Team SoloMid (TSM) was crowned as the Apex Legends Preseason Invitational champions in grand finals.
The US-based professional esports organization bested 19 of the world’s Apex teams and carved a name for themselves in the battle royale’s history where they became back-to-back champions. The Apex Preseason Invitational was held in Krakow, Poland.
This was the first international championship that Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment have ever organized with a huge prize pool of $500,000. It also included a new tournament format that featured 80 teams from all over the world. After three days of the competition, Team SoloMid emerged victoriously and cashed in a whopping $105,000. The prize was the biggest-ever cash prize for an Apex Legends event. TSM won the invitational after some clever play and skilful frags.
The Apex Legends Preseason Invitationals had some of the top teams in esports from all over the world; Teams such as Natus Vincere, Counter Logic Gaming, and G2 Esports.
TSM began the tournament by racking up the minimum 50 points, which was required to be eligible for match point, really put up an impressive effort. They got their 50 points after just six rounds, but then it took five more rounds before they would win the tournament.
In one of the rounds, there was a tense moment when TSM’s Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen and GamerOrigins Romain “wSerious” Dittmann were the only two players standing, but wSerious held on tightly. Thus, TSM was forced to take another three rounds before they could get their victory.
TSM, MVP, and GamersOrigin were the final three teams. TSM was in the top of each of their groups through the bracket leading up to the Grand Final.
Today’s victory will see TSM take home a huge cut of the tournament’s whopping $500,000 prize pool. The remaining teams have been ranked according to the number of points they garnered over the series, meaning Na`Vi have finished the day in second place.
Although the preseason is over, Respawn Entertainment and Electronic Arts will definitely host more online and offline tournaments for the 2020 season.
Article by: Collins Nwokolo
