From the headlines: The weekly CS:GO news recap

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1.6 Legend RobbaN returns

 

One of the most successful players in Counter Strike 1.6, Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström, has recently announced that he will return to the game after years of inactivity. Dahlström played for some of the biggest teams in the world during his 1.6 career, including SK Gaming and the Ninjas in Pyjamas, but quit after the majority of teams began to make the transition to CS:GO.

 

Gfinity Summer Masters to get a cash boost

Gfinity's inaugural Summer Masters tournament has received a few improvements, most notably a huge increase in the total prize money from the previously announced $30,000 to an unprecedented $80,000. Read more about the changes in the main article.

 

PENTA Lineup goes full Time

After losing the mojority of their previous lineup in the roster swap with German mousesports, PENTA has boldly decided to sign their current squad full time, as well as investing in a gaming house to further cultivate the fledgling roster and allow them to concetrate on practice.

Hendrik "strux1" Goetzendorff of PENTA had the following to say about the move:
 

It is time to take the next step. Most international top teams already have team houses, where they are living or bootcamping, if possible. We want to take this next with PENTA Sports in the summer. The meaning of this is to take the job as an esports person to the international level in order to have the best possible training conditions. Everyone on the team is ready to take that step in the near future, and I am sure it will pay off in the long run.”
 

 

ENCORE loses Disturbed and Stonde

After 3DMAX as an organization was dissovled, their roster went back to play under ENCORE name. However, things have gone south for the team as it has been revealed that two of squad's core members, Taneli "disturbed" Veikkola and Tom "stonde" Glad, have decided to leave, as both want to take a break from the competitive scene.

 

ESEA client update sparks controversy

A recent update to the ESEA league client has caused an uproar among the community as it has been revealed that the client now runs at the driver level, meaning that it runs as long as the host computer is powered on. The update, along with previously seeded-distrust of ESEA's security protocol, has instigated a Reddit-organized boycott of the league's paid subscription services as well as multiple DDoS attacks.