Author: Adham "Adi" Al Kharouf

Disclaimer: The column name is a mix of the sayings ‘blind pick’ and ‘dark horse’. In this series of articles, BLIX.GG’s writers choose teams who could surprise us, and explain why.FNATICAlex “ALEX” McMeekin and Co enter IEM Katowice 2022’s Play-In coming off of a spell of poor form. To begin 2022, they attended both Funspark ULTI and received a playoff invite to Pinnacle Winter Series — failing to win a single series in either of these outings. These lackluster showings have led to a general disregard from the community prior to Katowice. With doubts over whether they will make the…

Heading into the new year there are loads of roster moves happening, not the least of which is what’s going on with Eternal Fire and their academy roster, benching their support rifler of Buğra “Calyx” Arkın and replacing him with academy player Emre “duggyversus” Oktay on a trial basis.According to Calyx and the team of Eternal Fire, he is taking leave due to personal reasons, it is currently unsure whether or not he’ll be making a return, but considering his recent performances, with a rating of 1.01 in 2021 according to HLTV, it might be beneficial for a change like…