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FaZe Clan: Xizt to replace olofmeister for 2 months

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FaZe Clan: Xizt to replace olofmeister for 2 months

With recent semi-final finishes and not being able to grab the trophy, FaZe Clan isn’t happy with their recent performance. FaZe Clan lost to Virtus.Pro at the semi-finals in Hungary at V4 Future Sports Festival. Since then, Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer has decided to step down from the active roster due to ‘personal reasons’.

Further, FaZe Clan revealed through it’s official Twitter handle that the Swedish legend, Richard “Xizt” Landström would replace Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer for a period of two months. During a practice scrim between FaZe Clan and BIG, Richard “Xizt” Landström was already seen playing for FaZe Clan. Whereas, Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer has been offline on Steam since past seven days.

 

According to neL, Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer has been benched due to personal reasons and conflict of interest among the team. FaZe Clan also announced that it has already signed Richard “Xizt” Landström and he has been added to FaZe’s ESEA roster.

The 27-year-old has been away from the pro scene when he was replaced by Dennis “dennis” Edman on NiP. He was recently negotiating with Fnatic to replace Maikil “Golden” Selim but it didn’t proceed after Fnatic won two back to back events under Golden’s in-game-leading.

P.S: It’s not an April fool prank, it’s happening for real.

Stewie2k quits Cloud9, moves to SK Gaming

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Stewie2k quits Cloud9, moves to SK Gaming

Jake “Stewie2k” Yip officially joined SKGaming. This was announced by Captain Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo on Twitter.

However, he will be trying out for SK Gaming in the coming weeks and will be taking Epitacio “TACO” de Melo’s spot on the active Brazilian lineup on a trial basis. It’s unclear whether Stewie2k is contracted to SK, but he was let out of a recent multi-year agreement with Cloud9, according to C9 CEO Jack Etienne.

In a TwitLonger post, Stewie2k explained that he left C9 because of a last-minute offer from SK. However, he is already at the SK house.

“These are the opportunities that don’t come around and maybe even comes only once in a lifetime. It’ll be different every day I wake up. I thought hard about this and the most important reason that I did not want to leave because the organization and team were a home to me and it felt like i’ve essentially built this team. Leaving them means I don’t believe in them anymore but that’s not the case. We won a major together I’ve seen the potential in this team. I thought about what I wanted and that’s to keep competing, win titles, and raise trophies. Tactically speaking about Cloud9, I feel I make an impact on leading the team on T side but it may not always be the best or even make sense and that comes from experience. I wanted to experience a different in game environment with players who’ve touched the top. I feel like Counter-Strike has many styles and there are so much in the shadows to explore When I first joined Cloud 9, I performed well and showed hope when I was an Indian rather than a chief. I wanted to try becoming a chief and I’ve tried both sides of the spectrum now. I feel my potential can hopefully be unleashed eventually under a strong leader. This decision has got to be one of my hardest ones so far in life and it hurts even more because my connection with these boys are strong, but I had to choose what I thought was best for my career.”

Stewie2k played for Cloud9 since January 2016. With it, he became the champion of ESL Pro League Season 4, DreamHack Open Denver 2017, iBUYPOWER Masters 2017 and The ELEAGUE Major 2017.

With Stewie2k’s addition, SK Gaming now have :

  • 🇧🇷 Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo
  • 🇧🇷 Fernando “fer“ Alvarenga
  • 🇧🇷 Marcelo “coldzera” David
  • 🇧🇷 Ricardo “boltz” Prass
  • 🇺🇸 Jake “Stewie2k” Yip

Report: Stewie2k to join FalleN and co.

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Report: Stewie2k to join FalleN and co.

According to VPEsports, Jake “Stewie2k” Yip has already been bought by Team Immortals & the current SK Gaming’s roster is expected to join Immortals along with Stewie2k as their fifth player.

On March 22, Epitacio “TACO” de Melo left SK Gaming and several insiders reported that the team would bench Ricardo “Boltz” Prass and instead of the Brazilians, Alexander “s1mple” Kostylev and Egor “flamie” Vasiliev would join the active-lineup. On March 23, it became known that the duo remained in Natus Vincere. On March 26th, sources have reported on the transition to SK of the champion of ELEAGUE Major 2018 Stewie2k. The founder of Flickshot.fr, Guillaume “neL” Canelo also said that TACO received an offer from Cloud9, but he rejected it instantly.

