Author: BLIX.GG
Brazilian esports organization has signed Rainbow Six Siege player Julio “Julio” Giacomelli.28-year-old Julio should replace Gleidson “GdNN1” Nunes, who was benched before starting Stage 3 at the end of August. Negotiations about him joining the team began immediately after GdNN1 was benched, as per BLIX.GG reports.Julio came to w7m as a player despite working for three months as a coach in Furia, another Brazilian Rainbow Six team.Under his mentorship, Furia ranked 5-8th at the Six Berlin Major 2022.w7m’s R6 current roster is:Gustavo “HerdsZ” HerdinaDiego “Kheyze” ZanelloJoão “Jv92” VitorGabriel “volpz” FernandesJulio “Julio” Giacomelli
Russian esport manager Alexander “StrangeR” Solomonov has announced the reload of Dota 2 team Wayfarers.”Despite the off-season for many, my work continues. Not all players have a rest, some are already eager to fight and prepare for the new season. Today I present to you the new Wayfarers roster, which I assembled for participation in D2CL Season 15,” he noted on his Telegram channel.Ilya “Squad1x” Kuvaldin and Sergey “HappyDyurara” Horonzhiy remained in the Wayfarers from the previous roster. Former Mind Games player Uladzislau “Petushara” Kazlouski as well as professional esportsmen Mikhail “DarkLord^” Blinov and Danial “XSvamp1Re” Alibaev joined the updated…
Rainbow Six Siege player L0BEX (also known as L0BIN) joins Team oNe eSports.”They say every team needs a mad and aggressive dog. We have a wolf âLobinâ,â Team oNe noted on Twitter.Brazilian esportsman will take the place of Lorenzo “Lagonis” Volpi, who recently left Team oNe.Team oNe has not reported who will be the new in-game leader in the current lineup after Lagonis’ departure.Earlier, L0BEX played with his new teammates, Leonardo “d4sh” Lopes and João “Dotz” Miranda on SuperNova Team. They won the Copa do Brasil tournament during Stage 1 2021.Moreover, the Brazilian organization has hired N1LL as an analyst…
Dota 2 developer Valve has updated Battle Pass dedicated to the upcoming tournament, The International 2022.”On release of the Battle Pass, one theme we’ve noticed in community feedback is that players don’t feel like they’re making progress commensurate with the amount of matches that they have been playing. With that in mind, we looked at the data for the 2022 Battle Pass compared to The International 10 Battle Pass to see if the data matched this perception. What we found is that even though the amount of points players can potentially earn is similar between the two Battle Passes, the…
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team Bebra, which had hired ex-Natus Vincere in-game leader Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov, left the PARI Patriki Vibe LAN 2022 after the group stage.Bebra ranked third in Group A with one win and two losses at the C-Tier tournament with a $10,000 prize pool.Earlier, industry members criticized BoombI4 that after leaving NAVI he didn’t train hard and refused the Benched Heroes’ offer because he was recording a music track. There was also a strange story with G2 Esports where either BoombI4 refused the offer of the Berlin-based organization or didnât show the desire. Ex-NAVI player himself said…
A Californian court has approved a $100 million settlement between Riot Games and a group of women who sued the company over gender discrimination, Axios reported.The lawsuit began in 2018. Riot offered $10 million compensation in 2019, but the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) stated that women can claim even $400 million. As a result, the parties agreed to a $100 million settlement which had to be approved by the court.2,300 female employees of Riot will receive a share of $80 million from the settlement amount, while $20 million will be lawyer’s fees and other expenses.Riot also…
The development teams of Riot Games are taking a short vacation, from July 4 to 10Patch timelines may shift to accommodate the change, and, if so, individual game teams will send out the specifics.In the meantime, some teams like Riot’s live operations, anticheat, and security teams will be staggering their breaks to make sure everything keeps running smoothly throughout the break.Knowing Rioters, youâll probably see more of us spending this week on the Rift, figuring out the angles on Pearl, and searching for the perfect Dragon to round out our comps.
Steve “LiQuiD112” Arhancet, Team Liquid’s co-founder and co-CEO, addressed the fans after the failed performance of the League of Legends team in the end season.He promised that in the new season “the team will be different” and built according to different principles.”The roster will be different, doubling down on some of the areas where we’ve seen incredible success so far, and also the opportunity to build players using the Team Liquid infrastructure rather than this concept of building super teams, which has always kind of worked for us to a certain degree, but I think times are changing, so we’re…
North American Dota 2 team KBU.US has disbanded, their player Kirill “Sunlight” Kachinsky reported on Twitter.”Disband. No More KBU. For any offers for upcoming TI/Last chance â sunlight#3158 can work as coach/draft,” Sunlight noted.His teammate Yegor “.Ark” Zhabotinskii also has started to find a new team. He is targeting the North American region.The disband occurred after the elimination of the North American qualifier for The International 2022 Dota 2. In the lower bracket, the team lost to Wildcard Gaming and stopped when they were a step away from reaching Last Chance.KBU.US was created at the end of 2021 before the…
Swiss esports organization Team BDS has signed Théo “LikEfac” Mariano to their Rainbow Six Siege roster.The appearance of LikEfac was expected. Earlier, BLIX.GG reported that he was the main contender for the replacement of Adrien “Rafale Rutik”, who left the BDS in early September.21-year-old LikEfac came to BTS from 321 Sked EsportBDS also hired Samy “Stooflex” Smail to the position of a coach. He will replace Arnaud “BiOs” Billaudel, who was previously allowed to explore his options outside the organization.Stooflex already has coaching experience. He trained Team Vitaly in 2017.BDS is now:Olivier “Renshiro” VandrouxStéphane “Shaiiko” LebleuBryan “Elemzje” Tebessi (captain)Loïc “BriD”…