Author: Sebastian "primero" Pereira

Danish esports organization Astralis have parted ways with their Director of Sports Kasper Hvidt and Analyst, Nicolai “HUNDEN” Petersen.The reason for the dismissal was named as poor performance of the CS:GO team on the competitive scene.After winning BLAST Premier: Fall 2020 and Intel Extreme Masters XV – Global Challenge, Astralis failed to achieve first place in any Major or other Tier-1 tournaments. However, they won two Tier-2 tournaments and a Qualifier for Intel Extreme Masters Dallas this year but this was not enough for Hvidt and HUNDEN to continue working in the Danish club.Hvidt has been a part of Astralis…

Saudi Arabian esports organization Team Falcons has unveiled its new international CS:GO roster, confirming earlier reports by BLIX.After benching Kévin “misutaaa” Rabier and Jordan “Python” Munck-Foehrle and moving Kenny “kennyS” Schrub to the content-creating position, Falcons ave acquired Laurențiu “lauNX” Țârlea, Miłosz “⁠mhL⁠” Knasiak and Mohammad “⁠BOROS⁠” Malha from Sprout, Endpoint and Monte, respectivelyWith this move, Falcons have transitioned away from their previous all-French roster as the organization looks to reorient itself with young stars after failing to make the BLAST.tv Paris Major via the RMR in April. Falcons will make their LAN debut on home soil on August 14…

Danish esports organization OG has announced that they have benched and transfer listed Adam “NEOFRAG” Zouhar and Abdulkhalik “degster” Gasanov.”As we enter the new season however, we have decided to build a new direction for the team and allow both of them [NEOFRAG and degster] to explore options for their futures,” noted the OG statement. The two players had been a part of the international lineup for nearly a year.The benching of NEOFRAG and degster follows OG’™s decision to part ways with Nikolaj “niko” Kristensen, after a four-month stand-in period as the team’™s IGL following Nemanja “nexa” Isaković’™s decisions to…

Gabriel “⁠FalleN⁠” Toledo has got an offer from FURIA Esports and is ready to accept it, but Imperial Esports, where FalleN is currently playing, wants a huge buyout and negotiations are stalled,Dust 2 Brazil reported citing its own sources.According to the outlet, FURIA has offered Imperial lower than the amount Imperial paid Team Liquid for FalleN in 2021. However, neither Furia nor Imperial comment on the negotiations and do not report what amounts are involved.If the organizations reach an agreement, FalleN will replace Rafael “saffee” Costa in Furia’s CS:GO roster.FURIA is expected to be:Andrei “arT” PiovezanYuri “yuurih” SantosKaike “KSCERATO” CeratoGabriel…

Valve, Dota 2 developer, has decided not to release a battle pass for The International 2023.Dota 2 creators explained that the idea of Battle Pass exhausted itself. Instead, a themed update will be released in September that will focus on the event, players and matches, but new cosmetic items will not play a big role in it.”Early Dota updates were diverse in form and scale, themed around everything from new heroes to new cosmetics, new gameplay modes to new client features. While details varied, all of these updates shared the same goal: generate a bunch of excitement and entertainment for…

Organization-less CS:GO team, The Mongolz, have decided to part ways with Tuvshintugs “ANNIHILATION” Nyamdorj and Baatarkhuu “Bart4k” Batbold.Both athletes joined at the start of The Mongolz in early April this year. The duo, like the other roster members, came from IHC Esports.Replacing them are Ayush “Mzinho-” Batbold and Usukhbayar “910” Banzragch.20-year-old 910 has experience playing with Chinguum “hasteka” Bayarmaa, The Mongolz current in-game leader. The pair performed together in Clutch Gaming.Mzinho- is only 15-years-old, but has been playing with some Mongolian CS:GO squads.The MongolZ new line-up:Garidmagnai “bLitz” ByambasurenSodbayar “Techno4K” MunkhboldChinguum “hasteka” Bayarmaa (IGL)Ayush “Mzinho-” BatboldUsukhbayar “910” BanzragchErdenedalai “maaRaa” Bayanbat (Coach)

Danish esport organization Astralis have announced the departure of four of their CS:GO players from their female roster.”Astralis now say goodbye and thank you for the efforts of the current players and will introduce a new team over the coming weeks, under the continued leadership of team captain Aurora Lyngdal,” noted the organization statement.Yoana “Joanana” Vlaykova, Héjja “kezziwOw” Kászandrá (previous IGL), Selin “spike” Sinem Alak, Luna “ManeschijnX” Akkermans and Rachel “RacheLL” Kujawa have left the organization.According to Astralis’ Director of Sports Kasper Hvidt, young Danish esportswomen will be accepted into the new squad.”The goal is to develop a team that…

PGL, the tournament organizer of the Dota 2 Pro Circuit in North America, has disqualified American goons from Tour 3 for alleged matchfixing. However, the Dota 2 community is currently up in arms and convinced that this is a mistaken reaction to a joke by a member of the team.”Players, managers, and coaches are prohibited from making any kind of bets on these tournament matches. If it is proven that a player/coach/manager had made a bet or had purposely tried to achieve a certain result in a game, then the team will be punished up to disqualification and banned from…

Turkish esports organization Eternal Fire has finally ways with Yasin “xfl0ud” Koç, who has been benched since April.”My road has come to the end with Eternal Fire after a 1.5-year journey. I’m not under contract any more and that means I am a Free Agent from now on. Looking for a new opportunity, new home, new challenge,” the athlete noted on Twitter.20-year-old xfl0ud joined Eternal Fire in October 2021 and has thrice been benched on the team during his tenure. While the initial benching was due to a hand injury, the latter two were performance related as the team has…

Chinese esports organization TYLOO has radically rebuilt its CS:GO roster.The organization’s management has decided to bench Cai “Summer” Yulun (in-game leader), Sheng “Attacker” Yuanzhang, Lv “DANK1NG” Zhenghao and Jin “aristo” Shengjun, TYLOO reported on Weibo.TYLOO has reinstated Sun “SLOWLY” Kelun from the bench, who was inactive since December last year.To replace them, they have signed Luka “emi” Vuković, who will be their new IGL over Summer, Tengis “sk0R” Batjargal and Marin “ROGA” Rogić.ROGA and emi came from Belgrade Partizan. The iconic Serbian sporting club halted its esports division in April and put all players on their transfer list.sk0R, before joining…