Author: Jimmy “Infernal” Young
Guy ‘anarkez’ Trachtman has officially become a free agent two months after being sidelined in BC.Game, as the off-season begins to pick up momentum following the end of the PW Shanghai Major. The 25-year-old AWPer joined BC.Game back in June, when the team was initially revealed, but was taken out of the starting roster four months after the team’s formation as they were “having difficulties finding their rhythm.” anarkez Statement Ladislav ‘GuardiaN’ Kovács, a former AWPer for Natus Vincere and FaZe, stepped in as the team’s coach after ‘anarkez’ was benched. This was meant to be a short-term fix while…
João ‘story’ Vieira has pledged his future to SAW until the conclusion of 2027, as announced by the Portuguese organization on Monday. This encouraging update provides a much-needed relief for SAW after the unexpected decision to bench key players Rafael ‘arrozdoce’ Wing and Michel ‘ewjerkz’ Pinto. ‘story’ joined SAW’s roster in July 2022, during a transfer that involved him and ‘ewjerkz’ coming from FTW, while Renato ‘stadodo’ Gonçalves and coach Rui ‘vts’ Soares headed the other way. SAW Announcement The 22-year-old has become an essential part of the Portuguese team, which surprised everyone by reaching the semi-finals of IEM Cologne…
TSM has concluded their Danish initiative, as announced by the American organization. While William ‘sirah’ Kjærsgaard, Frederik ‘acoR’ Gyldstrand, and Rasmus ‘Zyphon’ Nordfoss are still seated on the bench, Valdemar ‘valde’ Bjørn Vangså, Allan ‘Rejin’ Petersen, and Nikolaj ‘niko’ Kristensen have had their contracts ended. The women’s initiative, known as TSM Impact, reached its conclusion on December 3, marking the end of a significant chapter. Following closely behind, the men’s team has now also wrapped up their efforts, bringing their project to a close as well. TSM is currently positioned at No. 57 on the Valve ranking, which means they…
Match Overview The best-of-three Grand Final match of Shanghai Major 2024 will be between two top teams in the world, and Team Spirit will face off against FaZe. These two teams have some rival history throughout the year. At the start of this year, Spirit met FaZe at IEM Katowice, and it was that time when ‘donk’ showed everyone that he would be the star for a long time as he dominated over FaZe in the Grand Final of IEM Katowice and Spirit won with a score of 3-0. After that, they met three more times this year, and one…
Aurélien ‘afro’ Drapier is set to become a free agent “at the end of this month” following his departure from fnatic. The French player was placed on the bench in September when the organization recruited Tim ‘nawwk’ Jonasson to enhance the team’s firepower in preparation for the RMR, which ‘afro’ assisted fnatic in qualifying for. The choice was made so close to the event that ‘afro’ has his sticker in the game rather than ‘nawwk’, who had to be listed as a substitute, even though he has never played in a map at a Major. As a formidable sniper in…
Fnatic has revealed that they are ending their collaboration with Jamie ‘keita’ Hall, concluding a partnership that spanned more than three years. This announcement follows fnatic’s disappointing performance in the Major, where they were eliminated from the Opening Stage after suffering three consecutive losses. ‘Keita’ had been leading fnatic since August 2021, when he came on board shortly after leaving Complexity as part of a restructuring that resulted in the sidelining of Jesper ‘JW’ Wecksell and Maikil ‘Golden’ Selim, along with the addition of William ‘mezii’ Merriman and Alex ‘ALEX’ McMeekin. The British coach experienced some moderate achievements with fnatic…
Match Overview The second semi-final of Shanghai Major 2024 will pit G2 against FaZe. The current best team in the world, G2, will face the number 6 team in the world. These two teams have met many times before, but the most recent one was here at this tournament at the Elimination Stage, and G2 won with a 2-1 score. Now it’s the Playoff Stage and FaZe’s best chance to take their revenge. Last Heads-up Match Result and Players Statistics Current Team and Players Form G2 They deserve their spot as the best team in the world at this moment…
Match Overview The first semi-final of Shanghai Major 2024 will be MOUZ to face off against Spirit. Both teams are in the top 5 of the world, and it’s no surprise both of them are here in the semi-final of the biggest tournament to end this season. These two teams met before at BB Dacha Belgrade Season 2, and Spirit won that match with a score of 2-1. Now it’s MOUZ chance to take their revenge and Spirit’s chance to show that they’re just the better team. Last Heads-up Match Result and Players Statistics Current Team and Players Form MOUZ…
Match Overview The fourth quarter-final of Shanghai Major will be FaZe Clan, which will face off against Team Vitality. Both teams were top teams in the world the whole year, and now it is another chance for each to prove who is the better team. These two teams met just a few days ago at Elimination Stage, and Vitality won with a 2-0 score. Now it’s FaZe’s chance to show what they’ve learned from that match. Last Heads-up Match Result and Players Statistics Current Team and Players Form FaZe They had a hard time making it to the Playoff Stage…
Match Overview The third quarter-final of Shanghai Major will pit G2 against HEROIC. G2 made it to the playoffs with a 3-1 score in the Elimination Stage, and HEROIC made it with a 3-2 score. These two teams met before at IEM Rio 2024, and HEROIC won with a score of 13-10. This time, G2 seems to be a better team on paper, but we will see if HEROIC is here to take their revenge and continue fighting for the trophy. Last Heads-up Match Result and Players Statistics Current Team and Players Form G2 G2 lost their opening match against…