The organization released a brief statement on Twitter, which did not give any detailed information concerning the player’s health. The post merely explained that faveN would not join BIG’s lineup for the tournament due to “a medical situation that requires him to rest at home.”

BIG will reportedly replace the German rifler with Elias ‘s1n’ Stein, who previously played in the organization’s academy lineup as its rifler. Prior to the incident, the esports team registered s1n as the team substitute for the qualifier.

The German CS:GO player joined BIG’s academy squad in January this year and, while there, participated in the WePlay Academy League Season 5 and the Fragadelphia 17. S1n averaged a 1.24 and a 1.32 rating in the two events, respectively, and 1.21 in the past three months.

The academy player is also the best fragger in the organization’s academy squad by a lengthy margin. Despite his inexperience, s1n’s obvious talent could keep BIG on top during the tournament.

This is the second time this year that faveN has had to be relegated to the background due to a health issue. The 22-year-old was previously unable to participate in the Roobet Cup playoffs, which took place in June, and the July IEM Cologne Play-in. Both instances were due to a case of abdominal influenza, and Nils “k1to” Gruhne played in faveN’s stead.

At the moment, faveN is the third-best player in BIG’s lineup in terms of individual rating, which is around 1.04. On the topic of going against top-tier squads, the rifler is considerably more experienced than his substitute, s1n. It is uncertain if faveN will be able to recuperate before the IEM Rio Major starts on October 31.

Besides faveN, Kristian ‘k0nfig’ Wienecke from Astralis will reportedly be unable to participate in the EEuropeanRMR due to a health issue. According to a previous report by the team, k0nfig suffered an ankle fracture, impeding him from gaming. Mikkel ‘MistR’ Thomsen will reportedly take his place in the lineup.

The European RMR will run from October 4 to October 9 in Malta and have two different 16-team tournaments as a result of the number of squads participating. BIG entered the tournament as one of the favorites to make it to the IEM Rio Major and will face off against Sangal in round one of the B tournament.

In order to earn one of the eight spots available for the IEM Rio Major, the German team will have to defeat Sangal as well as the rest of the squads in the B tournament. These include Illuminar, Vitality, K23, HEET, Falcons, ENCE, Heroic, OG, Outsiders, Natus Vincere, MOUZ, FANTASY, Monte, and SAW.

Although the team has an impressive track record, it is not guaranteed that BIG will qualify for the highly anticipated tournament. The German team has only missed one Major since its creation in 2017, the 2019 StarLadder Berlin Major.

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?Bad News Eagles, formerly Team BLINK, enter this match as +175 underdogs, which isn’t too surprising considering we have yet to see them compete at this level of play, nor have they beaten any notable opponents since forming the team in February. However, that doesn’t mean they don’t have the tools to deal with Entropiq.

We have to remember that this is a best-of-one (Bo1) match, meaning upsets will be common, especially in games like this one where the underdogs field a lot of firepower. Moreover, Entropiq are not exactly a top-tier team, even though they produced a few solid results at ESL Pro League earlier this month.

Individually, Entropiq are stronger, but they don’t deserve to be priced as -250 favourites. This is the same team that lost against ECSTATIC (1-2 twice) and SAW (1-2), so it’s fair to question why esports betting sites are pricing them as such big favourites. Entropiq are still the most likely victors, but the value is with Bad News Eagles.

?HEET and SINNERS Esports will clash on Thursday for the first time since Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 in February, when HEET won (2-1) with 13-16 on Inferno, 28-26 on Vertigo, and 19-17 on Nuke. As the final score suggests, that match was extremely close and could have easily ended the other way.

SINNERS played well against HEET in their most recent meeting, and they were just a couple of rounds away from walking away from the series with a 2-0 sweep, so it doesn’t seem fair for the CS:GO betting sites to price them as +125 outsiders.

Admittedly, HEET have shown better form over their last five outings (5-0) than SINNERS (3-2), but they’ve faced much weaker opponents in that stretch. A bet on SINNERS to win is appealing, but we prefer overs (27.5) at even money.

?ENCE made the finals of ESL Pro League Season 15 just over a week ago and enter the European RMR as one of the hottest teams. However, while ENCE have achieved the unthinkable in Germany, we would take their success with a grain of salt.

With all due respect, ENCE had a very easy road to the finals, mainly because all of the top CS:GO teams underperformed. They still deserve recognition for their accomplishment, but we don’t believe ENCE are as good as they might seem.

Team Spirit have not been too active of late. They participated in the European RMR qualifiers in March, and before that they won Malta Vibes Knockout Series #6 – way back in February. Moreover, the Russians don’t have a single official match on their record over the last month, so they might be a bit rusty.

Still, we would not sleep on Spirit, who have a roster more than capable of going toe-to-toe with ENCE. We don’t expect to see Spirit upset ENCE, but we don’t expect a complete blowout either.

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