Category: CS-GO

Team Vitality CS:GO Shox – Trying To Get Better

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Following the BLAST Premier World Final, a lot of changes are hitting competitive CS:GO. Accordingly, Team Vitality CS:GO Shox has been making the headlines following a recent change. Read on as we cover a team which is definitely at the top, just not number one.

Team Vitality CS:GO Shox – How Will They Fill the Void?

Credits; Richard Papillon Twitter

Over the past few events, ever since Stockholm, Team Vitality have shown that they’re a great team. Indeed, they have taken care of most opponents. However, when it comes to winning events, they simply can’t beat the likes of Natus Vincere.

Accordingly, it seems like a change is in order. Bearing this in mind, with the current player break, the French organization is parting ways with Richard “shox” Papillon. That leaves the following roster active:

  • Dan “apEX” Madesclaire
  • Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
  • Kevin “misutaa” Rabier
  • Jayson “Kyojin” Nguyen-Van
Credits: Team Vitality Twitter

Perhaps what they need is that one player to push them over the edge and improve their results from last year:

  • 3rd @ BLAST Premier World Final 2021
  • 1st @ IEM XVI Winter
  • 2nd @ BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2021
  • 5-8th @ PGL Major Stockholm 2021

Although they might have not needed a change, the will to make one shows their determination to win.

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Team Liquid CS:GO Roster – Benching Stewie2K, Grim and FalleN

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

One of the most popular esports organizations in competitive CS:GO is none other than Team Liquid. Accordingly, following their poor performances all year long, it’s been a while since they’ve won anything. Indeed, it’s no surprise that changes are coming to the Team Liquid CS:GO Roster.

Team Liquid CS:GO Roster – What’s Going On?

Credits: Team Liquid CS:GO Twitter

Specifically, three players have been placed on the inactive roster, or bench, and are as follows:

  • Jacky “Stewie2K” Yip
  • Michael “Grim” Wince
  • Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo

This is certainly disappointing. Despite being some of the best players in the history of CS:GO, the team has simply failed to leave a mark. That leaves the following players on the active roster;

  • Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski
  • Keith NAF” Markovic
  • Eric “adreN” Hoag – Coach
Credits: FallenCS Twitter

For the future, it’s likely Team Liquid will be looking for new veteran leadership and young guns to pair up. Regardless, they’ll want to do better than they have in the past few events:

  • 4th @ BLAST Premier: World Final 2021
  • 7-8th @ IEM XVI Winter
  • 5-6th @ BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2021
  • 12-14th @ PGL Major Stockholm 2021

It’s simply been too long since Team Liquid has won at CS:GO – let’s see if that changes any time soon.

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BLAST Premier World Final Recap – Natus Vincere Cementing a Dynasty?

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

What an incredible event. Indeed, the BLAST Premier World Final has finally concluded. Indeed, as a Major, the entire community headed over to Copenhagen with $1,000,000 on the line. Accordingly, read on as we offer a short recap to this eventful tournament!

BLAST Premier World Final Recap – A Close Call

Heading into this event, everyone knew who the favourites were. Accordingly, s1mple and Natus Vincere had just been on a several event win-streak, as champions of the most recent Major.

Credits; BLAST Twitter

Indeed, they managed to win this Major also!

Yet, not as flawlessly as they intended. Starting in the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals, they showed off some humanity with a shockingloss to Team Liquid. Beaten and down to the Lower Bracket, Na’Vi would have to prove why they are the best.

Taking down Heroic, G2 Esports, Team Liquid and Team Vitality, the grand finals were set. This time, a new threat would try take down Na’Vi – Gambit Esports.

Credits: BLAST Twitter

Reaching a third map, Natus Vincere managed to close it out and claim another $1,000,000 of prize pool.

With regards to community impact, this puts Na’Vi in the running of a new dynasty in the scene. Let’s see how long this can last.

