Evil Geniuses crash out of RMR Open qualifier; Liquid, Complexity, GODSENT make day 2

The powerhouse organization was eliminated by Fragadelphia champions Strife.

A total of 130 teams stepped up to the first of two North American qualifiers for the RMR tournament, with the best of the region such as Liquid and GODSENT also participating in the single-elimination bracket from which four teams will advance to the LAN tournament in Romania.

On the first day, most favorites cruised past challenger teams with ease, with a notable exception being Evil Geniuses. The Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip-led squad met Strife in round of 32 and suffered a narrow defeat, 16-14, which means they will have just one more chance to qualify for the RMR on March 12-13.

EG have one more chance to get to the RMR

Strife's statement win comes off the back of their victory at the $60,000 LAN tournament Fragadelphia, where they beat Carpe Diem, TeamOne, and Apeks Rebels on the way to the title. Their next opponent in the bracket will be Limitless, and after them, a potential BO3 against Liquid awaits to decide the RMR spot.

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Strife win Fragadelphia 16 over Apeks Rebels

In other notable results, Austin "⁠Cooper⁠" Abadir and Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir's Mythic overcame Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz's BHOP to make top 16, while paiN 16-4'd Party Astronauts to ensure advancement to the second day. Additionally, Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele's Orgless also bowed out in round of 32 after a 16-9 loss to ATK.

Favorites such as Liquid, GODSENT, and Complexity had little trouble dispatching of their opponents — aside from GODSENT's 16-13 win over Gaimin Gladiators —, and will be looking to continue that run today.

You can find all of the round of 16 matches below, which kick off at 22:00 :

Brazil GODSENT vs. Asia DotMax
Brazil TeamOne vs. United States Carpe Diem
United States Liquid vs. United States BigRigger
United States Strife vs. United States Limitless
United States Complexity vs. United States Omega
United States Third Impact vs. Other ATK
Brazil paiN vs. United States Bad News Bears
United States StrikeX vs. United States Mythic

Find all of the qualifier results on FACEIT, and for more information about the PGL Antwerp Major check out HLTV.org's Major coverage hub.

