Let’s call a spade a spade: the Overwatch League has consistently been hamstrung by the most baffling business decisions stemming from Blizzard that has resulted in multiple organizations struggling to make money, disregarding however temporarily the struggles of online play that killed homestands before they even got into full swing.

Blizzard had connected itself to Fanatics, an iffy merchandiser that consistently offered a mixed bag – you never knew if your ~ $100 purchase for a team jersey was going to unravel itself, or have stickers for graphics instead of embroidery, or if you’d get one of the rare ones

It’s fair to say that there was a bit of concern in the air as Team Liquid announced a mutual parting with Russel ‘Twistzz’ Van Dulken as the young rifler was eager to move to Europe after a lengthy tenure with Team Liquid, bringing them to prominence throughout multiple events over three years.

Then Gabriel ‘FalleN’ Toledo was rumored to be taking the riflers place – a necessary change for Team Liquid that hasn’t had a dedicated AWPer for years. Considering that Elige, the newly promoted Grim, and Twistzz all fulfilled the same role of rifling with Stewie2K changing to

It’s difficult to discern precisely who the best player of 2020 would be for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as the title as it’s played professionally has seen a monumental shift in 2020, thanks to the pandemic and a cheating scandal that rocked the world of CS:GO more so than any other scandal currently.

This is to say nothing of the slew of players that are dealing with match-fixing allegations within the Mountain Dew League for CS before jumping ship and attempting to make it into Valorant – might as well go out with a fistful of dollars, apparently.

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Hopefully everyone made the most of their player break, as the next heap of professional Counter-Strike is already coming flying in, threatening to fill everyone’s schedules trying to find every morsel of professional CS to partake in.

The most recently announced is the CS Summit 7, that the team Beyond the Summit have taken the liberty of drawing a comparison to MI6’s iconic legend, 007, in the announcement.

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We have roughly two weeks to prepare for more Summit goodness that typically involves

Rifler Twistzz suddenly vacated his spot within the core of the Team Liquid roster after playing with the team for years in what was referred to as a ‘mutual decision’ of both the organization and the player himself.

It’s been stated by various outlets that the player is looking to shift to the European Counter-Strike scene, and has been streaming EU FPL almost daily in the interim since his absence from Team Liquid.

Rumors were bubbling of Gabriel ‘FalleN’ Toledo joining Team Liquid to replace the rifler Twistzz, and is expected to become the primary AWPer which Liquid has desperately

Lee ‘ANS’ Seonchang was a hitscan specialist for the San Francisco Shock that entered the League fighting the assumptions that he was a Widow one-trick, and turned into one of the better hitscan players seen across the international league.

Yesterday, he announced his retirement from the Overwatch League for a plethora of reasons that, for some reason, has gone mostly unnoticed by the fans of the League.

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In a live stream on Twitch, which would be his last, ANS fielded questions and offered some insights

Understatement of 2021 thus far: the professional scene for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is somewhat off-kilter.

2020 saw the largest cheating scandal in professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (if not the esport world) that took multiple names of legend and soured them to the public with a permanent smirch: coaches using exploits to gain intelligence during matches and conveying that information to their roster in-game so they could maneuver to stop flanks and unconventional strategies.

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We also had a stream-sniping problem within the professional scene that was

The Vancouver Titans have easily become a household name within the Overwatch League, although likely not for the reason that any organization would prefer to.

Signing the legendary underdog’s Team RunAway from Korean Contenders, they immediately skyrocketed to the top of the competition, holding their own against the New York Excelsior and standing toe to toe against the ever-brutal San Francisco Shock.

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Then some bizarre internal fallout occurred between the players and the organizations, exponentially increased in speed and frustration thanks to a global pandemic

Chaos EC crumbled because of the traditional reasons (whatever those may be) after managed to climb up the ranks with a ferocity that hasn’t been seen in years, and the players are all scattering to the winds.

While some players are going with the stream of Counter-Strike vets moving over to Riot’s hot new shooter Valorant, others are trying to find a space within more established organizations, such as Erick ‘Xeppaa’ Back.

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The player is rumored to be taking the spot of

A bit of an odd announcement as the New York Excelsior is one of the few teams, if not only team, that readily announces who their team captain is.

It used to be SBB, the team captain that had captured the hearts of the Overwatch League with steadfast resolve and loyalty to those bearing the New York colors; now, the offseason snap has resulted in SBB moving over to the Seoul Dynasty while NYXL resolves to rebuild from the ground up around the support player with fantastic aim and the 2018 MVP, JJonak.

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