Because the transition to RMR occasions for the needs of CS:GO Main qualification, the RMR tournaments themselves have produced some thrilling drama. At these do-or-die tournaments, the outdated guard should maintain off the brand new breed of CS:GO expertise to earn a spot at one of the crucial illustrious occasions in all of esports.
In the course of the Street to Rio RMR occasions, followers noticed groups like Evil Geniuses, NiP, Group Liquid, and Sprout defy expectations and make spectacular qualifying runs. However this got here at the price of a few of the most legendary names and gamers, most notably G2 Esports and Astralis.
When trying on the prime gamers from these RMR occasions, in line with stats from HLTV, a pattern emerged. Of every of the highest three gamers from all 4 RMR occasions, two of them have been from a single staff that ended up qualifying. These dominant duos helped paved the highway for his or her staff to succeed in the IEM Rio Main, so let’s check out every one.
NiP’s brollan and Hampus – Europe RMR A
As talked about above, NiP’s sudden upward spike got here as a shock. The staff made an enormous change only a month prior, bringing in IGL Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen and altering the official comms to English. With the change in language and with Akeksib’s inventory as an IGL lowered after unsuccessful stints with OG and G2, many anticipated the Ninjas to battle.
However nobody instructed Hampus Poser and Ludvig “Brollan” Brolin that NiP have been alleged to battle. The Swedish duo carried NiP to an ideal 3-0 file with wins over Astralis, Dangerous Information Eagles, and eventually Cloud9 in a best-of-three. Brollan was one of many prime gamers on the occasion in opening kills, and each gamers had 9 rounds every with three kills or extra.
NAVI’s s1mple and electron1c – Europe RMR B
It’s no shock or shock to see that the duo of Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev and Denis “electroNic” Sharipov delivered but once more for NAVI. After a little bit little bit of an underwhelming first half of the 12 months, not less than in comparison with a staff like NAVI’s expectations, the staff appears to be again in type at simply the fitting time.
ElectroNic and s1mple have been No. 1 and 2 in participant score by a large margin as NAVI went 4 for 4 on maps performed within the Europe RMR B. Each gamers notched Okay/D rankings of over 1.7. ElectroNic had six triple kills, 5 quad kills, and an ace, whereas s1mple showcased how lethal he’s with each the AK and the AWP.
FURIA’s saffee and arT – Americas RMR
In contrast to the opposite names and groups on this record, FURIA didn’t cruise to a 3-0 file within the Americas RMR. The staff stumbled within the second spherical of best-of-ones in opposition to the surprisingly solid-looking EG staff however rallied with wins over fellow Brazilian groups O Plano and paiN Gaming.
In opposition to O Plano, it was Andrei “arT” Piovezan who went completely lethal on Mirage along with his AWP, posting 26 kills (12 with the sniper) in opposition to solely 5 deaths in a 16-2 stomp. He notched 20 kills in every map in opposition to paiN too, however Rafael “saffee” Costa shined the brightest in that two-map collection on Nuke and Vertigo, posting 50 kills throughout the 2 maps.
IHC’s bLitz and sk0R – Asia RMR
The Asian CS:GO scene is so typically ignored. The area has so not often made a deep run at any Main, save for the occasional Renegades run over the previous few years. However IHC Esports made a really clear case to be thought-about the most effective staff out of Asia after their dominant run by means of the Asia qualifiers and RMR occasion, failing to drop a single collection by means of all the run.
On the RMR itself, the Mongolian staff was carried by all-star performances from Garidmagnai “bLitz” Byambasuren and Tengis “sk0R” Batjargal. The 2 sat above all the discipline in each participant score and Okay/D score and have been the heavy hitters of their staff’s wins in opposition to JiJieHao and Grayhound. Sk0r dropped a staggering 40 kills in opposition to Grayhound in extra time on Mirage to safe IHC’s Main spot.
