Now that you know what’s happened, how about what’s coming up? (Edit: We were a bit late today for our Asia/Euro folks, sorry!)

When you get this newsletter, odds are Rare Atom vs. MIBR, and BIG vs. FURIA have already wrapped up. But don’t worry, there’s still plenty of CS going on today. If you’re reading this as soon as we publish, FlyQuest and PaiN will play alongside Cloud9 and Complexity.

You’ll never guess which is the 2-1, and which one is the 1-2 game. Yeah, it’s in that order.

It’s pretty cool one of Fly and PaiN is guaranteed to make it, just for region representation. On name value alone though, C9 vs CoL being an elimination game is wild. Both teams looked to have much brighter futures ahead of them. At least in theory.

We'd like to remind you that not long ago we thought this C9 was a CIS superteam.

The next round of games is headlined by the game of the day, Passion UA vs GamerLegion. The team that took the RMR by storm and the team that came back from certain death to make it here. If Passion wants to make it, they need performances, we trust Jambo to show up, but fear needs to instill his namesake onto GL for them to win this best of 3. Win, and you’re through, lose, and you get one more chance. You might be at low risk, but 2-2 games are tricky.

That leaves our final game of the day, Wildcard and VP.

We’re entirely unsure who wins this game. Wildcard lives up to its name by being truly unpredictable because while they have the ceiling to beat Virtus.pro, their floor isn’t even close. Then again, this VP hasn’t shown much of themselves. We’re kind of excited to see how this unfolds, but we’re weary that this might be a steamroll. We’re just not entirely sure yet in which direction.

There’s more than enough to play for today, so may the best teams win. Or whoever suits your narratives.