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IEM Cologne 2022 Seeds Confirmed – The Best in the World

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Who doesn’t love a Major? Accordingly, CS:GO fans are loving the recent string of events. Heading into IEM Cologne, the third Major of the year, we can’t wait. Read on for your IEM Cologne 2022 Seeds announced below!

IEM Cologne 2022 Seeds – Listed Below

Credits: Intel Extreme Masters Twitter

By wait, we’ll be doing that for one month. Kicking off on 5th July, with $1,000,000 on the line, finding a spot is essential for many teams.

Indeed, to determine seeds, Intel used a certain criteria for teams who did not directly qualify, based on rankings.

Anyways, the following teams are heading to the legenedary venue of Cologne to compete for the $1,000,000 on the line!

Directly Qualifier

  • FaZe Clan
  • Natus Vincere
  • Cloud9
  • G2 Esports
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas
  • ENCE
  • FURIA Esports
  • Team Liquid

Play-In Teams

  • Heroic
  • Team Vitality
  • Outsiders
  • GODSENT
  • Complexity Gaming
  • MIBR
  • ORDER
  • TYLOO
  • BIG
  • Astralis
  • Team Spirit
  • Imperial Esports
  • Movistar Riders
  • paiN Gaming
  • MOUZ
  • Sprout
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Credits: ESL

Yes, we have the very best teams in the world competing.

Firstly, the Play-In will take place from 5-6th, and only 8 teams will progress to the Group Stage with the remaining teams.

We’ll be sure to break down further viewership details as the event draws nearer!

For more esports news, visit: https://www.esportsguide.com/news

IEM Dallas 2022 Recap – Cloud9 Win a Historic Victory

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Accordingly, over this past weekend the CS:GO community enjoyed the conclusion to another event. Specifically, Cloud9 have returned to the limelight with a surprising win. Read on as we offer our own IEM Dallas 2022 recap below!

IEM Dallas 2022 Recap – Back in the Spotlight

Credits: Intel Extreme Masters Twitter

Taking place offline at Dallas, with $250,000 on the line, some of the top teams in the world were in attendance. While some teams weren’t present, such as Natus Vincere, recent Major winners FaZe Clan were present amongst other top names.

With regards to their run at this competition, it certainly wasn’t perfect.

Starting in Group B, Cloud9 managed to win their opening game against Team Liquid, but then lose to FURIA Esports. Stuck in the Lower Bracket, they then made an impressive run to clench a seed into the Playoffs.

Credits: IEM Twitter

And it’s here that they would have to really fight through the gauntlet:

  • Cloud9 vs FaZe Clan (2-1)
  • BIG vs Cloud9 (1-2)
  • Cloud9 vs ENCE (3-0)

After beating the top team in the world, FaZe Clan, Cloud9 went on a run and went to sweep ENCE in the Grand Final.

This is an epic win for the organization – not having won since ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018! We’re curious to see how this team progresses in the future!

For more esports news, visit: https://www.esportsguide.com/news

Fnatic CS:GO Roster 2022 – roej and nicoodoz Signed

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

It’s been a tough few months for the Fnatic CS:GO Roster. Accordingly, the community has been expecting change for a while now – and it’s finally here. Read on as we discuss the team’s recent signings to shake things up below!

Fnatic CS:GO Roster 2022 – Nothing Since 2019

Credits: Fnatic Twitter

This year, the organization has made multiple changes and we’ve covered the changes multiple times.

Most recently, three players were dismissed from the active roster, opening up three slots on the roster.

Bearing this in mind, the European team just signed two players. Both from Copenhagen Flames, the likes of Nico “nicoodoz” Tamjid and Fredrik “roeJ” Jorgensen have officially been signed. Here’s how the roster looks:

  • Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson
  • William “mezii” Merriman
  • Nico “nicoodoz” Tamjid
  • Fredrik “reoJ” Jorgensen
  • Jamie “keita” Hall
Credits: Fnatic Twitter

After two Majors, which they missed out on, now it’s time to rebuild for upcoming events.

Overall, they’ll want to improve over their past performances:

  • 7-8th @ IEM XVII – Dallas: European Qualifier
  • 12-14th @ PGL Major Antwerp 2022: European RMR A
  • 9-12th @ ESL Pro League Season 15
  • 5-6th @ Fantasyexpo EU Champions: Spring 2022
  • 2nd @ PGL Major Antwerp 2022: European RMR – Open Qualifier #4

For more esports news, visit: https://www.esportsguide.com/news

Evil Geniuses CS:GO Roster 2022 – Signing 10 Players?

