Little while ago I made a post commenting on the tier 2 scene and unpaid work many were going to have to take on the chin. For me I'm owed 1500E, which while significant to me, pales in comparison to some others. It seems it's merely a taste of what is to come. Bleak times

I'm extremely grateful to Luís Mira for giving me the chance to say me peace on this. It's an absolute joke that the rabbit hole was allowed to go this deep. I've been doing this for 10 years, and I'm just tired at this point.

Luís Mira This is not a singular event. Almost every single Tier 1 and Tier 2 TO is way behind with payments to teams/talent/vendors. Most of these companies are pushing the limits on what and when can be paid, even one year after an event would have been completed. This will happen again

Graham Pitt Luís Mira We prefer to pay the teams, talent and vendors right away, no matter what. We cannot put an event on, then building schemes where players and teams can see their money in 6-12 months or more.

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Looking into this Crossfire Cup in Gdansk some teams have been emailed about. If you have received an email from them, feel free to reach out. My DMs are open.

The collapse of YaLLa Esports has left behind over $1 million in unpaid debts and multiple cancelled events. How did this happen... and what does it mean for the CS circuit? Find out tomorrow when Luís Mira joins Richard Lewis Thorin, & MonteCristo for a new Four Horsemen!

A brand new, EXPLOSIVE episode of The Four Horsemen is available to stream everywhere now! This time, Guest Horseman Luís Mira joins Thorin, MonteCristo, and Richard Lewis to discuss the downfall of YaLLa Compass. Get all the shocking details and expert analysis now!

ENG Statement about CrossFire Cup In response to inquiries about CrossFire Cup: since Aug 20 we’ve had no reply from the organizers. We therefore canceled the Sept 19–21 booking at Kinguin Esports Lounge and asked the organizers to stop any promotional activity referencing our venue &

ESL gives IEM Chengdu attendees two-day grace period to withdraw hltv.org/news/42615/esl…

How the CS scene got into an arms race for last-minute VRS points hltv.org/news/42603/how…

A huge step in spreading even more knowledge about how exactly teams earned their points and how it all works. A big hand to Benjamin Jakobsen, who's behind most of the VRS-related features on the website 👏👏

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VRS "School": Recalculation of Past Matches and Opponent Network I was asked in a DM why a particular match had such a strange VRS forecast, and it turned out this match was actually the perfect case to use to shed light on some quite unintuitive mechanics in the VRS.

🫥 hltv.org/news/42255/why…

Heres how the updated predictions for the EU 🇪🇺 VRS rankings stand for the Budapest Major. Big changes from the last predictions after Liquid & VP get 2 wins at Fissure. The Major Race is starting to come to its conclusion. Starladder may end up being the final kingmaker.

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I first heard about this weeks ago, and I've been looking into this. If you tried out for Falcons' academy and/or have information about this matter, feel free to drop me a DM here.