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Talent for ESL One Belo Horizonte revealed

Pranav Nalawade
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Talent for ESL One Belo Horizonte revealed

ESL has announced a deep talent pool for the $200,000 ESL One Belo Horizonte which is set to kick off tomorrow.

The event, which will take place in Mineirinho Arena, Belo Horizonte from June 13-17, will feature a team of 20 people bringing the action live plus two observers handling the in-game cameras. $200,000 USD is on line for the teams across three regions at Belo Horizonte.

Sadokist and HenryG will be present at Belo Horizonte

The full English talent list is available below:

Sideline Reporter

Desk Host

Analysts

Casters

Observers

 

 

 

Qualifiers for IEM Shanghai announced

Bhavya Shah
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Qualifiers for IEM Shanghai announced

IEM has announced all the necessary details regarding open and closed qualifiers for IEM Shanghai. Intel Extreme Masters, Shanghai would be held at Shanghai New International Expo Center with $250,000 USD on the line fromย August 1-6. The event will feature eight teams including the likes ofย Virtus.pro, TyLoo, Gambit, NRG Esports and HellRaisers. Out of the eight teams, three teams would be determined through China, Asia, and ANZ Closed Qualifiers.

All the teams would encounter in the open qualifier for two slots in the closed qualifier in their respective region. All the matches in the open qualifier would be best-of-one except the semi-finals. Two teams winning the best-of-three semi-finals would advance to the closed qualifier and battle with invited six teams. Closed qualifier will have double-elimination best-of-three matches and the winner would grab a slot at IEM Shanghai which will be held in the first week of August.

China:

  • Open Qualifier – June 16-17
  • Closed Qualifier – June 21-23

Asia:

  • Open Qualifier – June 16-17
  • Closed Qualifier – June 18-20

ANZ:

  • Open Qualifier – June 23-24
  • Closed Qualifier – June 25-27

Open Qualifier – Single Elimination best-of-one except semi-finals.
Closed Qualifier – Double Elimination best-of-three.

More details could be found in IEM’s official press release.

Astralis clinch victory at ECS S5 finals

Pranav Nalawade
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Astralis clinch victory at ECS S5 finals

Astralis have won the ECS Season 5 Finals after defeating Team Liquid in a three-map thriller.ย Astralis picked up Dust2 whereas Team Liquid chose to play Mirage, and Nuke was left over. Astralis won the whopping sum of $250,000 USD securing the first place followed by Team Liquid, FaZe Clan, and NRG respectively.

AstralisK - D +/-ADR HLTV Rating 2.0
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Emil 'Magisk' Reif40 - 44-484.81.02
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Nicolai 'device' Reedtz44 - 41+382.0 1.11
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Andreas 'Xyp9x' Hรธjsleth48 - 34+1479.4 1.23
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander36 - 42-676.41.09
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen34 - 43-970.2 0.91
Team LiquidK - D +/-ADR HLTV Rating 2.0
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski49 - 40+994.11.27
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Keith 'NAF' Markovic45 - 38+790.81.23
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken43 - 39+474.0 1.11
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Nick 'nitr0' Cannella41 - 41086.0 1.16
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo26 - 44-1846.0 0.69

 

Letโ€™s go through the activities on each map:

Map one, Mirage, although being Team Liquid’s pick, The Danish squad ran all over the North American defense with 9-0 lead. Despite losing rounds Liquid tried their best to get back into the game after making a comeback from 15-4 to 15-14 but guys, the Danish side were too strong for them to overcome. The nail-biting Plays from Astralis side overwhelming the North Americans, Mirage ended with a scoreline of 16-14 with Nicolai ‘device’ Reedtz from Astralis top fragging the server with 27 kills.

The final map of the tournament Dust2, began in the favor of Team Liquid. After suffering many early round losses, the North Americans came back to win six rounds in a row. Astralis best efforts saw the first half end 5-10 in favor of Liquidโ€”but after a victory in the second pistol round, Astralis hopes looked to be dwindling fast. Almost immediately, Andreas ‘Xyp9x’ Hรธjsleth and Emil ‘Magisk’ Reif put on a hero-level performance to secure the initial round of the match. Astralis concluded the series 2-0 with a 16-11 final map score.

ECS Season 5 final standings:

1st. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Astralis – $250,000 USD

2nd.ย ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Liquid – $120,000 USD

3-4th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ FaZe Clan – $65,000 USD

3-4th.ย ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ NRG – $65,000 USD

5-6th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Fnatic – $45,000 USD

5-6th. ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท G2 – $45,000 USD

7-8th.ย ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Cloud9 – $35,000 USD

7-8th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Luminosity – $35,000 USD

Nicolai ‘device’ Reedtz was named MVP of the tournament by HLTV considering his consistent gameplay in the grand finals and throughout the tournament. This is the sixth MVP award claimed by device, the second at ECS events after also scooping the honour in Astralis’ title-winning campaign back in Season 2.

