Last night Team Liquid announced the last player to complete the rebuild of the roster.

Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken returns to Team Liquid after two years at FaZe, where the 24-year-old rifler won everything worth winning including the PGL Antwerp Major, IEM Katowice 2022, IEM Cologne 2022, and the Intel Grand Slam Season 4. The success continued in CS2, where Twistzz and FaZe won the first three tournaments on the calendar.

Now the Canadian is back at Team Liquid, where he was part of another golden era in 2019, where Liquid went on an insane winning streak and claimed the Intel Grand Slam Season 2 title in just 69 days. Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken is the only player in history to have won two Grand Slams. In the announcement video the new Liquid-rifler reveals one of his ambitions on Liquid “I’m back and want number three”, he says referring to a third Grand Slam win.

Twistzz also commented on his own Twitter profile about the move to Liquid.

- There will be more info shared but I would still like to share a bit of insight on my move to Liquid. When I started receiving offers, I realized I do want something that has longevity to it, an over all younger team. The organization has created a very strong supporting staff around this team and for me there is a lot of history within the org. I truly believe in what is being created here, I could say a lot already about each piece of this squad but to keep it short, we can't wait to show what we're working on.

Keith "NAF" Markovic is the only player from the heyday of Team Liquid who is still on the roster. The two Canadians will be part of a new Team Liquid team that will be based in the Americas region with the signing of the Brazilian rifler Felipe "skullz" Medeiros. Casper "cadiaN" Møller and Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis are the last two remaining parts of the team, that will have some time to prepare for the 2024 season with no upcoming fixtures in December.

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2024 will be the first year in history, where all major tournaments are held in the new version of Counter-Strike, CS2. 

We have gathered a list of all the big events of the upcoming year and also tried to include information about tickets, streams, etc. We will update the list as soon as the information is shared by the tournament organizers. We are still yet to hear from BLAST about their plans for the new year. 2024 will be the last year with ESL and BLAST's partnership tournaments. Valve made that clear in the summer of 2023 when the game developer shared their ambition of leveling the playing field. You can read more about that in the article below.

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In February and early March 2024, we will get to see the best teams in the world fighting for a spot in the first CS2 Major in history.

The tournament organizer PGL announced the three locations for the European, Asian, and American qualifiers. Bucharest, Shanghai, and Monterrey will host the Regional Major Rankings (RMR) tournament, which will decide who will qualify and in what category.

Group A and B in the European Qualifier will take place from February 14-22, while the Last Chance Qualifier will be played out February 23-24 in Bucharest, Romania.

The Asian RMR will take place in Shanghai from February 26 to 28. 

Monterrey, Mexico will host the RMR Americas from March 1 to 4. 

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The PGL Copenhagen Major will be the first CS2 Major in history. The event will take place from March 21-31. The final days of the tournament will be played in the Royal Arena in Copenhagen.

The charismatic Dane was announced as the new AWP'er and in-game leader for Team Liquid last night on Twitter.

Casper "cadiaN" Møller returns to North American CS, where he previously spent a year with Rogue back in 2017/18. Since then cadiaN developed into being one of the most prolific and sucessful in-game leaders leading Heroic to be the best team in the world on HLTV's ranking alongside several tournament wins.

The Heroic era ended drastically with Jakob "⁠jabbi⁠" Nygaard and Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund exit from the team, after Heroic initially had benched Casper "cadiaN" Møller on their request. The high profiled in-game leader was later offered the chance to rebuild the roster, but instead, cadiaN chose to seek out new adventures at Team Liquid.

- So excited to have this be my next step. It’s time to lift the biggest trophies, and bring TL back to winning ways, the Dane tweeted after the announcement.

Here he will join Keith "NAF" Markovic,  Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis, and Felipe "skullz" Medeiros, while Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken is expected to complete the lineup later today.

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Both Jakob "⁠jabbi⁠" Nygaard and Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund got off to a rough start for Astralis, as the two former Heroic players made their debut at the BetBoom Dacha 2023 tournament in Dubai.

