Ninjas in Pyjamas and ENCE secured victories in the first round of BLAST

Neither game was especially close; ENCE completely destroyed OG 16-6 on Anubis, while Ninjas in Pyjamas cruised to a 16-9 victory on Mirage. Later today, ENCE and Ninjas in Pyjamas will square off for the chance to move to 2-0, while MOUZ and OG will fight it out to stay alive. Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen in particular shone in the early rounds to help get his team rolling. In the A stream matchup Ninjas in Pyjamas delivered a dominant 11-4 CT half on Mirage to put themselves well in control of the game. 

As the match went on,  Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner caught up, and the pair made sure MOUZ found it difficult to put rounds together. MOUZ appeared a little more at ease on their own defence, but they were in no way able to stop a 9-16 loss.