I agree, fading minds in the esports is lower than the typical sports because it uses mind for the games and strategies.

I remember Ceb's stream when he's watching raven I think on TI when it was hyped about dominator for all offlaners, Ceb was poking raven when he doesn't control his dom-neut.

That's a zeus that's work from home. LOL. Although LGD made it to the grand finals, they're beaten by yandex thrice and congrats to them for being the champs.

This is the placing and prizes for all of them.

Raven was a pretty decent carry player 5 years ago. One of the best at the time at SEA region. He made the transition to offlane because he just couldn't keep up on carry anymore. As an offlaner, from what i've seen from him, he's just not good enough. I think Gabbi would be a much better player for OG. Pretty safe to assume someone in OG doesn't like Gabbi. Not surprising giving how toxic Gabbi can be. Imagine how toxic a person has to be, to make Abed punch him in the face.



Team Bald is making a return for TI qualifiers.
1. Shad
2. Sanctity
3. Xibbe
4. mrls
5. Bengan
Coach. Gorgc & pieliedie

I hope this team meets Topson/RTZ stack during qualifiers. Would be epic.

The lower final was absolute cinema, but LGD didn't have much left in the tank and got rolled 3-1 by Yandex.

FUT is one of the better teams in stage two, so it's no surprise they're the second team to finish 3-0.

This G2 squad has been solid in clearing teams weaker than them, but they always fall short once the matchups get even.

They surely need a roster shuffle in the offseason because it doesn't feel like things will get any better if they keep sticking with this roster for the next few seasons.

Another team to bow out of the major tournament was Gamerlegion. To be honest, I didn’t expect them to be knocked out so early; in fact, I thought they’d make it through to Stage 3, but after losing to both Astralis and Betboom, they were defeated by B8 and had to say goodbye to the tournament. In my view, they were perhaps one of the last teams I’d have expected to go 0-3 in Stage 2. To be honest, they didn’t play badly in this match, but they lost by a narrow margin due to simple mistakes.

Nigma Galaxy just announced No!ob and rincyq were kicked and Sumail and lorenof are the replacements. Sumail will be playing carry. Kinda weird move 2 weeks before quals, but i can see why. Probably they didn't believe they could qualify with that roster. I have my doubts this roster is that much of an improvement, but we will see.

GL gone from the tournament too soon most thought they would make it through to the next stage.
G2 made it past FUT who threw their match away in the second map losing those 9 rounds to them. So now they face a more formable opponent in BiG. The germans are always a threat in these later stages of any tournament.
The match currently being played is quite surprising to watch with B8 winning on the last map against MiBR.

The next ones to be played today are:
M80 vs Legacy
Monte vs BetBoom
Tyloo vs 9z

I'm following the Brazilian teams MIBR and PAIN. Both won their first maps and are currently heading into their second map. It looks like it will be a close match, at least that's what I expect. But I'm confident both will advance. I'm also looking forward to Stage 3 and seeing how Vitality performs in this initial phase.

TYLOO didn’t put in a poor performance against 9z, but we have to say that 9z are the stronger team and have secured their place in Stage 3. It’s worth noting that dgt had a truly standout match. They played a good match and played a major part in securing the win. TYLOO were poor as a team and have carried their chances into the final match. Whilst I don’t think they can beat Legacy, they do still have a chance.

Unfortunately, MIBR was eliminated, but Pain continued in the competition, winning 2-0 against Astralias, which I really didn't expect to be relatively easy to beat. They managed to score some points in the first map, but the second was a clean 13-4 victory.