FISSURE Playground 3 playoffs recap
Two weeks ago on Overtime on Inferno, AN1MO and Quacke were weighing up FalleN’s chances of lifting silverware before his retirement. Considering FURIA haven’t defeated a top five team since FalleN’s retirement was announced, the idea of FURIA winning a truly notable event was discarded.
However, after our lovely pod hosts eyed up the attending teams of FISSURE Playground 3, they thought FalleN could at least win a single mickey mouse trophy before calling it a day.
Sadly that has not been the case.
Legacy has been electric since adding try, so it isn’t entirely fair to say FURIA should’ve finished in first place. But finishing as runners-up is a reasonable expectation that FURIA failed to meet.
With Legacy being on the other side of the bracket, only G2 and BetBoom stood in the way of FURIA and the final.
As incredible as Magnojez is, BetBoom haven’t looked capable of upsetting top teams since the Major. In fact, their 2-1 defeat to G2 in the semi-finals of this event was the best they’ve looked this season. If it wasn’t for NertZ looking back to his best on Anubis, G2 would’ve lost 2-0.
BetBoom played some good CS and they deserve credit for that, but G2 digging so deep against BetBoom for a win is more evidence that points towards G2 not being an elite team.
FURIA used to be one of those teams that G2 stood firmly behind, which is why it’s so disappointing that they lost to G2 for the first time in just under a year.
You’d hope YEKINDAR calling on Ancient would allow for FalleN to focus on his crosshair more, but all it did was make YEKINDAR play worse whilst FalleN did his best karrigan cosplay.
After FURIA lost their map pick, they were subjected to being battered by r1nkle on Dust 2, who finished with an 18-6 scoreline. It was his best map of the event, though not enough to repair the hilariously awful 0.91 overall event rating he ended with.
FURIA didn’t need to blitz their side of the bracket, but they needed to handle it, and previously they would have.
From the outside looking in, FURIA seem like a team so concerned with their future that they’ve lost their grip on the present. IGL duties are being split, roster rumours are swirling, and Legacy have snatched FURIA’s chain to become the best South American team during FalleN’s retirement tour.
It can’t get any worse than this, can it?