I do believe that Team Spirit will not be knocked out of the competition this early. They were knocked out to the bottom bracket last year as well in the first round of the upper bracket matches but they persevere, made it to the finals, and beat LGD. They are taking it one step further though this year. They are starting at the very bottom, BO1 elimination with Boom Esports. Boom showed resilience in the group matches and was able to snatch the last slot of the bottom bracket, but I think their journey will end this time against Team Spirit. Due to a large hero pool of Team Spirit, Boom will have a hard time figuring them out. And in a BO1 situation, that is very scary.
I'm also leaning on Team Spirit to advance against Boom just because of their experience and they nearly got a map against all teams but we'll see which team could surprise us.
I was wrong, it is painful to see them leave this early, but Boom was surprisingly resilient in keeping their ticket alive. They just keep on denying the odds. Others are right when they said is Boom is strong against top teams and they prove it today. They have eliminated the defending champion from TI. If they really are strong against strong teams, they still have lots to slain because top teams keep falling from the underdogs. EG and LGD are now in the lower bracket. Can Boom esports slay another heavy favorite in their next match? This time they are against PSG.LGD.
Secretober is here and PSG stood no chance against them. Even more than this , Puppey still has hidden strategies for this TI which is simply insane after how many game Secret played so far.
They are just on a roll. The addition of Crystallis and Reso on the team proves to be profitable to them. They were lucky they were able to pick up Reso in Riyadh, now they are reaping the fruits of their decision to make him an official member of Secret.
Really suprised to see EG losing and losing without taking a map.
Yeah, right? I did not have the chance to watch the game but it is really surprising. After dominating the group stage, they fallen to the lower bracket. They are not out yet though, they can still claw their way back to finals but it will be a lot of pressure. Every series now will be elimination series for EG.