EU RMR A is officially underway, and we can’t wait to sink our teeth into some Bo1 upse- What do you mean there were no upsets?

The biggest surprise of the European RMRs so far has been the lack of surprises. Every favourite won their matchup in the first round, from NAVI, to Vitality, to even FaZe.

Yeah, FaZe won their opening game, in an RMR, against Cloud9. Is this even a Major anymore? Seriously, Falcons won, what timeline is this?

It gets even more… ordinary. At what point does being super ordinary become extraordinary?

After their round 2 games, MOUZ, Vitality, NAVI, and FaZe are all 2-0. Even despite FaZe trying their best to make things interesting. They gave up a commanding early lead built up on CT side Nuke thanks to equal parts choking and equal parts Falcons skill. But it wasn’t to be, FaZe won 4 straight rounds in OT to prevent any malarky against s1mple and his gang of hawks.

The only “big” names with 0-1 starts were C9 and Fnatic, thanks to unfortunate opening matchups against FaZe and NAVI. But they won their second matches, killing any possible early-round elimination games for a big team. booooo

Well, GamerLegion is 0-2, and seeing a recent Major finalist in that position is obviously jarring. But it’s just not the same.

The good news is, those 2-0 teams now all play each other, so it’s going to get interesting real fast. They might even be done when you read this newsletter.