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Team Envy confirm addition of S0M, ANDROID, FUGLY

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Team Envy confirm addition of S0M, ANDROID, FUGLY

Sam “s0m” Oh, Bradley “ANDROID” Fodor, and Jacob “FugLy” Medina have officially signed with Team Envy following the departure of Taylor “Drone” Johnson and Stephen “reltuC” Cutler.

Team Envy fielded the roster without Taylor “Drone” Johnson and Stephen “reltuC” Cutler for the DreamHack Masters Dallas NA Open Qualifier and were successful in making it to the closed qualifiers.

These changes come after a long time of roster stability issues. Envy have tried out Matt “Pollo” Wilson as a stand-in and Finn “karrigan” Andersen on loan from FaZe Clan.

Join us in welcoming our latest additions to #EnvyCS!

–@s0mcs
–@ANDROIDX23
–@fugly

We’re kicking things off right away as we take on @eUnitedgg in the Dreamhack Masters Dallas Closed Qualifier later today!

Details: https://t.co/2K6Lejn4OA pic.twitter.com/xkbl6fEQ9c— Team Envy (@Envy) March 22, 2019

Before being acquired by Team Envy, s0m has been inactive since he stood in for Swole Patrol helping them in qualifying for IEM Sydney, before three of the five players were picked up by eUnited.

With these changes, Team Envy now has:

  • [flag=us] Josh “jdm64” Marzano
  • [flag=us] Noah “Nifty” Francis
  • [flag=us] Jacob “FugLy” Medina
  • [flag=ca] Bradley “ANDROID” Fodor
  • [flag=us] Sam “s0m” Oh
  • [flag=us] Zachary “Eley” Stauffer (coach)

SicK replaces n0thing in Complexity

Malav Popat
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SicK replaces n0thing in Complexity

CompLexity have announced that they have signed Hunter “SicK” Mims from Rogue. SicK will complete the roster and replace Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert who has been standing in for the roster since early 2019.

Following this change, it adds more truth to reports that Rogue might be exiting the CSGO scene as they have lost s Mathias “MSL” Lauridsen and Nikolaj “niko” Kristensen who are believed to be on a movie back home, to play on OpTic.

With n0thing on their ranks, the team were unable to hold on to their Legend status from the FACEIT Major as they went of the New Legends stage with a 1-3 scoreline at IEM Katowice 2019. In his short stint with the team, n0thing average a rating of 0.95 on LAN.

With these changes, Complexity finalised their roster as:

  • [flag=us] Shahzeb “ShahZaM” Khan
  • [flag=gb] Rory “dephh” Jackson
  • [flag=ca] Peter “stanislaw” Jarguz
  • [flag=au] Ricardo “Rickeh” Mulholland
  • [flag=us] Hunter “SicK” Mims
  • [flag=us] Matt “Warden” Dickens (coach)

Apex Legends opens with best launch for any Free-to-play game in History

Prateek Jain
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Apex Legends opens with best launch for any Free-to-play game in History

A report from Superdata Research suggests that Apex Legends has the best launch month of any free-to-play game in history. With the game generating a staggering 92 million $ revenue for Respawn Entertainment in its first month. Majority of this came from the console platform where the game had a strong start.

Apex Legends is currently the most popular free-to-play Battle Royale game, with more than 50 million registered users since launch. With the introduction of Season 1 Battle Pass the number of players is bound to increase which will also mean increase in monthly revenue. Currently Apex Legends had best Launch of all the Free-to-Play games, but it still wasn’t able to best Fortnite on either of the platforms ( i.e. PC and Consoles). With Epic’s Fortnite racking in a consistent 300 million $ month after month.

Apex Legends is still new when compared to Fortnite, but with number of players sharply rising on Apex’s side it is just a matter of time when Apex tops the charts.

Nissan partners with OpTic Gaming and FaZe Clan

Parth Gada
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Nissan partners with OpTic Gaming and FaZe Clan

Nissan is the latest automobile giant to enter esports, after it announced partnerships with OpTic and FaZe.

For any company trying to reach the Gen Z and millennial-minded audience, streaming and esports is an enormous opportunity. We believe this partnership presents a new approach in introducing ourselves and connecting with millions of fans through their favorite gamers.

Robert Cross, Director of Media and Activation at Nissan North America

The new association will see Nissan acting as the jersey sponsor for both teams, as well as provide its cars for digital content and marketing on their social media platforms.

We are thrilled to have an innovative automotive company like Nissan as a sponsor and brand partner. We look forward to creating compelling content together for this exciting relationship.

Lee Trink, CEO of FaZe Clan

Nissan joins a long list of automotive giants to join the Esports fraternity, including the likes of BMW with Cloud9, Team Liquid with Honda, Mercedes Benz with SK Gaming, Audi with Astralis among many others.

