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NAVI defeat FaZe to set up IEM Cologne grand final match against G2

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Time Stamp: July 17, 2021 4:52 PM - Modified On: July 17, 2021 - Published By:
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Natus Vincere booked their ticket to the IEM Cologne grand final following a 2-0 victory over FaZe on Inferno (16-7) and Mirage (16-7), making the first Big Event grand final back on LAN the same as the last one before the online era, G2 vs. Natus Vincere, which was played at IEM Katowice with Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy's men sweeping the series. The two grand finalists have shown to be the strongest teams at the event in Cologne so far, winning their groups with 3-0 records and following it up with

Gla1ve on the future of Astralis: ‘We don’t know what to expect’

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Time Stamp: July 15, 2021 1:47 PM - Modified On: July 15, 2021 - Published By:
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Astralis, the best CS:GO team of all time, may feature a totally different lineup next year. The Danes’ in-game leader Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander confirmed in a press conference today ahead of the IEM Cologne playoffs that most of the team’s contracts will expire on Jan. 1. “As most people know, most of us have contracts that are running out on January 1,” gla1ve said during the press conference, referring to a tweet from RushBMedia’s Ryan Friend on June 18 that revealed that Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen, Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth, Emil “Magisk” Reif, and

Virtus Pro and Astralis collide, FaZe face Gambit in IEM Cologne quarterfinals

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Time Stamp: July 15, 2021 1:37 PM - Modified On: July 15, 2021 - Published By:
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There won’t be a crowd, but the playoffs of IEM Cologne will ideally produce some of the most exciting CS:GO action seen in over a year. Six teams remain in the first CS:GO LAN event since March 2020, fighting for a $1-million prize pool and the honor of hoisting the new Cologne trophy for the first time. On the eve of playoffs, we’re taking a brief look at how we got to this moment over the past two weeks, how the quarterfinalists match up against each other, and what awaits

Twistzz says FaZe handles pressure a lot better than other CS:GO teams

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Time Stamp: July 15, 2021 9:28 AM - Modified On: July 15, 2021 - Published By:
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FaZe Clan have surprised just about everybody in the CS:GO community with their campaign at IEM Cologne 2021 so far. The international team was playing so poorly in online tournaments that no one really expected them to perform well at the first premier CS:GO LAN since IEM Katowice in March 2020. All of the sudden, though, everything clicked for Finn “karrigan” Andersen’s troops and they’ve made it into the playoffs, taking down great squads such as Team Spirit, Vitality, and Heroic in the main event and breezing past Evil Geniuses

Cadoo gets $1.5M to gamify fitness with betting challenges

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Time Stamp: July 13, 2021 10:33 AM - Modified On: July 13, 2021 - Published By:
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Cadoo, a US-startup that’s gamifying fitness by turning it into a betting opportunity, using the prospect of winning (or losing) cold hard cash to motivate people to get off the couch, has collected $1.5 million in seed funds from Sam & Max Altman’s Apollo VC and the student-focused Dorm Room Fund. The app itself has been around since 2018 but in March 2020 it launched a “challenge model” that lets users stake money to join a challenge related to a specific fitness goal — be it running 10 miles in

Cooper switches from CS:GO to VALORANT

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Time Stamp: July 8, 2021 8:30 AM - Modified On: July 8, 2021 - Published By:
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Austin “Cooper” Abadir won’t play with the AWP any time soon, since he’s moving away from CS:GO to try his hand on Riot Games’ FPS VALORANT. The 27-year-old North American pro, who is the younger brother of Ryan “freakazoid” Abadir, had been playing CS:GO professionally since 2017 and played for teams such as Swole Patrol, eUnited, and most recently Triumph Gaming. The switch, announced last night, comes just months after Triumph wasted the opportunity to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 14 as they lost to Bad News Bears in

ESL shares COVID protocols for return to LAN at IEM Cologne

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Time Stamp: July 2, 2021 2:41 PM - Modified On: July 2, 2021 - Published By:
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After 16 months, competitive CS:GO is finally returning to LAN at IEM Cologne beginning on July 6. Twenty-four teams are travelling to a hotel in Cologne to compete offline for the first time in over a year, with a $1 million prize pool and a new trophy on the line. The last time teams met on LAN was at another IEM event, IEM Katowice in March 2020, where Natus Vincere lifted the trophy in front of an empty arena. Ahead of the start of IEM Cologne, ESL has clearly laid

Today marks one year since Dr Disrespect was banned on Twitch—and we still don’t know why

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Time Stamp: June 26, 2021 10:10 AM - Modified On: June 26, 2021 - Published By:
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Once one of Twitch’s biggest stars, Dr Disrespect has now spent a year away from the platform after his ban on June 26, 2020. To this day, it isn’t clear exactly why the Doc was banned. Twitch has remained mum, with its policy appearing to include not revealing details of a creator’s suspension—and the streamer himself claims to have been left in the dark. [embedded content] In a post the day following his ban and over the past year, the Doc has repeatedly reiterated that he isn’t sure exactly why

ESL confirms that IEM Cologne will be a LAN event

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Time Stamp: June 25, 2021 12:31 PM - Modified On: June 25, 2021 - Published By:
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ESL has confirmed that IEM Cologne 2021 will be an in-person event, making it the first elite Counter-Strike tournament to be held on LAN since the coronavirus pandemic began, in March 2020. The showpiece competition will take place from July 6-18 and will feature 24 of the world's best teams, with $1 million on offer. IEM Cologne will be played without an audience in a studio environment, as mentioned in the revised tournament calendar released by ESL in April. According to the new roadmap, ESL's first in-person event with an