Cloud9 will not be participating in ECS Season 7 Week 2 as they have not been able to find a roster before the event begins. Cloud9 have been replaced by Bad News Bears.
#ECS7 update ๐ฃ@Cloud9 have withdrawn from Week 2 of ECS Season 7 NA due to being unable to field a full roster – as a result, Bad News Bears will take the spot.
We look forward to seeing Cloud9 feature at a later stage in the season when they're back up to full strength! pic.twitter.com/jQSTnDkOrC
Cloud9 were set to play compLexity in the second week of ECS Season 7, for a placement at the LAN finals of the event held at the SSE Arena Wembley in London. If Cloud9 are able to rebuild their roster in time, they are expected to play in future weeks of the ECS Season 7 NA League.
The matches are as follows:
Monday, March 18
03:30 – United States NRG vs. United States Spacestation
03:30 – United States eUnited vs. Brazil INTZ
06:30 – Brazil FURIA vs. Brazil Luminosity
07:00 – United States Bad News Bears vs. North America compLexity
Counter-Strike Source player Atta โcrazyarabโ Elayyan who was also the goalkeeper of New Zealandโs national menโs futsal team lost his life in the Christchurch shooting.
Photo via Dailyesports.gg
Crazyarab was famous in the early 20โs, where he won multiple online Counter-Strike: Source tournaments with a local team called NewType. He played the game at a professional for a very small period and chose to pursue a career in computer science and launched his own software company. His demise leaves behind his wife and daughter.
QUOTE | @NZ_Football Futsal Development Manager @margetts_josh: โTo Attaโs family, we are deeply sorry for your loss. We canโt imagine what you are going through, but please know we love you and we are here for you during this incredibly difficult time.โ #RIPAtta@MainlandFootypic.twitter.com/tCcileWiUK
— New Zealand Football ๐ณ๐ฟ (@NZ_Football) March 17, 2019
In an interview in 2012, he said that โI would have never gotten into the tech industry had I not been obsessed with gaming during those years and the hours of focus, intense game play and desire to succeed has actually helped me alot [sic] in many aspects of my life. Of course, even if it was a complete waste of time, the people and friends I met during those years made it worth itโ
The news of his demise was first posted on Twitter by Nick Shaw and was later confirmed by his family. He was shot and killed when he was praying in Masjid Al Noor Mosque.
Two fundraisers (givealittle & gofundme) have been started to support the families of those lost in the shootings in New Zealand.
According to dust2.dk Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke and Jakob “JUGi” Hansen will complete the Cloud9 roster.
In April of 2018, OpTic went for a full Danish Roster, taking in the best Danish players available at that time to form a homegrown team. However, since then, the team has failed to get any championships titles and earned second places at cs_summit 3 and DreamHack Open Summer, and currently sit on a #32 ranking according to HLTV.
According to the report by dust2.dk, two of OpTic’s players, k0nfig and JUGi, are set complete the Cloud9 roster. This report comes after the North-American Organisation ending the trial period with Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro and with Fabien “kioShiMa” Fiey also rumored to part ways with the organisation.
If this move is successful, the two teams will look like
According to a report from Jarek “DeKay” Lewis, Cloud9 could possibly end it’sstint with French star, Fabien “kioShiMa” Fiey. Earlier as the IEM Major: Katowice 2019 concluded, Robin โflushaโ Rรถnnquist departed as the veteran decided to take a break from competitive Counter-Strike. Alongside him, Jordan โZellsisโ Montemurro’s trial run on North-American organization’s roster also ended as Maikil “Golden” Selim returned back to active lineup after being away for a significant time period due to medical reasons.
Cloud9 was earlier reported negotiating with the 24 year-old Finnish star, Miikka “suNny” Kemppi. However, the talks did not lead to results as the Finn later initiated talks with his previous organization, ENCE eSports.
Cloud9 has also not confirmed about the team’s coach. The organization acquired Kory โSEMPHISโ Friesen prior to signing former coL coach, Ron โRamboโ Kim. Soham โvalensโ Chowdhury has been playing this role since quite sometime but the organization planned to move the Indian-American to analytics division.
