
11:45PM - yur lose lead
One of the most interesting teams of the tournament, yur unfortunately fall to Fluxo, despite holding a lead after a strong T-side. The Americans will now be headed to the 0-1 elimination matches.
Fluxoyur| Fluxo |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Allan 'history' Lawrenz |
28 - 13 | +15 | 94.5 | 82.8% | 1.50 |
| Adriano 'WOOD7' Cerato |
25 - 15 | +10 | 95.7 | 75.9% | 1.44 |
| Lucas 'Lucaozy' Neves |
26 - 18 | +8 | 88.3 | 86.2% | 1.39 |
| Vinicius 'vsm' Moreira |
14 - 18 | -4 | 50.9 | 79.3% | 0.90 |
| João 'felps' Vasconcellos |
15 - 23 | -8 | 68.9 | 58.6% | 0.89 |
| yur |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Anthony 'CLASIA' Kearney |
22 - 19 | +3 | 93.0 | 69.0% | 1.22 |
| Ethan 'reck' Serrano |
22 - 20 | +2 | 89.6 | 72.4% | 1.17 |
 Walker 'walker' Harris |
22 - 21 | +1 | 77.5 | 72.4% | 1.07 |
| Jordon 'jitter' Ruggiero |
11 - 25 | -14 | 62.1 | 58.6% | 0.63 |
| Matthew 'd4rty' Paplawskas |
10 - 23 | -13 | 40.9 | 51.7% | 0.52 |
11:45PM - MIBR go down in surprising upset
MIBR are one of the few teams that were given an upset today as they went down to Flamengo in a double overtime brawl on Nuke. With the tough battles done with, it now means they have a potential elimination match against 00 Nation or Nouns.
MIBRFlamengo| MIBR |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henrique 'HEN1' Teles |
31 - 17 | +14 | 68.7 | 78.6% | 1.26 |
| Matheus 'Tuurtle' Anhaia |
32 - 27 | +5 | 85.5 | 69.0% | 1.16 |
| Raphael 'exit' Lacerda |
24 - 24 | +0 | 73.7 | 73.8% | 1.04 |
| Breno 'brnz4n' Poletto |
28 - 30 | -2 | 75.9 | 64.3% | 0.95 |
| Felipe 'insani' Yuji |
22 - 32 | -10 | 60.6 | 57.1% | 0.84 |
| Flamengo |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinicius 'n1ssim' Pereira |
34 - 26 | +8 | 92.6 | 71.4% | 1.21 |
| Caio 'zqkS' Fonseca |
26 - 26 | +0 | 59.6 | 76.2% | 1.02 |
| Felipe 'delboNi' Delboni |
23 - 24 | -1 | 60.8 | 61.9% | 0.91 |
| Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' Gonçalves |
25 - 29 | -4 | 62.7 | 69.0% | 0.90 |
| Arthur 'f4stzin' Schmitt |
21 - 32 | -11 | 63.3 | 71.4% | 0.77 |
11:00PM - EG take down Imperial!
In a stunning turn of events, the emergency substitute team defeated Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo's squad in the opening match. It was close, but the North Americans managed to cross the finish line at 16-12, going up to the 1-0 pool. Because of the new schedule forced due to technical delays, EG will play their 1-0 match tomorrow instead of today.
ImperialEvil Geniuses| Imperial |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo 'boltz' Prass |
23 - 14 | +9 | 95.2 | 85.7% | 1.38 |
| Jhonatan 'JOTA' Willian |
19 - 17 | +2 | 75.8 | 82.1% | 1.15 |
| Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes |
18 - 19 | -1 | 80.1 | 75.0% | 1.11 |
| Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo |
18 - 17 | +1 | 54.4 | 67.9% | 0.87 |
| Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo |
11 - 17 | -6 | 47.2 | 71.4% | 0.79 |
| Evil Geniuses |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte |
20 - 17 | +3 | 82.3 | 85.7% | 1.25 |
| Timothy 'autimatic' Ta |
20 - 24 | -4 | 85.4 | 64.3% | 1.10 |
 Sanzhar 'neaLaN' Iskhakov |
15 - 17 | -2 | 62.1 | 78.6% | 1.06 |
| Jadan 'HexT' Postma |
19 - 16 | +3 | 58.1 | 75.0% | 1.01 |
| Jerric 'wiz' Jiang |
9 - 15 | -6 | 48.3 | 75.0% | 0.85 |
08:40PM - Evil Geniuses is getting down to business!
Imperial and Evil Geniuses are on their way toward duking it out on Inferno as EG looks to reverse their fortunes and Imperial tries to keep the good times rolling.
Watch the stream, here!
08:15PM - Complexity takes a victory, but Nouns go take a loss
North America has a 2-1 record so far tonight as Liquid and Complexity are able to secure their first round matchups, but Nouns valiantly lost to Bestia in an incredibly close match on Overpass.
