The American team Apex Genesis achieved an unexpected victory in the qualifiers for FISSURE PLAYGROUND Belgrade 2025, defeating the Peruvian team M80 with a 3-0 score. The team's carry, Luke YamSun Vonne, expressed his surprise in a post on X, noting that the team from a region often considered "dead" in the professional scene emerged victorious. "The dead region won the mixed qualifiers at LAN. Shocking turn of events," the player wrote, emphasising the unexpected nature of their triumph.
Before the final, one of the opponents of Apex Genesis expressed confidence in their victory, claiming in the general chat that Vonne’s team was doomed to lose. However, the players of Apex Genesis proved otherwise.
Meanwhile, another piece of news circulated in the Dota 2 community: BetBoom Team's mid-laner, Gleb kiyotaka Zyrjanov, is leaving the team. This was announced by caster Andrey Afoninje Afonin on his Telegram page, leaving behind a cryptic message: "Has anyone already written about this?) BB -kiyotaka".