In an event littered with teams that you look at and think “if you’re serious about this team, you’ve got to be winning events like this”, the team that rose above the noise was actually one you definitely didn’t give a second thought to.

Hell, if we’d told you a Brazilian team was going to win, you still would have picked paiN or MIBR, even knowing those teams will always, always let you down.

Somehow, Legacy came out deserved winners in the CS Asia Championships. We’re not joking. They were legitimately really good. And maybe more importantly to us, the viewers, really, really fun to watch.

latto and dumau have been a ‘young duo to watch’ for so long they’ve entered the Theo Walcott zone, but maybe, just maybe, they’re finally hitting their peak. At least latto is.

Usually, dumau was the one everyone got excited for. He seemed to have it all - crisp aim, great stats, cool in the clutch, could secondary AWP, good hair - but he hasn’t quite done it consistently. Neither has latto, until this event.

latto took home the MVP for consistently stellar performances throughout, including a 1.19 in the final that mirrored his event rating. Now that’s consistency.

n1ssim pipped him to the top as Legacy cut 3DMAX down in five maps, and saadzin did the same in the huge semi-final win over HEROIC, but latto found himself second both times, and was excellent in the 2-1 win over FUT, too.

Of course, Legacy winning means nobody else did. That’s how tournaments work. Liquid continue to mildly underwhelm, bowing out against 3DMAX in the semis, as did fnatic in the quarters. Something something, CYPHER is better than KRIMZ. Read the deep dive on Wednesday.

At least they made playoffs. FaZe didn’t even manage that. It’s hard not to feel for jcobbb, who has been messed around constantly and now is struggling to find his feet, and he’s going to need big ones for the shoes he’s filling.