EU RMR A Live: Both Games In The Balance As Day Two Gets Underway

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The B stream can be found here.

Follow the Asian RMR live here.

Comebacks on both streams
11:48 – NER0

After those great starts from GamerLegion and Apeks it’s Bad News Eagles and 1WIN who have taken the lead as we enter crunch time.

GamerLegion 9-10 1WIN
Apeks 10-11 Bad News Eagles

GamerLegion and BNE are enjoying themselves
11:34 – NER0

Before the match started, GamerLegion and Bad News Eagles made the countdown just that little bit more exciting with some impromptu atmosphere.

In game, though, GamerLegion have slumped from 6-2 up to 7-8 down against 1WIN.

International squads quicker out the gates
11:21 – NER0

GamerLegion 6-2 1WIN
Apeks 8-2 Bad News Eagles

Check out this eco win from GamerLegion:

The first BO1s get underway
11:09 – NER0

We’re up and running, with Apeks facing Bad News Eagles on Inferno and 1WIN against the aforementioned GamerLegion on Vertigo

acoR: “we came back really strong”
10:50 – NER0

GamerLegion struggled initially in Copenhagen in a loss to Apeks, but a win against OG means they are still very much in contention to qualify. Next up for the Europeans is a bout with 1WIN in ten minutes time.

After the win against OG I feel like we came back really strong as a team. Even behind the scenes, our comms were really good, and our composure.

acoR: “This is one of those opportunities that we need to jump on”

Run of play
10:45 – NER0

Unlike at the Asian and American RMRs the European edition has run to schedule so far, meaning we are entering the third round of matches.

First up are the four 1-1 best-of-ones, before we eliminate two of SAW, OG, Sprout and Viperio.

Then we get into the headline affair: FaZe vs Natus Vincere for a spot at the Major, pencilled in for 17:45 . fnatic will face the revelation of Group A so far in the form of B8 with the same prize on the line.

What happened on day one?
10:43 – NER0

The big story of day one was the performance of Ukrainian side B8. Ranked 42nd in our world ranking, Artem “⁠r1nkle⁠” Moroz and company first took down MOUZ before taking an even bigger scalp of Virtus.pro later on in the day.

B8 defeat VP to continue upset run at EU RMR

The other shock was in the performances of the UK sides, Into the Breach and Viperio. Viperio took fnatic to double overtime, while on the other stream Into the Breach recovered from 12-4 down to take Natus Vincere into double overtime themselves.

Into the Breach consolidated that performance later on, taking down a hapless Sprout who, along with OG, were the biggest disappointments of day one.

Group Swiss

Some pre-match reading
10:38 – NER0

Recap
Day one recap
Day one live post (EU)