Category: CS-GO

Astralis CS:GO LOMME – Signing a New Analyst

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Accordingly, everyone’s aware of the legacy that Astralis carry with regards to competitive CS:GO. Indeed, right now they’re heading through a rebuilding stage. Furthermore, they’ve decided to bring on a new analyst to help along. Read on as we cover the new anoncement behind Astralis “CS:GO” LOMME!

Astralis CS:GO LOMME – A Step in the Right Direction?

Credits: Astralis Counter-Strike Twitter

So, who exactly is Frederik “LOMME” Nielsen? As a retired professional player and coach, the competitor has been around the block and has finally moved on to his role as an analyst as of this year. Historically, his best achievements as a coach are as follows:

  • 3rd-4th @ DreamHack Open Leipzig 2020 (Heroic)
  • 1st @ DreamHack Open Atlanta 2019 (Heroic)
  • 2nd @ DreamHack Open Rotterdan 2019 (Heroic)

Yes, as a coach, the player has found success.

Astralis Talent e
Credits: Astralis

However, this is only the second opportunity as an analyst. Following a respectable run with ENCE, he’ll be taking care of the Astralis active line-up below:

  • Andreas “Xyp9x” Hojsleth
  • Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander
  • Lucas “Bubzkhji” Andersen
  • Philip “Lucky” Ewald
  • Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke
  • Benjamin “blameF” Bremer
  • Alexander “ave” Holdt – Coach
  • Frederik “LOMME” Nielsen – Analyst

So, will this formula find success? Accordingly, we’re not sure. Perhaps we can see a glimpse of the potential at the upcoming BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2021 in the coming week.

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NiP CS:GO Roster – es3tag Signed to the Active Roster

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

At the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, we had our first look at the new NiP CS:GO Roster. Indeed, although 5-8th is respectable, it simply wasn’t good enough for the organization. Accordingly, they’ve decided to bring in some fresh new veteran talent – read on to learn more!

NiP CS:GO Roster – Changing after PGL Major Stockholm 2021

Following the largest event of the year, NiP are bringing in Patrick “es3tag” Hansen. Signed off of the bench of Complexity, the veteran has an impressive resume to show off:

Credits: Jonas Gunderson Twitter
  • 1st @ ESL Pro League Season 12: Europe (w/Astralis)
  • 3-4th @ EPICENTER 2019 (w/Heroic)
  • 1st @ DreamHack Open Atlanta 2019 (w/Heroic)

However, as you can see, his best performances are not from this year. Indeed, he’s had a rough season over at Complexity Gaming and is hungry to make amends next year.

What’s more, is that he’ll fit perfectly into the Scandinavian team of NiP, with all players originating either from Denmark or Sweden. Anyways, here is your active lineup for NiP:

NiP Valorant EC1S
Credits: NiP
  • Fredrik “REZ” Sterner
  • Nicolas “Plopski” Gonzalez Zamora
  • Hampus “hampus” Poser
  • Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz
  • Patrick “es3tag” Hansen
  • Bjorn “THREAT” Pers – Coach

Let’s see what they manage to bring to the BLAST Fall Premier Finals next week.

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PGL Stockholm 2021 Viewership – The Most Watched CS:GO Event Ever!

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

What an incredible event! It’s been two years since the last CS:GO Major with a live crowd. Indeed, PGL Stockholm 2021 brought the house down with a super event! Besides the competition, the viewership was also out of this world. Indeed, a new record has been set for competitive CS:GO – read on as we discuss PGL Stockholm 2021 Viewership!

PGL Stockholm 2021 Viewership – Reaching a New Ceiling

Credits: NAVI Twitter

Naturally, let’s kick things off by thanking Esports Charts for making all of these statistics public.

Indeed, for the past 4 years, the most viewed esports event ever wa snone other than the ELEAGUE Major 2017, posting a record peak viewers of 1,331,781 in the grand finals.

However, PGL Stockholm strolled in and destroyed these former numbers with the scenes epic return to the top. Take a look at the following statistics with the event concluding last weekend:

Credits: Esports Charts Twitter
  • Average Viewers – 593,090
  • Peak Viewers – 2,748,850
  • Hours Watched – 71,269,601
  • Top Match – Na’Vi vs G2 Esports

Officially, this is double the peak viewership of ELEAGUE Major 2017 – mind-blowing stuff. Accordingly, we can happily say that CS:GO is back and looking bigger than ever.