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How to Watch BLAST Premier World Final 2021 – teams, format, schedule, streams, predictions

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Indeed, so far we’ve enjoyed the Fall Groups, Fall Showdown and Fall Finals. However, BLAST has one more ultimate event in store for CS:GO. Accordingly, we can’t wait for the BLAST Premier: World Final taking place in the coming days. Read on as we cover all of the essential viewership details below!

Event Background

Credits: BLAST Twitter

As I’ll reiterate, this event has been a long time coming. Indeed, BLAST has laid down the framework for this event at the beginning of the year, as the final event of the year. Teams have fought all year to earn a spot as one of the top 8 in the world and contend for the $1,000,000 prize pool.

This time around, the 8 teams are flying out to the Copenhagen BLAST Studio, with an offline event celebrate 5 days of competition. Specifically, the event will run from the 14th to the 19th December.

Below are your 8 teams, together with the criteria of qualifying:

  • Gambit Esports – Spring Finals
  • Heroic – ESL Pro League Season 13
  • Natus Vincere – EPL S14, Major Winners, Fall Finals Winner
  • G2 Esports – Global Leaderboard
  • Team Vitality – Global Leaderboard
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas – Global Leaderboard
  • Astralis – Global Leaderboard
  • Team Liquid – Global Leaderboard
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Credits: BLAST

This time around, there’s no more seeding or points to fight for, just a prize pool and a Major title.

Format

With such few teams on board, BLAST is keeping the format relatively simple. Across the five days, a double-elimination bracket will be taking place, with each match being a BO3. Via random draw, here are your first round matches for the bracket:

  • Natus Vincere vs Team Liquid
  • Gambit Esports vs Heroic
  • G2 Esports vs Ninjas in Pyjamas
  • Team Vitality vs Astralis

In the nature of double elimination, teams will be sent to the Lower bracket should they lose their opening match. It’s here that a further loss will send the team packing and out of the competition.

Schedule for the BLAST Premier World Final 2021

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Credits: BLAST

As of right now, we have the entire schedule for the first round in the Upper Bracket of competition:

December 14th:

  • Natus Vincere vs Team Liquid (16:30 CET)
  • Gambit Esports vs Heroic (19:30 CET)

December 15th:

  • G2 Esports vs Ninjas in Pyjamas (13:30 CET)
  • Team Vitality vs Astralis (16:30 CET)

For the remainder of the entire schedule, together with a lot of other information, we highly recommend visiting the event page here.

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BLAST Premier World Final

Predictions

Credits: BLAST Twitter

There’s only one name that can be favoured for such as event. One a hot run since winning the PGL Stockholm Major and the Fall Finals, Natus Vincere look poised to run away with another Major should they continue playing at such a high level.

Perhaps the only team in their way is none other than Team Vitality, as the only team that managed to punch back in the last event.

Otherwise, everyone else will be vying for third place and a stake in the $1,000,000 prize pool.

Is this the time that Natus Vincere begins to cement a dynasty?

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How to Watch IEM Winter XVI 2021 – teams, format, schedule, streams, predictions

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Following the BLAST Premier Fall Finals, it seems the competitive CS:GO community cannot get enough. Although the next major is the BLAST World Finals, there’s some more CS:GO to enjoy. Indeed, read on as we provide all the viewership details for IEM Winter XVI 2021 below!

Event Background

As we’ll remind our readers, the Intel Extreme Masters is a series of events as part of the competitive CS:GO calendar at the highest level.

Credits: IEM Twitter

Such events allow teams to earn qualification points for Majors, while also competing for the Intel Grand Slam. Notably, Natus Vincere have already claimed the Grand Slam this season, and their ommission from the event is expected as they prepare for the BLAST World Finals.

Anyway, taking us to Stockholm in an offline environment, the event looks to bring 16 of the best CS:GO teams in the world to compete for the majority of $250,000 prize pool.

Running from the 2nd December, the event will build up all the way to the 12th December.

