CS:GO General News

On the 21st of August 2012, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was released to the public. In its early existence, CS:GO was a big topic of contention. It wasn’t a polished product and there wasn’t any fanfare with the game’s release. Not to mention the fact, that it put the community in an odd conundrum. Should they switch to this latest, yet unpolished CS game, or shall they stick to 1.6 and Source? As time went on, the community, organizations and tournament organizers began making the shift to CS:GO.

One of the first premier level tournaments of CS:GO was ESWC 2012, the Electronic Sports World Cup. At the time, it offered a good prize purse of 22,000$. Even though there were other tournaments, this had an international flavor tomolotovs.

The initiative was a nice idea, however, the changes weren’t implied in the upcoming ESWC 2012. However, after the event, notable changes did take place and just a couple days after the event, the molotovs, as we know them today, were introduced.

North-America with the solid start at ESWC 2019

Area51 was a North-American team with players like Hiko, Dazed and Seangares in the mix. Because they won the NA qualifiers they earned a spot in the event and received a paid trip to France.

In the opening game, Area51 played the Brazilians of ProGaming.TD. The outcome of that match was surprising, to say the least. Area51 completely decimated the Brazilian roster with cogu, steel and alike with a 16-0 scoreline. Moving forward, the North-Americans would tie against Mousesports, beat LowLandLions