ESL Pro League group stage recap
G2, NAVI, FURIA - what do all of these teams have in common?
They’re as dead as Dolly Parton.
But at least we feel bad about that one.
G2, frankly, are f-cking awful. huNter- is an absolutely horrid IGL, HeavyGod has stopped fragging, and r1nkle might have as many brain cells as frags he gets in a game. Which, if you haven’t been watching, is a very low number.
NertZ might finally be back, but it doesn’t even matter anymore. G2 limped out of Katowice with a 1-3 record, having only managed to win against Shinden.
As for FURIA, there’s just no excitement around them anymore. No hope for FalleN to get another trophy before he retires. It’s just bleak. The reality is that they should’ve made moves months ago if they hoped to win anything this year, but they didn’t, and that will probably cost them more than just FalleN’s retirement come December.
FURIA made it to playoffs in the end, but it just doesn’t matter. They aren’t winning.
NAVI, though, NAVI is the really dark one. NAVI absolutely battered G2 in their opener, and we thought they might be back. We were wrong.
We can excuse the losses to Vitality and Falcons, but not PARIVISION. Not the way they lost. This is a Major winning roster, and they play like FUT did when they couldn’t close out a game. There’s no bite left, and it’s just sad to watch.
NAVI is a dead team that needs to make at least two changes, but making two changes and it going well is a very, very hard thing to do.
We’ll be seeing them in the NIP and fnatic tier soon.

