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adreN to miss PGL Major Stockholm

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Time Stamp: October 18, 2021 5:22 PM - Modified On: October 18, 2021 - Published By:
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Eric "⁠adreN⁠" Hoag has announced that he will not attend PGL Major Stockholm with Liquid as he prepares for the birth of his child, leaving the team's manager, jokasteve, to take his place. The loss of adreN comes as a big blow to Liquid ahead of the Major as the team have looked a more cohesive unit in recent weeks, with Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic and Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip both putting up numbers reminiscent of their glory days. adreN will not stand behind Liquid as they fight for a Major crown

PGL Major Stockholm Challengers Stage first-round matchups drawn

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An all-Danish clash will start the tournament, followed shortly by a match between BIG and Virtus.pro. The initial matchups for the first Swiss stage of PGL Major Stockholm have been unveiled by the tournament organizer. A game between Astralis and Copenhagen Flames will start the action on the main stream while FaZe and Spirit face off on the secondary one. However, the most interesting initial match is expected to be the one between BIG and Virtus.pro as the teams ranked 12th and 13th cross paths early. BIG have drawn a

MIBR signs JOTA

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Time Stamp: October 18, 2021 2:25 PM - Modified On: October 18, 2021 - Published By:
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MIBR has expanded its CS:GO roster with the addition of former Bravos player Jhonatan “⁠JOTA⁠” Willian, the organization announced today. JOTA will be a part of the starting lineup since Marcelo “chelo” Cespedes is still recovering from a car accident he suffered in September. The team was using academy player Breno “⁠brnz4n⁠” Poletto to replace chelo, but he has to go back to Brazil to finish his last year of high school. The addition of JOTA sees him reunite with Adriano “⁠WOOD7⁠” Cerato and Matheus “⁠Tuurtle⁠” Anhaia, who were a

MIBR expand roster with JOTA

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Time Stamp: October 18, 2021 1:48 PM - Modified On: October 18, 2021 - Published By:
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MIBR have announced the signing of Jhonatan "⁠JOTA⁠" Willian. The 23-year-old has joined the team to further expand the Brazilian roster following the additions of his former Bravos teammates Adriano "⁠WOOD7⁠" Cerato and Matheus "⁠Tuurtle⁠" Anhaia. JOTA had been a key player for Bravos and one of their best performers before the team disbanded earlier this month, averaging a 1.21 rating in 2021 and helping them become one of, if not the, best teams competing in South America as they clinched several titles on the local scene. MIBR's newest player

allu to stand-in for Complexity on loan in IEM Winter Europe closed qualifier

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Complexity are set to utilize Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli in their IEM Winter Europe closed qualifier campaign, with the 29-year-old joining the team on a temporary loan after they parted ways with Valentin "⁠poizon⁠" Vasilev on Sunday. allu has been out of action since May, when he took a leave of absence from ENCE due to personal reasons citing the "hectic years with minimal breaks" leaving him "extremely drained and fatigued, inside and outside the server." In July, he announced that he was ready to get back to work and began

poizon and Complexity part ways

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Valentin "⁠poizon⁠" Vasilev is no longer a part of Complexity, the Dallas-based organization has announced, ending the 22-year-old's 21-month long tenure with the team and making him a free agent. The move comes after Complexity failed to qualify for PGL Major Stockholm via the Regional Major Ranking leaderboard, finding themselves eliminated from IEM Fall Europe in 17-20th place and firmly out of contention for a Major spot. The team's subsequent appearance in the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown was also lacklustre as they narrowly fought past MIBR, only to be crushed

Smooya leaves Movistar Riders

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Time Stamp: October 15, 2021 6:44 AM - Modified On: October 15, 2021 - Published By:
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The 22-year old British AWPer is now a free agent after eight months with the Spanish organization. Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield has left Movistar Riders and is now a free agent, the player announced on Twitter. The young AWPer has been released from his contract with the organization after spending two months on the bench following the team's decision to return to a fully Spanish roster in August. Butterfield revealed that he will consider offers for both North American and European teams as well as opportunities in VALORANT. smooya is now

fer joins 00Nation

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Time Stamp: October 14, 2021 10:01 PM - Modified On: October 14, 2021 - Published By:
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To replace the recently benched Henrique "⁠HEN1⁠" Teles and Lucas "⁠LUCAS1⁠" Teles, 00Nation have signed former MIBR and SK player Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga. The Brazilian veteran will debut for the team in the second IEM Winter Europe open qualifier, which will begin at 18:00 on Friday. Having run a six-man lineup since the creation of the project after leaving the MIBR organization at the beginning of the year, 00Nation have decided to forgo the Teles twins in favor of a permanent spot for Alencar "⁠trk⁠" Rossato, and have added fer

00Nation bench HEN1, LUCAS1

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00Nation have moved Henrique "⁠HEN1⁠" Teles and Lucas "⁠LUCAS1⁠" Teles to the bench, the organisation announced on Thursday. The change to the roster leaves the team with four players on its starting lineup, which will presumably see Alencar "⁠trk⁠" Rossato moved from a rotational position in the six-man roster into a full-time slot. The benching of the brothers comes in the wake of a last place finish in IEM Fall North America, in which 00Nation were unable to pick up a single map win in their group and were subsequently

G2 and OG advance to BLAST Showdown quarter-finals

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Time Stamp: October 13, 2021 1:16 PM - Modified On: October 13, 2021 - Published By:
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G2 are through to the next stage of the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 after defeating Lynn Vision in a competitive showing from the Chinese, which saw the favorites come back into the series after a surprising loss on Vertigo to the Chinese squad. It was less stressful day for OG, as they swept paiN 2-0 with Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen producing some great moments for his team across both maps. G2 will face the winner of Evil Geniuses vs MAD Lions on Saturday while OG will fight Complexity on Friday