In the start of 2018, Cloud9 won ELEAGUE Major: Boston, but ever since, the organization has been in shambles as Jake “Stewie2K” Yip and Tarik “tarik”Celik departed one after another. While the veteran AWPer, Tyler โskadoodleโ Latham took the hard decision and chose to retire from competitive Counter-Strike.
ESL Pro League Season 9 NA begins in April 2019, however, rosters will be locked today itself and Cloud9 is expected to finalize it’s roster for the same. As of now Cloud9’s roster comprises of the trio of:
Maikil “Golden” Selim (IGL)
Will “RUSH” Wierzba
Timothy “autimatic” Ta
Ronald โRamboโ Kim (Coach/Trial)
Cloud9 is expected to announce a couple of players anytime soon to complete the roster.
The Gujarat Police have confirmed that they made three more arrests for people violating the PUBGM ban in the State.
The move comes in after the Gujarat Police seems to be hellbent on forcing the rule to ban PUBGM in the state following complaints from parents. The news comes in after last week several arrests on different occasions were mode.
This would well look like a joke, but it isn’t. The students are even charged with Indian Penal Code sections for violating the advisory and playing the game.
The Ukrainian Organization have confirmed that they have added Tomรกลก “oskar” ล ลฅastnรฝ and Sergey “lmbt” Bezhanov. In the process, they have benched Bence “DeadFox”.
Oskar will be filling in the void left by รzgรผr “woxic” Eker, who was named to be a part of the new mousesports roster. The Czech is no stranger to HellRaisers as he was a part of their team in 2016.
Alongside oskar, lmbt will also be returning to the coaching position in HellRaisers, taking the reins from Amiran “aMi” Rehviashvili.
HellRaisers was the first team that showed interest in me, and I really like ANGE1. I wasn’t sure at first though because I really needed a break from CS, but eventually, I decided to sign for a short period. I will do my best to not disappoint HR. In general, it feels good to be back, and I can’t wait to fire up and destroy the dreams of some teams.
Tomรกลก “Oskar” ล ลฅastnรฝ
After a long period of waiting and tough decisions, oskar and I are coming back to HR, my first international team. I’m sure we will share the best of our experience with the boys to reach new heights!
Sergey “lmbt” Bezhanov
HellRaiser were unable to complete the roster with Martin โSTYKOโ Styk, On his Twitter, Styko mentioned that HellRaisers showed interest in him but he declined the offer. He will be seen stepping in for NoChance who saw frozen leave to complete the mousesports roster.
since I am recieving hundreds of messages today here is statement: I am not going to join HR to complete this lineup, they have shown interest (which I am thankful for) , but I declined.
The finals of the COBX Masters India Open Qualifiers was between Entity Gaming and Signify. Signify beat Entity Gaming in the finals of the COBX Masters India Closed Qualifiers 2-0 in the Best of 3 Series. Signify won 19-17 on Inferno and 19-17 on Cache.
Map Vetos:
Entity banned Overpass
Signify banned Mirage
Entity picked Inferno
Signify picked Cache
Entity banned Dust_2
Signify banned Nuke
Train was leftover
The first map kicked off on Inferno, Entityโs map pick. Signify started the first half with a pistol round victory backed by Agneya “Marzil” Kaushik picking up 4 kills. Entity Gaming fought back with a victory in the 2nd round powered by a full eco rush on B-site. The first half was filled with neck to neck to rounds and ended with a score line of 6-9 in the favor of Entity Gaming.
In the first round of the second half, crazyguy and yb came alive to steal the round from Entity. In the first round, Signify came out with a quick A split and decimated the Entity defense and Entity decided to carry out the two saved rifles onto the next round. Signify took the lead on Inferno with a 10-9 scoreline after denying the 1v2 retake from PSY. Signify kept on hitting the A-site with perfection and came out with six consecutive rounds before Entity came out with a one of their own and finally put one on board, losing only one rifle in the process. The game continued back and forth and was pushed to OT. Entity picked up the first round of OT but crazyguy had different plays as he secured the first round of OT for Signify with a post-plant triple kill. The first half of OT was concluded with a 17-16 scoreline in favor of Signify. Signify continued to showed their class and decimated the B rush from Entity. However, it was not soon till dav replied with a quick triple kill in the 1v4 situation, failing to secure double overtime for Entity by losing to yb. Signify closed out the first map with a scoreline of 19-17.