Against Virtus.pro the two Danes ended at the bottom of the scoreboard after the first map of Inferno, where VP was in full control.

On Mirage Astralis won both pistol rounds to set themselves up for a much more competitive map. Here Victor "Staehr" Staehr stepped up and delivered a solid performance with several impactful rounds that swayed the map in favor of the Danes.

On Overpass Virtus.pro was favored going into the map, but Astralis got off to a good start leading 4-0 on their T-side. But then Petr 'fame' Bolyshev stepped up and won a 1vs2 clutch to ignite Virtus.pro back into the match. From here on the Russian roster did not look back and finished Astralis off with a 13-7 win.

Jakob "⁠jabbi⁠" Nygaard and Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund ended the match at the bottom of the scoreboard with a -32 in K/D combined.

With the loss, Astralis needs to win tomorrow against the loser of FURIA vs Spirit to stay alive in the tournament, where there is $180,000 up for grabs in first prize.

Heroic quickly tweeted this after the loss for Astralis. We guess there is still some bad blood...

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An almost completely new Team Liquid roster will enter the server in the upcoming months after the Dutch Organization swayed away from its European adventure earlier this year with the departure of both Rainwaker and Patsi from the team. 

Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken, Casper "cadiaN" Møller, and Felipe "skullz" Medeiros have all been rumored to be joining the lineup that will head back to the North American RMR with three players from the NA and SA region on the team. Brazilian player Felipe "skullz" Medeiros was announced last night as the first of the three.

Felipe "skullz" Medeiros joins after a stint at paiN Gaming, where the rifler proved his worth in several A-tier tournaments such as ESL Pro League Season 17, the BLAST.tv American Major qualifier, and the ESL Challenger Melbourne 2022 tournament. At Team Liquid the Brazilian will face new challenges with English as the in-game language of the roster, which is expected to be finalized within the next few days.

Team Liquid has not played an official match since the start of October, and is not scheduled to participate in any tournament before the new year.

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Eight teams are set to fight for a total prize pool of $300,000 in Dubai at the BetBoom Dacha 2023 tournament. Six teams were invited to participate in the tournament, while Spirit and MIBR made their way to Dubai via qualifiers. GamerLegion was initially not invited to the tournament, but the world number 13 agreed to fill in the spot for Heroic, who was forced to cancel due to the lack of players in their lineup. Astralis is probably the team to watch in the tournament, where we will get the first glimpse of the new roster including stavn and jabbi who are set to make their debuts.

The opening matches of Group A will be played today, while Group B will start tomorrow.

GamerLegion and Cloud9 will kick off the event, while MIBR and BetBoom take on each other later today.

You can see the entire schedule of the tournament below.

After almost five years at MOUZ David "frozen" Čerňanský has made the move to FaZe, where he join his former teammates Finn "karrigan" Andersen and Robin "ropz" Kool.

At FaZe the Slovakian rifler will replace Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken, who is rumored to join Team Liquid. 21-year-old David "frozen" Čerňanský has been one of the perhaps most underrated stars of Counter-Strike in the past years, where the Slovakian has emerged as one of the best riflers on the scene. In 2023 David "frozen" Čerňanský has averaged an impressive 1.20 rating against top 30 teams, which puts him in the top-5 catagory of players in the world based on ratings alone.

David "frozen" Čerňanský spent 1722 days on MOUZ, where he won several notable tournaments such as ESL Pro League 18 and 10, Flashpoint 3, cs_summit 5, and the CS:GO Asia Championships 2019. He was signed in 2019 alongside Özgür "woxic" Eker and Finn "karrigan" Andersen.

The new FaZe rifler is already set to make his debut at the BLAST World Finals in Abu Dhabi later this month, where a healthy $1,000,000 are in the prize pool.

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The 28-year-old German, Jan "Swani" Müller announced the end of his G2 tenure as a head coach on Twitter.

