Twisted Minds have secured a spot in the RMR after advancing via the lower bracket in the BLAST Paris Major 2023 Middle EAST RMR Closed Qualifier. Nikola “Lobanjica” Mijomanovic. And Shuaib “D0cC” Ahmad played a crucial role in their team’s victory, but it was their teammate Ahmad “SpAwNns” Kanaan who stole the show.

Twisted Minds faced off against Ooredoo Thunders in the lower bracket finals of the RMR qualifier. With a spot in the RMR on the line, both teams were eager to secure the win. Despite a valiant effort from Ooredoo Thunders, it was Twisted Minds who came out on top, winning the series 2-0.

SpAwNns ended the series with a 1.43 Rating and 92.2 ADR, posting 44 kills across the two maps. His performance was nothing short of outstanding as he played a key role in securing the win for his team.

With the win, Loba and Twisted Minds secured a spot in the RMR, and they will now look to make a strong showing in the upcoming event.

This is the team list for the Major-qualifying event in Mongolia from April 4-8:

Lobanjica

D0cC

Twisted Minds

A Saudi Arabian Esports organization called Twisted Minds has announced its entry to professional Counter-Strike with the signing of a new five-man lineup.

On the roster, Twisted Minds will have several famous and prominent names starred by the streamer duo Shuaib "D0cC" Ahmad and Nikola "Lobanjica" Mijomanovic with their mix team ‘POGGERZ’ now being acquired.

Moustafa "BLACKEAGLE" Baghdadi, Kais “KD69z” Abduljawad, and Ahmad ”SpAwNns” Kanaan round out the team sheet. 

Lobanjica and company are still in the run for a spot at Paris Major in France later this year with the team currently competing in the RMR circle. Over the next couple of days, they are set to play in the open qualifier of the Middle East region.

Twisted Minds will kick off the [link:{"url":"https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/BLAST/Major/2023/Paris/Asia-Pacific/Middle_East/Open","isNewTab":true,"text":"open qualifier"}] today at 15:00 (CET) in an attempt of securing a Closed Qualifier spot.

You can get a taste of the newly acquired team in the video down below, where they are taking on the Astralis trio dev1ce, Xyp9x, and Buzz, as well as Zyphon and Nicoodoz in a FACEIT match. 

{cflag:ME} Nikola "Lobanjica" Mijomanović

{cflag:SY} Moustafa "BLACKEAGLE" Baghdadi

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Shuaib "D0cC" Ahmad is a 22 years old professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, who currently lives his life online while streaming his impressive games on Twitch. The young stream is one of the best players when talking about POG on Faceit. The POG god currently has 5498 ELO on Faceit, which gives him the spot as the number one player on Faceit from the Netherlands. 

Doing his last 20 games against some of the world's best, D0cC is averaging 29 kills / 47% Headshot / 1.77 K-D / 1.03 K-R. An insane stat line not many could produce.

Besides streaming on a daily basis, D0cC is playing under the banner of POGGERZ with Lobanjica another famous streamer, BLACKEAGL, SpAwNns, and KD69z. The team hasn't played a match since POGGERZ took part in the IEM Rio qualifier where they lost to NASR. 

D0cC has 15k hours on CSGO, and to give you an insight into how well a top player on Faceit plays, check out this video right here:

Watch his next stream on his Twitch channel below:

Copy the same crosshair as the best POG player on Faceit:

DOcC is currently only streaming when he is playing Faceit. Many wonders why he isn't a pro yet after he keeps on showing why he is one of the best when playing 5k Elo on Faceit. The 22-year-old plays Faceit while he streams, he is known for his great aim and good mechanics. Will we see D0cC as a pro in the future, we don't know. But he keeps on performing as he does now, its just a matter of time.

Check out this impressive game from D0cC right here: 

The 20-year-old CounterStrike streamer Shuaib "D0cC" Ahmad took the win despite being left behind in a 4vs5 game. Throughout the game, you get to see the insane game from the Dutch´s POV. 

The young semi-professional destroyed his opponents once again in one of his impressive Faceit games. The well-known streamer is yet to play under baner with other pros. The last time the young Faceit grinder played in a "pro" match, was against NASR in the IEM Road to Rio 2022 where he and his team POGGERZ lost 0-2 to the mixed team.

Check out this impressive game by the biggest Pog in Faceit Shuaib "D0cC" Ahmad:

The 22-year-old Shuaib "D0cC" Ahmad showed once again why he is one of the best CS:GO streamers out there, as he produces an insane game with 63 kills in 42 rounds, playing against high-elo Faceit players. Despite delivering such an effort from the young CounterStrike streamer, the team did not manage to step up as they lost the game. The player with the second highest kills on D0cC´s team was the other famous CS streamer Nikola "Lobanjica" Mijomanović.

D0cC ended the game with an impressive stat line which looks as followed:

63-28 K-D / 1.5 K/R Ratio / 2.25 K/D Ration / 46% Headshots

Watch the insane game from D0cC right here:

Let's just say it like it is. If you ever stumble across one of the players on this list, you might want to reconsider joining the match!

