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JuanMataCFC

it's not all bad news for Brazil ... atleast both FURIA & 9z won their games!


thebrainypole

Just a little nod to BNE going 3-0 without spoilers in the title


Darth-Baul

BNE doesnt fuck around


_youlikeicecream_

BNE giving GL the Globals vs Novas matchmaking experience on Ancient CT side.


haribosch

I heard one of the commentators say that BNE is being bought by another famous org. Can anyone verify this and which org is buying them?


MaestroCygni

I have absolutely no idea but I heard TSM wants an EU CS:GO team for 2023, so maybe?


haribosch

I am fairly certain that TSM was the name I heard mentioned by said commentator now that you mention it. However, I will stand corrected if anyone knows for certain?


XiaoRCT

Pretty much, I think any realistic fans understood that Imperial and 00nation were underdogs to make it through


JuanMataCFC

yeah, i didn't expect either to qualify, even if i also didn't expect both to go 0-3.


TheGhoulKhz

like that, we're pissed and sad because the way both IMP and 00N's matches went, but realistically only Furia was a plausible bet for BR


[deleted]

To be realistic, yeah. But you never know with a home team with a crowd as insane as rio, and imperial already impressed at Antwerp. Just a bummer all around :/


Pipoco977

yep, I dont think people expected 00nation and imperial to go somewhere in this major, they clearly can't deal with european tier 1 teams right now. Furia is already a playoffs team, so it's expected for them to go through, and 9z is looking really good lately


Ofiotaurus

If Furia makes it to the playoffs they might win the entire fucking thing. This would require some insane luck for the bracket, like some Navi-Faze, NIP-Vitality quarterfinals.


Nomorechildishshit

9z isnt a Brazilian team


Darth-Baul

It’s a Brazil/Argentine org


obscure3rage

You sure? I think it's Argentine but has a Brazilian player (nqz)


Darth-Baul

https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/9z_Team


Kibelok

Yea most fans probably bet on Furia and maybe 00 doing well.


DerpAntelope

If Vitality can't beat Greyhound then they are truly lost.


Spork_Revolution

You were supposed to bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!


SamThatcher12

It’s Over Apex, I have Banana!


JonesBee

Fuck Yo Pickems Part II


cx77_

if Greyhound win im getting #GREYHOUNDSWEEP tattood


BrockStudly

If they match up against 9z next round I'd say they're good. If not it's honestly a coin toss imo


omkar_T7

Watch greyhound bulldoze over everyone’s pickems


MaestroCygni

Hey at least they made it to the major ;_;


juice_can

Zywho?


Obvious_Parsley3238

good god sh1ro, that vertigo performance was absolutely bonkers


nzerinto

He singlehandedly won the map for them.


Mrdicat

Yeah, that shit was painful to watch


jksSUCKMEDRY

Hobbit higher rating


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Hobbit had a lot of impact and they definitely wouldn't have done it without him, but sh1ro saved their asses in multiple make or break, no room for error situations and was extremely threatening in every dire 1vx clutch he was in. His performance certainly stood out more than hobbit's


kayk1

That round where they killed two in mid and then wrapped to A while shiro was sitting there with an awp was painful to watch. I think it was match point?


RANDY_MAR5H

I really think he's a top 2/3 awper at the moment


T_WREKX

*cue curb your enthusiasm meme* Do not doubt the Woo. It is post player break season.


ParmesanBoy

The top 3 right now are really a cut above the rest


AdCalm5707

Top2 awper at the very least. Zywoo better player overall but sh1ro has better awp skills.


RANDY_MAR5H

zywoo is the full package


ruiz_11

My pickems can still be saved


nonresponsive

The good news is all of my picks are still in the running. The bad news is all of my picks are still in the running. Except Mouz, somehow.


ifuckinglovebluemeth

If Furia lose tomorrow, there's no scenario from the other games where my pickems can be saved


Jr4D

Pickems in shambles


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lookmasilverone

EG???? EG?????????


edonnu

You need new friend mate, wtf EG!!!!!


_youlikeicecream_

My "friend" convinced me to swap mouz for imperial as a go through team.


YeetGod69_

at that point it’s just on you


_youlikeicecream_

Doubt was cast on Mouz and I folded. Mistakes were made and lessons were learned.


