PGL unveils EU RMRs team distribution

Thirty-two teams will travel to Bucharest next month to compete for 17 spots at the Major.

Reigning Major champions Vitality placed in RMR B

PGL has announced the team distribution for the two European Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournaments that will be held before the Copenhagen Major.

Thirty-two teams from all over Europe will be taking part in the EU RMRs, scheduled for February 17-24. Eleven teams were invited based on their results at the BLAST Paris Major, while the remaining 21 sides had to earn their entry through the closed qualifiers.

Each RMR tournament will feature a five-round Swiss stage, with only the progression and elimination rounds featuring a best-of-three format. The top eight sides will earn entry into either the Opening or the Elimination stages of the Major (depending on their rank in Valve's Regional Standings), while the teams that finish 9th through 11th will go to a last-chance decider stage, where one final spot will be on the line.

Below you can find the team distribution for the RMRs, determined by Valve's December 18 Regional Standings:

One of the main questions surrounding the team distribution is the fact that Falcons are seeded last in RMR A. This is because the team has only two players from the ENCE lineup as per Valve's latest Regional Standings (Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer was no longer on the team when the ranking was updated). As such, the team is unranked.

Denmark Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Age:
33
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
1796
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.68
Interesting
2024-01-22 10:39
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Why is Falcons at the bottom of group A Also how is faze higher ranked than vit
2024-01-22 10:43
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14 replies
No idea
2024-01-22 10:44
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cuz gla1ve was already there when ranking was updated for the last time so no core with snappi anymore
2024-01-22 10:48
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literally says why falcons are last if u read the last bit in the article lol and yeh who knows why faze are higher than vita
2024-01-22 11:14
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lol then they shouldnt even have an invite if Snappi doesnt count
2024-01-22 11:18
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1 reply
Thats just the ranking. They still have the core from the previous major
2024-01-22 11:50
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Player changes during the year maybe, idk
2024-01-22 13:20
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vita lost magisk, some points went lost there
2024-01-22 11:20
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And dupreeh, don’t forget Vita changed 2 players since Paris.
2024-01-22 13:12
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The question is why is nexus from decider higher than heroic lol
2024-01-22 11:55
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Valve ranking is based primarily based on prize money and not how difficult a competition is, so FaZe winning the smaller (but high prize pool) events like CS Asia and Thunderpick gives them a higher spot than Vitality who don’t attend as many tourneys. It’s something the valve rankings have always been criticised for but they still haven’t changed it.
2024-01-22 13:05
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#109
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Sweden Danzk1
You gotta be trolling...
2024-01-22 13:24
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#119
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Russia KamaraD
2024-01-22 14:16
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Because Valve for some reason takes prize pool earnings as a big factor when ranking their teams. Its stupis and shouldnt be heavily weighed especially for online tournaments.
2024-01-22 15:33
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#142
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Russia KamaraD
From one side yep, from second all big events are Partnerships so same teams over and over and they need somehow ranked small t2-3 teams that doesn’t play big events and only result is prize money but if u ranked small teams by prize money it’s makes sense to ranking all teams by prize money.
2024-01-26 02:27
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#2
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Finland Sipunak
Group Denmark (B)
2024-01-22 10:39
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#8
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Finland Hekee
they wanna make sure at least one denmark team goes thro
2024-01-22 10:42
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1 reply
More like making sure less danish teams are making it through... So sucky move.
2024-01-31 22:03
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#135
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tarik | 
Sweden Joacim
Amkal on lan... Will be interesting for sure
2024-01-22 21:24
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Major is gunna be gooood :D
2024-01-22 10:39
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B hard group
2024-01-22 10:40
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9 replies
#38
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Portugal L1ma04
Bro A is way harder
2024-01-22 10:56
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8 replies
You only say this because SAW is in group A
2024-01-22 10:59
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4 replies
#44
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Portugal L1ma04
there is more better teams in group A
2024-01-22 11:02
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3 replies
Every team in group B is better than SAW tbh
2024-01-22 11:02
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2 replies
#53
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Portugal L1ma04
SAW >> Nexus PERA ESTATIC PREASY
2024-01-22 11:08
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1 reply
Not Preasy.
2024-01-22 11:21
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#111
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Montenegro washuu
saw can easily get a 3-2 in their group, in group b 1 win max
