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Awesome CS:GO news 2021? Esports fills the gap while sports declines: In recent years, global recognition on a different stage has been influenced by esports clubs, competitions and matches. The result was that the marketers were looking more and more at the sporting industry in the same way as they consider conventional American sport like basketball and football. Earlier in this year, we saw leading brands like Nike, BT, and Kia Motors all partner with sports teams at Louis Vuitton’s then planned 2020 League of Legends World Championships.

Gambit Esports won the $400,000 grand prize today at IEM Katowice by defeating Virtus.Pro (VP). This is the biggest win for the organization since their incredible victory over Immortals at PGL Krakow back in 2017. Gambit played four rounds in total at the best-of-five grand finals against VP and won with three consecutive map wins. Sh1ro was outstanding throughout the tournament, his performance against Na’vi being the most notable one. Earning a rating of 1.27, he had an above average rating in 15 of the 17 maps played. Some important statistics defining his brilliance in the tournament include KAST: 77.8%, Impact: 1.16, K/D Ratio: 1.52 and Deaths / round: 0.48.

The 21-year old oSee prevented the repeated attempts of High Coast’s members to enter bomb sites and ended the match with a +30 Kill-Death ratio. Extra Salt lost the first map but later dominated High Coast in Train and also in the deciding Overpass map. This final match was preceded by Extra Salt’s 2-1 win over Triumph and 2-0 domination over Bad News Bears. Read more information on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive News. Csgo loyalty badges accounts are accounts which were created before Counter Strike Global Offensive went F2P(Free to play) (Counter strike global offensive went free to play back in 2018). These accounts have an extraordinary collectible badge known as Loyalty Badge. These are prime csgo accounts which have random private rank level, giving a head start to new players, to experience prime matchmaking without the grind. Csgo prime accounts in this product range have various private rank levels, to provide a discounted and cheap variety of Csgo Ranked Prime Accounts. All CS:GO players have an option to upgrade to Prime Status. When Players upgrade to Prime Status the matchmaking matches the game with other players who also have Prime Status, Also CS:GO Prime Users are eligible for Prime-exclusive souvenir items, item drops, and weapon cases.

FPS eSports on the rise in 2021: Unlike some other esports organizations, Lazarus used a business model which diversified their investment in several smaller esports titles and it seems like that decision was a right one, as it earned the former SetToDestroyX organization just over $4.2 million. That being said, their biggest payday came from Fortnite World Cup, where they had six players involved, two of which came in clutch and won big. Their Fortnite tandem Wolfiez and Rojo finished Fortnite World Cup – Duos at an impressive second place which earned them $2,250,000, while Jordan “Crimz” Herzog and Zach “Spades” Gifford claimed a 17th place and $100,000 in prize money.

The esports industry is a phenomenon that shows no sign of slowing down. Professional sports tournaments are filling huge stadiums worldwide, while millions of viewers tune in at home to watch the best players battle it out in their favorite games. As more investments are made, sponsorship budgets increase and more developers push an esports agenda, the industry continues to climb from strength to strength – even sporting giants such as Formula 1, FIFA and the NFL are getting involved.

In South America, teams play in a double-elimination bracket where all matches excluding the grand finals are best-of-three series. Grand finals are a best-of-five affair with a one-map advantage to the winning team. Whoever wins this event receives $16 thousand along with an invitation to IEM Summer 2021. DreamHack Open March 2021 kicks off on March 10 and CS:GO esports fans can catch all the action live on Twitch.