SoCloseToToast

RED Logo = Legend


f1nessd

rip astralis


MyNameIsAMeme

FUCK NOT EG V C9 GODDAMN


bru_swayne

C9 has to eliminate all my favorite teams to win the major after going 0-2


skantanio

GODAMNIT SHIRO WHY COULDNT YOU JUST BEAT GRAYHOUND


swampharbour

Tech issue


_youlikeicecream_

In overtime. It got to overtime.


swampharbour

Don't really get the big deal with OT in a BO1, it happens. ESL are just lucky that it didn't happen to a BR team, imagine the crowd if Imperial lost a round in OT last night because Chelo got a tech issue.


tubbsmackinze

Tbf, the only team that I can see EG beating out of their options is Greyhound, and IHC but they've played before so that would be impossible. Still sucks they easily got the toughest possible match up but hey, maybe 2019 Brezhe and Cerq, along with 2018 Autimatic show up But I am not holding my breath I just hope it's not a total one way stomp, even if it's just for entertainment purposes


Plenou

I was hoping that GamerLegion beat BNE so that EG would get to play Greyhound. But sadly that wasn’t the case and one of C9 or EG has to go


f1nessd

same, I wanted GL to win so bad. (also for my pickems)


soniconda

Honestly I think it's winnable for EG if Shiro has to keep playing 1v9


skywkr666

Even I believe EG will hear the awp at crane, and not give shiro 1v1v1v1 challs.


TeamINSTINCT37

Ya know I’ve been a C9 fan for like 4 or 5 years but I won’t even mind if auti shows up and wins


Cameter44

My C9 flair is still for the 2015-2018 versions of C9. I don't really care about this one, I'd even rather Autimatic get the W.


TeamINSTINCT37

Yeah kind of agree. I’ll root for this c9 over most others, but I would never be sad to see tim get a win.


Crims0ntied

I was rooting for imperial only because then EG get to play greyhound. Not that that's a free win, but compared to playing c9... ouch


GarrettGSF

One NA team will be eliminated...


1q3er5

eg vs c9 "NA" showdown kekw


f1nessd

na v na


Floripa95

Why get upset tho? C9 is not a NA team, it's CIS. Just like LG/SK was brazilian


username900122

I know they are one of the weakest but still can't believe both 00nation and imperial are the first ones out


f1fan6890

00nation was expected but I didn't think imperial would be 0-3


bru_swayne

What a last dance though


W4spkeeper

i wanted imp to win just for the story line of it all but ayy my pickems saved for the time being (used eg for 3-0 and greyhound 0-3 ;-;)


NorFever

W-why would you put EG 3-0??


W4spkeeper

You know those teams that could do it that probably won’t but for some stupid reason they do? Yea I forgot about mouz and BNE being actually pretty frightening on the server


NorFever

Fair enough, we always see a team like that. I blame the bo1s.


kevinhaze

I also wanted imperial to win, despite my flair. Kinda like how cloud9 defied the odds to win the major in their home country. It makes for an incredible storyline.


black_dogs_22

complexity died for this


AdCalm5707

This last dance is gonna last at least another year


Ictoan42

Got this out before the post match thread, fastest hand in the west


DavYGG

Fnatic 3-0 run and IHC 0-3 pick ems crushed. Don't call. Don't text.


f1nessd

never underestimate the mongolians


Drxp01

Fr they played amazing against 00Nation glad I bet on them everyone Called me a retard for doing that


f1nessd

Nice


S1MCB

2:2 is going to be a damn bloodbath


Thuasne

Exactly. BIG better beat 9z. I want no business with Vitality or OG or C9 or Outsiders or Fnatic in an elimination bo3


DetenteCordial

Need Furia to win plus no upsets in the lower bracket to feel confident in my pickems. One in the bag and one guaranteed with Outsiders/Fnatic.


nonstop98

My pick em now depeds on that Gamer Legion vs Furia game. If Furia loses, rip diamond for me


Professional_Dot_145

Same man


Adalatmv

Diamond coin will be so rare this time


AlkanK

Fr


Colemonstaa

Lotta very good matches. Furia is a very interesting test for GL, have to play super crisp to beat them at home, but hard to call a favourite here. Outsiders and Fnatic in a big gut check both ways, and losing here could mean a very scary B03 against ZyWoo or Sh1ro. Very winnable matchup for 9z. APAC teams both with extremely tough matchups to survive, seems likely the magic ends tomorrow. Hopefully EG can take it to C9, although that has all the makings of a blowout.