2024-01-22 13:25
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2 replies
#112
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Portugal L1ma04
i hope so
2024-01-22 13:26
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1 reply
#113
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Montenegro washuu
it all depends on seeding
2024-01-22 13:27
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i want 3d max stickers NOW
2024-01-22 10:41
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5 replies
+1
2024-01-22 10:46
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#86
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Poland nyontc
I heard that if they qualify they might be bought by kcorp or someone else. But I also want 3dmax stickers
2024-01-22 12:07
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3 replies
can they change org after they qualify tho?
2024-01-22 12:18
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#133
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ohnePixel | 
Finland osk4r99
Valve has only ever cared about cores(after qualling i guess all 5 players) . But any org selling after qualifying is straight up stupid. Giving away the sticker money
2024-01-22 17:56
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1 reply
Any buyout would obviously factor in sticker money
2024-01-23 08:15
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#6
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Europe MuniH05
Group b is more tough
2024-01-22 10:41
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Faze and getting the easiest group every tournament name a more iconic duo
2024-01-22 10:41
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9 replies
That's because they are #1 seed for some reason, they and vitality should swap places
2024-01-22 10:44
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#43
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Europe imotfhere
A is harder wtf?
2024-01-22 11:00
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7 replies
#45
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Finland KnelI
Both are equally hard blud is fighting for air
2024-01-22 11:02
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How exactly? all A has is: shaky Navi Virtus "Paid by the round" Pro worst G2 in years rest are irrelevant cctv teams. Meanwhile B has all the strong teams atm and a lot of dark horses as well.
2024-01-22 11:34
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4 replies
Definitely not the worst G2 tho :) Paid by the round :)))))))
2024-01-22 12:00
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#101
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Europe imotfhere
G2 still a solid team, navi better team than anybody in B other than vitality VP are a good team and falcons are just better ence. Idk about astralis, c9 without awp?
2024-01-22 12:56
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2 replies
I think you are overrating Navi by about a mile. Navi is mediocre at best this moment.
2024-01-22 21:48
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#139
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Europe imotfhere
they are still better than mouz, monte, spirit and c9 astralis can be better, we didnt see them play that much
2024-01-22 22:14
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how? :D
2024-01-22 11:36
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Ez for xanti and woxic
2024-01-22 10:43
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#11
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Russia i0n1x
why Valve havent updated their rankings to reseed the teams before the RMR? whats the point of using 2 months old rankings for the event?
2024-01-22 10:43
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4 replies
Its actually 1 month and there arent played notable matches in this time
2024-01-22 11:04
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#51
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Russia i0n1x
current ranking is 1 months old, so 2 months before the event. lots of matches in qualis have been played and blast will be played this week.
2024-01-22 11:06
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#88
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FalleN | 
Brazil dungahk
teams need time to prep and Valve couldn't care less about BLAST
2024-01-22 12:10
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#93
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Russia i0n1x
what? they can update the rankings today. and its mostly about qualis and not blast
2024-01-22 12:24
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#12
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Romania JoQue
GL NEXUS
2024-01-22 10:43
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Group A more stacked no?
2024-01-22 10:44
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10 replies
Group A is Faze g2 VP Navi + CCT partnered teams
2024-01-22 10:45
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8 replies
+1. group B more stacked than A
2024-01-22 10:47
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+ fnatic, falcons, EF (turks say they are tier 1) vs Vitality, c9, spirit, Astralis and Monte
2024-01-22 10:47
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#30
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Romania senTien6
maybe not tier 1 but EF have been playing really good lately
2024-01-22 10:51
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and Heroic, Mouz and always dangerous ex BNE
2024-01-22 10:57
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dont disrespect tier1 teams by writing fnatic with them
2024-01-22 11:06
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We don't know Falcons, but if they're in then Heroic too... You've forgot Mouz for some reason and if you put EF in there then Guild should also be there.
2024-01-22 11:23
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2 replies
mouz without frozen - tier2, honeymoon phase with brollan already finished, check closed rmr results
2024-01-22 11:30
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1 reply
Yeah never happened a team underperforming in a mahir phase and then going 3-0 on the next one, lol. Mouz is still tier1 and top 10 team until proven otherwise.
2024-01-22 11:42
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Pretty balanced imo
