Main surprises of RMR
The tournament was truly rich in storylines with underdogs, many of whom succeeded by defeating famous teams and earning a slot at the major. This is especially true for 9INE, who advanced to the "Legends" stage with a 3-0 score, defeating G2, BIG, and Vitality. Into The Breach also made it to the Legends stage, becoming the first predominantly British team in the history of majors.
Disappointing teams
Many seemingly strong teams turned out to be not so impressive. Spirit unexpectedly played poorly and were eliminated from the RMR without a single victory. Astralis, Eternal Fire, and Virtus.pro were only slightly better with only one victory. VP, by the way, got involved in a scandal with a substitution in the middle of the tournament allegedly due to visa problems for Kair0N-. BLAST even banned discussing this topic in post-match interviews. It all ended up with absolute chaos within the team and a missed opportunity for IEM Rio, to which, as former CEO of HellRaisers reported, the roster simply refused to go.
BIG and Cloud9 became the worst of the best - these two tier-1 organizations could have qualified for the BLAST.tv Paris Major, but at the moment both have problems with their roster that ideally should be solved with replacements.
FaZe can also be included in the list of disappointing teams - the champions of EPL S17 and Intel Grand Slam had a hard time qualifying for the event. A careful preparation is needed before the major to avoid mistakes.
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Final groups of teams at BLAST.tv Paris Major
Legends
- NAVI
- 9INE
- Fnatic
- Heroic
- Into The Breach
- Vitality
- Bad News Eagles
- FURIA
Challengers
- Monte
- G2
- GamerLegion
- FORZE
- Apeks
- NIP
- OG
- PaiN
Contenders
- ENCE
- MOUZ
- FaZe
- Complexity
- Liquid
- Fluxo
The first matches of the Paris Major, the last CS:GO championship of this level, will begin on May 8th. A total of 24 teams will compete for a prize pool of $1.25 million. The main stage of the event will be hosted at the Accor Arena.
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