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apEX reflects on Vitality's BLAST Porto playoff run — 0.91 rating over 3 months (36 maps), praises jL as "phenomenal" mezii stand-in but says he "wants to win, but will be sad for mezii" who is on parental leave. Vitality clinch ~150 VRS points from group stage.
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Ali "hAdji" Haïnouss (30) retires from professional CS after playing for Envy, 3DMAX, LDLC, Falcons, Monte, DRILLAS, and illwill. Career highlight: 3-4th at CAC 2018 with Envy + Esports Nations Cup Morocco qualifier win July 2026.
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The 6-team single-elim playoff bracket is locked: Spirit (#1) and MOUZ (#5) get semifinal byes; Falcons (#2), FURIA (#3), Vitality (#4), G2 (#9) enter at QF. BO3 QF/SF, BO5 grand final. donk is Fantasy's most-picked player at ~50% ownership.
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G2 dominate Ancient 13-6 (HeavyGod 1v3 clutch) and hold on 13-10 on Inferno. NAVI eliminated for the second consecutive event. Aleksib: "Just not good enough — we need to clear our minds and do something fresh."
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Vitality erase a 2-10 Nuke deficit to force overtime and win 16-14, then close on Dust2 after dropping Mirage. ZywOo 1.19, jL 1.02 rating as stand-in for mezii. Playoff clash vs FUT at 18:30 on August 31.
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Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer benched from Ninjas in Pyjamas by mutual agreement to make way for a new IGL. Tenure delivered a PGL Astana QF and smaller titles but ratings averaged 0.83 vs top-20 opposition.
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donk racks up 17 first-half kills on Ancient and Spirit close on Cache after a tN1R 1v2 Tec-9 clutch. KSCERATO held to 0.71 rating as Spirit book a four-day break before their semifinal on September 5.
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Falcons take revenge for CAC final and EWC defeats with 13-6 wins on Mirage and Dust2. m0NESY 56-29 K/D, kyousuke 1.32 rating recovering from a 6-20 map two. Playoff berth secured.
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MOUZ concede one pistol round and a 1v2 clutch across two maps as they punch their playoff ticket. xertioN 1.61 rating, Spinx 1.63. Next: upper-bracket final vs Legacy/Falcons winner.
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Vitality drop just eight rounds across two maps to eliminate 9z in the lower bracket after their group-stage upset to Inner Circle. jL 38-18, ZywOo 37-16 with a 13-1 second-half showing on Nuke.
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Argentinian rifler tomaszin joins MIBR from BESTIA, replacing benched brnz4n. First tournament: IEM Beijing 2026 Closed Qualifier starting September 2.
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