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CS:GO News Week in Review: November 7th

fnatic signs disco doplan

The London-based organisation announced this week their signing of former Epsilon eSports member Joakim "disco doplan" Gidetun to their CS:GO roster to replace John "wenton" Eriksson. Read a piece of team coach Viktor "vuggo" Jendeby's full statement below:

Acquiring disco doplan calls for an exciting future, he has proven himself to be worthy at the top and has great potential to become even better. Having to say goodbye to wenton in the process is tough however, we all like him very much and wish him all the best and good luck for the future.

Broadcasting talent and schedule revealed for APM Season 3

Following a surprising announcement this week by team coach Danny "zonic" Sørensen Astralis is no longer be headed up by Finn "karrigan" Anderson following his removal from the team's starting line-up, with the vacated position filled by Anton "notaN" Pedersen of über n00bz and Geekunit fame. 

 

Kinguin to attend Dreamhack Winter

Earlier in the week, FaZe Clan announced that they would be forfeiting their invitation to Dreamhack Winter, leaving the tournament organisers scrambling to quickly put together a qualifier to determine their replacement. The qualifier ultimately came down to two teams, Kinguin and Epsilon eSports, with the Polish side coming out the victor following a 2:0 series win.

Qualifiers to begin for DH Las Vegas

Dreamhack released the details for the qualifier tournaments for the recently-announced Dreamhack Open Las Vegas, revealing three seperate events for Europe, North America, and Asia; find out the exact details of each in the full article.

pyth returns to NiP as starter

Ninja fans celebrated this week following the announcement by the Swedish team that they have brought back Jacob "pyth" Mourujärvi following a successful recovery from a arm injury sustained earlier in the year. Mikail "maikelele" Bill departed the team immediately in order to return pyth's spot to him.