Of eight teams, there were three Asian teams at CAC.

So far, two of those teams have been eliminated and the one win they’ve got (combined) was against… TYLOO.

Wings Up got absolutely smacked by MOUZ and comfortably cut down by NIP in an elimination game to meet their demise, while TYLOO at least picked up seven rounds against ENCE.

They then lost two close maps to local rivals Lynn Vision in maps they really, really should have won, though, so it’s not great regardless.

Only two teams miss out on playoffs in Asia, and both of them were Asian teams. It’s… not been a great advert for the state of Counter-Strike out there.

In the upper final, we saw a superb performance from blameF to topple ENCE, playing with VLDN, with Staehr joining him at the top of the scoreboard. It was a complete domination on Overpass and Ancient, with a combined four rounds for ENCE on those two.

Snappi picked up 16 rounds in those three maps. Not quite as embarrassing on MR12, but still not good.

FaZe continued their winning streak with a 53 round BO1 against NIP, and a solid BO3 win over MOUZ as ropz went crazy to overturn a 0-1 map start.

That leaves Lynn Vision vs MOUZ for a spot against Astralis in the semi-finals, with ENCE vs NIP for the chance to try and stop FaZe’s reign - both on Saturday morning.