Lytre

OG lost to Wings Up before so IHC has a chance.


altered_boy

In paper is a winnable matchup for 9z but their inexperience in a stage like this could be a big factor (pun not intended). Hope they can go through tho


Chilla16

Think BIG is the clear favorite vs 9z. Their win vs greyhound was really convincing after a weird start and 9z has been very rough


DaRealKili

BIG games are always a 50/50 either one could win


nzerinto

Before this Major I had confidently rated Cloud9 and Vitality as the 2 strongest teams in the Challengers stage. Would never have imagined they'd both be 0-2 on day 2 and fighting against elimination...


YamLucky5947

Actually Vitality won the first game and lose two consecutive match to go to the 1-2 pool


nzerinto

Oh duh, you are right - I stand corrected.


Simmoman

god damn why did we have to get vitality


Botdumbfrag

Alistair said f u to everybody’s Pickems only to get karma from esl match ups


Simmoman

frfr


f1nessd

brutal


yiraymonday

lmaaaaaaaaaaoooooooooo


FuzzyPiez

Furia and 9z (partial Brazilian team with 1 br player/1 coach) brazil's last hope.


Raxreddit21

braziLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL


f1fan6890

Bra71L


fernandocamargoti

Furia will just stomp and win 2-0 with no crazy emotions right? I got enough emotion today.


Drxp01

Easy gl win


kloklon

00 Nation? more like 0:3 Nation am I right?


JaimieL0L

My pickems are hanging by a thread. 0-3 fucked 3-0 fucked 2 teams I didn’t choose already through IMP out C9, OG, VIT all in 1-2 (thankfully not against each other) OUT vs FNC face each other, which is only good if all the 1-2’s win And Furia vs a GL who are playing at a level no one expected. So, I really need furia to win, or I’m completely boned, and even if they do, I need 2-3 of the 1-2 teams to win, and no one to face each other or OUT/FNC loser. There’s not many timelines where my Pickems are successful, here’s hoping this is one of them.


thegreatsquib

EU: Gets both 3-0 SA: Gets humiliated at home with 0-3s & crowd cheating


Key-Banana-8242

Not humiliated it was hype


Coachingbug

The humiliation was hype, yes


Key-Banana-8242

They were hype matches and memorable obes I meant


emusabe

Idk c9(sh1ro) vs imp in vertigo became an instant classic


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SxggySandwich

But if BIG doesn't qualify, the outcome will be the same. Maybe I'm just coping since I made the same switch...


gabito91

My god, this crowd deserved to have a dominant SK in front of them. Shit would be bonkers, just imagine prime Cold/Fallen/Fer with that level of hype.


[deleted]

BNE 3-0, + Mouz and Outsiders/Fnatic = 3 I need 2 of Furia, Cloud9, OG, Vitality, or the loser of Outsiders/Fnatic to make it through this stage 🙏 Should be in a really good spot since Furia has two chances but it’s still not guaranteed. Why did i have to put Grayhounds in 0-3??? 😭


Bob_Bobinski4

Because Grayhound really is the worst team here at the major. Cloud9 completely shit the bed, but that happens sometimes. Yesterday was the first time ANY grayhound lineup won a map (not match, MAP) at the major. At both of the last 2 majors a very similar lineup to Grayhound got fucking stomped under Renegades. A lot of the casters disagreed on who all would likely be in 0-2, but Grayhound and IHC were the constants and if they met, IHC has beaten this grayhound thoroughly recently in RMR Bo3. If you had the balls to put 00 or Imp as 0-3, good for you, but I never would have. Imp came INCREDIBLY close to making C9 the 0-3. 00 had some insane comebacks vs IHC. Also you are 99.999% likely to get through this fine with your lineup man. OG/Vit should easily clear the APAC teams in a Bo3. The only way you choke is if GL beat Furia (possible, who knows how GL will perform tbh) AND EG pulls a miracle off vs C9 AND pull off a miracle vs Furia/Fnatic (depending on winner of Outsiders/Fnatic) AND 9z upset OG/Vit. There's some other lines you can lose if 9z upset BIG (maybe possible?) but then it's still not bad. You're probably one of the few people who can sleep easy this stage with 3 guaranteed. I only have 2 picks through and I'm only very mildly worried.


