

flusha hoists the trophy during ESL One Katowice 2015, the second of this three Major victories.

"We don't feel any different because we used to have a spot. We still have to try to earn our spot at the Major", flusha tells Fragbite.

"Of course we go into this qualifier as underdogs, considering the teams that are qualifying. The confidence is there, somewhere, but there's a lot of uncertainty in our game that hinders us from fully trusting each other and play our A game."



Godsent won the European Minor. Photo: Josip Brtan/HLTV.org

"It's not ideal, especially not around Christmas."

flusha about the qualifier's set-up.

"The format is better than before, but there are downsides when it comes to scheduling and other things that makes it a bad system. I would prefer a longer event where all the teams are divided into two groups with a best-of-two-format, or something like that. We'll be in the USA around eight-nine days, but only play two or three of them. It's not ideal, especially not around Christmas."

"NiP, FaZe, Dignitas and EnVyUs are by far our toughest opponents, we feel equal to the rest of the teams."



The Swedish countrymen are a threat, according to flusha.

"Play as much as possible individually so we can crush all opponents."

The last notable CS:GO happening of the year will be held this week — and it's not even the final stage of a tournament. It's time to decide the eight Challengers for the upcoming Eleague Major. A total of 16 teams will be playing from Atlanta, and due to unforeseen weak performances in the previous Valve co-hosted tournament, some of the teams forced to qualify are the best in the business.Many of these teams are instantly associated with CS:GO Majors. Some of the players have even won the biggest tournaments ever held — multiple times. One team that sticks out, at least on paper, is Godsent.The Swedish team has four players with at least one Major victory on their resume, three of them with a gasping total of three Major titles under their belt. As a matter of fact, Godsent had a spot as Legends for the upcoming Major, but lost it when Freddy "krimz" Johansson went back to Fnatic. Had it not been for Johansson's departure, they wouldn't even have to qualify.Robin "flusha" Rönnquist is one of the Godsent players who have won three Majors, all of them under the Fnatic banner together with his long-time team mates Markus "pronax" Wallsten and Jesper "JW" Wecksell. As the Major spot was swept from under their feet, you'd think that calm and confidence went out the window. However, flusha's mind seems at ease when talking about the upcoming qualifier.Would Godsent manage to qualify, their spot is definitely well deserved. When they lost their Legend status, the PGL European Minor was only a couple of days away. That would be Godsent's only chance to earn a slot in the final qualifier.In Bucharest, Romania, the Swedes played convincingly and won the tournament over both Epsilon and HellRaisers. However, the win in Romania is Godsent's best performance yet, which makes you wonder if they have the confidence to take on the massive pressure that comes with this week's event in Atlanta.This week's Major qualifier will be played with the so-called Swiss format, where every round is quite unpredictable when it comes to match-ups. Teams will always be faced against an opponent with the same win/loss ratio, and once a team reaches three wins in a maximum of five maps, they will advance to the Major. When a team reaches three losses, they are eliminated.It's a hard format to describe in text, but according to Rönnquist, it's a fair set-up compared to the previous "two bad games and you're out" qualifiers. However, he thinks it's far from ideal, especially when you consider the possibilities to play more days.As previously mentioned, Godsent is somewhat of an underdog in the qualifier. All the teams in Atlanta will have to prove themselves being the better half of the participant's list to reach the million dollar Major in January. It's not an easy task, considering that the majority of the teams are associated with all kinds of success.The four teams Rönnquist mentions are definitely a part of the top tier, not only in the qualifier, but in the whole world. During a time that has presented a wide variety of champions, NiP Gaming stands out as the only team to have won two big tournaments. Dignitas, on the other hand, managed to shock the world by winning Epicenter. Neither EnVyUs nor FaZe Clan have won anything lately, but the former was the Major champions a year ago, while the latter have shown great improvement the past couple of weeks.Just because flusha says they are the toughest opponents, these four mentioned teams won't be the only ones standing in Godsent's way. Cloud9, who won ESL Pro League, and the Eleague Season 2 champions in OpTic will also be competing in Atlanta this week. At this point, we haven't even mentioned the fact that teams like G2 Esports, CLG, mousesports, Immortals, HellRaisers and the Dreamhack Summer upset Renegades are also looking to take a spot at the Major. How does one even prepare for a qualifier of that magnitude?Whether Godsent will "crush all opponents" or not will be presented at the end of this week, as the Major qualifier will be held from Thursday to Sunday, the 15th to 18th of December. It is yet unknown which teams will be facing each other in the first round, but no matter what, it's going to be exciting.