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DreamHack Delhi Invitational Team Spotlight: Lucid Dream

Abhishek Bajaj
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DreamHack Delhi Invitational Team Spotlight: Lucid Dream

One of the two teams that booked their slot at DreamHack Delhi through the Qualifying process, Lucid Dream will be looking to play spoilsport for the international teams arriving at the event.

The Squad

Lucid Dream boasts a lineup that has been one of the better ones in South-East Asian Counter Strike for over a year now. Jirayu ‘wannafly’ Meesuk is the longest standing member of the squad, having joined the organization in May, 2018. The 23-year-old has presumably taken over the IGL duties from Phoomphat ‘qqGod’ Phojjanart, who was recently benched by Lucid Dream.

Arguably the star player of the lineup, Kititkawin ‘PTC’ Rattanasukol is a stalwart of the not just the Thai CSGO scene but the entire SEA scene in general. The 21-year-old has tried it out with several iterations under different banners but has returned to the Thai scene to make it work.

The organization chose to bring in Chanawin ‘JohnOlsen’ Nakchain from Beyond Esports in a straight swap with Kritthee ‘Geniuss’ Sawatmuang heading the other way. It is still early days for JohnOlsen in the lineup but he has been giving ample support in terms of firepower to PTC, who is the Primary AWPer.

Thotsaphon ‘cbbk’ Suphatthanaphalaphon is also a long standing member of the squad while new arrival Teerapat ‘Akino’ Jinyong, who joined Lucid Dream in November, 2019 completes the active lineup.

Results – Litmus Test

The highlight for Lucid Dream in 2019 was their participation at DreamHack Masters Dallas. Even though they finished last in their respective group, the experience gathered would prove to be invaluable in the long run.

A top four placement at ESL Pro League Season 10 Asia also proved that they are ready to take on the bigwigs of the Asian scene.

The most high-profile win of the current lineup is their triumph at Taiwan Excellence Esports Cup 2019, which they won in comfortable fashion. The new lineup seems to be working well together and despite the nascent stage of the roster, things look promising.

Expectation

Lucid Dream have a tough group, with the Thai stack clubbed with CIS powerhouses HellRaisers and YaLLa Esports. With a BO2 Round Robin format, it is likely that we will see Lucid Dream being able to play one favourable map against each of their two opponents.

Expect Lucid Dream to give YaLLa a run for their money for the second spot. The roster will be aiming for a spot in the semi-finals at the very least and it will come down to a straight duel between them and the Middle-Eastern stack.

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Fnatic is the first team to qualify for DreamLeague Season 13

Prateek Sahoo
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Fnatic is the first team to qualify for DreamLeague Season 13

DreamLeague Season 13 is the 2nd major of the 2019-20 DOTA Pro Circuit.It will be held from Jan 18 – 26, 2020 in Leipzig, Germany.

Fnatic faced off against TNC.Predator for a slot at the next major.

TNC who are fresh off their win in the first major of the season, have looked out of sorts since the advent of the new 7.23 DOTA 2 patch, and do not look like the team who won a major recently.

Fnatic had no problems in the best of 3 game, brushing apart TNC for a direct slot to the major.

TNC still has a chance to qualify for the event, from the lower bracket.

Cosplay Talents for DreamHack Delhi 2019 announced

Prateek Sahoo
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Cosplay Talents for DreamHack Delhi 2019 announced

Dreamhack Delhi 2019 will be held from December 6-8 at NSIC Ground, Okhla, Delhi.

Apart from the Dreamhack CSGO Invitational and the BYOC/BYOD events, Dreamhack Delhi will also have a cosplay contest with a prize money of over 50,000 INR.

3 Guest Cosplay Talents have been announced by Dreamhack until now.

Our first guest cosplayer is Alyssea Nicole aka Alycesca, from Australia. Grab this chance to come meet her at Dreamhack Delhi and click some amazing pictures.

Our second guest cosplayer is Cora Berry, from Japan.

Third guest cosplayer is South African cosplayer, Yamaki, who is a certified motion picture make-up artist who has placed and judged in numerous cosplay competitions around South Africa. She is a master of cosplay and is going to be here at Dreamhack Delhi as our guest Judge!

The art of cosplay will be put on exhibition, ANYONE can Participate for a prize pool of 1.5 Lacs INR.

The beautifully crafted skins and realistic props designed by these cosplayers themselves will take you to the mystic land of fictional characters from your beloved games.

We’ll be celebrating Gaming at Dreamhack Delhi, 6th to 8th December, the biggest Gaming Festival in India, at NSIC Grounds, Okhla! Make sure you are there to meet all the guest judges and witness many awesome cosplays!

Come and experience this once in a lifetime opportunity with passes as low as Rs. 499/-

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Global Esports qualifies for WESG 2019 APAC Finals

Aditya Singhal
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Global Esports qualifies for WESG 2019 APAC Finals

Global esports beat Gaming hub from Pakistan in a rematch in the Consolidation finals with a 2-1 score-line and joins BL4ZE esports in the South Asian slots for the LAN Finals which will happen from January 2nd to 5th, 2020 in Malaysia.

