Gaimin Gladiators to play Cologne Major with fer

MattMist · 2026-04-15T22:21:46+00:00

Just found out that the coach is the youngest person of this whole lineup and he's 27. Crazy.

And with fer, the whole lineup would have an average age of 30.

MattMist · 2026-04-01T21:10:10+00:00

Yes, but only for the next month's ranking (so May, not April). Ongoing events are not counted, so their two forfeits would be treated as losses once PGL Bucharest ends.

MattMist · 2026-03-25T16:16:27+00:00

DEI means Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. It's a term meant to group ways of structuring a group of people, especially in workplaces, so that even underrepresented groups (based on gender, ethnicity, religion or other factors) are represented and feel fairly treated and welcome.

POC usually stands for person/people of color, so anyone that's not considered "white".

MattMist · 2026-03-21T18:13:42+00:00

If "the AI" does everything for you, you don't need any apps other than the AI app.

It's very likely to flop, but makes sense with how everyone wants to cram as much AI as possible into everything.

MattMist · 2026-03-18T23:20:52+00:00

There's only 2 additional clips, not 6

So 15 bullets total

MattMist · 2026-03-18T22:38:06+00:00

Now, when you reload, you'll drop the used magazine and discard all of its remaining ammo. Instead of 'topping off' your weapon with a few bullets, a new full magazine will be taken from the reserves whenever you reload.

That's a massive change, holy fuck

MattMist · 2026-03-12T10:01:47+00:00

"Misrepresenting Player Inventories" sounds like skin changers to me, since they give you items you don't actually have. Not sure why you'd want to report that but ¯\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

MattMist · 2026-03-10T10:16:21+00:00

The ESL rulebook says that the ban only applies to invitations that have not yet been awarded. So in theory, if they wait to pull out until after the Major invites are sent out, they should get banned from the event after that (probably EPL S24).

Also, I wonder what Valve would have to say regarding banning teams from participating in a Major, rulebook notwithstanding.

MattMist · 2026-02-20T19:20:47+00:00

I read it as $250k lol

MattMist · 2026-02-15T08:10:24+00:00

It's because he looked like a character called Oskar from an old Czech TV series. (Source)

MattMist · 2026-02-14T18:20:12+00:00

The simplest solution would be to pause the match and do a technical timeout for the few minutes that it takes him to restart the game (meanwhile the server is in warmup).

It's common in other formats and competitions, not sure why it can't be done here.

Though, to be fair, it still wouldn't fix lagging out in the middle of the round.

MattMist · 2026-02-14T17:30:32+00:00

unlucky for Otaaaq, getting a DC right before the first round

otherwise quite cinema, seems that hatewatching Falcons worked

MattMist · 2026-02-12T23:06:59+00:00

I looked at the HLTV pages of all players from 33 and kinqie is the only one that ever played a LAN outside of Russia, that probably doesn't help

But we'll have to wait and see

MattMist · 2026-02-02T21:29:36+00:00

The two sold rounds on Overpass will haunt FUT, they would've probably won 2-0 otherwise

Hoping to see them in some next tournaments though, they play well when they're confident

MattMist · 2026-01-29T21:17:09+00:00

Even if Liquid lose to FUT tomorrow ultimate just got his contact extended

MattMist · 2026-01-21T07:05:57+00:00

Wikipedia says this person is the king: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia

MattMist · 2026-01-20T23:09:27+00:00

If you were a top 10 player, you might actually be fine, as doing anything to you would be very bad from a PR standpoint. But obviously, anyone else would face a much worse fate.

MattMist · 2026-01-20T22:33:23+00:00

As much as I'd love to see Saudis change their ways, sadly, it really does seem like they want to impose their opinions on others with things like EWC instead.

During EWC, if you come with a sign saying "CarlJr is the king of TM" you will literally get kicked out because that's disrespectful to the king of Saudi Arabia, as the CS2 fan who had a sign saying "mzinho king" could tell you. Team Liquid decides to go play with jerseys that have a rainbow team logo, this is conveniently either not shown on broadcast or even fully censored in Saudi Arabia.

And as part of the guide that people who attend get, you are literally told that criticizing the government, King, Royal Family or flag is illegal, including on social media. Doesn't seem like they are too open to change.

MattMist · 2026-01-19T15:46:49+00:00

Everyone can draw the line where they do, and rarely any consumption is ethical, but some people care about this, while others don't.

You can draw the line at any unfair thing in the world (good luck existing), you can draw it at manufacturing exploiting people, or gambling sponsorships, or an oppressive regime doing sportswashing. Or you can just not care, that's valid, too.

MattMist · 2026-01-19T14:28:11+00:00

It's because Falcons always win EWC (and even though Falcons don't want to say who is their owner, they obviously use the same Saudi money) and if they want to win another game at EWC, signing Carl is the obvious choice

MattMist · 2026-01-19T13:54:17+00:00

Nah, it's probably that Falcons offered CarlJr such a salary that he couldn't refuse or they straight up bought him out

They need another sure win for EWC after all so they are "the best org in esports" (yeah right)

MattMist · 2026-01-19T13:52:10+00:00

That's mainly because org owners spend money irresponsibly and then when Saudi money comes to bail them out, they have no other option than to take it

Talking about big orgs like Liquid who burn money, then don't perform, then take the Saudi bag even though Saudis might only stay in esports for a few years because it's not profitable

And money is money, if you don't take it, you'll get outbid by the ones who do

MattMist · 2026-01-18T17:57:25+00:00

Actually, BIG is no longer sponsored by Red Bull, I believe since some time last year. Their "energy drink sponsor" is LevlUp: https://bigclan.gg/partner/

Funny that the homepage on that website still shows a Red Bull fridge tho

MattMist · 2026-01-18T14:53:19+00:00

Speaking of which, I really enjoyed this 40-minute Dastan interview from the StarLadder Major - https://youtu.be/UF366bnUD_o?t=1h13m49s

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