The CS:GO calendar is full of tier-one tournaments throughout the entire 12 months and it’s virtually unimaginable for a crew, even one of the best one, to carry out nicely in each single one in all them.
Part of competing is to outlive the slumps and study for them with a view to obtain trophies. Groups like FaZe Clan and Cloud9, particularly the previous, lived particular moments in the course of the season, however additionally they delivered some terrible performances all through 2022.
The CS:GO scene has by no means been so balanced, and due to this fact, we had some memorable upsets all through 2022. Make a journey down reminiscence lane and keep in mind one of the best (or worst, relying on whether or not you cheer for these groups) blunders of the 12 months.
Probably the most disappointing performances in CS:GO of 2022
FaZe Clan goes 0-3 in IEM Rio Main as reigning champions
FaZe’s expectations for IEM Rio Main have been large. They may have turn out to be back-to-back Main champions as they gained PGL Antwerp in Might and will have additionally secured the Intel Grand Slam’s $1 million prize on the Rio Main, however as a substitute, they landed in Brazil for the Legends Stage and misplaced all of their three matches.
The boys led by karrigan fumbled a 13-4 lead in opposition to C9 and misplaced their first match by 16-14, have been dominated by Vitality (16-6), and misplaced to large underdog Unhealthy Information Eagles within the 0-2 pool of IEM Rio Main Legends Stage. Karrigan took the blame after the match was over and FaZe have been eradicated from the $1.25 million match.
Cloud9’s early elimination at PGL Antwerp Main
Certainly one of C9’s lowest factors in the course of the 2022 season was positively their efficiency at PGL Antwerp Main. The squad led by nafany have been among the many favorites to win the showpiece occasion however they didn’t even make it previous the Legends Stage.
C9 beat Outsiders 16-12 within the opening spherical, misplaced 16-14 to Ninjas in Pyjamas within the second spherical, and have been left getting ready to elimination following a 16-8 defeat to FaZe within the 1-1 pool. The Russians arrived as large favorites for the elimination match versus Imperial, however as a substitute of securing a playoff berth, C9 have been despatched dwelling by the Brazilians after a 2-1 loss, which included a 16-3 defeat on Mirage, the decisive map of the collection.
Evil Geniuses’ horrible showings within the first half of 2022
Evil Geniuses had an bold mission for 2022. The North American group signed Stewie2K because the in-game chief and rounded out the roster together with his fellow ELEAGUE Boston Main champions autimatic and RUSH. The group doubted the lineup from the very starting, as a result of CeRq and Brehze have been going by way of slumps, and so have been Stewie2K and RUSH.
The query marks raised by followers find yourself confirming as month after month EG have been all the time one of many first groups to get knocked out of the match. The ultimate straw of this lineup was the Americas RMR for PGL Antwerp Main in April. EG didn’t qualify for the occasion after dropping to underdog 9z within the penultimate match of the occasion and the issues of the lineup began being uncovered proper after.
EG moved the pinnacle coach Damien “maLeK” Marcel to the bench and parted methods together with his assistant coach Paolo “EVY” Berbudeau in Might. One month after his launch, EVY criticized Stewie2K’s lack of professionalism and accused him of not desirous to work with maLeK and refusing to relay info to his teammates throughout matches. Stewie2K said EVY twisted the facts, but in addition apologized for his conduct.
All this led EG to signal Social gathering Astronauts’ and Carpe Diem’s roster in June to assemble the Blueprint project, which goals to type a “fluid” 15-man lineup. After all of the Stewie2K backlash, EG moved him to a content creator position and in addition benched RUSH from the principle roster.
Imperial, 00 Nation go winless at IEM Rio Main regardless of all the gang assist
Most Brazilian groups weren’t anticipated to have a deep run at IEM Rio Main, however nonetheless, they delivered lower than they anticipated and fewer than what the followers have been hoping for. All 5 members of the back-to-back Main champion lineup in 2016 made the Brazilian Main: FalleN, fer, and fnx (as a coach) for Imperial, and after a troublesome run within the RMR, TACO and coldzera did so too with 00 Nation.
Sadly, issues went horrible for either side at IEM Rio Main regardless of all of the followers cheering for them on the Riocentro venue. Imperial misplaced to Vitality (16-9) and 9z (16-11) on the primary day, and so they have been eradicated by C9 on the second day by 2-0 . 00 Nation, alternatively, have been slammed 16-3 by Unhealthy Information Eagles within the opening spherical, dominated 16-6 by FURIA within the second spherical, and misplaced 2-1 to Mongolian aspect IHC after a nail-biting collection.
TACO, coldzera, and Imperial’s VINI and boltz completed among the many lowest-rated gamers in IEM Rio Main Challengers Stage. TACO had a 0.85 ranking, VINI completed with 0.89, coldzera had a 0.91 ranking, and boltz accrued solely a 0.93 ranking, which reveals how badly each Imperial and 00 Nation performed on the Brazilian Main.
Astralis miss first Main for the reason that group was created in 2016
Issues weren’t wanting nice for Astralis forward of the Europe RMR for IEM Rio Main. K0nfig injured his leg after Astralis’ marketing campaign at ESL Professional League season 16 in Malta in September (and later it was revealed that he got into a fistfight while under the influence) and compelled Astralis to discipline the academy participant Mikkel “MistR” Thomsen within the RMR in his place.
The followers had hope, although. Astralis nonetheless had the four-time Main champions gla1ve and Xyp9x enjoying, plus all of the firepower of blameF. On prime of that, Astralis had by no means missed out on qualifying for a CS:GO Main for the reason that group was created in January 2016.
Astralis kicked off their Europe RMR marketing campaign with a 16-12 loss to NiP, recovered with a 16-9 victory over Everlasting Hearth, and located themselves with their backs in opposition to the wall after Unhealthy Information Eagles crushed them 16-3. The Danes confronted forZe within the 1-2 pool of the Europe RMR and have been despatched dwelling after two slim 16-14 losses in that collection, failing to qualify for IEM Rio Main, a vexatory consequence for gla1ve, blameF, and Xyp9x.
Lacking the Main prompted massive modifications in Astralis. K0nfig was launched from his contract, Astralis benched the AWPer Asger “Farlig” Jensen, and signed dev1ce back from NiP.
