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Registrations Open for IGZ PUBG Champions Series Season 2

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Registrations Open for IGZ PUBG Champions Series Season 2

IGZ is set to host a PlayerUnknown’s Battleground Tournament for PC starting from 12th October 2019 with a prize pool of Rs 60000 for the taking. Organizers are setting up for a tournament in online format for which registrations begin today.

Registration starts today and the link will be open till 16th September. The organizers have set a limit of 64 to the no. of teams participating. The tournament will be a classing elimination match from its early stages. Matches will occur in three stages.

Qualifier Stage 1: 64 teams will be split into 4 lobbies, 16 each and will play 4 matches per lobby, top 8 from each lobby will make it to the next qualifier stage.

Qualifier Stage 2: 32 teams will be split into 2 lobbies, 16 each and will play 6 matches, 8 from each lobby will make it to the next stage.

Final Stage: Final 16 teams will play 12 matches for the Trophy.

Scoring system is explained in the rule book provided in the link below.

Click here for Rule Book

Qualification format will be 64 teams cut short into 32 further cut into 16 and finally the winner will be concluded. The action will be set out in classic Erangel and Miramar only.

Organizers have announced a Prize Pool of 60000 INR with additional individual rewards for the player gathering most kills and the MVP of the tournament. The registration link is provided below, make sure you register yourself before all the slots for this alluring event fill-up.

Click here to Register

The tournament will be live-streamed on the IGZ YouTube Channel where viewers at home can keep in touch with all the action. Make sure you are the one doing the action, register ASAP.

Report: Shox or Kioshima to replace NBK

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Report: Shox or Kioshima to replace NBK

After a disheartening exit from the Starladder Major, Vitality were quick to announce the dropping of Nathan ‘NBK’ Schmitt on Twitter mostly due to internal problems with the squad. Fans are yet uncertain about the team’s attendance to the Blast Pro Series Moscow after this recent change in their roster.

We reported the possibility of Richard ‘Shox’ Papillon joining Vitality after reportedly being dropped from the roster by G2 alongside Lucas ‘Lucky’ Chastang. Initially it seemed both players opening up to the international market to set off to a new project but as it seems Shoxyis set topicked up by the 2nd best-ranked team in the world as reported by +1pv, after the French side swayed away their eyes from Fabien ‘kioShiMa’ Fiey who was dropped from the Cloud9 roster.

Vitality are yet to confirm anything but the situation is still unclear as Kio is a free agent as of now but Shox is still bounded by a contract by G2, which means his arrival would involve a financial gain for G2 Esports. Financial benefit for G2 might be necessary as they are targeting two of CR4ZY’s star players in Nemanja ‘huNter’ Kovac and Nemanja ‘nexa’ Isakovic.

NBK, on the other hand, has been quick to put himself open to offers and is certainly looking for a new home, no reports on his likely destination as of yet.

With Kio Lucky and NBK without a team, we might be looking at the beginning of a new french project.

Zeus to retire after BLAST Pro Series Moscow

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Zeus to retire after BLAST Pro Series Moscow

The major winning Ukrainian in-game leader Danylo ‘Zeus’ Teslenko is set to retire after Blast Pro Moscow, he previously announced in a HLTV interview back in December that he has decided that his time with Counter-Strike has come to an end and that he feels he must make way for the new generation to take up his mantel. He looks forward to lead his team for one last time in front of their home crowd in Moscow.

The announcement came from NatusVincere soon after an unexpected exit from the Berlin after falling short against NRG in the quarterfinals. The final tournament for the veteran IGL in NaVi colors would see his side go up against the likes of Vitality, ENCE, and MIBR.

“It was a tough decision — I have been thinking about it for a while,” Zeus said in a statement. ” There were rumors I could leave after BLAST, but I believed our new roster could win a Major, or make it into the finals at least.

“But we lost early on, and I realize I need to give way to the youth. It’s rough, honestly: I have devoted 20 years of my life to Counter-Strike, and it’s about time to wrap it up. I want to thank everyone who was with me all this time, cheered for me and believed in me.

“This is not an end, but a start of a new path. There will be lots of interesting stuff: I want to develop esports in CIS, build a pro academy, engage with the young. I have lots of ideas. But I will not be coaching, at least for now. It might happen sometime in the future.

“My last event, BLAST, will start in a few days in Moscow. I am inviting every person who can — come and support us. Our eyes are set on the victory.”

