Indeed, in CS:GO esports, consistency is key to prove a teams capabilities. Accordingly, the BLAST Fall Finals 2022 was an opportunity for Heroic to show up and prove they are one of the best in the world after the Rio Major. Bearing this in mind, Heroic did exactly that – read on for a short event recap below!
With $425,000 on the line, the BLAST Fall Finals invited some of the top CS;GO teams in ther world to compete in Copenhagen.
Although not every team was there, such as the Rio Major Champs Outsiders, many of the best were in attendance.
Starting things off though, the likes of FaZe Clan were looking deadly after fluking at Rio Major. Placing first in Group A, Heroic finished 2nd in Group A.
Within the bracket, Heroic then took down, in 2-1 scorelines, the likes of G2 Esports and Team Liquid.
Credits: Valve
Bearing this in mind, we were set up for a rematch against FaZe, having lost to them in the Group Stage 2-0.
However, this time around, Heroic showed up in a big way, managing to slay the kings with a 2-1 scoreline!
Just like that, Heroic have proved that they are currently a force to be reckoned with and one of the top teams in Europe!
For those unaware, CS:GO esports involves multiple event circuits hosted by multiple organizers. Accordingly, the CS:GO BLAST Premier World Final is soon here. With $1,000,000 on the line, every team wants to make it – read on as we discuss they final two spots!
CS:GO BLAST Premier World – Fall Finals + Global Leaderboard
After a year of competitive events, in the form of the BLAST Premier, we have a final event in the season.
Accordingly, the competitors will fight through 14-18th December, at the Abu Dhabi Etihad Arena. Bearing this in mind, only the top 8 teams will qualify.
So far, only 6 teams have qualified with the qualifying criteria listed:
Natus Vincere – Spring Finals
Outsiders – IEM Rio Major 2022
FaZe Clan – EPL S15 & PGL Major
Team Vitality – EPL S16
G2 Esports – Global Leaderboard
Heroic – Global Leaderboard
Furthermore, there are two seeds left:
TBD – Fall Finals Winner
TBD – Global Leaderboard
Credits: Valve
Accordingly, the Fall Finals event is ongoing and concludes on 27th November – the winner of which will qualify for the World Final.
Otherwise, the following teams are contending for the final Global Leaderboard spot:
OG – 6300 points
Team Liquid – 6212.5 points
ENCE – 5950 points
Once the Fall Finals concludes, we’ll be able to confirm the final Global Leaderboard!
For those unaware, the esports disciplines may be described as forming part of tiers. Accordingly, Tier 1 Esports 2022 involves the likes of Dota, League of Legends and CS:GO. Indeed, in this article we’ll be taking a look at LoL and CS:GO – they simply keep pushing the industry!
Tier 1 Esports 2022 – Awesome Majors
Credits: Valve
In the past month, we’ve truly witnessed the impressive status of competitive League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Let’s start with LoL. Smashing the industry, the Worlds Championship 2022 celebrated the end of the season inviting the international community to crown another champion.
Moreover, the prize pool of $2,225,000 took place over the past month, bringing the competition to North America for the first time – here DRX managed to surprise the entire world and conquer the group of 16 teams.
Credits: Riot Games
Meanwhile, CS:GO similarly hosted an epic Major event in the past month. Taking the community to Rio, through IEM Rio Major, the event had previously been cancelled due to the international health situation.
Placing the highest prize pool ever in competitive CS:GO, the $1,250,000 spurred the likes of Outsiders who surprised everyone out of the top 24 teams in the world.
So, in short, both esports have featured some massive events over the past month – what about the rest of the season?
Season Recaps – Continuous Growth
Throughout the season, CS:GO has made some impressive strides forwards both in terms of format of events and also the season itself.
Credits: ESL
Currently, the esport benefits from the freedom of having multiple event organizers – with the likes of BLAST, PGL and ESL working together to host their own events within the same calendar. Each one with their own flair, such as the $1,000,000 Grand Slam means that the action never stops for CS:GO.
Here are some of the events from this year for CS:GO:
BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022 – Jan 28 – $177,498
IEM Katowice – Feb 15 – $1,000,000
ESL Pro League Season 15 – Mar 09 – $823,000
PGL Major Antwerp 2022 – May 09 – $1,000,000
BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022 – Jun 15 – $425,000
IEM Cologne 2022 – Jul 05 – $1,000,000
ESL Pro League Season 16 – Aug 31 – $835,000
IEM Rio – Nov 23 – $1,250,000
And there’s more to come, such as the BLAST Premier World Finals later this year, with another $1,000,000 on the line. Otherwise, changes in event format such as the Swiss System Format have allowed for very interesting Majors!
