Our consultant Aurora suffered an early exit from the Starladder Budapest Main in Stage 2 after a 2-1 defeat towards Astralis.
Beginning the event with a victory over M80, our consultant Aurora fell to the 1-2 pool after dropping to FaZe and PARIVISION within the Bo1 levels. Their opponent within the 1-2 bracket was Astralis, who had misplaced to their first two opponents M80 and Ninjas in Pyjamas earlier than securing a 2-0 victory over FlyQuest.
Though their kind was excessive, we had been dealing with an Astralis facet that had began the Main 0-2. Regardless of being the favorites, the errors made price us the Main.
Having been topped champions of PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 final month, our consultant arrived on the event with excessive morale and motivation. Nonetheless, the one-month break appeared to have labored towards the crew. Easy errors and our lack of ability to get into the sport as a crew had been the basis causes of all of it.
Aurora made a quick begin on Nuke, a map anticipated to be performed. Beginning with a 4-0 spherical streak, Aurora dominated the CT facet. Nonetheless, after ending the primary half 8-4, issues began to show round. After bringing the rating to 12-8, Astralis tried a comeback. As soon as the rating reached 12-11, we executed a strong crew spherical and managed to win the primary map by a slender margin.
Our consultant additionally began Prepare by profitable the pistol spherical, however regardless of an honest first half, they couldn’t ship the anticipated efficiency on the CT facet. After a 7-5 first half, conceding a 7-round streak upon switching sides performed a significant position within the loss. We couldn’t stand up to Staehr’s efficiency and misplaced Prepare 13-8.
On the decider map Mirage, our consultant as soon as once more began by profitable the pistol spherical however couldn’t fairly seize management of the primary half. Though conceding 5 consecutive rounds dampened spirits, the tie achieved on the finish of the primary half saved us within the recreation.
Upon switching to the T facet, nonetheless, we watched an Aurora removed from their normal T-side kind. The performances of w0xic and Wicadia had been inadequate for the offensive facet. Multi-kill performances from the duo of HooXi and jabbi induced the map to slide away. Though we saved the rating shut, minor errors and a easy mistake within the remaining spherical price us our spot within the 12 months’s remaining and largest event.
Our lack of ability to play as a unit all through the event and the crew’s evidently damaged motivation mirrored on all the pieces. It was disheartening to see Astralis step up as a cohesive crew whereas we struggled.
Now, now we have reached the tip of a protracted 12 months. We bid farewell to the season with a poor and undesirable outcome. Narrowly lacking out on qualifying for Stage 3 within the VRS rankings, adopted by lackluster performances… Although we skilled the PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 championship, this early exit from the Main is a bitter capsule for everybody to swallow.
