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G2 Gozen has defeated Shopify Rebellion GC at the Grand Final of the Valorant Champions Tour 2022: Game Changers Championship with the score of 3:2.G2 lost on the first two maps, Pearl (9:13), and Bind (9:13), but turned the tide of the game on Ascent (13:3) crushing Shopify Rebellion GC on Icebox (13:2) and Breeze (13:5).G2 Gozen became the world champion and took home $180,000 in prize money. Shopify Rebellion GC took the second place and received $110,000. Silver medalists competed in the Grand Final without a coach, who received a disciplinary punishment for an indecent gesture towards opponents.VCT 2022…
An epochal event in Counter-Strike: the most iconic map of all, Dust 2, has been removed from the Competitive Pool. And here’s the replacement: the Anubis map. Both maps can be played in Competitive, Casual, or Deathmatch modes. But on the Competitive Scene, Dust 2 is no longer available.RIP the IconThis news can be dated in the history of the game as events that occurred shortly after the end of the IEM Rio Major. The victory this time was for the Outsiders – and this will also be mentioned in history! Such a change in active maps means that Dust…
The American esports organization 100 Thieves has reached verbal agreements with Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng and Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg, esports journalist Brieuc “LEC Wooloo” Seeger reported.According to the report, returning Korean veteran to the competitive scene will lock William “UNF0RGIVEN” Nieminen in the academic team. LEC Wooloo previously reported that UNF0RGIVEN also made a deal with 100 Thieves.Doublelift and Bjergsen have already played together in TSM in 2020 and won LCS Summer that year.29-year-old Doublelift retired as a player in 2020 but after that he became a TSM streamer in 2021.Bjergsen recently left Team Liquid. Steve “LiQuiD112” Arhancet, Liquid’s CEO, is…
Lee “SunBhie” Jeong-jae has joined Talon Esports as the coach for its Dota 2 roster.The 32-year-old parted ways with Fnatic in early November, where he was in training since December 2019.SunBhie will replace Andrii “ALWAYSWANNAFLY” Bondarenko in Talon, which the organization had recently said goodbye to.By signing a new coach, The Hong Kong esports organization is finally prepared for the new season. Earlier, Talon reassembled the player’s stuff.In the last season, Talon retained his slot in Division I of the regional DPC, ranking second on the third tour. The Hong Kongers were also the first in the regional qualifier for…
In Counter-strikeâs latest patch, Valve has replaced Dust 2 with Anubi in the Active Duty map pool, which will determine which maps get played at the 2023 Paris Major.Both maps are still available in Casual, Deathmatch, and Competitive modes.Also, Some weapons received some nerfs:AWP: Magazine size reduced from 10 bullets to 5M4A1-S: Reduced the range modifier from 0.99 to 0.94The M4 has been nerfed before. In July, its magazine was already reduced. However, some in the industry have continued to criticize the weapon, claiming it remains too powerful and upsets the game’s balance.The esports community has reacted to the removal…
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community has reacted to the removal of the iconic Dust2 map from the Active Duty map pool with mixed feelings. Most of them are surprised and confused about the Valve’s decision.The Ukrainian esports organization Natus Vincere regarded it as a bad joke.”Bro, it’s 5 more months till April 1’st,” NAVI replied to the official CS:GO Twitter account.Team Vitality posted a photo with their in-game leader Dan “apEX” Madesclaire with a dumbfounded expression. apEX himself tweeted: “Dust2 I love you. Never forget that.”The BIG in-game leader Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz burst into nervous laughter and one of his…
Team Liquid has signed Jang “MaRin” Gyeong-hwan as a Head Coach of its League of Legends roster.”We’re excited to welcome MaRin as our new LCS Head Coach for Team Liquid Honda! A World champion and veteran in the LCK, MaRin is ready to prepare TLH for a new era,” Team Liquid reported.31-year-old MaRin started his esport career as an LoL player with SK Telecom T1 S in 2013. He won the World Championship in 2015 and retired in 2018 after almost one year of performing with Top Esports.Right now, the Team Liquid LoL division is going through a big transition.…
Riot Games, League of Legends developer and tournament organizer, has decided to expand the Pacific Championship Series to the Oceania region.”Starting in 2023, the League of Legends Pacific Championship Series (PCS) ecosystem will expand to include the League of Legends Circuit Oceania (LCO). The LCO will continue to play its domestic season in Oceania (OCE). However, rather than qualifying directly to MSI and Worlds, the top two teams from each LCO split will seed into the PCS playoffs and compete with other PCS teams for a chance to represent the larger region at international events,” noted the Riot statement.Residency status…
The American esports organization Dignitas, according to reports, has reached verbal agreements on signing with the two League of Legends players, Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun and Ä°rfan “Armut” Tükek.According to esports journalist Brieuc “LEC Wooloo” Seeger, 25-year-old IgNar will come to Dignitas from Immortals, where he was playing since May. Immortals didnât show impressive results this year. Its squad didnât leave the group stage either in LCS Spring or LCS Summer.The most significant mark in recent years in IgNar’s career was the 5th-8th place with Misfits Gaming at the 2017 World Championship.Due to Dotesports.com report, Dignitas also reached a verbal agreement…
The Southeast Asian multi-gaming esports organization Blacklist International has acquired a DPC SEA Division I slot from RSG.”First step secured. I would like to officially announce that Tier One Entertainment has now acquired RSG’s slot in the Division one of the next dpc season,” Blacklist’s founder and CEO Tryke ” TryQ” Gutierrez reported on Twitter.The Singapore-based RSG recently released its Dota 2 roster.Blacklist International is under Tier One Entertainment, the Southeast Asian esports and video gaming-oriented entertainment agency. They already manage competitive esports divisions in PUBG, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Garena Free Fire and Call of Duty.