The Group B upper bracket finals have finally reached an end and FaZe came out on top of the competition without much struggle. The team captained by Finn “karrigan” Andersen first denied the Danish comeback on Overpass in a 16-13 win, and then closed out the series on Inferno 16-11.
After being knocked down by Heroic in the second round of the IEM Cologne play-in stage, MOUZ had their opportunity for revenge against Heroic in the main stage, and they didn’t waste their golden opportunity. MOUZ managed to up a surprise 2-0 victory over a Heroic who recently made roster changes, to eliminate them from the event. The European team won Vertigo 16-13 and Nuke 16-10, which means they move on to face the loser of the Vitality vs Movistar Riders series.
Professional Counter Strike Global Offensive player Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov was recently released from his duties with esports organization NAVI. The Ukrainian based organization stated the player was a “high reputational risk” as their main reasoning for removing the Russian player from the star studded roster.
While Cloud9’s Counter Strike Global Offensive team are still celebrating after their campaign at IEM Dallas, ENCE can feel proud of what they have accomplished. Even though the Russian squad swept ENCE easily 3-0 in the grand finals of the $250000 event and demonstrated they are not “onliners” anymore, ENCE was able to proof that there is still some fight in the organization after the roster moves.
We all know it’s been a long time coming, but Cloud9 was able to lift their first trophy in Counter Strike Global Offensive in over four years, thanks to a quick 3-0 sweep over ENCE in the grand finals yesterday to finish off with a first place at the Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2022.
The grand final of the IEM Dallas 2022 tournament is written in stone. Cloud9 will take on ENCE in a best-of-five Counter Strike Global Offensive series tomorrow after bagging their ticket today with a victory over BIG in the second semifinal series.
Evil Geniuses’ re-entry into professionalCounter Strike Global Offensive in 2019 was one of the most celebrated news stories in the community. Following up with clutch wins in 2020 bode well for the team to rise back to its former status. However, recently the roster’s performance has been quite lackluster, to put it in the easiest way possible.
Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov, was a core part of Natus Vincere as the brains behind the Ukrainian team that achieved an iconic PGL Major Stockholm 2021 victory, as of yesterday he was removed from the organization’s active Counter Strike Global Offensive roster.
Earlier today, FaZe clan became the first grand finalist in the PGL Antwerp Major 2022 after taking down team Spirit in quite an unusual manner, directly with a knife kill to win it all. Even though FaZe clan finished off the series with a win, this entire series hasn’t been easy by any means. At the very last minute of the game, Finn “Karrigan” Andersan closed out the win in the most exciting way possible, by getting a knife kill on Abdul “Degster” Ganasov, to win twenty three to twenty five.
he PGL Antwerp Major biggest stage is set to start on May 22nd where the best 8 teams of the tournament will battle it out for a chance at glory and a hefty amount of money.
Counter Strike Global Offensive is no stranger to match fixing scandals, some of them rumors while others proven including harsh penalties. The latest accusation to come out includes former professional players where the standout is “HObbit” currently playing for Cloud9 in the PGL Antwerp Major.
The Antwerp Major has seen a lot of upsets, records broken and a huge amount of rounds being played. Legends Stage is not an exception to all of this, creating a rather unique format the audience receives way more gameplay and possible exciting moments to remember.
Counter Strike Global Offensive is no stranger to incredible upsets, whether it be one incredible shot or an entire series. The latest chronicle within the game’s esports scene is in the hands of Team Liquid.
It’s day 2 of the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 and we already have three teams that secured a spot in the legends stage. Yesterday we had a bunch of interesting results, G2 Esports and Team Vitality were the first two teams to advance into the next stage. On the other hand, Renegades and 9z team were the first two teams that got eliminated from the event.
counterparts. This was a tough start for the region and they still had a long way to go in the tournament in order to qualify for the next stage.
It’s only the second day of the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 and we already have 2 teams eliminated from the competition. And on the flip side, two teams have already qualified for the Legends Stage, where they will be facing the very best CSGO teams in the world.
As the first major of the year unfolds, we’ve seen some favorite teams completely stomp their enemies, while others have actually struggled to secure seemingly easy wins. On the opening day of the event, we saw Europe dismantle North America as G2 Esports and Team Vitality claimed the two first victories in the EU vs NA matchups.
North America’s hopes got crushed by their European counterparts as the opening day didn’t go well at all for them. It’s obvious to say that Europe has always been on top when it comes to the overall EU vs NA record, but it’s always exciting to see these two regions fight it out on the international stage.
The first CS:GO major of the year is about to kick off and we can’t be more excited about that! During the first day of the major, we will have two EU vs NA matches, teams like Renegades will play on the international stage after many months, there’s so much stuff happening that it might be a bit overwhelming.
On May 4, the last two matches of the European Qualifier unfolded, and the winners qualified for the IEM Dallas main event. This tournament will feature a $250,000 prize pool and it will happen from May 30 to June 5 in Dallas, Texas.
We had both semifinals unfold on the same day and both series were incredibly one-sided. Godsent vs Furia Esports was the first matchup of the day and Furia wanted to finish this series quickly as they stormed the first game. Godsent had the first map pick and decided to go for Overpass, which they regretted quickly.
While PGL Major Antwerp 2022 comes closer and closer, we can still enjoy some good CSGO at the BLAST Premier Spring European Showdown tournament. A couple of days ago we got to watch ENCE take down Copenhagen Flames in a close series, while Heroic was doing the same against Team NKT. Both teams got themselves into the first semi-finals of the tournament, the other being Astralis vs Ninjas in Pyjamas, which we are still waiting to watch.
