Author: BLIX.GG
Authors: Hisham ‘sho’ Almadani & Tamim “tam0w” MuhammedOne of the largest regions in the entire game, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have started their VCT Challengers stage matches for seven of its eight subregions; in light of that, we’ve brought together the stronger looking underdog teams so far and taken a closer look at their chances.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.This is the fourth edition in the VALORANT underdog series, check out the other regions; Brazil,…
North American esports organization has partially confirmed the rumors and signed Sanjar “neaLaN” Ä°shakov to the primary CS:GO roster.21-year-old Kazakhstani pro CS:GO player will take the in-game leader position. He switched to EG from K23, a Kazakhstani team located in Russia.However, rumors of hiring Kévin “misutaaa” Rabier were not confirmed. Instead, the club promoted Jadan “HexT” Postma from EG.CD (also known as the EG Blueprint project).neaLaN and HexT will replace William “RUSH” Wierzba and Jake “Stewie2K” Yip in the roster. Earlier, Stewie2K decided to step away from the competitive scene and downshifted to EG’s streamer position.BLIX.GG’s report also confirmed the…
Sweden-based gaming organization Alliance seeks to breathe new life into their Dota 2 roster.”With a poor season behind us in Div 1 we are making changes to the core of the Dota 2 team to better prepare for ESL and later TI qualifiers. There is a lot that can be said but the core issue in my eyes has been a lack of connection between the players on the team as well as us never being able to find and agree on our identity inside the game,” noted Jonathan “Loda” Berg, Alliance’s CEO and co-owner.Alliance fired their captain Nikolay “CTOMAHEH1″…
American Rainbow Six Siege player Adam “Drip” Kolodkin has been benched on beastcoast.”We’re moving Drip off of our active R6 roster. We thank Drip for his continuous hard work and dedication throughout this year in the R6 North American League,’ beastcoast reported in a statement.Drip had joined the beastcoast in March 2022. Before that, he played for almost ten teams, changing them several times a year.He even tried to retire in 2021 but returned to competitive play.Active beastcoast roster is now:Anthony “AnthonyMGS” GomezSpencer “Slashug” OliverDamian “Surf” MedinaJacob “Sweater” Bravico
Two Filipino players, Kim “Gabbi” Santos and Karl “Karl” Baldovino, have left the Southeast Asia esports organization T1.”All good things come to an end. Today we announce the departure of ‘Karl’ and ‘Gabbi’ from our DOTA2 roster. Thank you for everything you’ve done and we wish them all the best for their future!” T1 noted on Twitter.Gabbi has been representing T1 since February this year, while Karl has been with the team since October 2021. Which players will take the vacant positions in the roster is still unknown.T1 ranked fifth in the Dota Pro Circuit SEA 2021/22 Tour 3 and…
Disclaimer: The column name is mixed from blind peek and dark horse definitions. In this series of articles, BLIX.GG’s authors chose dark horses and provide their positions as to why a particular team could reach success in this event. The 2022 VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) is officially underway. As the first of regions begin their Challengers stage matches, we’ve brought together a brief article on the hottest looking teams as of recent to keep an eye out on. Underdog stories always create more excitement, sometimes shaking up an entire region, and these two teams are just the ones that may…
Vladimir “RodjER” Nikogosian has replaced Maksim “Forcemajor” Meretskii in Team BetBoom.”Due to Max’s [Forcemajor] illness, we had to play with a substitute, Rodj [RodjER] helped out in the D2CL victory for us and left a good impression. Vova [RodjER] is an experienced player and is now very motivated and charged to win. This is what the team needs. The guys will soon gather at the bootcamp, where they will start preparing for TI qualifiers. There is a lot of work ahead; we will try to show our maximum!” said BetBoom’s coach Andrey “Mag” Chipenko.20-year-old Forcemajor has been playing for BetBoom…
Singaporean professional Dota 2 player Remus “ponlo” Goh Zhi Xian and Chinese Team Fusion have parted ways.ponlo has noted he is searching for a new team. He has not given specific reasons for his departure.The Singaporean has been playing for Team Fusion since May 2022. Before that, he played for the Quincy Crew in North America.Team Fusion are now:Zhong “å£ååç¼” LiushuaiChaojian “XCJ” XiaoSu “Flyby” LeiLiu “White丶Album_ç½å¦å®¶” Yuhao
Belgian esport organization HEET has officially announced signing French player Audric “JACKZ” Jug to their CS:GO roster.”We are pleased to welcome JACKZ to the team. He was at the base of the DBL PONEY project, and we are delighted to be able to, finally, re-work together. We are sure that his experience and qualities will help us to reach our goals more quickly,” said HEET’s Team Manager Vivien “GoY” Goyon.DBL PONEY project’s core roster joined HEET after it was disbanded in January 2022.’Despite the results and evolution we have seen from the team in the first six months, when the…
Joe Marsh, CEO of South Korean esports organization T1, has announced the departure of Choi “Polt” Seong-hun from the position of League Of Legends roster’s head coach after losing the LCK 2022 Summer finals against Gen.G Esports and before preparations for Worlds 2022.However, Polt has continued to be a part of T1 as the general manager and will patronize all LoL projects of the org.”The decision for the change is in no means a reflection of anything that he did or did not do but more of a gut decision after extensive conversations within the organization. It was not an…