Author: BLIX.GG
Team Liquid is in negotiations with Virtus.pro to transfer CS:GO player Mareks “YEKINDAR” Gaļinskis from Russian to a European esports organization.”We are working with YEKINDAR to hopefully have some good long term news soon,” Team Liquid General Manager Steve Perino reported on Twitter.Earlier, Liquid confirmed that they would play with YEKINDAR again at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups.The 22-year-old Latvian has already played for Liquid as a stand-in at IEM Cologne 2022. Together with the esportsman, the North American team reached the 1/4 finals.YEKINDAR has been inactive in Virtus.pro since May this year.Team Liquidâs CS:GO roster is:Jonathan “EliGE” JablonowskiKeith “NAF”…
According to Dexerto sources, Riot Games will offer esports organizations involved in the Valorant partnership program a yearly stipend from $600,000 to $1.5 million.The outlet information confirms and clarifies some details of the previous BLIX.GG report about the partner program.There were speculations that Asian teams would receive less than their EMEA and American counterparts due to the lower operational costs.The minimum fee will be $600,000 for all regions.The new Valorant partnership program will start in 2023. This new franchise model limits the number of teams in each league. Because of this, some esports organizations have decided to leave the discipline.
Inactive Evil Geniuses CS:GO player Jacky “Stewie2K” Yip has announced a plan to move to Valorant.”Every day I’ll be on stream. I’ll be grinding ranked. I’ll be trying to get into scrims. LCQ [Last Chance Qualifier] happens, [then] Champions will happen. Off-season comes, franchising comes. Even if I miss franchising, I’m going to keep streaming, watch and be a student of the game and then get picked up. We’ll try. We’ll see how everything pans out,” he said on a Twitch stream.The franchising campaign in Valorant turned out to be extremely difficult. Because of which a number of esports organizations…
Russian Dota 2 team has fired Nikita “Munkushi~” Chepurnykh.Munkushi~ has been playing for Pari Parni since the team was created in June. He moved to Pari Parni from the disbanded CIS Rejects with all of their lineup. He joined CIS Rejects in May this year.Who will take the vacant place in the roster is unknown. Igor “iLTW” Filatov played as a stand-in for the team at the qualifiers for ESL One Malaysia 2022.Pari Parni competed in DPC EEU 2021/2022 Tour 3: Division I. The team won one match out of seven and was relegated to Division 2.Pari Parniâs Dota 2…
Ukrainian multigame esport organization Natus Vincere has decided to bench Pedro “Thuunder” Muniz from its Rainbow Six Siege roster.”After the end of the stage 2, the team has reached the decision to bench me and find other player. I am still under contract but Natus Vincere has allowed me to search for options. I just have to thanks my team for the moments together and wish them the best for the next stage,” Thuunder noted on Twitter.The 21-year-old Brazilian player has been playing for Navi since March 2022, where he had moved from Heroic. With NAVI Thuunder ranked 8th at…
French professional player Richard “shox” Papillon has joined Apeks CS:GO roster, signing a one-year contract.”After my time in Team Liquid, I needed a break to recover from the exhausting schedule we had. I needed to make sure my head was healthy before joining a new team. I’m glad and thankful to Apeks and the players and coaching staff for this opportunity. I’m confident we can do great things with the right mindset, and I know everyone will put the work needed to make this journey together a beautiful story,” Papillon says.With his acceptance, the Apeks СS:GO lineup is now complete.…
Serbian esport organization Partizan Esports, a part of legendary multi-sport club Partizan from Belgrade, which includes famous soccer and basketball teams, has decided to join CS:GO.Partizan Esports already has a League of Legends roster and now the organization signed the CS:GO team. Almost all of the new team members are from Balkanian states. Two Serbians, one Croatian, one Bulgarian and one Spaniard.The in-game leader of the new lineup is Luka “emi” VukoviÄ. The 28-year-old Serb has a wealth of experience. During his 10-year career, he played for FunPlus Phoenix, c0ntact Gaming, CR4ZY (formerly known as Valiance & Co), iNation and…
Malaysian esports organization Team SMG has removed Johan “pieliedie” à ström and Ryan “Raging Potato” Qui from its active Dota 2 roster.”Today we announce that our Dota 2 player, Raging Potato, will move to our inactive roster. However, he will be allowed to explore his new options in pursuing new opportunities. Meanwhile, as for today too, we will say goodbye to pieliedie. Thank you for your hard work and dedication during your time with Team SMG. It’s been a pleasure, and we wish you all the best in the future,” notes Team SMGâs statement.pieliedie wasn’t in SMG for long. The 31-year-old…
Professional multigaming organization Team Empire has disbanded their Dota 2 roster after unsatisfactory results.”As you know, the team was eliminated from DPC Division 2 from the last place and could not perform well in any of the online tournaments. Many players of the roster, being strong individually, were unable to show the teamwork and synergy necessary for victories. We wish the ex-Imperials good luck,” Team Empire said in a statement.Rumors about this decision came in sight in July, but then it was unknown what plans the organization had for the future. Now, Team Empire stated it would remain in competitive…
Team Empire management has decided to disband the Dota 2 lineup, Cybersport.Metaratings.ru reported.This decision was made after the team lost six out of seven matches and fell out of DPC Eastern Europe Division 2.It is also possible that the roster manager Andrey “Zealoth” Lozinsky will be fired too. At the moment, there is no information on whether the organization plans to assemble a new Dota 2 roster.Team Empire Dota 2 are now:Arslan “Retrograde” ShadzhanovIlya “squad1x” KuvaldinMaxim “Shachlo” AbramovskikhJamshid “jAM3S” AbdurashitovStanislav “633” Glushan (captain and coach)