Author: BLIX.GG

Streaming production and monetisation platform StreamElements is restructuring its workforce, with 20% of its staff reportedly impacted, sources have informed Esports Insider.The exact number of laid off staff could not be confirmed. StreamElements currently has 279 employees according to the company’™s LinkedIn profile.A StreamElements spokesperson told Esports Insider: ‘œIn light of the current market conditions, we’™ve adjusted our plans to drive creator growth while building a path to profitability.’With over 1.6m creators ‘” including esports organisations and professional players ‘” using the platform, StreamElements has massive reach across Twitch, YouTube, Facebook Gaming and Trovo. The company claims that over 60%…

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The esports club Natus Vincere has invited to the CS:GO roster for the upcoming IEM Cologne 2022 Ukrainian rifler Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev.Ahead of the BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022, NAVI had stated that whether sdy would have the opportunity to continue competing with the team in the future would depend on his performance in Portugal.As BLIX.GG previously reported NAVI won the tournament in Lisbon with a score of 2:0 against Team Vitality.Like before, sdy will play for NAVI on a free loan from the MAD Lions club.IEM Cologne 2022 will be held from July 5th to 17th. 24 teams will…

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Dota 2 team EU Rejects decided to disband after the end of the current Dota Pro Circuit season.”Unfortunately our team had an awful season, and we agreed yesterday that things are not working out for us – we’ll honor the DPC commitment and play out the remaining games but won’t be scrimming. Time to get back the shiny top100 badge and we’ll see where that takes me!”, said the player of the team Rasmus Johan “Chessie” Blomdin.EU Rejects are in last place in the bottom division of the European DPC league with a score of 0-4.

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Norwegian esports organization Apeks benches Asger “⁠AcilioN⁠” Larsen and Hugo “⁠chawzyyy⁠” Günther.The move was a result of the team having the “wrong composition of players” and insufficient results, according to Apeks’ Head of Esports, Anders Kjær:”It is a pity that we ended up here, but together with the players we have decided that changes are necessary,” the chief said. “We simply ended up having the wrong composition of players. The results have not been on par with what we expect. We have learned much from the last six months and feel confident that this is the best way forward for…

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Russian Dota 2 player Ilya “Illidan” Pivtsaev has joined Team Empire for a season.”I will play the season for the Empire, I will finish the tours with them, including DPC, then we’ll see”, he said.Ilya ‘Illidan’ Pivtsaev has experience playing for Empire. Previously he played with them as a stand-in.Illidan’s last team was Majori Edut na Minor. He played with them from December 2019 to February 2020.

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Filipino Dota 2 player Nico “eyyou” Barcelona has been hired as a coach for Polaris Esports.eyyou started his career as a player in 2015. He played for TNC Predator, Fnatic, Mineski, and other teams from Southeast Asia. Among his achievements is the 7th-8th place at The International 2016 and fourth place at EPICENTER Major 2019. In September 2020, eyyou stopped performing on the professional stage as a player and went inactive.Polaris Esports is a team from the first division of Dota Pro Circuit 2021/2022 in Southeast Asia.

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Finnish esports organization ENCE has renewed its contract with coach Eetu “sAw” Saha.”Saha has played an integral part in molding ENCE into the brilliant shape it currently is in. 2021 was a great demonstration of sAw’™s ability to guide and lead the team. Focusing on long-term development, the roster started to pick up more and more steam as the year went on, taking tournament victories, having great runs in big events” ENCE reported.In 2022 the team has earned its place in the highest tier of CS:GO, placing 3rd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022, making it to the grand finals…

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Ukrainian esport organization Natus Vincere has opened new recruitment of youth CS:GO roster.The age limit for candidates is from 13 to 16 years. Players must have at least 3000 ELO on FACEIT, and not have contracts with other clubs.Each candidate must record a video with the answer to the question ‘œWhy exactly should you get into NAVI’. They also have to fill out the questionnaire on the Road to NAVI website.The last time NAVI announced selection for the youth squad was in July 2021.

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