Author: Jimmy “Infernal” Young
GRID Esports has just announced that the Thunderpick World Championship 2024 LAN portion will be held in Berlin.The event is scheduled for November 2-3, showcasing a substantial $850,000 prize pool.In the first stage, 16 teams will compete online from October 21-26. The teams will face off in a single-elimination format with best-of-three matches to determine the four teams that will advance to the LAN finals. The LAN finals will also follow the same format, including a match to decide the third-place team.So far, six squads have secured their spots in the Thunderpick World Championship 2024. These teams include Cloud9 and…
This Wednesday, ESL Pro League Season 20 will feature six matches for Group C and Group D. It will be two upper-bracket and lower-bracket matches for Group D and two lower-bracket matches for Group C.Wednesday Matches ScheduleFURIA vs. Falcons and Vitality vs. ATOX starting at 12:30 CETRooster vs. BIG and Astralis vs. Complexity starting at 15:30 CETMOUZ vs. Imperial and Fnatic vs. M80 starting at 18:30 CETFURIA vs. Falcons FURIA vs. Falcons – ESL Pro League Season 20Brazilian team FURIA against European squad Falcons. These two teams never met each other before, so it will be interesting to watch this…
Brazilian esports professional Caio ‘zqkS’ Fonseca, who is 32 years old, has rejoined Imperial, the team he previously played for from 2018 to 2019 and then again from 2020 to 2022.’zqkS’ has taken on the role of analyst for the Imperial Counter-Strike 2 team. Unlike ‘zqkS’, who had not previously served as an analyst or coach, heis now responsible for analyzing and strategizing for the team. Throughout his career as a professional CS player, he has accumulated $29,000 in prize money.’zqkS’ will debut in his new role at ESL Pro League Season 20.In July of this year, the Imperial team…
This Tuesday, ESL Pro League Season 20 will feature six matches in Group C and Group D. In Group C, we have four teams from Europe, three from North and South America, and one team from Oceania. In Group D, there are five teams from Europe, two from North and South America, and one from Asia.Tuesday Matches ScheduleFnatic vs. Astralis and MOUZ vs. Rooster starting at 12:30 CETBIG vs. Imperial and Liquid vs. ENCE starting at 15:30 CETComplexity vs. M80 and RED Canids vs. Virtus.pro starting at 18:30 CETMatches OverviewFnatic vs. Astralis Fnatic vs. Astralis – ESL Pro League S20Two…
ENCE, the Finnish organization, has recently announced that Niclas ‘enkay J’ Krumhorn will take on the role of the new head coach for their main CS2 roster. This was confirmed by the organization on Monday.The new addition to the team is a 35-year-old German player who has taken the place of Jakub ‘kuben’ GurczyÅski. ‘kuben’, a veteran player from Poland, was benched from ENCE in late August following the team’s failure to qualify for the Perfect World Shanghai Major Europe RMRs, which brought an end to the organization’s five-year Major attending streak.’enkay J’ has been given the responsibility of steering…
Tournament OverviewBLAST is one of the S-tier tournaments that have the best teams participating. The tournament will be held from September 25 to September 29 in Copenhagen. BLAST Fall Final features eight teams split into two groups. The Prize pool for the Fall Final 2024 will be $425,000, and what might be more important for some teams is that the winner will get their spot at the BLAST World Final, which will be held in Sentosa from October 30 to November 3 with a prize pool of $1 million.Tournament FormatGroup StageTwo double-elimination format (GSL) GroupsEach group has 4 teamsAll matches…
1WIN has made significant changes to its roster “due to the team’s disappointing performance in recent months.” The organization has transferred Sanzhar ‘neaLaN’ Iskhakov, Timur ‘buster’ Tulepov, and Boris ‘Ryujin’ Kim to the transfer list. Additionally, they have decided to part ways with coach Aset ‘Solaar’ Sembiev.After a disappointing performance at the Perfect World Shanghai Major Europe RMR closed qualifier, where the team failed to win a single map and was eliminated with a 0-3 record, significant changes are being made to 1WIN’s lineup. The team, predominantly composed of players from Kazakhstan, suffered defeats against Sangal, ECLOT, and TSM, leading…
Cloud9 has secured a spot in the Thunderpick World Championship 2024 by defeating Zero Tenacity in the final of the second European closed qualifier. The intense match ended with a 2-1 scoreline in favor of Cloud9.The victory comes after a challenging beginning for the mostly Russian team, as they struggled to find their form after assembling following the summer hiatus.Cloud9 had a rough start, finishing last at the BLAST Fall Groups and the Showdown. However, they’ve recently made a strong comeback by qualifying for the Perfect World Shanghai Major Europe RMR. They secured their spot by achieving impressive wins against…
Denis ‘seized’ Kostin, a long-standing professional in the world of esports, has recently made the decision to retire from competitive play. His career dates back to the later stages of Counter-Strike 1.6, showcasing his long-standing dedication to the game.The renowned Russian rifler and in-game leader started his professional career in the gameCounter-Strike 1.6but gained widespread recognition and success while playing for Natus Vincere in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive from 2013 to 2017. Throughout his time with Na’Vi, they established themselves as one of the top teams in the competitive CS:GO scene, clinching numerous championship titles and holding the prestigious No. 1…
The upcoming Major tournament will be the first to welcome a live audience in all three stages since IEM Rio 2022.Perfect World has just revealed the locations where the highly anticipated Shanghai Major will be held, scheduled to take place from November 30th to December 15th.The Opening and Elimination stage is scheduled to take place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center. This venue has a maximum capacity of 5,000 spectators, according to a representative from Perfect World.The playoffs will take place at the SPD Bank Oriental Sports Center indoor arena, which can accommodate up to 13,000 spectators.…