EPL S21 Final Recap
We need to talk about ropz.
You’re going to hear a lot about ZywOo, because he broke an arbitrary record of ‘more MVPs than s1mple’, who notably hasn’t really played the game properly in a few years, but we want to talk about ropz.
This isn’t the first time ropz has joined a team and they’ve just started winning everything. It happened when he joined FaZe, and now he’s joined Vitality they’ve basically immediately become prime Astralis mixed with the Chicago Bulls of the late ‘80s mixed with every team Tottenham play against.
ropz himself didn’t have a particularly stand-out grand final, because the grand final was essentially a non-event. Vitality absolutely battered a MOUZ team who looked more like the team everyone expected when they kicked siuhy.
MOUZ picked up 18 rounds in the BO5, which last time we checked is nowhere near enough. They picked up half of those on Dust 2, which was as close as they got to making this series competitive. Spinx tried, but his old teammates are simply just better than his new ones.
No shade. They’re better than everyone.
ropz might be better than Spinx, too. Not necessarily as an individual, but in that he seems to make everyone else on his team better, and has a fear factor that few other pros have. Watch any comms video or stream where someone is playing against ropz, and listen to what they say when he’s still alive.
It’s very telling.
Nuke and Inferno were as one-sided as Arjen Robben, and this final felt anticlimactic. It wasn’t the best final to watch, but Vitality right now are sh*t hot. It feels like they’re pretty unbeatable right now.
Against all odds, too, apEX is putting forward a fantastic case to be one of the best IGLs ever. His track record, his trophy case, his calling are all bizarrely good.
We can’t believe it either, but it’s true.
EPL S21 final standings:
1st 🇪🇺 Vitality – $100.000
2nd 🇪🇺 MOUZ – $50.000
3-4th 🇲🇳 The MongolZ – $25.000
3-4th 🇷🇺 Spirit – $25.000
5-8th 🇪🇺 NAVI – $18.000
5-8th 🏳️ Liquid – $18.000
5-8th 🇪🇺 G2 – $18.000
5-8th 🇹🇷 Eternal Fire – $18.000
Source: ESL