Hard to remember what was going on 6 months ago but I ' ll do my best . S 1 mple rejoined the Liquid lineup for the Cologne major and I think ECS season 1 finals propelling them into the finals beating a waning Fnatic team in the semis where they lost 20 I think to SK . After S 1 mple left the roster again Liquid picked up Pimp who has been average to good since then . Fnatic ' s loss of dominance prompted surprising roster changes involving players from Godsent , fracturing their core and making NiP the # 1 Swedish team since . C 9 cemented their place as NA ' s number 1 home grown team by winning the ESL pro league season 2 finals in So Paulo , however they face stiff competition from Optic who have performed well with Spanish import Mixwell and Tarik , winning Northern Arena LAN against G 2 and qualifying for the Eleague season 2 finals . NiP used Maikelele for a short while due to Pyth ' s injury , but Pyth has now returned and performed well in . NiP ' s recent win at IEM Oakland against SK in the grand finals who have declined somewhat . VP have not attended a LAN in a while withdrawing from ESL pro league finals I think and have been frankly terrible online in their ECS matches . Edit Forgot , Karrigan was kickedleft Astralis and joined FaZe while Astralis picked up Gla 1 ve , both teams have done well since thenProbably a lot of stuff I missed but hopefully that covers the basics