byali & kamil join ex-Virtus.pro MDL roster


Paweł “byali” Bieliński and Kamil “kamil” Kamiński have joined up with the ex-Virtus.pro team as they make their way on to the squads MDL roster. The team was down to just three players after the departure of Michał “snatchie” Rudzki and Michał “MICHU” Müller. These moves came after the Polish lineup was replaced by the ex-AVANGAR lineup under the Virtus.pro banner. This will be byali’s reunion with Janusz “Snax” Pogorzelski as he returns for his third time to this roster, even though the players have changed over the years. In his time between he played for many mix teams, however, there wasn’t much success to write home about. Both snax and byali were once on the top of the world...

DreamHack Open Leipzig schedule & first round unveiled


The full schedule and opening matches for the upcoming DreamHack Open Leipzig event has been unveiled. The event is scheduled to begin on Friday, January 24, in Leipzig, Germany and run through the 26th at the Leipziger Messe. With $100,000 on the line, several teams are in the running to win the event with Cloud9, Virtus.pro, Heroic, BIG, and more in attendance. https://twitter.com/DreamHackCSGO/status/1217121697444376576 Full schedule and first-round matchups for DreamHack Open Leipzig: Friday, January 24 05:00  –  Virtus.pro vs.  BIG 06:30  –  North vs.  Sprout 08:00  –  Cloud9 vs.  Renegades 09:30  –  Heroic vs.  MAD Lions 11:00  – Group A winners’ 12:30  – Group B winners’ Saturday, January 25 05:00  – Group A elimination 08:00  – Group B elimination 11:00  – Group A decider 14:00  – Group B decider Sunday, January 26 05:00  – Semi-final #1 08:00  – Semi-final #2 12:00  – Grand final The...

OG have confirmed their attendance at the next Major qualifiers


While the qualifiers for the next Major are still about a month away, the two-time TI winners, OG, have confirmed that they will be participating – for the first time this Dota 2 Pro Circuit season. DreamLeague Season 13 is the next Major on our DPC calendars, beginning in just three days from now but following our trip to Leipzig, Germany, we will be heading across to North America – Los Angeles to be specific, with ESL ONE LA being the next Major stop off. The qualifiers for the third Major of the DPC season are set to take place from February 9th to 14th, while the actual event is slated to run from March 15th to 22nd 2020. While no teams have...

ARCY DISBANDS


Karol "rallen" Rodowicz, Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas, and Mikołaj "mouz" Karolewski have announced that they will no longer be representing ARCY, effectively disbanding the team. This move marks the continuation of departures from ARCY, which started with the company behind Aristocracy pulling the funding in November of last year. Jacek "MINISE" Jeziak was first to leave, followed by Paweł "dycha" Dycha, the team's coach Mariusz "Loord" Cybulski, and now the team has come to an end. rallen, mouz, and TaZ have announced the end of ARCY Recently, ARCY added Filip "NEO" Kubski and Olek "hades" Miskiewicz on loan, playing out the IEM Katowice qualifier and the United Masters League, but they were unable to achieve a meaningful result. The team's last match with was a 2-0 loss to Copenhagen Flames, after which rallen announced his departure via a TwitLonger: "Hey, it's time for a change. "Today, I decided to part away with my current team. My decision is due...

Harden, LeBron on pace for milestones midway through as treys still dominate NBA


IT’S halftime. The midway point of the NBA regular season arrives this week -- there are 1,230 games between October and April, and after Thursday night's (Friday, Manila time) slate goes into the books 618 games will have been played with 612 left to go. Making statistical judgments after a few games, or even a few weeks, isn't the wisest thing. But with 50% of the season done, it seems like appropriate enough of a sample size to point out a few trends. 3'S, AGAIN The league records for 3-pointers made and attempted are going to get broken for the eighth consecutive year. But the growth rate in that department seems to be slowing down. First, the numbers: NBA teams...

Almazan diagnosed with lateral meniscal tear on left knee


RAYMOND Almazan is facing the possibly of missing the entire PBA Governors' Cup finals after he was dagnosed with a lateral meniscal tear on his left knee. An MRI revealed the injury that he suffered early in Game Three of the Governors' Cup Finals won by Barangay Ginebra, 94-82, when he collided with Kings guard LA Tenorio during a rebound play. Meralco team manager Paolo Trillo, however, said the team will still need to talk to Almazan and assess whether he is capable of playing in Game Four on Wednesday as well as in the rest of the best-of-seven series which the Kings now lead, 2-1.Almazan's possible absence in the series could be a big blow to Meralco as his...

Welcome coach Febby. TNC’s new coach for the Leipzig Major


Kim "Febby" Yong-min is a Korean/Canadian professional Dota 2 player who is playing for Team Jinesbrus. But now he will join TNC as their new coach for the second major in Dota 2. TNC Pro Team officially announced its new coach Leipzig Major. The organization believed that his veteran experience and knowledge will boost the team's morale and the chemistry of each player especially he had past experience with Kpii and March. Knowing their potential, it may be the best choice of the organization to acquire "Febby" as their coach to ensure the growth of the team and help them claim more victories as they face against the top tier-1 teams. Last month, they attended the ONE Esports Dota 2 World...

