FaZe edge closer to Major qualification

6-10-2021 19:29

FaZe clinched 9th place at IEM Fall after beating BIG and can now do nothing but wait.

After finding themselves in the 9th-12th decider bracket following a middling group stage performance, FaZe have now done all they can do help ensure a Major qualification by placing 9th overall at IEM Fall and claiming 1,250 RMR points after beating OG and BIG.

At the moment, that means they are sitting in 8th place of the RMR standings with 1,498 points to their name and that they require the results in the playoffs to go in their favor so that they can lock in a spot at PGL Major Stockholm, held in late October.

FaZe can do nothing but pray now

FaZe now have nothing left to do than wait for the playoffs to unfold. They need one of the four quarter-final teams just below them at 1,406 RMR points — Copenhagen Flames, Fiend, Movistar Riders, or ENCE — to place eighth overall, and with all four of these teams heading into unfavorable matchups in the quarter-finals against the tournament favorites, Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's team's chances are in a good spot.

If all four of the aforementioned teams lose their quarter-final matches on Thursday and Friday, FaZe will secure a spot in the first Major stage already. If not, they need at least one of the quartet to lose and then to finish last in the 5th-8th decider bracket, played on Saturday and Sunday.

The current RMR standings, with the minimum amount of points teams are guaranteed to earn at IEM Fall taken into account, look as follows:

Qualified
1. G2 - 3,046+ points
2. Ninjas in Pyjamas - 2,894+ points
3. Vitality - 2,886+ points
4. Astralis - 2,430+ points
5. BIG - 2,294 points
6. HEROIC - 1,660 points
7. MOUZ - 1,600 points

In the running for remaining four spots
8. FaZe - 1,498 points
9-12. Copenhagen Flames - 1,406+ points
9-12. ENCE - 1,406+ points
9-12. Fiend - 1,406+ points
9-12. Movistar Riders - 1,406+ points

Eliminated from contention
13. OG - 1,368 points
14. FunPlus Phoenix - 1,040 points
15. DBL PONEY - 720 points
16. Sprout - 480 points
17. Complexity - 420 points
18. Anonymo - 300 points
19. fnatic - 294 points

The playoffs will kick off on Thursday, with the quarter-final matchups being:

Thursday, October 7
17:00 Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Movistar Riders
20:15 Copenhagen Flames vs. Vitality

Friday, October 8
17:00 Astralis vs. Fiend
20:15 G2 vs. ENCE

2015 OLOF 2017 RAIN 2019 TWISTZZ 2021 BROKY

2021-10-06 19:29

16 replies

LETS GOO

2021-10-06 19:30

2015, 2017, 2019 =/= 2021

2021-10-06 19:32

+1 Best performance so far for all of them. See on major

2021-10-06 19:41

broky overrated af

2021-10-06 19:42

5 replies

true lmao. tier2 awper getting carried

2021-10-06 21:37

3 replies

wat, he can be almost like s1mple level sometimes, or bot sometimes, but you gotta watch the high level of him

2021-10-07 01:26

2 replies

I remember that guy hating on broky so much and when broky started playing great on LAN he was nowhere to be seen and now when broky had bad series he came back :D this guy is kinda pathethic :D

2021-10-07 09:31

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that's just sad yup

2021-10-07 17:38

broky under rated bro

2021-10-10 15:54

2017 Karrigan. He leaded Faze to the top1 in a certain time.

2021-10-06 19:49

led*

2021-10-06 19:57

OMG U RIGHT. THANK U

2021-10-06 22:51

2011 karrigan

2021-10-06 20:23

Love watching this team ! Go FaZe@!

2021-10-06 20:05

Karrigan still tilting like old FaZe tho XD

2021-10-07 03:14

Bro this was all a filthy move by big 😂😂 throwing cuz they got np anyway And ofc these 4 underdogs wont upset astra or nip lmFAO. Its bo3!! faze is through boys. But at the major will fail. Mark mah words😉😉😉

2021-10-06 23:23

4 replies

You are level 3 faceit bot , idk why u talking about pro teams

2021-10-07 09:55

Actually 4 and 63 elo left for 5. Whats ur issue?🤔

2021-10-07 10:32

Exactly, u a bot

2021-10-07 12:42

Aight lvl10 3000 elo n3rd 🤣🤣🔥 g tf outta he

2021-10-07 12:46

FAZE LAN

Nice

BROKY STICKERS LET'S GOOOOO

2021-10-06 19:31

gl faze I pray for broky stickers

faze up

Don't do it NiKo....

hahaha

2021-10-07 10:51

big threw in purpose :D

Ikr 😂😂

GO FAZE

EZ FOR FAZE

FAZE UP

why BIG are 5th if they lost today?

2021-10-06 19:34

Flashpoint 3 as well

2021-10-06 20:47

cause they went 5th in flashpoint 3 and they had 300 points from rmr 2020.

2021-10-07 08:54

They better make the major or ESL is going to have people after them. Faze 100% deserve to play at the major. Their loss to fiend was such a lucky fluke. What a joke of a format

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2021-10-06 19:39

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2021-10-07 00:02

Cry

2021-10-07 10:00

+1 terrible format

2021-10-07 17:46

They said that faze have only FANTASTIC chances to qualify ( like 1-2 %) but only thing that they really needed was win 2 BO3 against washed teams, because no way anybody from underdogs will not lose tomorrow, i guess all of 4 tier2 teams will lose their matches tomorrow, so Faze will be locked even tomorrow

2021-10-06 19:35

Quarterfinals are played over two days, gotta wait until Friday to see. But if only the favorites do their job then Faze is in!