Beneath, find the 16 teams heading to the event:

  • Astralis – Invited
  • BIG – Invited
  • FaZe Clan – Invited
  • Heroic – Invited
  • G2 Esports – Invited
  • Gambit Esports – Invited
  • Team Liquid – Invited
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas – Invited
  • OG – Invited
  • Virtus.pro – Invited
  • Team Vitality – Invited
  • Fnatic – European Qualifier
  • MOUZ – European Qualifier
  • ENCE – European Qualifier
  • GODSENT – North American Qualifier
  • TYLOO – Asia Qualifier
Credits: IEM Winter Twitter

Read on as we cover the format!

Format

To fill up the ten days of competiiton, a double stage format has been determined.

Kicking things off, we have the Group Stage. Indeed, two groups have been formed with eight teams each. Here, a GSL group double-elimination format will take place, with BO1 opening matches followed by BO3 matches. Here are your two groups:

  • Group A: G2 Esports, TYLOO, OG, Team Liquid, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Astralis, MOUZ, Team Vitality
  • Group B: Gambit Esports, Fnatic, ENCE, Virtus.pro, FaZe Clan, BIG, GODSENT, Heroic
Credits: IEM Twitter

At this stage, they’ll be playing to make it to the Playoffs. Specifically, the top 3 teams will progress:

  • 1st place from group – semifinal seed
  • 2nd place – quarterfinal high-seed
  • 3rd place – quarterfinal low-seed

Everyone else will be eliminated.

In the Playoffs, we’ll witness a single-elimination bracket. As you can expect, following BO3 Quarterfinals , everything will conclude with a BO5 Grand Final.

Schedule for the IEM Winter XVI 2021

With regards to the schedule, there are a tonne of matches to digest. Accordingly, we highly recommend visiting the event page here.

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You can also watch IEM Winter XVI 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 Winter XVI

Predictions

Credits: Intel Extreme Masters Twitter

In terms of predictions, this is a little tough without the current reigning champions of Natus Vincere.

Naturally, in second place we’d likely to recommend Team Vitality following their second place finish at BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2021 at the hands of Na’Vi.

However, they are not as dominant as Na’Vi. Indeed, we still are dubious about G2 Esports. Accordingly, ever since they finished second at the PGL Stockholm 2021 Major, they’ve been a bit rocky as they’ve been forced to play with a stand-in.

The moment they return to form is the moment they rise back to the top.

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BLAST Premier World Final Seeds – All 8 Confirmed for the Major!

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Following the BLAST Premier Fall Finals and the PGL Major, CS:GO is at an all-time high. Incredibly, the next major on the calendar is coming this December. Read on as we finally have news of the confirmed BLAST Premier World Final Seeds which have been announced!

BLAST Premier World Final Seeds – Na’Vi To Win Again?

So yes, long story short, we have the 8 best teams in the world fighting it off from 14th to 19th December. Indeed, with $1,000,000, the following are the team heading to the Major!

Credits: BLAST Premier Twitter
  • Gambit Esports – Spring Finals
  • Heroic – ESL Pro League S13
  • Natus Vincere – EPL S14, PGL Major, Fall Finals
  • G2 Esports – Global Leaderboard
  • Team Vitality – Global Leaderboard
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas – Global Leaderboard
  • Astralis – Global Leaderboard
  • Team Liquid – Global Leaderboard
Credits; BLAST Premier Twitter

Accordingly, nobody is surprised at this incredible lineup. However, one point of concern is G2 Esports who did in fact play with a stand-in at the recent IEM Winter event due to VISA issues for one of their players. Hopefully they’ll sort things out to give Natus Vincere a challenge.

Indeed, Na’Vi are your favourites and have the opportunity to seal their dominance for this past year.