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PGL Stockholm Major Recap – Na’Vi Cementing A Dynasty?

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

As we mentioned in our preview for this event, Natus Vincere were our favourites without a doubt. However, that doesn’t mean that we expected it to be that easy. Indeed, Na’Vi showed us once more why they’re the best in the world with an awesome performance – read on for your PGL Stockholm Major Recap below!

PGL Stockholm Major Recap – Following the Winners

As we like to do for these events, we follow the journey of the champions. Let’s dive in to properly learn how they earned their major share of the $2,000,000 by seeing them at each stage of the competition.

By earning a seed into the Legends Stage, Natus Vincere had the best teams in the world to go up against. Accordingly, it’s here that they managed to keep it flawless. Indeed, a 3-0 scoreline over Heroic, Virtus.pro and Ninjas in Pyjamas gave them a ticket to the next stage,

Moving over into the Champions Stage, Na’Vi had a bracket to handle. Accordingly, first they took down Team Vitality in a 2-0 sweep. After this, we then saw them destroy Gambit Esport in a similar fashioni.

Heading into the Grand Final, G2 Esports waited for them. Offering one of the best Grand Finals we’ve ever seen in a while, Natus Vincere pulled it together to complete their incredible run to win the Major.

We can’t wait to see how the event will be recorded in the history of competitive CS:GO.

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How to Watch DreamHack Open November 2021 – teams, format, schedule, streams, predictions

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Although everyone has been focusing on the PGL Stockholm 2021, competitive CS:GO has a lot more going on. Indeed, we have another DreamHack event to keep us busy. Accordingly, this online event looks to entertain Europe with some more quality competition. Read on to learn how to watch the DreamHack Open November 2021!

Event Background

Credits: DreamHack Counter-Strike Twitter

Indeed, with regards to the event, it follows a series of events across the year. Appropriately, there have been September and June events. However, back then we saw multiple regions take part. Here, we’ll only be seeing Europe going at it.

Specifically, 8 of the best teams in the continent will be heading into an online event. With $100,000 on the line, the A-tier event organized by Intel organized by DreamHack will run from 10th to 14th November.

Below, find the 8 competitors listed below together with the means by which they’ve made it to the event:

  • BIG – Invited
  • ENCE – Invited
  • MOUZ – Invited
  • Team Spirit – Invited
  • MAD Lions – Closed Qualifier
  • Fnatic – Closed Qualifier
  • Team GamerLegion – Closed Qualifier
  • forZe – Closed Qualifier
Credits: DreamHack Counter-Strike Twitter

Apart from the $100,000 on the line, there are also a handful of ESL Pro Tour points up for grabs. Also, the first seed of the event will earn a direct seed to the ESL Pro League Season 15 Conference.

Format

So, let’s talk about format. Split into two stages, it’s a typical format – Group Stage and Playoffs.

Accordingly, we’ll start things with the Group Stage. Moreover, there’ll be two groups of four teams each going at it in a double-elimination format. Here are how the groups will work out:

Group A:

  • BIG
  • MOUZ
  • MAD Lions
  • Team GamerLegion

Group B:

  • ENCE
  • Team Spirit
  • Fnatic
  • forZe
ESL Pro League Season 14
Credits: Valve

At this point in time, only the top 2 teams from each group will move on to the Playoffs stage. Accordingly, there’ll be a single-elimination bracket with the semifinals as BO3 matches and the grand final will be a BO5.

Schedule for the DreamHack Open November 2021

For an event like this, without an incredible amount of coverage, we recommend visiting the Liquipedia page for a detailed schedule of each day.

Watch the DreamHack Open November 2021 on esportsguide

You can also watch DreamHack Open November 2021 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.

2021 DreamHack Open November

Predictions

In terms of predictions, we’ll be using the ongoing PGL Stockholm 2021 event as a measure of these teams. Naturally, many of the competing teams were involved in the event and have already earned a final placing.

  • MOUZ – 12-14th
  • ENCE – 15-16th
  • BIG – 17-19th
  • Team Spirit – 17-19th
Credits to DreamHackk
Credits: DreamHack

The other four teams never made it to the biggest Major of the event, so it’s easy to say that they have a reduced chance of winning.

Accordingly, MOUZ (recently rebranded mousesports) might want to make up for their poor performance at the event to only manage a 12-14th finish at the largest event of the world.

Otherwise, the likes of ENCE will likely be contending with MOUZ for dominance at this event, while we’re not sure whether BIG or Team Spirit will place third. Accordingly, we’ll be sure to keep you up to date on all of this.

