Author: Jimmy “Infernal” Young
Ninjas in Pyjamas have announced that Gareth ‘MisteM’ Ries has taken on the role of in-game leader, replacing Alejandro ‘alex’Masanet, who the Swedish organization has benched.During a challenging ten months, ‘alex’ bravely led the Ninjas and guided them through a tough period that culminated in a last-placed finish at Copenhagen’s RMR. Despite this setback, ‘alex’ remained resilient and was responsible for rebuilding the team, welcoming new players Artem ‘â r1nkleâ ‘ Moroz, Max ‘â maxsterâ ‘ Jansson, and Isak ‘â isakâ ‘ Fahlén to the roster.After a few months, he was no longer needed as the new roster, which had initially shown great potential, struggled to…
This Thursday, six matches will be played at ESL Pro League Season 20: two Group D upper-bracket matches, two Group D lower-bracket matches and two Group C lower-bracket matches.Thursday Matches ScheduleATOX vs. Falcons and Liquid vs. Virtus.pro starting at 15:30 CETVitality vs. FURIA and ENCE vs. RED Canids starting at 15:30 CETBIG vs. Fnatic and Complexity vs. MOUZ starting at 18:30 CETMatches OverviewATOX vs. Falcons ATOX vs. Falcons – ESL Pro League 20Mongolian team ATOX faces European team Falcons. Falcons are known for having a rich organization that bought every good player they could at the start. However, their results…
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…