FaZe beats NiP in BLAST PREMIER SEMIFINALS


FaZe clan got their first wins in the BLAST Premier against the new line up of NiP. It was awfully deflating way to start the year for NiP. The Swedish team, who are still trying to adjust to life without Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg, gave a disappointing account of themselves as they were outsmarted and outfought by FaZe in this one-sided encounter. After ending 2019 with a last-place finish in Riffa, the European mixture is looking like a title contender once again, and fans of the team will have been pleased with the performance of youngster Helvijs "broky" Saukants, who at times looked like a superstar. The bleak performance shows that NiP still has a lot of work ahead before they can call themselves a tier-one team again. They were simply...

Black^ and inYourdreaM team up with Forev at T1


Despite the lack of results in the first rounds of the 2019-20 Dota Pro Circuit qualifiers, the League of Legends giant, T1, pushes forward with the Dota 2 project as they recruit four new players to fight for a ticket at the upcoming ESL One Los Angeles Major. T1’s new Dota 2 roster locked in today, January 21st, on the official Majors registration page. The line-up features Dominik “Black^” Reitmeier, who is the only European player to join the Southeast Asian squad. Balck^ comes off a pretty long competitive break and another hand injury. His last adventure was with Infamous, pre TI9. He, along with a couple of other players, got removed from the SA squad in the aftermath of...

JONAS GUNDERSEN: THE FORMER CS PLAYER WHO WANTS TO BUILD A NEW ERA FOR NIP


MIRAA 31/1/2020 - 17:00 NiP's Chief Operating Officer (COO), Jonas Gundersen, discusses how the organisation has overcome Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg’s departure, its vision for the future and the feud between ESL Pro League and B Site. How do you plan for life without your most-prized asset? That was the dilemma that Jonas Gundersen faced when he took the job as the new COO of NiP, at the start of this year, just days before f0rest officially left for Dignitas. The Swedish veteran rightfully belongs to the pantheon of the greatest esports players, even though he has never really been the dominant player in the history of the Counter-Strike franchise; in 1.6, he shared the throne with Filip "NEO" Kubski (the question of who the better player was remains a...

MOOSE JOINS CALYX, MICHU ON ENVY ESEA ROSTER FOR ESL ONE RIO MAJOR OPEN QUALIFIER


Envy have added three new players to their ESEA roster ahead of the first North American ESL One Rio Major open qualifier. Kaleb "moose" Jayne spent a majority of 2019 playing under the eUnited banner, briefly stepping down from the active roster in September after the signing of Ryan "freakazoid" Abadir. He made his return to the team two months later after the benching of Anthony "vanity" Malaspina, competing alongside them in the IEM Katowice 2020 qualifiers and the fifth Mythic Cup to no avail. More recently, the 21-year-old Canadian was seen playing as a stand-in for the North American Singularity roster in WINNERS League Season 3 Invite and the DreamHack Open Anaheim qualifier just prior to the organization releasing...

Kobe Bryant was my Michael Jordan, says Paul George


NBA players continue to grieve over the loss of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who died with eight others, including his daughter, Gianna, in a helicopter crash on Sunday. While speaking with media members on Wednesday, Clippers star forward Paul George, an L.A. native who grew up idolizing Bryant, said that Kobe was the reason that he started playing basketball in the first place. "He was my Michael Jordan. He was what every kid wanted to be here ," George said. "I started playing basketball because of Kobe. I attacked the game the way he played both ends. I took so many things away from him. He made a big impression on me as a kid, just about how to go about playing the game. Aside from...

The search for the next permanent Gilas coach


The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) stressed Mark Dickel's stint as Gilas Pilipinas coach is just on a short term basis and the process of finding a full-time mentor remains a priority. SBP president Al Panlilio said Dickel's stint with the national team will only be for the first window of the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 qualifiers, and hopefully, by the second window in November, a permanent coach will already be on board to handle the Gilas program. "We really have to start the process of hiring a full-time coach," said Panlilio Thursday during a break in the annual planning session of the PBA Board, where he also sits as the representative of the Meralco franchise. Dickel was named by...

LEKR0: “IN RECENT PRACTICE WE’VE HAD NAWWK AS THE MAIN AWP”


We spoke to Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson during the media day at BLAST Premier Spring to discuss the addition of Tim "nawwk" Jonasson and the team's opening match against FaZe. BLAST Premier Spring is kicking off in less than 24 hours, featuring an opening series between FaZe and NiP, followed by an Americas face-off involving Liquid and MIBR. The top two teams from Group A will advance to the Spring Finals in Moscow, where $750,000 will be on the line in addition to a direct invite to the $1,500,000 BLAST Premier Global Final. Lekr0 has confidence in the new iteration of NiP During Group A's media day in London, we caught up with NiP's in-game leader, Lekr0, who gave us valuable insight into the team's comfort levels coming into BLAST Premier Spring, as well as first-hand information on...

ESL One Rio Major Qualifiers to be played on latest CS:GO patch


ESL has announced that the open qualifiers for the ESL One Rio Major will be played on the most recent version of the game. Wednesday's update introduced structural changes to three maps in the Active Duty map pool, with Mirage being the one that was impacted the most. A bench has been placed in mid to allow players to self-boost into window and to peek catwalk, the T-side entrance into mid has been widened and a wallbang spot from palace to the scaffolding corner has been added. Dust2 and Train were also tweaked in this update, with skyboxes being opened from the B halls towards the site on the former map, and near ivy on the latter. Players can now self-boost into...

