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Category: CS-GO

Team Liquid parting ways with Coach Moses, AdreN to replace

Posted on by Nathan Bonello

Team Liquid have announced that they are parting ways with their current coach Moses. Here is their announcement:

Team Liquid parting ways with Coach Moses – Why?

In their announcement, Team Liquid avoided disclosing the actual reason behind Moses’ departure. However, if we take a look at Team Liquid’s recent results at tournaments, we’ll come to notice that they weren’t the best. In the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown, the team got eliminated, placing 9th-16th, and the same story happened at the 13th Season of ESL Pro League. Before that, the team was doing somewhat well, placing 3rd-4th but no consistency was present.

Here are the team’s best results with Moses on the team:

  • 2nd at IEM XV Global Challenge – 20th December 2020 – $100,000
  • 3rd-4th in IEM XV World Championship – 27th February 2021 – $80,000
  • 4th at BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020 – 23rd January 2021 – $50,000
  • 4th in ESL Pro League Season 12 NA – $27,500

Who will replace him?

According to a report by HLTV, former Team Liquid player and coach Eric “adreN” Hoag is going to take his place. With adreN, the team managed to win loads of events in 2019. They also reached #1 on the HLTV rankings for a long period. Guesses are that Team Liquid’s approach to replicate their results in previous years is to bring back the coach that got them all the success. 

In the end, we’ll just have to wait and see how it all plays out. But we can expect a clear statement or announcement from the team real soon.

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How to Watch Flashpoint Season 3 CS:GO: teams, format, schedule, streams, predictions

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Flashpoint is back for CS:GO! Accordingly, the organizer came out of nowhere this past month to announce the Flashpoint Season 3 CS:GO event. Indeed, aimed to provide some awesome European competition, we here are also ecstatic at esportsguide. So much so, that you can enjoy our very own ‘How to Watch’ featured article below!

Event Background

As I’ll reiterate, this is the pinnacle of European CS:GO. Taking place over 20 days, from 10th May to the 30th, there’s a lot to fight for? Prize pool may still be unannounced, but the points at this event are quite stacked – a total of 1600 RMR Points for first place! So much so, directly qualified for this event are the top 11 teams as per RMR points attained so far in the region:

Credits: Flashpoint Twitter
  • Team Vitality
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas
  • Heroic
  • BIG
  • Fnatic
  • G2 Esports
  • FunPlus Phoenix
  • OG
  • Astralis
  • ex-North
  • FaZe Clan

Of course, 11 is an odd number. To spice things up, Flashpoint further down the line will be hosting a Closed Qualifier where 5 more spots will be earned. Some favourites here include Complexity Gaming, Sprout, mousesports, ENCE and Dignitas to name a few. Regardless, we welcome any surprises!

Credits: Flashpoint Twitter

Format

What format are we working with here? Nothing new, but perfectly classic. The top 16 teams making it to the event will be thrown into a massive Double-Elimination bracket to play BO3 matches. All 16 teams will start on the same foot in the upper bracket – that’s why we have so much CS:GO to look forward to.

Indeed, the format at Flashpoint Season 3 is the perfect viewership experience to catch up on European CS:GO.

Schedule for Flashpoint Season 3

Credits: Ninjas in Pyjamas CS:GO Twitter

The schedule will be updated shortly as it is currently unavailable.

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Flashpoint Season 3

Predictions

For those unaware, these RMR points stand for Regional Major Rankings 2021. Devised by Valve, it’s a great way to now stratify all regions and sort the best of the best for seedings.

Furthermore, they’re a great way to supply our predictions for events. Bearing this in mind, here’s how the chart looks for CS:GO right now:

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Credits: Liquipedia

These predictions, plainly, are however, quite subjective. Indeed, points had to be awarded based on seedings to last year’s major which never happened – ESL One: Rio 2020.

