G2 and Nikola “NiKo” Kovač‘s shared streak of attending 11 Majors in a row has been broken as the international roster suffered elimination from the IEM Rio qualifier after a loss to GamerLegion.
A 2-1 defeat to the Frederik “acoR” Gyldstrand-powered side came after a 16-0 victory over ECSTATIC and defeats to majorly-Russian sides Cloud9 and 1WIN, seeing G2 end the event with a 1W-3L score.
The players of G2 were visibly heartbroken after the loss and took to Twitter to share their feelings after a historic failure. NiKo pointed out that this loss struck him even harder than previous grand final losses, such as those in the PGL Stockholm and ELEAGUE Boston Majors.
NiKo was lost for words after the defeat to GamerLegion
“I tried to write something, I tried to record something to explain myself, but I don’t really know what to say,” NiKo said on Twitter. “I lost many important finals, but I’ve never felt this empty and this much pain. Do not take things for granted in life. Never feel satisfied. Always try to do better.”
He continued in a follow-up Tweet, explaining how much missing the Major in Brazil means to him: “This will probably be the two toughest months in my career, you can hate all you want, it’s well deserved. But you won’t see me give up. That I can promise.”
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His teammate and cousin Nemanja “huNter-” Kovač was short, agreeing that this result is the “worst feeling ever in my career.” The newest signing and team in-game leader Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen added that he “felt like I did what I could.”
“I won’t be sorry for my effort, but my performance. Hopefully, we will get back on the right track ASAP,” the Dane concluded.
The team’s coach, Rémy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam pointed to a lack of confidence as the main issue. “We started to doubt for nothing and we lost all that we worked for two months. Losing confidence in a tournament like this is immediately punished. I can’t forget what we did before the RMR and after. Worst feeling in my whole career.”
After an early elimination from the Major cycle, G2‘s next scheduled event is the BLAST Premier Fall Finals set to take place on November 23-27.
