No amount of loopholes can fix a skill issue.

For better or worse, DRILLAS has been the headline team of the Asia RMR. Maybe Ohne, their literal face, was always going to cause this, but their use of loopholes to get into the Asia RMR with an EU team made matters far worse.

So it’s pretty funny they failed to qualify.

After starting with a win against Lynn Vision, DRILLAS took map 1 off The Mongolz and looked like a serious threat. For one map, then they got steamrolled 12-2 and 12-5, with mzinho putting in a masterclass to see off the Europeans. All the while, Rare Atom won the other side of the Bracket, which sealed two of the three spots.

That did leave them a chance. If they could beat FlyQuest, they’d face the team they beat already, Lynn Vision.

It didn’t matter though. FlyQuest sent them packing, just about. At 15-14 on the deciding map, meztal did an actual 1g to send the game to OT and lose DRILLAS qualification. Call it: Double agent, or train return voodoo?

Possibly inspired by their new lease on life, FlyQuest then went on to comfortably beat Lynn Vision 2-0 to qualify for the Shanghai Major, closing off what has been an eventful Asia RMR. Somewhat poetically sending a Mongolian, Chinese, and Australian team to the Major. We couldn’t think of a better mix to make it out of this RMR.

The Qualified Teams are:

🇨🇳 Rare Atom
🇲🇳 The Mongolz
🇦🇺 FlyQuest