Money can get you lots of things. Players, partner spots, infrastructure, Lars Robl wizardry.

But it can’t guarantee you a Major spot, as Falcons have found out.

After losses to FaZe, Eternal Fire, and AMKAL, Snappi, and co. have been banged out of the RMR and will miss the first CS2 Major. Couldn’t happen to a nicer org, honestly.

It was a miserable week for them. BOROS was back to his usual lackadaisical antics, getting picked over Outside smokes and lazily clearing angles. SunPayus lost every 1vs1, none more important than this one in overtime to Forester.

Back to the infinite money glitch post-Major then, we assume.

Elsewhere, FaZe and NAVI got through in the 3-1 pool before a wave of fun teams made it in.

Movistar KOI have an EU flag but are still speaking Spanish, so we’re counting them. SAW, as you know, joined them. Eternal Fire continued their great 2024 by smashing Falcons and BetBoom to secure a spot of their own.

They ended 3-2 but with losses to G2 and FaZe; their run couldn’t have been harder.

Wicadia is a stud, as anyone who’s watched him since he burst onto the scene knows, and has been the final piece in the Turkish superteam that has threatened to emerge ever since Space Soldiers.

EF, in an increasingly international space, are breaking the trend. And we’re all for it.

The eight teams booked in for the Major:

🇷🇺 Virtus.pro
🇪🇺 G2
🇪🇺 FaZe
🇪🇺 NAVI
🇪🇺 Movistar KOI
🇵🇹 SAW
🇹🇷 Eternal Fire
🇷🇺 AMKAL