DreamHack Open Leipzig: Fresh faces gunning for glory in 2020


Starving for some CS:GO? You and me both. Luckily there's about to be some great content for us to chew on with DreamHack Leipzig coming around the corner. The three-day event starts on Friday, featuring seven of the HLTV top 30 teams in the world in an eight team field. All of these rosters feature new faces, new branding, or both. So let's look ahead at the matchups and take a stab at how each team will fare in 2020. Heroic Heroic are, by all meanings of the word, one of the most solid teams at this tournament. Their players: solid. Their tactics: solid. They have the best track record against top-tier competition for sure but, in my opinion, they’re...

RIOT SQUAD PART WAYS WITH FNS


Riot Squad have announced the release of in-game leader Pujan "FNS" Mehta. FNS spent just over six months as the captain of Riot Squad, initially joining the roster alongside Jonathan "Jonji" Carey in August 2019. The team found quick success as they earned a spot at the MSI MGA Finals, while simultaneously solidifying themselves as a top-three team in the North American division of ESEA MDL Season 32. A pair of narrow 14-16 losses to ex-Epsilon and ViCi at Riot Squad's MSI MGA Finals appearance left the team battling through a plethora of online qualifiers and events, most notably the online component of ECS Season 8 and ESEA MDL. While Riot Squad failed to find success in any of their ECS Season 8 week appearances, a flawless run through the playoff bracket of ESEA MDL S32 gave...

2020 NBA All-Star Game starters announced: LeBron James, Giannis named captains


Christmas Day in the NBA is not just a day for the league to take over the sports calendar and showcase its best teams and players in a number of prime-time games. It's also the start of voting for the All-Star Game, and now, nearly a month later, the polls are closed, votes have been tallied and we know the 10 starters for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game. Just as a reminder, fan voting accounts for only 50 percent of the final voting tally. Coaches and players also send in votes of their own, and those account for 25 percent each. Also, because the league doesn't do the traditional Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference format anymore, the teams are picked by captains....

StarLadder and ImbaTV bring the third Minor of the season to Kyiv


Cybersport Arena from Kyiv, Ukraine will be the home for the third Major of the 2019-20 Dota Pro Circuit season. StarLadder and ImbaTV join ventures once again to host from March 5th to 8th eight teams fighting for a share of the $300,000 prize pool, 660 DPC points and a ticket to the ESL One Los Angeles 2020. While the regional qualifiers slots allocation for Major and Minor is yet to be announced, the competition or this third set of DPC tournaments will start on the 9th of February, but the battle for the Minor slots will be held February 14-15 between the third and fourth teams placed in the Major qualifiers group stage. SL-Imba TV Minor LAN format: According...

BLAST Premier Spring Final to be hosted in Moscow


BLAST has revealed that Moscow will stage to the $750,000 BLAST Premier Spring Final. Host to BLAST Pro Series Moscow in 2019, the Russian capital will once more welcome fans from across the globe from June 19-21, this time with a tournament featuring a $750,000 prize pool, three times that of last year's event. A total of eight participants will be present at the Spring Final, taking place at an as-yet-undisclosed venue. Six contestants will be determined during the regular season of the league, kicking off later this month, while the last two teams will come from the Showdown stage, featuring the bottom sides from the Spring Series and teams coming out of open qualifiers. BLAST will return to Moscow...

YNK and Semmler on HLTV Confirmed to discuss the recent roster changes


Alongside the Serbian expert, the HLTV Confirmed panel will feature the standard trio of Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill, Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin, and Milan "Striker" Švejda. The show will open with a chat with YNk, catching up on his work with FaZe since the additions of Marcelo "coldzera" David and Helvijs "broky" Saukants, before moving towards the recent news that include the Swedish shuffle, the rumors about Natus Vincere, and more. The topic list (subject to changes) is as follows: Hotseat (15 min) -Catching up with YNk -Impressions of current roster -Starting 2020 Recent News (15 min) -NiP '13 reunion confirmed -nawwk to NiP as second AWP -Na`Vi can't get anyone -MSL returns to North -Complexity in EU Minor after all League Warfare (30 min) -ESL, B-site, BLAST: what we know so far -Who is winning? -Is the CS...

TALENT LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR “B SITE” LEAGUE


The broadcast team for the league tentatively named "B Site" has been announced. A tweet from the Esports Championship Series (ECS) account revealed nine talent members that would take part in "a new CS:GO League" in March 2020, adding credence to an earlier report from DBLTAP that indicated that FACEIT would pull the plug on ECS and turn focus to producing B Site. Notably, B Site's concurrent overlap with ESL Pro League means that the below talent members will not be a part of ESL's broadcast lineup for EPL, leaving many of CS:GO's most notable on-air talent already tied to one side of a tug-of-war between the two leagues. The lineup features a number of familiar names, including that of Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat. While the announcement...

MPBL ALL-STAR VOTING 2020


Vote your Starters. It should be composed of two guards, two forwards and a center. You are only allowed to vote one(1) player from each team. So basically the first 5 players must be from different teams. Note: If you vote 2(two) or more players from a team your votes are invalid.. To Vote: Step 1: Like the MPBL Facebook Page - Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League Step 2: Click on the following link to vote for the North and the South Starting-5. NORTH: https://forms.gle/Fh7wpwin4tXBL9qX8 SOUTH: https://forms.gle/mRFyMDNd7bPzyhcYA Step 3: Share this post to have your friends vote their favorite players also. Voting period is from January 23 to January 31.. IMPORTANT REMINDER: Make sure you have LIKED our official Facebook page and SHARED...

