Author: R. Nachew

Ahead of the debut of ENCE’s new roster in the ESL Pro League Season 16 groups, I had the opportunity to talk to the Finnish team’s General Manager, Niklas “Willkey” Ojalainen, about the recent slew of moves in the CS:GO division.The whole saga began earlier this summer, at the start of the player break, after an initial report that Vitality is interested in Lotan “Spinx” Giladi. Subsequently, ENCE sold his contract to the French organization, added Valdemar “valde” Vangsa in place of the Israelian, and replaced Aleksander “hades” Miskiewicz with Alvaro “SunPayus” Garcia, the Spanish AWP star of Movistar Riders.A…

TYLOO, once a dominant force within its region and a mainstay at Valve Majors, is out of contention for the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Major. Last weekend, the team lost in the the Chinese Qualifier for the Asia-Pacific RMR.This is the second consecutive Major the roster of BnTeT, Summer, Attacker, SLOWLY, and DANK1NG will miss. However, failing to qualify for the RMR marks the first time since 2016 — back when TYLOO first made it to the Offline Qualifier for ESL: One Cologne — the side won’t be involved in the Major cycle beyond local qualifiers.TYLOO released the following statement…

Two separate SKADE teams participated in the third and fourth open qualifiers for the European RMR of the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Major. If each had won two more matches, the two would’ve even met in Round 16 of the third qualifier.One is the Bulgarian SKADE. A lineup that the organization has housed and become known for over the last few years. The other, the Norwegian lineup, announced last month under the name ‘SKADE X’. They competed in the qualifier under the name “En av de lette” and the tag “1ADL”.Why does it matter?Two teams operating under the same organization,…