the Sunset overtime part is the real story for me. NRG had that early pistol control and still couldnt turn it into a clean map, which usually means the mid-rounds and late setups were losing out.
That's why I'm more interested in T1's read on FUT than the China angle. If stax says they prepped against similar styles, then this series was a nice warmup, especially with how clean their Haven B pressure looked once rifles were out.