Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Katowice Major 2019

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[e][h]Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Katowice Major 2019
League Information
Organizer:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Poland Katowice
Venue:
ESL Arena
(The New Challengers Stage)
Int. Congress Centre
(The New Legends Stage)
Spodek
(The New Champions Stage)
Prize Pool:
$1,000,000 USD
Start Date:
2019-02-13
End Date:
2019-03-03
Teams:
24
Liquipedia Tier:
Valve Tier:
Links
Maps
Cache • Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Train
Chronology

The Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Katowice Major 2019 is the 14th Valve-sponsored Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship and the first Major of 2019. The tournament features a $1,000,000 USD prize pool and 24 teams as with previous Majors. It is also notably being held by ESL, whose last Major was in 2016. This event marks the start of the new Intel Grand Slam Season.

About

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Broadcast Talent

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  • English Broadcast
  • Russian Broadcast
  • Show All
  • Stage Host:
    • United Kingdom OJ Borg (Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi)
  • Desk Hosts:
  • Interviewer:
  • Reporter:
    • Ukraine ceh9 (Arsenii Trynozhenko)

Note: The broadcast talent occasionally rotated roles during the first two days of the swiss system stages.

Format

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A graphical explanation of the Swiss System format
  • The New Challengers Stage: February 13th - 17th, 2019
    • 16 Team Swiss System Format
      • Following rounds are seeded using a "Live ELO Rating" system with the initial seeding as the baseline [1]
      • Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3
      • All other matches are Bo1
    • Top 8 Teams proceed to The New Legends Stage
    • Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated
  • The New Legends Stage: February 20th - 24th, 2019
    • 16 Team Swiss System Format
      • Following rounds are seeded using a "Live ELO Rating" system with the initial seeding as the baseline [1]
      • Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3
      • All other matches are Bo1
    • Top 8 Teams proceed to The New Champions Stage
    • Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated
  • The New Champions Stage: February 28th - March 3rd, 2019
    • Single-Elimination bracket
    • Seeded using Swiss scores & "Final ELO Ratings" of The New Legends Stage
    • All matches (incl. the Grand Final) are Bo3

Prize Pool

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$1,000,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Note: 15-16th place teams are no longer invited to the next Major Championship. [2]

Participants

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The Current Legends

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MIBR
Notes
1Brazil FalleN
2Brazil fer
3Brazil coldzera
4Brazil TACO
5Brazil felps
CBrazil zews
Team Liquid
Notes
1United States nitr0
2United States EliGE
3Canada Twistzz
4Canada NAF
5United States Stewie2K
CUnited States adreN
compLexity
Notes
1United Kingdom dephh
2Canada stanislaw
3United States ShahZaM
4Australia Rickeh
5United States n0thing
CUnited States Warden
BIG
Notes
1Germany gob b
2Germany tabseN
3Germany nex
4Germany tiziaN
5Turkey XANTARES
HellRaisers
Notes
1Ukraine ANGE1
2Hungary DeadFox
3Turkey woxic
4Jordan ISSAA
5Kazakhstan Hobbit
CUkraine ami
FaZe Clan
Notes
1Norway rain
2Bosnia and Herzegovina NiKo
3Slovakia GuardiaN
4Sweden olofmeister
5Kazakhstan AdreN
CSerbia YNk

The Returning Challengers

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Fnatic
Notes
1Sweden KRIMZ
2Sweden JW
3Sweden Xizt
4Sweden twist
5Sweden Brollan
CSweden Jumpy
G2 Esports
Notes
1France shox
2France bodyy
3France kennyS
4France Lucky
5France JACKZ
CFrance maLeK
Cloud9
Notes
1United States autimatic
2United States RUSH
3Sweden flusha
4France kioShiMa
5United States Zellsis
TYLOO
Notes
1China somebody
2Indonesia BnTeT
3Indonesia xccurate
4China Summer
5China Attacker
CUkraine Johnta
Note: The 15-16th place teams from the previous Major are no longer automatically invited. [2]

The Minor Challengers

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Note: The slots opened up by the removal of two returning teams from the previous Major will be filled by a qualifier played by the 3rd place teams from the Minors. [2]

