Liquid, FURIA lead after IEM Fall NA opening day

6/10/2021 - 05:32

Both groups also have four teams tied with 1-1 records.

Day one of IEM Fall North America has come to an end, giving us an early look at how the group standings are shaping up for the final NA Regional Major Ranking event where everything is on the line for the 12 competing teams.

Liquid and FURIA were the only teams to go undefeated on the first day of play, sitting atop their respective groups following rather clear-cut wins in their opening matches. Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and company recovered from an early deficit against Bad News Bears before easing past ATK, while FURIA came out on top of a domestic match-up against GODSENT before making similarly short work of Triumph.

Liquid hold a 2-0 record in Group A after the first day of IEM Fall NA

Among the first set of notable results was Extra Salt narrowly surviving a comeback effort from paiN. Despite holding a dominant 12-3 lead at the end of their CT side effort, it wasn't until overtime that Extra Salt were able to close things out, led by a strong individual showing from Justin "⁠FaNg⁠" Coakley.

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paiN

Matchpage

5th October 2021

Extra Salt

Mirage

Unfortunately for Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou's side, they were unable to maintain momentum into their following match against Bad News Bears, resulting in a loss which leaves their group wide open.

Michael "⁠Swisher⁠" Schmid rebounded from a dismal showing in his team's opening match, combining with Paytyn "⁠junior⁠" Johnson to help secure a crucial win keeping Bad News Bears in the running for a top five finish in the tournament.

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Extra Salt

Matchpage

5th October 2021

Bad News Bears

Nuke

Evil Geniuses' matches marked the return of Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz to the team's roster for the first time in three months after the Canadian took an extended break, last recording an official for the team in July. They seemed in hot form as they kicked off the event in style, dismantling 00NATION 16-5 on Mirage.

However, EG faltered in their subsequent showing against TeamOne, mustering only five rounds of their own as the Brazilian team picked them apart on Inferno. With GODSENT also netting a win over 00NATION at the end of the day, EG reside in the middle of Group B as part of a four-way tie, which they'll need to fight their way out of in subsequent matches if they hope to make the PGL Stockholm Major.

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Evil Geniuses

Matchpage

6th October 2021

TeamOne

Inferno

Another notable team to suffer a loss was over in Group A, where EXTREMUM were handed a 16-7 defeat on Vertigo by paiN. The Brazilian side ran rampant over the defenses of Aaron "⁠AZR⁠" Ward's troops, who only have an early win over ATK to console themselves with, and can only hope to show a better face against Liquid and Extra Salt on day two.

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EXTREMUM

Matchpage

6th October 2021

paiN

Vertigo

The current standings after day one are:

Group A

TEAM

Group B

TEAM

so ez

2021-10-06 05:34

00meme

2021-10-06 05:35

4 replies

-1

2021-10-06 05:42

3 replies

Your name is literally 00Nation wow lmao wonder if some people who took names like Astralis and Cloud9 still talk sometimes

2021-10-06 05:50

2 replies

C9? I don't think so. But..... Imagine user with nickname "Clown9"

2021-10-06 06:06

1 reply

pretty good chance there is somebody who took it just for the memes

2021-10-06 06:07

00 wins

Every team that has a Number in their name goes 0-5 in groups

lie, 100T still undefeated

2021-10-06 05:56

+1 100 thieves major inc

2021-10-06 13:47

no plano strikes again

2021-10-06 05:36

I hate myself for choosing EG in fantasy over furia

2021-10-06 05:41

5 replies

you did WHAT

2021-10-06 05:46

I thought EG would dominate in NA but nope I should've kept my original team with stew fallen kscerato vini and taco :(

2021-10-06 06:19

that was a legit team, gl next time.

2021-10-06 08:32

I put Leo_Drk and V$M of 00nation in my fantasy, imagine my pain

2021-10-06 13:27

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK what did you expect for this team? No grenades, no tatics, no positioning, they even "forgot" to buy a defuse after won their first pistol round, they are just aiming and pressing W, they really expect RMR to be a PUG.

