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PGL Major Stockholm stickers and Pick’Em released

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Valve has released the pre-Major update to the game, releasing various content relating to the upcoming $2 million tournament taking place in Stockholm, Sweden on October 26-November 7. Those who have been calling on stickers to be released for the past few days will be happy to hear that team stickers and a new addition in team patches are among the content released. While every team sticker is available, only the player autographs of the eight playoff teams from the tournament will be released following the conclusion of the Major.

Astralis at the Stockholm Major: Last hurrah, or new dynasty?

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Astralis are the most successful organisation in the history of Counter-Strike. That is undeniable; the litany of tournament wins, the months upon months spent at the very top of the world rankings, the Majors to their name. Four Majors to be precise, the last three they have won on the bounce. At this point, with two years having passed since the last, it is almost difficult to remember anyone but Astralis winning a major; indeed, many newer fans of the game watching now will have never experienced anyone other than

AdreN won’t attend PGL Stockholm Major

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AdreN will miss the PGL Stockholm Major, the 31-year-old announced on Instagram. Team Liquid’s manager, jokasteve, will fill in as the CS:GO team’s coach. “I will be sitting out the major due to the upcoming timing of my son’s birth,” adreN said. “Jokasteve will be taking over the reigns while I’m gone. First major in over two years AND with a crowd is going to be so hype, and I’m sad to be missing it, but I would never miss this moment.” AdreN was the coach of Liquid during the

adreN to miss PGL Major Stockholm

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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 expand roster with JOTA

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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

FL1T, almazer and liTTle leave forZe

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Evgeny "⁠FL1T⁠" Lebedev and Almaz "⁠almazer⁠" Asadullin have today been removed from forZe's active roster, it was announced via Twitter, the former being moved to inactive status and the latter listed for transfer. The announcement stated that coach Anatoliy "⁠liTTle⁠" Yashin would also be leaving the team. The news comes off the back of a mixed year for the Russian squad, who have seen highs such as winning Spring Sweet Spring back in May and their unexpected ESL Pro League showing, but they recently failed to qualify for the Stockholm

FPX part ways with Devilwalk, peca

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FunPlus Phoenix announced on Monday that they parted ways with coach Jonatan "⁠Devilwalk⁠" Lundberg under mutual agreement, which followed shortly after General Manager Petar "⁠peca⁠" Marković revealed on Twitter that his time with the organization has come to an end. The managerial changes follow a couple of underwhelming months for FunPlus Phoenix. Jesse "⁠zehN⁠" Linjala and co. missed out on a spot at the CS:GO Major in Stockholm, failed to qualify for premier events such as IEM Cologne and ESL Pro League, and crashed out of the top 30 of

Xyp9x re-signs with Astralis until 2025: “I can now use all my energy and focus to get the team back where we belong”

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Astralis have announced that Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth has signed a new contract with the organization, extending his current deal with the team until 2025. He is the second Astralis player to ink an extension with the organization recently, joining Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander in the Danish powerhouse's long-term vision after the in-game leader signed a new three-year deal lasting until mid-2024. Xyp9x has been a part of Astralis since its inception in 2016 The news comes as a surprising turn of events after Xyp9x revealed that his future with Astralis was

Party Astronauts win ESEA Premier S38 over Extra Salt to qualify for ESL Pro League

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After a full-length best-of-five grand final, Party Astronauts have defeated Extra Salt 3-2 (16-6 Inferno, 7-16 Overpass, 16-11 Ancient, 22-20 Nuke) to win ESEA Premier Season 38 North America, booking themselves a spot in ESL Pro League Season 15. The result breaks the 0-4 head-to-head record for Party Astronauts against Extra Salt, and adds to a disappointing string of results for the South African-North American combine, who missed out on a spot at the PGL Major Stockholm after they were eliminated from IEM Fall NA. It also marks Party Astronauts'