It was an thrilling however in any other case unremarkable opening spherical of matches on the BLAST Paris CS:GO Main Legend Stage on Could 13, with most of the occasion’s high squads surviving their first best-of-one unscathed. The identical couldn’t be stated, nevertheless, in spherical two.
Prime squads G2 Esports, FURIA, and 9INE all face shock early exits as they put together for day two of the Legends Stage, with G2 falling towards Vitality and Unhealthy Information Eagles of their opening matches after a dominant show throughout final week’s Challenger Stage.
However all eyes have been on FaZe Clan, who joined the aforementioned squads at 0-2 after dropping best-of-ones to world No. 1 Heroic (16-7) and British representatives Into The Breach (16-12). ITB acquired a excessive seed after their EU RMR blitz in April, whereas, regardless of their standing as one of many world’s greatest CS:GO squads, FaZe entered with a far decrease seed after scraping previous the Final Likelihood Qualifier and Challenger Stage.
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Nonetheless, following ITB’s victory, a video surfaced on-line revealing tv screens that featured a dwell producer feed of the sport have been positioned in view of the ITB staff sales space. The video was despatched to HLTV’s Danish “Nohte” Allana, who posted it on behalf of the nameless recorder.
It’s understood the screens solely displayed a choose few rounds on the finish of the map following the conclusion of the G2-BNE sequence. There was no proof suggesting ITB had used this info to their benefit, because the squad on a number of events executed T rounds right into a stacked FaZe bombsite. And, with such a distance between the gamers and the producer feed displays, it might have been subsequent to inconceivable to decipher the photographs.
Nonetheless, the query of aggressive integrity have to be requested of event organizer BLAST—particularly at a Main event, no much less—as to how this lapse of judgment might happen.
Whereas a vocal minority made outlandish claims of ITB dishonest and calls for the match be replayed, these with cooler heads as an alternative turned their ire to BLAST.
“[The] worst factor about that is individuals will now try to convey down ITB’s win over FaZe regardless that they nearly actually didn’t even discover the display,” said analyst Janko “YNk” Paunovic following the map. “However we will’t know for certain and that’s why BLAST ought to’ve by no means allowed one thing like this to occur within the first place.”
Dot Esports has reached out to BLAST for remark however has not acquired any response right now.
Across the grounds, the upsets stored coming, with FURIA caught napping of their best-of-ones, profitable zero T facet rounds in heavy losses to Monte and Ninjas In Pyjamas, whereas 9INE—one of many top-seeded squads out of the EU RMR’s—went right down to Staff Liquid and GamerLegion.
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Natus Vincere was robust of their opening map win towards GamerLegion however fell unceremoniously to Staff Liquid, who themselves sit comfortably at 2-0 and should but qualify for the Champions Stage after being written off throughout final week’s 3-2 reverse sweep on the Challengers Stage.
The BLAST Paris Main Legends Stage resumes right now, Could 14 at 4:30am CT.
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