Credits: Riot Games
Meanwhile, and very differently, League of Legends makes use of the franchised system. For each of the major regions, there are two regular season splits with two international events each year. The major regions are as follows:
LCK – Korea
LCS – North America
LEC – Europe
LPL – China
Competing internationally at the Mid-Seasonal Invitational and the Worlds 2022, here are some examples of events hosted this past season:
LEC Spring 2022
LCK Spring 2022
LCS Spring 2022
Mid-Seasonal Invitational 2022
LEC Summer 2022
LCK Summer 2022
LCS Summer 2022
Worlds 2022
With each of the two formats offering advantages and disadvantages, both esports are reaping the benefits!
Esports Viewership – At the Top
Credits: Valve
And now, to supplement our look at the events, here are some viewership statistics from Esports Charts.
Note that the following are the top 3 events in terms of viewership for both esports:
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
PGL Major Stockholm 2021 – Peak Viewers 2,748,434
PGL Major Antwerp 2022 – Peak Viewers 2,113,610
IEM Rio Major 2022 – Peak Viewers 1,428,993
League of Legends
2022 World Championship – Peak Viewers 5,147,699
2021 World Championship – Peak Viewers 4,018,728
2019 World Championship – Peak Viewers 3,985,787
As you can see, the top 3 events are all in recent years – growth is being maintained and observed.
Naturally, we cannot possible say which is better – CS:GO or League of Legends?
However, what we can for certain is that the likes of Dota 2 is not as successful as these other two scenes. Indeed, we’ll be taking a look in a future featured article at the state of Dota 2 as a Tier 1 esport in comparison to the success of CS:GO and LoL!
With the IEM Rio Major event being such a huge success, perhaps it’s time for a break for CS:GO? Indeed, there’s no such thing. Accordingly, fans will be treated to another international event in the coming week as the BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022 soon kicks off. Read on to learn how to watch this upcoming event below!
Event Background
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Accordingly, for those unaware, BLAST Premier is an S-Tier franchise of tournaments organized by BLAST, offering its own unique framework from other organizers. Specifically, BLAST Partner Teams compete to be featured in international events while competing against a few open bracket teams.
Naturally, the Fall Finals 2022 are no different. Following the Fall Groups 2022, the top 6 teams from that event are now joined by two teams who’ve made it through the Showdown event – here they are:
Fall Groups
OG
Natus Vincere
Team Liquid
FaZe Clan
G2 Esports
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Fall EU/AME Showdown
Heroic
Fluxo
Moreover, the event will take place in the Royal Arena, offline in Copenhagen. Running from 23rd to 27th November, the event offers $425,000 of prize pool to the 8 teams.
What’s more? The emerging winner will earn a highly coveted seed to the World Final – the premier season event taking place in December with $1,000,000 on the line!
Considering the stakes, this event is only an awesome chance for teams to prove themselves after the Major and set themselves up for success at the World Final by earning some BLAST Premier points.
Format
Considering that only 8 teams are involved, the format is respectively straightforward.
Initially, a Group Stage will involve two double elimination format groups (GSL). Within these 2 groups of 4 teams, all matches are BO3. Here are the randomly seeded groups:
A: FaZe Clan, Heroic, Ninjas in Pyjamas, OG
B: Fluxo, G2 Esports, Natus Vincere, Team Liquid
From within the Groups, seeding to the Playoffs is as follows:
Credits: BLAST
Winner from each group – advance to Semifinal
Runner-Up from each group – Quarterfinal High Seeds
3rd from each group – Quarterfinal Low Seeds
4th from each group – Eliminated
Once we have our final 6 teams, they’ve compete through a single elimination bracket where all matches are BO3. At the end of the bracket, we’ll have our Fall Finals 2022 champion!
Schedule for the BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022
With regards to the schedule, while we direct you to the event page for the whole tournament, we’ve listed the schedule for the opening matches of both groups below (CET timezone):
23rd November– Group A
FaZe Clan vs OG (10:00)
Heroic vs Ninjas in Pyjamas (13:00)
23rd November – Group B
Fluxo vs NAVI (16:00)
G2 Esports vs Team Liquid (19:00)
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Indeed, over the past year the story of Kenny “kennyS” Schrub has been rather inactive. Sitting on the bench over at G2 Esports, it seems that he’s finally moving on. Accordingly, the G2 Esports CS:GO 2022 roster has made an interesting change – read on to learn more!
Joining all the way back in 2017, Kenny “kennyS” Schrub has been a big part of G2 Esports CSGO. Some of his top achievements with the team are as follows:
IEM XIV World Championship – Second
BLAST Premier: Spring 2022 Regular Season – 1-3rd
Champions Cup Finals – First
DreamHack Masters Malmo 2017 – First
ESL Pro League Season 5 – Finals – First
Naturally, these achievements were quite a while back. Indeed, benched in March of 2021, the player has been rather inactive since.
However, finally, the veteran is moving on to another team, Team Falcons.
