EG lose in opening matchup at BLAST
In what was always going to be the toughest first match for Evil Geniuses, there were definitely positives to take away as the newly-created (and even with a sub) NA team played their first official match. With Timothy "autimatic" Ta needing to handle a personal issue away from the team, Will "RUSH" Wierzba stepped in to fill his place while new IGL Sanzhar "neaLan" Iskhakov and youngster Jaden "HexT" Postma played their toughest opponent in their careers so far.
The match on Inferno started off with EG converting their T-side pistol and successfully winning the subsequent two rounds. However, it would be those and one force-buy round later that would be the total rounds won for the North American side in the first half. The half would end 4-11 with FaZe Clan winning eight rounds in a row.
It wasn't going to get any easier for the Geniuses in the second half as they lost their CT-side pistol, putting them in a precarious position. With the scoreline at 14-4 and FaZe Clan on an eleven-round run momentum, it looked like it was going to be all EU all the way. However, EG would win their first gun round of the game to swing the game back in their favor just a bit. The tide did not swing enough for EG, as they ultimately fell to the best team in the world 16-8.
Evil Geniuses will now head to the lower final where they await the loser of Heroic v. BIG. They are expected to play at 10:30AM.
FaZeEvil Geniuses| FaZe |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Helvijs 'broky' Saukants |
23 - 9 | +14 | 90.7 | 87.5% | 1.54 |
 Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken |
22 - 15 | +7 | 81.4 | 79.2% | 1.35 |
 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen |
21 - 15 | +6 | 85.1 | 75.0% | 1.25 |
 Robin 'ropz' Kool |
13 - 10 | +3 | 75.0 | 75.0% | 1.13 |
 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard |
11 - 14 | -3 | 64.5 | 66.7% | 0.92 |
| Evil Geniuses |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte |
19 - 19 | +0 | 80.0 | 66.7% | 1.01 |
 Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov |
13 - 15 | -2 | 60.1 | 66.7% | 0.91 |
| Jadan 'HexT' Postma |
11 - 16 | -5 | 50.8 | 58.3% | 0.76 |
 Sanzhar 'neaLaN' Iskhakov |
10 - 20 | -10 | 63.4 | 54.2% | 0.71 |
| William 'RUSH' Wierzba |
10 - 20 | -10 | 50.3 | 66.7% | 0.70 |
