This is it, Aleksib. This is what you've been waiting for. IEM Atlanta is the tournament that finally counts.

You’ve beaten Vitality, and now only BetBoom and one of Legacy or GamerLegion stands in your way.

You can’t f-ck this up.

It should be easy - not that anything in CS is ever really that easy - but given that BetBoom will still be creaming their pants that they even made it this far, and the fact that neither GamerLegion nor Legacy really has the juice to take down this NAVI team in a big game, we’re happy to call this one here.

Legacy, GamerLegion, we’re sorry. But at least you can take solace in reaching a final. Good for you.

Over in Kazakhstan, Falcons also have an easy run to the final. They impressively edged out FURIA in the quarters, and the karrigan boon is already showing. Now that they have to take on magic, it’s time to take those youngsters to Salem and put them on notice.

On the other side of the bracket, xertioN’s new MOUZ squad will be taking on a Spirit that looks terrifying now that they’ve been cut loose from hally’s puppet strings.

donk is more dangerous than ever now that he actually gets flashed for, whilst tN1R is revelling in his freedom from the hally-born haramball.

magixx even looks like a competent IGL, too. Which is a punchline in and of itself.

That’s not to say MOUZ should be counted out, though. xertioN is just having one of those tournaments, and Spinx finally woke up during their game during Aurora. Add in the jL vibes boost and the fact xelex is actually finding some impact, and the power of friendship could edge out Counter-Strike’s most frustrating roster in what could be a very exciting game.

We can’t wait for the classic MOUZ bottle job to sh-t all over our excitement.

PGL Astana kicks off the day with MOUZ vs. Spirit at 12.00 CET and about 8 hours later we get BetBoom vs. NAVI at IEM Atlanta.