Accordingly, let’s turn our eyes to a recent event – the ESL Pro League Season 13. Now everything’s a much different story here. Based on Heroic’s epic win here, they look to carry the momentum forward into this event to go back to back. Allow me to list the remaining placements of the EU teams below:

  • Heroic (1st)
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas (3-4th)
  • Astralis (5-6th)
  • G2 Esports (7-8th)
  • Team Vitality (13-16th)
  • FaZe Clan and Fnatic (17-20th)
  • BIG (21-24th)

As you can tell, some teams didn’t participate in this international event, which makes the predictions even more difficult. What I’ll repeat and am certain of however, is that Heroic are the favourites heading into this regional event. They’ll be trying to prove themselves once again.

Otherwise, we haven’t had a regional major in a while. This is the perfect opportunity to see how everyone stacks up at this point in time.

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How To Watch DreamHack Masters Spring 2021: teams, format, schedule, streams, predictions

Posted on by Nathan Bonello

Today, the DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 will be kicking off. Here, a myriad of talented European teams will battle it all out for the title and huge bag of prize money. Here’s your full tournament guide of the event:

Tournament’s background

The DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 is the first event hosted by DreamHack in 2021. DreamHack hosts multiple events throughout the year, and this time round they are heavily focusing on the European scene due to multiple teams moving there. Because of the pandemic, the tournament is played in an online setting to prioritize the player’s health and safety.

How to qualify for the main event

All of the teams that are participating in the event got their spot due to a variety of reasons. Some are partnered teams and received invites, whereas some have gotten their spot due to the ESL Ranking. A couple of other teams qualified through DreamHack Open January EU, and others qualified through European and North American qualifiers.

Prize distribution for DreamHack Masters Spring 2021

A total of $250,000 will split between all 16 participating teams. This tournament is part of the ESL Pro Tour and will be handing out huge stacks of points to whoever places highly. Here is a list of how the prize pool will be spread:

  • 1st – $100,000
  • 2nd – $42,000
  • 3rd-4th – $20,000
  • 5th-6th – $10,000
  • 7th-8th – $6,000
  • 9th-12th – $5,000
  • 13th-16th – $4,000

Tournament Format

Group Stage:

  • Two double elimination format groups
  • Each Group consists of 8 teams
  • All opening matches are best of 1, but following matches are best of 3
  • Top 3 teams from groups advance to playoffs
    • 1st place in group stage places the teams in Semifinals
    • 2nd place in group stage places the teams in Quarterfinals as high seeds
    • 3rd place in group stage places the teams in Quarterfinals as low seeds

Playoffs:

  • Single elimination bracket
  • Quarterfinals & Semifinals are played in a best of 3
  • Grand Final is played in a best of 5

Teams Participating

A total of 16 teams are participating in the event. Here’s a list of all teams taking part, separated by their groups respectively:

Group A:

  • Gambit Esports
  • Team Fiend
  • Team Spirit
  • G2 Esports
  • Natus Vincere
  • Mousesports
  • FaZe Clan
  • Virtus.Pro

Group B:

  • Astralis
  • Extra Salt
  • Complexity
  • Team Vitality
  • FURIA
  • BIG
  • paiN Gaming
  • Heroic
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Schedule list for DreamHack Masters Spring 2021

The event will start on the 29th of April and will keep on going till the 9th of May. Here’s a quick run down of the first few matches:

Group A 1st Round – April 29, 2021

  • 12:00 CEST – Gambit Esports vs Team Fiend
  • 12:00 CEST – Team Spirit vs G2 Esports
  • 13:10 CEST – Natus Vincere vs Mousesports
  • 13:40 CEST – FaZe Clan vs Virtus.Pro

Group B 1st Round – April 29, 2021

  • 14:40 CEST – Astralis vs Extra Salt
  • 15:05 CEST – Complexity vs Team Vitality
  • 15:50 CEST – Furia Esports vs BIG
  • 16:25 CEST – paiN Gaming vs Heroic

Streaming platform list

The DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 event will stream on the official ESL CS:GO twitch channel here. The secondary stream will be on the ESL CS:GO B stream. As a bonus for non-english speakers, the event will stream in Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese.