ComplexitySolid| Complexity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli |
26 - 15 | +11 | 96.6 | 76.9% | 1.43 |
| Justin 'FaNg' Coakley |
25 - 17 | +8 | 86.5 | 76.9% | 1.27 |
 Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou |
20 - 19 | +1 | 79.2 | 69.2% | 1.08 |
| Michael 'Grim' Wince |
17 - 20 | -3 | 80.3 | 76.9% | 1.01 |
| Ricky 'floppy' Kemery |
13 - 14 | -1 | 63.2 | 61.5% | 0.90 |
| Solid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilherme 'roz' Pureza |
20 - 20 | +0 | 87.5 | 61.5% | 1.11 |
| Felipe 'nolkz' Rodrigues |
19 - 18 | +1 | 71.2 | 65.4% | 1.05 |
| Leonardo 'Lcm' Moreira |
17 - 20 | -3 | 69.2 | 65.4% | 0.91 |
| Daniel 'DANVIET' Marques |
12 - 21 | -9 | 66.3 | 61.5% | 0.87 |
| Gabriel 'gbb' Pereira |
17 - 22 | -5 | 74.3 | 57.7% | 0.80 |
BESTIANouns| BESTIA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Luca 'Luken' Nadotti |
23 - 20 | +3 | 93.8 | 75.9% | 1.24 |
| Marcos 'deco' Amato |
21 - 18 | +3 | 77.5 | 72.4% | 1.19 |
| Ignacio 'meyern' Meyer |
25 - 20 | +5 | 71.3 | 82.8% | 1.18 |
| Luciano 'luchov' Herrera |
21 - 22 | -1 | 101.1 | 75.9% | 1.17 |
| Nicolás 'Noktse' Dávila |
15 - 16 | -1 | 55.2 | 69.0% | 0.92 |
| Nouns |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan 'Bwills' Williams |
26 - 21 | +5 | 100.3 | 69.0% | 1.29 |
| Christopher 'cJ dA K1nG' Jones |
19 - 19 | +0 | 79.9 | 69.0% | 1.18 |
 Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado |
22 - 22 | +0 | 79.0 | 65.5% | 1.16 |
| David 'cynic' Polster |
15 - 21 | -6 | 58.3 | 62.1% | 0.77 |
| Carson 'nosraC' O'Reilly |
14 - 24 | -10 | 55.5 | 65.5% | 0.72 |
07:10PM - Complexity are getting underway
The Dallas team are getting their fight on against Team Solid, where they will hope to avoid an upset and being their grueling path to success in the 1-0 box.
06:50PM - FURIA make quick work for LOS + oNe
FURIA seemed keen to help BLAST catch up on the schedule as they followed Liquid's example by crushing LOS + oNe 16-6 on Ancient.
FURIATeamOne| FURIA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato |
19 - 12 | +7 | 111.8 | 81.8% | 1.64 |
| Yuri 'yuurih' Santos |
20 - 10 | +10 | 91.5 | 81.8% | 1.45 |
| André 'drop' Abreu |
17 - 10 | +7 | 74.3 | 90.9% | 1.37 |
| Andrei 'arT' Piovezan |
12 - 13 | -1 | 63.8 | 77.3% | 1.06 |
| Rafael 'saffee' Costa |
14 - 12 | +2 | 53.6 | 72.7% | 1.00 |
| TeamOne |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor 'iDk' Torraca |
18 - 15 | +3 | 91.9 | 72.7% | 1.07 |
| Matheus 'pesadelo' Panisset |
12 - 16 | -4 | 66.4 | 59.1% | 0.87 |
| Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos |
10 - 15 | -5 | 42.4 | 59.1% | 0.66 |
| Alencar 'trk' Rossato |
7 - 17 | -10 | 41.8 | 45.5% | 0.56 |
 Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa |
9 - 21 | -12 | 58.0 | 59.1% | 0.53 |
06:30PM - Liquid smash 00 Nation
After a plethora of delays, Liquid has made quick work of 00 Nation to go up 1-0 in the swiss bracket, taking down Marcelo "'coldzera" David and co. 16-4 on Mirage.
Liquid00NATION| Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith 'NAF' Markovic |
20 - 7 | +13 | 107.0 | 85.0% | 1.82 |
 Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis |
19 - 12 | +7 | 81.8 | 65.0% | 1.48 |
| Josh 'oSee' Ohm |
12 - 6 | +6 | 57.1 | 90.0% | 1.25 |
| Nick 'nitr0' Cannella |
14 - 16 | -2 | 79.3 | 75.0% | 1.11 |
| Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski |
12 - 14 | -2 | 74.2 | 70.0% | 0.92 |
| 00NATION |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas 'nqz' Soares |
22 - 15 | +7 | 106.8 | 75.0% | 1.38 |
| Bruno 'latto' Rebelatto |
13 - 17 | -4 | 92.2 | 70.0% | 0.94 |
| Marcelo 'coldzera' David |
10 - 15 | -5 | 53.4 | 55.0% | 0.63 |
| Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer |
8 - 16 | -8 | 49.1 | 55.0% | 0.51 |
| Leonardo 'n9xtz' Santos |
2 - 15 | -13 | 21.6 | 55.0% | 0.36 |
06:15PM - FURIA vs. LOS + oNe now live!
After more delays on the second stream, FURIA vs. LOS + oNe is now live on the BLAST.tv GL event:
05:55PM - More issues on day one
Just as things had gotten going in Liquid vs. 00 Nation, it all came to a screeching halt once again, as the server went down at the start of round nine, leaving the desk confused while also contending with audio issues affecting both streams.
05:30PM - We are live!
After about 90 minutes of delay, the two streams are live on Twitch. Unfortunaetly, YouTube still appears to be down, but you can check out the action on the below streams:
FURIA vs. LOS + oNe will be live here
Liquid vs. 00 Nation will be live here
04:50PM - ICYMI - Tech delays hit Americas RMR
Delays continue to affect the RMR as the BLAST and Liga Ace teams scramble to start matches:
04:35PM - ICYMI - Dust2.us interviews FaNg
While waiting for matches to start, if you're looking for something to sink your teeth into, be sure to check out our earlier interview with Complexity's very own Justin "FaNg" Coakley below:
04:15PM - Delays to start the day
With round one scheduled to start fifteen minutes ago, our team on the ground tells us there will be a slight delay to the start of proceedings. Matches are now scheduled to kick off in short order barring any issues.
When matches do start, be sure to keep up with the action BLAST's Youtube Channels:
FURIA vs. LOS + oNe will be live here
Liquid vs. 00 Nation will be live here