Results

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New Challengers Stage

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#TeamMatchesRoundsRDRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5
1.NRG EsportsNRG Esports NRG Esports3 - 064 - 42+22Winstrike Team
Nuke		ViCi Gaming
Overpass		TYLOO
2:0		To Be DeterminedTo Be Determined
1.Renegades Renegades3 - 064 - 42+22AVANGAR
Train		Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
Mirage		ENCE
2:0		To Be DeterminedTo Be Determined
3.ENCE ENCE3 - 192 - 88+4Team Spirit
Nuke		G2 EsportsG2 Esports
Overpass		Renegades
0:2		Winstrike Team
2:1		To Be Determined
3.Team Vitality Team Vitality3 - 184 - 68+16TYLOO
Inferno		Grayhound Gaming
Nuke		Vega Squadron
Overpass		ViCi Gaming
2:0		To Be Determined
3.AVANGAR AVANGAR3 - 172 - 66+6Renegades
Train		FURIA Esports
Mirage		G2 EsportsG2 Esports
Overpass		TYLOO
2:0		To Be Determined
6.Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in Pyjamas3 - 2129 - 109+20FURIA Esports
Mirage		Renegades
Mirage		Winstrike Team
Train		Vega Squadron
2:1		ViCi Gaming
2:1
6.Cloud9 Cloud93 - 293 - 930Grayhound Gaming
Mirage		TYLOO
Overpass		ViCi Gaming
Inferno		FURIA Esports
2:1		Winstrike Team
2:0
6.G2 EsportsG2 Esports G2 Esports3 - 2116 - 100+16Vega Squadron
Cache		ENCE
Overpass		AVANGAR
Overpass		Fnatic
2:1		TYLOO
2:1
9.TYLOO TYLOO2 - 3110 - 119-9Team Vitality
Inferno		Cloud9
Overpass		NRG EsportsNRG Esports
0:2		AVANGAR
0:2		G2 EsportsG2 Esports
1:2
9.ViCi Gaming ViCi Gaming2 - 3105 - 117-12Fnatic
Overpass		NRG EsportsNRG Esports
Overpass		Cloud9
Inferno		Team Vitality
0:2		Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
1:2
9.Winstrike Team Winstrike Team2 - 3104 - 107-3NRG EsportsNRG Esports
Nuke		Fnatic
Train		Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
Train		ENCE
1:2		Cloud9
0:2
12.Fnatic Fnatic1 - 381 - 92-11ViCi Gaming
Overpass		Winstrike Team
Train		Grayhound Gaming
2:0		G2 EsportsG2 Esports
1:2		To Be Determined
12.Vega Squadron Vega Squadron1 - 369 - 95-26G2 EsportsG2 Esports
Cache		Team Spirit
Mirage		Team Vitality
Overpass		Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
1:2		To Be Determined
12.FURIA Esports FURIA Esports1 - 352 - 55-3Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
Mirage		AVANGAR
Mirage		Team Spirit
2:0		Cloud9
1:2		To Be Determined
15.Team Spirit Team Spirit0 - 347 - 64-17ENCE
Nuke		Vega Squadron
Mirage		FURIA Esports
0:2		To Be DeterminedTo Be Determined
15.Grayhound Gaming Grayhound Gaming0 - 348 - 67-19Cloud9
Mirage		Team Vitality
Nuke		Fnatic
0:2		To Be DeterminedTo Be Determined