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Predictions

There are many teams that have high chances of doing well at an event such as this. With so many roster changes and switches it is very hard to predict the winner of this event. Due to their recent results, we would have to say that Gambit Esports or Heroic have the best chances of coming out on top, however, there are many other solid contenders.

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OG, FunPlus Phoenix, and G2 qualify for IEM Summer

Posted on by Nathan Bonello

OG, FunPlus Phoenix, and G2 were 3 of 12 teams to qualify for IEM Summer through the closed qualifier which played out yesterday.

How did they qualify?

Due to their high seed invite, G2 Esports started in the 1st round of the upper bracket against Mouz. G2 won the close series 2-1 and advanced onto the 2nd round versus FPX. Here G2 went through an upsetting loss and they dropped into the losers bracket. With this win, FunPlus Phoenix confirmed their qualification for the main event in Summer. Then, G2 faced off Mousesports for a 2nd time, and won to qualify for the Summer seed.

OG on the other hand had quite a clean ride through the bracket. They took on Trident Clan first, winning the series 2-0, and advancing to the 1st round of the upper bracket versus FaZe Clan. OG replicated their results and won their match versus FaZe 2-0. Now their next task was to beat the Movistar riders squad to qualify. For a 3rd time in a row, OG grabbed a 2-0 in the series and qualified to the main event.

OG, FunPlus Phoenix, and G2 qualify for IEM Summer – What’s next?

The IEM XVI Summer event will take place in the beginning of June. It will start on the 3rd of June, and continue to play out for 10 days, till the 13th. The tournament is already stacked with teams, and we cannot wait to see how it will all play out. 

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BIG win Funspark ULTI 2020

Posted on by Nathan Bonello

Yesterday we saw BIG take another hug win at the Funspark ULTI 2020 event. Here is how it all went down, and how they did it.

Final Standings + Winnings

  • 1st – $150,000 – BIG + Seed at Funspark ULTI 2021
  • 2nd – $50,000 – Extra Salt + Seed at Funspark ULTI 2021
  • 3rd – $15,000 – forZe
  • 4th – $15,000 – HAVU Gaming
  • 5th-6th – $5,000 – Dignitas
  • 5th-6th – $5,000 – Complexity Gaming
  • 7th-8th – $5,000 – Virtus.pro
  • 7th-8th – $5,000 – Evil Geniuses

BIG win Funspark ULTI 2020 – How did they do it?

BIG kicked off the event with a disappointing loss versus the North American mix team of Extra Salt. They had lost the series 2-1 and dropped down into the losers bracket versus Evil Geniuses. Here, BIG were challenged thoroughly as the new Evil Geniuses lineup was quite strong, but eventually, it was the German squad to take the win.

Their next opponent was Complexity, which was also a very strong team. This was clearly shown in the end results, as both maps went into overtime, finishing with a 19-16 scoreline in favour of BIG Clan. They then played the Finnish HAVU squad, which was no obstacle for the German team. BIG won the series 2-0 (Mirage 16-5, Train 16-11) and advanced onto the lower bracket final against ForZe. BIG Clan carried the momentum they had from the lower bracket and managed to beat ForZe 2-0 to reach the Finals.

Grand Finals

While BIG were powering through the lower bracket, Extra Salt were slowly climbing the upper bracket, beating teams like Dignitas and ForZe to reach the Grand Finals. Extra Salt were given the first map as a win by default due to never dropping to the losers bracket. This meant that the series would only have 4 maps to play if it went the distance, and Extra Salt kicked it off with a 16-14 win on Dust 2. What followed was one of the most hectic grand final series in CS:GO history, as BIG Clan gave it their all to perform the classic reverse sweep. The results that followed were 16-13 on Train, 16-14 on Vertigo, and 16-14 on Overpass, all favouring BIG, meaning that they were crowned champions of the Funspark ULTI 2020 event. Here are the final moments from the last map:

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Fnatic CS:GO Peppzor – The Sixth Piece

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

It’s been a tough year for Fnatic’s CS:GO team this year. Indeed, they’ve been playing rather poorly and definitely below the standard the organization is known for. That’s where Fnatic CS:GO Peppzor enters the scene – can he help change this team around?