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BLAST Premier Fall Finals Recap – Na’Vi Continue to Dominate

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Over the past weekend, we saw some more international CS:GO competition. Accordingly, the BLAST Premier Fall took place and the best teams in the world once again since PGL Stockholm. With Natus Vincere successfully defending their title, read on for a BLAST Premier Fall Finals Recap!

BLAST Premier Fall Finals Recap – Gearing Up for the World Finals

Credits: NAVI Twitter

Accordingly, we had $425,000 on the line with the top 8 teams in the world all offline at the Copenhagen Royal Arena. Indeed, here’s how the final standings looked like:

  1. Natus Vincere
  2. Team Vitality
  3. Astralis
  4. Heroic
  5. FaZe Clan
  6. Team Liquid
  7. BIG
  8. Ninjas in Pyjamas

And with that out of the way, we can now follow the story of Natus Vincere.

Kicking things off in the Quarterfinals against BIG with a 2-0 sweep, they’d only lose two maps at the entire event. Accordingly, Heroic would manage to pull back a map against Na’Vi, though the Ukranians would still prevail.

Credits: PerfectoCSGO and HLTV Twitter

Booked with a ticket against their main competition at the event. Team Vitality fell short with a 2-0 scoreline at the Finals. With a rematch in the Grand Final, Team Vitality tried to keep it close, by beating Na’Vi on their best map – Nuke.

However, “s1mple” and Natus Vincere would stand tall and they prevailed as champions once again. Let’s see if they can do it again at the BLAST World Finals!

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FURIA Esports VINI CS:GO – Confirmed Leaving the Roster

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

So, what’s going on with FURIA Esports VINI CS:GO? For those unaware, the community has been discussing the future of this young talent, due to unforeseeen circumstances. Indeed, what’s more puzzling is that the team seems to have been doing well. Read on for a concise and clear take on this story.

FURIA Esports VINI CS:GO – Leaving a Gap

Although many esports scenes are undergoing rostermania, sometimes changes happen surprisingly. Accordingly, nobody really thought that FURIA Esports’ CS:GO division really needed swapping. However, the likes of Vinicius “VINI” Figueiredo announced his departure just recently on Twitter:

Credits VINI Twitter

There are some rumors about my career, so I would like to clarify in affection to everyone who follows me.

Furia, through Guerri, came to the conclusion that they wouldn’t want to count on me for the 2022 season.

Obviously I’m saddened by the decision, but life as a professional athlete goes that way.

My desire is to continue playing CSGO professionally, so at the moment I am evaluating all the proposals for my future as a player.

However, I’m sure my post-CSGO future will be working on the Esports scene, which I love and really want it to be linked to Furia.

I will soon have more news about the future!

Credits: TwitLonger VINI (Translated)

And just like that, the active roster of FURIA looks like this:

  • Yuri “yuurih” Boian
  • Andrei “arT” Piovezan
  • Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato
  • Andre “drop” Abreu
  • Nicholas “guerri” Nogueira
ESL Pro League Season 14
Credits: Valve

The change is surprising due to the recent performances:

  • 5-8th @ PGL Major Stockholm 2021
  • 1st @ IEM XVI Fall North America
  • 17-20th @ ESL Pro League Season 14

However, the team was never going to contend internationally – perhaps they will with a new player?

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G2 Esports CS:GO kennyS – Standing In For nexa

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Indeed, everyone understands that G2 Esports is one of the top CS:GO teams in the world. Accordingly, following their second place finish at PGL Stockholm, they’re looking great. However, heading into future events, there has been a setback. Read on to learn regarding G2 Esports CS:GO kennyS!

G2 Esports CS:GO kennyS – A Step Backwards?

