The action never stops in Copenhagen.

Day one of the Major’s Elimination Stage has wrapped up, and we’ve already seen a fair share of upsets, ruined Pick’ems (we can’t take this anymore), and just straight-up mayhem.

Let’s dive right into the juicy highs (and a bunch of lows) from the first day.

2-0

Astonishing a grand total of 0 souls, the opening day concluded with donk obliterating the competition and putting up a casual 2.17 rating against Imperial in the second round, after an initial victory versus Cloud9. A prime example of laughing through the pain from the Brazilians.

On the flip side, much to the surprise of most fans, NAVI and MOUZ joined the Russian side in the 2-0 pool.

Following these results, only one BO3 win stands in the way of these squads and a spot in the playoffs of CS2’s first Major tournament.

1-1

Pick’em-killer upsets were back on the menu for the first day of the Elimination Stage, with Imperial, Eternal Fire, and Heroic taking down the favorites Virtus.Pro, Vitality, and Faze in the first round, respectively. However, the former quickly got back to their feet and found their way to the 1-1 pool.

G2 and Cloud9 closed out the group of teams that will still play one more BO1 on day two, aiming for that 2-1 score.

Regardless of what the seeding Gods dictate, we genuinely feel bad for Imperial, as they are now set to face one of these sharks. Best of luck to them.

0-2

No shockers in the 0-2 pool - 4 of the teams that qualified from the Opening Stage find themselves 0-2 in the last-16 phase. The Mongolz, Pain Gaming, and Furia have their backs against the wall, as they are just a single BO3 away from booking a ticket to de_airport.

The hometown ECSTATIC boys are also hanging on by a thread, after a couple of tough losses to MOUZ and Cloud9. Hey, zipeL, chin up! At least you now finally have the stickers to distract you from the harsh reality.

Anyways, the Silver Coin doesn’t look that bad, right? Right?