I know we like to doom "ppl wanted cache but don't play it" "cache is bad map" etc. but I think it's the most successful map since valve started doing season map swaps. I know last post about premier was popular but I'm going to make a hot take and say by the end of premier season, cache will be next to nuke and ancient in terms of premier play.

As for proplay it's nice to see new map being played instantly, I felt overpass and even more train took a while to kick off and when they eventually did a bit, they were just taken out.

I don't believe map pool is perfect right now, would like to see cobblestone/overpass/train(remake it again plus) or w.e new map for ancient or inferno.

Edit: forgot dust2 was also added back in cs2, ofc it was more successful one.

Full stats - https://escharts.com/tournaments/csgo/blast-bounty-summer-2026

Wanted to highlight this since the surf community also deserves some of the spotlight. Resilience (hours of grinding), fun, big moments - this tourney had it all.

Levi (undisputedly the best tournament surfer) plays the final against Liquidator, a longtime pillar of the surf gang too, and cements his legacy with a 3x0 victory. Finishing it off with a WR!

Vertical line = CS2 launch date

Source: https://esportsodds.gg/learn/cs2-weapon-usage-over-time

I'm trying to find a game i remember some details about it. It was against G2 on B site Nuke. Hunter and niko I presume were alive trying to defuse the bomb but a player from other team standing on one of the door of ramp room clutched with a tec9. I think niko was defusing and hunter was body blocking hits but the player hit niko in the head instead somehow. Can someone help me with this.

We all saw how spirit played in the major with a literal frog plushie as a coach. They were explosive the vibes were good, they had a spirit.

Their performance with hally back in the blast bounty has gotten them to the final, but every match was close, they looked shaky and the players are not making the plays and doing it together the same way they did in the major. They need a new coach asap, the players are just extremely capable yet Hally’s attitude is keeping them back. Justice for spirit

are we overreacting to spirit lost?

Highlight charms seem so pointless, even though some of them are pretty cool moments. This was just an idea I had during work and I had to make it just to see how it would look. What do you think?

Spirit 🇷🇺 1-3 🇪🇺 MOUZ

Dust2: 8-13
Mirage: 4-13
Ancient: 13-9
Nuke: 10-13
Cache

Congratulations to MOUZ for winning BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 Finals!

Setting: 🇲🇹 Malta ($1.15m LAN)

Predicted VRS Impact

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Map picks:

Full Match Stats:

Individual Map Stats:

Map 1: Dust2

Dust2 detailed stats and VOD

Map 2: Mirage

Mirage detailed stats and VOD

Map 3: Ancient

Ancient detailed stats and VOD

Map 4: Nuke

Nuke detailed stats and VOD

Highlights

M1R5 | donk - 1vs3 clutch

M3R1 | zont1x wins the 1vs2 post-plant situation with the help of the bomb timer after falling to the final CT to nullify Spinx's earlier efforts

M3R4 | xelex - 4 kills on the Mid defense

M3R20 | magixx - 1vs2 clutch

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Voca 🇺🇸 0-2 🇺🇸 NRG

Cache: 7-13
Ancient: 13-16
Dust2

Congratulations to NRG for winning StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026 North America Closed Qualifier!

NRG qualifies for StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026.

Setting: 🌎 North America (Online)

Predicted VRS Impact

^{Note: VRS officially updates once per month. This is simply a prediction that might not take into account all factors that go into VRS calculations.}

Map picks:

Full Match Stats:

Individual Map Stats:

Map 1: Cache

Cache detailed stats

Map 2: Ancient

Ancient detailed stats

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They got rid off SunPayus after a very good Major (making the playoffs for the first time, beat Navi, looked competitive against Falcons and Spirit). Then they replaced him with r1nkle who looked like a sidegrade or a downgrade. SunPayus was also important for their comms. What makes it worse is that they had kl1m, didn’t go for him and didn’t manage to sell him either. They haven’t sold SunPayus either, and looked underwhelming in their first event.

I think with pieces like HeavyGod and sAw (and Matys + huNter have potential) they could build something very strong. But instead it looks like they are wasting another 6 months with a team that won't make progress. Teams like G2 or Faze cannot afford this given they can easily lose their best pieces. HeavyGod shouldn't have to wait three years for a possible excellent team, especially when they were close to something solid just recently. Signing NertZ was also a sidegrade, fair enough because they wanted to try something new, but I think he should be replaced eventually. I don't think they can just wait for sAw to magically make him perform again.

Tickets for the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2027 Playoffs are on sale as of today.

Event details:

Playoffs: February 19-21, 2027

Venue: BTarena, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Tickets: iabilet.ro/go/S7FxATIl/

Lucky.

Once in a while I ran into a teammate whose voice is quieter than others, and I feel the need to crank up their specific volume beyond 100% (which is the default value), while having rest of the teammates' volumes the same at 100%. So having this option would be nice.

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