Some of paiN's most criticized roster changes were not the team's choice, rikz reveals after topping their Circuit X Curitiba #4 group ‼️ "Some changes were not our choice, including some that people criticize a lot. It was not our choice, so there is nothing we can do. Apart from FURIA, every team has had even shorter spells at the top than us. It is natural that this happens at some point, and then we need to rebuild and start kind of from scratch. That is what we are doing, we promoted the Academy players. I think the work is being done well, the right way, in every part of paiN: management, coaching, staff, captain, players, everyone is working very hard. We know it is a phase of innovation, so we need to understand that some things will not be as smooth as they were before."

ZywOo, ropz and flameZ took the top 3 spots at EPL and Devilwalk still doesn't think it's their best level ‼️ "I think the scary part about Vitality is... You can look at this and we've seen ropz probably have one of his better events so far this season. Looked really, really sharp. Doesn't have that hesitancy that we've seen him have a little bit throughout the season. flameZ also back on another kind of individual level. Great to see, posted a 1.30 rating throughout the event. Top 3 players of the event were all Vitality players, with ZywOo, ropz and flameZ being up there. And I think the scary part is that I don't think that this is their best individual level. I don't think this is the best flameZ. I don't think this is the best ropz. I don't think this is the best ZywOo."

Problems inside Falcons or a new role could be behind kyousuke's slump, chopper suggests ‼️ "Players usually have slumps, and they come in different forms. You can never say exactly why. Maybe he has taken on some new role. [...] Maybe they have some problems inside the team. Maybe other people are playing worse, and that affects his role. Without any, not exactly analytics, analysis, but just without watching, it's hard to say."

SPUNJ doesn't put Falcons in the same conversation as MOUZ and Vitality after their loss to BetBoom at the Thunderpick World Championship ‼️ "So m0NESY's not peeking as much. Okay, m0NESY's peeking again. They've given him all these moves, but then other people lose resources here, there and everywhere. So we have this catch 22 (an impossible or paradoxical situation from which you cannot escape) of problems, and the problems keep changing, and Falcons are getting nowhere closer to the goal of Counter-Strike domination. So they're still there. We're still going to go, okay, well, they can beat any of these top names if all their players play well. But they're not. They don't have a quality level of game at the moment for us to... They don't play good enough team Counter-Strike to be put in the conversation of a MOUZ, a Vitality, right?"

FaZe beat Envy 2-1 in the DraculaN Season 7 lower bracket, winning the Anubis decider 16-14 in overtime Ancient: FaZe 13-5 Dust2: Envy 13-9 Anubis: FaZe 16-14 JBOEN topped the server with a 1.50 rating (61-41). Next is an elimination match against HEROIC, who beat BBL 2-0 earlier today. It starts at 21:45 CEST / 3:45 PM EDT.