Both Indian Teams qualifies for the Asia-Pacific Finals to represent the country as well as the the whole of South Asia.

Match Summary

VETO:

  • Global removed Nuke
  • Gaming hub removed Overpass
  • Global picked Train
  • Gaming hub picked Mirage
  • Global removed Vertigo
  • Gaming hub removed Inferno
  • Dust2 was left over

Global esports started on the T side lost the pistol round but answered with 5 rounds consecutively and Gaming hub could only take 5 rounds in the first half which gave a pretty solid start to the Indians. Gaming hub won the second pistol and the following round and won rounds here and there but couldn’t make a comeback and the map was won by Globl esports with a 16-11 score-line.

Global started on the CT side and won the pistol but the New Galil force-buy Meta yielded next 3 rounds for the Pakistani’s, they were answered by Indians with 3 rounds of their own but the half ended in favour of Gaming hub, 9-6. The second pistol and 2 following rounds won by Gaming hub as well cemented their lead and the map was over with a victory for the Pakistani’s on a score of 16-10.

Global esports lost on Dust 2 previous time the met, but this time they did their homework against the mighty Pakistani aimers, first half was pretty even-steven with a score of 8-7 favouring the Indians, Global esports showed their brilliance on the T side by giving only 1 round to Gaming hub on their CT side and cemented a dominant victory and a slot in the APAC finals with a 16-8 score-line.

Congratulations to both Indian teams for qualifying to represent India on an International level .

Renegades mark CSGO return with acquisition of Grayhound lineup

Abhishek Bajaj
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Renegades mark CSGO return with acquisition of Grayhound lineup

The North American organisation have once again decided to delve into the Australian region in their attempt to return to the Counter Strike Global Offensive scene after their previous lineup joined 100 Thieves.

Renegades have acquired the entire lineup of Australian organisation Grayhound, who will be representing the new banner at the ESL Pro League Season 10 LAN Finals in Odense, with their first match scheduled against current World number 1 and home favourites Astralis.

Grayhound have been the strongest roster stationed in Australia and the one that have truly represented the region the most at international events, obviously after the Renegades roster moved to North America.

The new lineup is likely to stay put in Australia for now, judging by the announcement video. It will be interesting to see how the lineup develops under the Renegades banner.

Richard Lewis takes shots on StarLadder for not paying their Casters

Raj 'Stan' Shah
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Richard Lewis takes shots on StarLadder for not paying their Casters

Richard Lewis is a British esports journalist and livestream commentator from Wales.

StarLadder hosted the CS:GO Major which was held in Berlin, Germany from August 23 to September 8, 2019.

It features a US$1,000,000 prize pool and twenty-four professional teams from around the world as with previous Majors. It was also the first time the Ukrainian-based organization StarLadder hosted a Major along with its long-term Chinese partner ImbaTV. The Berlin Major is the eighth consecutive major with a prize pool of $1,000,000.

StarLadder was already in lime light due to the Several CS:GO streamers received DMCA notices for streaming the Major from GOTV, sent by StarLadder themselves, leading to mass panic, accusations of illegality and all the rest.

Richard Lewis May have an abrasive personality, but his contributions to counter strike professional scene cannot be ignored.

While the community reaction is understandable, this may end up being a look at the future as esports fans are forced to accept that things cannot remain as they are now if the scene is to keep growing.

DreamHack Delhi groups revealed; Orgless Five to face pro100, Goliath Gaming

Abhishek Bajaj
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DreamHack Delhi groups revealed; Orgless Five to face pro100, Goliath Gaming

The schedule for DreamHack Delhi CSGO Invitational 2019 is out and the fixtures have been revealed. Orgless Five have been clubbed with pro100 and Goliath Gaming in one group. The group containing the Indian organisation will play out their matches on December 6, 2019.

The other group sees HellRaisers clubbed with YaLLa Esports and Lucid Dream, with the teams scheduled to play their group matches on Decembr 7.

Two teams from each group will qualify for the knockouts, with the semi-finals and finals scheduled to take place on December 8.

It will be intriguing to see how the stack at Orgless Five fare against the likes of Goliath Gaming and pro 100 and whether they can qualify for the final day of the event.

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Astralis and Liquid flew to Denmark for EPL season 10 finals right after playing the ECS finals

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Astralis and Liquid flew to Denmark for EPL season 10 finals right after playing the ECS finals

Professional CSGO players are finding it difficult to cope-up with the hectic schedule of tournaments they have picked up. The latest teams to experience this are the grand finalists of ECS Season 8, Team Liquid and Astralis. As soon as the finals concluded both teams weren’t given the opportunity to rest, they found themselves on the way to Odense for the ESL Pro League Season 10 finals.

According to Liquid’s General Manager, his side are scheduled to arrive just an hour before their first game commences. Astralis on the other hand are familiar with such fate, after the ESL One New York Finals they set off along with Evil Geniuses on their way to DreamHack Masters Malmo.

Already a lot of Pro Players went vocal about this matter, Lukas ‘Gla1ve’ Rossander in an interview with HLTV said that his side is likely to feel jetlagged, while John “EliGE” Jablonowski publicly shared his griefs about the tight schedule of ESL Pro League. “The CS schedule is completely terrible and it seems there’s no fix in sight” said EliGE.

