Team Liquid cannot be serious.

They were reverse-swept by G2 after winning the first map 13-0 and only got a meager 12 rounds over the next two maps combined.

Then, they were reverse-swept once more by Vitality to go out of the event last. That’s Vitality with a stand-in, by the way. Though it could have been anyone standing in - ZywOo went +22 in the series.

G2 had NiKo and m0NESY to thank for getting them out of the hole, so you do feel a bit sorry for Liquid - but that’s kinda the point, isn’t it? Liquid just doesn’t quite have that X-factor level player to compete at the elite level.

Everyone else but Liquid and NAVI gets into playoffs, which we wholeheartedly disagree with. We also disagree with Astralis going straight to semi-finals, but not based on anything performance or logic-based, we just don’t like it on a spiritual level.

They smashed both NAVI and MOUZ to fly through to playoffs, and cadiaN’s HEROIC team are back – except with device on the AWP. That is terrifying.

Meanwhile, G2, having lost 0-13 on their first map, won every other map to glide through to top four with Astralis. G2 are the funniest team in the world, and they’re bloody fun to watch.

Oh, and donk dropped 51 despite losing 0-2 to G2.

FaZe play Spirit and MOUZ play Vitality (they might have already played by the time you read this) today in the quarter-finals, and it’s another early start on Saturday for the two semi-finals.

See you right here on Monday, with a recap of how it all played out.