Entity vs Signify Map1: Inferno
In Cache, Signifiyโs pick, saw them starting on the CT-side. Entity came on top with a successful B hit and won the following anti-eco. However, the momentum was short lived after Signify picked the first two buy rounds with relative ease. Signify doused Entityโs confidence following a quick 1v2 post plant clutch by Marzil. Signify dominated Entity and only let Entity them put a sum total of 5 rounds in the T-side.
Signify kicked off the second half in style with a beautiful ace with a 1v3 post plant clutch by Marzil. Signify showed no signs of slowing down and put 14 on the board for themselves. However, Entity came back into the game with all guns blazing unbreakable holds and extremely clean retakes and put 9 consecutive rounds on board for themselves, making the score 14-14 before Signify answered back with one of their own. Entity completed the comeback by pulling the game from 14-4 to 15-15 at the end of regulation.
Signify started the T-side on Cache with a very quick B-site execute and took the round from Entity, losing only one rifle in the process. For the next round, Signify went with the same formula took the 2 round lead in the first half of overtime. Entity closed the first half of OT with a succesful A-Site hold, with quick 3 kills, winning the round in their favor. In the second half of OT, Signify reached map and championship point with a flawless CT sided round, putting the score at 18-16. Entity had not given up the hopes of pulling the map back and denied the 1v2 retake for crazyguy, putting the score at 18-17. However, the success was short lived for Entity, Signify took the last round of the first OT backed by a really solid A site hold by Signify, with a score line of 19-17.
Earlier this week, it came to our notice that Shroud has fractured his left hand following an injury with his scooter. Shroud described his injury in a stream following his discharge from the end of the first surgery.
The injury was first reported by fellow streamer and flatmate, Justin โJust9nโ Ortiz, who said that Shroud had hurt himself while riding a scooter, flying for about 10 feet before hitting the asphalt hard.
In the clip, he says that he could feel himself falling over the scooterโs handlebars. While falling, he purposely shifted his weight to his left hand so that it doesnโt impact his right hand which he uses for aiming. He mentions that the first surgery was only done to clean the wound, the second one will be used to add a plate in his elbow so that he can return to normalcy.
Even though his right hand did not get hurt, he still faces issues with gaming and feels pain while playing. In his current state, he is expected to return to the hospital to get himself examined next week to conduct a post surgery evaluation.
However, he will still have his hand in a sling and hence many not be able to come back to streaming full time.
In the latest round of arrests featuring PUBG Mobile, seven of the Eight fresh arrests were made for College students. The arrests were made in the Indian State of Gujarat.
The felons will be charged under Indian Penal Code Section 188.
The Indian Govt. is initiating crackdown on PUBG after complaints received by parents of addiction. Last week, 10 players were arrested which were released on bail following plea.
Esports has taken another giant leap into the mainstream, with the establishment of a high-performance centre at one of the most iconic sports grounds in Australia.
Up until recently, the idea of Esports competitors sharing a space made famous by sporting legends like Don Bradman was nothing more than a pipe dream.
Thatโs no longer the case, with the Sydney Cricket Ground now home to a training centre that allows Esports to rub shoulders with Australiaโs elite footballers and cricketers, with a base in the same complex as the Sydney Roosters, Sydney Swans, Waratahs and Cricket NSW.
With a new centre comes new adjustments, Direwolves have started implementing similar training regimes to that of a traditional sports player.
Nathan Mott, Direwolves CEO and Founder explains the importance of diet and mental health towards the players and how it affects them inside the game and out.
โWe have coaches, we have psychologists thereโs a nutritionist coming here thinking about diet,โ Mott said.
โAll these things, itโs all about making you feel really good outside the game to perform inside the game.โ