Top 10 active players on FACEIT right now: (active = played at least one match during the last month)

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1. {cflag:RU} Pyotr "fame" Bolyshev | 5972 ELO - 1.34 K/D - 62% win rate

The Virtus.pro player leads this list, but has actually lost his last two matches against a full Danish stack including device.

2. {cflag:PL} 1jcobbb | 5818 ELO - 1.51 K/D - 59% win rate

Not much is known about the Polish player, who is not a professional player nor has a public persona.

3. {cflag:PL} Paweł "dycha" Dycha | 5806 ELO - 1.52 K/D - 67% win rate

ENCE's rifler is also among the best in the world on FACEIT, where he plays loads of matches.

4. {cflag:NL} Shuaib "D0cC" Ahmad | 5660 ELO - 1.72 K/D - 66% win rate

D0cC has a few top-tier matches on his CV, but at BLAST Premier Fall Showdown, he actually played against Heroic for "POGGERZ". Despite losing the match, the Dutchman ended with a 1.27 rating!

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5. {cflag:RU} Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov | 5512 ELO - 1.44 K/D - 63% win rate

G2's sniper is still going strong on FACEIT, where he is playing regularly.

6. {cflag:BE} Milan "CrePoW" Libbrecht | 5371 ELO - 1.24 K/D - 66% win rate

The 20-year-old Belgian has been part of EC Brugge and Project Eversio, but is not an established CS:GO pro.

7. {cflag:UA} PsychoFine | 5349 ELO - 1.40 K/D - 73% win rate

Despite being from Ukraine, not much is known about this player. In 2015 he dropped 63 kills during 30 rounds at 1946 ELO!

8. {cflag:DK} Mikkel "n1xen" Borlund | 5321 ELO - 1.44 K/D - 55% win rate

The 18-year-old Dane he been on a trial at Astralis Talent last year, but not much has been heard from him on the professional scene since.

9. {cflag:UA} Igor "w0nderful" Zhdanov | 5305 ELO - 1.84 K/D - 69% win rate

Team Spirit's new AWP'er has a nasty high K/D rate! The 17-year-old Ukrainian will be tested on a Tier-1 level at IEM Cologne next month.

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10. {cflag:FR} Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut | 5304 ELO - 1.63 K/D - 70% win rate

The two-time number one player in the world is obviously also very good on FACEIT!

22. Aleksey "NickelBack" Trofimov (Entropiq)

28. Nikolaj "niko" Kristensen (benched on OG)

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The popular CS:GO streamer, Shuaib "D0cC" Ahmad is the man today's Pley of the Day!

Shuaib 'D0cC' Ahmad and his loyal FPL teammate Nikola "Lobanjica" Mijomanović (picture) was earlier today playing at the prominent BLAST Premier Fall Showdown alongside the rest of POGGERZ. The promising mix only lasted one match at the event, as they were eliminated by the strong Danes from Heroic. 

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D0cC did all he could in the matchup to cause the upset, with him averaging an impressive 1.27 Rating throughout the series, including winning this great clutch on Mirage.

Watch D0cC in our latest Pley of the Day.

Heroic

The strong Danes from Heroic has won their first match at BLAST Premier Fall Showdown, after a demanding win against POGGERZ. The round of 16 win by Heroic, means that Casper “cadiaN” Møller and the rest of the pack are through to the next round, playing against either Dignitas or Fiend.

POGGERZ, an interesting mix led by FPL players Shuaib "⁠D0cC⁠" Ahmad and Nikola "⁠Lobanjica⁠" Mijomanović, gave Heroic a run for their money, as the underdogs managed to go get double-digits on both Mirage and Nuke. However, the impressive showing wasn’t enough to take win for POGGERZ, resulting in an early exit for Lobanjica and company.

Heroic vs POGGERZ (2-0) | BLAST Premier Fall Showdown

16-11 (Mirage) | {cflag:DK} cadiaN – 1.59 Rating / 28-12 K-D / 100.1 ADR

16-10 (Nuke) | {cflag:DK} stavn – 1.47 Rating / 26-15 K-D / 108.2 ADR

MVP: {cflag:DK} Martin ”stavn” Lund – 1.44 Rating / 48-39 K-D / 98.3 ADR

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Today's Pley of the Day features an amazing play by the well-known CS:GO streamer Shuaib "D0cC" Ahmad. The 20-year-old youngster was placed in a tough 1v5 situation on Overpass, with the terrorist already having planet the bomb. Despite everything looking done and dusted for D0cc, he manages to defy all odds and turn things around by eliminating all the opponents, one by one. D0cc himself were not particularly impressed with the play though. 

"Are they throwing? That was not a good clutch - But I will clip it anyway!" - D0cc on stream.

Watch the clip down below, and decide whether it was a good play by d0cc or a failed defence by the T's.

You can also see our other picks for the month of August down below.

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