Fnatic CS:GO Peppzor – Not the Only Change

Who is “Peppzor”? Well, he’s a young prospective 18 year old talent who has looked incredibly promising in Tier 2 competitions. Accordingly, Fnatic took to Twitter to announce the gamble they’re taking on this raw and young talent.

Credits: Fnatic Twitter

With this young gun on board, who’s running the AWP? No – it’s not “JW” – the famous AWPer is now officially being moved to the primary rifler role with this change.

Overall, with the addition of Fnatic CS:GO Peppzor, the following is the full roster:

  • Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson
  • Jesper “JW” Wecksell
  • Ludvig “Brollan” Brolin
  • Maikil “Golden” Selim
  • Jak “Jackinho” Mattsson
  • Peppe “Peppzor” Borak
Credits: Fnatic

Following a 17-20th finish at the ESL Pro League Season 13, and failing to qualify for the DreamHack Masters Spring 2021, the camel’s back was broken.

Accordingly, by signing more young talent, this roster looks to renewed. When will we see them in action? Flashpoint Season 3 is likely the first showing for this team.

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Ninjas In Pyjamas signing Dev1ce as new Awper

Posted on by Nathan Bonello

The Swedish Ninjas In Pyjamas have announced that they are signing Dev1ce from Astralis as their new Awper. Here is their announcement below:

Who is Dev1ce?

25-year-old Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz (also known as Devve) is a familiar face amongst many in the CS:GO scene. He’s been playing Counter Strike since 2011 (CS:Source) and has been on multiple teams. Most notably: Copenhagen Wolves, Heroic, Dignitas, TeamSoloMid, and Astralis. He is considered as one of the world’s best players to ever touch the game of Counter Strike. This is because of his dominance with the Danish Astralis lineup during the years of 2018-2020.

Here are some of Dev1ce’s biggest achievements:

  • 1st in StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 – 8th September 2019 – $500,000
  • First in IEM XIII Katowice Major 2019 – 3rd March 2019 – $500,000
  • 1st at FACEIT Major: London 2018 – 23rd September 2018 – $500,000

Ninjas In Pyjamas signing Dev1ce – Why him?

With his experience and talent, Dev1ce can be the perfect fit for this very young NiP CS:GO team. He has 4 majors under his belt, and a myriad of victories at tournaments, defining his legacy as a CS:GO professional.

With this change, the NiP CS:GO lineup is as follows:

Players:

  • Fredrik “REZ” Sterner
  • Nicolas “Plopski” Gonzalez Zamora
  • Hampus “hampus” Poser
  • Erik “ztr” Gustafsson
  • Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz

Coach:

  • Björn “THREAT” Pers

It’s going to be very exciting to see Dev1ce under the shining colours of the Ninjas rather than the usual red star. One thing is certain, the Astralis dominance is concluded, and now a different team can take their spot. Who knows, maybe Dev1ce just might make the Ninjas a major winning team!
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FPX Adding Emi as CS:GO Captain

Posted on by Nathan Bonello

FPX (also known as FunPlus Phoenix) have announced that they are adding Emi as CS:GO captain for their team. Here is their announcement:

FPX Adding Emi as CS:GO Captain – Who is he?

27-year-old Luka “emi” Vuković is a professional CS:GO player from Serbia. He has been competing since CS 1.6, back in 2012. His first team on CS:GO was iNation later that same year and then slowly climbed through different teams. Some of the teams he’s played for are: Team Refuse, Valiance, CR4ZY and C0ntact Gaming. In his time with Valiance & CR4ZY, Emi had 2 roles, that of a player, and that of a coach. Now he’s back as a player with FPX, looking to improve their results and hopefully get some tier 1 results.

Here are some of his best achievements:

  • 1st in DreamHack Open Rotterdam 2019 – 20th October 2019 – $50,000
  • 2nd at DreamHack Open Sevilla 2019 – 15th December 2019 – $20,000
  • 3rd/4th in DreamHack Masters Winter 2020: Europe – 5th December 2020 – $12,000

What’s next?

