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Below, we take a look at the bigger events that happened in the month of SEptember.
- Note 1: September's results aren't solely responsible for the final rankings; they merely add to players' lifetime career performances.
- Note 2: Tournament importance varies even within a particular tier (i.e. not all tier 2 events are equal)
- Note 3: Tiers are NOT the official way of determining/naming tournament importance by GosuCrew. These are used so that some basic mechanics of the system are articulated better to our readers.
| Event & prize pool | Winner | Runner-up |
| ESL ESEA Dubai • $250,000 |  Virtus.pro |  Team Solomid |
| ESL ESEA Pro League #2 • $250,000 | Still ongoing | Still ongoing |
| CEVO Season 8 • $175,000 | Still ongoing | Still ongoing |
| FACEIT Stage 3 • $150,000 | Still ongoing | Still ongoing |
| PGL Season 1 • $110,000 | Team Solomid | Virtus.pro |
| Champions League #2 • $50,000 | Still ongoing | Still ongoing |
| CounterPit League • $50,000 | Team Solomid |  Team EnVyUs |
| Gaming Paradise • $50,000 |  Team Kinguin |  Natus Vincere |
| GameAgents Season 2 • $25,000 | Still ongoing | Still ongoing |
| WinOut • $20,000 |  Counter Logic Gaming |  Luminosity Gaming |
| UCC Season 3 • $10,000 |  E-Frag |  PiTER |
* This is not a comprehensive list of all events being played in September. We just highlighted some of the biggest ones.
World's top 3
All ranking numbers are as of October 1st. It's possible that rankings have changed since publication.
EnVyUs has been a threat to watch over in September. A 68.42% win rate was to be seen for the month, with 19 total matches played, 13 of which were won and 6 were lost. Of the 6 matches lost four were BO1 and two BO3s.
EnVyUs has shown a very respectable performance over September. It all started with a fairly shaky performance at the Dubai invitationals, where the Frenchmen lost to both NiP and VP, falling out of the tournament. After this mediocre start they composed themselves and were set to win. NV went into Dreamhack London with a positive attitude and pushed TSM over in the Finals, taking the Champion title. This wouldn’t be the last we saw of them either. Gfinity Champion of Champions was coming up and the mind-set was still there. EnVyUs managed to take first place yet again and this time it wasn’t TSM they pushed over, it was the favourite, Fnatic, with a 3-2 map score.
TSM showed incredible consistency in September. The Danes were once again able to show us just how devastating they can be on their a-game. Throughout the month they played a total of 26 games, losing merely 7 of them, amounting to a 73% win rate. Four of the seven matches lost were of the BO1 format, one BO3 and two were BO5. They came close to winning some events, however were not able to secure first place at a single one.
At the start of the month we saw TSM perform at the PGL League Season 1 Last Chance tournament, where they managed to progress through the entirety of it with ease, not dropping a single match. Shortly after we saw the Champions showdown between TSM and Fnatic, where the Danes were wiped out by the Swedish powerhouse with a 5-1 stomp. Then came Dubai, where TSM managed to get into the Finals without a single loss, except for the finals against Virtus.pro, where they finished at a close 3-2 map advantage for the Poles.
Fnatic, as ever, has shown another beautiful performance over September. The team lags behind TSM in terms of win ratio with 72.22%. A total of 18 games were played over the course of the month with 13 wins and 5 losses. Three of the losses were BO1, one BO3 and one BO5.
This Swedish organisation has been the favourite for large tournaments for a while now. At the start of the month we saw Fnatic crush TSM in the Fragbite Champions tournament, where they stomped them with a 5:1 score and took $10,000 home while they were at it. Next up was ESL Dubai, where the Swedes were breezing through the brackets till they met ‘’Virtus.plow’’ and lost 2-1 to the Poles, who happened to be in their monstrous mind-set, which made them virtually unstoppable. Fnatic hit an unexpected bump during ESL ESEA Season 2 in a BO1 against NiP, where their fellow Swedes upset them with a 16:13 score in NiP’s favour. Finally Fnatic participated in the Gfinity Champion of Champions tournament, where they allowed the French EnVyUs secure a 3-2 in the final, taking second place one again.
Live rankings' top 10
September posed change for the rankings, where we saw Fnatic finally get dethroned by non-other than their nemesis, Team SoloMid. They have recently seen a stretch of losses that have heavily contributed to their sink to 3rd place on our rankings.
Team EnVyUs has maintained second place, further building their reputation as the top French team. The Frenchmen showed an absolutely beautiful performance at Gfinity Champion of Champions and Dreamhack London, both of which they secured 1st place in.
Fnatic have been experiencing some issues lately, when compared to their previous form, where they dominated first place for an extensive length of time. Coming into ESL Dubai Fnatic were looking solid as always and had good progression towards the top 3 teams of the tournament. Then they met the supercharged version of Virtus.pro and lost 2-1, landing them 3rd place in the tournament. During ESL ESEA Season 2 Fnatic was upset by NiP in a BO1 series, NiP have been going through a notoriously rough patch in their careers, this occurrence was very unusual and had people asking questions.
The lower ranks of the top 10 also saw change. Virtus.pro sunk to 4th place from 2nd after a fairly disappointing September which yielded a 55% win rate. Despite the Poles showing us ‘’Virtus.plow’’ at ESL Dubai, there weren’t any other spotlights to suggest their supremacy over other top 5 teams. Na’Vi hold 5th place as they have last month, showing a few upsets during September. We saw them win a few BO1 series against the likes of Virtus.pro and Titan, showing their potential as a top 5 team. All in all September was incredibly interesting and showed just how close the CS:GO scene is progressively getting , especially at the very top of it, with two of the top three spots shifting places.
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