NiP releases Gunnar from its Dota 2 team


Ninjas in Pyjamas has parted ways with North American Dota 2 carry player Nico “Gunnar” Lopez, the organization announced today. Gunnar had been playing for NiP’s Dota 2 team since September 2019 and is being released due to NiP’s lackluster results. NiP recently crashed out from the WePlay! Bukovel Minor in January, finishing at the bottom alongside FURIA.NiP said that it’ll be holding tryouts to find a replacement for Gunnar and announced that the team will move back to Europe to improve their practice routines. Peter “ppd” Dager, NiP’s captain, said that some fans might find the roster change strange, but it’s for the sake of the team. “Moving forward for NiP.Dota2 we will be playing the next qualifier in...

CR4ZY transfer roster to C0ntact Gaming


CR4ZY has officially confirmed their roster's transfer to c0ntact Gaming. The announcement confirms two independent reports by HLTV.org, which revealed that CR4ZY agreed to sell their CS:GO team, and 1pv.fr, who reported on the identity of the buyer, c0ntact Gaming. c0ntact Gaming is a new United States-based organization that owns two brands in the franchised Call of Duty World League and Overwatch League, Paris Legion and Paris Eternal, respectively. ottoNd & co. will represent c0ntact from now on They have now entered CS:GO for the first time with the acquisition of the CR4ZY roster, who are currently ranked 20th in HLTV.org's Team Ranking following successful campaigns at the last three DreamHack Open stops in Atlanta, Jönköping, and Sevilla, with two...

NBA Rumors: Stephen Curry could return from injury on March 1


Stephen Curry could return from injury on March 1 against Washington Wizards. Stephen Curry has only played four games this season while dealing with a broken left hand, but Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic reported the Golden State Warriors star could return March 1 against the Washington Wizards. Even with speculation the guard would sit out the rest of the season, Thompson reports the team plans to get him back on the floor at some point in 2019-20, with the start of March being a target. Curry also "looks ready to play in his post-practice sessions," per Thompson. The 31-year-old returned to practice earlier this month, using his left hand during a shooting workout. Still, the Warriors have been cautious with the injury and originally announced there wouldn't...

2-Time DOTA TI Champion Captain OG.N0tail shares!


The highest ever esports earner, Johan “N0tail” Sundstein, decided to pitch in €3000 for fellow OG member Nathan “NBK” Schmitt’s charity stream. n0tail is the captain of OG’s Dota 2 team and coach of OG Seed while NBK is a captain of the organization’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team. NBK hosted two of his four planned charity streams taking place on January 17th and 18th where all donations sent to the channel would go toward helping those suffering through the bushfires in Australia via the Australia Zoo Wildfire Warriors. He had several tiers of goals he was hoping to meet with each providing a fun reward for those who had pitched in. To kick things off, at €1000 he would play...

forZe qualify for Dreamhack Open Anaheim over Heroic


forZe won a two-map series against Heroic in the DreamHack Open Anaheim Europe Closed Qualifier grand final to secure a ticket to the $100,000 event in California. Amid talks of Evgeny "FL1T" Lebedev's future, who was linked to Natus Vincere when the Ukrainian organization came knocking at the door despite eventually backing down, forZe managed to make it all the way to the DreamHack Open Anaheim Europe Qualifier grand final after victories over Winstrike and CR4ZY. On the other side of the bracket, Heroic made their way to the grand final with wins against AVEZ—who eliminated Movistar Riders and BIG in the open qualifier—and GODSENT. forZe will be contenders at the $100,000 tournament in Anaheim Heroic won a clean pistol...

LDLC officialized revamped lineup


LDLC has officially announced the rumored acquisition of the lineup that has been playing under the Avengers tag. The news confirms a report released earlier in January by 1pv.fr, which first suggested that the French organization would build around a sole remaining member of the late-2019 squad, Christophe "SIXER" Xia. After the departures of Simon "tabz" Feldt and Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli earlier this year, Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer is indeed out of the active roster, as is Gaëtan "JiNKZ" Jamin, who played alongside the former team in the last two months of 2019. LOGAN makes a return to LDLC as part of the new roster The new lineup was officialized over the course of the last week and it witnesses the...

YAPZOR’S CLUTCH GAME-PLAYS HELP SECRET OVERCOME VICI GAMING


By Nigel Zalamea  | January 19, 2020 Yazied “YapzOr” Jaradat made two clutch plays against Vici Gaming during their game three decider match over in Group B of the Dream League Season 13 Leipzig Major. Vici Gaming had caught Lasse “Matumbaman” Urpalainen’s Slark at the top lane, and almost managed to burst the hero down. However, YapzOr’s Dark Seer was able to run in and get the Vacuum and Wall of Replica combo on three enemy heroes, which turned the fight in Team Secret’s favor and gave them the map control advantage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79NlSGPD57E Nine minutes later into the game, VG attempted to burst down Ludwig “zai” Wahlberg’s Mars, which became a full-on team fight. After zai dropped his Arena of Blood...

