Author: BLIX.GG
Two CS:GO players from Virtus.pro, Mareks “YEKINDAR” Gaļinskis and Timur “buster” Tulepov have announced that they are looking for new homes.YEKINDAR bought himself from Virtus.pro and is a free agent now – he will be announcing his future soon.Recently, the 23-year-old Latvian esportsman has been performing with Team Liquid. He, together with Liquid, entered the top three in the Fall BLAST Premier’s group stage and ranked second at the ESL Pro League Season 16.22-year-old Timur “buster” Tulepov, who has been inactive in VP since May, said on Twitter that he hasnât quit esports and is waiting for offers. He noted…
T1’s League of Legends star Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok broke the kill record in World Championship history, making over 350 kills.He removed from the podium the legendary Jian “Uzi” Zihao, whose record lasted four years.This happened before the fight with Cloud9, which T1 later won. In total, 26-year-old Faker made 357 frags.Earlier, Faker became the first esports player to reach 100 Riot Games World Championship wins. The current Worlds was the seventh of his career.Worlds 2022 runs from September 29 to November 5 on LAN in the USA and Mexico. Participants continue to play for the prize pool of $2.225 million.
Czech professional esports organization Entropiq has placed the entire CS:GO roster on the transfer list, HLTV.org reports.Entropiq’s CEO Daniel Kloud said to the outlet that there are two reasons for this decision. First, the team didnât reach their goals in 2022. In addition, the nationality of all players is Russian, making business difficult after the Russian invasion in Ukraine.”We didnât achieve our goals this year for various reasons. We especially regret the unsuccessful qualifications for the last two Majors. At the same time, since the beginning of the war [in Ukraine], it has been impossible to fulfil business goals associated…
Danish esports organization Astralis is aiming to sign Victor “Staehr” Staehr, a rising CS:GO star from Sprout,Jaxon.gg reported citing their own sources.According to the outlet, Astralis is ready to part ways with Asger “farlig” Jensen to make room for Staehr.18-year-old Staehr performed well at the European RMR in Malta, where Sprout broke through in the Legends Stage of the Rio Major.Unlike Sprout, Astralis finished 12th -14th at the RMR and missed out on the Major. The poor resultsforced the Danes to rebuilt their CS:GO roster. Astralis fired their coach Martin “trace” Heldt recently.Also, Jaxon.gg has confirmed negotiations about the transfer…
Ukrainian multi-gaming esports organization Natus Vincere has parted ways with their Dota 2 captain Alexey “Solo” Berezin.”Despite the players’ best efforts and finishing first in their group, NAVI failed to qualify for the main event of The International 2022. To improve their results next season, the team will undergo some changes. We thank Solo for his professionalism and contributions to growing the club’s Dota 2 branch and wish him luck next season. We are going to share news about further roster changes later on, so stay tuned!” noted the NAVI statement.32-year-old Solo has played for Natus Vincere since September 2021.…
Team Vitality is one step to signing Karel “Twisten” AÅ¡enbrener, who is currently an inactive member of BIG, Dexerto reported citing its sources.According to the outlet, negotiations between Vitality and BIG are in the advanced stage and the deal will be expected soon.Vitality, as a Riot games partner team, should submit six players and a head coach for VCT 2023 until October 15.18-year-old Twisten has been playing with BIG since September 2021.The reason for the transfer is that BIG did not join the Valorant partnership program. After that, all teammates reported that they will explore their options for 2023.
Danish esports organization Astralis has benched the current first team coach Martin “trace” Heldt and appointed coach Peter “casle” Toftbo Ardenskjold to take over the team temporarily in the coming period.Replacing a coach is the first step to renewing the team, the organization said in a statement.”In the coming weeks and months, we will work on modernizing and developing the organization around the Counter-Strike team, where our Director of Sports will be looking at all current and potentially new roles and needed upgrades on and around the team. We have set the bar incredibly high with what we achieved in…
Team Secret and Team Liquid have become the winners of the Last Chance qualifier for The International 2022. As a result, both teams have completed the selection of participants for the main Dota 2 event of the year.Both Team Secret and Team Liquid defeated Virtus.pro in the upper and lower bracket finals.The International 2022 will be attended by: Invited TeamsPSG.LGDOGTeam SpiritBeastcoastTeam AsterThunder AwakenBOOM EsportsTSMTundra EsportsGaimin GladiatorsEvil GeniusesFnaticRegional Qualified TeamsSoniqsHokoriEntityBetBoom TeamRoyal Never Give UpTalon EsportsLast Chance Qualified TeamsTeam SecretTeam LiquidThe International 2022 will take place from 8 to 30 October in Singapore at the Indoor Stadium and Suntec Singapore. The prize…
Selin “Spike” Sinem, professional CS:GO player from Astralis Female roster, responded to allegations of sexual abuse by her ex-teammate Kaia “KiKi” Holmen. She claimed that it was consensual.”I asked for consent both times when I initiated the âmaking outâ and both times she said yes. I understand that she didnât want to go all the way and I didnât do anything physically against her will. She never shouted or kept saying no. Nobody in the house, including the staff, heard any screaming or yelling because it simply did not happen,” Spike noted on Tweetlonger.She analyzed KiKi’s story in detail and…
Former CEO of G2 Esports Carlos “ocelote” RodrÃguez is suspended from holding any managerial or operational position within a team or an organization in a Riot-sanctioned competition, or participation therein until November 13, 2022.According to Riot Games’ competitive ruling, in addition to the suspend, Carlos RodrÃguez is required to complete sensitivity training and executive training. The training must be provided by an independent third-party that is unaffiliated with G2 Esports, the League or Carlos RodrÃguez.According to Riot Games and League of Legends, ocelote engaged in an activity detrimental to the best interest of the League and Riot Games in violation…