 

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Gen.G esports appoints former LA Clippers Director Jordan Sherman as their Head of Revenue

Mayank Jain
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Gen.G esports appoints former LA Clippers Director Jordan Sherman as their Head of Revenue

Former LA Clippers and MLB Corporate Sponsorship Director Jordan Sherman Joins Gen.G Esports as Head of Sponsorshipย and Revenue Operations.

SAN FRANCISCO โ€“ June 5, 2018 โ€“ย Global esports organization and industry leaderย Gen.Gย further elevates the companyโ€™s Gold Standard esports experience with the appointment of Jordan Sherman to the position of Head of Sponsorships and Revenue. In this new role, Sherman applies nearly a decade of sports industry experience in sponsorship sales, business development, strategic planning and digital media, and provides cohesive vision and direction to connect esports players, fans and brands around the world.

Sherman got his start in the sports business with Major League Baseball Advanced Media and the Los Angeles Clippers. While at Major League Baseball, Jordan was responsible for leveraging the leagueโ€™s significant reach to create innovative digital marketing, sponsorship and content opportunities for prominent national brands. Sherman expanded his corporate sponsorship career with the LA Clippers as Director of New Business, generating annual revenue for the team via digital, social, point of sale and in-arena activation.

โ€œEsports is the future of professional competition and Gen.G is at the forefront of the esports industry with its global reach,โ€ Jordan Sherman, head of sponsorship and revenue, Gen.G, said. โ€œIโ€™ve seen first-hand how MLB and NBA partnerships can drive revenues and reach business objectives for our clients and I am excited for esports to further develop into the next frontier for even greater results. Connecting premier brands with Gen.G and engaging such an amazing fan-base is an incredible opportunity, and I look forward to elevating the Gold Standard esports experience.โ€

Gen.G will rely on Shermanโ€™s expertise and guidance to reach fans and audiences in esportsโ€™ three largest markets: North America, Korea and China. Sherman will focus on linking Gen.G fans and brands to bridge the gap between east and west and evolve the universal esports lifestyle and culture.

โ€œWe are incredibly fortunate to have premier talent such as Jordan join the Gen.G team,โ€ said Gen.G COO Kent Wakeford. โ€œJordanโ€™s unique experience working with premium sports and digital brands provides Gen.G with invaluable contacts and resources to further engage Gen.Gโ€™s valued fans.โ€

Gen.Gโ€™s corporate team is expanding in conjunction with the organizationโ€™s esteemed franchises, including โ€˜Seoul Dynastyโ€™ in the Overwatch League and its world championship League of Legends team. Gen.G recently announced its entrance to Supercellโ€™s Clash Royale League, and Gen.Gโ€™sย PlayerUnknownโ€™s Battlegroundsย (PUBG) teams, Gen.G Black and Gen.G Gold, placed 1stย and 2nd, respectfully in the first complete season of the AfreecaTV PUBG League.

nothing to replace Oskar in Brazil

Bhavya Shah
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nothing to replace Oskar in Brazil

The European line-up, through it’s Twitter handle, has revealed that Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert would stand-in for Tomรกลก “oskar” ล ลฅastnรฝ at ESL One Belo Horizonte. Jordan has been a crucial segment of Cloud 9’s venture into CS:GO while being a part of Cloud 9’s active roster since it’s inception. Mousesports didn’t disclose any specific reason for oskar’s absence at the first premier event in Brazil stating it ‘personal reasons’. Tomรกลก received death threats at StarSeries i-League Season 5 which could possibly be a reason behind the unexpected move.


Since Jordanโ€™s contract with Cloud 9 ended this May, he is a part of Team Old Guys Club alongside Mike โ€œshroudโ€ Grzesiek, Tomi โ€œlurppisโ€ Kovanen, Sean โ€œseangaresโ€ Gares and Robin โ€œFifflarenโ€ Johansson while being a full-time streamer.ย He was also seen at analyst desk on multiple events. Jordan has played for Cloud 9 from 2014-2017 and the squad has achieved commendable achievements including first place at iBUYPOWER Cup 2015, ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals and Subaru Invitational 2017. Tomรกลก “oskar” ล ลฅastnรฝ had joined mousesports in August 2016. Oskar has displayed his astonishing skills and he has shown up at each event under the mouz banner. The star player is a potential cause behind the squad’s success during late 2017 and early 2018.

 

Lekr0 picked up by NiP

Pranav Nalawade
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Lekr0 picked up by NiP

Ninjas in Pyjamas have signed former Fnatic player Jonas “Lekr0” Olofsson to their CS:GO roster, the organization announced Today.

