FaZe AdreN: "[The travel] is affecting my body and my mental health" FaZe AdreN: "[The travel] is affecting my body and my mental health"

FaZe AdreN: "[The travel] is affecting my body and my mental health"

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Grady Hooker
Grady got a chance to talk to AdreN during IEM Sydney when he was still with FaZe Clan about the intensive travel schedule, which teams they are targeting at the next tournament, and what the inside of his hotel room is like.
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BOOT Benkai: "Our issues lie within our bad habits" BOOT Benkai: "Our issues lie within our bad habits"

BOOT Benkai: "Our issues lie within our bad habits"

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Grady Hooker
At IEM Sydney, up in the media room, Grady sat down to have a chat with B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape’s Benkai about the Asian Counter-Strike scene, how he got into esports and which other players he would like to play with.
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MIBR FalleN: "The [IEM Sydney] crowd is kind of having its own show" MIBR FalleN: "The [IEM Sydney] crowd is kind of having its own show"

MIBR FalleN: "The [IEM Sydney] crowd is kind of having its own show"

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Grady Hooker
Although they didn’t make the grand finals, falling just short against Team Liquid, MIBR’s FalleN was happy to sit down with Grady and have a chat about the crowd and the country in Australia, the recent roster shuffles that failed and playing in the showmatch as ‘Bad FalleN’.
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Blank Roro: "[ORDER] turned up and they played better than us" Blank Roro: "[ORDER] turned up and they played better than us"

Blank Roro: "[ORDER] turned up and they played better than us"

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Grady Hooker
It wasn’t just Counter-Strike at IEM Sydney, as Grady got to sit down with fellow Kiwi and Overwatch Contenders semifinalist, Roro from Blank Esports. They talk about how he got into esports, Blank’s performance in the tournament and living in a team house.
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CSGO Tier Rankings: IEM Sydney, DreamHack Rio de Janeiro and BLAST Miami CSGO Tier Rankings: IEM Sydney, DreamHack Rio de Janeiro and BLAST Miami

CSGO Tier Rankings: IEM Sydney, DreamHack Rio de Janeiro and BLAST Miami

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The Esports Kingdom team
Grady has returned home from IEM Sydney and that means it is time for the team to sit down and try to figure out a new set of tier rankings. We have 2 teams dropping out of the rankings and three debuts, one of which is the highest debut of all time.
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Liquid EliGE: "I felt confident that we were going to win the whole time" Liquid EliGE: "I felt confident that we were going to win the whole time"

Liquid EliGE: "I felt confident that we were going to win the whole time"

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Grady Hooker
After their win against Fnatic in the grand final of IEM Sydney, Team Liquid sat down with the press and we got the chance to talk to EliGE about feeling the glory of winning, the long best-of-five and the first thing he did after winning and lifting the trophy.
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CSGO Tier Rankings: StarSeries Season 7, WESG 2018 and BLAST São Paulo CSGO Tier Rankings: StarSeries Season 7, WESG 2018 and BLAST São Paulo

CSGO Tier Rankings: StarSeries Season 7, WESG 2018 and BLAST São Paulo

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The Esports Kingdom team
Post-Major is always an interesting time and right now we have a whole lot of shuffles, for some teams changing the roster core. There has also been a long period where some teams haven't played any tournaments, because of these reasons we have dropped this edition of the rankings down to 25 teams.
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This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Grand Final This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Grand Final

This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Grand Final

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Grady Hooker
That is all she wrote as the LPL CSGO ANZ Championship Season 1 comes to an end with a nail-biting grand final between AVANT and Ground Zero. Some technical issues plagued Ground Zero, but they still put up a great fight against the top-seed from the round robin stage.
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This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Grand Final (Pre-Game) This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Grand Final (Pre-Game)

This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Grand Final (Pre-Game)

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Grady Hooker
This week Ground Zero pulled out a victory and managed to defeat Breakaway Esports - now they head to the grand finals of the LPL CSGO ANZ Championship to take on AVANT, who were the top team from the round robin stage.
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This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Semifinal This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Semifinal

