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On November 26th, 2024, Nabil "⁠Nivera⁠" Benrlitom announced on X (formerly Twitter) that his current organization, Revenant, has allowed him to explore his options. While this does cast doubt on Revenant’s commitment to having a long-term CS2 roster, given that they’re now just down to two players, Kamil "⁠reiko⁠" Cegiełko and Laurențiu "⁠lauNX⁠" Țârlea, Nivera’s future is also uncertain. Despite the struggle, Nivera is a well-known name in the VALORANT and Counter-Strike sphere, given that he has competed at the highest level in both scenes.

On November 21st, 2024, as we approached the final set of matches for the Perfect World Shanghai Major Europe RMR A, FNATIC faced off against ELCOT for what was perhaps their last chance to qualify for the Major. The game was intense and could go in any team’s favor.

On October 24th, Andrey "⁠Xoma⁠" Mironenko, former coach on Virtus.pro sat down with HLTV to give an interview on his time at the team, what he learnt, and what he felt were its biggest shortcomings. For those unaware, Xoma coached Virtus.pro from June to September, partaking in many tournaments like IEM Rio 2024, ESL Pro League Season 20, all of which we have covered on our website. Xoma left the team recently and joined Aurora as their assistant coach, working alongside head coach Stepan "⁠brain⁠" Sivoronov to make the team into the best version of itself.

On October 31th, 2024, the CS2 community was shaken to its core as one of the biggest upsets of the year unfolded on day 1 of Blast Premiere World Final. Amongst the many matchups scheduled for the day, many expected Astralis versus Natus Vincere to play out one-sidedly in favor of NAVI. On the one hand, you had the #1 team in the world, and on the other hand, you had a team that has struggled to win a single best-of-three lately.

On October 26th, 2024, fans looked back on day 1 of ESL Challengers Katowice where we witnessed all the best-of-one matchups plus one matchup to determine who would face off against Team Legacy for a spot in the playoffs. The matchup was between Team Monte and Team MIBR, where the former dominated 13-2 on their map pick, Mirage, while the latter put up a good fight on their map pick, Anubis, only to lose 19-17 in overtime. With MIBR eliminated from the tournament, Team Monte survived to play another day, pitted against Team Legacy for a spot in the playoffs.

On November 19th, 2024, Vitality became the 12th team to qualify for the Perfect World Shanghai Major set to kick off in December towards the end of this year. The team, led by Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire, looks in great form as they practically blew past the Europe RMR. The best part is that it’s not just Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut who’s been shooting back, but props to Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan and William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman for their performance against FaZe.

On November 20th, 2024, many more teams qualified for the Perfect World Shanghai Major coming up in December later this year. Even though they lost pretty badly to Vitality the day before, with the latter not conceding a single map, FaZe showed up unfazed (pun intended) in their match against FNATIC. They delivered a 2-0 blow to FNATIC, with a 13-5 scoreline on map 1 (Anubis) and 13-8 scoreline on map 2 (Ancient) - a similar beating to what Vitality gave them.

On October 25th, 2024, we stand on the precipice of ESL Challengers Katowice, the next big LAN that everyone’s looking forward to in the Counter-Strike circuit. Amongst the many matchups that everyone is looking forward to, fans are particularly interested in seeing how well Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev will play at his first LAN tournament in months. While he did demonstrate great form at the Thunderpick World Championship, his team didn’t measure and largely bore the responsibility of defeat.

On October 29th, 2024, SAW, short for Stay a Warrior, the Portuguese esports organization took home their first LAN trophy in Counter-Strike 2 after winning ESL Challenger’s Katowice. The team has had a phenomenal run throughout the tournament, having fortunate matchups but also having the capability to close things out. In fact, they are the only team that went completely undefeated the entire tournament.

On November 25th, 2024, Team Spirit found themselves competing against Ninjas In Pyjamas for the seventh-place decider in what was perhaps their last chance to qualify for the upcoming Perfect World Shanghai Major. No one doubted Team Spirit, though - with a prodigy like Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets in their ranks, the Russian team made quick work of the first map, Mirage, gaining an 11-1 lead in the first map and closing it out 12-5 in the next. However, Ninjas In Pyjamas started to shoot back in the second half of Mirage, a momentum which continued into the second map, Vertigo.

On November 23rd, 2024, Astralis found themselves just two rounds away from being eliminated from the Perfect World Shanghai Major Europe RMR B before making a much-needed comeback. Astralis had a bad start at the event, losing 2-0 to Sashi on day one in a close 13-11 game on Inferno. Things got even worse in their second game against BB where the latter took the first map and nearly finished things off on the second map. However, Astralis made a crucial comeback, taking the second map and wrapping things up on the final map, surviving to fight another day.

On November 22nd, 2024, fans watched day one of the Perfect World Shanghai Major Europe RMR B come to an end, with some teams disappointing and other teams uplifting the mood. The German squad, BIG, did the latter as they managed to win both of their best-of-one games against Sashi (13-9) and HEROIC (13-8). Now, they have a chance to make it straight to the Elimination stage if they manage to beat Passion UA the next day, an underdog team that bested Virtus.pro and Spirit while BIG dealt with Sashi and HEROIC.

On November 27th, 2024, Passion UA CEO Artemijs Rjabovs said in an interview with Cyber TALK Show that his organization has renewed the contracts it has had with its CS2 players. While the exact details of said contracts are unknown at the moment, such as whether it was signed before the RMR or after the RMR when the team qualified for the Shanghai Major, all we know so far is that they’ll expire in 2027. However, the CEO has explicitly said that he does not intend to stand between opportunities if bigger organizations come to scout for his players after the performance they put up at the Europe RMR this month.

On November 29th, 2024, fans eagerly await for the Perfect World Shanghai Major to commence. Given that it’s the final Major of 2024, teams will pulling out all the stops to win it, so fans can expect some intense highlights to keep them entertained every single day.

On November 28th, 2024, ESIC delivered the final verdict on Astralis’s controversy back in BLAST Premier Fall Final where they were allowed to make an emergency substitution regarding their player Alexander "⁠br0⁠" Bro. However, it was revealed by br0’s agent, Fabian Broich, that the Dane is actually doing fine and is perfectly alright. Despite Fabian’s testimony, BLAST still went through with the decision, leading to an outcry from the community and seven IGLs boycotting media day for that event.