After failing to requalify for EU Premier, Strelok storms the Ritmix RSL with full force. The Ukrainian dropped just one map throughout his run and helped for the elimination of Mana and SortOf.
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While staying outside the main community focus, the fifth season of the Ritmix RSL promises to deliver a quality entertainment. The prize pool has grown to $9,000 compared to last season's $7,500 and the so has the player pool, which now features 32 high-renown names instead of the 24 in Season IV, Life, Symbol, MMA, HerO, HuK, Vortix, Lucifron and Ret among others.
With the line-up and the money ready, all that was left was light the fuse of the competition and yesterday the four players of Group A fought to open the games.
Going 4-1, Strelok was the first player to make the playoffs. The Ukrainian dodged the Korean presence in Supernova and eliminated fellow Europeans SortOf and Mana, scoring 2-1 and 2-0 against them, respectively.
After losing his opening game against the Swede, Supernova was too given a chance to test his strength against the Europeans. A 2-1 against Mana placed the Polish Protoss last in the group and a 2-0 revenge victory over SortOf served as the trampoline that ejected Supernova out of the group stage and into the playoffs.
Ritmix RSL V continues tonight at 18:00 CET with Group B. Opening matches are the Asian clash between TheSTC and Jim and the European face-off between fan favorites White-Ra and Ret.
