Luminosity smashed by HOTU in RLG Tesla Cup opener despite HOTU having vetoes randomized

According to HLTV, HOTU arrived late at the venue resulting in having their picks and bans in the veto randomized.

Notably this led to HOTU's permaban, Inferno, being selected as the deciding map of the series, however this ended up not mattering as HOTU closed out the series 2-0 after wins on Mirage and Ancient.

Also read: FaZe essentially Major-bound after RLG Tesla Cup wins Mirage was the closer of the two maps in the series despite a great start from HOTU on their T-side.

The Russian side claimed an early 6-1 lead after winning the opening pistol round, however Luminosity managed to put together a competitive half and tie things up 6-6 by winning the final five rounds of the half.

After switching sides, HOTU reclaimed the lead by taking the first three rounds of the second half before Luminosity answered back with three rounds of their own.

The French side is now 1-4 since joining ENVY from 3DMAX, and they have fallen to 43rd in the VRS standings, 22 spots down from where they were a month ago.

Also read: Aleksib convicted of aggravated tax fraud; criminal record could cause visa issues GamerLegion began the series with a bang, winning on ENVY's Dust2 pick 13-6 to take an early 1-0 lead.

The Frenchmen converted a commanding 10-2 CT-side into a 13-3 victory to even up the series. The decider was on Nuke, where ENVY took a solid 8-4 lead on the CT side.

They couldn't put it together on the T side, winning just two rounds to lose the map 13-10 and the series 2-1. AWPer Milan "hypex" Polowiec was the match's standout, tallying 52 frags—ten more than the next closest player.

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With their Major chances already hanging by a thread, Luminosity needed this win to hold onto any hope of an invite. The series was another close affair, but it was ENVY who found the win, knocking Luminosity out of the event and the Major cycle.

Also read: ENVY continue to struggle, lose Relog Tesla Cup opener to GamerLegion The elimination match began on Luminosity's pick of Inferno with ENVY winning their CT pistol and conversions to go up 3-0.

Luminosity got one back, but ENVY kept the rounds coming to take a 9-3 lead going into their T-side. Luminosity won the second pistol and closed the gap to 10-7 before ENVY took map point 12-7.

Luminosity won four in a row, but couldn't secure overtime as ENVY won the map 13-11. ENVY picked Dust2, but had a complete turn of fate as Luminosity ran circles around them in the first half.

Luminosity dropped just one round to take a commanding 11-1 lead over the French side. ENVY started their CT-side with five in a row, but Luminosity got one to secure six map points.

Tied at 9-9, HOTU were the first team to lock in double digits and find match point by taking the next rounds.