The first day of the Season Four Spring Promotional qualifier was mainly a day of forfeits, but Salade Tomate Oignon, Supa Hot Crew XD, ex-GamingGear, and Curse Academy fought their way into the second round.
Both Europe and North America had the first day of their Season Four Promotional Qualifiers Saturday. A surprising amount of teams withdrew due to inability to gather their members together in time for their scheduled matches. One team in Europe and three teams in North America advanced to the second round because the opposing team was disqualified.
Team Karont3 e-Sports Club failed to show up for their first match and forfeited to RoughNex Academy. In game two, despite very effective zoning throughout the team stage by INightmare's Sejuani, Salade Tomate Oignon's objective pressure granted them the second slot into Round Two. The final two games for the EU seemed to be all about Renekton, as LCS veteran, Fredy122 and world class top laner Nbs made plays that led Supa Hot Crew XD and ex-GamingGear to victory.
North America's day began the same as Europe's when UNiTE gaming failed to show up, and Napkins in Disguise went through to the second round automatically. Curse Academy dominated Sirens A Team in the next game with their double ninjas and on-point Fiddlesticks ults by the newest member, Tatsulow. 1UP gaming moved onto Round Two as well when Lyon Gaming, first place winners of the Latin American Regional Finals, withdrew, stating they would not move to North America should they qualify for the LCS. Unfortunately, the first day only featured one match for North America, as one member of CompLexity Academy also failed to show.
That leaves four matches for both Europe and North America remaining for tomorrow. One can only hope that viewers will be treated to more than fifty percent of them. In the meantime, congratulations and best wishes to the eight advancing teams.
