Author: Sam "AN1MO" McKenzie

Despite being a late bloomer, Audric “JACKZ” Jug has played with a catalog of impressive players since he was signed by G2 in 2018. Kenny “kennyS” Schrub, Nikola “NiKo” Kovac and Richard “shox” Papillon are just a few of those, but recently he has embarked on a new endeavor in TSM with young talents like Cai “CYPHER” Watson and Madalin-Andrei “MoDo” Mirea.Alongside Valdemar “valde” Bjorn Vangsa, JACKZ is one of the elder statesmen of this team, and together they hope to guide the team to the first CS2 Major in Copenhagen come March.After the beginning of the project, BLIX got…

Across the ten-plus years of CS:GO’s release, legendary rosters have risen to the top of the rankings and written their names into history forever.From the beginning of the game to its end, these rosters have all dominated for periods, crushing the opposition and becoming immovable objects at the summit of the professional landscape.As we look towards the release of Counter-Strike 2, here at BLIX, we’ve been ranking some of the best in history, and after nations, riflers, and AWPers, rosters are now in line.Starting with the honorable mentions, let’s go through the list and see which roster will win out…

Caster, Analyst, Coach, and all-round Mr. NA, Jason “moses” O’Toole is a veteran of the game who has seen and done it all.In a year of change for both himself and the region in which he calls home, we spoke to moses about recent roster moves in NA, the importance of orgs like nouns and M80, as well as his new casting duo with Adam “Dinko” Hawthorne.Sam “AN1MO” McKenzie, BLIX: It’s been tough for the NA teams so far, including Liquid. How are you feeling about the rosters so far?Jason “moses” O’Toole: Yeah, I don’t really count Liquid anymore, which…

Sources with knowledge of the transfer have confirmed to BLIX that British organization Into The Breach are set to announce former Virtus.pro player, Alexey “Qikert” Golubev, as their new fifth in short order. The upcoming signing sees the IEM Rio 2022 Major winner return to activity after being benched by the Armenian-Russian organization in late August in favor of Nikolay “mir” Bityukov.Likewise, the addition of Qikert comes after Into The Breach’s former IGL Thomas “Thomas” Utting recently benched himself, and follows on from the arrival of Kevin “misutaaa” Rabier in the wake of Adam “NEOFRAG” Zouhar’s departure. It is the…

ENCE have been one of the best teams in the world in recent months, and although stars like Alvaro “SunPayus” Garcia and Guy “Nertz” Iluz might be the flashy ones catching the eyes of the community, IGL Marco “Snappi” Pfeiffer has been the heart and mind behind their rise back to the elite level of the Counter-Strike world.At IEM Cologne, we sat down with Snappi to discuss ENCE’s return to the top, the growth of SunPayus, and how ENCE is now a place for players to stick around, rather than move on to bigger things elsewhere.Sam “AN1MO” McKenzie, BLIX: In…

Despite people questioning the removal of Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen so soon after the team won a Major, so far, Vitality with Shahar “flameZ” Shushan have looked as strong as ever. With a top four at IEM Cologne and a win at Gamers8 now under their belts, they stand tall as the best team in the world.Back at IEM Cologne, we got the chance to sit down with flameZ to discuss roles on the team, his form since joining and the influence of an iconic Entry Fragger like Dan “apEX” Madesclaire.Sam “AN1MO” McKenzie, BLIX: Are you surprised by how you’ve hit…

In an interview with INSITE, ESIC Commissioner Ian Smith has stated that more bans for coaches will be on the way. Although he couldn’t give a specific timeframe as to when these bans will become active, he did say that some of these bans will effect coaches with the tier one and two ecosystems. “There are a few who you would describe as actively employed above sort tier three. There are guys who will be banned and similarly with the other two or three bugs that that have now been exposed, we’re going to do those in batches. The one…

Adam “torzsi” Torzsas was heavily criticised for his performances on MOUZ while playing under Christopher “dexter” Nong. Now reunited with his former MOUZ NXT captain Kamil “siuhy” Szkaradek, the AWPer has impressed thus far with his performances at IEM Cologne 2023.After MOUZ were eliminated by Astralis, we got the chance to talk to torzsi about the new lineups first couple of weeks together, the difference between playing under siuhy and dexter, and the optimum playstyle for him.Sam “AN1MO” McKenzie, BLIX: A tough loss with you guys being eliminated by Astralis, how are you feeling straight afterwards?torzsi: I’m really disappointed and…

With the disappointment of the BLAST.tv Paris Major, you would’ve struggled to find many people who weren’t calling for the head of Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen, but just as he did at IEM Katowice earlier on in the year, the Dane has proved all the doubters wrong by guiding his team to another huge trophy at IEM Cologne.After G2’s 3-1 victory over ENCE in the final, we spoke to HooXi about bouncing back, the team’s early form at BLAST Premier Fall Groups, and why the current meta suits him so well.Sam “AN1MO” McKenzie, BLIX: You’ve now claimed both the IEM Katowice…

G2 were the dominant force at the beginning of 2023, and while they may not have continued that form through the first half of the year, they’re back with a bang at IEM Cologne.Now set to face ENCE in the Gran Final, we got to speak with Jan “Swani” Mueller about the team’s semi final against Astralis, Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen’s calling, and ENCE banning Inferno.Sam “AN1MO” McKenzie, BLIX: You’re through to the final, how are you feeling?Swani: I’m over the moon, it’s a dream come true for me to be in front of the German crowd in a Grand Final.…