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A translation of the original publication of cyber.sports.ru in Russian.Who is ESIC? Esports Integrity Commission, founded by Ian Smith in 2014, previously never worked in esports tied to traditional sports. They “deal with […] the threat that matches manipulation and betting fraud and other integrity challenges poses to esports.” A holy protector partnered with ESL, BLAST, WePlay, and more. You might know them for the infamous CS:GO coaching bug scandal.Read more: Halloween Themed CS:GO InventoryYesterday, Alexey “Yarabeu” Kurlov claimed that he worked for betting companies and ESIC, helping both before digging a lot of dirt on pro teams and players.…
American esports organization 100 Thieves parted ways with Christopher “PapaSmithy” Smith, who was the League of Legends general manager of the organization for three years.”After multiple rounds of talks with management before Worlds, it was clear that the shared vision of the kind of League of Legends program we wanted to build together in 2019 no longer fit the goals and aspirations of 100T for 2023. Ultimately, this meant supporting our LCS team through Worlds and then going our separate ways,” PapaSmithy noted on Twitter.He considers it his greatest achievement that 100T became champions or finalists at the LCS, Academy…
Ex-Astralis CS:GO player Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke behaved aggressively with the broadcaster on IEM Cologne. In addition, he was in conflict with the hotel staff and they had to call the police, Jaxon.gg reported.According to the outlet, the broadcaster, who didn’t want to be named, didnât elaborate on the incident. However, ESL was involved in settling the incident.”k0nfig and I spoke the next day and handled matters behind closed doors. I am happy to say we will have no problem fist-bumping, high-fiving, and getting along with no dramas going forward,” the broadcast talent said.In addition, Danish player fought with the hotel…
Kim “t3xture” Na-ra, Park “Bazzi” Jun-ki and Michael “WRONSKI” Wronski have joined the Indian esports organization Global Esports.It is expected that the organization will soon say goodbye to some of the current players.According to Sportskeeda’s sources, Global Esports would save Ganesh “SkRossi” Gangadhar and Abhirup “Lightningfast” Choudhury on the updated roster. But officially, Global Esports has not yet made statements about the future of the players.Earlier this month, GE announced signing Canadian Jordan “AYRIN” from XSET, which had disbanded in September.The current Global Esports Valorant roster is:Ganesh “SkRossi” GangadharBhavin “HellrangeR” KotwaniAkshay “KappA” SinkarJayanth “skillZ” RameshAbhirup “Lightningfast” ChoudhuryPranav “Kohliii” KohliJordan “AYRIN”…
Four of five Dota 2 players of Chinese team Royal Never Give Up have tested positive for COVID-19.First RNG reported that player Lu “Somnus” Yao tested positive for COVID-19, a few hours later the infection was confirmed in Daniel “Ghost” Chan Kok Hong, Yang “Chalice” Shenyi, Hu “kaka” Liangzhi, Lu “stms” Hao (General Manager) and Liu “Junyu” Junyu (Leader).Yap “xNova” Jian Wei was the only healthy player in the squad.Somnus’ disease has already caused RNG one loss at The International. Royal Never Give Up received a forfeit defeat against PSG.LGD as they withdrew from the competition due to medical reasons.According…
This is the translation of the most interesting parts of the interview.The original interview was taken by Yana “LadyFrika” Medvedeva of Cyber.Sports.ru.Vladimir âRodjERâ Nikogosyan has gone through everything this season. He left CIS Rejects to move from the second to the first division of DPC, was left behind by his team, took a break, then burst into qualifications in the last moment, and now he is at The International with BetBoom team.Just before his departure to the main tournament of the year Yana Medvedeva managed to get one of the most open talks in RodjERâs whole career.Ladyfrika: What were you…
The Los-Angeles based esports organization Sentinels has signed two Brazilian 2022 VCT Champions, Gustavo “Sacy” Rossi and Bryan “pANcada” Luna from LOUD.This signing was not unexpected, as rumours of negotiations appeared earlier in October.Rumors about ex-XSET player Rory “Dephh” Jackson joining the team have not yet been confirmed. He was supposed to take the place of Michael “shroud” Grzesiek, but shroud remains in the squad.Currently, the active line-up of Valorant Sentinels is as follows:Tyson “TenZ” NgoMichael “shroud” GrzesiekZachary “zekken” PatroneGustavo “Sacy” RossiBryan “pANcada” Luna
Ukrainian multi-gaming esports organization Natus Vincere partially confirms information from the Ukrainian edition of Forbes about changing of ownership.”In 2018, the club’s founder, Oleksandr Kokhanovskyi, decided to sell NAVI, realizing that the company needed significant investments to reach the next level. That led to Maksym Krippa becoming the majority owner of NAVI in Q4 2018. Maksym is a Ukrainian businessman and venture capital investor with IT, game development, and real estate assets,” said the NAVI statement.According to the statement, the deal took effect over a period of time and included the new owner fulfilling certain obligations. The new owner executed…
Brazilian esports organization FURIA Esports has engaged its co-owner André Akkari as a coach for Intel Extreme Masters Rio Major 2022, Dust 2 Brasil reports.47-year-old André Akkari is a Brazilian professional poker player. He is a member of Team PokerStars Pro Brazil and is the winner of the 2011 World Series of Poker $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event. But he is not a CS:GO pro player or coach.The reason for this decision is that Furia’s head coach Nicholas “guerri” Nogueira is not eligible to stand behind the team at Valve-sponsored events due to his ban for the coaching bug.guerri hopes that…
The Ukrainian multi-gaming esports organization Natus Vincere has bought out a contract of cybercats’ carry Maxim “Shigetsu” Popadinec for PuckChamp Dota 2 team, Russian outlet “Cyber” reported citing own sources.According to the outlet, Shigetsu will play with PuckChamp all next DPC season.Insiders have been linking NAVI and PuckChamp for a long time. In December 2021, there were rumors that the Ukrainian club supported the team.As part of the cybercats, Shigetsu entered the top 3 of the DPC EEU 2021/2022 Tour 3: Division II.PuckChamp placed fourth in the DPC EEU 2021/2022 Tour 3: Division II and made it into the top…