Player at top level are looking forward to skip events that are in quick succession, which might potentially harm the top events due to absence of top organizations. It is now up to the organizers to decided the schedule for the next year, keeping the work load of the players in mind.  

DreamHack Delhi Invitational Team Spotlight: pro100

Abhishek Bajaj
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DreamHack Delhi Invitational Team Spotlight: pro100

An iconic organization relaunched by one of the best IGLs of the Counter Strike Global Offensive scene in Danylo ‘Zeus’ Teslenko, can pro100 surprise their regional powerhouses HellRaisers en route to a shock win at DreamHack Delhi Invitational 2019.

The Squad

pro100 have undergone a host of changes in 2019, with the entire lineup revamped over the course of the year. A trial period saw pro100 bring in experienced and cultured members of the CIS csgo scene in the form of Georgi ‘WorldEdit’ Yaskin and Jan ‘wayLander’ Rahkonen, both of whom made their way to the team after Flipsid3 Tactics decided to dissolve their CSGO operations.

Alexey ‘NickelBack’ Trofimov is the IGL for pro100, who acquired the 22-year-old from Monolith Gaming in May, 2019. The longest standing member of pro100 is Mareks ‘YEKINDAR’ Galinskis, who joined the organization in 2018.

Former AVANGAR star Dmitry ‘dimasick’ Matvienko completes the pro100 roster. The 23-year-old joined the team in October, 2019.

The Struggle for Relevance

It is tough to see a name as iconic as pro100 unable to establish themselves as one of the better performing lineups in the CIS scene. They have taken necessary steps, bringing in a new IGL and experienced players to form a roster with the perfect mix of youth and experience.

But, the current lineup has produced ‘average’ results at best. WorldEdit has been the standout performer, yielding the AWP for pro100. dimasick though, is a new member and is likely to slowly come into his own. The organization and their fans will be hoping the former AVANGAR star is able to step up and be the star player pro100 need on the server.

A record of 31 wins out of 68 maps played is a damning statement for pro100, especially if you glance at the teams and lineups they have faced since this roster came to be in October, 2019. pro100 will be looking to close 2019 out on a high as well as build momentum for 2020. DreamHack Delhi is the perfect opportunity to do the same.

Expectation

On paper, pro100 have the team to maybe go all the way at DreamHack Delhi. The CIS side will potentially have, in HellRaisers, their strongest rival. But, this might act as the event to bring the team together and perhaps, unlock their potential.

Honestly, we do not know what to expect from pro100. But, from their POV, Top 2 should be the minimum goal at DreamHack Delhi and anything lower than that might trigger another round of change(s) to the roster.

We expect pro100 to clear their group easily and ideally reac the final, depending on who they face in the semi-final. A showdown between them and HellRaisers should be worth watching for the neutral crowd at DreamHack Delhi.

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BL4ZE esports qualifies for WESG 2019 APAC Finals

Aditya Singhal
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BL4ZE esports qualifies for WESG 2019 APAC Finals

BL4ZE esports becomes the first team to qualify for the Asia-Pacific LAN Finals by beating Pakistani team 2-1 in the upper bracket finals of the WESG South Asia closed Qualifiers have pushed them to the lower bracket to have a rematch with Global esports tomorrow in the lower bracket finals.

BL4ZE esports dropped only 1 map during the whole course of the qualifiers from the open qualifiers to the closed qualifiers and will now represent India and South Asia in the APAC LAN Qualifiers.

Match summary

VETO:

  • BL4ZE removed Mirage
  • Gaming Hub removed Overpass
  • BL4ZE picked Nuke
  • Gaming Hub picked Train
  • BL4ZE removed Dust2
  • Gaming Hub removed Vertigo
  • Inferno was left over

Map 1: de_nuke

Gaming hub started the map with a strong and dominant showing on their T-side of Nuke with 9 consecutive rounds till it was answered by BL4ZE answered with their 3 rounds and the half was ended in favour of the Pakistani’s with a 11-4 score-line. Gaming Hub continued to show their dominance on their CT-side as well and finished Map 1 with a dominant 16-6 score-line.

Map 2: de_train

BL4ZE started this map rather strong by winning pistol and the following 2 rounds on the T-side but were countered by Gaming Hub with 3 of their own but it was a BL4ZE show the rest of the half and a dominant first half ended with a score-line of 11-4. Gaming Hub won the T side pistol and the following round ad started stringing some rounds together mking the score-line 13-11 but BL4ZE countered it and won the map with a 16-12 score-line.

Map 3: de_inferno

BL4ZE started this map strongly on their T side with 6 consecutive rounds and allowed Gaming hub only 4 rounds in the first half. BL4ZE won the CT-side pistol s well on the back of a ninja defuse but were immediately answered by Gaming hub with 6 rounds and made the score-line 12-10 but after that BL4ZE showed their composure and won 4 rounds with a might B-site hold Ace by Rossi “Rossi” Kiran.

Next up: Lower Bracket Finals : Global esports v/s Gaming Hub for a slot in the APAC Finals with BL4ZE.

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