Alright let's get the best part started! Remember, stage 3 is all best-of-threes. Here's your upset watch for stage 3 early on: Aurora vs Monte. Very little to explain here, Aurora can only win by pure firepower and first series jitters at a tournament are real. Mongolz vs BetBoom. God I hate doing this, but BB are the exact kind of team that comes through with a random big upset over Mongolz beause they call better mid rounds and have some some random rifling pop offs. Perfect upset bait. Parivision vs 9z. No words needed for it. Honorary mention to Furia vs B8. I don't think B8 have what it takes to be a fundamentally better team, but they have that life game potential vs any team outside of top 3.

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The members' reviews are in. The Cologne Major Stage 1 preview is unhinged. And that's exactly how we like it. @ggTeaTime joined @YouM3tv and I to add his particular brand of spiced up wit, including his preference for insane picks. Full episode 👇👇