Photo Credit: Freja Borne

Our team suffered a tough loss against NIP in a crucial match that eliminated us from the European BLAST Paris Major 2023 RMR. With a score of 1-3, we won't be participating in the final CS:GO Major, which is set to take place in May.

The match against NIP was intense. We picked Nuke as our map and started strong with two round wins. Unfortunately, NIP managed to turn the tables, winning the first half 3-12. We fought hard to make a comeback and secure the map win, but NIP ultimately prevailed.

On NIP's map pick, Vertigo, they had the initial upper hand. However, we quickly retaliated, and the first half ended 8-7 in favor of our opponent. Despite outstanding performances from blameF and dev1ce, NIP secured the map win, putting an end to our RMR journey.

We're incredibly disappointed that we won't be participating in the final CS:GO Major, but we're not giving up. We'll keep fighting and looking forward to the first-ever Counter-Strike 2 Major, which will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Kasper Hvidt, Director of Sports

- This hurts. There's nothing we'd rather do than be a part of the celebration of CS:GO at the last Major.

- Until Tuesday, 2023 has been really uplifting, we entered the RMR with solid progress in terms of results and with great confidence, so it is a huge disappointment that we are not able to bring the momentum into this tournament.

- The format is challenging, but it is the same for everyone, and there are no valid excuses for not living up to our own requirements and expectations. We have not done that, and now for the second time in our history we have to be spectators at a Major.

- The overall goal has not changed, and when we have recovered and thoroughly evaluated everything around this tournament, we will find the way forward again. There are big tasks ahead of us, and regardless of how disappointed we all are, we must be able to use this as fuel and motivation.

We want to thank all our fans for their support throughout this journey. We'll continue striving for excellence and hope to see you all soon.

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