The Cathedral opens its doors and sixteen teams walk into a four-day knife fight where only eight survive. Three of the greatest to ever touch the game, s1mple, device and FaZe, are watching this Major from home. Our Supercomputer already has opinions, and some of them are going to age badly.

We go team by team through all sixteen Stage 1 teams against the rdy.gg Major Supercomputer, sorted top to bottom like a power ranking. Sam brings the receipts: tN1R's transformation under S0tF1k, the BaitF files on blameF, and MIBR's insani sitting in the superstar tier. The frame holds all segment long. Do we back the model's number, or fight it?

GamerLegion get a 90 percent shot to advance while THUNDERdOWNUNDER get 16. Heroic and Team Liquid have both lifted trophies in this building, and the model has both of them sweating just to escape Round 1. Then we relaunch Buy or Sell with the Lock and the ledger, where the quota forces everyone to sell a take they actually believe, and nobody walks away clean.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - 🎬 Cold Open: The Cathedral opens

1:24 - 👻 Who's missing: FaZe, device and s1mple skip the Major

2:32 - 📊 The Receipts: tN1R's leap under S0tF1k

7:27 - The title picture: Vitality, Spirit and NAVI

9:45 - 🏆 The Supercomputer Draft Board

10:54 - The favorites: GamerLegion, BetBoom, B8, Heroic

38:33 - 📊 The Receipts: the BaitF files on blameF

45:21 - 📊 The Receipts: MIBR and insani's superstar numbers

52:24 - The coin flips: M80 and SINNERS

59:07 - The Liquid problem: talent without structure

1:06:42 - The longshots: TYLOO, Lynn Vision, NRG, Sharks, Gaimin, FlyQuest

1:17:30 - 💰 Buy or Sell: the Lock and the ledger relaunch

1:18:24 - Buy or Sell: GamerLegion are the safest team in Stage 1

1:18:48 - Buy or Sell: MIBR escape Stage 1

1:19:30 - Buy or Sell: Team Liquid get out of Stage 1

1:20:12 - Buy or Sell: at least one Asia or OCE team reaches Stage 2

1:21:06 - Buy or Sell: Vitality win the whole Major

1:22:45 - Buy or Sell: Stage 1 ends with zero upsets

1:24:45 - 🔮 Looking Ahead: the road to the Cathedral

📋 TOPICS COVERED

🏟️ The IEM Cologne Major 2026 opens with 16 teams in Stage 1

👻 FaZe, device, s1mple, NIP and fnatic all missing the Major

🧮 The rdy.gg Major Supercomputer Draft Board, sorted by qualify %

📈 tN1R's transformation in Spirit after the S0tF1k coaching swap

🎯 GamerLegion as the runaway 90% favorite to advance

🪖 BetBoom navigating Stage 1 without S1ren

🔫 B8 and the 16-year-old s1zzi AWPer question

🛡️ Heroic's no-traditional-AWPer gamble around nilo and xfl0ud

🐟 The BaitF files: is blameF reformed or still baiting?

🇧🇷 MIBR, insani and the superstar-tier sleeper pick to go 3-0

🪙 The coin-flip tier: M80, SINNERS and the dream draws

💧 The Team Liquid culture problem

🌏 TYLOO, Lynn Vision and the Asia/OCE longshots

🦘 THUNDERdOWNUNDER, FlyQuest and the basement of the board

👴 fer's last ride with Gaimin Gladiators

💰 Buy or Sell relaunch with the Lock and a season-long ledger

🔮 Looking Ahead to Stage 2, Stage 3 and the LANXESS playoffs

🔗 LINKS

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SUPERCOMPUTER LINK: https://rdy.gg/en/cs2/stats?tab=major-supercomputer

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