2024-01-22 10:52
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Is this also the seeding order ? If yes , Nexus vs Astralis first game inb4 Xellow vs device
2024-01-22 10:45
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#24
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Romania Nickname90
i don't understand the seeding order, astralis are top15, nexus are top 93, shouldn't nexus play the highest ranking team in that group which is vitality?
2024-01-22 10:47
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6 replies
No, it's 1v9 2v10 etc
2024-01-22 10:48
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2 replies
But its only for first round its so stupid
2024-01-22 11:08
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#129
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Czech Republic PaYaB
there's really no logic behind that
2024-01-22 16:06
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They changed it, now it's 1 vs 9, seed 2 vs 10 , ..., 8 vs 16
2024-01-22 10:49
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Don't use hltv rankings for reasoning, as no TO uses it.
2024-01-22 21:49
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i used valve ranking
2024-01-22 21:51
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This is ordered by hltv ranking, while seeding uses Valve rankings, so it's gonna be different. That being said, I don't think it's going to be too different
2024-01-22 10:49
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#78
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Romania burtiqutz
It's not hltv ranking, it's valve ranking, it says right there in the article man. "Below you can find the team distribution for the RMRs, determined by Valve's December 18 Regional Standings:"
2024-01-22 11:53
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Yes, what you're talking about is the distribution between the 2 groups, which was already made official and is ofc based on the Valve rankings. What OP was asking about, is whether the order the teams were listed in in this article, was the seeding for the R1 and R2 swiss games. To which I replied no, because the teams are listed in order of HLTV rankings in this article, yet the seeding will be based on the Valve rankings, which is/will be slightly different
2024-01-22 12:25
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#94
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Romania burtiqutz
They are not ordered by hltv ranking, as nexus(#181 at the time of publishing) is sat above heroic(#49). edit: also Ecstatic over Pera and OG, also Preasy and Spirit not following the order. Maybe they used today's updated rankings in advance, otherwise I think we can assume this is the seeding.
2024-01-22 12:32
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Hmmm, looks like ur right
2024-01-22 13:01
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Correct, Astralis will play vs Nexus. Here are the matchups announced for both groups: RMR A: FaZe vs 9 Pandas VP vs SAW NAVI vs KOI G2 vs ITB EF vs NIP AMKAL vs Ex-Thunderflash BetBoom vs fnatic 3DMAX vs Falcons RMR B: Vitality vs GL MOUZ vs Guild Eagles Spirit vs Ence Monte vs Ecstasic C9 vs PERA APEKS vs OG Astralia vs Nexus Preasy vs Heroic
2024-01-22 10:55
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#17
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Johnny R. | 
Spain shooterr
joke
2024-01-22 10:45
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well I got a different team distribution either Valve's rulebook is poorly written or someone from PGL made a mistake
2024-01-22 10:45
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this seems unbalanced tbh, group A seems much stronger
2024-01-22 10:47
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#35
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gla1ve | 
Sweden official_EGB
I think A has better top teams, and after that its just a wild west with who qualifies. But A has better all around which makes it harder for the favourites I think.
2024-01-22 10:54
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I feel like A has more teams that are on the upswing while B has lots of potential contenders who are however very shaky right now
2024-01-22 10:59
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B it has, besides Vita, 10 teams which can qualify.. depending on their form, obviously. On the other hand, on A, there are 4 or 5 top dogs and 4 dark horses ..
2024-01-22 11:50
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#87
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gla1ve | 
Sweden official_EGB
Yes sorry I meant that B has better all around
2024-01-22 12:07
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So many bad teams. With cs2 and s1mple break Cs competive level become shit
2024-01-22 10:52
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2 replies
The level of competition is not looking great with all roster changes but how is this any worse than 2021 when navi had no competition and we had g2 who played in grand final of cologne and stokholm major having no dedicated awper and jackz, vitality had kyojin, washed af rpk and misuta. And these teams were among top 5
2024-01-22 11:12
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vitality had kyojin, washed af rpk and misuta. And these teams were among top 5 crazy to think this
2024-01-22 13:46
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#34
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n0rb3r7 | 
Belgium daerius
A is gonna be rough.
2024-01-22 10:54
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#47
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Romania silksz12
B looks more stacked tbh
2024-01-22 11:04
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Group A is a joke compared to Group B, what is this
2024-01-22 11:11
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#56
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Russia _BossBaby
Nexus clears🥱
2024-01-22 11:14
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1 reply
#144
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Romania LegenDDDD
kekw ... bro nexus are 181th i think they are by far the lowest rank in rmr .. if they win 1 game they will be top 50 100% just from that lmfao
2024-01-29 12:02
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Considering how many people in this thread said either A id more stacked or B is meoe stacked and noone agrees with the other id say the groups are pretty balanced
