Jetlag, burnout, ego… Excuse it how you want. You still shit the bed.

After a loss to Astralis in their opening game, NAVI has been knocked out of BLAST Premier World Finals by FaZe. World’s #1 team, knocked out of a million-dollar tournament in groups. They didn’t just lose, Astralis comfortably 2-0’d them, and FaZe hasn’t beaten a top 5 team in forever.

Though, NAVI has been sure to add plenty of mitigating factors, hell, if b1ad3’s pre-event interview is anything to go by, he must be delighted by this result. We’re sure.

After their losses, jL went on the record to say that they need to deal with jetlag better for future events. Which is probably true, but is no one else jetlagged? jL called out people for saying they’re making excuses, saying it’s just him listing their reasons for underperformance. But, isn’t that what an excuse is? Even if valid.

Maybe to no fault of NAVI’s own, stuff like this makes their reign as #1 feel less impressive. It’s like they lack the aura of a FaZe, Vitality, or prime Astralis. Maybe that’s just us, but results like these surely won't help their case.

Right until they win the next 5 events again, then we’ll be sure to shut up.

We’ve got more from BLAST so keep reading, but first, let’s take you through a few other stories from the week.