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Liquid<\/a> and Evil Geniuses<\/a> progressed through the North America RMR with a flawless 3-0 record, booking their place at the Rio Major after beating 9z<\/a> and Complexity<\/a>, respectively.<\/p>\n

After getting through the Swiss system, the two 3-0 teams will battle for the Legends Stage spot in the first-place place decider game, coming at 16:30<\/span> <\/i><\/span> on Sunday. Four more spots in Rio are yet to be decided in the Americas RMR, which will go to the three 3-1 teams and the final to the 3-2 team who wins the sixth-place decider.<\/p>\n

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Liquid made it through to the IEM Rio Major<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The series between Evil Geniuses<\/a> and 9z<\/a> started on Overpass, the pick of the North Americans. They started off their map choice with a pistol round win, but 9z<\/a> fought back quickly by winning the first gun round. A triple-kill by Jadan “\u2060HexT\u2060”<\/span> Postma<\/a> got his team back to winning ways, and they made the most of the switch of momentum by racing up to a 10-1 lead, with HexT<\/a> and Vincent “\u2060Brehze\u2060”<\/span> Cayonte<\/a> dominating the 9z<\/a> defense. Evil Geniuses<\/a> closed out the half with a dominant 13-2 scoreline, as they moved on to the CT side.<\/p>\n

Timothy “\u2060autimatic\u2060”<\/span> Ta<\/a> secured the pistol round for the North American side, putting them up to map point in the process. They lost the immediate force buy and then spent a couple of rounds getting control of their economy, but closed out the map 16-5 without issues, moving the series on to Dust2.<\/p>\n

The second map began with Evil Geniuses<\/a> racing to the lead, only to once again lose the first gun round. This time, however, 9z<\/a> were able to string more than one round together, going on a massive eight-round streak to dominate the first half, which ended 12-3 in their favor.<\/p>\n

Evil Geniuses<\/a> found themselves 15-5 down at the start of the second half, faced with a mammoth task of bringing the game back against 10 map points. They gave a good account of themselves, winning six in a row before 9z<\/a> finally closed out the map, with Lucas “\u2060nqz\u2060”<\/span> Soares<\/a> getting a triple on the A site.<\/p>\n

Mirage was the decider, where Evil Geniuses<\/a> took early control of the game after their good start got them a 5-3 lead. 9z<\/a> won a few rounds on the back of individual plays, such as a 2vs4 won by Franco “\u2060dgt\u2060”<\/span> Garcia<\/a> and Nicol\u00e1s “\u2060buda\u2060”<\/span> Kramer<\/a> and David “\u2060dav1deuS\u2060”<\/span> Tapia Maldonado<\/a>‘s quad-kill on an eco round, but otherwise struggled to stop the T side, losing the first half 5-10.<\/p>\n

9z<\/a> started the comeback attempt early in the first half, coming within one round of their opponents at 12-11. Once there, it was rookie HexT<\/a> who stepped up to the plate with two kills through smoke to turn the momentum of the game and get Evil Geniuses<\/a> to series point, which the North Americans converted and secured a 16-13 win.<\/p>\n

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Complexity<\/a> came out the gates swinging on Inferno, winning the pistol and converting it to a 3-0 lead. Jonathan “\u2060EliGE\u2060”<\/span> Jablonowski<\/a> stepped up in the first gun round with a triple-kill, with the scores quickly tied up at 3-3. Liquid<\/a> continued to dominate, running away to a four-round lead before EliGE<\/a> provided the highlight of the map, winning a 1vs3 clutch to keep their streak going. Complexity<\/a> got just one round before halftime, going into the second half behind by seven.<\/p>\n

Liquid<\/a> started the second half with an aggressive play in the pistol, winning it and getting themselves to map point with a 15-4 scoreline. A late resurgence by Complexity<\/a> got them slightly closer, but they weren’t able to stop Liquid<\/a> from closing out the map with a 16-9 scoreline.<\/p>\n

The first half of Overpass was a close-fought affair, with H\u00e5kon “\u2060hallzerk\u2060”<\/span> Fj\u00e6rli<\/a> and Ricky “\u2060floppy\u2060”<\/span> Kemery<\/a> winning a 1vs2 each in the opening exchanges. Complexity<\/a> kept the lead for a while before Liquid<\/a> stabilized and retook the lead, eventually closing out the first half 8-7.<\/p>\n

A second-half pistol put the EPL S16 finalists in a strong position, made even stronger by Josh “\u2060oSee\u2060”<\/span> Ohm<\/a>‘s 1vs3 clutch against an eco, which put Liquid<\/a> 14-7 up. A simply breathtaking half by floppy<\/a> followed, with the 22-year-old winning clutches, finding openings, and single-handedly stopping the offense with his star performances. He carried Complexity<\/a> to a nine-round streak to close out the game 16-14, finishing the map on an incredible 38 kills.<\/p>\n

The decider of Ancient started with Complexity<\/a> racing to a 6-1 lead, no doubt riding the momentum of their incredible comeback on the previous map. Liquid<\/a> didn’t give up, however, breaking their opponent’s economy to start clawing back at the advantage. Their seven-round streak got them back into the lead, with the scoreline standing at 8-7 in their favor.<\/p>\n

Moving to the favored side of the map, Liquid<\/a> put together a flawless display, winning all eight rounds in a row to close out the game 16-7. EliGE<\/a> put his disappointing EPL final performance behind him, leading the way with a 1.41 rating in the series.<\/p>\n

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