In the most shocking upheaval in the history of ALGS LANs, a third of the 2023 ALGS Championship lobby risks elimination in lower bracket round two. Championship winners TSM finished the winner’s bracket in 17th place after a sluggish performance in LA, to the disappointment of their home crowd.
After a turbulent round one of losers bracket with scores separated by mere single points, hopes for a more clear cut winner’s leaderboard were dashed by an incomprehensibly volatile block. Several of the most dominant teams in 2023 seemed incapable of gaining any momentum, finding themselves glued to the bottom of the pack while underdog teams soared.
APAC North and South teams Fnatic, REJECT WINNITY, Serenity, and Virtus.Pro all secured top 10 positions. Meanwhile, Alliance, Spacestation Gaming, Legends Gaming, TSM, Complexity, and Furia must all fight to keep their place in an explosive tournament.
However, the true stars of Saturday were o7. Still free agents and proving to anyone who will watch that they have what it takes, Gnaske, Naghz, and Amphy shot from the gutter to the final qualification threshold at the last second, snatching victory in game six and cruelly denying North American team Elev8 Gaming their place in the top 10. The dramatic game was enough for them to win the tiebreaker with Elev8 based on the highest placement achieved in the block.
Perhaps the most unpredictable, unprecedented, and overwhelming losers bracket ever seen in the ALGS now features the likes of TSM battling the titan teams who already fought through the first block of the day, including Disguised and Luminosity Gaming. Regardless of how hard those in the lobby fight, some of the best teams in Apex history will go home pondering what could have possibly gone so wrong.
