It has been years since Valve last touched on the matter of players banned from their sponsored Counter-Strike events. Finally, this changed last week, as Valve introduced changes to its guidelines affect the next Major and its qualifying process. These new changes aren’t light, and will impact the game in...
A bit over six months ago, Cloud9 made their biggest announcement of 2020. The legendary organization was taking steps to rebuild its CSGO team. Moreover, the project was supposed to bring the Cloud9 name back to the top. Promoting themselves as a “colossus”, Cloud9 invested heavy in this project. Betting...
One of the biggest tournaments of Spring is coming soon and we finally have a full list of the teams taking part in it. All sixteen teams are in after the final qualifier ended with EXTRA SALT taking the last spot. While the tournament has yet to start, though, it’s...
When it comes to updates and development, the pandemic definitely impacted Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Players haven’t seen many major updates in the game besides the latest operation, and professional figures are starting to ask for changes too. Especifically, changes to CSGO’s map pool. It’s not hard to understand why though....
December 2019 was a very exciting month for Counter-Strike fans. OG, one of the most known organizations in DOTA 2 was finally bringing their structure to CSGO. In their ranks, OG had the likes of Aleksib and NBK, two capable leaders, as well as the Danish star “valde”. With such...
FaZe Clan has given a wild ride to its fans for over three years since the team last had a proper captain. In this time, the team managed to win tournaments, but those were few and far between. Now, the organization finally did what fans have been asking during these...
The biggest tournament of 2021 so far has reached its climax. IEM Katowice 2021 finished its group stage this past weekend. Now, the tournament heads to the playoffs, with the six best teams of the competition fighting for the trophy. Which teams are we talking about? What are their backgrounds...
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esports scene has seen the rise and fall of many teams. Along with those, we also have seen many regions and countries getting more relevant, or completely disappearing. In 2021, CSGO is seeing four CIS teams overtaking the game. Along with them, the Eastern Europe region...
In early February, North made its biggest announced in quite some time, but it wasn’t a positive one. The organization, which started in Counter-Strike back in 2017 was winding up. The news came after years of disappointments, roster changes, and lots of money spent. Yet, North is a very interesting...
One of the biggest talking points in the Counter-Strike scene last year was the coach scandal. Coaches were caught exploiting a game bug for months in order to gain advantages over their opponents before being caught. Third-party organizations applied punishments and bans to coaches who got caught. However, Valve, CSGO...