United States Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir
Age:
29
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
874
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.69
Canada Damian 'daps' Steele
Damian 'daps' Steele
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.87
Maps played:
1049
KPR:
0.58
DPR:
0.66
United States Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip
Age:
24
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
1484
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.68
United States Austin 'Cooper' Abadir
Austin 'Cooper' Abadir
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
740
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.63
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Canada Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
1286
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.66
#1
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England Jerry2805
EG lost to a drunk player lol
2022-03-11 08:24
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#4
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Peru MaybeJuan
Proove it or
2022-03-11 08:25
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14 replies
#9
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England Jerry2805
2022-03-11 08:26
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12 replies
Dude is bluffing
2022-03-11 08:45
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5 replies
Copium
2022-03-11 10:33
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4 replies
EG still not disband ?
2022-03-11 12:30
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1 reply
Botstewie attacks again
2022-03-11 14:28
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You seem like you are coping.
2022-03-11 20:17
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1 reply
Hopium
2022-03-11 21:07
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hilarious if true
2022-03-11 11:05
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he said 6 beers on a stream, now 10
2022-03-11 11:53
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3 replies
drunk math
2022-03-11 12:39
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2 replies
XD
2022-03-11 15:21
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KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
2022-03-11 21:07
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mans name is stamina but hes 500kg burger
2022-03-11 14:54
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... or what? o.O
2022-03-11 13:30
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#18
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Slovakia Mr_Jumbo
Playing drunk makes you do moves you never thought are durable, try it
2022-03-11 09:27
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9 replies
+1
2022-03-11 10:22
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+1 Tbh when i once was drunk and played csgo, i played better than when not being drunk lol.
2022-03-11 12:03
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#66
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Hungary ShadYyBoy
+1 When I'm drunk I play 10 times better xd. Once got half drunk with friends, then went home and played some MM, almost every round I shot at least 3k, did insane awp flicks, me myself couldn't believed it how well I played. Probably because alcohol reduce stress, and CSGO always made me stress when I played it seriously
2022-03-11 12:54
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1 reply
Yeah its no long term solution though... But drinking alcohol usually is relaxing so you play better cs imo
2022-03-11 15:29
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Few beers is alright but when a certain line is crossed, performance plummets lmao. Few beers is optimal imo
2022-03-11 13:42
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2 replies
#101
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Slovakia Mr_Jumbo
yeah
2022-03-11 16:54
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1 reply
#107
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Slovakia Mr_Jumbo
Of course i mean few drinks/pints to get to the mood, not being shitfaced :D
2022-03-11 18:29
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yes Im always better when high and drunk
2022-03-11 13:55
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#104
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England Jerry2805
Actually true. If I have a couple of pints I play better than sober lol
2022-03-11 18:04
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#26
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Czech Republic Ventraks
should be disqualified
2022-03-11 10:23
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14 replies
#30
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France cedd
for what exactly, most of these guys trying hard in this rmr were probably on Adderall anyways
2022-03-11 10:37
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show me a paragraph in a rule book stating that you cannot be drunk during rmr quali game
2022-03-11 11:02
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12 replies
#37
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Czech Republic Ventraks
obv unsportsmanlike conduct
2022-03-11 11:05
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11 replies
source?
2022-03-11 11:21
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9 replies
#43
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Czech Republic Ventraks
logic
2022-03-11 11:27
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8 replies
no logic behind it
2022-03-11 11:28
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no logic lol. show me the rules or elsewise it's totally allowed
2022-03-11 11:30
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6 replies
#50
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Czech Republic Ventraks
2022-03-11 11:37
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5 replies
sure thing, now I need to know what an unsportsman behaviour is.
2022-03-11 11:53
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4 replies
Unsportsman behaviour means like not being polite I think, not respecting other people etc. Literally being an asshole
2022-03-11 11:56
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3 replies
So Stewie would be out one way or the other, lmao
2022-03-11 12:01
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2 replies
#83
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China RADNIKEY
kkkkkkkkk
2022-03-11 14:29
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kkkkkkkkkkk
2022-03-11 15:30
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Only esl would consider that cuz they have a rule about it. But since it isn't a LAN you will never have a real proof
2022-03-11 13:25
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#34
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Norway Snaids
That's awesome, love me some NA craziness
2022-03-11 10:53
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wtf relal?
2022-03-11 11:28
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lol
2022-03-11 08:25
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2 replies
#118
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MrFuckYou | 
United States lybrel
Imagine losing to “Spermy” Might change my name to it
2022-03-11 23:26
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1 reply
