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The Chongqing Major qualifiers are currently underway in different regions of the World. Over the past few days, we have seen the culmination of South America, the CIS as well as the South East Asia Qualifiers. Each of these regions will have a total of two teams qualifying to the Chongqing Major in China. The South American qualifiers saw Test123 and Pain Gaming emerge as the victors of the qualifiers. Test123 managed to defeat Pain Gaming in the Upper Bracket finals and secure

The Chongqing Major 2019 qualifiers are currently underway. With South America and the CIS Qualifiers coming to an end, we now have four more teams at the Chongqing Major. Here are the winners from South America and the CIS qualifiers for the Chongqing Major. South America Qualifiers Test123 Pain Gaming CIS Qualifiers: No Pangolier Virtus Pro The South American Qualifiers see Pain Gaming and Test123 qualify The South America qualifiers saw both former Pain Gaming teams qualify to the Major. Test123 is not

The International 2018 Champions, Team OG has announced their complete roster. Joining OG will be Per Anders 'Pajkatt' Olsson Lille. Recently OG announced the departure of Ana from their Dota 2 team. Despite winning The International 2018, OG has not had any good start to this season's DPC. The team took off time to allow their players to recuperate and take a break. They decided not to attend the Kuala Lumpur Major. This decision to give up a claim to a prize pool

G2 esports has announced changes to its Counter-Strike roster. The team will move Edouard Smithzz Dubourdeaux and Kevin Ex6tenz  Droolans to the inactive roster. Replacing the two on the team will be two players from 3DMAX. The two players joining the team are Audric "JaCkz" Jug and Lucas "Lucky" Chastang. https://twitter.com/G2esports/status/1067116515454066688 This decision comes after months of poor results and the lack of any real positives for the team. Despite giving Ex6tenz enough time with the squad, they were unable to show improvement.

Made in Brazil player, Fernando "fer" Alvarenga is ruled out of the Blast Pro Series Lisbon. The player will be out of the tournament due to medical reasons. The player will undergo surgery for his right ear on the 14th of December. In an interview to ESPN Brasil, Fer confirms that he will not be taking part in the Blast Pro Series Lisbon Tournament. Blast Pro Series Lisbon will take place on the 14th and 15th of December at the Altice Arena. It

Danish team Heroic has emerged as the winners of the Toyota Master Bangkok tournament. They defeated Chinese team Tyloo 3-2 in the Grand finals of the event. The tournament was held in the Indoor stadium Huanmark in Bangkok. The $100,000 event had a best of five Grand finals which saw Heroic compete against the Chinese team Tyloo. They won the series 3-2 and claim the prize of being the Toyota Master Bangkok. Throughout the series, the games were extremely close. The first two

Danish team Astralis has asserted its dominance yet again on the International stage. Astralis won ECS Season 6 LAN finals. This is their third tournament victory since winning the FaceIT Major. They faced Made in Brazil in the Grand finals. While the individual maps were close, the final score of the series was 2-0.   For Made in Brazil, this performance definitely raises hopes for the team's future. They have been improving with each tournament and they also have much better results now.

Renegades is the first team to receive an invite to IEM Sydney 2019. Considering the event takes place in Sydney, Australia, it is only fitting that the Australian team receives the first invite. ESL has hosted tournaments all over the world and one of the most successful of these new venues in Sydney. IEM Sydney [ previously ESL One Sydney ] has drawn massive live audiences and a very energetic one at that too. The tournament sees a lot of support for Renegades,

Mineski has added their fifth member to the Dota roster. Johan "pieliedie" Åström will be joining the team effective immediately. The team has been without a complete roster since Mushi parted ways with the team on the 11th of November. Mushi has been an integral part of the Mineski roster and helped the team make a name for itself on the international stage. His experience and his ability to help the team grow around him were invaluable to the Mineski team. However, they

Recently Niko from Faze Clan made some allegations on social media. These allegations were against several players, but it also included the current CS: GO Major Champions, Astralis. The allegation was on Twitter and this points to potentially Astralis using unfair vision settings in order to gain an advantage over smoke grenades in the game. https://twitter.com/fazeniko/status/1065730619597033472?s=09 The tweet drew sharp responses from the community as well as several professional players in the game. They were unsure whether Astralis actually uses such unfair means

