Donk doubters, where you at?

The kid had enough of the fraud slander and decided to take matters into his own hands in Malta.

In the opening round against Wildcard, donk broke the CS2 kill record, racking up 38 kills in regulation on Ancient. If that wasn’t impressive enough, he followed up with 37 kills on Nuke, this time with one OT.

No one in the series had more kills than donk’s kill/death differential. Yes, you read that right.

We could write 17 different newsletters just from the absurd stats he posted in this series alone. Don’t worry, we won’t.

Now, we know it’s hard to believe, but this isn’t even the craziest part. Despite donk’s nuclear performance, the entire series was actually close.

If he hadn’t gone full supernova, Spirit might have lost to Amouranth’s org. Wild times we live in.

In Spirit’s next series, history played its trick again. Donk donked, and his team vanished, paving the way for MIBR to secure a Playoffs spot in a banger of a match. Seriously, watch this clip.

In sharp contrast, the clash between The MongolZ and KOI was anything but competitive. KOI only managed to win a single round across the entire BO3.

Honestly, we’re pretty sure our Level 4 premade could have pulled off at least two. Our DM’s are open.

While Group B stole the spotlight, Group A also had its share of surprises, with Sangal’s upsets vs. FaZe and HEROIC. Okay, HEROIC are terrible and FaZe are not who they used to be, but it’s still surprising.

If Sangal isn’t on your radar yet, you might want to keep an eye on them from now on.

In other (less thrilling) opening round results, NAVI and Eternal Fire swept Lynn Vision and FlyQuest, respectively.

If touching grass is not on your Friday plans, we recommend a couple of matches: catch the donk show in Spirit vs. The MongolZ, or dive into FaZe and Sangal’s rematch.