2021-10-06 16:08

00nation dog team

2021-10-06 05:48

But Liquid didn’t play any good teams lol ES pain and Extremum will all be tougher to play against

but Liquid are still leading so the article is not wrong

2021-10-06 05:51

I think that liquid are going to desmantle ES and Extremum, pain will be a tough matchup

2021-10-06 06:09

NA RMR and 3 Brazilian teams already in classification position (and one with a brazilian igl), kekw

and Team One looking strong

what happened to O PLANO? they were looking hopeless during both bo1's. Absolutely disgraceful, considering their truest potential. Hope they can bounce back. Really happy for Pain and Godsent, tho.

2021-10-06 05:52

It feels like the more they prepare and train, the worse they are playing. They'll have to find a middle ground between the chaotic style they started with and a more structures one. That may take time... who knows.

2021-10-06 09:37

they need to sip some beer and eat comfort food before match, making them relax seems the key to success.

2021-10-06 10:41

Yeah... I bet they feel the responsibility of having taken such a public stance on staying together, negotiating with so many orgs., etc... back when nobody cared they had the edge.

2021-10-06 11:34

They are weak. Too much media, but no showing in-game. Being unable to use their 6 man roster weakens them even more.

2021-10-06 14:10

They have very good aim, but doesnt do the basics, some tatics, some grenades, some anti tatics... They really think they are the best in the world before they deserve it. Look at godsent, they started some point near O PLANO, maybe even after, and just now are collecting some good results, meanwhile O PLANO seems just lost in every match and keep saying they will be top 1 2021, they need to put their head into the right place and start to rebuild the way they play the game if they want to be competitive some day. I fell sorry for everyone who thought this team was a good idea, and now are stuck at 00wins after lose their spot in some good teams. But they are right MIBR was mecenary, they deserve a 1000000000000k dol, they will bring major 2021...

2021-10-06 16:21

So there is already 2 confirmed better Brazilian teams in 00planos group alone? Lmaoo

2021-10-06 05:57

2021-10-06 11:36

NAF POG NAF POG gyazo.com/f759cbb7a600331e999aa5c2cb5921..

2021-10-06 06:04

NafChamp

2021-10-06 06:27

Wow EG got smashed by teamOne. Dropping out of top 30 when? Edit: forgot to check top 30 rank

2021-10-06 06:12

Kinda expected but nice from ES

2021-10-06 07:13

Liquid top 1 soon

2021-10-06 13:12

not with this lineup imo but never stop believing)

2021-10-06 15:18

Yes mens)))))

2021-10-06 20:50

same for astralis :) could still see them winning it

2021-10-06 20:53

2021-10-06 23:10

nice

2021-10-06 08:01

eg is done

2021-10-06 08:21

Ez for Furia and Liquid

2021-10-06 08:40

Junior really deserve a better team

2021-10-06 08:43

EZ4Liquid

2021-10-06 09:38

NA RMR KEKW

2021-10-06 12:26

Siria cs = real life

2021-10-06 13:15

00iq

Liquid wins rmr next major >:D

2021-10-06 13:16

HEN1 got to play with his brother, and now they can watch the major together from home, family is such a beautiful thing.

LMAOOO

2021-10-06 13:56

+ 1 hen1 is an excellent awper but he doesn't know how to make good choices for his professional life.. first, leaving the fury that was top4 hltv at the time and playing with his brother in a team with a doubtful future was a bad choice, but maybe still time for him to go back... second, hen1 trusted this team because at the time it was mibr and had some interesting results, but 00nation, as funny as the truth is, it will only go forward if it puts this lucas1 in reserve and put trk in the starting lineup, which I think is unlikely because lucas1 is hen1's little brother, so 00nation and hen1 if they don't realize this soon, they'll all go wrong... (see hen1 , one of the best awpers in the world, playing without awp at 00nation is very sad...)

2021-10-06 19:20

2021-10-06 15:36

Well Liquid has made some mistakes in the game vs BNB, but still 16-9 is a good score, let's go Liquid, you have to win this one! This new guy from FURIA isn't impressive at all, overall since HEN1 left I feel like it has been getting worse and worse for them, overall I doubt they will even make the final here tbh. But GL ofc.

2021-10-06 18:35

Ez 4 furia and godsent

2021-10-06 19:09