BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 turned out to be a real challenge for the Falcons team. Their early exit from the group stage of Stage 2 sparked lively discussions among professionals, analysts, and fans. Amidst the disappointment of fans, comments from notable figures in the world of Counter-Strike stood out.

Esports analyst and critic Thorin highlighted NiKo's poor performance in several major tournaments and drew parallels between the different teams he played for:

NiKo has now been a part of three major favourites that went out embarrassingly in the group stage: 
FaZe at PGL Krakow 2017
G2 at BLAST Paris 2023 
Falcons at BLAST Austin 2025

Truly a tortured career!

Thorin

Popular content creator ThourCS praised the play of MIBR but also expressed surprise about the match-fixing accusations against Falcons:

Falcons were bad today  ❌ 
MIBR played really well  ✅

Also, why am I seeing match-fixing accusations against the Falcons? That’s the last thing they would ever do, especially after those big paychecks. NT NiKo.

ThourCS

Danish analyst Pimp criticized the concept of "dead" teams that are already aware of upcoming roster changes:

I will never be a fan of “dead” teams going into majors, and especially not two majors in a row… Plenty og circumstances we obviously don’t know about, but the facts remains. It’s far from optimal from a performance point of view in my opinion. Falcons will bounce back, but are done for now in Austin.

Pimp

Pimp's explanation of the term:

“Dead” team refers to them knowing they make roster changes after no matter the outcome, just like HEROIC.

Pimp

Legendary sniper KennyS shared his sadness over the lost situations by Falcons:

The amount of advantageous situations Falcons lost, it hurts. Major pressure hits different.

KennyS

Commentator moses, despite the Falcons' exit, noted the incredible tension of the matches in this tournament:

Counter Strike is just the best. We aren't even at the playoffs yet and already cranked the intensity up.

moses

Although this Major ended earlier than expected for Falcons, the tournament continues to gain momentum, and interest in it is only growing. We still have to see what surprises Stage 3 and the playoffs have in store.

BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 is taking place from June 3 to 22 in Austin, USA, with a prize pool of $1,250,000. You can follow the news, schedule, and results of the tournament through this link.