As the dust settles on the final group play of BLAST Premier Fall Groups, 2021, we look at the results and see who is going where.
Group C opened up with Natus facing off against OG, where they obliterated them in the first map of Overpass 16:4, however, OG used that defeat to push them to a hard-fought victory in Dust2, a 16:13 round. However next up was Mirage, where OG struggled on some important clutches and calls and NAVI were able to take the first match in 2:1, after 16:8 on the final map. Next up saw Complexity see down FaZe, which Complexity duly won in 2-0 fashion, after Nuke saw Complexity double FaZe's offering 16:8, whilst Ancient was much harder fought and even went to overtime, however, Complexity won 19:16, and FaZe were sent to the lower bracket to see OG.
With OG & FaZe in the first lower bracket match, FaZe were able to power through, just, and see them off 2-1. Inferno saw OG pull off many hard matchups and starts for 16:13, where Ancient sided with FaZe in a very hard contest for 16:14. Finally for, Mirage is where OG's steam finally ran down, and FaZe were able to pull off a convincing final run in the match to see OG out the door 16:8. Next up was the Upper Final, which saw Natus Vincere & Complexity go down another 2:1 route, in Natus Vincere's favor. Complexity struggled to put the numbers up in Overpass, 16:10. Next was Ancient, a map where the CIS guys of Natus have clearly not quite got the hang of yet, after they were roundly and convincingly put to bed by Complexity 16:4. Nuke to the rescue, at least for NAVI, who finished 16:9 to end the Best of 3.
Heading back to the lower bracket, now featuring Complexity & FaZe, proceedings kicked off on Dust2, in one of the more closely contested maps of the group, where FaZe hung on for a 16:14 win over Complexity. Unfortunately for FaZe however, their luck fared somewhat worse on Nuke, where Complexity took the map 16:7, in a very convincing map win. However, the next map saw what no one was going to be expecting, Ancient saw one of the few fabled 16:0 maps in high tier CS:GO matches. FaZe managed to dominate Complexity 16 rounds in a row, with Complexity only coming close to take a round sparingly, as the FaZe Five looked to be on their peak performances. However, their next match was of course, the Group Final against Natus Vincere, who were to go on and win that match 2:0, which must have been a downer for the FaZe team, after just a few hours after their 16:0 epic over Complexity had occurred. Across Dust2 (16:10) & Mirage (16:13), Natus repeatedly shut down all attempts to take control by their opponents, in a performance that will speak to the teams who make it through to the Fall Finals, they're here to not just play, but they want that largest share of the $425,000 prize pool.
This means that now all matches are fought and peace resumes for another few days, the following groups will go to Fall Finals directly; Natus Vincere, Vitality, FaZe, BIG, NIP, Astralis whereas Liquid, G2, OG, Evil Geniuses & MIBR will need to fight through the Fall Showdown event, to earn one of the two places in that Finals up for grabs. The Showdown event will occur between October 12th & October 17th whilst the Fall Finals play from 24th November, until the 28th.