Lol adding insult to injury
2022-03-12 04:50
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f*ck
2022-03-11 08:25
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#5
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Sweden Polarn
lost to 'Strife'...
2022-03-11 08:25
0
Its ok eg will make it next qual
2022-03-11 08:25
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#7
Faceit level 7  | 
sjokz | 
New Zealand SkirmishX
embarrassing for EG
2022-03-11 08:26
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1 reply
#10
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United States cybonics
godlike for strife
2022-03-11 08:30
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Strife new NA hope. Orgless, EG, and LULquid aint sh-t
2022-03-11 08:26
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#11
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United States B0b3rT
It was pain that beat pa but good article! Maybe fix that though
2022-03-11 08:33
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1 reply
#16
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United States B0b3rT
You’re welcome wtf thanks for actually changing it from teamone
2022-03-11 09:01
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#12
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Russia I_D_R_C
No Xceed no advance for eg.
2022-03-11 08:38
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#14
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United States pasta10101
sadge
2022-03-11 08:48
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#15
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United States ilkym00th
strife major champions
2022-03-11 08:50
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who drinks on important tournament qualifier lmao only in NA
2022-03-11 09:24
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12 replies
#32
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France sAeR
Yep and you Forget an NA team got ff cause one Was sleeping too. NA teams omegalul
2022-03-11 10:47
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Only NA players would be dumb enough to talk about it Can’t find current PGL rulebook but all others have being drunk during games as an offence
2022-03-11 10:49
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#41
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ohnePixel | 
Finland osk4r99
I mean Rain was straight up drinking wine durning a game when you saw his webcam quite a time ago
2022-03-11 11:19
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9 replies
but drinking a glass of wine or smth is not be drunk after 10 beers
2022-03-11 11:29
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3 replies
#55
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ohnePixel | 
Finland osk4r99
The question was not about amount but rather drinking at all. For me thoug I'd say a glass of wine is quite alot (of course I only drink it from what my friend calls a "latte glass")
2022-03-11 11:53
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2 replies
A glass of wine is a lot? Are you 50kg
2022-03-11 15:38
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1 reply
#102
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ohnePixel | 
Finland osk4r99
no I drink really huge glasses of wine it over half bottle
2022-03-11 16:55
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#108
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United States B0b3rT
Rain confirmed one time it was soda and that the wine glass was his only clean cup
2022-03-11 18:44
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4 replies
#110
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ohnePixel | 
Finland osk4r99
don't ruin a good story with the truth
2022-03-11 20:58
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3 replies
#116
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United States B0b3rT
My bad bro
2022-03-11 22:48
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2 replies
#122
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ohnePixel | 
Finland osk4r99
no worries my friend my father allywas says this qoute so I just like it :D I legit didn't know the truth
2022-03-12 01:09
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#123
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ohnePixel | 
Finland osk4r99
btw my father was the one to intoduce me to me counter strike #BenTheLegend :D
2022-03-12 01:13
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NA CS is a joke and the joke isn't funny anymore.
2022-03-11 09:28
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4 replies
#20
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mimi | 
Latvia LETTONIAN
True sht
2022-03-11 09:32
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#22
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United States stotte
NA CS is a joke and the joke isnt funny anymore. That's why I'm going to go to NA matches and complain that NA sucks. And I'll do the same with NA oriented articles too
2022-03-11 10:14
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2 replies
Feel some shame for your countrymen why don't you?
2022-03-11 14:51
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1 reply
#115
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United States stotte
No
2022-03-11 21:24
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EG is just bad, their fans need to accept the fact
2022-03-11 10:03
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#23
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Georgia Megobari
EG should disband
2022-03-11 10:16
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#FREERUSH
2022-03-11 10:17
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F
2022-03-11 10:30
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#28
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Hungary szia
omg, people love to poke fun at EG but this C9 lineup surely must at least make the rmr, right?
2022-03-11 10:32
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#31
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France cedd
ive never been convinced stew is someone you want as an igl but i like tim and brehze on form is fun to watch so i hope they make it also tim saying .throw at the end was hilarious
2022-03-11 10:43
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the problem of eg is that they didn't go for unknown names that could have potential - they just went for people that either don't have motivation (Brehze, Cerq) or won a major years ago
2022-03-11 10:53
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#117
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MrFuckYou | 
United States lybrel
??? Brezhe like electronic have carried their team’s alone for years
2022-03-11 23:21
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#39
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Yugoslavia seeeed
People acting like EG are awful even tho they won 16-1 up till that point and then lost 16-14 to a semi competent team. Should they have won? Yeah, probably, but thats online qualifiers. Multiple T2 EU teams that had issues getting thru lmfao
2022-03-11 11:09
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2 replies
#46
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Russia evGGenx0
imagine losing 1 round vs 3lvl team
2022-03-11 11:28
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#89
