Remainder of Asia RMR day 1 matches rescheduled following massive delays

Just one match was played out on day one of the Asia RMR due to persistent server issues.

The organizers of the Asia RMR have announced that the remainder of matches that were supposed to be played on day one of the BLAST.tv Paris Major qualifier have been rescheduled to Friday, the second day of the competition.

The decision came after persistent server issues caused the opening day of the tournament taking place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to be severely delayed.

Teams awaited a resolution of server issues for hours, but it never came

Only the first match between The MongolZ and Twisted Minds was played out before technical issues plagued the start of the second match between VERTEX and Rare Atom. The second bout ended up starting an hour late and was then paused for another five hours after just four rounds were played.

As delays continued to rack up, the organizers also announced that Rare Atom's coach, Xielin "⁠k4Mi⁠" Zhu, would substitute for Andrew "⁠kaze⁠" Khong for the remainder of the match after the Malaysian AWPer began to feel ill and required medical attention.

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However, the coach never played a single round while the technical issues continued to put the match on hold. It is unclear whether k4Mi will still play out the rest of the match or if kaze will be able to return when the match resumes on Friday.

The following matches will be played on Friday, April 7:

10:00 Rare Atom vs. VERTEX (from 1-3 score)
11:30 Grayhound vs. TYLOO
13:00 Eruption vs. Invictus International
14:30 Upper bracket semi-final #1 ( The MongolZ)
16:00 Upper bracket semi-final #2