https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4t9G-3M1mw

Close, close!

Flash went inside the vent and killed him

I had the pleasure of doing a podcast with enkay J speaking on everything regarding to FaZe since he joined the team back in April. What do you guys think about JBOEN and him replacing broky in the server? Should FaZe do everything they can to keep him around for longer?

Full episode comes out 09/04 @ 12 PM EST!

I’ve been fan of pro-CS for like over 10 years. And every time it makes me sad to watch showmatches at tier-1 events because they’re really boring. I think it’s time to organize matches with real legends.

One such matchup could be the old VP roster (pashaBiceps, TaZ, NEO, byali, and Snax) against the old NAVI (Zeus, markeloff, Edward, starix, and ceh9 or with s1mple / GuardiaN). I think their skill levels are roughly the same, and it would be really marvelous to see them face off. Given that all the VP players have made up with each other, it will be easy to organize.

Please, ESL, if you’re reading this, we’d really love to see this match before the IEM Krakow 2027 Grand Final. It would be a real treat for CS fans.

What kind of showmatches would you like to see?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUguwwEkIGM

Glock-18 | Copybook

The wacky design resembles the doodles everyone used to draw during boring school lessons.

Support, more pics and wear gif: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3437988150

Also there is a second version closer to real marker colouring: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3447430173

Seems like an eternity ago. Crazy to see how far the scene has come since these days.

Hey everyone it's Arr0w from NSTLGA!

I'm beyond proud to say that we have 46 VRS matches of coverage for NSTLGA League Season 2. I have spent tireless hours making this happen, and im so glad it worked out in the end.

Not 100% certain if this is the single largest HLTV covered NA event besides tournaments from tier 1 TO's (Blast, ESL, PGL, Starladder) but I am pretty sure it is. The closest events we had to this amount of games with previously Dust2 Eagle Masters & CCT, both sadly no longer round in NA.

So im really glad I am able to help out NACS in this huge of a way.

HLTV Event Page: https://www.hltv.org/events/9389/nstlga-league-season-2

Obviously donk will never give up rifling as that’s his edge, but its curious to think if donk was a sole awper I think he could still be a top 5 player which is insane. We seldom see him use the AWP in matches but when he does he doesn’t seem to disappoint.

I think the same could possibly be said about Zywoo if he switched to only rifling, but I feel like the rarity of seeing donk AWP in official matches makes this much more interesting. He has the aim, movement, gamesense, and is arguably the greatest player ever at isolating 1v1s and dueling. I feel like he secretly might be the best AWPer on Spirit and they already have sh1ro, hot take.

Donk AWP highlight vs Furia: https://youtube.com/shorts/KyxbObfL3wk?is=dKGlwkTMN7JHyq-4

Nuclear TigeRES [🇷🇺](lang-ru) 2-0 [🇪🇺](eternalfire-logo) Eternal Fire

Ancient: 16-13
Anubis: 13-10
Inferno:
 

[🇷🇺](lang-ru) Nuclear TigeRES Winner to Upper Bracket Final and will face [🇺🇦](b8-logo) B8

[🇪🇺](eternalfire-logo) Eternal Fire Loser to Lower Bracket Semi Final and will face [🇷🇺](lang-ru) K27

Predicted VRS Impact

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Event Information

IEM Beijing 2026 Closed Qualifier | 🇪🇺 Europe ($0 Online)

Team Information

[🇷🇺](lang-ru) Nuclear TigeRES | Liquipedia | HLTV | Official Site | Faceit | Instagram | YouTube | Twitch
Roster: 🇧🇾 senka ♛ | 🇷🇺 flouzer | 🇷🇺 z1k4 ⊕ | 🇧🇾 m1QUSE | 🇷🇺 ayuki
Coach: 🇷🇺 Polt

[🇪🇺](eternalfire-logo) Eternal Fire | Liquipedia | HLTV
Roster: 🇹🇷 jottAAA | 🇷🇴 regali ⊕ | 🇿🇦 MisteM ♛ | 🇺🇦 Kvem | 🇹🇷 soulfly
Coach: 🇹🇷 yT
Subs/Benched: 🇩🇰 br0 | 🇺🇦 Woro2k | 🇹🇷 imoRR

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Map Vetoes

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MAP 1: Ancient

Ancient Detailed Stats

MAP 2: Anubis

Anubis Detailed Stats

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B8 🇺🇦 2-0 🇸🇪 EYEBALLERS

Predicted VRS Impact

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Event Information

IEM Beijing 2026 Closed Qualifier | 🇪🇺 Europe ($0 Online)

Team Information

🇺🇦 B8 | Liquipedia | HLTV
Roster: 🇺🇦 npl | 🇺🇦 esenthial ⊕ | 🇺🇦 alex666 ♛ | 🇺🇦 kensizor | 🇺🇦 s1zzi
Coach: 🌍 maddened

🇸🇪 EYEBALLERS | Liquipedia | HLTV
Roster: 🇸🇪 JW ♛⊕ | 🇸🇪 dex | 🇸🇪 Ro1f | 🇸🇪 maxster | 🇸🇪 KRIMZ
Coach: 🇸🇪 pita

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Full Match Stats

HLTV Match Page

MAP 1:

Detailed Stats

MAP 2:

Detailed Stats

Created a Glock-18 skin and tried to keep it as clean as possible. Would love to read your opinions. W or L?

