🔄 DRILLAS replace AMSALEM with SENER1

DRILLAS have announced that SENER1 will replace AMSALEM ahead of their Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Asia RMR campaign, set to start on November 11.

SENER1, who is most known for his time on Bad News Eagles, returns to activity four months after the Kosovar squad disbanded following the loss of organizational support. He joins the team to replace AMSALEM, DRILLAS' second-lowest rated player with a 1.09 average.

A disappointing end of Elisa Masters for NIP 😔

ENCE are winning again, and gla1ve is fragging again 😌

In order to shift focus and resources solely into the main team, 🇪🇺 9INE have ended their academy project, which went through three iterations since its inception last year

🇵🇱 Milan "⁠hypex⁠" Polowiec
🇱🇹 Arnas "⁠Sterzig⁠" Kavoliunas
🇱🇹 Rokas "⁠EspiranTo⁠" Milasauskas
🇧🇪 Roman "⁠n0te⁠" Hamze
🇩🇪 Tom "⁠skyye⁠" Hagedorn

🔄 BCGame bench anarkez; GuardiaN steps in

BC.Game have announced the benching of Guy "⁠anarkez⁠" Trachtman from their Counter-Strike team.

The team's coach, Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács, will temporarily step in to fill the void until the team finds a permanent replacement for the Israeli AWPer.

anarkez' departure marks the second change in the team within four months of its existence. Joel "⁠joel⁠" Holmlund was previously removed from the roster in the aftermath of being banned by Akros anti-cheat and replaced by Simon "⁠KWERTZZ⁠" Horák.

🗓 ESL unveils 2025 circuit; pledges $22m+ investment through 2026

ESL FACEIT Group (EFG) has announced the first details about its 2025 ESL Pro Tour, with five IEM stops and two ESL Pro League events planned for next year. Moreover, EFG has pledged a financial contribution of more than $22 million over the next two years toward the teams and players participating in the circuit, in addition to hospitality expenses.

Championship-level events:

🇵🇱 IEM Katowice - January 29-February 9
🇩🇪 IEM Cologne - July 23-August 3

Masters-level events:

🇪🇺 ESL Pro League 21 - February 25-March 16 (Location TBD)
🌐 IEM Spring - April 21-27 (Location TBD)
🇺🇸 IEM Dallas - May 19-25
🇪🇺 ESL Pro League 22 - September 23-October 12 (Location TBD)
🇨🇳 IEM Chengdu - November 3-9

With ESL announcing seven events for 2025, next year's calendar is beginning to take shape:

🗓 hltv.org/calendar

kassad's UNPAID secure a paycheck as they qualify for the RES Regional Champions playoffs 💸

"I'm not shaking hands with these guys because they scammed their way through the RMR" 😬