This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Semifinal

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Grady Hooker
Last night Ground Zero took on Breakaway Esports to determine which of them will face AVANT in the Grand Finals of the LPL CSGO ANZ Championship. How well did my predictions for the semifinal go? Spoilers: Not great.
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This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Semifinal (Pre-Game) This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Semifinal (Pre-Game)

This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Semifinal (Pre-Game)

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Grady Hooker
Before the semifinal between Ground Zero and Breakaway Esports tonight, we take a look at who is the favourite and who has the advantage in the best-of-three to determine who faces AVANT in the grand finals later this week.
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This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Week 6 This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Week 6

This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Week 6

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Grady Hooker
There were some delays due to events within New Zealand, but the final few games of LetsPlayLive's CSGO ANZ Championship were played out over the past few weeks and we now know what three teams will be competing in the playoffs.
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This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Week 5 This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Week 5

This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Week 5

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Grady Hooker
Never a dull week a in the LetsPlayLive CS:GO ANZ Championship, after the departure of Tainted Minds last week, we see a huge game-changing update this week that affect some of the guns as well as how the losing bonus is calculated.
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This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Week 4 This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Week 4

This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Week 4

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Grady Hooker
This week in the LetsPlayLive CS:GO ANZ Championship we see ICON (fka. Tainted Minds) officially withdraw from the league and the fallout from that involving points being handed around and teams to have 2 matches in one day.
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CSGO Tier Rankings: IEM Katowice 2019 Major CSGO Tier Rankings: IEM Katowice 2019 Major

CSGO Tier Rankings: IEM Katowice 2019 Major

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The Esports Kingdom team
The IEM Katowice 2019 Major just took place and thats it is time for another tier rankings. This time we see only our second ever double-rank-jump as well as some new faces popping into high-tiers and some fan favorites falling down the table.
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NRG Zayt & Ghost Saf: "By far the best format we’ve ever had" NRG Zayt & Ghost Saf: "By far the best format we’ve ever had"

NRG Zayt & Ghost Saf: "By far the best format we’ve ever had"

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert
Taking a break from Counter-Strike, Jamie got the opportunity to talk to the duo of NRG’s Zayt and Ghost Gaming’s Saf, who won the first ESL Katowice Royale. They discuss Fortnite prize-money, the game-breaking bugs and how they came together as a duo.
Dignitas milk: "We’re the best team here" Dignitas milk: "We’re the best team here"

Dignitas milk: "We’re the best team here"

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert
Jamie got to interview Kiara ‘milk’ Makua from the Intel Challenge Katowice winning Dignitas. They covered the tournament, the female professional scene and what is next for Dignitas.
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Renegades Gratisfaction: "We thought we’d just throw [Dust2] in as a curve ball" Renegades Gratisfaction: "We thought we’d just throw [Dust2] in as a curve ball"

Renegades Gratisfaction: "We thought we’d just throw [Dust2] in as a curve ball"

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert
Our Interview Series from Katowice continues with a short chat with Sean ‘Gratisfaction’ Kaiwai about their stay in Poland, the tournament, and the future.
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FaZe rain: "Right now our map pool is kind of weird" FaZe rain: "Right now our map pool is kind of weird"

FaZe rain: "Right now our map pool is kind of weird"

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Jamie "PalmtopPitbull" Wert
For our first interview of the IEM Katowice 2019 Major, Jamie sat down with Håvard ‘rain’ Nygaard of FaZe Clan to discuss the Major, the team, and the upcoming schedule.
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This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Week 3 This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Week 3

This Week In... LPL CS:GO ANZ Championship Season 1 - Week 3

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Grady Hooker
This week we saw 2 more Mirage games and yet another overtime on Inferno involving Breakaway Esports, but we also had the first forfeit in the tournament dropping us down to only three games as well as some roster shuffles.
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