The first half of last year was defined by a rivalry between MOUZ and Vitality. This year, though, NAVI has taken MOUZ’s spot in that rivalry.

Different team, but same outcome: Vitality wins every time.

Until now.

NAVI have to beat Vitality at some point, and this is the perfect time for them to do it. apEX and the lads all took a break before Atlanta, and it’s shown as they (somehow) managed to lose to BetBoom.

The funny part about it is that it almost certainly lowers NAVI’s chance to beat Vitality at the Major. A win for them here, combined with that win for BetBoom, will almost certainly be a wake-up call for Vitality, setting them up for their most dominant Major run yet.

So NAVI, win while you can, because that opportunity is about to evaporate come Monday.

We’ve also got paiN vs GamerLegion to look forward to, and that’s a game we certainly won’t be sleeping on.

It’s not 9z vs magic, for f-ck’s sake.

Across Atlanta and BLAST Rivals, GamerLegion have become our new favourite team to watch. hypex is good now he’s been freed from the ztr penitentiary, and the REZnaissance always brings us joy. Not as much joy as Snax’s IGLing does, though, because it really is something special to see the big man causing mayhem once again.

In our humble opinion, this one is going the way of GamerLegion without a doubt. They’ve already proven they can take scalps far bigger than paiN, and their match at Rivals versus Astralis proved their resiliency.

And when you add in the fact that they’ll play Legacy in the next round, you can almost guarantee they’ll be in the grand final, too.

Which means you can also guarantee you’ll be asking, “How the f-ck are one of these teams in a tier one final right before the Major?” but that’s besides the point.

The other team looking to make it to the final - but who unfortunately have no chance thanks to Vitality and NAVI - is BetBoom. They’ve had an incredible run, but just like The Boys, the final is likely to be very disappointing.