We got off the Aurora train a long time ago, and them winning PGL Bucharest won’t see us get back on it, but if they don’t…

Seriously, there’s no excuses this time, lads. You should be by far the best team left in the event, and we’ll even let it slide that you almost f-cked it in a 2-2 game against Astralis with ruggah standing in for device, just win this event.

We can’t handle the MAJ3R excuse post if you don’t.

The biggest threat to Aurora finally winning an event is Liquid, who are still quite average.

They made it to the playoffs in a convincing enough fashion. But EliGE has struggled, and that’s a worrying sign. This is a team that should always be 3-0ing a field like this.

Rounding out the playoffs are HEROIC and GamerLegion, who will battle it out to see which of them has fallen off the least; paiN and Legacy, who will battle it out to see which team gets the best view of FURIA at the top of the BR CS mountain; and SAW and B8, who should both be departing the competition in the quarter-finals as they face Liquid and Aurora respectively.

Big emphasis on “should”, we have no faith in either one of those teams to win as favourites.

PGL Bucharest continues today with an early start for qualifiers and the last game of the semis at 18:00 CET / 13:00 ET.

The BO5 grand final takes place tomorrow. See you back in your inbox on Monday with a recap.