RMR Qualifiers
oskar is back.
Like, back back.
Alright, that might be an overexaggeration, or it might be an underexaggeration. He was absolutely bloody ridiculous as SINNERS coasted through the - inhales deeply - Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 EU RMR Closed Qualifier A. Rolls off the tongue.
Here are some numbers for you:
2.03 rating,
+52 KD
123.8 ADR
1.2 KPR
0.4 DPR
100% opening duel success,
…and a frankly mindblowing +69.2 damage difference per round. Every round, he averaged 69.2 more damage than he took!
For reference, 29 players at the event at the time of writing averaged less damage per round than that. Not damage difference, damage. The second-highest damage difference was 26.3.
oskar is back.
SINNERS were joined by Sangal, who 2-0’d BLEED. Sangal have been quietly levelling up and have a spot in Pro League next season, so they’re worth keeping an eye on. In the - inhales deeply - B Qualifier (gotcha!), SAW and Cloud9 went 3-0.
Nothing too surprising. In fact, this whole group is pretty by the numbers. BIG and OG are in 2-1, AMKAL are out 0-3 after their embarrassing showings against NIP (that weren’t even in this event but showed their level quite well) and Zero Tenacity also found their way out early.
However, hop back over to A, and you’ll see something very peculiar.
ENCE and TSM are both 1-2 - which isn’t that surprising until you realise they did it in an 0-2 game. TSM knocked out 1WIN (who themselves are surprising to be in the 0-2 bucket, never mind 0-3), and ENCE knocked out Enterprise in an 0-2 game.
This leaves both of them in the same range as Monte, B8, Rhyno and BC.Game, which means there’s still a good shot one of them goes out here, which would be very funny.
Both rounds 4 and 5 in both qualifiers will be done today, so keep your eyes on it. If you’ve got the day off, there’s your entertainment sorted. Our eyes are on Monte vs ENCE. Yummy.
Oh, and ohnePixel’s ‘DRILLAS’, POGGERZ, and a bunch of other funny names made it through in the Middle East. Look out for NOM vs Unlucky Much?, if you’re really, really bored.