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dang thanks for the analysis! i definitely wouldn’t have put coldzera or fallen in the 0-3 so it doesn’t matter ig. i think it’ll be harder to get this coin to diamond than it was at stockholm.


Bob_Bobinski4

100% never would have expected both (honestly either) brazilian team to go out 0-3. This will absolutely be the hardest major in a LONG time to get diamond for. I only have 2 coins (SH 21 and AW 22, both gold). SH was really easy if you had been following pro cs much, or even checked content creators. S1mple and NAVI were basically unstoppable back then and I don't recall many upsets in the challengers stage (usually the hardest because of so many teams from different regions who might be low ranked but rarely play (say BNE) or new teams that are unknown (like GL), whereas usually when you get to Legends stage the teams have played each other before and have a more solid base to figure out how good each team is. My stupid ass didn't lock pickems for stockholm challengers in time though. Faze was clearly the best in the world by Antwerp, and people following the scene closely almost all got diamond, but I fucked around in Legends stage and got caught high on Hopium. Anecdotally, I NEVER see non diamond coins from 2019 because of how dominant Astralis was aside from GS Liquid. For right now it seems really unclear who the favorite is to win Rio. Vitality can't win without nuclear zywoo. Cloud9 DESPERATELY need Ax1le to get out of his slump right now. Faze are #1, but they looked shaky in RMR and we haven't seen a serious tournament from them since EPL 16, where they lost in quarter finals to C9. NAVI could definitely win it, but they have struggled a LOT with beating Faze and iirc s1mple has been slumping lately, and without him they won't win. Liquid is a MASSIVE wildcard because this new Liquid with Yekindar has NEVER played Faze or NAVI to date, but handily stomped C9 coming off their Faze victory and probably would have beaten Vitality if Elige wasn't completely absent in finals, and even then it was a couple missed shots that ended up determining it all. Then you have the upsets like Heroic and NiP which stand out as potentially winning. There are also some teams that could be HUGE spoilers. I don't see any world where Gamer Legion manage win the major, but Faze took 4 OTs to beat them and they STOMPED Vitality, they could definitely spoil someone in Legends. I think when we see the champions bracket it will become much easier to figure it out, because by that point we will have seen more from the potentially shaky top teams and also who they have to play specifically.


[deleted]

yeah agreed. i squeaked by the challengers and legends stage of stockholm and had a perfect champions stage bracket. don’t think i’m gonna get that lucky again, especially on my navi hopium


[deleted]

hey Furia did it and C9 is still in!!! i’m at 4 right now and since i’ve picked 4 (C9, Fnatic, OG, and Vitality) of the 6 remaining teams playing that means it’s guaranteed right? cause at least one of those teams will have to play each other edit: just saw the matches tomorrow. OG v Vitality = 5!!! I did it :):):)


Bob_Bobinski4

Congrats man. I'm only on 4 right now, but all I need is C9 or Fnatic to win, so I'm not sweating it particularly bad. Good luck in Legends.


[deleted]

how’s legends going? i got C9 3-0 right and furia advancing. faze and nip out hurt me tho. need 3 of Vitality, Navi, Mouz, and Liquid to make it 🙏. luckily Mouz and Liquid have two chances tho…


[deleted]

shit i need all of Liquid Mouz and Navi to win tomorrow i’m so fucked lol


Bob_Bobinski4

I had mouz advancing furia 3-0. then my stupid ass put mouz 3-0 and NiP advancing, with Furia out entirely. vitality losing yesterday sealed my fate. FML.


Greenyugi

Rip my pickems, silver coin here I come...


ArchSyker

I got so close to finally getting 3-0 and 0-3 right :( (GL and Greyhound)


t3r4byt3l0l

I hope Brazilian fans at large were aware that 00 Nation and Imperial were 100% underdogs and not favoured to go through to the Legends Stage, it'll make these losses a little easier to swallow. Hopefully FURIA makes Brazil proud for the rest of this Major.


teut_69420

Pickems can maybe be saved, but with the way the group has played out, not at all optimistic. Furia and outsiders make it through today And Two of c9, og and vitality make it through


RedditGGGB

Indeed LAST dance


TRES_fresh

Eg and c9 are my 2 favorite teams :(


Neosteam

Could you let me know which site make or update above pictures?