The German coach has had immense success with G2 winning three of the biggest titles in the past year. BLAST World Finals 2022, IEM Katowice 2023, and IEM Cologne 2023 were all won by G2 after Swani joined the team before the BLAST World Finals 2022. Now the 2023 version of the tournament will be his last in charge of G2.

- Now the time has come to take care of myself and my loved ones. I gradually felt worse throughout the year and it has taken a big toll on me, so I made the decision to step back. Thank you for trusting an unknown German kid with the keys to G2, I will be eternally grateful for the memories I made along the way. I got to travel the world with my boys while living my hobby. But once the passion becomes a burden, it is time to end it, Swani writes on Twitter.

Before Swani the two Frenchmen Rémy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam and Damien "⁠maLeK⁠" Marcel have had stints as the head coach for G2. There is no news about who will be the new head coach of G2.

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In one of the latest updates to CS2, Valve has now started to display a warning for outdated drivers for graphic cards. 

As seen in the picture above, you will now receive a warning, if the game detects that your driver is not updated, which can have an impact on the stability of the game. We have seen examples of players being kicked out of a server if their graphics card is not up to date. So to make sure that you get the best gameplay experience, we recommend you update your drivers.

1) The first step is to take a screenshot of your current settings in CS2. We have seen cases where the new updated driver overwrites your current settings in CS2. 

2) See what current version of your graphic card that you have installed. Right-click on your desktop and select either AMD Radeon Settings (Click on System to access the system overview, software, and hardware details. Select the Software tab for detailed information about the installed graphics driver.) or NVIDIA Control Panel (From the NVIDIA Control Panel menu, select Help > System Information. The driver version is listed at the top of the Details window).

3) Check the latest drivers: (This was written on 4th December 2023)

on November 14th, 2023. This is the latest version of these drivers available for most NVIDIA-based video cards.

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A four-year title drought ended for FURIA last night with a 3-1 win in the Grand Final at Elisa Masters Espoo in Finland. 

Apeks was the opponent in the first bo5 final of CS2 on LAN in history. FURIA won Inferno, Vertigo, and Mirage to win the event and the $100,000 in prize money.

Marcelo 'chelo' Cespede and Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato were the two highest-rated players for FURIA in the Grand Final with Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo as a solid wingman for the duo. On the other side of the server, Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson delivered another good performance, which eventually secured him the MVP title for the tournament.

FURIA won a couple of titles in the online era during the COVID-19 pandemic but has not won a LAN title since September 2019, when the Brazilians won the Artic Invitational 2019 tournament which was also held in Finland.

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Video games can provide so-needed stress relief for overwhelmed college students. Their immersive nature, the excitement of accomplishments, the creative outlet, and other aspects of modern gaming can help students relax, relieve any bottled-up feelings, and feel better about themselves, forgetting about the academic pressure for a while. Of course, balance and moderation remain key elements in such stress management tools. Still, students and teachers should not view gaming as a meaningless activity, given how much therapeutic and entertaining benefits it carries. 

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Counter-Strike 2, a sequel to the iconic first-person shooter, has established itself as a paragon of competitive gaming. Developed by Valve Corporation, it builds on its predecessor's success with enhanced graphics, new maps, and refined gameplay. The lasting appeal lies in its commitment to team-based competition, demanding strategic thinking, precise aiming, and rapid reflexes. Regular updates keep the experience fresh, elevating Counter-Strike 2 to a global esports phenomenon.

The Witcher series is a classic role-playing game. Guiding players through the adventures of Geralt of Rivia, these games intricately weave a tapestry of storytelling, introducing complex characters and vast open worlds. Celebrated for its moral intricacies, The Witcher series empowers players to shape the narrative through impactful choices. The third chapter, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, garnered widespread praise for its stunning visuals and emotionally charged storyline, solidifying its status as a benchmark for storytelling excellence in video games.