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FunPlus Phoenix CS:GO – Leaving the Scene

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Just like esports organizations enter competitive scenes, they can leave too. Indeed, this tends to take place when the organization simply can’t seem to find a foothold for consistent results. Accordingly, it usually takes place shortly after joining. Indeed, FunPlus Phoenix CS:GO seems to be moving on!

FunPlus Phoenix CS:GO – All Players Free Agents

Hailing from China, the organization eagerly jumped into European competitive CS:GO back in January. Accordingly, they made do with the former GODSENT roster as listed below:

  • Jesse “zehN” Linjala
  • Martin “STYKO” Styk
  • Pavle “maden” Boskovic
  • Asger “farlig” Jensen
  • Luka “emi” Vukovic
PGL Major Stockholm
Credits: PGL

However, despite high hopes, the results simply didn’t go the way of the organization. Take a look for youself at some of their performances over the past year:

  • 4th @ IEM XVI Winter European Qualifier
  • 14th @ Regional Major Rankings 2021: Europe
  • 9-12th @ IEM XVI Summer
  • 9-12th @ ESL Pro League Season 13

And like that, they failed to qualify for PGL Stockholm which is currently ongoing.

The news is not surprising that the organization announced their departure from competitive CS:GO in the following Twitter post below:

Credits: FPX Twitter

Of course, there’s more than just poor performance going on. We’ll be sure to see where FPX goes with this in the future.

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Complexity CS:GO Roster – Will the Rebuilding Eng?

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Indeed, with Majors, we have some major disappointments too. Accordingly, with regards to the Complexity CS:GO Roster, we have some grim news. After failing to qualify for the PGL Stockholm 2021, the roster has undergone many changes. Bearing this in mind, another 2 changes have been made public!

Complexity CS:GO Roster – Benching jks and es3tag

Credits: Complexity CS:GO Twitter

Specifically, the organization has officially benched their entire roster now with the final two players to do so:

  • Patrick “es3tag” Hansen
  • Justin “jks” Savage

“Today we are announcing that @COL_jks & @es3tag have been moved to our inactive roster while we seek to find them new homes. Complexity remains committed to CSGO and will be evaluating multiple options as we prepare for 2022. Thank you for your continued support.”

Credits: Complexity Gaming Twitter
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Credits: Complexity

However, although resetting their competitive CS:GO roster, the organization will not be leaving the scene. Once again, they’re promising to rebuild once again and develop a team which can one day seriously contend.

With the incredible amount of changes this past season, we’re sure that Complexity are stopping at nothing to find success however they can. We’ll keep track to see any more changes.

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Team Spirit CS:GO – Starting New This November

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Accordingly, with everything going crazy for CS:GO a t the PGL Stockholm Major, some teams simply aren’t making the cut. Indeed, one such team is Team Spirit. After being eliminated, the organization went public with some news. Indeed, Team Spirit CS:GO plans to start new this November!

Team Spirit CS:GO – A Fresh Start

First, let’s take a look at the current roster which will be let go of:

  • Vikto “somedieyoung” Orudshev
  • Leonid “chopper” Vishnyakov
  • Nikolay “mir” Bityukov
  • Boris “magixx” Vorobjev
  • Abdulkhalik “degster” Gasanov
  • Nikolay “Certus” Poluyanov
Credits: Team Spirit Twitter

Indeed, the organization isn’t stepping away, just rebuilding.

Here are some of the team’s achievements from this past year:

  • 5-6th @ IEM XVI Winter: European Qualifier
  • 5th @ IEM XVI Fall: CIS
  • 17-20th @ ESL Pro League Season 14
  • 13-16th @ IEM XVI Cologne
PGL Major Stockholm
Credits: PGL

Looking at these results, it’s understandable why change is coming. Accordingly, the roster seems to be struggling to hold its own on an international stage – which is the most important one. Otherwise, they’re also struggling in the CIS region too.

While we know the roster will be swept after DreamHack November, we’re not sure when the new one will be made public.

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How to Watch PGL Major Stockholm 2021 – teams, format, schedule, streams, predictions

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

We’ve been waiting all year for this event. Accordingly, the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 event is almost on the way later on this week, and we’re here to provide all the coverage. Indeed, with $2,000,000, it looks to be the first CS:GO Major event in a while. Read on for all the viewership details in this edition of How to Watch!

