Vampires, castles, werewolves, and Counter-Strike. Mix it all together, and we have PGL Masters Bucharest. Sure, we don't have real vampires and werewolves, but we do have one B1ad3 and high-quality CS (arguably).

The event, originally scheduled to be held in Belgrade, has the top teams in the scene invited by VRS - except Falcons, who declined - and four underdogs who made it through regional closed qualifiers.

With the VRS race reaching its final stretch, this is an important event for the teams still fighting for a spot, including the one led by B1ad3. Who could tell that by mid-October one of the greatest organizations, the only one that never missed a Major, would be fighting tooth and nail to make it to the second one of the year, after not making it to the playoffs in Cologne...

So, yes, this is a big one for NAVI. Not only is it their chance to bounce back and prove to the fans that they are not going down the same road as Astralis and NIP, it is also iM's chance to win a trophy on home soil.

Yeah, yeah, we know: it's gonna be a studio tournament, they don't have the firepower, Vitality is there... But imagine how nice it would be to see the only Romanian player in the tournament end up winning it.

lauNX did it earlier this year and he's way younger than you, Mihai, just saying…

Other teams also running for the Major are BETBOOM, Nemiga, TYLOO, and Dendele. But if we're being realistic, only BETBOOM has good chances to go deep in the tournament.

After beating Falcons and playing a nail-biting BO5 grand final against FURIA, Boombl4's squad is getting into strong shape for the Major. Or perhaps it's just a fairytale run - time will tell.

The first-round matchups are already set up, and if everything goes as planned, all four of the underdogs are going to the 0-1 bracket; once there, it will be a blood bath to join the big dogs in the playoffs.

But, who knows? Strange and mysterious things tend to happen in the land of Count Dracula.