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There are many reasons for the wide popularity of Shooters. First of all it is three dimensional space, which allows the main character an ability to move freely. So the player controls him from different angles, mainly from the first person. Basically, in this genre of online games, all locations and levels are in the format of a limited labyrinth. 

Nowadays shooters involve not only shoot and move mechanics but also many other engaging activities. For example, in Call of Duty Black Ops Zombie mod you can play slots which will give you many bonus features. This mechanic makes gameplay more engaging and immersive. 

Unlike the other more traditional genres listed in this article, the concept of looter shooters is fairly new and still in its infancy. Consequently, the genre's defining features are somewhat flexible, as there is no clear consensus on what constitutes a true looter shooter.

Obviously, games in this category are primarily first- or third-person shooters, where the gameplay and player progression are in every possible way tied to obtaining more and more cool weapons, equipment or abilities. There's a parallel to be drawn with MMOs or grinders like Diablo and Path of Exile, where the goal of most players isn't to reach any endgame or kill the most monsters, but to build the most impressive set possible for their character. There is an element of the gambling there too. Sometimes it involves casino bonuses and slot associated mechanics as in the Borderland series. If you are looking for something like that, we highly recommend trying Destiny 2 or Warframe.

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They are brothers but not twins!l And quite popular genres, which, in fact, are distinguished by only one nuance. In beatemups, the player's task is to hit people in hand-to-hand combat. Many will probably remember classics like Double Dragon on Dandy. And in slasher films you need to cut down enemies with weapons - like Dante does in the Devil May Cry series. But this distinction is very conditional. Any beat-em-up can be called a slasher, and vice versa. In the end, Golden Ax, familiar to many from childhood, from Shogi is considered a beat-em-up, and you have to fight there with melee weapons. But you can keep in mind another nuance: today, three-dimensional games of the genre are most often called slashers, and two-dimensional “classic” games are called beat-em-ups. There are hundreds of free games on the market, but we really recommend trying Shattered Realms and the Liar.

Once the most widespread genre, which gave us many wonderful and still living series - from Super Mario Bros. to Crash Bandicoot. The essence of platforming is jumping: the main character must jump on different platforms to overcome obstacles - it’s that simple.

Initially, platformers were exclusively two-dimensional, but in the era of the PlayStation 1 they made good use of the third dimension. Today, 2D and 3D platformers coexist and develop in parallel - and some games, like the Little Nightmares series, mix these approaches. Given the simple “rules” of the genre, platforming elements can be found in games of many other genres. And importantly, among platformers there are a lot of bright cartoon games suitable for children. Looking for a free one? Enjoy Fall Guys with friends and  hadcore Cuphead : Game And Watch Edition.

While there are thousands of free games online, you can always choose the genre you want. The internet is a great space to fulfill your desire to control your life, so do that in making the right choice. It doesn't matter if you will enjoy the night spinning reels in online slots or killing zombies in shooter games. Have fun!

Following two tough days of the tournament, Travis Young, a Big Bend, WI native who had never competed in the MSPT before, took home the first-place reward of $297,977, along with his first MSPT championship. And that’s not all in terms of exciting news about FireKeepers. The FireKeepers Casino in Battle Creek [link:{"url":"https://igamingmi.com/news/the-fortune-8-noodle-bar-and-baccarat-gaming-area-make-their-debut-at-firekeepers-casino/","isNewTab":true,"text":"also recently opened a new Baccarat Area on its gaming floor"}] alongside a new Fortune 8 Noodle Bar.

Let’s look at the list of winners of the new record-breaking poker tournament.

●     Travis Young from Big Bend, WO took first place with $297,977;

●     Brian Hou from Philadelphia, PA came in second with $236,956;

●     Cobi Cobian from Mooresville, IN, came in third place with $221,666;

●     Brad Sailor from Lombard, IL, came in fourth place with $175,281;

●     James Tedrow from Pittsburg, PA, came in fifth place with $153,928;

●     Mark Stump from Grand Rapids, MI, took sixth place with $89,440;

●     Jeffrey Kuc from Granger, IN, came in seventh place with $69,875;

●     Narimaan Ahmadi from Alpharetta, GA, came in eighth place with $52,826.

