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Astralis – Spirit headlines final Challengers Stage matchups

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Time Stamp: October 28, 2021 3:37 PM - Modified On: November 2, 2021 - Published By:
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Following MOUZ eliminating Renegades in the final game on day three in Stockholm, the matchups for the fifth round of the Challengers Stage have been set. In the final BO3 series which will see three teams eliminated and three progress to the Legends stage, BIG will take on MOUZ, Heroic will face Movistar Riders, and Astralis will play Spirit. One win away from the Legends Stage The initial game on Friday will see Heroic clash with Movistar Riders. The highest-ranked team still fighting for a Legends slot, Heroic, will have

ENCE punch their ticket to the Legends Stage after defeating BIG

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Time Stamp: October 28, 2021 11:53 AM - Modified On: November 2, 2021 - Published By:
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ENCE are the latest team to qualify for the Legends Stage of the PGL Major Stockholm after defeating BIG 2-1. The European mix came into the series with a 2-1 record in the Challenger Stage featuring a win against GODSENT and a loss to FaZe on the opening day as well as a victory against MOUZ on Wednesday. Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer's team was able to bounce back after a disappointing collapse on Dust2 and bring the fire into the next two maps. Paweł "⁠dycha⁠" Dycha propelled his team to a

PGL Major Stockholm Challengers Stage round 4 matchups set

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Time Stamp: October 27, 2021 2:54 PM - Modified On: November 2, 2021 - Published By:
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The second day of the Challengers Stage in Stockholm has come to a close, leaving twelve teams standing after FaZe and Copenhagen Flames advanced to the Legends Stage, and GODSENT and Sharks were eliminated. The fourth round of matchups have now been determined, with teams set to exclusively play in best-of-three matches for the remainder of this Swiss stage as they will have everything to fight for, either to advance or to avoid elimination. Virtus.pro will look to secure a Legends spot as they kick off day three Kicking off

Sprout part ways with kressy

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Time Stamp: October 22, 2021 12:06 PM - Modified On: October 22, 2021 - Published By:
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The 25-year-old player exits the team after nine months, with further updates to the team expected soon. The German organization Sprout has announced the exit of Marko "⁠kressy⁠" Đorđević from their lineup following the conclusion of the RMR cycle and ESEA Premier Season 38. Sprout peaked at No. 21 in the world ranking in March, a few months into kressy's tenure, but the team struggled after the summer break as they dropped out of the top 30, failing to make a mark in premier tournaments such as the IEM Cologne

Biggest takeaways from lineups submitted for PGL Major

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Time Stamp: October 22, 2021 7:23 AM - Modified On: October 22, 2021 - Published By:
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Earlier on Friday, PGL has unveiled the official lineups teams have submitted for the upcoming Major in Stockholm. Overall, there are no big surprises on the list after Virtus.pro announced the switch of Sanjar "⁠SANJI⁠" Kuliev for Evgeny "⁠FL1T⁠" Lebedev for the tournament, but a few curious names still appear in some of the big teams. Everyone has been given the chance to submit a substitute player at no cost of their RMR points, whom they can swap in and out once during the tournament at their leisure. While it's

PGL Major Stockholm Challengers Stage first-round matchups drawn

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Time Stamp: October 18, 2021 2:34 PM - Modified On: October 18, 2021 - Published By:
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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

Team Liquid claim EMEA’s last spot at Champions, Guild and G2 miss out

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Time Stamp: October 17, 2021 11:07 PM - Modified On: October 17, 2021 - Published By:
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A quick and clean 3-1 win against Guild at the EMEA VCT Last Chance Qualifier has secured Team Liquid a spot at VALORANT’s end-of-year world championship in Berlin, Germany in December. Liquid, who previously missed out on the event out of a lack of circuit points, will join Gambit, who qualified after winning Masters Berlin in September, and Acend and Fnatic, who placed second and third in the circuit point standings. G2, despite earning 325 circuit points over the course of the year, have narrowly missed out on Champions. A

Xbox Series X ‘Mini Fridge’ Preorder Date and Price Announced

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Time Stamp: October 15, 2021 5:56 PM - Modified On: October 15, 2021 - Published By:
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Top GamesThe Xbox Series X "Mini Fridge" will be available for preorder on Oct. 19, 2021. / Photo courtesy of MicrosoftThe Xbox Series X "Mini Fridge" will be available for preorder on Oct. 19, 2021, for $99.99 USD, Microsoft announced Friday.After initially starting out in 2020 as a meme in which Microsoft's freshly-revealed vertical design of their next-gen gaming console was called out for looking like a refrigerator, it appears the Xbox team is ready to turn that playful pain into profit as the Xbox Series X "Mini Fridge" is

Fiend claim Elisa Invitational Fall title over Copenhagen Flames

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Time Stamp: October 15, 2021 4:14 PM - Modified On: October 15, 2021 - Published By:
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Powerhouse squads set for the Major such as Gambit, BIG, and ENCE were invited to the playoffs of the $100,000 Elisa Invitational Fall, but it was two group stage teams in Fiend and Copenhagen Flames that battled against the odds to reach the grand final. In a rematch of the Major-spot deciding game from IEM Fall, Fiend got their revenge on Copenhagen Flames with a dominant 2-0 (16-2 Inferno, 16-8 Nuke), and bagged $50,000 for their troubles. Fiend will take home $50,000 for winning the tournament Fiend's in-game leader Kamen

How to complete POTM Wirtz SBC in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team

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Time Stamp: October 14, 2021 2:30 PM - Modified On: October 14, 2021 - Published By:
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EA Sports added a 91-rated Player of the Month (POTM) version of Florian Wirtz from Bayer 04 Leverkusen to FIFA 22 today. This item is available through the squad-building challenge (SBC) menu in the game. This is Wirtz’s second special card in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team. He already has an 82-rated TOTW version and received this Bundesliga POTM version today for his performance throughout September. EA greatly upgraded all of Wirtz’s skills, including Shooting (+14), Physical (+11), Pace (+9), Passing (+9), Pace (+9), and Defending (+8) when you compare this new card to his