TYLOO gave up a HyperX Retake Season 13 quarter-final in Lisbon to make IEM Beijing, and their projected likelihood of a PGL Main Singapore invite collapsed. The choice seemingly settles Asia’s invite race days earlier than the November 2 VRS cutoff locks the sphere.
TYLOO’s hopes of a PGL Main Singapore invite took a heavy blow away from the server. The Chinese language facet forfeited its best-of-three LAN quarter-final in opposition to Metizport in Lisbon on October 31. Metizport superior on a 1-0 outcome.
The trigger was a scheduling conflict. The HyperX Retake organizers stated TYLOO and Natus Vincere each pulled out as a result of every group is booked to play IEM Beijing. NAVI had been because of face WhiteBIT Academy in a best-of-three playoff match the identical day.
One forfeit drops TYLOO’s projected invite to 17%
The price for TYLOO is steep. Earlier than the quarter-final, the group’s projected likelihood of a Singapore Main spot stood at 68%, in accordance with HLTV’s invite prediction. NAVI’s place is unchanged by its personal withdrawal. TYLOO went into the match at No. 32 within the HLTV rating and No. 59 within the Valve Regional Standings.
Time to get better is nearly gone. The November 2 cutoff marks the shortest hole ever between a VRS cutoff and the beginning of a Main. Earlier cutoffs happened two months earlier than the occasion. The Singapore Main options 32 groups and a $1,250,000 prize pool.
The forfeit seemingly settles Asia’s invite race. BC.Sport, The MongolZ, FlyQuest, Chinggis Warriors and Lynn Imaginative and prescient are actually anticipated to take the area’s spots. For TYLOO, that projection leaves little room on the trail to Singapore.
A last VRS LAN provides approach to IEM Beijing
The Lisbon occasion carried weight on the circuit. Season 13 is the final VRS LAN of the HyperX Retake 2026 circuit. Registration was open to any group for a €1,000 entry charge.
IEM Beijing is a far bigger stage. The occasion runs from November 2 to eight on the Bloomage Biotech Biohyalux ECM Enviornment. Sixteen groups compete for $1,250,000. TYLOO had been drawn into Group B, with MOUZ as their first opponent.
The Beijing format put aside one important occasion place for the winner of an eight-team Asia closed qualifier. Invitations drawn from August 3 VRS knowledge sat alongside that qualifier spot. Each occasions now pull on the identical calendar window.
The episode raises questions on overlapping schedules and occasions constructed round VRS factors. Two groups left the identical Lisbon bracket for one event. Solely one among them, TYLOO, seems to pay a Main value for it.
The following marker is the Singapore Main itself. Its Stage 1 is about for November 24 to 27.
