Now that Cluj-Napoca’s seen its group action come to an end, we of course expect all of you to be completely lost on what happened to whom, when, and where. Otherwise you wouldn’t be subscribed to this newsletter.

Well, there’s been a decent amount of action since we last updated you, and Day 3, Day 4 and Day 5 were as exciting as the first two.

Unsurprisingly surprising

Guess what? MOUZ lost to Vitality. Last edition we told you it could be different since the game was set to be played in the studio, negating MOUZ’ stagefright.

But, as we all know by now: nothing ever happens. In spite of torzsi’s 1.23 performance - crowned with an ace 1v3 clutch - Vita dispatched MOUZ in quick fashion, as per usual.

FaZe were uninspiring as well, with losses to PARIVISION and Astralis meaning karrigan’s men now endure their third disappointing result in a row post-Major, with early exits at Krakow and BLAST Bounty as well.

Bummer for Twistzz, who dropped a 1.19 rating across the entire tournament, and casually also dropped an ace with 1hp for most of it. Weird flex, but okay.

A result unfitting of a team of FaZe’s grandeur, to put it mildly.

G2 also caught us off guard and looked on the up from the lower side of the Swiss group, cashing wins against paiN and Heroic, only to fall flat against NAVI, who we were slightly disappointed to see have to fight in the 2:2 group.

Winners and losers

You might have already guessed from the text above, but NAVI booked their place in the playoffs by going 3:2, along with Parivision and Aurora.

In 3:1 we find MOUZ, The MongolZ, and FURIA, deservedly so if you ask us. In 3:0 there are no surprises either - Vitality, and a Falcons team looking to bounce back after struggling at IEM Krakow.

Meanwhile, we already highlighted FaZe’s mounting misfortune, but they are joined by B8 and Heroic in the 1:3 group. Astralis, FUT, and G2 are left in 2:3, and eliminated without any reply we find 3DMAX (french people hahaha) and paiN.