 Click here for detailed results of The New Challengers Stage matches

New Legends Stage

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#TeamMatchesRoundsRDRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5
1.Astralis Astralis3 - 081 - 36+45Complexity GamingComplexity Gaming
Nuke		Cloud9
Train		Renegades
2:1		To Be DeterminedTo Be Determined
1.Team LiquidTeam Liquid Team Liquid3 - 064 - 48+16AVANGAR
Overpass		Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
Overpass		Natus Vincere
2:0		To Be DeterminedTo Be Determined
3.Natus Vincere Natus Vincere3 - 196 - 78+18G2 EsportsG2 Esports
Inferno		Team Vitality
Mirage		Team LiquidTeam Liquid
0:2		AVANGAR
2:0		To Be Determined
3.MIBRMIBR MIBR3 - 167 - 57+10Cloud9
Inferno		Complexity GamingComplexity Gaming
Mirage		G2 EsportsG2 Esports
Inferno		Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
2:0		To Be Determined
3.Renegades Renegades3 - 1105 - 109-4ENCE
Inferno		FaZe ClanFaZe Clan
Inferno		Astralis
1:2		Team Vitality
2:1		To Be Determined
6.FaZe ClanFaZe Clan FaZe Clan3 - 2115 - 100+15HellRaisers
Train		Renegades
Inferno		AVANGAR
Mirage		Complexity GamingComplexity Gaming
2:1		Cloud9
2:0
6.ENCE ENCE3 - 2129 - 118+11Renegades
Inferno		HellRaisers
Dust II		BIGBIG
2:1		G2 EsportsG2 Esports
2:0		AVANGAR
2:0
6.Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in Pyjamas3 - 2105 - 97+8NRG EsportsNRG Esports
Nuke		Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Overpass		HellRaisers
Overpass		MIBRMIBR
0:2		Team Vitality
2:1
9.Team Vitality Team Vitality2 - 3117 - 133-16BIGBIG
Mirage		Natus Vincere
Mirage		Cloud9
Mirage		Renegades
1:2		Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
1:2
9.Cloud9 Cloud92 - 385 - 87-2MIBRMIBR
Inferno		Astralis
Train		Team Vitality
Mirage		HellRaisers
2:0		FaZe ClanFaZe Clan
0:2
9.AVANGAR AVANGAR2 - 380 - 106-26Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Overpass		NRG EsportsNRG Esports
Overpass		FaZe ClanFaZe Clan
Mirage		Natus Vincere
0:2		ENCE
0:2
12.HellRaisers HellRaisers1 - 345 - 76-31FaZe ClanFaZe Clan
Train		ENCE
Dust II		Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
Overpass		Cloud9
0:2		To Be Determined
12.G2 EsportsG2 Esports G2 Esports1 - 362 - 80-18Natus Vincere
Inferno		BIGBIG
Mirage		MIBRMIBR
Inferno		ENCE
0:2		To Be Determined
12.Complexity GamingComplexity Gaming Complexity Gaming1 - 397 - 107-10Astralis
Nuke		MIBRMIBR
Mirage		NRG EsportsNRG Esports
2:0		FaZe ClanFaZe Clan
1:2		To Be Determined
15.BIGBIG BIG0 - 364 - 69-5Team Vitality
Mirage		G2 EsportsG2 Esports
Mirage		ENCE
1:2		To Be DeterminedTo Be Determined
15.NRG EsportsNRG Esports NRG Esports0 - 362 - 73-11Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas
Nuke		AVANGAR
Overpass		Complexity GamingComplexity Gaming
0:2		To Be DeterminedTo Be Determined

 Click here for detailed results of The New Legends Stage matches

New Champions Stage

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pashaBiceps bringing out the trophy
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
Na`Vi
2
FaZe
0
February 28, 2019 - 16:20 CET
Na`Vi
2:0(Bo3)
FaZe
165
11
Inferno
1310
3
169
7
Mirage
76
1
Dust II
·https://www.hltv.org/matches/2331075/match·https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82045https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82050
Liquid
0
ENCE
2
February 28, 2019 - 19:40 CET
Liquid
0:2(Bo3)
ENCE
117
4
Mirage
168
8
16101
50
Inferno
1952
102
Overpass
·https://www.hltv.org/matches/2331076/match·https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82058https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82063
Na`Vi
1
ENCE
2
March 2, 2019 - 16:10 CET
Na`Vi
1:2(Bo3)
ENCE
148
6
Train
167
9
1613
3
Dust II
32
1
149
5
Mirage
166
10
·https://www.hltv.org/matches/2331079/match·https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82117https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82119https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82120
MIBR
2
RNG
0
March 1, 2019 - 16:10 CET
MIBR
2:0(Bo3)
RNG
1610
6
Dust II
65
1
164
12
Train
1211
1
Mirage
·https://www.hltv.org/matches/2331077/match·https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82082https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82087
Astralis
2
NiP
0
March 1, 2019 - 19:35 CET
Astralis
2:0(Bo3)
NiP
1615
1
Mirage
20
2
1611
5
Dust II
144
10
Overpass
·https://www.hltv.org/matches/2331078/match·https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82091https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82095
MIBR
0
Astralis
2
March 2, 2019 - 20:20 CET
MIBR
0:2(Bo3)
Astralis
149
5
Overpass
166
10
76
1
Inferno
169
7
Train
·https://www.hltv.org/matches/2331080/match·https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82121https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82123
ENCE
0
Astralis
2
March 3, 2019 - 19:00 CET
ENCE
0:2(Bo3)
Astralis
114
7
Train
1611
5
41
3
Inferno
1614
2
Overpass
·https://www.hltv.org/matches/2331081/match·https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82143https://www.hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=82145