The kings of lower brackets, Nigma makes a comeback from 40k networth disadvantage


From 2019 Kuroky’s team has performed exceptionally well at the lower brackets and the WePlay! Bukovel Minor 2020 was yet another example. RNG had performed brilliantly throughout the tournament and Nigma not only defeated them by a 3-1 series win but also by making a comeback from 40,000 networth disadvantage. Read the article below to understand how RNG didn’t capitalize on their lead and lost the grand final’s final match. Game 4 Picks and Bans RNG’s Spectre and Nigma’s Drow Ranger were the heroes that they hadn’t picked in this tournament. Draft Advantage in detail RNG had advantage in split pushing, healing and counter picks whereas Nigma had advantage in right click damage, initiation, disables and defending. The draft calc...

Almazan’s injury update, day by day status


Raymond Almazan's status is day to day but, with or without him, the Meralco Bolts will go all-out to put the best stand possible against the Barangay Ginebra Kings in their PBA Governors Cup title playoff. At posting time, the Meralco management and coaching staff were still awaiting official reading of Almazan's MRI test taken right away after hurting his left knee in an awkward fall early in Game Three. The Gin Kings took advantage of Almazan's early exit, making a massive explosion in the third period on the way to a 92-84 win and a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven title playoff. Almazan has been a difference-maker for Meralco in this tourney, but his injury right can now be...

Envy to bring on Calyx & LEGIJA


Envy is looking to complete their roster with the addition of some Europeans according to a report from DBLTAP. The North American organization is seeking out Buğra “Calyx” Arkın to help fill out their roster and Nikola “LEGIJA” Ninić to serve as coach. The coaching role was left vacant after Zachary “Eley” Stauffer and the organization parted ways around the same time as the departure of Sam “s0m” Oh to Gen.G. Since then Envy has also benched Bradley “ANDROID” Fodor, leaving the lineup down to just three members. This would be Calyx’s first real team since the dismantling of the ex-Space Soldiers lineup in late 2018. The Turkish rifler had a brief stint in a trial role with Windigo prior to...

New Gen.G and Complexity rosters unable to qualify in debuts


It wasn’t the best week if you’re a Complexity and Gen.G fan hoping for a big first outing. Both of the organization’s new lineups didn’t succeed in their first attempts to qualify for events in 2020. Complexity looked strong at times but fell short of the finals in the IEM Katowice 2020 North America closed qualifier and then took two 16-14 losses to Cloud9 in the DreamHack Open Leipzig North American closed qualifier to end their run. In a similar fashion to the IEM Katowice qualifier, William “RUSH” Wierzba and Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke were lacking in firepower, performing at the bottom of the scoreboard for Complexity. Both players have a history of being able to perform at the highest level...

Dendi discusses Dota 2 player count, The International 2020


The WePlay! Bukovel Minor had a number of heavily credentialed players in attendance. Nigma brought in a former The International-winning squad, three members of the 2015 Evil Geniuses lineup were competing, and other proven stars like Xie "Super" Junhao and Jacky "EternaLEnVy" Mao were all competing. But for many fans, these stars still paled in comparison to a legend of the game. Also in attendance was Dota 2 legend Danil "Dendi" Ishutin. The longtime Natus Vincere mid laner was working the Russian analyst desk for the tournament, giving his insight on how the games were playing out and the emotional state the different teams might be in. During the event, Dendi sat down with WIN.gg to talk all things Dota 2. https://youtu.be/dci7XNdqeBU How do you feel about Dota 2...

How the Dota Pro Circuit Rating Changed After WePlay Completed! Bukovel Minor 2020?


Gambit Esports and Fighting PandaS made it to the top 12, while Nigma tournament champion ranked 15th. Do not forget that the Europeans reached the major, and therefore soon they will have to enter the 12 best teams according to DPC . Earned by the team 140 will not be taken into account if Nigma enter at least the top 12 of the second major.   All participants of the Major tournament from the compiled DPC rating received 100 points each, since this is the minimum reward that will be awarded to teams that make it to DreamLeague Season 13. Dota Pro Circuit Rating: 1st place: TNC Predator - 4,950 2nd place: Vici Gaming - 3,100 3rd place: Invictus Gaming - 2,200 4th place: Evil Geniuses - 1,450 5th place: Team Liquid - 1,000 6th place: J.Storm - 920...

Utah Jazz rally to ring up 9th straight win


Bojan Bogdanovic, of Croatia, led the charge as the Utah Jazz stormed back from a 14 point deficit against the Washington Wizards to win their ninth consecutive game (AFP Photo/ANDY LYONS) More Los Angeles (AFP) - Croatia's Bojan Bogdanovic scored 31 points as the Utah Jazz won their ninth straight game with a 127-116 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday. Frenchman Rudy Gobert finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds, one of a half-dozen players who finished in double figures for Utah, which improved to 27-12 for the season. The Jazz tightened up their defense in the second half to knock the Wizards off their game, then pulled it out in the final quarter. Jordan Clarkson added 23 points off the bench and Joe Ingles chipped in...

CR4ZY AGREE CS:GO TEAM SALE


CR4ZY have agreed terms with a North American organisation for the sale of their Counter-Strike team, HLTV.org has learned. A deal was recently struck after weeks of negotiations, with the transfer expected to be made official by both organisations in the coming days. It is currently unclear whether CR4ZY are planning to remain involved in Counter-Strike, seven months after the organisation rebranded from Valiance. CR4ZY rose to prominence in the summer of 2019 as one of the surprise packages of the StarLadder Major, where they were just one victory away from the playoffs after beating teams like FURIA, NiP and FaZe in the first two stages of the event. CR4ZY have agreed terms with a North American organisation for the sale of their Counter-Strike team, HLTV.org has learned. A deal was recently...

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