CS:GO News Week in Review: September 28th

EnVyUs wins Gfinity Champion of Champions

Team EnVyUs took home $50,000 this Sunday after defeating fnatic in the best-of-five grandfinals match of Gfinity's Champion of Champions show tournament, featuring teams who have won at least one of their past events. EnVyUs looked like they were going to make quick work of the series early one, taking both of the first two maps, de_cobblestone and de_mirage, and while their Swedish rivals put up a fight in the next two maps, nV managed to close out the series 3-2 with a 16:9 win on de_cache. 

Dreamhack Stockholm ends

The qualifying event for the last major of this year closed this weekend with eight teams securing a spot in Cluj-Napoca at the end of October. Among the list of qualified teams were major regulars Cloud9, CLG, Titan, mousesports, dignitas, and FlipSid3; on the other hand, Team Liquid earned their spot at their first ever major and Vexed showed their prowess once again by qualifying for their second Valve sponsered event in a row.

Titan drops Maniac, adds ScreaM

The Singapore-based esports organization announced this week that they will be dismissing long-time player Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez in order to bring in their latest acquisition, Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom, who immediately abandoned his role in Gamers2 in order to make the move; Titan allegedly offered a six figure sum for the Belgian's buyout. Benrlitom had the following to say about the signing:

Titan was making a roster change and made me an offer, one which I accepted with enthusiasm. Before Kinguin, I played my whole career with French players and I believe this is where I belong! I’m really excited to start playing with my new teammates!”

TBS to broadcast CS:GO on live TV

Turner Broadcasting revealed this week that they plan to team up with WME/IMG and Valve to form the first ever CS:GO league to be broadcast on live TV. The league will comprise of 10-week seasons that will be streamed online for the majority of the week, but will have a live broadcast every Friday evening in the US. Check out the main article for more details on this landmark move.

Winterfox signs Mythic roster

Winterfox has decided to expand into into CS:GO with the aqcuistion of their first lineup, the multinational Mythic roster. Team captain Alexander "Lex" Deily had the following to say about the change in organizations:

We thoroughly vetted several organizations for the right fit; as our international players make us a unique team in North America, this proved to be a difficult process. Despite this, we believe we’ve found that fit with WFX. Through our various rosters, the goals have changed. From qualifying for North American events, to competing at international ones. Our goal for 2016 are clear – attend a major. By adding the experience of Xp3 and devilwalk, we’ve been able to add a great supplement to my in-game leading, and they will no doubt bring confidence against European teams that we previously lacked. As we’ve proved to ourselves that our past goals were achievable through hard work and dedication, we will continue along the hard road to reach the highest level of competition in Counter-Strike.”

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