Event Background

Credits: PGL Twitter

Accordingly, this event brings with it some incredible storylines and changes too. Taking place offline, we’ll have 24 teams going at it offline at the Stockholm Avicii Arena.

There, they’ll be fighting for $2,000,0000 on the line. Running from the 26th October all the way to 7th November, we’ve been waiting a very long time for this.

To make it to this event. teams have been competing all year to earn their spot as either a Legend, Challenger or Contender. Below, find all the competitors conveniently listed:

Legends:

  • NInjas in Pyjamas
  • Team Vitality
  • G2 Esports
  • FURIA Esports
  • Team Liquid
  • Evil Geniuses
  • Natus Vincere
  • Gambit Esports

Challengers:

  • Astralis
  • ENCE
  • BIG
  • Movistar Riders
  • Heroic
  • MOUZ
  • paiN Gaming
  • Team Spirit
Credits: PGL Twitter

Contenders:

  • Copenhagen Flames
  • FaZe Clan
  • GODSENT
  • Virtus.pro
  • Entropiq
  • Sharks Esports
  • TYLOO
  • Renegades

Apart from the massive prize pool, teams will also e competing for a phenomenal amount of Pro Tour Points, together with points and seeds contributing to the BLAST Premier World Final.

Format

Let’s see how this tier system lends itself to the format of this very exciting event.

Credits: PGL Twitter

To kick things off, we’ll have the New Challengers Stage. Running from 26th October to 29th, we have our first 16 teams to start the competition. Indeed, a 16 team Swiss System Format will take place.

Accordingly, each team will follow the new format – with Elimination and Advancement matches sitting at BO3 while every other game will be BO1.

At this point in time, the top 8 will proceed to the New Legends tier, with the bottom 8 being eliminated.

Moving on to the New Legends Stage, we’ll once again witness a 16 Team Swiss System Format with the same rules as the prior stage. This stage will take place from October 30th to November 2nd, and once again 8 teams will be eliminated and the top 8 move to the New Champions Stage.

Credits: Silviu Stroie Twitter

Finally, we’ve reached the New Champions Stage. Now, instead of a Swiss System, a single-elimination bracket with BO3 matches will determine the final 8 teams.

Schedule for the PGL Major Stockholm 2021

With such a long an incredible event, we highly recommend visiting the event page in order to stay up to date with regards to the schedule and further information about the event.

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You can also watch PGL Major Stockholm 2021 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.

PGL Major Stockholm 2021

Predictions

Credits: PGL Twitter

With regards to predictions, we immediately look towards the Legends Tier. Bearing this in mind, our definite favourite would have to be Natus Vincere. Behind them, the likes of Ninjas in Pyjamas and FURIA Esports are examples of threats who could snag the win with some strong performances.

Otherwise, the lower tier teams will have to work a lot harder in order to even have a chance here.

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PGL Stockholm Seeds Confirmed – All 24 Teams Listed

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Truly, he entire competitive CS:GO community literally cannot wait for the upcoming Major. Accordingly, the PGL Stockholm event is only a few weeks away and we’re ready to ramp up the coverage. Read on as we list our contenders – PGL Stockholm Seeds Confirmed!

PGL Stockholm Seeds Confirmed – Legends, Challengers and Contenders

For those unaware, participating teams have been stratified into tiers – the lower the tier, the harder the team will have to work to make it further into the competition. Accordingly, Legends are your higher tier, while Contenders are seated lowest.

Credits: PGL Twitter

Legends

  • Ninjas in Pyjamas
  • Team Vitality
  • G2 Esports
  • FURIA Esports
  • Team Liquid
  • Evil Geniuses
  • Natus Vincere
  • Gambit Esports

Challengers

  • Astralis
  • ENCE
  • BIG
  • Movistar Riders
  • Heroic
  • MOUZ
  • paIN Gaming
  • Team Spirit

Contenders

  • Copenhagen Flames
  • FaZe Clan
  • GODSENT
  • Virtus.pro
  • Entropiq
  • Sharks Esports
  • TYLOO
  • Renegades
Credits: PGL Twitter

Indeed, we simply can’t wait for the competition as we head nearer to it.

Again, regarding the tiers, it’s a little complicated. Indeed, in short, the Challengers and Contenders will compete in order to try and earn a spot to compete against the Legends.

Accordingly, it’s this final group that will then fight for spots in the Champions Stage – the playoffs.

Indeed, it’s no surprise to see some of the best teams in the world here.

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