It’s the year 2025. Randy Orton is a face, John Cena is a heel, and Pro League is actually fun to watch.

If we were betting men, we’d have lost a lot of fucking money.

Seriously though, thank God for the Swiss system. It’s turned everyone’s least favourite tournament into a watchable affair. And that must be a miracle.

There’s been upsets, stomps, and a game impossible to know the outcome of by scoreboard alone, but the best thing about it? TYLOO aren’t just in it, they’re coming for The MongolZ’s crown.

Ever since The MongolZ rose to power, there’s been a lot of talk of how the time of Asian CS is almost upon us, aizyesque even predicted that an Asian team not named The MongolZ would make a big event playoffs this year on the podcast, but we’ll be honest, we didn’t think that would happen so soon.

Well, it might not happen, but this TYLOO team are really good. JamYoung is currently the highest rated player at the event, and Moseyuh is also popping off, so with the Chinese team set for a 2-0 match against GamerLegion after already beating Eternal Fire and 3DMAX, we’re pretty sure that we’ll be seeing them do damage in the next stage.

Jee also gave this fantastic interview, so we really do hope they go far and that we can see more.

Elsewhere, M80 and GamerLegion have also shown why they’re two of the more exciting rosters from their respective regions, and SAW have also picked up two solid wins despite their squad undergoing two changes before the event.

NRG look competitive internationally, which is a great sign for NA CS, and even better for Aussie fans, FlyQuest actually won a series. Not just a map, a series.

We know, we can’t believe it either.

Those same Aussie fans will just have to forget about their two other representatives, though. Housebets and Mindfreak both find themselves in the 0-2 bracket.

At least they’re not playing each other, right Aussies?

Yeah, we still expect them to be the first to depart.