We’ve got a week or so ‘til the second half of the RMR, but there’s so much to cover in this whole event that we can’t avoid it.

This group is going to be f’ing chaos.

Nearly all the good teams have asterisks, and nearly all the weaker teams have upset potential. G2 have serious star power, and almost certainly won’t lose in groups... right?

That said, there’s a possibility for G2 to go 0-3, and they never miss that opportunity.

Players have the uncertainties over their head that are a bit more serious, while NIP have a new roster (ish). Entropiq are pretty damn good, but there’s always a feeling that at some point they’re going to stop being good.

We can’t describe it, but if they went out here you almost would just say “yeah, that makes sense”.

A similar fate could befall Copenhagen Flames, while Astralis are still something of a new roster. ENCE... well, we’re sure there’s some way they’re not amazing. We just don’t know what it is yet.

That leaves HEET, SINNERS, Spirit, AVE, Sprout, Bad News Eagles, Endpoint, Sangal and Anonymo. Everyone knows at this point that HEET are dangerous, and Spirit have chopper at a Major.

If you know, you know.

We’re pretty excited for Bad News Eagles, too. They’ve been winning a whole lot, and they’re the first Kosovan team ever to make it this far. Nothing to lose, now!

It’s almost impossible to know who is getting out of this group, and trying to figure it out would only ruin the magic. Sit back, watch and enjoy this absolute fiesta. It’s going to be wonderful.

Tune in to this week's episode of Overtime on Inferno where your favorite hosts aizyesque and Logan Ramhap go deep on the biggest news in CS:GO:

• Why EG are going to lose to Party Astronauts (oops)
• Why SIXER would be fine on FaZe Clan
• Just how old is Snappi?

... well, sort of.

Doing it, in this context, means “has not yet been eliminated from the qualifier” which is accurate. The North Americans are still in the RMR. A big achievement given recent performance.

So far, they’ve managed to survive with a 3-2 record that sees them playing 9z today for a chance to play Pain later for the final spot of the RMR.

It’s perhaps a sign of the state of NA CSGO that this is considered a big accomplishment, but it’s certainly better than the six teams who are already managed to get eliminated.

EG held onto their chance on Thursday with a 2-1 win over the Party Astronauts, and they genuinely looked pretty okay. Brehze, RUSH, and autimatic ended the series with over 1.2 ratings each, though Stewie was once again underwhelming.

On the plus side for you NA readers, two other American teams have already qualified. Both Liquid and Complexity made it alongside the four Brazilian rosters of FURIA, MIBR, Imperial, and paiN.

Will EG take the spot? We think they need to. Anything that isn’t qualifying will at this point be a huge disappointment. Their current roster has had serious difficulties and a failure to qualify for this major would likely have many calling for a change.

There are only three teams left in the balance. Tune in to the games today to see who will get it.

🍖 Freshly served beef

• Now hold on with your pitchforks and your torches, we’re just quoting neL.
• As much as we’d love to see gla1ve and cadiaN square up - make strats, not war.
• Kevin Hitt asked some hard questions about esports and Saudi Arabia. The questions were good, the answers... not so much.
• Slight shots have been fired by the Virtus Pro Outsiders squad's new (temporary) logo.

🇺🇸 We love you NA, we do...

• Nothing like that luxury treatment, right LFO?
• Sonic is now closed for CS and open for Business.
• Jonji is exposing a truly self-fulfilling prophecy. Shame.

🥴 Flop of the week

• You’d think we’d see this as a W, but given how big FaZe is as an org... Four years without #1 is just an L. See, mental gymnastics isn’t that hard.
• Nice work PGL. At least they aren’t doing the Majo- oh wait.
• And today’s biggest loser is... 00Nation in a 5v4!