If you’re somewhere in the Americas part of the world, you’ve had the good fortune of waking up to excellent games from BLAST and wind down with some so-so CS from ESL Challenger Atlanta.

We honestly, didn’t follow it closely but we know how to do a quick TLDR after all:

Virtus.Pro bested Apeks 2-0 to claim the trophy. The Russian side didn’t drop a map all tournament and conceded just 9 rounds in the final - Virtus.Plow, anyone?

fame shined throughout the event, posting a 1.44 rating and earning the MVP award. The rest of the team were no slouches, though. The Russians were a combined +49 in the final, with no individual players in the red.

With the win, VP have earned some cool cash and a ticket to ESL Pro League Season 19.

Apeks finished a strong event with a dud in the final. sense registered 8 kills in two maps, and found only a single frag on Inferno. Ouch.

Complexity will be left red-faced after bombing out in the group stage. The Americans entered Atlanta as favourites to win the tournament, but fell to TheMongolz twice and thus made an exit just before playoffs.

They weren’t the worst NA team though: M80 and Gamerlegion bombed out in last.

Final standings:

1st 🇷🇺 Virtus.pro - $50.000 + EPL 19 qualification
2nd 🇪🇺 Apeks - $20.000
3-4th 🇺🇦 Monte - $10.000
3-4th 🇲🇳 TheMongolz - $10.000
5-6th 🇦🇷 BESTIA - $3.000
5-6th 🇺🇸 Complexity - $3.000