Author: Jimmy “Infernal” Young
Into the Breach has just announced a significant change in their active lineup. Hristiyan ‘REDSTAR’ Pironkov will be stepping in to replace Mohammad ‘BOROSâ ‘ Malhas.Most recently, the Bulgarian player was part of the short-lived 5W lineup, where he teamed up with Thomas ‘Thomas’ Utting and Joel ‘joel’ Holmlund.During their first appearance at the Regional Clash Arena Europe 2024, ‘REDSTAR’played a crucial role in propelling 5W to a victorious first-place finish, boasting an impressive 1.25 average rating throughout the event. However, the team experienced a setback as they disbanded following abandonment by the organization.After careful consideration, the team at Into the…
HAVU’s roster now consists of only three players following the departure of in-game leader Jussi ‘Airax’ Airaksinen and AWPer Otto ‘ottoNd’ Sihvo.The decision to make the change was announced by Petteri ‘peku’ Jaakkola, who previously served as an assistant coach to Slaava ‘Twista’ Räsänen at Rare Atom. Petteri assumed his new coaching responsibilities in July.After Matias ‘Banjoâ ‘ Kivistö left in April, HAVU recruited Joel ‘Jelo’ Lentonen, hoping for a turnaround in their performance. Unfortunately, the team’s fortunes did not change, and they have now dropped to 133rdplace in the global rankings.HAVU is currently searching for a new in-game leader and…
FISSURE has unveiled the group breakdown for the play-in phase leading up to the year’s second BetBoom Dacha Belgrade event.The Play-in will feature some of the top teams, including Falcons, 9z, and FURIA, who are all highly ranked. These teams aim to secure a spot in the main event, where they will face tough competition from Spirit, MOUZ, Virtus.pro, and HEROIC.FISSURE Official AnnouncementPlay-In Group AFalcons9zBetBoompaiNPlay-In Group BFURIAAuroraEternal Fire9 PandasOpening Matches ScheduleAugust 24Falcons vs. 9z starting at 09:30 CETpaiN vs. BetBoom starting at 13:00 CETAugust 25Eternal Fire vs. Aurora starting at 17:00 CETFURIA vs. 9 Pandas starting at 20:30 CETKeep up…
Vitality has been selected as the third team to participate in the prestigious BLAST Premier World Final. This event, which features a prize pool of $1,000,000, has been a highly anticipated conclusion to the year since its establishment in 2021.This year, the World Final’s schedule is uncertain due to a conflict with the RMR qualifiers for the Shanghai Major.The location for the event is yet to be announced following the expiration of BLAST’s deal with Abu Dhabi.The main objective of the World Final is to assemble the most outstanding teams of the year for an intimate eight-team LAN tournament. BLAST…
In its recent update, Valve has taken a firm stand against the use of Snap Tap-like features and scripts that allow players to automate parts of their movement. As part of this, they have introduced measures to specifically disregard certain multi-input binds and detect and remove players from Valve-official servers if they are found to be using hardware-assisted counter strafing.One of the overlooked changes in the patch notes is that the sound made when executing a successful jump-throw is now audible to nearby players.Valve is enhancing its efforts to tackle cheating by trialing “VacNet 3.0” on a select number of…
The traditional pattern for the Intel Grand Slam has been disrupted due to recent results.G2 triumphed in two out of seven eligible events, MOUZ claimed victory in two out of five, FaZe emerged victorious in two out of three, and Spirit secured a win in a single event. This unique combination creates a ‘V’ shape in the official Intel Grand Slam graphic, signaling a departure from the expected pattern.Vitality is the newest team to win IEM Cologne, an ESL Pro Tour Championship tournament. Winning one of these championships and four tournaments in a 10-tournament window is needed to claim the…
Elisa Masters Espoo organizers have announced that 9z is the second team to receive an invitation to the tournament. This brings the total number of confirmed teams for the event taking place in Espoo, Finland, from October 16-20.During the previous announcement, the event organizers disclosed that ENCE, B8, and JANO earned their spots in the $250,000 competition by winning the Elisa Invitational Spring and Elisa eSM tournaments.9z’s participation in Elisa Masters Espoo follows several invites after their surprise semi-final run at IEM Dallas and victory at the FiReLEAGUE Global Finals. This led to their highest-ever organization ranking at 11th place.After…
Aurora has made an official announcement regarding the transfer of Timur ‘clax’ Sabirov from 9 Pandas to their team, while Evgeny ‘r3salt’ Frolov will be moving in the opposite direction. This transfer marks the conclusion of Clax’s 16-month tenure with 9 Pandas, whereas ‘r3salt’ had joined Aurora just four months ago.The transfer has caught many by surprise, as ‘r3salt’ made significant contributions to Aurora during his short tenure with the team. With an impressive average rating of 1.17, he played a key role in helping the squad secure victory at the Skyesports Masters 2024. This achievement was particularly noteworthy as…
After mutual agreement, AMKAL has decided to transfer Daniil ‘Sdaim’ Tupov and has listed him on the transfer market, the organization revealed on Friday.The player from Ukraine had recently joined the team, becoming a part of the roster only four months ago. Initially brought in as a stand-in for Aleksei ‘NickelBack’Trofimov, who had been benched in April, the Ukrainian’s strong performance led to his confirmation as a permanent member just a month later.During that four-month period, AMKAL made a significant mark by securing a spot in the top eight at the CCT Global Finals and emerging victorious in the RES…
BC.Game has officially welcomed Simon ‘KWERTZZâ ‘ Horák to their roster. This move finalizes their lineup changes following the departure of Joel ‘joel’ Holmlund.After ‘joel’ was banned by Akros anti-cheat software, BC.Game initially removed him and undertook their own investigation. Despite being still determining the truth of the matter, BC.Game decided to permanently remove ‘joel’ from their platform, focusing on maintaining the integrity of their game.’KWERTZZ’ has recently joined the BC.Game team after playing for TSM in the early stages of 2024. During his time at TSM, the Czech rifler played alongside ‘joel’ and achieved an average rating of 0.97 in…