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100 Thieves survive early scare from Gen.G in NA VCT Last Chance Qualifier opener

100 Thieves’ opening map loss to Gen.G proved to be nothing more than a false alarm, as the top-seeded North American team at the Last Chance Qualifier comfortably won their next two maps to advance to the next round of the LCQ. On Breeze, 100T went with a comp that’s not typical to them: a double-duelist setup with Asuna on Reyna and Nitr0 on Jett, putting recently promoted b0i on Viper. They got off to a hot start on attack with some great entries from Nitr0, taking the first five

NA VCT Last Chance Qualifier: Scores, schedule, bracket

At the North American Last Chance Qualifier, one team will punch their ticket to Champions, while seven of the NA squads that played a major role in the first year of the VALORANT Champions Tour will get sent home. What was originally a 10-team bracket with single and double-elimination portions has now been reduced to an eight-team single-elimination bracket after both Oceanic teams were unable to attend. One team will come out on top and join fellow NA teams Sentinels and Team Envy at Champions in Berlin. Participating teams The

How to complete Oct. 7’s Marquee Matchups SBC in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team

EA Sports added a set of Marquee Matchups to FIFA 22 Ultimate Team today that you can complete by accessing the squad-building challenge (SBC) menu. The Marquee Matchups are weekly challenges themed around real soccer’s key matchups. EA selects some matches and creates SBCs that reward players with tradeable FUT packs. This SBC is themed around this week’s key matchups. You’ll have until next Thursday, Oct. 14 to complete four squads: Sweden vs. Greece, Germany vs. Romania, Colombia vs. Brazil, and Belgium vs. France. Each squad requires a different set of conditions

How to watch the EMEA VCT Last Chance Qualifier

EMEA’s VCT Last Chance Qualifier offers one last chance for teams from Europe, Turkey, CIS, and MENA to secure a slot at the first official VALORANT world championship in Berlin in December.  From Oct. 10 to 17, eight teams, including G2 Esports, SuperMassive Blaze, and Team Liquid will compete in a double-elimination bracket for the honor to present their region at the end-of-year event.  One of the eight participating teams will join Gambit, who won Masters Berlin in September, and Acend and Fnatic, who hold the second and third spots

Bracket, format revealed for NA’s VCT Last Chance Qualifier

Riot has finalized the bracket and format for NA’s Last Chance Qualifier.  The event, which starts on Oct. 12, will feature eight North American teams in a double-elimination bracket. The winner will secure a spot at VALORANT’s end-of-year Champions event in December.  Riot had originally intended to invite 10 teams to the event but had to make some last-minute changes. ORDER and Chiefs Esports Club, the two teams that reached the final of the VALORANT Oceania Tour 2021: Championship, were ruled out of the event due to COVID-19 regulations, travel

BIG and mousesports secure spots in PGL Stockholm Major

The last qualifying event for the PGL Stockholm Major, IEM Fall 2021: Europe, returned today with its playoffs. And the results secured two European teams, BIG and mousesports, a place at the upcoming CS:GO tournament. The players representing the organization based in Berlin had their fate in their own hands. Their situation was simple: BIG needed to win one of two possible series to guarantee a spot in the tournament in Sweden’s capital. The Germans faced Heroic in the first round of the top-12 decider matches and won in just

Fnatic to miss second straight CS:GO Major after last-place finish at IEM Fall Europe

Fnatic have been mathematically eliminated from participating in the upcoming CS:GO PGL Stockholm Major in late October following a 0-5/1-4 performance in Group D of the IEM Fall Europe event. Fnatic’s run in the group stage, playing only best-of-one series, got off to a rough start with a one-sided loss to FaZe Clan on Mirage, followed by close losses to Double Poney and Team Fiend on Nuke and Inferno, respectively. Down 0-3, the Swedish-British Fnatic roster needed to win both of their last matches and get some help in other

All teams qualified for 2021 PGL Stockholm Major

The PGL CS:GO Major is set to take place in Stockholm, Sweden from Oct. 26 to Nov. 7, with the playoffs being held at the Avicii Arena. The $2 million tournament will be the first Valve-sponsored event since the StarLadder Berlin Major in September 2019. The last Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournaments ahead of the Major are taking place under the umbrella of IEM Fall across six different regions: Europe, North America, CIS, Asia, Oceania, and South America. Each region has a determined number of slots, with Europe, CIS, and

Team Liquid’s Impossible Battle With Astralis

CSGOPhoto courtesy of mynewsdeskTeam Liquid against Astralis is one of the most one-sided rivalries between top teams in the history of competitive Counter-Strike, spanning CS 1.6 and CS:GO. Spanning almost six years, the two teams have faced off all across the phases of tournaments and around the world, with many roster moves along the way on both sides, but the theme has been consistent and that has been Astralis winning and in total Astralis dominating.Liquid does not stand alone as the Washington Generals to Astralis' Harlem Globetrotters, though. The likes

NAts’ settings, keybinds, and crosshair for VALORANT

Gambit’s Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin was one of the standout players at VCT Masters Berlin this September. The 19-year-old was key to the team’s success at the international tournament.  Known for his unique skillset on Viper and Cypher, the talented young Russian should now be considered one of the very best VALORANT players in the world. Not only does nAts record incredible numbers, often top-fragging for his team, but he’s also capable of controlling and dictating the pace of the game with his intelligent reads on the meta. Here’s nAts’ full