Zews has shared the stage with the likes of s1imple and electronic. He has been crowned as a major winner under the Gambit line-up in PGL Krakow 2017, followed by ESL One Cologne and Blast Pro Copenhagen in 2018 under the NAVI banner. The 31-year-old has decided that his career has come to a natural conclusion and thus the decision and is set to retire with a career to envy upon.

Exploring the possible movements in roster after Berlin CSGO Major 2019

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Exploring the possible movements in roster after Berlin CSGO Major 2019

As celebrations of the Berlin Major comes to an end, we are expected to witness some drastic changes across several top tier rosters. Here is a list of few players who we can definitely expect to see under a new banner.

Marcelo ‘Coldzera’ David

To kick off the list it would be unfair not to mention the situation surrounding the major winning mercurial Brazilian. Coldzera has always been a player to speak his heart out, and he wasn’t shy to express his troubles with the current MIBR line-up. Coldzera asked to be benched few weeks ahead of the Berlin Major and Zews took his place in the squad. Without Coldzera they failed to make out of the group stage in Berlin. As soon as news of him getting benched surfaced, he was heavily linked with FaZe Clan who themselves didn’t do any better in the major, but Coldzera seem to share a special bond with their star player Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovac, the pair has been constantly seen exchanging tweets and NiKo commenting ‘FaZeUp’ on Cold’s Instagram post added fuel to the fire.

Aleksi ‘AleksiB’ Virolainen

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The ice-cold Finn was dropped from the ENCE line up after the major, but his departure was confirmed beforehand as ENCE announced the signing of Mika ‘Sunny’ Kempii who has represented the organization in the past. Unlike Coldzera, Aleksi is still dreaming of his first major and his likely destination is similar to that of Cold, FaZe Clan. FaZe lacking a proper structure to bring out the best from the stars in their line-up, and they are looking uptoAleksiB to be the answer to leadership-related problems. Neo and GuardaiN are likely to leave the organization before the next premier event in ESL One New York.

Richard ‘Shox’ Papillon

The French veteran is reported to be dropped from the G2 roster with necessary changes made before the major, putting AmaNeK up for the IGL role. It is safe to say Shoxy has been a star for every team he has played, shared his major winning moment with the legendary KennyS. Shox with his new teammate Lucky is set to look for a new team with Vitality being a likely destination for Shox, as NBK has been recently dropped from the roster after a disappointing exit from the major, but nothing has linked both parties as of yet. KioShiMa has been linked with the French side and is likely preferred over Shox by them to fit into their structure.

Alongside players without a team, there is a team looking for players to build a roster, which is none other than Nadeshot’s 100Thieves. With investments secured they have pockets deep enough to secure any player they want. When major reach their natural conclusion they bring about a vibe to the excitement with fans deeply invested into knowing what changes might occur with their favourite player or team. This is that time of the year again and we remain equally excited to see how the teams shape up before upcoming events.

device claims StarLadder CSGO Major MVP award

Raj 'Stan' Shah
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device claims StarLadder CSGO Major MVP award

Nicolai ‘Dev1ce’ Reedtz 24 year old CS:GO player from Denmark, Device has been into the Esports scenario since 2011 where he started his career with the team ‘Copenhagen Wolves’ in Counter Strike:Source.

While started off his CS:GO Career with the same team, Device played under alot of well known teams like ‘Dignitas’ , ‘Heroic’ and ‘Team SoloMid’.

Though he joined the ‘Team Astralis” in 2016, and has been their primary AWPer ever since Astralis has always been one of the most consistent teams in the CS:GO scenarios, they are also now the only team in CS:GO history to win “Three Majors in a row“.

Device had a phenomenal average Impact Rating of “1.47” in the play offs. Especially in the knockout stages, device was the top fragger throughout the whole series, with a total of (313) Kills and getting (148) frags with an AWP, Device was ranked first due to his KDD of (+81).

Device was also noticeable for his other various stats in the leaderboard, with having his rating at (1.26) , kills per round (0.82), Clutches won (7) and opening duel success at (65.8%).

And not only this, but it’s the 14th MVP Award presented to ‘Device’ and it is second to come from a Major Tournament.

In the past year (2018) Device was the one to hold the record for Most HLTV MVP’s in a single year, surpassing ‘GeT_RiGhT’ by winning MVP Awards in 2018.

Being one of the most consistent players of all time, also he’s always been in the Top 5 players since the past 3 years in the HLTV Players of The Year list.

Device is all set to write a new chapter in the book named ‘Counter Strike’

Astralis first team to conquer 4 majors, 3 in a row

Aditya Singhal
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Astralis first team to conquer 4 majors, 3 in a row

Astralis was just crowned the Starladder Berlin Major Champions and history has been created after this win by the Danish squad.

