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Liquid take first NA Major spot after win over paiN

With their dominant victory over paiN in round four of IEM Fall North America's group stage, Liquid have secured themselves a spot at the Major, as they can no longer place below second in their group. For any team that had points coming into the tournament, simply placing in the top five of the event will qualify them for the Major. Liquid came into IEM Fall with 1840 RMR (Regional Major Ranking) points, and will secure themselves a Legends spot going into PGL Stockholm. Stewie2K will have another shot at

Video: ZywOo defends banana with collateral

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IEM Fall Europe: Six Major spots left, eight teams in the running

With the group stage of IEM Fall coming to conclusion, we saw G2, NIP, Vitality, Astralis, and Heroic already ensure their spots at PGL Major Stockholm and a plethora of teams' hopes of making it to the Major crushed, including the likes of a few big names in fnatic, Complexity, and FunPlus Phoenix. The results so far leave us with eight teams still in the running for the last six spots, which will be decided over the course of the rest of the week. FaZe are against the ropes but

How much is The International 10’s prize pool?

Though most games have that one esports event where the most talented individuals clash for glory, not many of them can compete with the prize pool of Dota 2’s The International (TI). Dota 2 fans get to contribute to the event’s prize pool by purchasing the battle pass. A certain percentage of each purchase goes to the prize pool and players have carried it to all-time highs every TI. The most prestigious event of a competitive Dota 2 year has been absent for a while, however, since Valve had to

When is Dota 2’s International 2021?

Dota 2 fans have been waiting for the most prestigious event of the game’s competitive calendar for over a year now, and it’s finally approaching. The event was originally planned to take place during 2020 in Sweden, but it was postponed due to the pandemic. At the beginning of Summer, it was also revealed that Dota 2’s The International wouldn’t be held in Sweden, which made Valve search for another revenue for the crown jewel of Dota 2. The International 2021 moved to Romania, and the starting date was delayed. With the tournament approaching, news started

Discussing IEM Fall results, squads missing the Major, team list for Stockholm on HLTV Confirmed

Milan "⁠Striker⁠" Švejda, Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill and Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin will feature on a mid-RMR episode which will discuss the results at IEM Fall in Europe and CIS, the criticism leveled at the format, and what we could expect from teams that won't be traveling to Sweden later this month. We found half of the teams that will play at the Major The show will also touch on the recent news, including legal proceedings against 9z and the BLAST Showdown team list, as well as the upcoming IEM Fall North

Vitality secure Major spot; ENCE finish on top as OG misses playoffs

It was a quick day at the office for Vitality as their victory against Dignitas, combined with OG's defeat to MAD Lions, secured the Frenchmen a top 2 finish in Group C and a ticket to the Major. OG fans do not need to panic yet, as Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen and co. can still secure a spot at the Major through the 9th-12th place decider, requiring ninth place to guarantee a spot in Stockholm at the end of the month and at least 11th place to have any chance. Despite

G2 defeat mousesports to clinch Major berth, IEM Fall Group A to have tiebreakers

G2, who have had a rough start to the second season of 2021 following the summer break can breathe a little bit more freely having secured a spot at the IEM Fall playoffs and a berth at the Major which will be taking place later in the month. Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković and company did so by defeating what many thought would be their main rivals going into the group stage, mousesports, in the last day of play, although it had already been Copenhagen Flames who stole the show in Group