HEROIC-FaZe grudge match headlines Austin Major Stage 2 opening round

yxngstxr will get his chance to "talk shit back" to s1mple in the first match of Stage 2.

The opening round of matchups for Stage 2 of the BLAST.tv Austin Major have been set following the conclusion of Stage 1, which saw Lynn Vision, Legacy, and TYLOO lock in the final three spots after advancing from the 2-2 pool.

Best-of-ones return for the opening round of Stage 2, which is headlined by a tantalizing grudge matchup between HEROIC and FaZe.

The former knocked the latter out of IEM Dallas, where FaZe were using Felipe "⁠skullz⁠" Medeiros as a stand-in for Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard, and a clip from a FaZe documentary soon followed where Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev said, "We lost against fucking bots."

In an interview with Dust2.us, Simon "⁠yxngstxr⁠" Boije explained that this may have a continuation of some "funny drama" between Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen and Yasin "⁠xfl0ud⁠" Koç, and added that he was hoping for a rematch in Stage 2. "Since [s1mple] said we are bots, I need to talk shit back."

He'll get his wish to kick off Stage 2, while other notable games see Falcons taking on B8 and 3DMAX up against BetBoom.

All the opening matchups for Stage 2 can be found below:

Date Matches
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Stage 2
07/06/2025
17:00
Match
07/06/2025
17:00
Match
07/06/2025
17:45
Match
07/06/2025
18:00
Match
07/06/2025
18:35
Match
07/06/2025
18:55
Match
07/06/2025
19:30
Match
07/06/2025
19:55
Match

And this is how the Austin Major has shaped up after the conclusion of the first stage:

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BLAST.tv Austin Major

Falcons
0 - 0
3DMAX
0 - 0
Virtus.pro
0 - 0
FURIA
0 - 0
HEROIC
0 - 0
BetBoom
0 - 0
Nemiga
0 - 0
Lynn Vision
0 - 0
Legacy
0 - 0
TYLOO
0 - 0
Vitality
0 - 0
MOUZ
0 - 0
Spirit
0 - 0
Aurora
0 - 0
Natus Vincere
0 - 0
G2
0 - 0
Liquid
0 - 0
The MongolZ
0 - 0
Legacy
0 - 0
Virtus.pro
0 - 0
paiN
0 - 0
FURIA
0 - 0
3DMAX
0 - 0
Nemiga
0 - 0
Lynn Vision
0 - 0
FaZe
0 - 0
Denmark Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Age:
35
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.90
Maps played:
2521
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.69
Turkey Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
785
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.66
Brazil Felipe 'skullz' Medeiros
Felipe 'skullz' Medeiros
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
870
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.63
Norway Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Age:
30
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
2105
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.69
Ukraine Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.24
Maps played:
1748
KPR:
0.84
DPR:
0.63
Sweden Simon 'yxngstxr' Boije
Simon 'yxngstxr' Boije
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
447
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.68
M80, Legacy 0-3
2025-06-07 01:30
13
3 replies
m80 will get lucky in a bo1 just watch
2025-06-07 01:42
0
What about VP?
2025-06-07 01:46
3
1 reply
#36
 | 
Russia kinsley
VP will 2-3 as usual
2025-06-07 11:41
0
#2
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
So...unlucky for simple?
2025-06-07 01:31
0
#3
 | 
Germany shizliNe
s0mple better get ready for xfl0ud's special sauce
2025-06-07 01:31
25
1 reply
#17
 | 
Russia i0n1x
HUH
2025-06-07 02:11
9
HEROES WE SHALL RIDE OUT VS THE PURE EVIL
2025-06-07 01:31
11
Everything is already scripted, I even know the winner, but due to unknown reasons I can't reveal it to you guys..
2025-06-07 01:31
4
2 replies
Doesn't matter you've got diamond coin
2025-06-07 01:53
1
#42
 | 
China halflife2
Wow?
2025-06-07 13:59
0
who is the bot now xD
2025-06-07 01:31
0
#7
 | 
World waltsuu
CINEMA ALREADY
2025-06-07 01:34
1
We will be there
2025-06-07 01:41
13
Bro it’s 3d max be bb not tyloo vs 3dmax
2025-06-07 01:41
0
Cinema
2025-06-07 01:42
1
Destroy them GOAT
2025-06-07 01:43
8
6 replies
#14
 | 
Russia moonEEK!
so nice of faze to print s1mple’s kd on the shirt
2025-06-07 01:48
29
4 replies
#18
 | 
Ukraine Fr1ezeFain
turn it over
2025-06-07 02:20
1
2 replies
#20
 | 
Russia moonEEK!
i’m joking, i hope he does well, we need him back unlike fake humble zypoop
2025-06-07 02:21
3
1 reply
facts honestly, kinda boring with the woo
2025-06-07 03:02
4
You see a dot better the numbers? Only haters who can't think says things like that
2025-06-07 02:20
0
#25
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Australia hoangii
Should be 0.86
2025-06-07 04:57
0
now we are talking , i absolutely love how s1mple make those random ass matches super exciting
2025-06-07 01:49
4
good match
2025-06-07 02:42
3
#22
donk | 
Argentina Aleeee
What are these matchups? Is valve trolling or what
2025-06-07 02:59
3
#24
 | 
New Zealand Skye620
This was the worst kept secret for this major tbh
2025-06-07 03:25
0
#26
 | 
Korea syjeon
0-3. Nemiga Gaming and MiBR 3-0. Team Falcons and FURIA Esports just watch me cook ;)
2025-06-07 06:00
0
3 replies
#27
 | 
Korea DiPark
As I know if both Falcons and FURIA go 2-0 then they'll very likely to play against each other
2025-06-07 07:31
0
#38
arT | 
Belgium oLibao
You lost us with Furia
2025-06-07 12:29
0
1 reply
#41
 | 
Korea syjeon
nah thats my hot take, watch and learn mate
2025-06-07 13:53
0
How does the seeding work? Why do the 3-0 teams face the top ranked stage 2 teams. While shit teams are playing shit teams?
2025-06-07 07:43
1
2 replies
#29
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
1 v 9, 2 v 10, etc.
2025-06-07 07:50
0
1 reply
Its insane that its not 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15...
2025-06-07 08:02
0
#31
 | 
Finland Tusku
on the behalf of whomever loses the grudge match, fuck bo1s
2025-06-07 08:07
1
FaZe win 13-5
2025-06-07 08:17
0
Dang love the summary table at the bottom
2025-06-07 08:28
1
So easy for GOAT Sasha
2025-06-07 08:30
0
s1mple has photo in faze jersey no? why still in falcons jersey in profile?
2025-06-07 09:10
1
1 reply
#40
Faceit level 10  | 
 | 
Ukraine howie228
Teams apply the player profile photos. Falcons do that asap, while faze has always been slow with updating the photos. Elige has had a complexity photo for like 3 months being in faze
2025-06-07 13:30
0
#37
 | 
Russia kinsley
B8 / LV easiest 0-3 predictions ever
2025-06-07 11:42
0
1 reply
#45
 | 
United States 4j0
LOL both of those teams played and beat failconszz
2025-06-08 02:06
0
#39
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Switzerland DinoSkyline
random question, but has anyone tried to watching matches in gotv, I mean in cs2? I tried with "connect..." but it wasn't working.
2025-06-07 12:32
0
1 reply
they have password on server so only admin can enter
2025-06-07 20:00
0
13-3 btw Heroic can talk shit now
2025-06-07 17:40
0
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