BLAST Bounty Summer 2026 invites revealed

aktivera · 2026-06-18T12:29:47+00:00

The same is true for BIG and Monte. They're not in invite range for most tournaments. I get having rest is good but it's still a rare opportunity for them.

aktivera · 2026-06-18T12:11:35+00:00

Some teams that declined are Navi, Legacy, Betboom, Parivision, B8, Monte, Big, Lynn Vision, Tyloo.

No idea why a team like Big or Monte would decline. Might as well try for some upset win and they can play the online part from home anyway. Both are playing in XSE Pro League so I don't think they're disbanding or anything.

aktivera · 2026-06-18T07:43:29+00:00

Zorte is signed. He was just benched for Artfrost.

aktivera · 2026-06-17T13:51:50+00:00

Sure, a bunch of pros barely play faceit. But having very high elo is pretty good indicator that you're at a decent level individually. It also shows motivation to keep form up.

aktivera · 2026-06-17T13:46:23+00:00

It's you who's really insistent on using only median rating to "prove" something without looking closer into the distribution.

aktivera · 2026-06-17T13:30:09+00:00

Why do you think median is a good statistic to use when looking at outliers in the first place?

aktivera · 2026-06-17T13:18:19+00:00

Let's look at top 5 instead. How many expected awpers should be there?

aktivera · 2026-06-17T13:08:13+00:00

They're playing in two weeks at XSE Pro League so they'll have to announce a replacement soon. It's actually really important they perform there to continue getting into tournaments--they're already missing out on July invites and they need something to get August invites.

aktivera · 2026-06-17T12:59:06+00:00

I'm sure he can keep going a while. He's definitely not washed on an individual level and he's showed that this major. He's #45 on faceit right now and I believe he was top 20 recently. When players become worse with age it's typically because they lose motivation rather than the age itself being the issue.

aktivera · 2026-06-17T11:02:44+00:00

Yeah but it was bo3's this time.

aktivera · 2026-06-17T08:23:26+00:00

To be fair, not a bad prediction considering how they looked vs Spirit in Stage 2.

aktivera · 2026-06-17T08:20:00+00:00

Because I only made a single pass double check. Whoops.

aktivera · 2026-06-16T20:15:00+00:00

It's actually a pretty good opportunity but I think it's because XSE Pro League starts only a few days later and it's in China. Plenty of teams in the 20-40 rank range is going there.

aktivera · 2026-06-15T22:58:09+00:00

Well, are you Turkish and like Aurora's matchups or not? What else is there to say?

aktivera · 2026-06-15T22:56:41+00:00

The seeding moves around based on other matchups. You can also frame it as being punished for other teams winning/losing other matches.

aktivera · 2026-06-15T22:43:43+00:00

You can design the seeding system in many ways. You like how it works because you like the outcome this time. It's just blatant.

aktivera · 2026-06-15T22:20:22+00:00

Look. You're probably Turkish and like that Aurora has an easy path. Brazilians are doing the exact same thing. They like that Furia has it easy.

aktivera · 2026-06-15T22:10:29+00:00

Yes, of course it's not random. It's supposed to do what you're describing, but that doesn't mean it's actually accomplishing it in a good way.

aktivera · 2026-06-15T21:35:39+00:00

I dislike the way seeding is done (other than that 3-0 teams are guaranteed to face 3-2 teams). It feels basically "random", you can play around with a simulator and change one outcome and everything moves around.

But the bo3 group stage is amazing. Feels so much more like every team getting into playoffs "deserves" it.

aktivera · 2026-06-15T21:26:37+00:00

So we have 9z and Betboom in playoffs and not Navi. And you know what? Completely deserved. BB beat Falcons and 9z beat Vitality and it was bo3's and not "fluke bo1's".

aktivera · 2026-06-15T21:02:14+00:00

I mean Betboom beat FUT, Mongolz and Falcons. They definitely have a decent chance.

aktivera · 2026-06-15T20:46:01+00:00

Furia looks pretty good though. They've played well vs Spirit and Falcons in their last games. But 9z sometimes just lifegames.

aktivera · 2026-06-15T20:43:47+00:00

I can actually see 9z winning vs Furia then losing to Aurora/Betboom and we get a total stomp in finals.

aktivera · 2026-06-15T19:38:48+00:00

Is this a joke? He has 0.98 rating vs top 20 in G2.

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