That’s right, we’re officially calling it.

The Vitality era is over, and perhaps fittingly, it ended exactly where it began. Alright, we might be overreacting a bit, but humour us.

The EWC group stage has concluded, and Paris saw its fair share of upsets. Though few were more unlikely than the hometown heroes falling at the hands of B8.

The cracks are starting to show. They still made the Playoffs with an easy win over Lynn Vision, but with their leader and reliable anchor out of the picture for the next few events, it’ll be a difficult season for Vitality.

While xfl0ud is proving to be an upgrade so far - could lauNX do this? - 100 Thieves and their prodigy IGL suffered a brutal beating at the hands of PARIVISION. They exit the EWC with just 14 rounds won across three maps, putting a stain on what has otherwise been a promising start for Gizmy.

Spirit continued to look rough after their loss to JiJieHao, narrowly avoiding another disaster against BIG. Luckily, there’s no need to worry when you’ve got donk on your team. As usual, he put up highlight after highlight when Spirit needed him most, carrying them to the Playoffs.

Heading into the event, we had a big question mark over both NAVI and 9z. And while both looked shaky, 9z were the ones to really sh-t the bed. The third-best team in the world failed to progress, eliminated by magic of all teams, with a disasterclass from dgt sealing their fate.

Oh, we almost forgot. For the love of God, someone save xKacpersky.