2024-01-22 11:20
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Groups are balanced. But the 3 weakest teams (ecstatic, pera and nexus) are in group B. Also group B have more teams we're yet to know how they really are after break (Monte, Gamerlegion, Ence, Apeks).
2024-01-22 11:28
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Easy group for Vitality as always.
2024-01-22 11:26
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RMR b is literally harder lmao
2024-01-22 11:47
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4 replies
2024-01-22 12:02
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Vita>Faze Mouz>VP Spirit>NAVI Monte=G2 C9 and Astralis>>rest of Group A combined
2024-01-22 12:06
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Monte=G2 = 0/8 + meds
2024-01-22 13:15
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1 reply
2024-01-22 13:24
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#67
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Italy AlCapone1925
Group B is a joke.
2024-01-22 11:29
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So there is no diffrence beetwen 3-0 and 2-3? Nice system
2024-01-22 11:36
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I just hope that spirit doesn't make it
2024-01-22 11:41
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A is stacked
2024-01-22 11:51
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Group B looks spicy.
2024-01-22 12:00
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Who makes this groups? Group A way harder Teams in top 30, Gr.A - 11teams | Gr.B - 8 teams Teams in top 10 Gr.A [5] | Gr.B [4] Teams in 11-20 Gr.A [2] | Gr.B [3] Teams in 21- 30 Gr.A [4] | Gr.B [0] And yes i Know teams like Heroic or Ence are out of top 30 in the moment, but you can't say that Group B is harder.
2024-01-22 12:00
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A is slightly easier but i have a question Is the match ups based of seedings? In this case is FaZe going to play against Falcons in their first match?:)
2024-01-22 12:05
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#89
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Chad MOJORISIN
you know the groups are balanced when people say both groups are either stacked or a joke
2024-01-22 12:14
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+1
2024-01-22 15:32
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#91
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Europe Baunsator
So many swedish teams
2024-01-22 12:22
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#95
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Spain elk878
please, stop using valve seeding for closed/RMRs i guess major spots are distributed by valve ranking aswell, so falcons will go to contenders stage even if they qualify 3-0
2024-01-22 12:28
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#96
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Denmark slacking
faze and easy groups name more iconic duo
2024-01-22 12:30
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#98
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Antigua and Barbuda [nUmb]
A > B bro
2024-01-22 12:46
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Any idea why nexus is better seeded then heroic when they qualified through last chance while heroic in the main Swiss? Not sure the win vs big counted that much or what is going on
2024-01-22 12:39
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Valve ranking. Nexus is #133 but this Heroic lineup is not ranked yet...
2024-01-22 16:59
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#99
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United Kingdom Leftie
A is looking stacked, will be hard for any of the lower ranked teams unless they find 5th gear
2024-01-22 12:50
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#104
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roman | 
Portugal MUTIRIS_VAC_SHOT
That was my first impression, but A isnt as stacked as it looks. I think its because our brains link teams like NIP/fnatic to T1 CS. I'd say the top top teams will make it through as expected, the rest will be a huge battle. Group B as more "good teams" but also has the weakest teams.
2024-01-22 13:06
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2024-01-22 15:44
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Feel like a lot of equipment will be stolen
2024-01-22 12:50
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#126
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Chad MOJORISIN
yeah they probably shouldn't let PERA attend
2024-01-22 15:34
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#115
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jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
Gl hf
2024-01-22 13:45
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#117
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Israel RoyBenji
Pretty balanced, either way it’s gg for Vit so everyone else should give up
2024-01-22 13:52
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They managed to put all 4 danish teams into the same group. Impressive
2024-01-22 14:02
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#120
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Lebanon Dogman69
how did nexus is there
2024-01-22 14:28
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RMR A is so much difficult than B. Also 0iq doing this. All teams with Iberian players at the same bracket. Nip Alex Koi Saw Falcons SunPayus
2024-01-22 14:54
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PLEASE G2 <3
2024-01-22 15:30
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the balance of these 2 groups couldnt be more onesided if they tried :D
2024-01-22 15:42
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RIP 3DMax stickers
2024-01-22 16:55
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#134
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Europe Wave_o
NEXUS SWEEP!!!!
2024-01-22 21:23
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Seems balanced. Goodluck VP, BB and 3dmax
2024-01-23 04:16
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#143
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Pol0 | 
Cayman Islands sh0tta
NiP magic incoming.
2024-01-28 04:52
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