●     Richard Vebranz from Hudson, OH, came in ninth place with $41,925.

The top five participants consented to an independent chip model (ICM) chop, with the winner in first place receiving an extra bonus.

With a total prize pool of $2,795,010, the $1,000,000 guaranteed Main Event with a $1,110 buy-in surpassed expectations. A noteworthy achievement, the record-breaking 2,883 submissions beat the previous record established in May by 412 entries. The number of submissions this year surpassed the record by 474 over the October event last year, indicating a 19% increase over October 2022. Every event held by FireKeepers Casino in 2023 has done 11.5% better than the events in 2022.

The MSPT at FireKeepers Casino is a success because of the team's outstanding service and dedication to going above and beyond, according to Steven Senk, vice president of gaming operations. The business takes great pride in offering poker aficionados an unparalleled experience, and it looks forward to carrying on with thrilling events that entice players to come back for more.

FireKeepers Casino is a well-known casino and entertainment venue in Battle Creek, Michigan. It was founded in 2009 and has grown to be a well-known institution in the Midwest. With more than 2,900 slot machines, a selection of table games, and its own poker area, the casino has a sizable gaming floor.

Apart from gaming, FireKeepers provides guests with a wide array of facilities, such as many eating choices, an opulent hotel, and an event center that presents world-class performers. FireKeepers Casino has established itself as the area's leading gaming and entertainment destination because of its dedication to providing excellent customer service and satisfaction.

The silly season in competitive Counter-Strike is in full swing, with a myriad of teams either signing one or multiple new players to their roster. Most of the time when teams bring in new acquisitions, there are players who have to give up their spot in the lineup.

We have tried to compile all the free agents on the market and all the players who have been placed on the bench/transfer list. 

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It can be a little bit hard to stay on track with all the CS:GO tournaments throughout the year. In this list, we have tried to make a list of all the events that have been confirmed so far in 2023. This list will be updated with all the Tier 1 tournaments. There will be no major in the second part of 2023. The next major will be held in Copenhagen in March 2024.

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Winner: [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/teams/g2-esports","isNewTab":true,"text":"G2"}]

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{cflag:MT} ESL Pro League Season 17 - LAN tournament

Winner: [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/teams/faze","isNewTab":true,"text":"FaZe"}]

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Winner: [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/teams/team-vitality","isNewTab":true,"text":"Team Vitality"}]

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Winner: [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/teams/ence","isNewTab":true,"text":"ENCE"}]

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{cflag:US} BLAST Spring Finals in Washington, D.C.

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{cflag:MT} ESL Pro League Season 18 - LAN tournament

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{cflag:DK} BLAST Premier Fall Finals (CS2)

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Doing business with your biggest rivals can end up being a very expensive thing to do. 

When Astralis last month decided to acquire the two star players Martin “stavn” Lund and Jakob “jabbi” Nygaard from Heroic, it was no different.

According to HLTV’s editor-in-chief Milan “striker” Švejda, Astralis paid around $2.000.000 for the strong duo. Something striker revealed in the latest [link:{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx3Ft3LjG04&t=6881s","isNewTab":true,"text":"episode "}]of HLTV Confirmed earlier this week.

- I am willing to put out the numbers because I have heard it from enough places to be confident about it. And it’s in the area of $2 million – like between $1.5 and $2 million for the two players combined, striker said on the podcast. 

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Stavn and jabbi were brought in to get Astralis back to the very top of Counter-Strike, also with a perspective on the upcoming Major in Copenhagen next year. On the roster, the Heroic duo replaced Christian “Buzz” Andersen and Johannes “b0RUP” Borup.

Before joining Astralis, stavn and jabbi made the headlines after allegedly having pushed out Casper “cadiaN” Møller from the team just to inform Heroic that they have made “future plans with Astralis”. You can read more about in the article below.

