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In hindsight, the French roster shuffle just after the ELEAGUE Major was a pretty weird situation. It was easily the worst kept secret in esports, with the new French super team – which eventually became G2 Esports – rumored for months beforehand. All that gossip meant a lot of people assumed both G2 and Team EnVyUs would put in a poor performance at the Major, knowing their careers were about to change dramatically. This is exactly what ended up happening, with both teams struggling in Atlanta, and as expected in the days following the event it was confirmed that EnVyUs and G2 would be making roster changes. While it initially looked like there was going to be one new top team in town, we actually ended up with two, thanks to one of the wildest switch-ups in CS history.

DaZeD will return to pro play if ESL overturn his ban Misfits remove Peacemaker as coach, ShahZaM returns This is how Dignitas found their new players Epsilon rebuild their team with new young talent Skadoodle was a bit good at the NA Minor

Friberg leaves NiP and is replaced by Rez Check out the voice comms from VP and Astralis at the Major final ESL and Intel announce $1 million grand slam prize Fnatic Academy to play as Ballistix at EU Minor Groups for the EU Minor confirmed

*Ask Questions for next week's episode here: boo.gg/2recEhk* "Ask Thorin" #10: - Hiko, adreN and NRG (00:22) - Discrepancy between salary and tournament winnings (5:11) - Finding your Playstyle (7:42) - Interviewing one eSports pro (13:12) - Most memorable maps of last 12 months (14:44) - G2 and the upward trajectory (18:10) - Changing standardized Overtime ruleset (20:42) - Can G2 theoretically be a better French team (22:09) - Nifty as an AWPer and that performance (22:52) - Cobbl (23:54) - New meta to replace half structure/half loose meta (26:10) - Impact a coach can make in 30 seconds and halftime (28:58) - Krimz vs Xyp9x (30:06) - Sports broadcasting vs eSports broadcasting (33:05) - NA team to make the Major? (34:45) - Brazilian scene Pre-Parity (36:27) - Scout in current meta (41:52) - Legends as seen by"newcomers(42:19)

Cloud9 and Immortals cruise through to the Major Qualifier Vega wins the CIS Minor after beating Tengri Tyloo are the final team confirmed for ESL One Cologne Olofmeister appears on The Player’s Tribune The ESL Pro League Season 5 finals were very popular

There may have been two LANs going on, but this still felt like a quiet week in the world of competitive Counter-Strike. The NA Minor seemed to be done and dusted before it even began, and if any of the teams from the CIS Minor manage to make it to the Major itself then we’ll be available to be knocked over by a feather all summer. Outside of that, the only top-level online competition was the last week of ECS, and pretty much all the final placings were already confirmed, although the repercussions of GODSENT’s surprise victory over FaZe Clan did at least spice up the relegation battle. And of course we’re still playing Operation Hydra, pounding through those Guardian Missions, while Valve, having shipped the operation, evidently has some time on its hands again, because this week also saw the return of the banhammer. And how!

Final placings for ECS online stage confirmed FlipSid3 Tactics sign academy team Starix was a popular man after leaving NaVi Brazilians dominate group A at the American Minor Epsilon reportedly sign UK player smooya for $10,000

ESL WILL NOT USE SOUNDPROOF BOOTHS DESPITE PRO LEAGUE GHOSTING COMPLAINTS GODSENT MAKE COACHING CHANGE, MESSIOSO TAKES REINS GROUPS FOR DREAMHACK SUMMER ANNOUNCED, NEITHER EASY NAVI AND VIRTUS.PRO INVITED TO ESL ONE NEW YORK LATEST VAC UPDATE SENDS MORE THAN 5000 HACKERS PACKING

*Ask Questions for next week's episode here: https://boo.gg/2sda0w7* "Ask Thorin" #9: - The FlipSid3 Model (00:30) - Shroud's retirement (06:30) - Most Valuable EnVyUs players (08:48) - Xyp9x (14:04) - Manager / Coach (15:30) - PGL eSports in Krakow (19:00) - Personal Favorite Team (20:19) - Best current CS:GO duo (24:06) - spunj (26:24) - Use of utility (28:08) - Guardian and Olofmeister (30:35) - 1.6 team to be great in CSGO? (32:47) - Innate qualities in legends (34:28)

Episode #9 of a Boomeo's weekly feature: "TL;DW Podcast" -- A show hosted by MLG's Chris Puckett and Duncan "Thorin" Shields covering CS:GO news, speculations, and analysis. This week, they discuss VP with ESL, Gux, Heroic, the 3-Lan / 4 month system, Renegades, and more! Catch the next episodes of TL;DW over on our twitch: www.twitch.tv/boomeo

Tarik is not a fan of YouTube streams Talent for ECS Season 3 finals announced SK, Splyce and Dignitas get sweet Mountain Dew sponsorship ELEAGUE’s Clash for Cash has impressive talent American Minor groups decided

Virtus.Pro officially skipping the next ESEA Premier season Dreamhack Valencia and Atlanta qualifiers detailed People are not happy with the crowd at the Pro League Finals ScreaM is ridiculously good at remembering gun sounds Get to know the North Academy team

While the Asian Minor kicked the main road to the major off a few days back, we were all distracted by the ESL Pro League, so in our book the road to the major starts this weekend, with the American and CIS Minors. Some big names are being forced to make it to the major the long way, and with recent from raising a lot of questions there could be a few upsets in both regions.

Man, what a week! ESL Pro League Finals, the Asian Minor, a new rivalry, and such an intense concentration of big plays that we feel slightly over the limit. The past seven days have certainly been good for fans of competitive Counter-Strike, and not just the folks watching esports, because of course everyone else got to enjoy the 2v2 Wingman mode in Operation Hydra. There sure was a lot going on, but the ESL Pro League Finals were still the highlight for us. We saw a ton of top action, more than a few close games, and witnessed the birth of a new rivalry between G2 and North that we can’t wait to see continue.

G2 destroy North in ESL Pro League Final after epic trash talk creates rivalry Misfits bench ShahZaM for the Minor Renegades and Tyloo make it out of the Asian Minor Red Reserve signs Maikelele Stewie2k to return as C9’s shot caller for the Minor