How’s the sleep schedule looking?
If your answer to that was ‘pretty good, actually’, then we hate you and are very jealous. However, you might be in luck, as long as you’re European.
If you’re American, the terrible sleep schedule might be pretty handy, because ESL Challenger Rotterdam starts at around 9AM on Saturday and Sunday, and 10:30AM on Friday.
In retrospect, that really isn’t that early. But it is for us gamers.
This should be a genuinely fun event, though - there’s eight teams with a nice mix of quality and with a bunch of teams missing out on the Major. This is like the gulag when you get killed in Warzone.
There are three teams who should dominate, though.
While this event in theory could be a banger, there’s a decent chance one of MOUZ or ENCE roll everybody and win, and if they don’t, Outsiders probably should.
Movistar have looked awful as of late, Eternal Fire are underwhelming, Nixuh and Fluxo are complete unknowns and Team oNe didn’t pull up any trees at the Americas RMR.
However, with the first three teams probably looking to prepare for the Major, there’s a genuine chance that someone like Fluxo could surprise the field and pull off something special.
If you’re waiting for Rio and hankering for some Counter-Strike, there’s something for you this week.
Maybe don’t bother with the Movistar vs Eternal Fire game, though. That sounds like a stinker.
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