BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Americas RMRAmericas RMR Day 1: As it happened
This was a live updated post with the latest happenings from day one of the Americas Major qualifiers.
Flamengo upset MIBR, Fluxo edge past yur to conclude day one
06:21 - Nohte
The final matches of round one came to a close with MIBR falling in double overtime to Paquetá, the second upset result of the tournament after Evil Geniuses took down Imperial earlier in the day. Fluxo also went the distance versus yur, but prevented any extra rounds as they secured a 16-13 win to head into the 1-0 pool.
EG defeat Imperial 16-12
05:08 - Nohte
Evil Geniuses have cast Imperial down to the 0-1 elimination pool in Monterrey following a 16-12 victory on Inferno. The North American side arrived at the event on short notice as a replacement for DETONATE and have had rumors swirling about the impending addition of Ismail "refrezh" Ali to their roster, but are playing the event with Jadan "HexT" Postma.
The team moves into the 1-0 pool after their win over Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo's side, and will next take on FURIA in a best-of-one on Friday.
Second round of games delayed to Friday
04:12 - Nohte
nitr0 discusses improvements Liquid are looking to make
03:45 - Nohte
"I think we're trying as a team to figure out how we can make [YEKINDAR and EliGE] more impactful in the server, we're just trying to throw out some ideas, help them out within the team and just going from there really."
paiN trounce Paqueta 16-2
03:28 - Nohte
Rodrigo "biguzera" Bittencourt's men have continued their recent strong run of form by entering the Americas RMR with a dominant 16-2 showing against Paquetá.
  paiN |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 - 8 | +14 | 141.1 | 94.4% | 2.02 | |
| 23 - 5 | +18 | 110.7 | 94.4% | 1.94 | |
| 14 - 9 | +5 | 85.3 | 88.9% | 1.42 | |
| 14 - 8 | +6 | 85.3 | 77.8% | 1.31 | |
| 12 - 7 | +5 | 64.7 | 88.9% | 1.21 |
 Paquetá |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 - 17 | -6 | 70.2 | 66.7% | 0.83 | |
| 8 - 17 | -9 | 59.8 | 38.9% | 0.61 | |
| 6 - 16 | -10 | 28.1 | 44.4% | 0.48 | |
| 8 - 18 | -10 | 57.7 | 44.4% | 0.45 | |
| 4 - 17 | -13 | 35.5 | 27.8% | 0.35 |
Meanwhile, Evil Geniuses are squaring off against Imperial on Inferno, and currently lead 6-2 on the T side.
Complexity beat Solid, Nouns fall to BESTIA
02:35 - Nohte
Two more games have concluded at the Americas RMR as Complexity had little difficulty in defeating Solid, while BESTIA squeezed past Nouns in a 16-13 affair on Overpass.
FURIA go 1-0 after crushing TeamOne
00:55 - Nohte
Andrei "arT" Piovezan's men swiftly dispatched of their fellow Brazilians from TeamOne with a 16-6 scoreline on Ancient. Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato and Yuri "yuurih" Santos led the way on the server with 1.64 and 1.45 ratings, respectively.
Liquid cruise to the win
00:35 - Professeur
No issues for Liquid at all in their opening game as they looked comfortable start to finish, with any chances for 00NATION to get into the game denied by Keith "NAF" Markovic's clutches.
 Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 - 7 | +13 | 107.0 | 85.0% | 1.82 | |
| 19 - 12 | +7 | 81.8 | 65.0% | 1.48 | |
| 12 - 6 | +6 | 57.1 | 90.0% | 1.25 | |
| 14 - 16 | -2 | 79.3 | 75.0% | 1.11 | |
| 12 - 14 | -2 | 74.2 | 70.0% | 0.92 |
 00NATION |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 - 15 | +7 | 106.8 | 75.0% | 1.38 | |
| 13 - 17 | -4 | 92.2 | 70.0% | 0.94 | |
| 10 - 15 | -5 | 53.4 | 55.0% | 0.63 | |
| 8 - 16 | -8 | 49.1 | 55.0% | 0.51 | |
| 2 - 15 | -13 | 21.6 | 55.0% | 0.36 |
The FURIA - TeamOne game has also kicked off, with the favorites sitting in an early lead at the moment, 8-3 on the T side of Ancient.
We have action!
23:45 - Professeur
After more than an hour and a half of delays, a match has finally started at the Americas RMR with Liquid taking an early lead over 00NATION.
The FURIA - TeamOne game has not yet kicked off, with the stream currently simply stating "coming up" for the game.
Meanwhile, get a peek at the vibe at the venue through our timelapse below:
Ten-minute countdown started!
23:23 - Professeur
The streams have finally gone live and the start of the event seems imminent, as a 10-minute countdown is shown.
Power issues delay start of Americas RMR
22:55 - Professeur
Issues at the venue relating to the power supply have been the cause of the delays, which see the event already fall an hour behind schedule. According to Dust2.us, this is not an isolated incident as the hotel which serves as the venue has been experiencing power issues for the past few days.
While we await further news about starting time, you can check out the first photos from Mexico here.
Delays to start the day
22:10 - Professeur
Ten minutes have passed since the scheduled start of the initial matches, but the official streams are still offline. Here is to hoping we don't have a repeat of the initial day of the Asia RMR, where just one map was played due to server issues.
Starting with the big dogs
21:51 - Professeur
Liquid and FURIA will be among the first teams entering the servers in Monterrey, Mexico, where the BLAST.tv Paris Major Americas RMR will take place, facing 00NATION and TeamOne, respectively. The favorites will be hoping to start with an early win and march towards qualification without any hiccups, as with just five out of 16 teams able to advance to Paris, an early defeat could spell disaster.
Before the matches start, learn three things about every team at the event and see the opening matches in our preview article below.
Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Sanzhar 'neaLaN' Iskhakov
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