VPEsports reported on the possible departure of SK Gaming’s CS:GO roster to Immortals. The sources of the portal claim that the Brazilians are not satisfied with the management and the club – with the financial requests of the players. Head of Immortals- Noah Winston has not confirmed the rumour but has promised to sign the Brazilian lineup.

 

Skadoodle: Currently inactive with CS:GO and the future is uncertain

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Skadoodle: Currently inactive with CS:GO and the future is uncertain

One of North America’s finest sniper, Tyler “Skadoodle” Latham announces his retirement from the competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene and he’s no more part of the active Cloud9 roster.

Skadoodle declined to explain the decision. He just tweeted that his future in CS: GO is vague.

Skadoodle achieved the biggest win of his career on Jan. 28, when Cloud9 won the ELEAGUE Major: Boston. They became the first North American roster to ever win a Major event. He was also the longest standing player on the Cloud9 CS:GO roster.

Additionally—as Stewie2k is rumored to join the Brazilian squad along with FalleN, Fer, Coldzera & Boltz—Cloud9 have reportedly been looking to find a Swedish replacement, Richard “Xizt” Landström. Cloud9 are in the midst of negotiations with Xizt’s former team NiP as the 27-year-old is still under contract with the Swedish organization, HLTV reported.

According to insiders, Cloud9 may lose another player. The 24-year-old is being replaced by former Team Liquid AWPer Josh “JDM” Marzano, according to DBL Tap.

Cloud9’s roster now consists of :

  • 🇺🇸 Jake “Stewie2k” Yip
  • 🇺🇸 Timothy “autimatic” Ta
  • 🇺🇸 Villas “RUSH” Wierszba
  • 🇺🇸 Tarik “tarik” Celik

 

 

Report : kNgV- set to join Não Tem Como

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Report : kNgV- set to join Não Tem Como

Vito “kNgV-” Giuseppe will be reuniting with his former 100 Thieves companions, who are now performing under the tag Não Tem Como (NTC). This was reported by the portal ESPN Brasil with reference to sources close to the team Virtue Gaming, for which the Brazilian is currently playing.

According to ESPN, the teams agreed on the transfer of the player. On Saturday, kNgV- will play the last match for Virtue Gaming in the closed qualifiers for ESL Pro League LA, and then join NTC on the boot camp in Germany.

KNg played with Lincoln “fnx” Lau and Bruno “BIT” Lima composed of 100 Thieves. Competing for Immortals at the time, the AWPer was cut from the roster following a series of controversies. The organization expelled kNgV-from the composition after homophobic remarks in the direction of Duncan Thorin Shields.

After that, kNgV- returned to Brazil, and his companions began to play under the NTC tag: However his place was taken by Joao “felps” Vasconcellos. On March 29, for an unknown reason, the brothers Enrique “HEN1” Teles and Lucas “LUCAS1” Teles left the roster.

With kNgV’s addition, the possible composition of Não Tem Como will look like:

  • 🇧🇷 Lincoln “fnx” Lau
  • 🇧🇷 Joao “felps” Vasconcellos
  • 🇧🇷 Bruno “BIT” Lima
  • 🇧🇷 Vito “kNgV-“ Giuseppe
  • TBA

 

“I will play for an American team”: TACO

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“I will play for an American team”: TACO

After getting benched from SK Gaming, Epitacio “TACO” de Melo said that he would join a North American team, but he did not name any specific team. However, according to the rumors, he is in talks with Cloud9 and Team Liquid.

ALSO READ: Potential trade swap of TACO & Stewie2K in talks between the orgs.

First, TACO hyped his followers on Twitter – supposedly about the composition of SK Gaming. But later he added: “in North America.”

On March 22, TACO left SK Gaming. On the 28th neL said that TACO has been negotiating with Cloud9 and was already practicing with the team. He is expected to take the place of Jake “Stewie2k” Yip. On the next day, the author of the podcast ‘Rush B’ claimed that Team Liquid was practicing with Epitacio “TACO” de Melo instead of Lucas “steel” Lopes.

 

 

 

ELEAGUE Nominated for 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards

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ELEAGUE Nominated for 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards

New York, NY – March 28, 2018 – The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 39th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards.

