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Counter Strike Global Offensive - CS:GO

The catalysts for FaZe Clan and Furia – CS GO IEM Rio Major

The IEM Rio Major is right around the corner, promising to be the biggest stage and event ever assembled for competitive CS GO. With such high stakes, including a huge prize pool, the heavy favorites will need their superstars to show up at their peak level in order to win the coveted Major trophy.

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Dupreeh is now the first CSGO player to earn $2M

Following Vitality’s victory in ESL Pro League Season 16, Peter ‘dupreeh’ Rasmussen has become the first professional CSGO player to surpass the $2 million mark in earnings. This cements dupreeh as the highest earning CSGO player after more than ten years of active competition. While there are other professional CSGO players nipping at his heels, dupreeh will always be able to say that he was the first player to surpass the $2 million mark.

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CSGO ESL Pro League Season 16 Group D predictions

Group D at the ESL Pro League is shaping up to be the most clear cut of them all. We have three clear favorites facing underdogs in what should look like an easy day for some CSGO bets. We break down our predictions and reasoning below, making it easier for you to assess what markets fit best.

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BLAST to host first 2023 major in France

According to recent reports, BLAST is likely to organize next year’s Spring CS:GO’s Majors. The action will return to Europe after its sojourn into South America for the IEM Masters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dexerto reports that Paris will be the first choice of venue, though this is still unconfirmed, because it has been “BLAST’s priority since day one and is the likeliest choice”. The tournament will be held from May 8-21, the same timeframe that the PGL Antwerp Majors took place this year.

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Semphis and Co. need help for bootcamp crowdfunding

Kory “SEMPHIS” Friesen, former CS9 pro player and head coach of ex-Gaimin Gladiators is organizing a crowdfunding campaign to aid his team while they attend a boot camp in Germany. The hope to reach a $10,000 CAD goal, of which over $2600 has already been collected since SEMPHIS Tweeted about it on Monday.

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What to expect from Blast Premier Fall Groups 2022 

After the CSGO summer break, the competitive scene is back to action with one of the most exciting European events coming up. The BLAST Premier Fall Groups is set to kick off on August 19 and will run through the 28th. This tournament is going to be very interesting to watch because many teams made very important changes in their lineups during the off-season. For example, Evil Geniuses made a few changes to their roster and this will be a perfect opportunity to test them out.

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The most important CSGO roster changes during the summer break

The 2022 IEM Cologne was the last event before the summer break started, and the next top-tier event is coming a couple of weeks down the road. While a lot of the top CSGO teams are currently taking a break, there are some teams that are already making changes within their lines to increase their chances of winning the upcoming tournaments. We’ll be covering the most important roster changes that have been happening so far in the summer break.

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Kephrii removed from $100k CSGO tournament after cheating accusations

CSGO isn’t immune to drama despite their scene being one of the oldest ones in the esports industry. Twitch streamers Gale Adelaide and Brian “Kephrii” St. Pierre stand accused of teaming in the $100,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ReadyUp Invitational tournament. Many players claim that despite being on opposite teams, they fed each other high point kills to get to the top.

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The Champions of Champions Tour qualifiers have finally arrived

The idea of having the Champion of Champions series was first introduced in 2021. Elisa Esports had expressed their interest in partnering with Relog Media, Funspark and GRID to provide a ray of hope for amateur teams, by giving them opportunities to participate in several tournaments over a set period with a prize money to the tune of USD 2.7 million. Teams relevant to the European scene, across both tier 1 and tier 2, were really interested.

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Can Heroic make things work with their new CSGO roster?

If we look at their most recent results, Heroic made the group stages of IEM Cologne 2022, but they got knocked down to the lower bracket rather quickly. Just by looking at the caliber of players they have under their wings, Heroic is a team aspiring to be the pack leaders in the CSGO scene and this wasn’t the kind of result they would’ve wished for. Let’s be clear. They have been extremely competitive, but their inability to take that final step has led to some changes in their lineup. The cut-throat nature of the competitive scene, where performances and results are one’s currency, has now forced them to try and course-correct.

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IEM Cologne final is now the most-watched non-major CS:GO match of all time

Even though Counter Strike as a title is already 2 decades old, it keeps gathering people from all around the world to catch the most exciting games from its competitive scene. That is something that not even the most recent esports titles can boast about, and the thing about Counter Strike is that there are no signs of slowing down. The final match of the IEM Cologne broke the previous record set at IEM Katowice earlier in the year with a peak of nearly 1.25 million viewers.

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IEM Cologne – FaZe sweeps Astralis, Team Liquid beats Furia

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.

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MOUZ claims revenge against Heroic at IEM Cologne main stage

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.

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CSGO professional player Boombl4 became source of a big controversy

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.

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Fan favorite player Snax showed at IEM Dallas that he deserves another spot on a tier one team

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.

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FAZE Clan advances to the PGL Antwerp Major 2022 thanks to a last round knife kill

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.

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Match fixing accusations continue to appear within CSGO

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.

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Best matches on Day 1 of the PGL Major Antwerp 2022

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.

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Entropiq and MOUZ qualify for IEM Dallas 2022

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.

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BLAST Premier Spring Showdown grand finals are set

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.

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ENCE knocks out Heroic out of the BLAST Premier Showdown

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.

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ENCE and Heroic advance to the semi-finals of BLAST Premier: Spring European Showdown 2022

The last time these two teams faced each other was back in the Pinnacle Cup III back in March and the Flames came up on top quite convincingly. A month ago Copenhagen Flames took down the Finnish squad 2-0 and the Flames went on to achieve a winning streak of 5 matches. It’s safe to say that the Danish team was coming into this series quite comfortably because of their recent performance and qualification to the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Legends Stage.

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Cloud9 is back in the CS:GO scene with former Gambit Esports roster

On April 24 North American organization Cloud9 signed a new roster consisting of ex-Gambit Esports players. Vladislav “nafany” Gorshkov, Dmitriy “sh1ro” Sokolov, Timofey “interz” Yakushin, Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov, and Abai “HObbit” Hasenov played under the team name “Players” in the PGL Major Antwerp 2022: European RMR B qualifiers and will debut as Cloud9 in the PGL Major Antwerp Legends Stage which begins on May 14.

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CSGO PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Preview

The PGL Major Antwerp is the first Counter-Strike Global Offensive major of the year and will be held in the Antwerps Sportpaleis on May 9 – 22. It features the very best 24 teams in the entire world that had to play through the different qualifiers held in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia-Pacific regions. Just like in previous years, the PGL Major Antwerp will feature the Challengers, Legends, and Champions stage. Let’s see which are some of the teams that will be participating and let’s check out how the different stages work.

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