Author: Sebastian "primero" Pereira
German esports organization Sprout has decided to part ways with their in-game leader Aaron “AZR” Ward after 1.5 months of working together.According to Sprout’s statement, the organization is going back to trials to search for a new IGL and it may result in changing players in the squad.30-year-old AZR joined Sprout on March 03 after leaving EXTREMUM in 2021 and playing with Australian Encore Esports Club in several B-Tier tournaments in 2022.In an interview with BLIX, AZR complained about the language difficulties in the German team, where English is not native to his teammates and he does not always understand…
Russian-Serbian esports organization 9 Pandas have entered the Dota 2 scene with the signing of the ex-HellRaisers lineup. The lineup left the HellRaisers organization on April 2 following their first-place finish in the second tour of the DPC Eastern European Division 1 league.”We’re proud to announce our new world-class Dota 2 team. We’re committed to growing together with the team, providing them with the support they need to perform even better. While some may have mistaken us for a media project due to our reality show “TryHard”, we want to clarify that it’s a separate product not related to the…
Russian-Armenian esports organization has invited for tryout ex-Cloud9 player Timofey “interz” Yakushin, insider Vlad “Harumi” Radvilovich reported in his telegram channel.Read more: IEM Rio 2023: Overview, Scores, Brackets, ResultsThis information follows after the recent Aleksandr “KaiR0N-” Anashkin’s departure from Virtus.Pro. However, rumors are spreading that the CS:GO master will leave Aleksei “Qikert” Golubev.22-years-old interz left Cloud9 in March. He has been playing for Cloud9 since April last year and at the beginning of his tenure in the squad won with him Intel Extreme Masters XVII ‘ Dallas and was a part of core Gambit Youngster, later Gambit, roster.Further successes of…
Valve, Dota 2 developer, has decided to release Dota 2 patch 7.33 on April 20, Team Secret manager Matthew “Cyborgmatt” Bailey reported on Twitter.He noted that information was leaked from ESL One Berlin Major 2023 teams. Cyborgmatt added that the patch will be significantly larger than a normal gameplay patch.With the Berlin Major taking place on April 26, there won’t be much time for the participating teams to adapt to the changes in the game.But even bigger troubles await the participants of the DreamLeague Season 19 playoffs, which start on April 22, with the Lower Bracket Semifinal. They’ll have to…
Armenian-Russian esports organization Virtus.pro has announced the decision to withdraw their CS:GO roster from Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023.The decision comes after a disastrous showing for the reigning Major champions at the BLAST.tv Paris Major Europe RMR A, with the team failing to make CS:GO’s final Major after a 1-3 showing in the swiss stage.Virtus.pro’s run in the RMR included the much-criticized decision to sub in David ‘n0rb3r7’ Daniyelyan in for Aleksandr ‘KaiR0N-‘ Anashkin ahead of the team’s match against MOUZ, despite the latter player’s performance in preceding matches.”We believe that in the current shape, participation in the tournament will…
Lyon-based organization LDLC OL has announced that François “AMANEK” Delaunay has been moved to a substitute position within their CS:GO lineup.The 29-year-old former G2 player joined LDLC OL in August last year, when the French organization overhauled its lineup following underwhelming results with its more developmentally-focused lineup.Unfortunately, AMANEK’s tenure with LDLC OL did little to reverse this trajectory as the team failed to qualify to any events of note and was often outpaced by Falcons and HEET in the French scene. AMANEK’s departure from the starting lineup appears to have come after an impasse between the two parties, as the…
Serbian esport organization Partizan Esports, a part of famous sporting club Partizan Belgrade, which includes famous soccer and basketball teams, has decided to temporarily pause activities in the CS:GO scene.Partizan entered CS:GO in August of last year, as reported by BLIX, with the signing of former C4RZY and FunPlus Phoenix IGL Luka ‘emi’ VukoviÄ, a well-known name in the Balkan scene. Partizan would eventually go on to feature a mixed Serbian-Bulgarian core, which unfortunately despite the backing of Partizan, failed to make inroads in the European scene. At the time of dissolution, the only trophy Partizan managed to claim was…
Thai esports organization Team NKT has refurbished its CS:GO roster with the additions of Sean “Gratisfaction” Kaiwai and Munkhtogtokh “xerolte” Enkhbat.The 27-year-old Gratisfaction has been largely absent from the professional scene since October 2021 when Russian organization EXTREMUM halted their CS:GO division. Since then, he has made a few appearances with Australian squad Encore Esports Club, but has otherwise been dormant.Prior to joining EXTREMUM, Gratisfaction played with 100 Thieves, notably claiming a second-place-finish at IEM Beijing 2019. Gratisfaction is most known for his year with Renegades, helping the Australian squad make two top eight appearances at Majors in 2019. This…
American-based esports organization TSM is ready to suspend its Legends Championship Series franchise as well as pausing participation in some other esports disciplines, reported Sports Business Journal reported citing its own sources.According to the outlet, the main reason is the collapse of the FTX crypto service, with which TSM had a 10-year partnership. The sponsor contract with crypto-entrepreneurs was supposed to bring $ 210 million for TSM in a decade.TSM has already left the Rainbow Six Siege competitive scene, disbanding their R6 team in February this year. However, the organization was still competing in League of Legends, Valorant, Apex Legends,…
Multigame esports organization Counter Logic Gaming is close to shutting down. Many of its employees have bid farewell to the organization amid rumors of its dissolution. Meanwhile, the League of Legends roster has already been acquired by NRG.Rumors that CLG are living their last days have recently appeared in the media. After that, Kim officially said goodbye to the organization, who had headed it since July 2021.Then goodbyes poured in from other employees. Mounira “GooseBreeder” Dobie, the In-Game Leader of the women’s CS:GO roster, reported that many employees have left the organization and that her entire team are now free…