The Team Liquid Counter-Strike 2 project copped heavy criticism at its end but dubious pundits have been silenced following the team’s explosive start to their season at BLAST Premier Fall Groups, which included back-to-back wins against world number one squad NAVI.

The Twistzz-led outfit shocked NAVI—and the wider CS2 world—by booking an early ticket to the Fall Final after two 2-1 wins over the reigning Major champions this weekend. Liquid opened their BLAST ledger with a relatively clean 2-0 against Virtus.pro off the back of brilliant performances from Canadian duo Twistzz and NAF before new Polish AWPer Roland “ultimate” Tomkowiak stepped up against NAVI in the upper bracket final.