Showmatch

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Schedule
  • Game 1:
    March 3, 2019 - 16:15 UTC
  • Game 2:
    March 3, 2019 - 16:30 UTC
  • Game 3:
    March 3, 2019 - 16:45 UTC
Points Distribution
  • Placement
    Placement PointsPoints per Kill
  • 1st
    45 points0 points
  • 2nd
    27 points0 points
  • 3rd
    18 points0 points
  • 4th
    12 points0 points
  • 5th
    9 points0 points
  • 6th
    6 points0 points
  • 7th
    3 points0 points
  • 8th
    0 points0 points
Rank
Participant
Total PointsPts.
Game 1
March 3, 2019 - 16:15 UTC
P
K
Game 2
March 3, 2019 - 16:30 UTC
P
K
Game 3
March 3, 2019 - 16:45 UTC
P
K
1st
AGO
97
3rd
5
7th
0
1st
4
2nd
Misfits
83
7th
0
1st
3
4th
2
3rd
bashers
75
1st
8
8th
1
3rd
3
4th
canucks
73
2nd
0
2nd
3
6th
1
5th
VOX
57
8th
0
5th
3
2nd
2
6th
Dig.fe
51
4th
1
3rd
2
5th
0
7th
thunder
22
6th
0
4th
0
8th
0
8th
sleeper
22
5th
0
6th
2
7th
3

Broadcast Talent

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  • Commentators:
  • Interviewer:

Format

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  • Danger Zone Showmatch:
    • 8 Teams (2 players each)
    • Bo3 battle-royale format
    • Winning team will be immortalized in the Danger Zone map [27]


For more details about the Showmatch, click here

Additional Content

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Streams

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Primary
LanguageEnglish SpeakingRussiaFranceGermanySpainPolandPortugalBulgariaCzechiaHungaryTurkeyBrazilMexicoChinaIndonesiaVietnamWorld
Streams











Secondary
LanguageEnglish SpeakingRussiaFranceGermanyBrazil
Streams

Previews

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Conclusions

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Interviews

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New Challengers Stage
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New Legends Stage
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New Champions Stage
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Videos and Photos

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Galleries

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Highlights

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VODs

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New Challengers Stage
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New Legends Stage
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New Champions Stage
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Country Representation

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# Country/Region #P ΔPrev. Major Players
1 Russia Russia 13 -1 flamie, electronic, chopper, hutji, tonyblack, Jame, S0tF1k, DavCost, Dima, Boombl4, n0rb3r7, WorldEdit, WayLander
2 Sweden Sweden 12 0 olofmeister, f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, REZ, dennis, Lekr0, KRIMZ, JW, Xizt, twist, Brollan, flusha
3 United States USA 11 -2 nitr0, EliGE, Stewie2K, n0thing, ShahZaM, autimatic, RUSH, Zellsis, FugLy, Brehze, Ethan
4 Brazil Brazil 10 +6 FalleN, fer, coldzera, TACO, felps, yuurih, arT, VINI, kscerato, ableJ
4 France France 10 +6 shox, bodyy, kennyS, Lucky, JaCkz, kioShiMa, NBK-, apEX, RpK, ZywOo
6 Ukraine Ukraine 8 -1 Edward, s1mple, Zeus, jR, crush, ANGE1, COLDYY1, somedieyoung
7 Australia Australia 7 +3 Rickeh, AZR, jks, liazz, dexter, DickStacy, malta
8 China China 6 +3 somebody, Summer, Attacker, aumaN, advent, zhokiNg
8 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 6 +3 Hobbit, AdreN, buster, qikert, KrizzeN, fitch
10 Denmark Denmark 5 -12 device, dupreeh, Xyp9x, gla1ve, Magisk
10 Finland Finland 5 +4 allu, Aleksib, sergej, Aerial, xseveN
12 Canada Canada 4 0 Twistzz, NAF, stanislaw, daps
13 Germany Germany 4 0 gob b, tabseN, tiziaN, nex
14 Indonesia Indonesia 2 0 BnTeT, xccurate
14 New Zealand New Zealand 2 +2 Gratisfaction, sterling
14 Norway Norway 2 0 rain, jkaem
14 Turkey Turkey 2 -4 XANTARES, woxic
14 United Kingdom United Kingdom 2 0 dephh, ALEX
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 NiKo
19 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 +1 CeRq
19 Hong Kong Hong Kong 1 +1 Freeman
19 Hungary Hungary 1 0 DeadFox
19 Jordan Jordan 1 0 ISSAA
19 Lithuania Lithuania 1 0 Kvik
19 Malaysia Malaysia 1 +1 kaze
19 Mongolia Mongolia 1 +1 erkaSt
19 Slovakia Slovakia 1 -1 GuardiaN

