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  • acoR benched on TSM due to “budget reasons”*

    TSM’s Danish team is in trouble weeks after they released their women’s roster. Update 17:47 : Rasmus “⁠Zyphon⁠” Nordfoss has announced that he has also been benched, while coach Allan “⁠Rejin⁠” Petersen has been released. Frederik “⁠acoR⁠” Gyldstrand has been made available for transfer by TSM after six months with the American organization. In a statement on X, the Danish AWPer said that “budget reasons” were behind…

  • TaZ: “The Major meant everything; it felt like it took the soul out of everyone”

    TaZ remains upbeat despite a “disappointing” semi-final exit. G2 came into the Shanghai Major surrounded by rumors of their roster’s future but were one of the title favorites despite the uncertainty. They made light work of their opposition to make the playoffs and beat HEROIC to make the semi-final, where they faced off against a…

  • FaZe break G2 streak to make Shanghai Major final

    karrigan and company stopped a five-match loss streak against G2 in the Major semi-final. FaZe became the second grand finalists of the Perfect World Shanghai Major after defeating G2 in a two-map series (Ancient 13-6, Nuke 16-14). Robin “⁠ropz⁠” Kool had another superstar performance to follow up yesterday’s demolition of Vitality and put up a…

  • chopper: “For me, donk is the best, and the best never give up”

    donk’s slow start in the semi-final against MOUZ did not shake Spirit. “We all just told him, ‘You’ll f*ck as usual, don’t worry,’” chopper said after making it to the Shanghai Major final. After Spirit advanced to the grand final with a 2-1 win over MOUZ, Leonid “⁠chopper⁠” Vishnyakov spoke to HLTV about the match.…

  • Spirit reach Shanghai Major final over MOUZ

    Spirit and donk were handed a paddling on map one but recovered to reach the Major final. Spirit are the first team into the Shanghai Major final after emerging victorious against MOUZ. They had to bounce back from a drubbing on Nuke, where MOUZ looked at their studio best, but on the more aim-heavy maps…

  • karrigan: “I want Vitality, G2, and Spirit, why not make it the hardest Major playoff run ever?”

    “That’s three teams we normally haven’t beat the whole year. I’m down for that,” karrigan said after a surprise win over Vitality put FaZe through to the semis. With an impressive recovery from a tough defeat on map one and a slow start into map two, FaZe secured an upset victory over Vitality to move…

  • FaZe stun Vitality to qualify for Shanghai Major semi-finals

    FaZe brought the series back and swept it after losing their map pick. FaZe are through to the Perfect World Shanghai Major semi-finals, where they will face G2, after stunning Vitality in the quarter-finals. Vitality, who came into the series as favorites, could not have wished for a better start on Nuke, FaZe’s map pick,…

  • NiKo: “I wanted to go and hug malbsMd right after that clutch”

    “I would have hated myself if we had lost Mirage,” the Bosnian rifler added. G2 moved past HEROIC to reach the semi-final of the Shanghai Major, but it was touch-and-go for much of the series as the team had to capitalize on an exceptional CT showing from Nikola “⁠NiKo⁠” Kovač on Nuke and two crucial…

  • sAw: “Overall this season hasn’t been so satisfying that you can accept just quarter-finals”

    The Finnish skipper foresees an interesting offseason with the transfer market kicking into gear. sAw is happy his team could improve their game, but wishes they went deeper in the playoffs HEROIC has reached the end of the line at the Perfect World Shanghai Major after a close loss to G2 in an overtime decider.…