Rambo completes transition to become Cloud9 Coach

Malav Popat
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Rambo completes transition to become Cloud9 Coach

Ronald “Rambo” Kim has now become the head coach for the Cloud9 CSGO department. The 35-year-old will replace Soham “valens” Chowdhury, who has now moved to become the Head of Data Science at Cloud9.

Even though Cloud9 have not made an official announcement regarding the change, Rambo updated his Twitter to confirm the change in the positions inside the organisation. The official Cloud9 website also has Valens listed as Head of Data Science.

With this change, Rambo will hop onto the server with the men in blue during the ECS Season 7 Week 3, ESL Pro League Season 9 and BLAST Pro Series Miami. Rambo is no stranger to the Cloud9 roster. After leaving compLexity at the end of 2018, he made his first appearance with Cloud9 at iBUYPOWER Masters IV. This change was on the cards for a long time as Valens had publicly voiced his opinions about stepping from the coach role for a while. Rambo was not the first coach the team trialled. Kory “SEMPHIS” Friese was also a potential target for the position, failing to do so after an unsuccessful trial period.

However, this is not the end of worries for Cloud9 who still do not have a complete 5 man roster and were forced to pull out from ESC Season 7 Week 2 Games. The squad was in talks with a duo from Team OpTic after not continuing to use the services of Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro.

With this change; Cloud9 stands as:

  • [flag=us] Timothy “autimatic” Ta
  • [flag=us] William “RUSH” Wierzba
  • [flag=fr] Fabien “kioShiMa” Fiey
  • [flag=se] Maikil “Golden” Selim
  • [flag=us] Ronald “Rambo” Kim (coach)
  • [flag=us] Soham “valens” Chowdhury (Head of Data Science)

Source: Dust2.us

Cover Photo: HLTV

COBX Masters tickets released

Parth Gada
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COBX Masters tickets released

The much-anticipated tickets for COBX Masters- to be held from April 5-7 at NESCO, Mumbai have been launched on Insider. You can buy them here.

The $200,000 tournament will feature some of the best CSGO and DOTA teams from India and a few top International teams as well.

The tickets have been categorised into 3 tiers- the cheapest being the single day pass for Rs 199. The event pass provides access for all 3 days and is available for Rs 499, while the most premium ticket is the Super Fan Event Pass, which provides VIP access along with a jersey and drawstring bag. This ticket is priced at Rs 1499.

In particular, CSGO fans have a lot of reason to be excited as it has been confirmed that Major attendees Grayhound have been invited for the tournament, while the popular caster duo of DDK and Bardolph have also confirmed their presence.

Lucid Dream dominate Entity in a Best of Three series in the IEM Sydney 2019 SEA Closed Qualifier

Malav Popat
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Lucid Dream dominate Entity in a Best of Three series in the IEM Sydney 2019 SEA Closed Qualifier

Entity faced Lucid Dream in a Best of Three Series for the IEM Sydney 2019 Southeast Asia Closed Qualifier. The maps for the BO3 were Nuke, Mirage and Cache. The map vetoes are as follows.  

  • Lucid Dream removed Inferno
  • Entity removed Overpass
  • Lucid Dream picked Nuke
  • Entity picked Mirage
  • Lucid Dream removed Dust2
  • Entity removed Train
  • Cache was left over

Entity started the game on the CT side of Nuke, which was picked by Lucid Dream. The Indian side lost the pistol round and the following anti eco. Using this momentum, Lucid Dream propelled themselves to a scoreline of 4-0 before Entity pulled back two of their own.

The T-side domination from Lucid Dream did not stop and only let Entity end the half with only three rounds on board, at a scoreline of 12-3. Lucid Dream wanted to end the first map quite early by picking up the pistol and the following anti eco round.

Entity did not let Lucid Dream crush their dreams of a comeback and picked up the first buy round of the second half and the next hard eco from Lucid Dreams. Lucid Dreams forced into the next round, putting them onto map point. Lucid Dream put the final nail in the coffin, ending the map 16-5 on the back of a quick triple kill from Geniuss.

The second map, was Mirage which was picked by Entity saw them begin on the T side. The team from Thailand looked comfortable on the CT-side, coming out on top in the pistol round with a successful retake. The force buy gamble from the Indians failed,allowing Lucid Dream to put another round on board.

Lucid Dreams dominated the Indians on the CT-side, not allowing them to put a single round on the board till the 14th round, where the Indians were finally able to pick up one round, the only one of the first half. Lucid Dream completely dominated Entity, taking the first half in their favor with a scoreline of 14-1. Lucid Dreams looked to end the game quickly by picking up the first pistol round of the second half and finished the game with a smooth victory in the force buy from Entity which did not benefit the Indians. The last map ended with a scoreline of 16-1.

However, Entity have not been eliminated from the Closed Qualifiers. They still have a chance to make it to IEM Sydney from the Lower Brackets.     


IEM Sydney China, East Asia, SEA qualifier brackets revealed

Parth Gada
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IEM Sydney China, East Asia, SEA qualifier brackets revealed

ESL has released the brackets for the qualifiers of IEM Sydney to take place from March 22-24.