BLAST Premier Spring Series viewer’s guide


With BLAST Premier Spring Series just around the corner, we have prepared a comprehensive viewer’s guide presenting the most important information of the $300,000 event. BLAST Premier Spring Series will begin on Friday in London, United Kingdom, where the first of three groups will fight for qualification to the Spring Finals. FaZe and NiP will kick off the tournament action, with the Swedish side set to debut their new lineup after adding Tim "nawwk" Jonasson to the roster in light of Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg’s departure. Succeeding the opening bout will be a Liquid side looking to begin their climb back to the No.1 ranked team in the world versus a developing MIBR roster. FaZe and NiP will kick off the action in London One week later, Group B will commence in perhaps the most stacked...

Sean Anthony rewarded with two-year maximum contract by NorthPort


Sean Anthony, one of NorthPort’s pillars in the PBA 44th season, reaffirmed his commitment to the franchise by signing a lucrative maximum deal on Thursday. The Batang Pier management locked Anthony to a two-year contract, the reward for all the hard work he did on a year the organization registered the most number of wins and highest winning percentage in franchise history. Team manager Bonnie Tan acknowledged the huge impact the 33-year-old Fil-Canadian had on the success of the Batang Pier, who made all three conference playoffs last season. “Sean was present the entire season and was our team captain, who continuously provides the team’s leadership and support,” said Tan, also the head coach of reigning NCAA men’s basketball champion...

Caloy Garcia expects rookies to bring winning mentality to Rain or Shine


RAIN of Shine coach Caloy Garcia is determined to give all his rookies the chance to shine when the 2020 PBA season rolls along. The Elastopainters have gone on a youth movement in the offseason, signing rookies Adrian Wong, Clint Doliguez, Prince Rivero, and Vince Tolentino to contracts.The new boys include Mike Nieto, who is on loan to Gilas Pilipinas. Garcia assured the changes are not cosmetic, assuring that these rookies from winning college programs will be given the chance to prove their worth, which was why ROS traded away Ed Daquioag to TNT for draft picks. “We want to add some mixtures sa lineup,” said Garcia. “The reason why we took Ed out was because we have four players...

LGD.International has revealed their roster for this season


We have known for some time now that LGD.International has been on the horizon with countless rumours as to who would be on this fresh iteration of the squad – and now all has been revealed. image: Dota 2 Major and Minor registration Talks of LGD.int have been ongoing for the past few months and just last night the roster was confirmed via the Dota 2 Major and Minor registration page. The new roster will feature five players from Southeast Asia and attempt to battle through the perils of the region at qualifiers too. Christian ‘Skadi’ John Abasolo Wang ‘Gy’ Kok Guan Rick Lee ‘darly’ Ryc Kee Yuri ‘Yowe’ Dave Pacaña Pang ‘BrayaNt`’ Jian Zhe Skadi, formerly Skadilicious, is a player...

Carmelo Anthony passes Kevin Garnett on career scoring list


'Melo reaches 17th in career points, with John Havlicek next on the all-time list From NBA.com Staff With a layup in the second quarter vs. the Rockets on Wednesday, Carmelo Anthony moved into 17th place on the NBA's all-time scoring list, passing Kevin Garnett. The bucket at the 9:14 mark in the second quarter gave Anthony six points (and counting) for the night and made his career total 26,073, surpassing Garnett's 26,071. He did not score again in the Trail Blazers' 125-112 win. Anthony could move up two more spots on the list this season if he keeps scoring at the same 16.1 ppg pace, possibly moving past John Havlicek (26,395) and Paul Pierce (26,397). 'Melo becomes 18th player to score 26,000 career points...

CS:GO UPDATE BRINGS CHANGES TO MIRAGE; OPENS SKYBOXES ON TRAIN AND DUST2


The latest update to the game has made a number of adjustments to Mirage, while also opening skyboxes near ivy on Train and outside of B site on Dust2. One of the most notable changes sees the opening of the skyboxes from B halls into B site on Dust2, an adjustment that the community previously speculated would be made when the map was reworked in October 2017. On Train, the skybox over the building between ivy and A site has also been opened up. The update also brings a number of changes to Mirage, including the addition of a bench in mid that allows for players to peek catwalk and self-boost themselves into window. The T-side entrance into mid has...

Batangas shocked Marikina on their first home game since the Taal tragedy!


In its first home game since tragedy struck its town, Batangas-Tanduay made sure carved out a thrilling 70-66 victory over visiting Marikina in the 2019-20 Chooks-to-Go MPBL Lakan Cup at the Batangas State University here, Wednesday. With the game deadlocked at 64-all, Jeff Viernes took matters into his own hands and drained a clutch triple to give Batangas a 67-64 cushion with 2:07 remaining in the game. Looking to lift his team up, Yves Sazon answered with a jumper to slice put the Shoemasters to within a point. After a series of missed shots, Viernes finally gave the Athletics their much-needed separation with a split from the line, 68-66, with 6.2 ticks left. Jason Melano then blocked a three-point attempt...

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