E-Xolos LAZER almost blow 12-0 lead to Homyno; Take Flyte forced to forfeit against BOSS
The best was saved for last in this first round of the North America Closed Qualifier for the Americas RMR as E-Xolos LAZER completely destroyed Homyno and BOSS enjoyed a freebie due to a Take Flyte player being unable to get home in time.
With these results, Homyno, Take Flyte, Limitless, Phoenix, Akimbo, FLUFFY AIMERS, Mythic, and LAG are all facing elimination in the next round and will be playing Bo3 series between each other. On the other side, E-Xolos LAZER and BOSS join Elevate, PA, NRG, Nouns, Wildcard, and Legacy in the Round 2 1-0 Bo1 matches.
Although Mythic took some time to join their first match of the event, everything is running smoothly and on time, which for most is a positive. However, for Caleb "jchancE" Davis, it was far from ideal. The Take Flyte player couldn't get home from work in time for his first CQ game against BOSS. The team decided to forfeit the match, thus awarding BOSS a FF win.
While the community was trying to figure out what was happening with the Take Flyte v. BOSS game, E-Xolos LAZER were destroying Homyno on Nuke. The Brazilian squad started the map on the CT-side with a 12-0 lead before the Québecoise put together a string of rounds and cut the lead to 12-8. E-Xolos LAZER would close the map 13-8.
Up next are the 1-0 Bo1 matches, as Legacy will take on BOSS, Wildcard will face E-Xolos LAZER, NRG will fight Elevate, and Nouns will meet the Partynauts. After those four matches, the 0-1 teams will fight for survival in the Bo3 elimination series.
BOSSTake Flyte
E-Xolos LAZERHomyno| E-Xolos LAZER |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Daniel 'danoco' Morgado |
30 - 14 | +16 | 126.6 | 85.7% | 2.01 |
| Matheus 'mawth' Gonçalves |
14 - 11 | +3 | 90.1 | 71.4% | 1.29 |
| Alef 'tatazin' Pereira |
16 - 13 | +3 | 71.9 | 71.4% | 1.15 |
| Paulo 'land1n' Felipe |
12 - 11 | +1 | 66.3 | 76.2% | 1.09 |
| William 'w1' Almasan |
7 - 14 | -7 | 47.0 | 76.2% | 0.76 |
| Homyno |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gabriel 'TENSKEE' Rodrigue |
17 - 17 | +0 | 101.6 | 76.2% | 1.24 |
| David 'J0LZ' Jolin |
15 - 14 | +1 | 73.1 | 66.7% | 1.09 |
| Jérémy 'BiNoX' Chiasson |
11 - 15 | -4 | 42.7 | 61.9% | 0.87 |
| Cedric 'Melio' Perrault |
9 - 15 | -6 | 55.7 | 61.9% | 0.81 |
| Gabriel 'Gabie' Cordeiro |
11 - 18 | -7 | 59.7 | 66.7% | 0.75 |