Nominations were announced in 40 categories including Outstanding Live Sports Special, Live Sports Series and Playoff Coverage, three Documentary categories, Outstanding New Media, Outstanding Play-by-Play Announcer, and Studio Host, among others.

ELEAGUE Emmy Awards

ELEAGUE has been nominated for Sports Emmys in the following categories:

  • Outstanding Trans-media Sports Coverage (the crossover between television and online coverage)
  • Outstanding Live Graphic Design
  • The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award for use of Augmented Reality to show in-game models during broadcasts.

Yangaroo, Inc. is the official provider of the Digital Media Distribution System Awards Management Solution (“DMDS”) for the submission, judging and voting of all categories for the 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards.

Accounting services for the competition are provided by the firm of Lutz & Carr, LLP. United Airlines is the official airline of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

“Qualifying for the Major is my dream”: NiP Rez

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“Qualifying for the Major is my dream”: NiP Rez

The 20-year old Ninjas In Pyjamas star Fredrik “REZ” Sterner spoke about his career in CS: GO, how he started, what’s the current situation in the team and about his future goals.

Ninjas in Pyjamas published a video on their official Youtube channel about the history of Fredrik REZ Sterner.

First multiplayer game –

“The first multiplayer game for me was World of Warcraft. My brother started to play, and I watched him a lot. I wanted my character and asked my parents to buy it for me. That’s how my journey started in WoW.

When asked about starting a career in Esports –

In eSports I got into the first year of the game in CS: GO. With my first team, we went to the mayor in Bucharest [talking about Cringe Gods and the European minor to MLG Columbus 2016 – approx. Ed.]. It was at this point, most likely, started as a career, and e-sports for me as a whole. When Cringe Gods and I flew to Bucharest, I realized that I could make a living and build a future in Counter-Strike. With me in the composition was also draken , and from this, all of us began. ”

About the current situation of Ninjas in Pajamas –

“To make Ninjas in Pajamas even better, we need more structured play and planned actions on an individual level. This is what we are working on together with pita [ in February Farooq Peta again became the team’s coach – approx. Ed. ]. I think that a bright future awaits us. I believe that with pita we are able to enter the top three teams in the world. Now we know what we need to work on, and we believe that we can go far. I believe in it”.

About future goals

“To get on the major and win it is my cherished dream for the moment. And the main goal now. This means a lot for me and for the team as a whole. So yes, my main goal is to get to the major and win it. ”

On June 12, Ninjas in Pajamas replaced Adam “Friberg” with Fredrik “REZ” Sterner. The transfer of this player to a stronger Swedish team was a matter of time. Participants of the top 20 best players of 2016 according to HLTV.org – Kjaerbye , flusha and olofmeister – called Sterner a potential discovery of 2017.

After joining NIP, REZ won DreamHack Valencia 2017 and Intel Extreme Masters Season XII Oakland, and also reached the semi-final DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017.

Image: HLTV

Potential trade swap of TACO & Stewie2K in talks between the orgs.

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Potential trade swap of TACO & Stewie2K in talks between the orgs.

A report by DBLTAP suggests there could be a potential deal about to happen between Cloud9 and SK. The speculations suggest that according to multiple sources close to the esports journalist DeKay, Cloud9 are in talks with TACO to replace him with Stewie2K.

SK Gaming is on the hunt for their fifth after they chose to bench TACO, who was a member of the roster since the early 2015. Esports journalist DeKay had reported about the potential trade swap earlier today. The talks could also remain stringent and not mature similar to what happened to the earlier discussions to acquire Flamie & s1mple which went outright unsuccessful.

Journals report Stewie2K to join SK, falleN says otherwise

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Journals report Stewie2K to join SK, falleN says otherwise

According to multiple reports, SK is looking to acquire Stewie2K from Cloud9 for their fifth spot. The Brazilian-squad is currently boot camping in North America and this move could well be proven right. Soon after the release of TACO, SK Gaming has been on the hunt. FalleN, however, questioned the report.

It was earlier discovered that SK Gaming was looking for options in the Ukrainian Counter Strike. The potential contenders to join SK were flamie and s1mple, but the reports were later not found robust. The CEO of Navi himself denied this followed by s1mple.

After HLTV reported the prospective deal between Stewie2K and SK Gaming, FalleN quickly tweeted and hinted towards the untrue behavior of the trade.

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