The Danish squad sweep Na`Vi in the grand finals Image Banner © FACEIT Astralis was able to claim their second Counter-Strike:Global Offensive Major tournament title after sweeping Natus Vincere, 2-0, in the best-of-three grand finals of the FACEIT Major: London 2018. After a more than a year since winning the ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017, Astralis were once again hailed as … Read more
CoL, BIG bow out of the race Image Banner © FACEIT Natus Vincere and MIBR (Made In Brazil) are one series away from securing a grand final slot at the FACEIT Major: London 2018, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s second Major tournament of the year, after eliminating BIG and compLexity Gaming, respectively. Na’Vi opened the New Champions Stage of the FACEIT Major: London 2018 … Read more
Which teams will move on to the New Champions Stage? Image Banner © FACEIT Major The FACEIT Major: London 2018, the second Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major tournament, moves on to the New Legends Stage while bidding goodbye to its first eight participants. After almost a week of intense CS:GO action, Team Liquid, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Astralis, compLexity Gaming, HellRaisers, BIG, Vega Squadron, and Tyloo were … Read more
How far can Asia’s best team go at the FACEIT: Major London 2018? BnTeT Image © HLTV.org Asia was never really considered as a powerhouse in the professional scene of Counter Strike: Global Offensive. The competition exists, but the region is no hotbed unlike how it is (or was) to Starcraft II, Dota 2, or League … Read more
North America finally has a Major Champion © Banner from HLTV.org It all came down to this; FaZe Clan, a team comprised of allstars from all across Europe that had a standing of 10-1 since the start of the tournament, versus Cloud9, an organization that has long been a joke in the CS:GO scene. This … Read more
Nikola “NiKo” Kovač is now one step closer to the finals Nikola NiKo Kovač is undoubtedly one of the most explosive CS:GO pro players out there right now. Considered as the #2 top Player of 2017 (next to SK’s Marcelo coldzera David), he’s been growing ever since. Prior to him joining FaZe Clan, the young Bosnian played with the … Read more
We talked to our friends over at a fellow news page about Mineski CS:GO’s run Even though we are from opposite sides of the industry, we thought it would be great to compare notes on the recent WESG APAC games with a fellow esports news journal in PlayonWASD. All of us are fans of the Filipino … Read more
How Mineski.net’s Editor got to be part of a star studded lineup This past weekend I had the opportunity to cast the ASUS ROG Masters 2017 APAC Finals for CS:GO among the likes of Jordan Elfishguy Mays, Danny DK Kim, Kevin KaRath Zhu, and Iain SnypeR Turner. Together with MineskiTV’s Justin Vill Villaseran, we were in for an intense, four-day event filled with CS:GO action. … Read more
ROG Master APAC 2017 Written by Eric Soejatno Indonesia’s CS:GO Presence Indonesia is one of the strongest countries in the CS:GO scene. Jakarta’s Team Nxl> dominated that region in the past. Since then, Nxl> has been replaced by Recca Esports as they not only dominated the local Indonesian competition but also Asia as they became champion of Zen League Season … Read more
ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017 Grand Finals Recap Image Banner © HLTV.org The second consecutive world championship for FaZe Clan went into the bag after sweeping Astralis at the ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017 grand finals. Back 2 Back World Champions. 13-6 comeback. 17-0 on LAN. Could not be more proud of our team. #FAZETFUP 💙💛❤️ pic.twitter.com/yJCmr0I0zC — … Read more