The first day of Esports Championship Series Season 6 LAN has come to an end. Two teams have already secured their place in the semifinals: Made in Brazil and Ninjas in Pyjamas. Made in Brazil definitely looks much stronger than their former selves. The team has been under the guidance of YNK for several months now. We did see glimpses of their performance at the Major, but with limited practice time before the Major, it was not fully efficient. YNK helped the team

Team Ukraine has pulled out of the WESG 2018 LAN Finals. The winners of WESG 2017's decision not to attend WESG 2018 LAN finals was a huge shock for the tournament organisers. Team Ukraine won WESG 2017 EU and CIS LAN finals last year. They had the same lineup [ with Markeloff playing in place of Ange1]. They declined the tournament organiser's invitation and that leaves the event one team short. There is only one month left for the event and this news

League of Legends has one of the most interesting stories in esports. With a vast universe, there are always fans wanting to know more about their favourite champions and their background. The full comic will be released in May 2019, it will be the first full-length comic featuring League of Legends. It is the first time that League of Legends will get a Marvel comic of its own. Riot Games has dabbled in releasing short videos and stories. However, in partnering with Marvel

Kim “Ssumday” Chan-Ho arrived in North America in 2017 on Team Dignitas. The player spent much of his early days in learning English and adjusting to the team. Despite this, he was always a contender for the title of the best mid-laner in North America LCS. 100 Thieves recently released a video where they show a montage of the player's performances. They focussed on the upcoming season, saying it starts right now. We can also see Ssumday saying that is the 100Thieves top-laner.

Virtus Pro won the Kuala Lumpur Major, the first Dota 2 Major of Dota Pro Circuit 2018-19. They were up against Team Secret in the Grand Finals [ a Best of Five series].  The team which recently inducted Nisha to their team displayed excellent synergy and coordination in their playstyle. They had a strategy and we saw how the players stuck to their strategy throughout the series. However, Virtus Pro stuck to their strategy and proved themselves the kings of the game. Their

The Ninjas in Pyjamas may be a new team in the Dota Pro Circuit but they have definitely sparked up a lot of interest. The Peter Dager led team has shown us excellent coordination and synergy. They have had some really weird drafts, some worked while some did not. The Drow Ranger strategy has been a disaster for the team so far at the Kuala Lumpur Major. Struggling to survive in the Lower Bracket, NIP was up against Team Evil Geniuses. The first

The Dota Pro Circuit is Valve's attempt at ensuring a stable and viable esports scene for the game. While last year's DPC season did see a few glitches and some logistical problems, this year seems different. There are five Dota 2 Majors and Minors for the current DPC season. They are all listed on the official Dota Pro Circuit page here. The first Dota 2 Major, The Kuala Lumpur Major is currently underway. There are only three teams remaining, Team Secret, Virtus Pro

Fnatic has parted ways with its League of Legends Coach, Dylan Falco. This is despite the Fnatic team having a great Worlds 2018 performance. They reached the Grand Finals losing to Invictus Gaming 3-0 to secure a Top 2 finish. Dylan Falco joined Fnatic in May 2017. Prior to his time on Fnatic, he was coaching teams like Immortals and Envy in the North American LCS. Dylan Falco has a lot of experience and there is little doubt that he will find a

The first Dota 2 Major of the new season is already seeing some new teams emerge as the strongest lineups. The Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) which feature Peter Dager as well as Mind_Control as a stand-in has managed to reach the Top 4 at the major. Despite falling earlier in the day to Virtus Pro [ they are yet to defeat Virtus Pro] NIP maintained their dominant status in the lower bracket against TNC Predator. NIP win 2-0 over TNC Predator NIP's win

The Ninjas are still unable to defeat Virtus Pro Virtus Pro continue their excellent Dota 2 form as they have secured a Top 3 finish at the Kuala Lumpur Major. The CIS team won their match against the Ninjas in Pyjamas in two straight games. NIP used a Drow and Windranger strategy, however, their execution was not perfect. To make things worse, the second game saw Virtus Pro read their draft like a book and pick up extremely tanky heroes as well as