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G2 secure Shanghai Major semi-final spot thanks to individual brilliance
Snax and company closed out Mirage with a 16-13 victory in overtime. G2 secured a semi-final spot at the Perfect World Shanghai Major after a thrilling 2-1 victory against HEROIC (Ancient 6-13, Nuke 13-9, Mirage 16-13). Nikola “NiKo” Kovač was the star of the show on the first two maps, especially on Nuke, where he…
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Complexity bench floppy after Major failure
Additionally, the organization has also parted ways with assistant coach JamezIRL. Complexity have shifted rifler Ricky “floppy” Kemery to the team’s inactive lineup, marking an end to a nearly three-year stretch as an active player for the organization. Complexity also announced that they will be releasing assistant coach James “JamezIRL” Macaulay. The move follows a…
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zont1x: “Who knows how this would end in OT”
Spirit’s star anchor conceded that the nerves were getting to Spirit as Liquid mounted a comeback on Dust2, before they closed it on their sixth attempt with a shoddy buy. After fending off Liquid’s Dust2 comeback to secure a place in the semi-finals, Myroslav “zont1x” Plakhotia spoke to HLTV about the match. The quarter-final affair…
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Spirit through to Shanghai Major semi-finals over Liquid
Liquid fell just short of mounting a comeback on Dust2 to force a decider map. Spirit beat Liquid 2-0 on Anubis (13-9) and Dust2 (13-11) to reach the Perfect World Shanghai Major’s semi-finals, where they will face off against MOUZ for a spot in the championship match. Two triples kicked off the series on Anubis,…
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Brollan on Ancient start: “We wanted to play too perfect; afraid of taking duels”
“If it were any other top team, maybe they could have closed that,” the Swede said of the lead MongolZ squandered. MOUZ became on Thursday the first team to book a spot in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Major after defeating The MongolZ in two maps. The third time was the charm for the Swedish…
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MOUZ beat The MongolZ to reach Shanghai Major semis
Asia’s last hope at the Major has been eliminated. “I’m not losing to them twice,” Kamil “siuhy” Szkaradek said in the pre-match interview, and MOUZ delivered on those words. Seeking revenge for the Bo1 loss in the Elimination Stage a week earlier, the European team ran out 2-0 winners against The MongolZ in the first…
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9z bench buda, tge
The South American team has enacted its first changes after missing the Major. 9z have announced the benching of Nicolás “buda” Kramer and coach Gustavo “tge” Motta following their failure to qualify for the Perfect World Shanghai Major. The South American team has been in a rough patch of form since their breakout event at…
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NEOFRAG joins UNiTY
The Czech rifler replaces Blogg1s on the active roster. UNiTY have announced the signing of Adam “NEOFRAG” Zouhar following their unsuccessful Shanghai Major Europe RMR campaign. The 23-year-old will take the place of Dominik “Blogg1s” Janita on the active roster after the latter parted ways with the organization on Monday. The Czech rifler comes into…
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Who had the hardest run to Major playoffs?
We try to find a glimpse of meaning in the paths of the final eight teams at the Shanghai Major. The Shanghai Major playoffs are as hard to call as any in recent memory. And, after reigning champions Natus Vincere were sent home early, the parity between our final eight only seems more narrow. Still,…