BLAST.tv Austin Major has been one big disappointment for the North American teams. There’s no denying it.
Although the hopes were already low for the region’s representatives, they managed to perform even worse than one could expect. They did not even win a single best-of-three series throughout the Major.
And it all happened on their home turf, in the most American setting possible: Texas.
Devastating stats
Yes, the conversation around NA Counter-Strike and its decline has been going on for years. And sure, it can get tiring to repeat the same narrative. But results like these make it hard to ignore.
You could dive into the tactics, structure, or preparation and other reasons why it ended like it did, but this piece simply highlights the brutal numbers behind the collapse of Liquid, Complexity, and the rest of the NA squads.
Like the fact that not a single North American team managed to win a best-of-three series throughout the entire Major.
Let’s dive into the numbers.
Liquid
Placement: 15–16th
Team rating: 0.96 (#24)
5v4 win %: 67% (#26)
Round win %: 44% (#26)
1–2 vs MOUZ
7–13 vs The MongolZ
5–13 vs Lynn Vision
M80
Placement: 20–22nd
Team rating: 0.90 (#30)
5v4 win %: 63% (#31)
Round win %: 41% (#30)
0–2 vs Nemiga
8–13 vs FURIA
16–13 vs OG
9–13 vs TYLOO
NRG
Placement: 25–27th
Team rating: 0.93 (#28)
5v4 win %: 67% (#27)
Round win %: 44% (#27)
0–2 vs Lynn Vision
0–2 vs OG
13–9 vs Complexity
5–13 vs HEROIC
13–5 vs TYLOO
Wildcard
Placement: 25–27th
Team rating: 1.02 (#15)
5v4 win %: 71% (#22)
Round win %: 49% (#23)
0–2 vs Legacy
0–2 vs BetBoom
1–2 vs B8
19–17 vs Lynn Vision
13–1 vs Metizport
Complexity
Placement: 28–30th
Team rating: 0.87 (#31)
5v4 win %: 70% (#24)
Round win %: 42% (#29)
0–2 vs TYLOO
9–13 vs NRG
13–9 vs Fluxo
3–13 vs OG
Player ratings
North American players and their ratings at the Major:
EliGE (FaZe) – 1.13 rating
HexT (NRG) – 1.10
Twistzz (Liquid) – 1.08
JBa (Wildcard) – 1.04
Jeorge (NRG) – 0.98
reck (M80) – 0.95
Grim (Complexity) – 0.95
Swisher (M80) – 0.95
oSee (NRG) – 0.93
junior (Complexity) – 0.89
Lake (M80) – 0.88
Cxzi (Complexity) – 0.87
stanislaw (Wildcard) – 0.84
nitr0 (NRG) – 0.80
nicx (Complexity) – 0.77
NAF (Liquid) – 0.71
Editor note: Even though only fielding two North American players, we consider Liquid and Wildcard NA teams.