If you like it, you can vote at the Steam Workshop:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3785303495

Xertion just did an HLTV interview where he talks about the analysts and the community need to give the team more respect based on their results this season. My question to this sub is, what would it take for you to respect Mouz as a top contender?

I counted the representatives from each country at the upcoming FISSURE Playground 3. I also included coaches. You can see the full table here.

HEROIC [🇸🇪](heroic-logo) 2-0 [🇪🇺](lang-eu) magic

Dust 2: 13-7
Ancient: 13-3
Mirage:
 

[🇸🇪](heroic-logo) HEROIC to Lower Bracket Semi-Finals and will face [🇷🇺](lang-ru) HOTU

[🇪🇺](lang-eu) magic is Eliminated

Predicted VRS Impact

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Event Information

IEM Beijing 2026 Closed Qualifier | 🇪🇺 Europe ($0 Online)

Team Information

[🇸🇪](heroic-logo) HEROIC | Liquipedia | HLTV | Official Site | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitch
Roster: 🇸🇪 nilo | 🇩🇰 Chr1zN ♛ | 🇸🇪 susp | 🇪🇸 MartinezSa ⊕ | 🇸🇪 Brollan
Coach: 🇫🇮 doto
Subs/Benched: 🇰🇿 Alkaren

[🇪🇺](lang-eu) magic | Liquipedia | HLTV
Roster: 🇧🇾 MaSvAl | 🇷🇺 tenzy | 🇺🇦 sFade8 ♛ | 🇷🇺 AW | 🇰🇿 mo0N ⊕
Coach: 🇷🇺 eksiver

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Map Vetoes

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K27 [🇷🇺](lang-ru) 0-2 [🇪🇺](eternalfire-logo) Eternal Fire

Ancient: 10-13
Cache: 7-13
Mirage:
 

[🇪🇺](eternalfire-logo) Eternal Fire Winner to Lower Bracket Final and will face [🇸🇪](heroic-logo) HEROIC

[🇷🇺](lang-ru) K27 Loser is Eliminated

Predicted VRS Impact

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Event Information

IEM Beijing 2026 Closed Qualifier | 🇪🇺 Europe ($0 Online)

Team Information

[🇷🇺](lang-ru) K27 | Liquipedia | HLTV | Official Site | Faceit | Twitter
Roster: 🇷🇺 kashl1d ⊕ | 🇧🇾 xeedo | 🇷🇺 qw1nk1 | 🇷🇺 X5G7V ♛ | 🇷🇺 clax
Coach: 🇷🇺 balblna
Subs/Benched: 🇷🇺 relaxxie (loan: ex-RUBY)

[🇪🇺](eternalfire-logo) Eternal Fire | Liquipedia | HLTV
Roster: 🇹🇷 jottAAA | 🇷🇴 regali ⊕ | 🇿🇦 MisteM ♛ | 🇺🇦 Kvem | 🇹🇷 soulfly
Coach: 🇹🇷 yT
Subs/Benched: 🇩🇰 br0 | 🇺🇦 Woro2k | 🇹🇷 imoRR

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Ancient Detailed Stats

MAP 2: Cache

Cache Detailed Stats

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I’d love some other opinions because this is all subjective based on feeling and anecdotes.

I’m in Vancouver and I get 10-15ping to Seattle server, little more to California. Despite this, I find that the Chicago server feels better for me with 50-60ping.

I get a similar ping to Dallas and it feels slightly worse. If I am routed to any server THROUGH Seattle it also feels like crap.

Friends I play with are from all around NA and nobody likes Seattle server, but I feel uniquely qualified to shit on it because it should be my best server by far.

TLDR 55 ping Chicago feels better than 12 ping Seattle

5 of the most important smokes for every map in the map pool!

So I was watching a video by Ash (Aurora Coach), talking about Micro Movements in 1:1 duels. My following question is advanced, so no need to explain the basics of swinging here.

He mentioned, that it is more beneficial to swing outwards/same direction of your opponent as it is more difficult for your opponent to adjust their crosshair into the direction they are swinging.

Now I've watched another video about the same topic and this guy said the same, but claimed that doing the exact opposite would be even harder for some. He definitely analyzed the micro movements of fights pretty well and explained it even more detailed than Ash.

Now I'm wondering, is there any data of fights won/lost in which the person swinging had to adjust their crosshair in the same or opposite direction of where they were going? And if not, is someone here able to get that data? All from pro matches of course (Top10 or 20).

Also happy to just read your opinions on the topic. Thanks :)