The play-offs start tomorrow in the LANXESS Arena. Liquid and Astralis have already made their way to the semi-finals. Four teams will lock horns tomorrow to unveil the squads that will face the best and the second-best team in the world starting on Day 4. NRG vs Vitality Head to Head Vitality has …
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ESL One Cologne is in full swing. Some teams are fighting for a spot in the semi-final of the tournament, while the others are desperately trying to stay alive. Yesterday, five out of the six predictions were correct. The battle intensifies tomorrow. The only one which we got wrong was the upset that BIG …
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Sometimes, age forbids us to fulfill our dreams, and esports followers know this all too well. Game developers and tournament organizers usually set a minimum age to participate in their events. More often than not, this tends to make no difference, but, sometimes, an underage prodigy may see himself unable to prove his talent …
ARTICLE WRITTEN BY GUEST AUTHOR UMESH “KRIPZ” KRIPALANI The first day of ESL One Cologne had some surprises in store for us. A bunch of upsets at the hands of NiP and Heroic spelled a bad start for teams like Vitality and Ence, who were one of the favourites to win the entire tournament. …
Article written by guest author Umesh “Kripz” Kripalani The Cathedral of Counter-Strike saw quite a lot of surprises and upsets today. ESL One Cologne is turning out to be super hot and action packed. Let’s take a look at what went down on the first day of the biggest non-major tournament of the year. …
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Three years ago, Brazil turned into a household region in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It had not gone particularly bad for them in 1.6, as MiBR had done it all in order to keep Brazilian CS relevant, but no mighty enough team from the region had yet appeared in the newest version of the game. …
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ESL One Cologne is one of the most coveted tournaments of the year. From a historical standpoint, the legacy of this tournament makes it the highest achievement in the first half of the year. Sixteen of the world’s best teams will compete at the holy grounds of Counter-Strike – The LANXESS Arena in Germany. …
Youngbuck has been in the LoL scene since Season 1, and most notably he was a part of the Copenhagen Wolves in the EU LCS in Season 3 as their top laner. Currently he is the coach for Fnatic, but he got to relive those days as a player as he played in the …
Rift Rivals during day 2 saw G2 face against TSM with Jankos playing Pyke in the jungle and ending the game rather quickly. Earlier in the day G2 also faced against Team Liquid with a very unorthodox composition of Shyvana top, Zed and Yuumi bot. Esports Heaven spoke with Jankos about his thoughts on …
In 2018, ESL One Cologne was full of surprises for the fans. Of course, the main story ended up being BIG’s unbelievable run to the finals, as the local invitees defied all possible expectations. However, they were not the only underdogs. In the Astralis versus Natus Vincere semifinals, the CIS organization was expected to …
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