As everyone knows, they’ve had one of the most historic AWPers in the world on their bench. Indeed, Kenny “kennyS” Schrub hasn’t looked to play for a while, especially due to the team’s success without him. However, the following update just came through:

Credits: G2 Esports Twitter

As you can see above, it seems that their in-game-leader of Nemanja “nexa” Isakovic has had to go on the bench due to VISA issues. This means that for IEM Winter 2021 in the coming week, the following roster will be competing:

  • Audric “JaCkz” Jug
  • Francois “AmaNek” Delaunay
  • Kenny “kennyS” Schrub
  • Nemanja “huNter-” Kovac
  • Nikola “NiKo” Kovac
  • Jan “Swani” Muller – Interim Coach
Credits: kennyS Twitter

So, is this a step forward or backwards here? Indeed, with “kennyS” at this full potential, we don’t know what to expect at all. Although a top 2 team, we’re not sure what to think of them with this current stand-in.

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How to Watch BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2021 – teams, format, schedule, streams, predictions

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Following the PGL Stockholm Major earlier this year, the CS:GO esports scene exploded like never before. Accordingly, that’s why we can’t wait to see more massive events. Speaking of which, the BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2021 looks to entertain us with the best teams in the world. Accordingly, read on as we handle all the viewership details for you below!

Event Background

Up to this point, it’s been a lot of build-up for this final stage. Finally, after the Showdown and Groups stage earlier this year, we’ve boiled everything down to the final top 8 teams in the world.

Credits: BLAST Premier Twitter

Competing for the grand prize of $425,000, the 8 teams will compete at the Royal Arena (Copenhagen) as soon as tomorrow. Running from the 24th to the 28th of November, the offline event is sure to capture the excitement of the esport.

Anyways, below are your top 8 teams, arguably in the world, for CS:GO:

  • Team Vitality – Fall Groups
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas – Fall Groups
  • Natus Vincere – Fall Groups
  • Astralis – Fall Groups
  • BIG – Fall Groups
  • FaZe Clan – Fall Groups
  • Heroic – Fall Showdown
  • Team Liquid – Fall Showdown
Credits; BLAST Premier Twitter

Beyond the prize pool, teams will also be earning BLAST Premier points to seed for future events. Furthermore, the first place team will earn a seed at the World Final taking place in December.

Format

Considering the number of teams, the format is respectably simple.

Indeed, all teams have been seeded into the Double-Elimination bracket. This means that teams will have a chance to reach the Grand FInal through the Upper or Lower Bracket. Accordingly, here’s how the first rounds in the Upper Bracket look like:

  • Natus Vincere vs BIG
  • Heroic vs FaZe Clan
  • Team Vitality vs Team Liquid
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Astralis
Credits: BLAST Premier Twitter

Any losses in the Upper Bracket will send a team to the Lower Bracket, where they’ll have a final chance to stay in the competition.

Schedule for the BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2021 (CET)

Below, you can find the schedule for the first two Match Days:

Wednesday – November 24th 2021:

  • 12:00 – Vitality vs Team Liquid
  • 15:00 – Heroic vs FaZe Clan
  • 17:00 – NAVI vs BIG
  • 20:00 – NiP vs Astralis

Thursday – November 25th 2021:

  • 15:00 – TBD vs TBD
  • 17:00 – TBD vs TBD

For a full schedule for the remainder of the event, we recommend visiting the event page here.

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BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2021

Predictions

Credits: PGL

The best way to make predictions, apart from the qualifying process of this event, is to look at the PGL Stockholm 2021. Accordingly, here’s how teams finished at the largest event of the year for CS:GO:

  1. Natus Vincere
  2. G2 Esports
  3. Gambit Esports
  4. Heroic
  5. Team Vitality
  6. FURIA Esports
  7. Virtus.pro
  8. Ninjas in Pyjamas
  9. Entropiq
  10. Copenhagen Flames
  11. FaZe Clan

Accordingly, not all the teams at this event made it very far in the PGL Major Stockholm.

Anyways, with regards to our predictions, our favourites have to be Natus Vincere after their historic win at the PGL Major. Otherwise, we’re unsure if anyone can stop them with G2 not attending this event.

Also, many teams have made some roster changes, so we’re curious to see how the competition stacks up.

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