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Indeed, missing out on a Major event can be devastating for a team wanting to succeed. Accordingly, the Evil Geniuses CS:GO Roster 2022 has missed out on two Majors. Bearing this in mind, they’ve made a remarkable change – signing two teams!

Evil Geniuses CS:GO Roster 2022 – A Strange Move

Credits: EG CSGO Twitter

Having a deep substitute bench is a strategy many franchises utilize in traditional sports. However, in esports, it’s not a common approach although certain titles such as League of Legends often have one or two players for each role.

Anyways, here’s the original team of 5 as listed below:

  • Vincent “Brehze” Cayonte
  • Tsvetelin “CeRq” Dmitrov
  • Jacky “Stewie2K” Yip
  • Timothy “autimatic” Ta
  • William “RUSH” Wierzba

Specifically, the organization has signed the former teams of Carpe Diem and PwnAlone, both North American amateur teams:

Carpe Diem:

  • Colby “Walco” Walsh
  • Jadan “HexT” Postma
  • Jerric “wiz” Jiang
  • Connor “chop” Sullivan
  • Anthony “CLASIA” Kearney
  • Tommy “Axed” Ryan – Coach
Credits: EG CSGO Twitter

PwnAlone:

  • Josh “PwnAlone” Pigue
  • Ben “ben1337″ Smith
  • Jonathan “djay” Dallal
  • Jonathan “Jonji” Carey
  • Wesley “viz” Harris
  • Joeseph “Muenster” Lima – Coach

Accordingly, the organization has some interesting choices ahead. Let’s see if they can improve over their struggling form:

  • 5-8th @ BLAST Premier Spring American Showdown 2022
  • 4th @ IEM NA Qualifier
  • 8th @ PGL Major Antwerp 2022: American RMR
  • 21-24th @ ESL Pro League Season 15

For more esports news, visit: https://www.esportsguide.com/news

BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022 – Schedule Revealed

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Coming very soon, the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022 is an event we’re looking forward to. Accordingly, the event organizers are slowly revealing for details – let’s take a look at the schedule below!

BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022 –

Here to celebrate the highest level of competitive CS:GO in the world, BLAST is taking the world to Lisbon from 15th June to 19th June.

Bearing this in mind, here’s the recent Twitter post which reveals the schedule below:

Credits: BLAST Premier Twitter

Indeed, following the European and American Showdown events, we now have the top 8 teams heading to compete for $425,000. Take a look at the participants below:

  • Participants: Team Vitality, OG, FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, Natus Vincere, BIG, ENCE, paiN Gaming

Apart from the prize pool, there is more on the line. Accordingly, the first seed will earn a spot at the BLAST World Final, while the top placing teams will earn BLAST Premier Points.

Credits: BLAST Premier Twitter

Heading offline, there’ll also be a crowd at this very exciting event. We’ll be sure to keep our eye on the event and keep you updated with any changes.

For more esports news, visit: https://www.esportsguide.com/news

Virtus Pro CS:GO Roster – Signing Two New Players

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Over the past week, the Virtus Pro CS:GO Roster has had to rebuild. Accordingly, ever since failing to make it to the PGL Antwerp Major event, the team has needed change. Indeed, read on as we discuss the roster change below!

Virtus Pro CS:GO Roster – Final For Now

Credits: Virtus pro Twitter

Furthermore, this change follows the past change earlier this week. Specifically, we’re referring to when both Timur “buster” Tulepov and Mareks “YEKINDAR” Galinskis were both put on the bench.

Instead, two players have been signed from the K23 roster – David “n0rb3r7″ Daniyelyan and Pyotr “fame” Bolyshev. Take a look at the active roster below:

  • Aleksei “Qikert” Golubev
  • Dzhami “Jame” Ali
  • Evgeniy “FL1T” Lebedev
  • David “n0rb3r7″ Daniyelyan
  • Pyotr “fame” Bolyshev
  • Dastan “dastan” Aqbaev – Coach
ESL Pro League Season 14
Credits: Valve

Specifically, this new rejuvination of young talent will help push the team further in Europe and get them back to performing at international tournaments.