It has been something I have been wanting to do at some point in my career. Iโ€™ve been thinking a lot about my future and what kind of player and teammate I want to be, so Iโ€™m really excited to be able to learn from the legends and to show a new self with great motivation in a large team like this. – Lekr0

William is a young player with an incredible talent. Counter-Strike is not all about talent, however, as the game is heavily based on all players taking on their individual roles in the team, both inside and outside of the game. We could unfortunately not find the right mix with William at the moment which has led us to the decision of benching him for the time being. We are hoping to see him back in competitive play in the future. In his place, we are extremely happy to have found an equally talented replacement in Lekr0 –ย Faruk ‘pita’ Pita

Jonas โ€œLekr0โ€ Olofsson will be replacing William โ€œdrakenโ€ Sundin on the NiP line-up. William has been playing with Ninjas in Pyjamas since March 2017. With him, the team has won the DreamHack Valencia 2017 and Intel Extreme Masters Season XII Oakland, but failed to make it to the major. In the last tournaments of 2018, the squad had early exits and couldn’t go past the group stages.

The first appearance for Lekr0 with Ninjas will be in the upcoming week at the CS:GO Asia Championship in Shanghai, China with $300,000 USD on the line.

ALSO READ: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CSGO ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP

NiP’s roster looks like:

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Dennis “dennis” Edman
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Fredrik “REZ” Sterner
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Jonas “Lekr0” Olofsson

 

 

 

 

 

 

G2 Esports Reveals New CS:GO Lineup for ECS Season 5 Finals

Pranav Nalawade
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G2 Esports Reveals New CS:GO Lineup for ECS Season 5 Finals

Esports Championship Series (ECS) Season 5 LAN Finals will be the first tournament for the revised G2 Esports’ line-up. ECS Season 5 will be held from June 8 to June 10 at SSE Arena, London. According to G2’s manager, this composition is experimental and the final decision will be taken by the management before ESL One Cologne 2018. Until that moment, Kรฉvin “Ex6TenZ”ย Droolans will act as a stand-in, since the remaining players have on-going contracts with the organization.

G2 Esports has benched Nathan “NBK” Schmitt and Dan “apEX” Madecler from the active line-up. Their places will be filled by the former in-game-leader and G2’s coach – Richard “shox” Papillon and Edouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux respectively. Instead of Oscar “mixwell” Caรฑellas, who left team earlier, G2 acquired the service of Kรฉvin “Ex6TenZ”ย Droolans.

G2 Esports’ roster for ECS Season 5 would look like:

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทย Richard “shox” Papillon
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทย Kenny “kennyS” Schrub
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทย Alexandre “bodyy” Pianaro
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทย Edouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทย Kรฉvin “Ex6TenZ” Droolans (stand-in)

NAVI outplayed NRG to win StarSeries i-League Season 5

Pranav Nalawade
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NAVI outplayed NRG to win StarSeries i-League Season 5

Natus Vincere has won StarSeries i-League Season 5 pretty convincingly after taking down NRG 2-0 in the best-of-three grand-finals. Natus Vincere picked up Mirage while they removed Cache and Train whereas NRG chose to play Overpass by removing Dust II and Inferno. Nuke was left over. Natus Vincere won a hefty sum of $125,000 USD securing the first place followed by NRG, mousesports, and North respectively.

NRG K - D +/-ADR HLTV Rating 2.0
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Ethan 'nahtE' Arnold35-38-380.01.05
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Jacob 'FugLy' Medina28-39-1177.70.89
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte28-37-969.20.83
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov25-35-1055.10.76
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Damian 'daps' Steele24-34-1065.80.72
Natus VincereK - D +/-ADR HLTV Rating 2.0
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Aleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev43 - 32+1198.1 1.47
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev42 - 26+1693.61.45
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Denis 'electronic' Sharipov40 - 27 +1386.6 1.44
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko30 - 23+764.4 1.15
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev28 - 33-566.2 0.96

Natus Vincere had an impressive start on T side. NRG started off pistol round with B site retake positioning but eventually lost the pistol round when they couldn’t counter the Zeus-Flamie crossfire at the connector and eventually lost three players. Na’vi, later went on to winning the next six rounds making it 7-0 deficit for the North-American side. Tsvetelin “CeRq” Dimitrov, in the eighth round, eventually broke their streak taking two crucial kills with the AWP. NRG convincingly finished the first-half 7-8 after losing seven straight rounds at the beginning. Second-half begin with s1mple hitting some nasty one-taps with the USP-S. NRG could only secure one round in the second-half and it was a straight-forward victory for Natus Vincere on Overpass.