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Estonia simondoggo
+1 well said
2022-03-11 14:57
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#40
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World kitaetZ
LETS GO MYTHIC GOOD LOGO!!!
2022-03-11 11:11
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strife NA hope
2022-03-11 11:28
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expected
2022-03-11 11:39
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#52
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African Union mikecool
who would want to play for EG anymore... they're in the poorest state ever
2022-03-11 11:41
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oh nooooo, anyway
2022-03-11 11:56
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lmao great igling by trash2k LUL
2022-03-11 12:25
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#61
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Serbia Garbrandt_
Nice investment EG! 👍
2022-03-11 12:28
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stewie10am igl < drunktard igl if EG doesnt qualify during second qualifier they can also disband
2022-03-11 12:37
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Kek
2022-03-11 13:00
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This is proof that cerq and brehze have to go
2022-03-11 13:11
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2 replies
#84
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Lithuania m1nardi
+1, eg kicked 2 players who had at least some sort of potential while leaving the 2 most washed ones
2022-03-11 14:34
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1 reply
Not only that, when your igl consistently frags out more than you, while he is playing the shit positions and not baiting for kills, while you are an awper then you know that something is wrong
2022-03-11 14:36
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Well, Strife is #49 in ranks and EG is #88 so makes sense. Ok seriously, wtf actually happened? Also i thought Orgless could beat ATK. Wait ATK is #57 and Orgless #72, ok so now makes sense too.
2022-03-11 13:20
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Can someone explain? I didnt notice that eg played vs strife so how they lost to them? i dont understand
2022-03-11 13:23
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#72
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Brazil Anarchybr
LMAO, Stanislaw team really haves a guy named SPERMY???? XDDDD
2022-03-11 13:30
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10 bud lights or coors lights hardly qualify as "10 beers"
2022-03-11 13:40
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#77
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Brazil Perdigao22
F NA Cs
2022-03-11 13:57
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Man, I love NA CS. They know they've got nothing left to offer and they play like it. Hilarious. Lmao at Stew. With how self-centered he is, he probably thought they extensively studied EG and Stewie's igl style. But no, their IGL was just drunk.
2022-03-11 13:58
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Minimum 20k $ paychecks btw lmao
2022-03-11 13:59
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#80
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Brazil JORNAfps1
And the Brazilian teams will take practically all the vacancies of the RMR NA. What happened to CS NA?
2022-03-11 14:11
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new roster but still a meme?
2022-03-11 15:47
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#95
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Poland SebL
Man it's hard to win with the amount of firepower EG has even vs Tier-3 NA teams, just imagine how will they look when competing with Tier-1 EU CS. I feel bad for them kinda, they could be a decent team but they will never solve this firepower issue with this 5-man lineup.
2022-03-11 15:48
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We know how they look against tier 1 EU, they got wrecked at Blast Spring groups. Ok, it was early in the year, but i don't think it will get better. If they manage 1 series against AGO at ESL Pro League it will be an achievement
2022-03-11 16:05
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#103
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Poland SebL
They absolutely have to be beating teams like AGO, but vs teams like coL I don't even think they'd be the favourites, and that's really sad if you think about EG as a brand.
2022-03-11 18:02
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2 replies
Yeah, it's sad. I feel bad for cerq and brehze, it's been a couple horrible years. That they keep going is admirable in itself
2022-03-12 00:25
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#126
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Poland SebL
CeRq has been doing pretty decent as a sort of supportive AWPer, but Brehze has to step up his game if he wants to go on for another couple of years, or he will end up benched I'm afraid.
2022-03-12 18:23
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#96
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United States illusi0n[1g]
Good job Strife. I would never root for a player like stewie. Biggest goof ball and really an embarrassment to NA.cs
2022-03-11 16:04
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#98
Faceit premium user Faceit level 6  | 
brnz4n | 
Brazil eehly
Bro there is a high chance that 2 SA teams take a NA spot lol, If both T1 and God sent win, which they should, thats one team in automatically. Pain only has to beat BNB then probably mythic which isnt too hard, but they could still lose that. So looks like at least 1 spot to 1 of the 3 SA teams.
2022-03-11 16:08
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Strife suck but i bet stewie mad as hell. get use to it stewie.
2022-03-11 16:42
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#124
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United States illusi0n[1g]
Strife doesn't suck bro. You better show some respect
2022-03-12 03:57
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1 reply
respect a team with a match fixer on it? that aint going to happen
2022-03-13 00:20
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sad
2022-03-11 16:48
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#105
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Brazil inv4der
WTF EG????????...
2022-03-11 18:13
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The right topic is ''Evil Geniuses crash out of competetive CSGO.'' LMAO
2022-03-11 18:17
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if EG doesnt get to the RMR in this weak NA qualifier...
2022-03-11 21:02
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No one cares about NA
2022-03-11 21:07
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Eg will eventually quit cs I guess. This is just not their discipline. They bought out a good squad but eventually turned it into.. This
2022-03-11 23:36
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Lol theres a player called muhammad ali xd
2022-03-11 23:48
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#127
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Belgium Ch333
EG second chance qualifier NA 2
2022-03-12 18:34
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