Overall, they’ll want to improve over their current record as listed below:

  • 5-6th @ Intel Extreme Masters XVI – Katowice
  • 1st @ ESL Challenger #48
  • 3-4th @ IEM XVI – Winter
  • 13th @ BLAST Premier World Leaderboard 2021
  • 5-8th @ PGL Major Stockholm 2021

For more esports news, visit: https://www.esportsguide.com/news

OG CS:GO Roster 2022 – Moving niko To The Bench

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Indeed, this season, the OG CS:GO Roster 2022 has had a rollercoaster of performances. Accordingly, each time they find success, the next event they disappoint. Bearing this in mind, they’ve decided to make another change – read on to learn more!

OG CS:GO Roster 2022 – Struggling for Success

Credits: OG CS:GO Twitter

Earlier this month, the organization benched the likes of Nikolaj “niko” Kristensen from the active roster. Back then, they had just managed to enter the likes of the PGL Major Antwerp 2022. However, hopes weren’t high for the European RMR event.

Indeed, they then went on to place 9-11th, as they failed to seed for the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 event.

  • Mateusz “mantuu” Wilczewski
  • Shahar “flameZ” Shushan
  • Nemanja “nexa” Isakovic
  • Casper “ruggah” Due

Following this underperformance, they’ve now decided to bench another player. Specifically, the likes of Nikolaj “niko” Kristensen is now also on the bench, which now makes two:

  • Nikolaj “niko” Kristensen
  • Valdemar “valde” Vangsa
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Credits: ESL

Accordingly, we’re not sure what they’ll be doing now – with two players on the bench they could experiment. However, it’s more likely they’ll sign a new player and give this team new blood.

Otherwise, the end goal will be to improve the record of this team:

  • 9-11th @ PGL Major Antwerp 2022: European RMR A
  • 3rd @ PGL Major Antwerp 2022: European RMR – Open Qualifier #1
  • 13-16th @ Intel Extreme Masters XVI – Katowice
  • 1-3rd @ BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022
  • 9-12th @ Intel Extreme Masters XVI – Winter

For more esports news, visit: https://www.esportsguide.com/news

IEM Rio Major 2022 – Coming This October!

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Following the epic PGL Antwerp Major, which was a historic event for CS:GO, there’s more to look forward to. Accordingly, ESL just announced the IEM Rio Major 2022. Indeed, with a press release here, let’s discuss what we know so far!

IEM Rio Major 2022 – Another Major

Credits: ESL Counter-Strike Twitter

Finally, it’s here. After 2 years, with the cancellation in 2020 of the original event, we’re headed to Rio.

Indeed, as the very first Major heading to Brazil and South America, the event will run from October 31st to November 13th.

Aiming to have a $1,000,000 prize pool with the best teams in the world earning a spot for the event. And indeed, this time around, we have a live crowd to look forward to.

Credits: ESL Counter-Strike Twitter

Serving the community in a big way, every person who bought tickets to the 2020 event will be able to use these for this same event.

Indeed, we can’t wait for the live crowd which will light up the Rio venue. Otherwise, we’ll be sure to keep you up to date with all the details such as qualification for this exciting event.

For more esports news, visit: https://www.esportsguide.com/news

IEM Dallas CS:GO 2022 – ENCE With a Stand-In

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Accordingly, with IEM Dallas CS:GO 2022 around the corner, teams are trying their best to improve. However, sometimes problems happen last-second – that’s what’s up with the ENCE roster. Read on as we discuss them playing with a stand-in.

IEM Dallas CS:GO 2022 – Team Concerns

Credits: ENCE Twitter

Heading into this event., the ENCE roster has high hopes. Indeed, over the past few months, the team has hovered in the podium finish for multiple events with strong performances.

Following the 3-4th finish at PGL Major Antwerp 2022, they are one of the top teams heading to IEM Dallas.

However, the likes of Lotan “Spinx” Giladi has just announced that he will not make it to the event. Instead, Polish player Janusz “Snax” Andrzej will stand-in for the team. Accordingly, here is the roster below:

  • Marco “Snappi” Pfeiffer
  • (Lotan “Spinx” Giladi) – replaced by Janusz “Snax” Andrzej
  • Pawel “dycha” Dycha
  • Aleksander “hades” Miskiewicz
  • Pavle “maden” Boskovic
  • Eetu “sAw” Saha
ESL Pro League Season 14
Credits: Valve

What are the hopes for this roster now? Although a stand-in, the replacement is a legend to the scene, so who knows what could happen?