4 invited teams and 4 winners of the closed qualifiers from China, East Asia and SEA will face off for a spot for their region in the Finals to take place in the Qudos Arena.

Here are the first match-ups in the Southeast Asia closed qualifier:

  • [flag=sg] BOOT-d[s] vs. [flag=ae] NASR
  • [flag=in] Entity vs. [flag=th] Lucid Dream
  • [flag=ph] TNC vs. [flag=th] Alpha Red
  • [flag=th] Maple vs. [flag=th] Beyond

East Asia closed qualifier:

  • [flag=kr] MVP PK vs. [flag=mn] IM11
  • [flag=mn] 2990 vs. [flag=mn] D13
  • [flag=mn] Storm Rider vs. [flag=jp] Ignis
  • [flag=jp] HWML vs. [flag=jp] Absolute

The Greater China closed qualifier bracket is below:

  • [flag=cn] ViCi vs. [flag=cn] 8EASY
  • [flag=cn] IPET vs. [flag=cn] 5POWER
  • [flag=cn] Panda vs. [flag=cn] EHOME
  • [flag=cn] Aster vs. [flag=cn] TYLOO

All Indian hopes will be pinned on Entity, who surprised a few by reaching the closed qualifiers and their first match will be against Lucid Dream from Thailand.

The qualification process is simple, with the 4 invited teams rom each region facing off against the qualified teams in a best of 3 double elimination match, with the finals being a best of 5 series for the spot.

The 3 winners will join the 9 invited teams, consisting the likes of MIBR and FaZe, as well as the AU/NZ National Champion and the Ocenania Qualifier winners. The $250,000 tournament is set to take place from April 3-May 5.

S1mple announced as AMD Brand Ambassador

Parth Gada
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S1mple announced as AMD Brand Ambassador

Navi star Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev has been announced as the brand ambassador of popular peripheral company AMD.

I am happy to let you know that starting today, I will be representing AMD company, the products of which I’ve been using myself. This is the first partnership of such a scale for me. I feel the same responsibility when my game is being watched by thousands of loyal fans. Our journey has just begun, and I am sure, it’s going to be long and fruitful!

Speaking to the official Website of Navi, the 21-year-old said.

AMD, which specialises in processors and graphic cards for gaming, recently announced that it would be supplying GPU’s for Google’s cloud gaming platform Stadia. This partnership is a first for AMD in CSGO.

S1mple has been one of the best talents of CSGO, having a brilliant 2018 that saw him get #1 in the HLTV Top CSGO Players 2018. Being only 21, he has had reasonable success individually and only a Major, which is the pinnacle of a CSGO Pro’s career, is the one title he continues to strive for.

While the financial details of the partnership have not been revealed, it is likely that AMD will appear on S1mple’s stream as well as some exclusive promotional features.

NASR Esports advance to IEM Sydney SEA Closed Qualifier alongside Entity, Maple & Alpha Red

Bhavya Shah
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NASR Esports advance to IEM Sydney SEA Closed Qualifier alongside Entity, Maple & Alpha Red

Nuke, being picked up by TAF was quite a one sided affair for their opponents. NASR started on CT-side with indestructible defese. TAF could only manage to lurk a couple of rounds here and there. First half was inclined 13-2 in the favour of Arab lineup.

Second half ended with same storyline as TAF could manage a round while NASR picked three rounds wasting no time. NASR convincingly won the first map 16-3.

NASR won the pistol round on T-side of Inferno. Arabs looked quite composed and won the following two rounds as well. However, TAF won the following round to get the first round on the board. NASR won seven consecutive rounds and took 10-1 lead in the first half of Inferno. TAF were picked apart one by one and the defence crumbled at the hands of Arabs.

Finally, TAF got the second round as double-AWP setup led to success. AWP got a couple of early picks in the thirteenth round as well to get 3vs5 advantage for TAF and they were quite efficient in closing down the round. NASR almost lost the fourteenth round but breAker clutched the round in an insane 1vs3 scenario. However, TAF won the last round and the half ended 11-4 favouring the Arab squad.

NASR won the second pistol on the CT side followed by succeeding three rounds. NASR went onto match point 15-4. TAF secured the twentieth round by executing B-site and traded a couple of players quite convincingly. TAF also won following two rounds but their journey ended as the Arabs grabbed twenty-third round and booked their slot in the closed qualifier.

With this win, NASR has advanced to IEM Sydney 2019 – SEA Closed Qualifier alongside Alpha Red, Entity Gaming and Team Maple. Four teams will battle in a doube elimination best of three format alongside four invited teams. While the grand finale remains to be best of five.

IEM Sydney 2018 SEA Closed Qualifier:

  • [flag=in] Entity Gaming
  • [flag=th] Alpha Red
  • [flag=th] Maple
  • [flag=ae] NASR
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