2021-10-06 19:36

Wrong Ast/G2 will playin in friday:)

2021-10-06 20:07

Dude. The only real washed team is movistar atm. The others have a big chance to win tho.

2021-10-07 00:38

You're implying that Fiend can win a bo3 against Astralis and Copenhagen Flames can do it against Vitality? Movistar should go out 0:2, CPH and Fiend probably too but I expect ENCE to fight hard with G2.

2021-10-07 09:08

EZ for Faze

Let's go, Faze!

Wtf BIG!

LETS GOO FAZE

it is very likely that they will lose all 4. I hope the best for FaZe.

Niko is about to have his lowest rating game

Only 4 teams have no Dane in their line-ups :D G2, Vitality, Fiend and MSR

2021-10-06 19:40

7 replies

again noone asked, why do you Danes say this every day on hltv?

2021-10-06 19:52

I am not a Dane you jealous little man :D

2021-10-06 19:53

why would I be jealous and of who? lul

2021-10-06 19:54

you should answer such a question, not me

2021-10-06 19:55

yeah and my answer is im not jealous

2021-10-06 19:58

#45

2021-10-06 23:34

Dans are known to be quite insecure since they are literally the most irrelevant nation on this planet. You get to hear more about Somalia than about Denmark in news lmao

2021-10-07 10:01

Niko sends his regards

Faze actually did it good job

Hopefully they will be happy after few days. Let's go FaZe, we need you in the Major!

Hope fiend makes it. Their logo looks like it'll make a great sticker

2021-10-06 19:43

Let's go guys FaZe Up I love you guys thank you

Thats true that they need favorites to win, but every favorite have already locked in the major appearance, so everything can be pretty interesting

2021-10-06 19:47

+1 They’ll obv save strats

2021-10-06 20:17

Rain lowkey turning back time on BIG

2021-10-06 19:48

Cmon fiend lets go

The dream is still alive)

they're edging me

That pic of olof with caption: FaZe can do nothing but pray now Lmaooo

2021-10-06 19:59

+1 lolololloololloololoolololol

2021-10-07 10:58

hello coldzera

ence gonna destroy g2

2021-10-06 20:09

tomorrow gonna be brawl. love it

2021-10-06 20:11

i hope :v

2021-10-06 20:13

ez4ence

2021-10-06 20:15

Priest olof

2021-10-06 20:29

2021-10-06 20:32

Someone plz choke

2021-10-06 20:38

If heroic all get banned can OG play with a stand in? :((

So thats why heroic so dogshit? They already qualified so they didnt even try past two days?

2021-10-06 20:56

13 replies

there is still money on the line...

2021-10-06 21:38

12 replies

Who cares about extra 2000 for each of them if they earn like 20000 every month anyway?

2021-10-06 21:50

11 replies

there is pride involved and onces your in the server, im sure you feel motivated!

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After writing my comment i went to check last place 1500, fist place 3000. So thats extra 300 for each player. They definitelly dont care about that extra cash if they already qualified... Also there is saving strats for major involved, im sure you feel motivated not lower your chances to win it, showing everything you got now.

2021-10-06 23:11

9 replies

I think I forgot to mention is that this is their job… so winning a match is an important thing

2021-10-07 00:28

8 replies

Yes because it would be first time in history someone was slacking in theyr job…

2021-10-09 18:19

They have a very special Job tho… in a very uncertain position, you could always be benched

2021-10-09 20:29

And thats a bonus for them, that they have this special job. Its hard to prove that they were slacking. Also im pretty sure org/employe would take the loss in match which doesnt matter if hidden starts will give bigger chances at major. Orgs dont see the world in black and white, "hur dur dur i pay you so you must try to win at all cost."

2021-10-10 02:21

That is how contracts work tho

2021-10-10 09:42

Like i said, not only prove it team was slacking, also org wouldnt even try to prove it in case like this

2021-10-10 12:50

people have a feeling of guilt... at least some have

2021-10-10 15:52

Definitelly not the confirmed cheaters

2021-10-10 16:54

no one in heroic is currently?

2021-10-10 20:37

Lets go Goatmeister

2021-10-06 21:15

should be easy for all the underdogs to lose

2021-10-06 22:01

replace karrygan xd

2021-10-06 22:05

Hes dogshit for ages. Barely makin it to major and plastic faze fans came alive 😂😂😂😂 but at the major theyll get rekt pretty fast so np lmao

2021-10-06 23:25

Faze and major edging, a tale old as time

2021-10-06 22:19

Olof deserves one more Major

2021-10-06 22:54

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2021-10-07 03:25

VItality will delete CPH for FaZe )

2021-10-06 23:28

FaZe up

2021-10-06 23:33

this major will not have faze

2021-10-07 03:57

GO NIP/ASTRALIS/VITALITY/G2

2021-10-07 05:09

faze based.

2021-10-07 05:33

Rain went hard vs BIG. Was very nice to watch.

2021-10-07 06:48

Wonder how much Big was paid to throw,obv they put a bet on Faze too :D

2021-10-07 06:56

Why would they throw?

2021-10-07 12:43

faze will be in the major cuz either Moviestar or fiend will lose their match

2021-10-07 11:20

FaZeUP

if g2 and nip and astralis and vitality win faze will be in the major right?

2021-10-07 14:16

yes

2021-10-07 21:39

""If all four of the aforementioned teams ( Copenhagen Flames, Fiend, Movistar Riders, or ENCE ) lose their quarter-final matches on Thursday and Friday, FaZe will secure a spot in the first Major stage already. If not, they need at least one of the quartet to lose and then to finish last in the 5th-8th decider bracket, played on Saturday and Sunday.""

2021-10-08 12:55