Author: Kostiantyn "Siemka" Smal

Former FlipSid3 Tactics, Natus Vincere, and Gambit Esports coach Mykhailo “kane” Blagin was recently signed on trial by Esports Club Kyiv. On the same day, Vladyslav “bondik” Nechyporchuk and Vladyslav “Kvem” Korol joined the team’s roster on ESEA, although only the latter has officially been announced. The two Ukrainians were thought to replace Vadim “Flarich” Karetin and Oleksandr “Smash” Turchyn, who were sidelined at the end of August. EC Kyiv’s new coach did an interview with Cybersport.Metaratings.ru, where he spoke about the team’s goals and denied the rumors about bondik joining the roster.What will your coaching relationship with Roman “WOLF”…

Alvaro “SunPayus” Garcia and Valdemar “valde” Bjorn Vangs have been formally added to the ENCE roster, confirming prior rumors that they were on the verge of joining the organization. In addition, Olek “hades” Miskiewicz, benched at the beginning of August, is replaced by the Spanish AWPer, while Lotan “Spinx” Giladi, who just transferred to Vitality, is replaced by valde. Let’s see what these newbies can give to the team.valdeOG decided to bench the Dane due to the European team’s failure to meet expectations in the European RMR competition for the PGL Major Antwerp 2022. Although, as a Spinx substitute, valde…

Nikola “⁠NiKo⁠” Kovač is considered one of the most toxic pro players. This trend has existed since the MOUZ – FlipSid3 match at ELEAGUE Season 1 when NiKo yelled “Shut up!” at Chris “chrisJ” de Jong after the lost round. The Bosnian later explained the situation: “Was saying “shut up shut up” because they were fighting/discussing at the start of the next round.” But this case is already etched in the memory of the CS:GO community. As a result, people connected NiKo’s arrogance and impact to all kicks of IGLs.During his period in MOUZ, Nikola played under the leadership of…

The court issued the first sentence in Russia on cybercrime charges in the gaming industry.The court of Yekaterinburg accused Andrey Kirsanov of selling cheats and bots for World of Tanks and World of Warships games. The developer was incriminated in creating, using, and distributing malicious computer programs, which led to heavy damage. As a result, the court sentenced him to two years and six months of deprivation of liberty. During this period, Kirsanov cannot leave Yekaterinburg and change his place of residence.According to the investigation, in 2014, Andrey wrote a cheat for the World of Tanks game, with the help…

The second IEM Cologne starts on July 5th and will become the eighth event thrown in Cologne. The tournament begins with the Play-In stage, where 16 teams compete for eight spots at the main event, which starts on July 7th. In 2021, FaZe turned out to be the only team from Play-In to make it to the playoffs. This year, we have a couple of teams that can do that again. But there are also some obvious underdogs whose chances of winning a map are not that definite.SproutThe German organization had recently changed the roster when Laurentiu “lauNX” Tarlea replaced…

The Serbian-based organization has chosen the Ukrainian AWPer Ihor “w0nderful” Zhdanov after a week of consideration, according to sources close to BLIX.GG.Team Spirit has been trying out several players but had to choose quickly as IEM Cologne Play-In will start just in 16 days.The team has been looking for a new player for this role after the departure of Abdul “degster” Gasanov, who couldn’t meet the organization’s relocation requirements and wanted to find a European team.Also, according to sources, degster and Spirit didn’t agree on the playstyle vision for the role of a sniper in-game.The last team for the 17-year-old…

IHC Esports has upset the two undeniable favorites of the PGL Antwerp Major 2022 Asia RMR, TYLOO, and Renegades, and secured their spot at the Challengers Stage. Furthermore, this is the first Mongolian team to ever take part in a CS:GO Major. So what do we know about IHC?IHC Esports is a Mongolian organization that owns teams in PUBG, PUBG Mobile, Dota 2, and most recently, CS:GO. The CS:GO division was acquired on March 6th from Checkmate, another small Mongolian organization.The teamMunkhbold “Techno4K” Sodbayar and Byambasuren “bLitz” Garidmagnai joined Checkmate in 2020, and it’s the first-ever team they’ve played on.…

9z Team is an Argentinian esports organization founded in 2018, while the CS:GO side was launched in 2019. After a 0-2 start to the Swiss stage, the team was able to qualify for PGL Major Antwerp 2022. So how could 9z turn into the greatest sensation of PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMR?Active RosterFranco “dgt” Garcia has been playing for the team since May 2019, and he was a part of the first roster. Before 9z, the Uruguayan played for a couple of small South American organizations like Furious Gaming. In-game leader Maximiliano “max” Gonzalez joined the squad in February…