NRG Zayt & Ghost Saf: "By far the best format we’ve ever had"

Fortnite

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.03.05

Taking a break from Counter-Strike, Jamie got the opportunity to talk to the duo of NRG’s Zayt and Ghost Gaming’s Saf, who won the first ESL Katowice Royale. They discuss Fortnite prize-money, the game-breaking bugs and how they came together as a duo.

Dignitas milk: "We’re the best team here"

Counter-Strike

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Interviews

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.03.03

Jamie got to interview Kiara ‘milk’ Makua from the Intel Challenge Katowice winning Dignitas. They covered the tournament, the female professional scene and what is next for Dignitas.

Renegades Gratisfaction: "We thought we’d just throw [Dust2] in as a curve ball"

Counter-Strike

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Interviews

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.03.03

Our Interview Series from Katowice continues with a short chat with Sean ‘Gratisfaction’ Kaiwai about their stay in Poland, the tournament, and the future.

FaZe rain: "Right now our map pool is kind of weird"

Counter-Strike

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Interviews

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.03.02

For our first interview of the IEM Katowice 2019 Major, Jamie sat down with Håvard ‘rain’ Nygaard of FaZe Clan to discuss the Major, the team, and the upcoming schedule.

IEM Katowice 2019 - Quarterfinals Day 1 Preview

Counter-Strike

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Event Previews

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.02.28

The first day of the IEM Katowice Champions Stage is here, and we have two wonderful matches today. We will see three of the top teams in the world and a team well-known for their upsets go head-to-head for only two spots in the Semifinals of the IEM Katowice Major 2019.

Road to the Major: Katowice - ViCi Gaming

Counter-Strike

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Road to the Major

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.02.13

The final installation of our Road to the Major series is ViCi Gaming. This team underwent a large number of changes over the course of the last half of the year. ViCi split from Flash Gaming to reform ViCi Gaming. They announced their full roster on September 3rd.

Road to the Major: Katowice - Winstrike Team

Counter-Strike

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Road to the Major

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.02.12

We continue our series of articles with Winstrike Team, a primarily Russian org. In 2018 the team went through huge changes. They acquired the entire Quantum Bellator Fire roster in June before benching all but Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov due to the team's poor performance at the FACEIT London Major in September.

Road to the Major: Katowice - FURIA Esports

Counter-Strike

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Road to the Major

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.02.07

With today's installation of the Road to the Major series, we head back to the Americas and follow FURIA eSports. After the London Americas Minor Championship, FURIA moved to Miami.

Road to the Major: Katowice - Grayhound Gaming

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Road to the Major

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.02.06

Back to the Asia Minor Championship, we continue with another team from Australia and New Zealand, Grayhound Gaming. The team only had one significant change between London and Katowice.

Road to the Major: Katowice - NRG Esports

Counter-Strike

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Road to the Major

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.02.05

After a short break, we return to our Road to the Major series with a look at the first qualifiers out of the Americas Minor, NRG Esports. Since the last Major in London, NRG has had no significant changes to the roster, their last player change happening January 15th of 2018 when Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold replaced Allan 'AnJ' Jensen.

Road to the Major: Katowice - Renegades

Counter-Strike

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Road to the Major

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.01.29

We switch regions with this entry in the series, heading over to the Asia Minor for our first team to qualify out of the region, Renegades! After struggles at the London Major, Renegades had a number of changes.

Road to the Major: Katowice - Team Spirit

Counter-Strike

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Road to the Major

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.01.25

Nearing the halfway mark of the Road to the Major series, we return to CIS to take a look at Team Spirit. The primarily Russian team has had no changes to the roster since their run to the Challenger's Stage in London.

Road to the Major: Katowice - Team Vitality

Counter-Strike

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Road to the Major

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.01.25

We return to Europe for our next entry in the series. Formed primarily from the ashes of the late 2018 French shuffle, Team Vitality replaced Team Envy as one of the two great hopes of French Counter-Strike.

Road to the Major: Katowice - ENCE

Counter-Strike

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Road to the Major

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.01.19

We continue our series in Europe, with ENCE, the Finnish org that has embraced the EZ 4 ENCE meme. ENCE signed a fully new roster in 2018, starting with former OpTic Gaming player, Aleksi 'allu' Jalli in March. The rest of the team was announced in April, and then in August they hired Slaava 'Twista' Räsänen as coach.

Road to the Major: Katowice - AVANGAR

Counter-Strike

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Road to the Major

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert

2019.01.19

Last year, Esports Kingdom introduced our Road to the Major series for the FACEIT London Major. In it we gave a brief explanation of how each team qualified for the Major, from open qualifier all the way through the Minor. This year it returns, by popular demand, for the IEM Katowice Major.