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On December 20th 2024, FlyQuest announced that they would be benching their AWPer Alistair "⁠aliStair⁠" Johnston. This constitutes the first-ever roster change to come to the Oceanic team since they joined the North American organization in March 2024. Now, it’s expected that the team will step into the international market to look for new replacements.

On December 19th 2024, Complexity’s CEO, Jason Lake, went on The Four Horsemen podcast to discuss the state of affairs regarding their organization. This comes after the team’s disappointing run at the Shanghai Major, before which Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski said: "We haven't talked about anything obviously, and I don't have any plans that I already have set or anything like that. But for me, I want to win next year. I've been feeling like I want to win, I'm ready to win for 2025, and I'm going to do whatever it takes to make sure I'm in that position to win."

On December 18th 2024, Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg, a 33 year-old Swede who is arguably one of the most successful Swede players in Counter-Strike history, announced on X (formerly Twitter) that he would be transitioning to a coaching role, being open to offers from different organizations: “Transitioning from player to coach for 2025. With my history in top teams, including MVP at a Major and IGLing for OpTic & Dignitas, I know what it takes to win. My focus: leadership, communication, and core fundamentals at CS's highest level. Need a head coach? Let's talk on DM!”

On December 17th 2024, ESL FACEIT Group (EFG) announced additional details about its upcoming ESL Pro Tour in 2025. Amongst the many pieces of information shared, the changes to prize money, the introduction of the Annual Club Incentive and the invitation cut-off dates stood out the most.

On December 16th 2024, fans looked back as history was made on the final day of the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024. Despite small hiccups throughout the tournament, everything came back full circle. Similar to how they won their first title this year at IEM Katowice, defeating FaZe, they just won their fourth title by beating FaZe 2-1. The only difference was that instead of Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov backing up Danil "⁠donk⁠" Kryshkovets, it was Boris "⁠magixx⁠" Vorobiev.

On December 14th 2024, G2 Esports qualified for the semi-finals at the Perfect World Shanghai Major after an intense game against HEROIC. Although G2 were the favorites to win, HEROIC got the better of them at the start, taking the first map 13-6 on Ancient. The momentum continued on map 2, Nuke, where HEROIC put up a dominant CT side in the first half. However, it was almost as if a switch flipped in Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač in the second half as he took matters into his own hand.

On December 13th 2024, MOUZ became the first team to reach the semi-finals at the Perfect World Shanghai Major. Although the series started off rough with The MongolZ leading with a 9-3 scoreline on Ancient, MOUZ brought it back, winning 16-14 in overtime. Despite the demotivating loss on map one, The MongolZ kept up the fight on the second map, Nuke, securing a short 7-5 lead in the first half. However, MOUZ was high on confidence and won eight rounds in the second half, closing the game out 13-9, and winning the series.

On December 12th 2024, news dropped from several organizations regarding recompositions of their CS2 rosters following their elimination from the Perfect World Shanghai Major. Notably, Complexity and Virtus.pro have made the most shocking changes out of them all, paving the way for major changes to each organization’s rosters.

On December 11th 2024, GamerLegion’s coach, Ashley "⁠ash⁠" Battye, reflected on his team’s performance at the Perfect World Shanghai Major, expressing much satisfaction. Considering how the team brought Sebastian "⁠Tauson⁠" Tauson Lindelof into the team two months before the event, causing Timur "⁠FL4MUS⁠" Marev to take on more responsibilities, ash’s reflection expressed to HLTV comes as no surprise.

CS2 has many features and systems in place that influence their matchmaking and help make each player’s experience better. One of those features is the Trust Factor. In the simplest terms, it’s an indicator of how good or bad you are as a player outside of your in-game skills. Today, we’ll be discussing everything about CS2’s Trust Factor mechanic and how to check yours. Time to find out if you’ve been naughty or nice.

On December 10th 2024, Astralis announced that they had parted ways with their former rifler, Alexander "⁠br0⁠" Bro, who last played for the team in the Perfect World Shanghai Major. However, br0 was a substitute for Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz in the first place, which means that br0’s termination means that device will be returning to the team, as Astralis has announced.

Practicing your grenade throws and lineups is an absolute must if you care about your rank and truly want to improve in CS2. Knowing how to use grenades is almost just as important as your aim because of the big role they play in attacking and defending sites. So today, I’ll be teaching you how to create a rethrow bind and give you a couple of tips on how you can use it in your training sessions.

On December 9th 2024, FaZe and FURIA faced off for the very last spot out of the Elimination Stage and straight to the Playoffs at the Perfect World Shanghai Major. FURIA was off to a great start as they comfortably closed out their map pick of Inferno with a 13-6 scoreline. FaZe, however, locked in for the second map, Dust2, equalizing at 13-9 with Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard leading the charge.

On December 7th 2024, fans looked back as Vitality became the first team to break out of the Elimination Stage and reach the Playoffs at the Perfect World Shanghai Major. They had a bit of a scuffle on day one as they could barely beat FURIA 16-13 in their best-of-one, leading many to believe they weren’t in peak form at the tournament. However, they were quick to prove their haters wrong as they destroyed MIBR in their next best-of-three game, outclassing them on both maps, Mirage (13-3) and Anubis (13-5). Vitality certainly felt good about silencing their critics, as William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman told HLTV.

On December 6th 2024, G2 Esports cemented itself as the top seed at the Shanghai Major with a stellar performance across multiple matches. Despite having a small hiccup on day one of the Elimination Stage when they lost their first best-of-one 13-10 to The MongolZ, one could call it “getting used to the tournament setting” because they have been undefeated ever since. Since then, G2 Esports has crushed BIG 13-5 and beaten 3DMAX 13-8, putting them at the top of the seeds for now, something that Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipo spoke to HLTV about.