FunPlus Phoenix’s CS:GO team hasn’t been doing well in the past few months. They acquired the Godsent roster back in January, and so far have had 3 different 5th men, Emi being the latest. With ChrisJ, the team had immediate success, winning A tier event Snow Sweet Snow #1 over Gambit Esports. However, this success did not last as they lost against LDLC a few weeks later during Fantasyexpo Cup Spring 2021, finishing in 5th/6th. Hopefully now with a permanent 5th, the team can progress forward and start getting better results in big events.

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Aleksib, Valde, M4ntuu, renew contracts with OG till 2022

Posted on by Nathan Bonello

It has been made public that Aleksib, Valde & M4ntuu have opted to renew their contracts with European organization OG till the year 2022. Here is their announcement:

What does this mean?

This contract renewal from these 3 individuals indicates OG’s commitment to CS:GO as an esport. Despite not having much success in their first year of competition, the organization realizes that it’s a long process to reach the top. And this is exactly why they have chosen to keep this trio till at least 2022.

This is what Charlie Debs, COO of OG esports, said about the renewal of the contracts:

“First off, I want to thank Seb who put together an amazing roster back in the end of 2019. Even in a game that isn’t his, he was able to identify great individuals and competitors, and greeted us with 5 amazing profiles to initiate OG CS:GO. It is now with great pride and happiness that we prolong until the end of 2022 with Aleksi, Valdemar and Mateusz as the core of the project. High potential, stability, trust, friendship, fun.. We are convinced that all the elements are gathered to keep growing towards our goal: the top of the Counter-Strike Scene. Dream OG!”

Aleksib, Valde, M4ntuu, renew contracts with OG till 2022 – Why is this big news?

The organization established their CS:GO division back in December of 2019 and has recently finalized its second version of the lineup. This lineup features 2 new players in Nikolaj “niko” Kristensen and Shahar “flameZ” Shushan. Together with the founding trio, this team has everything to become one of the world’s best for years to come. 

Their next competition is the third season of Flashpoint which is due in May.

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G2 and Gambit win BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2021

Posted on by Nathan Bonello

This last weekend we had a couple of competitions take place. In one of these competitions we saw G2 and Gambit win BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2021. Here is how it all played out:

Final Standings + Winnings:

  • 1st-2nd – $30,000 – G2 Esports
  • 1st-2nd – $30,000 – Gambit Esports
  • 3rd-4th – $16,250 – Team Spirit
  • 3rd-4th – $16,250 – Heroic
  • 5th – $10,000 – OG
  • 6th – $10,000 – Dignitas
  • 7th – $10,000 – 9z Team
  • 8th – $10,000 – FURIA Esports

G2 and Gambit win BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2021 – How did they do it?

G2’s Journey

G2 started it all against team Endpoint, which has recently lost FlameZ from the lineup. This put G2 in an advantage, and it was shown in the series score as G2 won it 2-0 to get into the round of 8 versus OG. OG were quite a tough opponent to play, let alone beat. They had just come from a significant victory against Astralis, and the team had just finalized its roster. Despite a very challenging series, G2 were the best performing team, and won the series 2-1. G2’s final boss on their side of the bracket was the talented Team Spirit from the CIS region. Spirit won the first map (Mirage) 16-6, showcasing G2’s weaknesses on that map. Despite this, they came back seamlessly on the other 2 maps and grabbed the win, as well as the Spring Finals spot.

Gambit’s Journey

Then on the other bracket we had Gambit, which kicked it off with a 2-0 victory over NASR Esports. Then came a challenging FURIA, but Gambit were just better overall, and won the series 2-1 to the final stage of the bracket. Here they met with Heroic, and it was a rematch from the ESL Pro League Season 13. These 2 teams have shown explicitly that they bring out some of the best matches, and they did it again with this series. In the end it was a close series, but Gambit came out on top, winning it 2-1 against the Danes.

This win gets these teams a spot in the main event for BLAST Premier, the Spring Finals. Hopefully they can keep their performance as it is and get an even better result there!

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