If toast always lands butter side down, and a cat always lands on its feet, does a piece of toast tied to a cat cause perpetual motion?

If Aleksib always beats his old teams but always loses BO5s…

The answer is, somehow, G2 quite comfortably beat NAVI in the Grand Final and turn the best team in the world into a cold, wet puddle on the Royal Arena floor.

That’s a little hyperbolic, though at one point, it did look like G2 were going to demolish NAVI - when they went up 9-1 on map three, already 2-0 up, it looked for all the world like G2 were just going to cruise to victory, but w0nderful somehow won a 1v2 to turn the tides.

No, seriously. Somehow. This is… this is divine intervention.

NAVI did mount a massive comeback in map three to bring us to a fourth, and it felt like maybe, just maybe, that was the moment that fate once more cruelly switched up on NiKo and friends — alas, it was not.

Though NiKo and m0NESY took many of the plaudits, understandably, it was the new kid malbsMd who went supernova on Inferno, stacking up multiple highlight rounds and stitching together 13 for G2 when things felt like they were on the ropes.

m0NESY though, man.

If there was any doubt as to who the best player in the world is, m0NESY quickly ended the discussion. He was like 2018 s1mple. It’s been a long, long time since an AWPer felt quite as dominant as m0NESY does.

He was absolutely everywhere, topping the ratings on the first three maps for G2 and finishing second on Inferno, and it felt like it. He was oppressive, like desert heat, or being sat on by Snax. Fittingly, he ended it all with a 1v2.

Speaking of Snax, it must feel incredible for him. Openly doubted by seemingly everyone who matters, and he’s bottom fragged his way to a victory over the best team in the world to win a trophy.

Doesn’t get much better than that.

Final standings:

1st 🇪🇺 G2 Esports – $200.000 & Blast Premier World Final Qual
2nd 🇪🇺 NAVI – $85.000
3-4th 🇪🇺 FaZe – $40.000
3-4th 🇪🇺 Vitality – $40.000
5-6th 🏳️ Liquid – $20.000
5-6th 🇷🇺 Spirit – $20.000
7-8th 🇩🇰 Astralis – $10.000
7-8th 🇩🇰 Falcons – $10.000