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Players play into Legend status at PGL Antwerp Major after 3-0 run at second EU RMR event

The Players are back in business.

Players have accomplished their mission at the second EU Regional Major Rankings event, notching a 3-0 record in Swiss stage play and locking in a Legends spot at the PGL Antwerp Major capped off with a win over Astralis today.

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This CS:GO series didn’t start out in Astralis’ favor after falling on their pick of Ancient in the opening map. Astralis squandered a 12-10 lead while on the CT side, with Players’ Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov and Dmitriy “sh1ro” Sokolov popping off late to steal away the map 16-11. But Players failed to capitalize on their advantage on Dust II. They were also unable to close out on their CT side against a stellar overall team performance from Astralis.

Inferno was the fitting decider and the first half was as close as can be with Players holding onto an 8-7 lead after their T-side. Astralis were unable to hold onto their weapons after their first T-side win, breaking their bank and letting Players jump out to a 12-8 lead. In a series marked by struggles on the CT side, Players absolutely shut down the Astralis attacking side en route to a 16-8 victory on Inferno.

For Players, this second event since being forced to change their team name has gone far better than the first: a round-of-12 exit at ESL Pro League season 15. They join a stacked group of teams with Legends spots at PGL Antwerp: NAVI, FaZe, Heroic, BIG, and FURIA. For Astralis, they still have a chance to make the Legends stage in round four and would only miss out on the Major completely if they lost two more series.


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Scott Robertson
VALORANT lead staff writer, also covering CS:GO, FPS games, other titles, and the wider esports industry. Watching and writing esports since 2014. Previously wrote for Dexerto, Upcomer, Splyce, and somehow MySpace. Jack of all games, master of none.