OG makes another epic comeback, this time in CS:GO

OG seems to be an esports organization that instills into its team a winning mentality: you do not give up, no matter the odds.

Just a few weeks ago, OG’s Dota 2 team made an epic comeback in Western Europe’s Division I. From being ranked eighth out of eight teams and looking destined to get relegated to Division II, OG ended up qualifying for the Berlin Major.

Now, the org’s CS:GO team came back from 0 W – 2 L in the qualifiers for the upcoming BLAST.tv Paris Major. In the Swiss System format, at three defeats you get eliminated and at three victories you qualify. But going from 0 W – 2 L to 3 W – 2 L is extremely difficult. Nevertheless, OG accomplished this great feat.

OG’s run in European RMR A

OG started European RMR A with a match against FaZe Clan and lost: 16-10. This defeat was easy to predict because FaZe entered the tournament as the winners of EPL S17 and the best team in the world.

OG’s next match was against Team GamerLegion and once again, the result was poor: 16-9. At this point, everything seemed lost for OG. But not because they didn’t look capable of winning their next match. The opponent was SAW, which meant that victory wasn’t difficult to obtain.

However, statistically speaking, winning three consecutive matches at this competitive level was not very likely.

After their victory against SAW (2-1), two more victories followed. One against 1win and another against Falcons. In both matches, OG won with ease. It seems that the best-of-three format makes them more relaxed. Or perhaps they simply play much better when their backs are against the wall.

Esports teams have a really strange way of performing. Some of them do really well under pressure while others crumble. OG seem to belong to the former type.

What’s strange about the results of European RMR A is that OG went from 0 W – 2 L to 3 W – 2 L, while FaZe Clan, arguably the best team in the world before the tournament, went from 2 W – 0 L to 2 W – 3 L. This was an absolute disaster for the team led by Finn “karrigan” Andersen.

Nobody understands what happened but it’s clear that FaZe Clan’s players lost their focus after the second match and simply considered themselves qualified for the Paris Major.

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