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ritchiEE steps down from GORILLAZ roster

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Time Stamp: September 20, 2021 11:03 AM - Modified On: September 20, 2021 - Published By:
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GORILLAZ, current home of Jere "⁠sergej⁠" Salo, Miikka "⁠suNny⁠" Kemppi, and Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist, suffered another setback as Richard "⁠ritchiEE⁠" Mestdagh's exit was announced today via flusha's Twitter. The ex-EC Brugge star had been with the team for just over a month, joining alongside Kevin "⁠HS⁠" Tarn in August to replace the outgoing Niels Christian "⁠NaToSaphiX⁠" Sillassen and Yasin "⁠xfl0ud⁠" Koç. In the short time ritchiEE spent with the team they achieved little of note, their best tournament result coming at the Elisa Invitational Fall Regionals, where they achieved a 3-2

s1mple claims third consecutive MVP in EPL victory

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Time Stamp: September 12, 2021 4:55 PM - Modified On: September 12, 2021 - Published By:
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An impressive showing from start to finish in Natus Vincere's title run at ESL Pro League Season 14 sees Aleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev claim the MVP award by HLTV and Skinbaron. This is s1mple's third consecutive MVP won, having also been the most valuable player at the StarLadder CIS RMR and IEM Cologne before the break. s1mple's efforts were crucial to NAVI's Intel Grand Slam victory In the historic event for Natus Vincere and s1mple, as it secured them the $1,000,000 Intel Grand Slam Season 3 alongside the $195,000 first-place prize

[EPL final LIVE] The veto is in — Dust2 first

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16:02 - The veto is in — no Vertigo or Ancient, surprise surprise. We begin on Dust2! 1. Natus Vincere removed Vertigo2. Vitality removed Ancient3. Natus Vincere picked Dust24. Vitality picked Inferno5. Natus Vincere picked Nuke6. Vitality picked Overpass7. Mirage was left over 15:45 - In-game leaders comment on Intel Grand Slam pressure before the match Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov: "It's only two teams who did it and of course we want to write our name in history. I will be really proud of my team if we do it." Dan

regali on his experience in Kyiv: “When you see seriousness and professionalism it leads to a professional way of living Counter-Strike”

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Time Stamp: August 28, 2021 8:46 AM - Modified On: August 28, 2021 - Published By:
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Iulian "⁠regali⁠" Harjău came out of nowhere to become a fan favorite and the second-highest rated player at the WePlay Academy League group stage, as he and fnatic Rising knocked out the top-rated Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov and his NAVI Junior in the final match of the group stage play-in to qualify for the finals in Kyiv. fnatic Rising played one of the two favorite teams at the event in their opening match, Young Ninjas and were thrashed by the Swedes, leaving the squad under the orders of Kevin "⁠Kevve⁠" Bohlin

HLTV.org live from Kyiv

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 8:50 AM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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The WePlay Academy League Finals, the first of its kind, are ready to start, pitting the four best academy teams from the league's group stage, which took place in July and early August. For the first time since IEM Katowice 2020, HLTV will again be on site bringing all of the action live as it happens, with photographs and interviews to come from the three-day event in Ukraine. The WePlay Academy League Finals stage is set The first match, which begins at 15:00 will have BIG Academy pitted against the

Aqua: “Every one of us wants to play at the top events one day, like the main team playing ESL Pro League”

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The first match of the WePlay Academy League Season 1 Finals is ready to kick off with BIG Academy facing off against mouz NXT in the opening series of the tournament. Ahead of the bout, we spoke with one of the key players in BIG Academy's third-place finish in the group stage, Nico "⁠Aqua⁠" Kembitzky, who ended up as the team's highest-rated player in the round robin stage with a 1.09 rating across 14 maps played and crucial performances in the squad's early victories against NAVI Junior, Astralis Talent and

WePlay Academy League Season 1 Finals set to start

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Time Stamp: August 26, 2021 8:08 AM - Modified On: August 26, 2021 - Published By:
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The WePlay Academy League Season 1 Finals will kick off on Friday, August 27 at 15:00 , as the group stage winners mouz NXT will go up against BIG Academy, a team that was put together right before the online portion of the event but nonetheless managed to qualify for the finals finishing in third place. The second opening series at 18:00 will feature the Swedes from Young Ninjas, who will be playing with Tim "⁠Mann3n⁠" Isak instead of Linus "⁠nilo⁠" Bergman, going up against the play-in winners, fnatic Rising,

slap joins Young Ninjas as head coach

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Time Stamp: August 23, 2021 3:53 PM - Modified On: August 23, 2021 - Published By:
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NIP have announced the appointment of Fredrik "⁠slap⁠" Junbrant as head coach of their Young Ninjas roster, with the 28-year-old joining the academy team on a two-year term. slap has been an active member of the Swedish scene since 2011, plying his trade for a number of mix-teams. Notably, he played alongside Björn "⁠THREAT⁠" Pers on Acer in 2015, a team that also included Jonatan "⁠Devilwalk⁠" Lundberg, and also helped coach Secret fe to a first-place finish at Intel Challenge Katowice 2017. slap joins Young Ninjas on a two-year contract

MAD Lions sign b0RUP

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Time Stamp: August 20, 2021 9:14 AM - Modified On: August 20, 2021 - Published By:
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MAD Lions have signed Johannes "⁠b0RUP⁠" Borup from Heroic, where the Dane had been sitting on the bench since he was removed from the active lineup in February alongside Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen to make way for Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck and Ismail "⁠refrezh⁠" Ali. b0RUP had spent over a year in Heroic's starting lineup before his removal, and was a member in the team that surprised Europe by winning some of the biggest online events of 2020, DreamHack Open Fall and ESL One Cologne Europe. Earlier this year the Dane was