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Changes to the IEM Katowice 2019 CS:GO Major explained". ESL. 2019-01-21.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Winning is Everything". Valve. 2018-08-28.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Liquid Update: Zews & TACO traded for Stewie2K". Team Liquid. 2018-12-21.
  4. ↑ "Today we announce the missing piece to get back to the top!". MIBR. 2019-01-12.
  5. ↑ "Welcome Back Coach adreN!". Team Liquid. 2018-12-22.
  6. ↑ Andrew "aMies" Miesner (2018-12-20). "Changes to coL.cs". compLexity Gaming.
  7. ↑ Andrew "aMies" Miesner (2018-12-22). "Additional Changes to coL.cs". compLexity Gaming.
  8. ↑ Andrew "aMies" Miesner (2018-12-28). "Additions to coL.cs". compLexity Gaming.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "All CS:GO Minor & Major teams have submitted and confirmed their rosters for the IEM Katowice 2019 competition". ESL. 2019-01-13.
  10. ↑ "CS:GO Update – Welcome İsmailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş". BIG. 2018-12-23.
  11. ↑ "Goodbye Smooya". BIG. 2019-02-01.
  12. ↑ "Hobbit Joins HellRaisers. Bondik is a Free Agent now". HellRaisers. 2018-11-08.
  13. ↑ "HellRaisers.CS:GO Coaching Staff Changes". HellRaisers. 2018-12-22.
  14. ↑ "CS:GO update: Today Karrigan is benched with immediate effect, more news to follow.". FaZe Clan. 2018-12-16.
  15. ↑ "Today, RobbaN announces he is stepping down as Head Coach.". FaZe Clan. 2019-01-05.
  16. ↑ "OFFICIAL: @AdreNcs will stand-in as FaZe CS:GO's 5th player through the Major, & @YNk has signed on to coach the team". FaZe Clan. 2019-01-06.
  17. ↑ "Post-FACEIT Major Roster Update". Fnatic. 2018-09-21.
  18. ↑ "twist Returns". Fnatic. 2018-10-02.
  19. ↑ "Brollan becomes our fifth". Fnatic. 2018-10-17.
  20. ↑ "#reshuffle – CS:GO Roster and Structure Update". G2 Esports. 12-11-26.
  21. ↑ John Nomis (2018-09-25). "Cloud9 CS:GO Sign flusha, Release STYKO". Cloud9.
  22. ↑ John Nomis (2018-10-16). "Skadoodle Stepping Back From Competitive CS:GO". Cloud9.
  23. ↑ John Nomis (2018-11-17). "Cloud9 CS:GO Welcomes kioShiMa". Cloud9.
  24. ↑ Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro (2019-02-03). "One week into our bootcamp in Poland with another week and a half left before competition starts.".
  25. ↑ MIRAA (2019-01-01). "AttackeR, Summer return to TYLOO". HLTV.
  26. ↑ TYLOO (2019-01-11). "Today we are proud to announce the addition of the Ukrainian Counter-Strike veteran @JohntaCSGO to our CSGO roster".
  27. ↑ "IEM Katowice rides into the Danger Zone with CS:GO Battle Royale showmatch". ESL. 2019-02-26.
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