Get ready for the start of StarLadder CIS RMR 2021
Yuriy SheremetStarLadder CIS RMR 2021 starts today. The tournament will be the second RMR event of the year for the CIS region and promises to be very hot. There is everything for this: the best team in the world, the main surprise and at the same time disappointment of the last RMR tournament, an experienced operator tournament and a CSGO week.
Let's figure out what to expect from StarLadder CIS RMR 2021, how the championship will surprise us and whether it will repeat the mistakes of the EPIC CIS League. Discussions in the comments, as always, are welcome.
Akuma - cheaters or unjustifiably blamed talents?
Let's start our essay with the most interesting and discussed. At the last RMR event, young and seemingly not particularly inconspicuous players generated so many news stories that it will be enough for a year ahead. Moreover, most of them are not very positive.
StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 should put everything in its place. Akuma has a great opportunity to prove that all accusations against them are just empty rumors and nothing more. They can clear their name, or they can further aggravate a precarious situation.
Before the start of StarLadder CIS RMR 2021, there were rumors that Sergiz would not play at the tournament, to whom there were questions about the "Akuma case", but it looks like the team will approach the competition with its full complement. In general, Akuma are perhaps the main "stars" of this tournament, who will be watched very closely.
Will Gambit Hegemony Continue?
If Akuma created, albeit by accident, not a very “good” image of CSGO in the CIS, then Gambit has been doing everything to raise the region for many months. And they do it damn well.
I think only the lazy one did not sing the laudatory odes of Gambit Esports, which they fully deserved. Obviously, the best HLTV team in the world will perform at StarLadder CIS Minor 2021 as the main favorite.
NaVi and VP continue to play catch-up
Since the beginning of 2021, the best CIS clubs have been overshadowed by Gambit. Virtus.pro lost to the “red car” in the final of the last RMR tournament, and NaVi missed their chance in the final of BLAST Premier: Spring 2021. Now Gambit's main competitors will have a chance to remove the undisputed leader of the region and take his place.
Obviously, this will have to try, because the balance of power in this region has long pushed our mastodons away from the leading positions. And given that the CIS is experiencing a renaissance in CSGO, the task becomes much more complicated, because other contenders hungry for victories appear on the horizon.
Spirit, forZe and Entropiq - a serious competitor to the “big three”?
Behind the endless battles between Gambit, NaVi, VP and the Akuma scandals, one might not notice the resurgence of the region's veterans. That Spirit, that forZe, that Entropiq deserve attention in the 2021 season.
The first ones occupy the first place in the overall RMR standings before the start of StarLadder. Entropiq and forZe confidently shared the championship in the closed qualifiers, which in the current realities of the CIS may turn out to be more difficult than some interregional tournaments.
At StarLadder CIS RMR 2021, both Spirit and forZe will have a good opportunity to "squeeze" into the company of the best teams and become on a par with the same Gambit, NaVi and VP. But this, again, will not be easy.
Dark horses and possible danger for favorites
In my opinion, the Nemiga, 100PingGods and K23 are quite suitable for the role of "dark horses". There will be a whole herd of them at Starladder CIS RMR 2021, because you can't call someone a total outsider.
The flourishing of the CIS scene gives hope to see one of the most competitive championships in the last year, if not years. At least, I really want to believe it.
We place bets gentlemen
Whether we will see any of the above - we will find out very soon. StarLadder RMR CIS 2021 starts today at 16:00 CET.
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