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SHORT - My 2025 Austin Major Stage 1 Pickems

It’s that time of the year! (No, the other one)

Welp! The time for the CS2 majors is just around the corner, and what better way to watch this twice a year event than by betting predicting which teams will make it in or crash and burn to earn some points for a case! My first participation in this little game was only just the last major, the Shanghai Perfect World 2024 Major. It was also the first time I would watch the Finals live as the schedule was attainable for someone who doesn’t live in the wes nor anywhere near it. I got a Gold Coin from that! I missed one pick in the Legends stage, but I got the 2 predictions needed for the Quarterfinals.

My Shanghai 2024 Major Gold Coin

The gold coin I got from the last major.

Anyways, I am participating in it again for the Austin 2025 Major! Got my viewer pass just before the 12% VAT on digital goods get activated in my country (I wish someone would revert that change. It sucks), and I went and did a “random bullshit go!” on my picks for Stage 1.

My picks for Stage 1

My picks for stage 1. 25% of my brainpower was used for this pick.

What’s changed in this major is that there are more teams in the majors starting in this one, so I only need to make 5 correct predictions instead of the 7 (if I remember correctly) for the majors preceding this. Again, my picks are from the “throwing shit and see what sticks” department so don’t use this as a basis. I might get a lot if wrong, but I am confident in Heroic getting a 3-0 for this stage seeing as they defeated FaZe with s1mple (and skullz to be fair) during IEM Dallas; a tournament that took place a week before this major. Sure, they have to rebuild after that, but I have faith in them!

That’s it, that’s the post

I am really looking forward to the major! I hope FaZe wins it cause man, seeing them get 2nd place back-to-back really made me want to cheer for them this major. Y’know what they say, “third time’s the charm!” Please s1mple, save us from zywoo. Even if I can’t watch most of the matches due to the time difference, I will be looking forward to the matches!

P.S.: Apologies for the lack of activity, and the lack of any announcements for the lack of yesterday’s stream. We’re focusing on our paper+project, and I was modifying my keyboard on the day of the supposed stream (That’s a story for another day).

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