 

Mirage went off with a spectacular post-plant 1vs3 clutch for Denis “electronic” Sharipov and flamieย  took an incredible ace against unarmored NRG in the third round. NRG won the first buy round when Tsvetelin “CeRq” Dimitrov stepped up and took three compelling kills to secure the round. There were few back-to-back rounds for both the squads but the first-half ended up favoring Na’Vi. In the last round of the first-half, Damian “daps” Steele clutched a crucial 1vs2 and defused the bomb-making it 9-6 to Na’Vi. Just like Overpass, NRG could only secure one round on the Terrorist side in the second half.

Na’vi won both the pistol rounds and went swiping across all the way till the match-point but CeRq took a phenomenal ace with his AK-47 to hold down Na’vi. But unfortunately, NRG lost to five unarmored enemies and the map ended up Danylo “Zeus” Teslenko zeusing Vincent “Brehze” Cayonte.

NRG couldn’t achieve double digits in both the maps and they need to work on their T-side.

Undoubtedly, Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev has been awarded HLTV’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) for StarSeries i-League Season 5.

StarSeries i-League Season 5 final standings:

1st.ย ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Natus Vincere – $125,000 USD

2nd.ย ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ NRG – $50,000 USD

3-4th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ mousesports – $25,000 USD

3-4th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North – $25,000 USD

5-8th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช NiP – $10,000 USD

5-8th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ AGO – $10,000 USD

5-8th.ย ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Liquid – $10,000 USD

5-8th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท SK Gaming – $10,000 USD

9-11th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Renegades – $6,000 USD

9-11th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช GODSENT – $6,000 USD

9-11th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ AVANGAR – $6,000 USD

9-12th.ย ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ TyLoo – $4,000 USD

12-14th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ HellRaisers – $4,000 USD

12-14th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Virtus.pro – $4,000 USD

15-16th.ย ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Gambit – $2,500 USD

15-16th.ย ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ VG.Flash – $2,500 USD

FACEIT Presents Middle East Stars League

Pranav Nalawade
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FACEIT Presents Middle East Stars League

On the matchmaking platform FACEIT, there appeared a separate division for the Middle East – Middle East Stars League. Every month, three best players of the league will participate in the qualification for the FPL. Members of the division will also have access to game servers in Dubai.

The League consists of three divisions, namely Silver, Gold, and Master. Players with a FACEIT level from 1-5 can participate in the Silver League and players with a FACEIT level from 6-10 can participate in the Gold League. You can get into the Master League by invitation or through the division rank below. Each month, the participants of the Master League will not only play for three slots in the qualification for the European FPL, but also for $2,000 USD.

On May 27, the head of FACEIT Circuit, Milos Mikey Nedeljkovic, launched a poll on his personal twitter handle for the following location, in which FACEIT game servers will be added. Moscow surpassed Dubai with a difference of 58%. Game servers and a separate division for Moscow will appear on FACEIT in the upcoming week.

Earlier, Jesper “JW” Wecksell opened the Swedish division, Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovacs opened a division for players from the Czech Republic & Slovakia and team Space Soldiers opened a division for the Turkish talent.

FPL is a closed ladder on FACEIT for professional players. It can be reached through divisions by rank below or by invitation. In Europe, the ladder has been in existence since August 2015. On March 11, 2018, FACEIT resumed the FPL operation in North America and also opened three regional divisions for CS:GO.

Playtonia is casting StarSeries i-League in Hindi

The Crew
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Playtonia is casting StarSeries i-League in Hindi

Star Series and i-League returns for its fifth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Season. The tournament boasts of a mouthwatering $300,000 USD as the prize money for the participating teams with a unique Swiss format for the entire span of the league. The event features sixteen teams and all the encounters would be best-of-three. Top eight teams have qualified for the playoffs while the remaining eight teams have been eliminated.

The good news is that StarSeries i-League Season 5 is being broadcasted in Hindi and Playtonia is the Hindi broadcasting partner for the same.

Casters who are covering the event in Hindi are:

  • Alok “Noobistra” Mohapatra

  • Nikhil “Heaton” Dalvi

  • Kammaljeet “Rizzie” Singh

The matches are being streamed live in Hindi on Twitch every day from 12:30 PM IST onwards:

 

A little insight from Abhijit Patnaik, Co-Founder of Playtonia on his perception regarding the StarSeries i-league Season 5:

“Global eSports events like StarSeries & i-League coming to India, promoting eSports in local language means a lot. It will definitely help Indian eSports community to enjoy their favorite players in action with Hindi casting tadka. This will eventually help us to bring eSports into mainstream entertainment for millions of viewers.”

 

Rivalry.GG has implemented a special offer for the Indian users during the entire span of the event wherein users can avail $10 bonus for betting on their website for the ongoing StarSeries i-League Season 5. Along with this, Rivalry.GG has been kind enough to splurge another $10 giveaway per individual, for ten individuals at the end of the event.
Thermaltake has also been pivotal in garnering viewership with their dedicated giveaway products for the event and empowering viewership for Hindi shout-casting consequently.

 

 

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