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Liquid thrash TSM on map 3, advance to SI lower bracket finals

What began as a thrilling best-of-three series between North American Rainbow Six Siege team TSM and Brazilian team Team Liquid ended in a Liquid stomp on Oregon. Despite the two teams dueling to exciting maximum regulation and overtime in the first 7-5 and 8-7 games, Liquid decimated TSM in the final map. Oregon is typically a defender-sided map, but Liquid raced out to a 5-1 lead on their attacking half. Despite earlier brilliance from the North American roster and Jason “Beaulo” Doty, TSM couldn’t re-find their footing in the 7-3

Paluh becomes first player to notch 200 kills at SI

Brazilians are rewriting the traditional rules of Rainbow Six Siege in nearly every facet at the Six Invitational. The LATAM region is dominating the playoffs stage. Three of the top four teams are all-Brazilian, and the traditional EU powers are completely out of the tournament before the final two days. In his own way, Luccas “Paluh” Molina has made history by becoming the only player to record 200 kills at the Six Invitational. Statistically, Paluh is having one of the best Invitational runs of any individual player ever. He leads

Liquid beat FaZe to advance in lower bracket at SI 2021

Team Liquid have secured a top-four placing at the Six Invitational 2021 with their 2-1 win over fellow LATAM power FaZe Clan today. Liquid were knocked into the lower bracket by MIBR and haven’t looked back since. They decimated Parabellum 2-0, dropped Team Empire 2-0, and will move on to face TSM in the next round. The winner of the next round will advance to the lower bracket finals, where they’ll await the loser of the upper bracket finals. Ninjas in Pyjamas and MIBR will face off in the upper

VCT Masters Reykjavík power rankings

The VALORANT Champions Tour Masters Reykjavík marks the first time that the best teams from each region will compete on an international stage. Each squad fought their way through regional qualifier events and established themselves as top teams. But how will these teams perform against other regions? Here are our Masters Reykjavík team power rankings and how we think each team compares to the competition. 10) X10 Esports X10 Esports are at the bottom of our list in the power rankings, but not because they're a lackluster team. X10 are

Liquid defeat Empire, send last EU team home from SI 2021

The EU region’s days of dominating Rainbow Six Siege esports seem far behind them. North American team TSM defeated French title favorite BDS earlier today. And now, the Brazilian Team Liquid roster have defeated EU’s last hope, the all-Russian Team Empire. Team Empire started slow. They never really found their footing in the midst of a Liquid onslaught on Kafe Dostoevysky and repeated the mistake on Oregon. Despite appearing like they’d regained their 2019 form earlier in the group stage, Empire were outclassed on every single level of competition by

VCT Masters Reykjavík format, explained

VCT Masters Reykjavík, the first international LAN tournament for VALORANT, begins on May 24. The format, bracket, and schedule have been revealed.  The 10 teams competing in the event were seeded into a double-elimination bracket. The top-seeded teams from the two regions with the largest player base, North America and Europe, were seeded into the second round, while the remaining eight teams were “randomly” seeded with the requirement that teams from the same region could not be put on the same side of the bracket.  All matches in the tournament

Here are the 10 teams competing at VCT Stage 2: Masters Reykjavík

The 10-team field for VCT Stage Two: Masters Reykjavík is finally set. It took two months to determine the 10 best VALORANT teams from each of the regions, but the final squad has now qualified for the event. Masters Reykjavík is the largest VALORANT event in the history of the esport. It's the first international tournament and it's also the first event that will be played on LAN. Until now, VALORANT fans have had to watch regional tournaments and endure endless arguments about which region is better. Now, they'll get

FaZe Clan’s cameram4n on March LATAM roster shuffle: ‘We’ve never seen a region change so much’

FaZe Clan were arguably the biggest beneficiary of the March transfer window in Rainbow Six Siege. Following a series of underwhelming results, the storied organization released four members of their roster, opting to buy out the majority of the MiBR roster. The move reunited long-time FaZe Clan player Gabriel “cameram4n” Hespanhol with the organization, and also added Jaime “Cyber” Ramos, José “Bullet1” Victor, and Lucas “soulz1” Romero Schinke. Only Leonardo “Astro” Luis remained, once again joining with cameram4n. “We’ve never seen a region change so much,” said cameram4n. “That’s probably

Alem4o on his overnight international stardom: ‘It’s a lot of emotion’

No one had a better first day of the 2021 Six Invitational than Karl “Alem4o” Zarth. The youngster, playing a wide variety of roles, starred in Team oNe’s opening matches and earned international acclaim in the process. In Team oNe’s second match of the day, they went down 6-2 to G2 Esports. On match point, they rattled off four straight rounds to push the map to overtime. In overtime, they won another quick pair of rounds to make it six in a row, completing an improbable comeback against a storied

Elemzje on being SI favorites: ‘We know that we are one of the favorites… but I don’t think it puts any added pressure on us’

BDS Esports came into the Rainbow Six Siege Six Invitational 2021 as one of a rare few teams considered a true favorite. At SI 2020, they came in fourth and were the highest-placed EU team at the event. During EUL, they remained on top of the region, earning at least a second-place finish in every “Mini-Major” and regular EUL Stage they played. As such, the mechanically brilliant all-French team is a popular pick to lift the hammer on May 23. “We know that we are one of the favorites, a