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The Current State Of Astralis: stavn Speaks Up
On October 9th, 2024, Martin "stavn" Lund, Astralis’ rifler, reflected on the team’s performance in their most recent game in IEM Rio 2024, also remarking on the team’s cohesiveness as a whole. After beating Eternal Fire 13-11 in the Group Stages of Group B, Astralis faced off against HEROIC but lost with a humiliating 2-0 score. With this defeat, Astralis so far has not won a single best-of-three since picking up Casper "cadiaN" Møller.
![Strategies to win at CS Roulette (in [year])](/imgs/news_8180/20250401/1743522679_36acde0fd50b381e0fee.jpg "Strategies to win at CS Roulette (in [year])")
Strategies to win at CS Roulette (in [year])
CS2 Roulette is all about the thrill - bet on colors or numbers, and if luck’s on your side, you’ll score skins or real money. But let’s be real: luck isn’t everything. With the right strategies - like bankroll management, Martingale, and color tracking - players can play smarter and keep the wins rolling.
ESL Reveals Counter-Strike Esports Circuit Going Into 2025
On October 19th, 2024, ESL FACEIT Group (EFG) announced details about the ESL Pro Tour 2025 for the first time, with five IEM events and two ESL Pro League events planned. The company also plans to pump much more money into the years 2025 and 2026, as they highlighted in the blogpost on their website detailing all the information we currently know about ESL Pro Tour going forward.
CS2 Autoexec Setup: Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a CFG File
Every CS2 player has their own quirks and unique settings, from custom key binds to unconventional video configurations. Manually adjusting these every time can be tedious. However, using config files, you can automate the process effortlessly. Here’s how to create a CFG file and set up an autoexec function in CS2.
NRG VALORANT Coach Chet Possibly Coming To CS2
On October 16th, 2024, massive news hit the VALORANT Esports communnity as the coach for NRG’s VALORANT team, Chetan “Chet” Singh was suspended from the scene for six whole months. Although Chet has disagreed with the ruling, he is, nonetheless, looking for coaching opportunities in Counter-Strike, specifically CS2. Chet is a critically acclaimed coach in tactical FPS games, with a solid track record in both VALORANT and CS:GO, meaning any team that signs him as their coach for CS2 can expect to see huge improvements in their roster.
How to Switch to Left-Hand in CS2?
Are you a left-handed person in real life? Did you know that you can switch to a left-handed view in CS2? While this may not seem like much, it can be more than just a visual thing. It can actually make you play better because of better comfort and even better field of view. So, here’s how to switch to left-hand in CS2.
HEROIC Secure Playoffs At Elisa Masters Espoo [year]
On October 18th, 2024, HEROIC joined The MongolZ in the semi-finals as they secured the top seed of their group for a spot in the Playoffs. While many were expecting such an outcome, given that both are the highest and second-highest-ranked teams at the tournament, some doubted HEROIC due to their inconsistent performance this year. The team gambled earlier this year as they tried to merge the styles of 2023's HEROIC with NertZ and SAW's ENCE and IGL Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski.
BLAST Issues Public Statement Regarding The Astralis Situation
On September 25th, 2024, BLAST issued a public statement regarding its recent controversy due to which a boycott took place on the BLAST Premier Fall Final media day. Specifically, all team captains except Astralis’s cadiaN sat out on their media obligations, feigning illness. In a nutshell, the controversy pertains to BLAST allowing Astralis to substitute Alexander "br0" Bro for Casper "cadiaN" Møller past the typical roster deadline on a medical emergency ruling.
NAVI Outplay MOUZ To Take Home IEM Rio [year]’s Trophy
On October 14th, 2024, another CS2 Major came to an end, this time IEM Rio 2024, with Natus Vincere winning it all and taking home the trophy. Even though the team lost underwhelmingly to G2 Esports in the foregoing event, BLAST Fall Final, they redeemed themselves in the grand final against MOUZ.
YaLLa Esports Reveals Information About Future Events
On October 23rd, 2024, the Counter-Strike community was pleased to hear some informative announcements from YaLLa Esports. For those tuning in for the first time, YaLLa Esports are famous for organizing the YaLLa Compass events we see every year. In today’s announcement, they have unveiled three events planned for 2026 as well as shared format and prize information regarding their upcoming events in 2025.
TenZ Calls CS2 Valve’s “Adopted Child” As Deadlock Gets Treated Better
On October 2nd, 2024, a popular clip from TenZ’s livestream started making the rounds on social media as he spoke the cold truth about CS2’s likely future. He called CS2 Valve’s adopted child, as much of the attention is clearly going to Deadlock, Valve’s hero-shooter MOBA game that’s currently in beta. Deadlock won’t be officially released for another few years but has been getting consistent mega-size updates, from new characters to major bug fixes to map changes, while CS2 collects dust.
Valve Introduces Snap Tap Detection With the Latest CS2 Patch
On September 10th, Valve dropped a small yet important patch update to Counter-Strike 2. Apart from enabling the measurement of network jitter on direct UDP connections to community servers, the developers added counter-strafe input automation detection options for non-Valve servers. In other words, Valve has introduced a detection mechanism for catching players using controversial technologies like Razer’s Snap Tap or Wooting’s SOCD.
Can Skills from Gaming and Esports Be Used in Other Areas?
Games are known for being a way to chill out and have some fun. Any skills that are gained along the way may well be a happy coincidence for players rather than being what they focus on.
FURIA sidde Reflects on Team’s Performance Post-Elimination
On August 31, 2024, the Brazilian team, FURIA was eliminated from the BetBoom Dacha playoffs. They arguably had one of their best runs of the year at these playoffs, besting teams like 9 Pandas and Aurora, finishing 6th place in the entire tournament. Along the way, the team did suffer from a few hiccups, mainly their one-sided loss against Team Spirit and, just now, their elimination at the hands of Eternal Fire in an intense 2-1 game.
ohnePixel's Team DRILLAS Are Not Paid An Active Salary
On October 5th, 2024, concerning information surfaced about DRILLAS, ohnePixel’s CS2 team. The team was founded back in August as the German streamer took on an endeavour greater than opening cases and entertaining his viewers. The team was formed with the goal of reaching the Shanghai major, according to ohnePixel, for which they had quite a bit of matches to play. Once qualified, ohnePixel would be ever-so-closer to getting his very own sticker.