Topson confirms he will return to OG, shuts down replacement rumors


Godson won’t be bowing out of the competition just yet. OG’s players have taken an extended break from competitive Dota 2 after winning each of the last two Internationals, which, while they are always well deserved after a long season, always tend to cause the rumor about roster changes within the community. Last year, Anathan “ana” Pham was the sole focus of the community’s speculation since he took a longer break than the rest of the team, but this year Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen was added to the list, too. But in a single post, the polarizing mid player put rumors about him leaving OG to rest. On his Instagram, Topson simply posted an image of him staring down the camera with a slight...

Beastcoast outplayed the TI7 champs Nigma!


The WePlay! Bukovel Minor Champions, Team Nigma got eliminated from the Leipzig Major only on the 9th-12th place by beastcoast, who displayed a lot of versatility and willingness to take risks in order to keep the SA Dota hope alive in the tournament. Nigma started the series on the wrong foot, being taken by surprise by a mid lane Broodmother. They were planning for the long haul and the big team fights with Phantom Lancer, Outworld Devourer and Chen. But beastcoast, who actually struggled in the early laning stage, messed with Nigma’s game past the 15-minute mark, when Brood got her Orchid and was able to focus down its targets. Game two went into the Minor Champions favor, but not...

Pelicans vs. Spurs odds, line, spread: 2020 NBA picks, predictions for Zion Williamson debut from proven model


Brandon Ingram and the New Orleans Pelicans host DeMar DeRozan and the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. The Pelicans enter Wednesday's action as winners of three of their last four and prized rookie Zion Williamson will make his NBA debut. The Spurs are coming off of back-to-back wins, which has them up to eighth in the Western Conference standings. Tip-off is at 9:30 p.m ET from the Smoothie King Center. Sportsbooks list the Pelicans as 3.5-point home favorites, while the over-under for total points is 236 in the latest Pelicans vs. Spurs odds after climbing as high as 237.5. Before you make any Spurs vs. Pelicans picks or NBA predictions, you'll want to see what SportsLine's advanced computer model has to say. The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000...

WESG APAC Finals cancelled amid coronavirus fears


WESG has announced that the Asia-Pacific Finals have been cancelled amid China's coronavirus outbreak. The event was due to take place in Macau from February 16-18 after being rescheduled from its original date of January 3-5 and moved from Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia, following issues with a local tournament organiser. But the WESG officials announced on Wednesday that the event had been called off after Chinese health officials urged people to limit travel due to the Wuhan coronavirus, which has killed 17 people and infected over 500, mostly in mainland China. WESG has not yet released any information about the new dates or the location of the event, with further details expected after this week's Lunar New Year celebrations. The WESG APAC Finals will...

Geek Fam release captain DuBu


Concluded last week, the WePlay! Bukovel Minor was the second chance for Geek Fam to make it to a Dota Pro Circuit Major via Minor games, but while their performance overall was definitely better than what they’ve been showing at the beginning of the new season, they finished only on third place, missing the tickets to the Leipzig Major. In the tournament aftermath, the Southeast Asian team announces another roster change. This time around they waved goodbye to their captain, Kim “DuBu” Doo-young who was on the roster since the very beginning of the season. “We were blessed to have you as part of the fam and we will cherish the moments spent with us,” posted Geek Fam on Twitter....

djL steps down as GamerLegion coach


Daniel "djL" Narancic has parted ways with GamerLegion as the team looks to undergo a coaching change. djL formerly played for Japaleno, Epsilon, and Chaos, and coached the Red Reserve team that featured Mikail "Maikelele" Bill and Fredrik "FREDDyFROG" Gustafsson. The Swede joined GamerLegion at the end of September as the team shifted from an international to an all-Swedish lineup, being signed alongside Alfred "RuStY" Karlsson. djL is looking for new opportunities as a coach The team wasn't finalized then, however, as they continued to chop and change players until finally settling on Fredrik "freddieb" Buö in November. The lineup would stick together for two months, before Tim "nawwk" Jonasson's move to NiP happened, seeing the team lose their AWPer. GamerLegion have since been seen playing with William "draken" Sundin, but are yet to announce him as a permanent addition. This is what GamerLegion had to say about the change: "We'd like to thank you, Daniel Narancic, for your time...

DreamHack Open Leipzig viewer’s guide


Three Danish teams in one group and a number of new rosters debuting on LAN ensure excitement at DreamHack Open Leipzig, which takes place on January 24-26. To help lead you through the $100,000 event, we put together a viewer's guide, including information on the teams attending, schedule, talent lineup, and prize distribution of the tournament. cadiaN's Heroic are the highest-ranked team at the event The four invited teams were BIG, North, Virtus.pro, and for the first time at a DreamHack Open, Renegades (formerly Grayhound). Winning the ESL Meistershaft Winter gave Sprout a spot at the event, while the last three spots were distributed through qualifiers. Heroic and MAD Lions grabbed the two European slots and ended up drawn into group B alongside North to ensure exciting Danish derbies right from the start....

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