BLAST groups hit halfway point

If you read our last edition, you already know where we left you in the entire BLAST timeline. If you haven't, shame on you, but also no worries. You only missed out on one group.

MIBR, BIG, G2 and NIP took to action this time around in Group B. G2 were pretty confident, but not for long...

Maybe don't gloat so much beforehand, Carlos. We appreciate the meme, but you have got to back it up with a W for it not to bite you in the butt.

The final was technically a rematch of the first game for both teams, but that doesn't mean the result would be the same. Even though BIG saw themselves bested 2-0 in the earlier match, the heat was still very much on for NIP.

And the result was marginally better for the Germans, but unfortunately just not enough. They managed to take one map off of the Ninjas, but one map just doesn't cut it in a best of three. Clue is in the name.

So, with these placements, the teams of Group B earn themselves the following:

• MIBR: $5k and a flight home
• G2: $7,5k a place in BLAST Fall Showdown
• BIG: $12,5k and a place in BLAST Fall Finals
• NIP: $25k and a place in BLAST Fall Finals