FaZe player Twistzz shared details about his difficult match, which the team played amid technical problems. According to Twistzz, he initially thought the issue was caused by his config, but in reality, the problem was with the tournament equipment.
“They made me believe it was a problem on my side, but actually, it was the tournament hardware that wasn’t working,” the player said. He added that when he checked everything on his own PC in the practice room with the same settings, he didn’t experience any issues.
Twistzz apologized for the poor match experience: “Today I had extremely frustrating technical problems. I had to play the first map without my config and most of my settings because I thought my config was causing the problem, although the issue persisted even during the second map on Inferno. There was no solution, and I was forced to continue playing. The problem continued throughout the entire Nuke map.”
As a result, Russel had a terrible match, making only 10 kills over two maps, with a rating of 0.50 across the BO3 series.
He promised that upcoming series will be better, thanked fans for their support, and noted that it was a very disappointing day for him.
Reminder: The first day of the second stage of IEM Kraków 2026 has concluded — NAVI and FUT advance.