Accordingly, they likely won’t be able to follow up their great record this year so far:

  • 3-4th @ PGL Major Antwerp 2022
  • 1st @ BLAST Premier Spring European Showdown 2022
  • 4th @ PGL Major Antwerp 2022: European RMR B
  • 2nd @ ESL Pro League Season 15

For more esports news, visit: https://www.esportsguide.com/news

How to Watch IEM XVII Dallas 2020: teams, format, schedule, streams, predictions

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Accordingly, following the epic PGL Antwerp last week, there’s still more to enjoy. Indeed, following the Major, the IEM XVII Dallas 2020 event is just around the corner. Bearing this in mind, feel free to read on to learn everything you need to know How to Watch this upcoming event!

Event Background

Credits: IEM Twitter

Specifically, short for Intel Extreme Masters XVII – Dallas, the event is a celebration of competitive CS:GO once again. Uniting another set of international competitors, the event will run from 30th May to 5th June.

Here, 16 of the best teams in the world are being invited to compete offline at Dallas for $250,000. Organized by the likes of ESL, this event will also form part of the Intel Grand Slam – where teams have a chance of winning $1,000,000 should they win 4 events.

Here are the participants listed below:

ESL Partner Team

  • ENCE
  • FaZe Clan
  • FURIA Esports
  • G2 Esports
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas

ESL World Ranking

  • Astralis
  • Heroic
  • Cloud9
  • Team Vitality

European Qualifier

  • MOUZ

North American Qualifier

  • Team Liquid
  • Complexity Gaming

South American Qualifier

  • Imperial Esports

Oceanic Qualifier

  • LookingForOrg

Replacement via ESL WR

  • BIG
  • Movistar Riders

Accordingly, outside the prize, there are ESL Pro Tour points and BLAST Premier points on the line too. Read on to learn more below!

Format

Accordingly, let’s discuss the format which involves two stages of competitions.

Inded, starting with the Group Stage, here we’ll have two double elimination format groups competition. Indeed, each group will have eight teams, where opening matches are BO1 and every other match is BO3.

From these groups, the top 3 will progress to the Playoffs in the following maner:

  • Winners – Semifinals
  • Runners-Up – Quarterfinals High Seeds
  • Third place – Quarterfinals Low Seeds
Credits: Intel Extreme Masters Twitter

Here are how the Groups look like:

  • Group A: FaZe Clan, LookingForOrg, Astralis, Team Vitality, G2 Esports, Movistar Riders, MOUZ, ENCE
  • Group B: FURIA Esports, Imperial Esports, Team Liquid, Cloud9, Ninjas in Pyjamas, BIG, Heroic, Complexity

Accordingly, in the playoffs, we’ll have a single elimination bracket. With only one chance to move on in the bracket, the quarterfinals and semifinals are BO3 and the Grand Final is BO5.

Schedule for the IEM XVII Dallas 2020

With the event running for a week, here are the opening matches for Groups A and B:

May 30th – Group A

  • FaZe Caln vs LookingForOrg (1910 CEST)
  • Astralis vs Team Vitality (1910 CEST)
  • G2 Esports vs Movistar Riders (1800 CEST)
  • MOUZ vs ENCE (1800 CEST)

May 30th – Group B

  • FURIA Esports vs Imperial Esports (2020 CEST)
  • Team Liquid vs Cloud9 (2020 CEST)
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas vs BIG (2130 CEST)
  • Heroic vs Complexity Gaming (2130 CEST)

Feel free to stay tuned to the event page for updates.

Watch IEM XVII Dallas on esportsguide

You can also watch the IEM XVII Dallas live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.

IEM XVII Dallas

Predictions

Credits: IEM Twitter

In terms of predictions, this event is certainly a no-brainer.

Accordingly, following PGL Antwerp we have a good idea as to how the competition stacks up:

  • #1 – FaZe Clan
  • #2 – Natus Vincere
  • #3-4 – Team Spirit, ENCE

Following FaZe Clan taking the Major, and the fact that Na’Vi aren’t here – this is likely there’s for the taking!

For more esports news, visit: https://www.esportsguide.com/news