Astralis has won a total of 4 majors and what more interesting is that they have won 3 Majors in a row, a thing that has never done before by any team in the Counter-Strike Global Offensive history.

Majors won by Astralis –

  • ELEAGUE Majors 2017
  • FACEIT Major 2018
  • IEM Katowice 2019
  • Starladder Berlin Major 2019

Astralis is the team that has revolutionized how to play this game, they have changed meta’s, they have changed how to use grenades in the game. According to analysts, they are the best team to ever touch this game and the Danes are proving this major after major.

They were the first team to win the first season of the Intel Grand Slam award, a thing that many analysts thought that a team will never win it, winning four Tier 1 titles dominatingly enough.

The Danish squad has 14 Maps streak in the Major Playoffs before coming to this Berlin Major, they have never lost a map in the playoffs and 2-0’d each team that comes in their way of winning the title.

From the previous 2 Major, it feels like a team fights through the playoffs to be in the Grand Finale for losing it by the Danes.

They were the favourites coming into the IEM Katowice 2019 and they showed it that why they were so. Coming to this major they were not the favourites because of their performances before the player break, they showed that they are here to win by eliminating the favourites Team Liquid.

The level of CSGO they play is just sheer brilliance and dominance. Their team play & talent of the players is just exceptional.

Talkesport team Congratulates the Danish squad on their Achievement.

Astralis win StarLadder Berlin CSGO Major

Raj 'Stan' Shah
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Astralis win StarLadder Berlin CSGO Major

Astralis capped off an impressive run at the StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 with a lopsided 2-0 sweep of Avangar in the grand finals at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin.

Astralis being one of the best CS:GO Teams of all time already winning the past two majors (IEM Katowice 2019, FACEIT Major 2018) as well as another Major title in 2017 (ELEAGUE Major 2017).

On the other hand, Avangar being the underdog team from Kazakhstan, surprised everyone with their own style of playing and beating huge teams like G2 and Vitality.

ASTRALIS VS. AVANGAR – GRANDFINAL – STARLADDER BERLIN RECAP

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  • Astralis removed Mirage
  • AVANGAR removed Nuke
  • Astralis picked Inferno
  • AVANGAR picked Dust2
  • AVANGAR removed Vertigo
  • Astralis removed Train
  • Overpass was left over

MAP 1: INFERNO

Astralis starts off on the T-Side of Inferno with an amazing display of skills and experience, They showed the world why they’re known as the best CS:GO team as they win 8 rounds in a row with a massive 1v3 Clutch by ‘Dupreeh’ in the 7th round easily stole another round away from Avangar.

However, ‘Adren’ showed up on time to save the following round and win the first round for Avangar on their CT-Side. Everyone from Astralis were showing up one by one as ‘Magisk’ managed to clutch a 2v3 situation and take down all three opponents by himself with only one taps. Astralis ends the half (12-3) leading with 9 rounds astralis has enough time to close the game unless Avangar shows some amazing strats on their T-side.

In the second half, Avangar won the pistol round as well as the following eco rounds but once Astralis had their guns out they shut down all the entrances with “Xyp9x” holding off the A bombsite takes a tripple kill and deny the bomb plant helps Astralis reach the map point at (15-6)and they were able to close off the game at (16-6) winning the first map of the Bo3 Grand Finale of the StarLadder Berlin Major 2019.

MAP 2: DUST 2

‘Device’ is already feeling the adrenaline rush as he takes down four with his USP one taps in order to start the first pistol round of the CT side of Dust 2, They take the next round with ease making it (2-0). Avangar picked the 3rd round and making it on board (2-1)with ‘Sanji’ taking a double kill with his SG553. Astralis saving their weapons in the previous round came back with a 5 round win streak and making it to (7-1). Avangar yet somehow trying their best they successfully managed to snatch another round making it to (7-2). Astralis ended the first half (11-4).

Avangar on their T-Side again wins the pistol round getting another round on board (11-5) with a hope of a comeback but the smart Scout and SG553 buy on ‘Device’ and ‘Magisk’ snatched the round as well the map and the Grand Finale of The StarLadder Berlin 2019 as they managed to win all the consecutive rounds. Astralis becomes the first-ever team in CSGO history to win three major titles in a row. First being the (FACEIT Major 2018) second one (IEM KATOWICE 2019) and Today they win the StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 with a score of (2-0).

