There’s no such thing as too much Counter-Strike. But we’re damn close.

The first two European Open Qualifiers have finished, and it’s been a bloodbath.

844 teams entered the first Qualifier alone, and only four teams made it through. It’s not just 800 teams of silvers either: teams like Heroic, fnatic, BLEED, OG, Sprout, SINNERS, etc. are all fighting it out to secure a spot.

When a list of teams gets that long, it becomes more likely a team doesn’t do so well. Which is exactly what happened.

OG got eliminated, reinstated, and then eliminated again in the round of 128. The same round TSM was eliminated, as expected with the kings of mediocrity.

The second qualifier wasn’t much kinder: OG lost again, TSM lost again, and BLEED got especially embarrassed losing in round of 512 to Team Space. Yeah, us neither.

To keep this piece a TLDR because, well… let’s just cut straight to the winners shall we?

fnatic was the first to make it through in Qualifier 1, beating a former legend from the team, JW, in the process. They’re joined in the Closed Qualifiers by a tiziaN lead Entropiq, KOI (Movistar Riders), and the Polish ex-ThunderFlash.

In Qualifier #2 it was all about Heroic, whose new roster swept the bracket to take the top seed. They’re followed by oskar’s SINNERS, the MICHU and Lekr0-powered IKLA, and the #41 in the world, PERA.

There are two more Open Qualifiers left to play in Europe starting today, and we’re excited. Who knows what’s going to happen? Well, other than OG and TSM being eliminated early, since that’s now a tradition.

See you right here with a recap monday morning.