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Why is Abdul “degster” Gasanov sitting on the bench? Why hasn’t he played a competitive match in over six months? And how does it come that there are no transfer rumours about him circulating?

If you ask his former in-game leader in OG, Nemanja “nexa” Isaković, there could be one good reason for that: His persona.

In a [link:{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnCYwPtI5VY&t","isNewTab":true,"text":"recent podcast"}] hosted by Duncan “Thorin” Shields and Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninić, nexa offered his view on degster stating that the Russian AWPer is both “difficult to work with” and that he has a “really big ego”.

- He [degster] is a very difficult person to work with. He definitely has the skill, but he wants everything done his way. He’s also taking a lot of space from everyone in the team all the time, but he’s even ungrateful to get all of the space that he gets. He still wants more and he’s always blaming others for all the mistakes, nexa said and continued:

- So, I would say that he has a really big ego. I think it’s fine if you have a really big ego if you have numbers and stats to back it up, and you’re actually helping the team win. But I think a lot of his stats come at the expense of other players.

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nexa, who is now with G2 again, did not hold back when talking about degster

"His playstyle is not so beneficial to any team"

Although pointing out his big ego and his selfish behaviour, nexa wasn’t shy to praise degster, whom he played with in OG for more than six months, for his strong abilities on the server. The Serbian IGL also believes that degster can make it far, but only if he changes his mindset, he explained.

- Sure, here and there he will have an insane round like a 1v4 or 1v3 clutch – like he’s really good individually. But his playstyle in general is not so beneficial to any team pretty much in my opinion, and he’s really stubborn and unwilling to change or adapt from the way he sees the game.

- I think he’s a great player and I believe if he can try to see the game from someone else’s perspective and not only his own – or maybe if he gets an in-game leader who’s going to stand up for his bullshit – then I think he could definitely be a really good player in the future.

We have reached out to degster to get a comment on the words about his persona, however, he did not turn back in time for the publication of this article.

You can find the entire podcast episode of ‘Strat Book’ with nexa, Thorin and LEGIJA down below.

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The Frenchman proved every single critic wrong with an incredible month of November. Or should we say a phenomenal BLAST Premier Fall Finals? All 10 maps of ZywOo’s were played during the tournament in Copenhagen. Against Heroic, Complexity, Cloud9, and FaZe the French prodigy delivered a 1.35 rating on average, which was also enough to secure him the MVP award for the tournament and Vitality the tournament win.

The best thing about the performance was the dominance from ZywOo with the AWP. Many of the best snipers of today have had trouble adjusting to the new game, but in the Royal Arena, ZywOo looked like a guy, who has played the game for several years. 

 made 34% of his kills with the “Big Green”, which is actually a tad higher than his average in 2023 in CS:GO.

{cflag:FR} Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut - 1.35 rating in 10 maps (1.39 against top 30 opponents)

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Donk is insane! The young Team Spirit rifler has just continued his upwards trajectory from October when he won our Pleyer of the Month award. 

 has averaged an insane 1.42 rating on 16 maps against SAW, Monte, Space, Apeks, 9INE, and MIBR. The opponents are not on the same level as ZywOo’s, and donk’s performances didn’t win Spirit any titles, but they are still impressive nonetheless.

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cadiaN announced as the new Team Liquid IGL and AWP'er	12/7/2023
Astralis lose in stavn and jabbi debut	12/6/2023
Team Liquid rebuild is on: skullz first player to be announced	12/5/2023
$300,000 tournament set to start today in Dubai	12/5/2023
FaZe sign frozen in new blockbuster transfer	12/5/2023
G2 coach steps down: The passion became a burden	12/4/2023
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FireKeepers’ Poker Tournament Casino Breaks Records	12/3/2023
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CS:GO/CS2 Tournament Calendar 2023	12/2/2023
Astralis reportedly paid around $2 million for stavn and jabbi	12/1/2023
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November Pleyer of the Month: ZywOo	12/1/2023
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