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ENCE announced changes to its Counter-Strike 2 roster on May 29. Two players were benched and two new were signed in their place. While the community thinks one change makes perfect sense, they’re baffled with the other. The two players who ended up being cut from the CS2 roster are rifler dycha and AWPer hades, and they’re replaced by veteran sdy and young talent Paavo “podi” Heiskanen. Dycha has been in a lackluster form for a few months now, amassing negative stats in numerous tournaments this year. The benched sniper hades, on the other hand, has been a stand-out player…

Faker’s Hall of Legends skins aren’t even available on the League of Legends servers yet, but fans of the game are already hypothesizing which professional star is going to be the next inductee into the prestigious club.  Many players on the League subreddit have agreed that the most likely candidate to next receive a Hall of Legends skin is former LPL AD carry Uzi, who had a decade-long career and etched himself into the League history books before retiring after the 2023 season. Many still look back on Uzi as the greatest ADC to ever play the game.  China is…

After recently getting a glimpse of the latest commemorative skins for esports icon Faker, the League of Legends community is banding together to point fingers at Riot Games for creating the “biggest insult imaginable” for fans of the pro player. In a scathing post on the League subreddit, fans gathered together to blast the upcoming skins, which have been set at multiple ridiculous price points. Marketed as celebratory skins for Faker’s induction into the Hall of Legends, Riot stunned the League community by setting bundle prices at a range of $40 to an outrageous $450. For some, a slap in…

Given no chance of leaving a mark at IEM Dallas, G2 Esports has shocked the Counter-Strike world by making the playoffs with a 2-1 reverse sweep over hometown heroes Liquid. The surprise victory leaves just one North American star gracing the Dallas stage as this weekend rolls on—G2 stand-in Stewie2K. Stewie was overwhelmed in the post-game interview, stating the adrenaline was pumping after pulling off the reverse, which included a 9-0 run on Inferno and a max-regulation decider on Nuke. “I’m zoned out, I’ve got no words,” he said, adding he and the team were confident they could complete the…

Despite Counter-Strike 2 being out for almost a year, complaining about it is still as popular as ever. One former CS:GO and current VALORANT pro, ScreaM, streamed the game on May 25 and commented about its movement. ScreaM held a short stream of some FACEIT matches, with one played on Dust2. After dying on A bombsite, the player called a “headshot machine” back in the day had a short rant about CS2’s movement, claiming something is off, and he’s struggling to adapt to it. “The movement on this game is so weird, bro. […] It’s more like a movement problem. I feel like when I move, I’m sliding,…

There seems to be nearly no downtime in the 2024 Dota season right now, with Valve unveiling the teams directly invited to The International 2024 alongside an almost-immediate schedule for the glamor event’s impending qualifiers. Team Spirit, Xtreme Gaming, Team Falcons, Team Liquid, Gaimin Gladiators, and BetBoom Team got direct invitations to TI13, per Valve’s blog post shared on May 27. Don’t be shocked if they decide to release Ringmaster during TI2024. Image via Valve What surprised fans was the lack of MENA, which has become a core part of the Dota 2 scene through 2024. ESL’s initiative to introduce…

Dota 2’s The International is the pinnacle of competitive Dota and is more than just a big tournament—it’s a celebration of the great game we all know and love as is as much about community as it is about the pros battling for the Aegis of Champions. Whatever it means at its heart, the best in Dota 2 will compete for major cash prizes and the title of champion, and after years in its ancestral home of Seattle, the Aegis has spanned many countries and continents since. 2024’s edition is no different, with 16 teams converging on a new battleground…

It’s been a hectic few days for Shopify Rebellion, especially after Jonáš “SabeRLight-” Volek decided to step away, with the surprise move leaving SR without an offlaner as The International 2024 qualifiers appear on the horizon. The rapid-fire search for a replacement only lasted two days, though, as the reshuffling team struck gold with Ivan “MinD_ContRoL” Ivanov. MinD_ContRoL (“MC”) has been on the sidelines for a while after his move to Tundra Esports, which didn’t pan out at the beginning of the Dota 2 season. The two didn’t part on good terms, and MC wasn’t reinstated into the roster. He even as…

There was much fanfare leading up to Counter-Strike 2‘s return to U.S. shores at IEM Dallas, but it’s safe to say all eyes were on G2 Esports and stand-in Stewie2K on opening day. Unfortunately, results didn’t pan out for the American Major winner in his return to tier one CS. With in-game leader HooXi ruled out due to a commitment at home—his sister’s wedding—superstar NiKo took the captaincy armband while Stewie slotted into HooXi’s roles on day one of IEM Dallas, with G2 overcoming a fast-finishing Falcons 13-10 to book a slot in the upper bracket qualifier. There, G2’s day…

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