The AoeXe Team Became the Champion of the Point Blank Cyber Tournament
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From October 10 to 12, the finals of the tournament for the game [Point Blank](/games?search=Point Blank) took place at WINSTRIKE Arena in Moscow. Six teams battled for a prize pool of 2 million rubles and the title of champion.

The LAN finals were held in two stages: the group stage (October 10) and the playoffs (October 11-12). The finalists of the tournament consisted of six teams gathered from all over Russia: FlyToMoon, FiveElements, AoeXe, MaDHouse, A3, and DarkHorse.

In the grand final, the two teams — AoeXe and DarkHorse — faced off. As a result of the final match, the champion of the 2024 tournament was determined and received 1 million rubles. It was the team AoeXe. They have been competing in tournaments for [Point Blank](/games?search=Point Blank) since 2010, when the game was approved by the FCS of Russia as an esports discipline. The team consists of players from Moscow, Yekaterinburg, and other cities: Vitaly 'FreeD' Popov, Maxim 'Raiden' Babushkin, Andrey 'w3z1k' Ilyichev, Thomas 'Yatagan' Shein, and captain Denis 'Med1cine' Proskurin. One of the team players, Denis Proskurin, celebrated his birthday the day after the successful grand final, on October 13. Winning a major tournament in [Point Blank](/games?search=Point Blank) became his biggest gift.

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Alexander 'Tuwkan' Karpachev, the AoeXe coach, has been playing with the team since its inception: 'I played for AoeXe and was one of the 3 players (including myself, Vitaly 'FreeD' Popov, and Ivan 'John_K' Kuznetsov) who are two-time world champions in the [Point Blank](/games?search=Point Blank) International Championship. Only these guys outdo me in the number of titles.'

The DarkHorse team took second place, receiving 500,000 rubles as a prize. In third place were last season's champions, the team from St. Petersburg A3, who received 300,000 rubles.

Fans could watch the competitions live at the multipurpose gaming complex WINSTRIKE Arena in Moscow, as well as online during the live broadcast.

During the event, fans had a chance to participate in a raffle, test their skills in the offline event 'Duel', and share their predictions for the PBL 2024 final ([Point Blank](/games?search=Point Blank) League). Winners of each activity received valuable prizes: branded merchandise, in-game bonuses, and computer equipment.

[Point Blank](https://ru.4game.com/pointblank/) is a strategic first-person online shooter developed by the South Korean studio Zepetto. The game has been officially available in Russia on the [4game](https://ru.4game.com) platform since 2010. It is recognized as an esports discipline. Supported by 'Fogame', Russian teams in [Point Blank](/games?search=Point Blank) continue to participate in international competitions.

'Fogame' ([4game](https://ru.4game.com)) is an international platform with popular online games. The platform has released more than twenty games, including popular MMORPGs like Lineage 2, Aion, [Blade & Soul](/games?search=Blade & Soul), Ragnarök Online Prime, [Black Desert](/games?search=Black Desert), the online shooter [Point Blank](/games?search=Point Blank), and more.