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On October 17th, 2024, Elisa Masters Espoo 2024 kicked off with some heavy matchups despite being best-of-one opening matches. We had The MongolZ, the highest-ranked team in the tournament, go up against the local favourites, JANO, obliterating them 13-7. On the other hand, we had perhaps the most anticipated best-of-one match of the day, BB versus Ninjas In Pyjamas, with BB’s AWPer, Daniil "⁠headtr1ck⁠" Valitov, facing off against his former teammates.

On September 7th, news emerged as Mathieu ‘Maniac’ Quiquerez responded to the many allegations of sexual assault against him. It all began when Hannah Marie ZT, a freelance esports journalist, took to social media to share her experience with the man during the BLAST Premier Fall Finals, London Afterparty. Her accusations was further reinforced by Daisy “Dampptowel”, an esports interviewer and host, as she was also sexually assaulted by Maniac on that party.

On August 29, 2024, additional information was made available regarding PGL’s upcoming tournament, leaving fans divided over how the tourney is being handled. Specifically, Graham Pitt, the CS2 general manager for the professional esports team, Complexity, reposted PGL’s original schedule, adding that there won’t be open qualifiers for any of the PGL events.

On October 21th, 2024, Nemiga went on a historical run that left fans speechless as they bested UNPAID in the grand finals of the RES Regional Champions 2024. Apart from bagging the $150,000 prize, the roster took home the organisation’s first CS LAN trophy. It wasn’t an easy feat as the team had a packed schedule that day, playing Sangal in RES Regional Champions semi-final and against 3DMAX to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 21.

On August 27, 2024, Perfect World’s decision to disqualify PARAVISION from the European RMR was reversed as it was a miscommunication that led to the decision in the first place. The disqualification was primarily issued over the presence of a Valve-banned coach, Ivan “F_1N” Kochugov, who was banned earlier in 2020 for partaking in a coach spectator exploit.

On November 16th, 2024, FURIA and M80 faced off in the Perfect World Shanghai Major Americas RMR for a chance to grab the last qualifying spot from their region. Unfortunately, despite the ambitions M80 entered the fray with, FURIA won comfortably across the two maps, Anubis and Vertigo, with the same scoreline, 13-8. FURIA’s qualification marks Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo’s 16th Major appearance, going to show how long he’s been competing in the Counter-Strike esports scene.

On September 6th, BLAST, PGL and ESL, three of the biggest organizers in the CS2 esports circuit, have distanced themselves from Mathieu ‘Maniac’ Quiquerez. Accusations of sexual assault were levied against Maniac recently, first from Hannah Marie ZT, a freelance esports journalist, and then from Daisy “Dampptowel”, an esports interviewer and host after Maniac disagreed with Hannah’s version of events. Both accounts took place at the BLAST Premier Fall Finals, London Afterparty, and Maniac has stepped down from the EBL broadcast ever since.

On September 16th, 2024, 16 teams were locked in for a single-elimination bracket for the ESL Pro League Season 20 after battling it out through the ferocious Group Stages. Looking back on the event, 32 teams entered Season 20, split across four groups, but only half proceeded to the Playoffs. Last time we talked about ESL Pro League Season 20, groups A and B had concluded, so let’s check out what happened in groups C and D as well as how well our predictions held up!

On September 12th, 2024, fans were watching the Group Stages of the highly anticipated ESL Pro League Season 20 when one of the matches took a bit too much time. We’re talking about M80 vs FNATIC which spanned 71 rounds on their first map, Anubis, setting the world record for the longest map played in CS2. Given this, coupled with donk’s recent kill record against Wildcard gaming, ESL Pro League Season 20 is shaping up to be quite historic.

On September 28th, 2024, day two of BLAST Fall Final saw its first team getting eliminated from the tournament - it was Team Astralis. This was two days after the recent controversy with the team boiled over. Specifically, Astralis was allowed to make a substitution for their captain Alexander "⁠br0⁠" Bro with Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller over a medical emergency ruling because the roster deadline had long since passed. However, according to br0’s agent, the former captain is perfectly healthy, something that organizers have failed to address while staying firm on their questionable decision.

On September 4th, HEROIC faced off NIP (Ninjas In Pajamas) on the opening day of ESL Pro League Season 20. During this match, we witnessed our first case of keyboard automation at the event, and that, too, after ESL specifically prohibited it days prior. Although NIP was able to win the best-of-three series, many have said that HEROIC could’ve turned the tables had they not broken the rules.

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.

On October 8th, 2024, several posts surfaced on the Counter-Strike subreddit, showcasing hilarious things players were doing in Casual game modes to farm extraordinary amounts of XP for the new Armory pass. Normally, people would play Premier or Competitive to get the most amount of XP but getting kills in a certain way yields much more. Of course, since such a task involves the whole lobby coordinating, Casual game modes have become most suitable for grinding the Armory this way.

On August 26, 2024, Perfect World disqualified PARAVISION, a Russian CS2 team, from competing in the upcoming European RMR. The decision was made after it came to light that a Valve-banned coach, F_1N, was present during the team’s qualifying match last week.

Finding the right sensitivity in a game is like hitting the jackpot. It’s such an amazing feeling because your actions feel so responsive, almost like you’re one with your mouse. This is why many people opt to go for one sensitivity throughout different games. However, not all games will have 1:1 sensitivity conversions. So, today, I’m teaching you how to convert one game sens to another to help keep your consistency in check.