Erik “shoke” Shokov is the owner and founder of CYBERSHOKE, a team that has been a stable tier 2 presence over the past few years.
With nucleonZ stepping in for kyousuke at BLAST Bounty, the expectations around him escalated almost instantly.
The roster formed by s1mple and the Portuguese trio of SAW surprised everybody.
By Anders Frost
In the old days, we relied on IRC channels and dedicated forums to find scrims or discuss strategies. Today, that digital infrastructure has moved entirely to Discord.
A small CS2 update has added a quality of life change to the molotov and incendiary.
By Anders Frost
We know that feeling when you close a tight match on Mirage and immediately pull up the scoreboard. You want to see if your impact matched your effort, but the basic kill count rarely tells the whole story.
By Anders Frost
IEM Kraków 2026 is the new home of one of Counter-Strike’s biggest annual stops, with ESL moving the long-running IEM Katowice tradition to Kraków.
The new-look BIG, with Benjamin “blameF” Bremer, have climbed from 92nd in the VRS at the start of the year to 29th after just two events, losing only a single match in the process.
PARIVISION took down Falcons in 3-0 fashion, leading Jame to his first big trophy since the Major in 2022.
