Gamelanders Blue Gamelanders Blue Inactive are the champions of First Strike Brazil after finishing the tournament with a 3-1 grand final victory over paiN Gaming paiN Gaming Inactive matheuzin Matheus Lima kon4n Vitor Hugo ryotzz Leon Felipe murizzz Murillo Tuchtenhagen pepa Matheus Colleto .
Gamelanders star Leonardo " mwzera " Serrati was crowned the tournament MVP after he led the tournament in ACS, K:D, average damage per round, average kills per round, and in first bloods. He performed no worse in the grand finals, where he started the match with 438 ACS on Bind and finished with 323 ACS across the whole series.
The grand finals were never really in question. Gamelanders won each of their three maps by a comfortable margin while paiN Gaming needed overtime to close out Ascent, their only map won.
Riot hosted the event at their studio in São Paulo, making Brazil one of the few regions to hold their main event in a LAN environment. The tournament unfortunately ran into issues associated with hosting LAN tournaments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vorax Vorax Inactive delevingne Hiago Baldi v1xen Gabriel Martins drago Matheus Matos was forced to forfeit their quarterfinal match because of safety issues after multiple players tested positive for COVID-19. Their opponent, Liberty Liberty Inactive guuih Guilherme Mariano pepa Matheus Colleto duhT Eduardo Teixeira Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo tockers Gabriel Claumann , received a BYE to the semifinals as a result.
Fortunately, the tournament ran into no other problems associated with the virus. The seven other teams were able to play their matches as scheduled.
Gamelanders now have seven tournament titles in Brazil, by far the most in the region. They haven't lost a match since early October. Over the past 60 days, most of which have been defined by First Strike competitions around the world, mwzera has the highest ACS of any player in the world.