Author: Jimmy “Infernal” Young
This year’s biggest tournament is already on its way, with Opening Stage from March 17 to March 20. The game will feature 24 teams, 8 of which have already qualified for the Elimination Stage and are waiting for eight more teams to join them. 16 teams from the Opening Stage will have to fight for eight Elimination Stage spots and a chance to win a prize pool of $1,250,000 and a place at the BLAST Premier World Final tournament. The Elimination Stage will be held from March 21 to March 24, and the Playoff Stage will be played from March…
Day 4 will feature three quarter-final matches and show us which of these six teams is ready to fight for the BLAST Spring Finals spot.Day 4 (March 9) Schedule:Heroic vs. OG starting at 15:30 CETMetizport vs. Monte starting at 18:00 CETSpirit vs. BIG starting at 20:30 CETHeroic vs. OG BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2024: Heroic vs. OGBoth teams won their opening matches. Heroic winning their match wasn’t a surprise but a regular one. While OG surprised us with a win over Complexity,Heroic didn’t have any player missing, and everyone played well and had positive stats across the two maps they played against NiP. The players and team are in good…
BLAST Showdown 2024 Day 3: Overview and PredictionsDay 3 of the BLAST Showdown will bring us three matches and stories.Is it going to be Spirit, and d0nk keep dominating his own and his team’s way to the top? Which of the two inconsistent teams, GamerLegion and BIG, will take advantage of the next stage? Will Cloud9 be able to keep fighting without a main sniper in their team? We must see all that on BLAST Day 3; don’t miss the action!Third-Day (March 8) Schedule:Spirit vs. Elevate starting at 15:30 CETGamerLegion vs. BIG starting at 18:00 CETCloud9 vs. SAW starting at 20:30 CETSpirit vs. Elevate Blast Premier Spring Showdown 2024: Spirit vs. ElevateSpirit might be in…
The tournament will be held from March 6 to March 10. This is the last chance for sixteen teams to get two spots at the BLAST Finals. Some teams didnât make it through the BLAST Spring Groups, and they will have a second chance here, as well as other teams who got here by qualifying from different tournaments.Prize Pool: BLAST Premier Spring Showdown Tournament Format:Playoffs:Single-Elimination BracketAll matches are Bo3Teams Participating:Team Spirit – Qualified through BLAST Spring GroupsFalcons – Qualified through BLAST Spring GroupsCloud9 – Qualified through BLAST Spring GroupsComplexity – Qualified through BLAST Spring GroupsHEROIC – Qualified through BLAST Spring GroupsGamerLegion – Qualified through BLAST Spring GroupsBIG…
BLAST Showdown 2024 Day 1: Overview and PredictionsThe first day of the BLAST Premier Showdown will bring us three interesting matches with six teams. How is s1mple debut in a new team going to be? What new NiP roster is capable of? Is Cloud9 going to have another problematic tournament and one more chance to realize it is hard to play without a main sniper in a team? We will have to see it on the first day of BLAST Showdown.First Day (March 6) Schedule:Cloud9 vs. Rare Atom starting at 15:30 CETHEROIC vs. NiP starting at 18:00 CETFalcons vs. Metizport starting at 20:30 CETCloud9 vs. Rare AtomCloud9 recently surprised us…
The first day of the BLAST Premier Showdown will bring us three interesting matches with six teams. Will Liquid finally show us its natural strength, or will SAW continue succeeding after qualifying for PGL Major? Can Complexity finally find some consistency, or will it be another tournament to get them experience? Can OG hype themselves up enough to continue playing after losing qualifiers and showing results without roster changes after failing PGL Major qualifiers? What is the new Monte team roster capable of? Can they stand against teams from Brazil, such as Imperial, who have yet to get their experience against world-level teams? We must see all that on BLAST Day 2; donât miss the…
Cloud9Â results show that playing without a main sniper is hard these days. If you examine their players and their outcomes, they are different from what you might expect. Their players are top players in the world, and they had much better results when they all played in other teams; now, they’re like the only team out there trying to play it without a sniper, which is very difficult on most maps.Cloud9 Past Tournaments Achievements:5-6th place at BetBoom Dacha5-6th place at BLAST Premier: World Final 20232nd place at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier A9-12th place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups…
Sports betting was the first thing before eSports came to the game, and one by one, bookmakers started to allow everyone to bet on eSports games as well. When it happened, it had a good effect on eSports since more companies got invested in it; that action made it better for most people, especially players, since it helped them to get a better salary.Nowadays, for many people, it’s one of the reasons to watch eSports games and make their bets to make it more exciting to watch.Sports Betting Versus eSports Betting: Understanding the Differences Financial Limits on BettingThe main difference…
The Play-In stage just ended, and we witnessed a lot of Counter-Strike 2 action. But it’s not over yet; we have seven more days of exciting games starting tomorrow!Now we have a complete list of the teams that will play at the Group Stage and fight for the $1,000,000 USD prize pool and a spot at IEM Cologne 2024. The show will go on starting February 3 to February 11.IEM Katowice Main Stage FormatGroup Stage:16 teams (8 from Play-Ins, 8 directly qualified)Two groups of eight teams eachDouble-elimination GSL formatAll matches are Best-of-three (bo3)Playoffs:Six teams including two direct semifinalistsSingle-eliminationSemifinals and Quarterfinals:…
IEM Katowice is about to bring us action, featuring sixteen teams.It starts with the play-in stage, which will be held from January 31 to February 2, with sixteen teams fighting for eight spots at the Main Stage, which will last from February 3 to February 11.The main stage is going to have sixteen teams total to fight for the prize pool of 1.000.000 USD.IEM Katowice Tournament FormatPlay-In Stage:Double-elimination bracketOpening matches: Best-of-one (bo1)Subsequent matches: Best-of-three (bo3)Top eight teams advance to the Group StageGroup Stage:16 teams (8 from Play-Ins, 8 directly qualified)Two groups of eight teams eachDouble-elimination GSL formatAll matches are Best-of-three…