DREAMHACK OPEN ANAHEIM CLOSED QUALIFIER BRACKETS REVEALED


The brackets for the closed portion of the European and North American DreamHack Open Anaheim qualifiers have been announced. Four teams from each of the two regions advanced through their respective open qualifiers to earn spots in the closed stage of the qualification process, which will play out in its entirety on Sunday. In Europe, the winner of the closed qualifier will earn the sole spot on offer at the $100,000 event in Anaheim, California, while North American teams will have the opportunity to fight for two spots at the event in their home region. The European open qualifier saw HAVU, Winstrike, SKADE, and AVEZ emerge victorious through a grueling bracket to join a quartet of invited teams, all of whom currently reside in the...

CMD368 CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCED WITH $20,000 PRIZE POOL


UCC has partnered with Chinese betting website CMD368 to host an online competition with $20,000 in prize money. The CMD368 Championship will run from January 21-27 and ill feature eight teams, seven hailing from Europe plus Mongolian side AUGUST, who are trying out Bold "ncl" Batsuh and Yesuntumur "nin9" Gantulga in a bootcamp in Moscow. The tournament will also mark the debut of the new SMASH roster, more than a month after it was formally unveiled by the Belgian organization. The eight sides have been split into two GSL groups, with the top two teams from both groups progressing to the playoffs, which will also feature a double-elimination bracket. Below is the complete participants' list for the CMD368 Championship: Group A  ALTERNATE aTTaX  GamerLegion  SKADE  Tricked Group B  AUGUST  Na`Vi...

DREAMLEAGUE LEIPZIG MAJOR DAY 1 RECAP


Credits : Kurt Lozano | January 19, 2020 The first day of the Leipzig Major saw both expected outcomes and surprising upsets. The first day of the DreamLeague Season 13: The Leipzig Major Group Stage has ended, with the top teams already beginning to separate themselves from the rest of the competition. Here’s how things went down in each of the groups: Group A Still fresh off their win at the WePlay! Bukovel Minor to secure the last spot at the Major, Nigma Esports defeated MDL Chengdu Major champions TNC Predator, 2-1. Despite an impressive showing from TNC carry Kim “Gabbi” Villafuerte in game one, Nigma prevailed on the back of masterful performances by Aliwi “w33” Omar with Outworld Devourer in the...

Alliance pushed Virtus.Pro to the edge in the Major debut series!


DreamLeague Season 13: The Leipzig Major is the first 2019-20 Dota Pro Circuit tournament for Virtus.pro, who entered the new season with a revamped roster. Alliance were VP’s first adversaries in the group stage play, and the Europeans managed to cut through the rather sloppy CIS team with a clean 2-0. Interestingly enough, it was none of the two newcomers of Virtus.pro who underperformed in the series, but rather the veteran mid laner Vladimir “None” Minenko, who had one of the worst days of his professional career. In game one he flopped on a mid lane Magnus, missing a few ultimates, and when he finally got a three-man Reverse Polarity in a Roshan contest team fight, he skewered all heroes...

Round 1, 40 seconds TKO by Conor McGregor on Donald Cerrone!


The top of the UFC 246 billing just closed out with Conor McGregor running right through Donald Cerrone, scoring a TKO in a sporty 40-seconds. He blasted Cowboy with a ferocious head kick and didn’t let him off the hook. He landed a swarm of strikes until the referee pulled him off. This is McGregor’s first win since November of 2016. As for Cowboy, this makes three-straight losses for the longtime veteran. This bout delivered as advertised, being fireworks from start to the quick finish. McGregor busted open Cerrone with a series of shoulder punches from the clinch. He then blasted Cowboy with a killer head kick that wobbled him. McGregor pounced on Cowboy against the cage, forcing him to...

Nigma off to a hot start in the Leipzig Major group stage


A Major champion vs Minor Champion series opened the second Major tournament of the season, as TNC Predator were pitted against Nigma in the first series of group A of DreamLeague Season 13: The Leipzig Major. Nigma were the last to join the 16 team line-up of this Major after a hard fought victory through the lower bracket rounds at the Bukovel Minor 2020. Their games weren’t exactly clean at the Minor, and not many were ready to jump on the hype train, even though they claimed the trophy last week to secure themselves a spot at the Major. Their struggles are not over yet, given the loss against TNC in the opening game. The SEA champions outmaneuvered Nigma with...

Team Secret kick of the Leipzig Major with a huge victory


DreamLeague Season 13 got underway a short time ago with the first games of the Major kicking off and for Group B it was a gigantic series between Team Secret and Vici Gaming to start things off. In the last season of the Dota 2 Pro Circuit, both Secret and VG were neck-to-neck in Major titles with two a piece by the time The International 2019 came around. This season saw Secret skip out on the first Minor/Major rotation, while VG were able to claim a valiant second place at MDL Chengdu. When last the two juggernauts met, it was VG who sent Secret packing from the ONE Esports Dota 2 World Pro Invitational and now they would have a...

forZe confirm Na’Vi enquiry for FL1T


forZe have confirmed that there has been an enquiry from Natus Vincere for Evgeny "FL1T" Lebedev. In a Twitlonger post, forZe confirmed a formal approach from Na`Vi, who are reportedly in the market for a rifler to replace Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács as the Slovakian AWPer has failed to impress since his return to the team, in August. forZe stressed that any organisation will have to meet FL1T's buyout clause as they have no intention of selling the player, who, according to them, is also happy to stay on. "There were no offers made and no amount discussed," forZe added. "There was no pressure from us or from the Na`Vi management. "We also spoke to FL1T and it became clear to all of us that he has decided to stay with us. "We are asking for speculation and conjecture...

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