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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

IEM Cologne group stage Fantasy winners found, playoffs game live

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The team list for the third and final phase of IEM Cologne has been finalized as FaZe snatched the last playoff spot at the premier LAN event over Heroic. Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's men joined Natus Vincere, G2, Astralis, Gambit, and Virtus.pro in the knockout stage, with members of each team available for selection in the Fantasy game. Priced just $206,000, electronic was a must-have in groups In the group stage game, the three highest-placed users in the HLTV x Bitskins league secured themselves valuable skin prizes with teams featuring a

reatz leaves AGO

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Time Stamp: July 5, 2021 10:02 AM - Modified On: July 5, 2021 - Published By:
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The 26-year-old's departure sees AGO return to a five-man roster. Paweł "⁠reatz⁠" Jańczak has left AGO following his decision not to extend his contract with the organization, the Polish side has announced on its website. Eryk "⁠leman⁠" Kocęba is expected to become a full-fledged member of the team moving forward after he and reatz have been taking turns playing officials with the extended roster over the course of the past few months. reatz chose not to continue with AGO Towards the beginning of the year leman stepped back from the

Izako Boars complete overhaul

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Time Stamp: July 1, 2021 1:06 PM - Modified On: July 1, 2021 - Published By:
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The Polish organization acquired Arek "⁠Vegi⁠" Nawojski and Karol "⁠Enzo⁠" Lasota, making three roster changes in the span of a month. Izako Boars have announced the signings of 21-year-old Vegi and 23-year-old Enzo, finalizing their roster after a period of uncertainty. The duo comes in after Hubert "⁠Szejn⁠" Światły and Kamil "⁠siuhy⁠" Szkaradek made the move to mousesports' academy squad, and Michał "⁠mono⁠" Gabszewicz was deemed surplus to requirements. Vegi played in Illuminar and PACT after his Virtus.pro stint in 2019 Vegi and Enzo join recent signing Paweł "⁠byali⁠" Bieliński

KEi steps down from Anonymo

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Kamil "⁠KEi⁠" Pietkun has announced that his future is up in the air after requesting to be moved to Anonymo's bench. In a brief Twitlonger post, the Polish player explained that he opted to step down from the team due to a "different perception about certain aspects." KEi has been in Anonymo's ranks since January, when he joined the then newly-formed organisation alongside Kacper "⁠Kylar⁠" Walukiewicz, Wiktor "⁠mynio⁠" Kruk and 2014 EMS One Katowice champion Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski. KEi is moved to Anonymo's bench after six months with the team

Complexity beat Entropiq to win Spring Sweet Spring 3

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Time Stamp: June 30, 2021 3:02 PM - Modified On: June 30, 2021 - Published By:
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Complexity have booked a spot at LAN Sweet LAN 2022 following a 2-0 victory (16-9 on Overpass, 16-12 on Mirage) over Entropiq in the Spring Sweet Spring 3 grand final. The No.14 and No.16 ranked teams received direct invites to the quarter-finals, with Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer’s men taking down Fiend before struggling past 1WIN to make it to the title decider, while Aleksey "⁠NickelBack⁠" Trofimov and company defeated Copenhagen Flames and AGO in two-map affairs. The tournament win comes as a much-needed boost for Complexity ahead of the IEM Cologne

Why mousesports decided to jump on the academy train

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Time Stamp: June 29, 2021 12:30 PM - Modified On: June 29, 2021 - Published By:
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For mousesports, the process of building an academy squad began not with reaching out to talented prospects, but with finding the right person to lead the team from the sidelines. The German organisation put its trust on Dennis "⁠sycrone⁠" Nielsen to coach the team, called mouz NXT (an intentional misspelling of the word "next") — a fitting name for a project aimed at unearthing the champions of tomorrow. The 25-year-old Dane took on his first coaching gig after playing for — and leading — teams like Singularity, North Academy, Sprout

Sinners sweep AGO to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 14

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Time Stamp: June 27, 2021 3:56 PM - Modified On: June 27, 2021 - Published By:
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Sinners won two maps against AGO in the ESEA Premier Season 37 grand final, Nuke (16-8) and Vertigo (16-12), becoming the tournament's champions thanks to their upper bracket map advantage in the best-of-five series. AGO, who had initially been knocked to the lower bracket by the Czech squad before making their way to the final with a victory over forZe, were once again no match for Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný and company. This victory marks the first time a Czech team will play ESL Pro League, as their victory comes with

AGO eliminate forZe from ESEA Premier to set up grand final match against Sinners

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AGO have knocked forZe out of ESEA Season 37 Premier Europe after winning a three-map series on Nuke (16-11), Mirage (8-16) and Ancient (19-15), to secure a spot in the tournament’s grand final. This marks the second time Karol "⁠rallen⁠" Rodowicz and company spoiled forZe’s run, as they were the ones to knock the Russians down to the lower bracket before eliminating them in the consolidation final. Maciej "⁠F1KU⁠" Miklas played a big part in denying forZe revenge on his team in the last match before the grand final, ending

Sinners reach ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe grand final over AGO

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Sinners have cleared the ESEA Premier Season 37 upper bracket after defeating AGO 2-0 on Ancient (16-10) and Vertigo (16-9) in the upper bracket final, thus securing a spot in the grand final with a one-map advantage in the ESL Pro League qualifying match. Adam "⁠NEOFRAG⁠" Zouhar and company’s playoff run started with victories against BLINK and BIG before they took out the Polish squad led by Damian "⁠Furlan⁠" Kislowski, although AGO aren’t out of contention in the double-elimination bracket as their defeat at the hands of Sinners is their