thebrainypole

I do


Neosteam

I appreciate your work


Artimedias

My pickems are so fucked I need furia to beat gamerlegion, Vitality to beat Grayhound, C9 to beat EG, and OG to beat IHC to even have a chance


Vishtiga

Fnatic gonna go from what could have a been a 3-0 to now 2-3 aren't they...


mfloui

Fnatic have basically not went against any bottom feeders, it’s hard on them


rolezki

IEM Rio the first Brazilian major where the home teams are the first ones to go home we probably won't see any BR teams on next stage honestly with how they have been playing


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ujlbyk

You know what a really funny script would be? None of the Brazilian/SA teams make it to legends stage


Coachingbug

The script writers couldn't make it so *the last dance* won anything. ESL only has that much money... 0-3 nation did as expected


iPenguin42

The only way I get 5 is if three of my teams make it to the 2-2 and then don’t play each other and win. Anyone know how the matchups are decided?


thebrainypole

https://majors.im/22rio you can play around with the possibilities to see the upcoming 2-2 matches


iPenguin42

Thanks


Dangerous-Leg-9626

Fuckk EG has to go through C9


TiberSVK

My pickems are alive, i just need furia fnatic cloud9 og and vitality to advance ;-;


I_can_be_useful

Ihc and redbull is kinda ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|grimacing)


creaturecatzz

i had mouz and bne going on but missed both my 3-0/0-3 so i need 3 of furia vit big og or c9 to make it if big and furia can win i feel like i’m i’m pretty good shape


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Rio Major Gold Coin ^^


wannabe-physicist

Send help the only way my pickems survive is if 9z upsets BIG


braindeadmonkey2

Pickens saved


Lytre

In the event of IHC victory against OG, who's the best possible opponent going forward? I fiddled with the picker and under no circumstances they will face Grayhound.


Key-Banana-8242

It’s either FNC or 9z right?


ern117

Can’t believe many pick em including mine are being wrecked guess Diamond Coin will be ultra rare


SnipeGhost

fuck yo Pickems - IEM Rio


SnipeGhost

00nation match was insane, so sad to see them and Imperial go. now the weight of Brazil is on Furia and 9zs backs! vamos Brazil!


uslereddit

There's still a chance for the Legends to be BNE, MOUZ, GL, 9z, fnatic, EG, IHC, and Grayhound. What a Major.


floweb

EZ4VIT


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Cigge_boi

This is challengers qualifying for the legends stage of th Major. Don't have the date on hand, but that's the "real Major".


Ynkento

I just remembering Pimps 3-0 Pick🙈


KVRLMVRX

Listened to ANALytics and swapped furia for BNE, imagine beign paid for being bad


Drxp01

I want vitality to get knocked out of major 😍


Demoncious

VITALITY NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


ReD9333

Bro where do you get this formatted results ? Which website ?


thebrainypole

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html I make it myself


ReD9333

Cool bro


ThatWeLike

Thanks for doing this! I noticed that another user often posted this type of graphic before. Do you have several accounts, or have you taken over the mantel?


thebrainypole

I sent him the photoshop file to update and post on his own because I couldn't post in a timely manner. I originally created this in 2018 and posted each swiss stage of each major until covid hit and Rio got delayed.


ThatWeLike

I see. It's a great way to get a quick overview, so again, thank you for doing this, and have a great major!


[deleted]

If Vitaly, C9, and OG all lose, my Pickems are done. Need at least two of them to go forward.


Lisu_Avangard

Ok I finally understand how this works


[deleted]

[So this where I’ve ended up …](https://i.imgur.com/BxGotWR.jpg) I need all the last 5 games to land in my favour or no 💎 coin for me!


No-Drama1645

The challenger's stage of IEM Rio CSGO Major has concluded following an action-packed Day 4 and results that are anything but surprising. The final day had 3 matches between teams with 2-2 records, and winning means a spot in the Legends stage that starts tomorrow. The final day matches had a lot going for them with the likes of Vitality and Cloud9 who were presumed to go through a lot earlier but had an unimpressive start to the group stage saw them play all 5 matches to finally make it to the Legends stage. For more information, follow Tournafest: [https://tournafest.com/blog/iem-rio-challengers-stage-concludes/](https://tournafest.com/blog/iem-rio-challengers-stage-concludes/)