On Maniac and Dodging ResponsibilityThere’s an instinctive reaction when you find out unsavoury information about a famous person or a group. People trip over themselves to…Sep 8Sep 8
Free Ideas for Counter-Strike TournamentsNot much else to say, just some ideas to potentially spice up the format of Counter-Strike tournaments which can occasionally feel stale.Feb 13, 2021Feb 13, 2021
Snow Sweet Snow 1: Swiss Stage Recap + Play-Offs Preview33 matches later, the Swiss stage of Snow Sweet Snow 1 is complete. 8 teams have progressed to the play-offs, 8 teams have been eliminated…Feb 7, 2021Feb 7, 2021
Pointless: The HLTV Points ProblemHLTV’s rankings did some weird things at the end of January, as the end of last season and the Christmas break caught up with the…Feb 6, 2021Feb 6, 2021
5 Major Winners, 3 New Teams, and $40,000 — Snow Sweet Snow #1 PreviewSnow Sweet Snow #1 starts tomorrow. Well, technically qualification has been happening for two weeks, but the top 16 teams will begin…Jan 31, 2021Jan 31, 2021
Imagine: Team Colours in Counter-StrikeSo I have been watching a fair amount of Counter-Strike over the last year. But until I watched Snow Sweet Snow Regionals last week I…Jan 26, 2021Jan 26, 2021
ESEA Premier EU Season 36 PreviewA new year means a new season of ESEA Premier. But this is no ordinary season. Not only do we have 4 new teams joining from Advanced…Jan 18, 2021Jan 18, 2021
ESEA MDL Is A Missed OpportunityThe 36th season of ESEA Premier — sponsored by Mountain Dew and therefore known as the Mountain Dew League, or MDL — gets underway in a…Jan 6, 2021Jan 6, 2021
2020: UK Counter-Strike Goes InternationalUK Counter-Strike has never really hit on the same scale as many other countries. It’s never had a team at the top level (the only UK…Dec 28, 2020Dec 28, 2020
Where next for Smooya? Looking at the optionsOwen “Smooya” Butterfield is Counter-Strike’s most eligible bachelor. He’s AWPed at the top tier with BIG and Epsilon, but has been a free…Nov 14, 2020Nov 14, 2020