Credits: ESL
Bearing this in mind, that leaves the substitute spot open on the roster, with the following team currently:
Nemanja “huNter-” Kovac
Nikola “NiKo” Kovac
Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov
Justin “jks” Savage
Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen
Jan “Swani” Muller – Interim Coach
Recently the team has disappointed – especially by not even making it to the Rio Major. Can they turn it around now?
Indeed, the community loved the IEM Rio Major which concluded the other week. Bearing this in mind, Valve seems to agree that Brazil is a future venue for CS:GO. Accordingly, at the event, IEM Spring 2023 CS:GO was announced and we present all the details you need below!
Heading into the IEM Rio Grand Finals 2022, the community had a great match to look forward to. Accordingly, the electric event which concluded last week crowned another Major champion. Read on as we provide a small recap over the huge event below!
Indeed, the Brazilian crowd didn’t have any favourite to root for, so everyone was game. With $1,000,000 on the line, Outsiders and Heroic included a European showdown, concluding as follows:
#1 – Outsiders
#2 – Heroic
#3-4 – MOUZ, FURIA Esports
Knocking over multiple favourites, such as FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere, IEM Rio was immensely unpredictable. Although having lost earlier in the event to Heroic, they managed to sweep them away in the Grand Final.
Otherwise, the event was a major success. Here’s how the viewership numbers compared to all-time CS:GO events:
PGL Major Stockholm 2021 – 2,748,434 Peak Viewers
PGL Major Antwerp 2022 – 2,113,610 Peak Viewers
IEM Rio Major 2022 – 1,428,993 Peak Viewers
Despite some inferior viewership numbers to previous events, without a doubt, the event had one of the best live crowds ever seen for competitive CS:GO!
Accordingly, after the Rio Major concluding, we grow a day closer to the BLAST World Finals 2022. Indeed, read on as we preview how the event has now registered another seed. Read on as we preview the updated list of contestants below!
BLAST World Final 2022 – Coming in December
Congratulations to Outsiders for winning the Rio Major! Their win means they have now qualified for next month’s BLAST Premier World Final
Why is this event such as big deal? Organized by BLAST, the World Final looks to be the highlight of the BLAST Premier season.
Accordingly, with $1,000,000 on the line, the event will run from 14th to 18th December, with the top 8 teams in the world. Taking place offline in Abu Dhabi, here are the teams attending so far:
Thanks to their Major victory, Outsiders have joined the elite list of teams. Notably, BLAST has clarified that the team must compete under a neutral name.
Otherwise, let’s take a look at the BLAST World Leaderboard below of teams who haven’t qualified yet:
Heroic – 6375 points
G2 Esports – 6375 points
OG – 6300 points
ENCE – 5950 points
Team Liquid – 5212.5 points
The Fall FInals in one week will be an opportunity for teams to earn some more points.
Well, there aren’t too many events left for 2022. However, the BLAST Fall Final 2022 is almost here and looks to close off the year with a bang. Accordingly, they’ve just announced the opening matches – read on to take a look below!
Let’s paint the picture further. Following the BLAST Fall Groups earlier this year, we have the final 8 teams. Heading into the Copenhagen offline arena, teams will compete from 23rd to 27th November. The following teams are competing:
FaZe Clan
Fluxo
Heroic
G2 Esports
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Natus Vincere
OG
Team Liquid
Now, let’s take a look at the opening Group Stage matches in the CET timezone:
Credits: Valve
23rd November
FaZe Clan vs OG (10:00)
Heroic vs Ninjas in Pyjamas (13:00)
Natus Vincere vs Fluxo (16:00)
G2 Esports vs Liquid (19:00)
From within the Group Stage, only the top three teams will progress to the Playoffs with the following seeding:
1st – Semifinals seed
2nd – Quarterfinals High seed
3rd – Quarterfinals Low seed
Over the coming days, we’ll be sure to offer more viewership details in the coming days – stay tuned for more!
Currently, we know very little about the BLAST Paris Major 2023. Accordingly, the event is only half a year away and we already have some information to work with. Read on as we preview the seeds distribution below!
BLAST Paris Major 2023 – Heading to France
Credits: ESL
Indeed, everyone wants to qualify for one of the top events of the year. With $1,250,000 on the line, a total of 24 teams will be competing offline in the Accor Arena in Paris.
Taking place from 8th May to 21st May, we have some thoughts regarding the seed distribution using previous examples of Majors.
Here’s how the seeds worked for the ongoing Rio Major:
Legends Stage
Europe – seven spots
Americas – one spot
Challengers Stage
Europe – ten spots
Americas – four spots
Asia – two spots
Credits: BLAST
Accordingly, we can’t wait to hear more from the organizers in BLAST. This event is one of the top esports events for 2023 so far, beyond CS:GO esports.
Apart from the Paris Major, there’s also other events such as IEM Cologne 2023 too. Regardless, we’ll be sure to stay up to date with the competitive CS:GO scene.
