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Greg Gaming Invitational is the very first tournament ever held for the Grand Tournaments. It was held in June of 2020. It was a single elimination bracket tournament with eight players. It set the ground work for future tournaments.

### Expectations Going Into The Tournament

Expectations heading into the tournament was Cloud9's Miindy was the clear favorite with no clear challenger to take her on. Most other players were hoping for second place or a close game against Miindy. A large section of players expected Bongo to be the challenger to her in the grand finals with a few believing Ducky would be the match up. But no one expected anyone to beat Miindy besides Otto, who believed he would win it all in his prediction but mostly was a joke.

## The tournament

The Greg Gaming Invitational matches were all played on wingman Vertigo and in a 1v1 format, while the maps in the future would change, future tournaments would be played on the wingman versions of maps in a 1v1 setting. The quarter-finals were mostly stomps as Miindy easily beat Jiminie 9-2 thought it wasn't as dominate as many expected. And Ducky cleanly sweeping Otto. Though Ryan vs Pizza and Bongo and Plazma were much more close affairs. Pizza vs Ryan was expected to be the closest game in the quarter-finals and didnt disappoint with the hype as both players traded round after round. But Ryan managed to get the upper hand over Pizza winning 9-7. While Bongo was the favorite over Plazma, he wasn't able to pull ahead of his opponent as Plazma was able to pull off the upset to move on to the semi-finals.

Going into the semi-finals it was mostly what players and fans expected besides the early exit of Bongo. Miindy vs Ryan and Ducky vs Plazma. Both semi-finals were some of the best in tournament history as it saw the historic upset of Miindy and Ducky making grand finals. The first match in the semi-finals was Miindy vs Ryan, expected to be another win for Miindy quickly turned into a back and forth between the two players. Tying it up at 4-4 at the half, it was a nail biter for fans and players alike. It looked like Ryan was going to take it in regulation as he pushed to match point 8-6 but Miindy was able to win two in a row to tie up the game 8-8 giving the tournament its very first and only of the tournament. However Ryan wasn't going down as he won overtime 2-0 making the score 10-8 and beating out the favorite to the tournament as he walked into the grand finals. One of the most historic games ever as it is the only time Miindy has ever lost a game to anyone that wasn't of "goat" status. Fans and players alike hoped for something similar from the next semi-final match between Ducky and Plazma and while it wasn't one sided, it wasn't as hype as the previous match up. Ducky won the game in a fairly convincing fashion of 9-6 putting Plazma into the 3rd place match against Miindy.

For the third place match between Miindy and Plazma, due to her poor performance. Miindy was seeking to dominate and showed it with a 9-0 win over Plazma. With this victory Miindy scored herself a 3rd place finish and pushed Plazma out of a possible top 3 finish. Next the grand finals between Black.com's Ryan and Walmart Canada's Ducky. Expectations were high for Ryan coming in after beating the expected favorite Miindy. But hopes were for a close game between the two players though that was quickly stomped out as Ryan took a commanding lead 6-2 in the first half. He followed it up with a 3-0 second half winning the game 9-2. With the win Ryan claimed the very first Greg Gaming Invitational as his own being the first champion ever.