StarLadder Berlin Major – Final Standings

PlaceTeamPrize
1Astralis$500,000
2Avangar$150,000
3-4NRG$70,000
3-4Renegades$70,000
5-8ENCE$35,000
5-8Vitality$35,000
5-8Liquid$35,000
5-8Natus Vincere$35,000

Astralis’ win in Berlin marks the team’s fourth Major victory and two tournament victory in 2019, comfortably maintaining its title as the best team in Counter-Strike.

G2 looking to replace shox and Lucky

Abhishek Bajaj
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G2 looking to replace shox and Lucky

It looks like we are in for a French shuffle for sure, after the Berlin Major draws close. The foundation for it though, has already been laid by both Vitality and G2. Vitality announced recently that NBK- has been benched.

French journalist neLendirekt has speculated in his published report that G2 are also considering changes to their active roster. The French stack is currently looking to replace shox and Lucky in the active lineup.

G2 came close to entering the Champions Stage and assuring their place in the Group Stage of the next major, only to lose to AVANGAR and Renegades after being 2-1 at the Legends Stage.

The Major though, was shox’s first sub-1.00 event out of his last 10, with the stalwart ending the Berlin Major with an average rating of 0.98. Lucky on the other hand, has mostly underperformed at events since joining G2 from 3DMAX.

neL has pointed towards Lucky’s underperformance for the reason for his benching while there is no particular reason mooted for the speculation surrounding shox.

In the lead up to this report, we already saw CR4ZY CEO Antonio Meic call out G2 owner Carlos Ocelote in his tweet, stating that the latter had tried to poach players from CR4ZY. neL has stated that the players in question are likely to be nexa and huNter.

Unlike Vitality though, the report is yet to be confirmed by G2 themselves. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for shox, if he indeed is to be removed from the active lineup. A candidate for the new 100 Thieves roster perhaps?

Vitality bench NBK- after Berlin exit

Abhishek Bajaj
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Vitality bench NBK- after Berlin exit

The Starladder Berlin CSGO 2019 Major hasn’t even ended but the teams have initiated their roster changes, taking steps towards having an even more competitive lineup for the coming season.

CSGO organization Vitality is one of the first major organizations to confirm their change. The French-majority stack have decided to bench NBK- in the aftermath of their Quarter-Final exit from the Berlin Major. NBK- had a disappointing Major by his standards, averaging a rating of 0.84 over the 9 maps Vitality played in Berlin.

The announcement hints at a move from two IGLs to having ALEX as the sole IGL going forward, perhaps inferring a notion that there might have been differences in philosophy between the two IGLs.

It is unclear as to who Vitality will target to bring in as a replacement for the French stalwart. NBK- remains in contract with Vitality and will drop to the bench as the organization and the player decide on what is the optimum resolution to the situation at hand.

With NBK- dropping to the bench, Vitality are down to just four players in their active lineup.

PUBG Mobile update 0.14.5 to roll out soon

Varun Parashar
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PUBG Mobile update 0.14.5 to roll out soon

Tencent recently released a massive update (0.14.0) for PUBG Mobile and it brought huge gameplay changes and bug fixes. It seems like it wasn’t enough as Tencent is back with another big update for the game which is rumoured to bring a new game mode and flying helicopters. Update 0.14.5 is expected to come around anytime between 9th to 12th September and much has already been leaked about what this update brings to the table.

Royale Pass 9

With this update, season 8 comes to an end as season 9 commences alongside a new royale pass. “Warriors Unite” is the rumoured theme name for this season and like every season, it will have 100 RP rewards. The Royale Pass will bring along a crazy set of skins, a few of which are The Observer Set, Infected Grizzly M249, The Observer Cover, Infected Grizzly Dacia, Draconian Champion set and weapons. We can also expect some avatar frames and other essentials like helmets, parachute bags, emotes and much more.

New Mode

Mr. Ghost Gaming, PUBG Mobile’s primary data miner has shown us leaks of grounded helicopters in certain loading screens but now it seems that these helicopters will be usable as weaponized transport. Gameplay from the Chinese Beta version shows that these helicopters will require fuel like any other vehicle, giving the players an unfair advantage. But they will certainly be easy to take down with the new homing missile launcher which is rumoured to make its way to the game. Notably, the ability to fly helicopters will be available in a special heavy weapons mode. The Chinese beta also seems to have the BRDM amphibious vehicle which can work both on land as well as water. There are rumours of new loot crates which will remain underground unless players meet certain conditions, and will reveal themselves by rising to the surface to provide the players with grenade launchers, RPG’s and Miniguns. The highly anticipated Deagle pistol is expected to be introduced in this update.

Check out this video for more information regarding 0.14.5

Stay tuned for more exciting updates!

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