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Oct 7Wed
  1. HLTV58

    Valve adjusts VRS region swap rules, disqualifying teams that switched before Singapore Major

    Valve updated the CS Major Supplemental Rulebook after several organizations moved from the Europe to the Asia VRS to improve their Major chances. The new rule requires a roster to have not appeared in another region's VRS list in the preceding three calendar months to be eligible for a regional assignment, so any region change takes three months to take effect. Valve told HLTV the change applies to the Singapore Major and that teams which swapped regions ahead of it are disqualified from the Major run unless they reach out and find a solution.

  2. HLTV24

    magic sign lattykk to replace mo0N

    magic have announced the signing of former 1win and Aurora sniper lattykk, replacing mo0N, who has been moved to the transfer list. The 21-year-old had been without an organization since 1win released its previous roster in August, and won CCT Europe Series 8 with Color in September. His debut for magic is set for 1win Private Club Season 2 on October 19-22.

  3. HLTV24

    9z send BETBOOM packing from Katowice

    9z eliminated BETBOOM from ESL Pro League Season 24 with a 2-0 victory in the 1-2 pool (13-8 Dust2, 13-9 Mirage). The win earned 9z 39 VRS points and lifted the team to 12th, leaving them one series away from the bracket stage. Boombl4 admitted after the match that his team didn't play their best in Katowice.

  4. HLTV22

    HeavyGod: "We need to check why our level was so low this event"

    G2 missed the Katowice playoffs after losses to PARIVISION, 1win and Natus Vincere, their first notable playoff miss in 2026 after six appearances. HeavyGod told HLTV the team wanted to reach the playoffs and play in Spodek but did not perform, and said they need to check why their level was so low this event. He added that mid-season signing r1nkle still needs time to integrate into the system and play style, with no set date.

Oct 6Tue
  1. HLTV40

    PARIVISION eliminate G2 from EPL S24

    PARIVISION knocked G2 out of ESL Pro League S24 with a three-map win (Ancient 13-7, Anubis 9-13, Inferno 13-11). G2 exit the Swiss group stage with a 1-3 record, their only victory coming against ShindeN, while newcomer r1nkle finished as the team's lowest performer at 0.91. PARIVISION stay alive for the final day of the Swiss stage, with Jame's AWP finding key frags to close out the decider.

  2. HLTV38

    1win Stun Spirit to Reach ESL Pro League Playoffs

    1win beat Spirit 2-0, taking Cache 13-5 and Anubis 13-9, to secure a spot in the ESL Pro League Season 24 playoffs with a 3-1 group stage record and leave Spirit in a deciding 2-2 match. After losing their opener to Vitality, 1win won consecutive matches over G2, Legacy and the world No.1, climbing to 14th in the VRS rankings. A 5th-8th finish gives 1win an estimated 87% chance of a Singapore Major invitation, rising to roughly 95% with a top-four result.

  3. HLTV48

    nafany: "I don't understand why players in Europe are not doing what we did with TDK"

    After leading 1win past Spirit to reach the ESL Pro League playoffs in Katowice, nafany said he doesn't understand why players in Europe don't follow what his team did with TDK, funding their own tournaments while inactive. He pointed to cheap flights and plenty of LANs in Europe, arguing the real problem is that people don't want to do things by themselves. 1win had already beaten G2 and Legacy, and now sit 11th on the live VRS with an 89% chance of making the Major.

  4. Esports Insider22

    Wildcard Has Two LANs Left in Major Qualification Race

    Wildcard finished fifth-sixth at FOX Legacy Season 1 in Portugal, cutting its projected chance of qualifying for the PGL Singapore Major from 39% to 24%. The North American team still has two LAN events left, FRAG University and FiRe Last Chance, with top-eight finishes at both projected to give it a 55% qualification chance. A FRAG University title is projected to raise that to 74%, while winning FiRe Last Chance could lift it to 89%, though these are estimates rather than guarantees.

  5. Esports Insider62

    Eight teams advance to the VALORANT Champions Shanghai playoffs

    VALORANT Champions Shanghai enters its playoff phase on October 7, with eight teams advancing to a double-elimination bracket after a group stage held from September 24 to October 4 at Jing'an Sports Center in Shanghai. According to Inven Global, all four Americas teams and three Pacific teams survived the group stage, while Team Vitality was the only EMEA side to progress and all four CN region teams were eliminated. T1 faces NRG and Paper Rex meets LOUD on October 7, with Nongshim RedForce against Team Vitality on October 8.

  6. HLTV22

    ropz on maintaining Vitality's era: "We have a lot more to give and we're not done with anything"

    Vitality's ropz said the team still feels it has "a lot more to give and we're not done with anything" when asked how they maintain their era of dominance. He acknowledged parallels to how the Astralis era ended through players stepping away and taking breaks, but said Vitality will do anything to be good again. ropz also said downloadable practice demos make strategies hard to hide, and that playing with stand-ins while apEX and mezii are away for childbirth has been demotivating at times.

  7. HLTV42

    NAVI to play Falcons on EPL S24 day three

    ESL has announced the day three matchups for ESL Pro League Season 24, with Falcons vs. Natus Vincere the standout clash in the 2-1 pool. Also in the 2-1 pool, FURIA meet Aurora and Spirit play 1win, while G2 vs. PARIVISION headlines the elimination pool, where a loss would put Jame's side's Singapore Major qualification in jeopardy.

  8. HLTV42

    Vitality reverse-sweep Falcons to reach ESL Pro League Season 24 playoffs

    Vitality reverse-swept Falcons 9-13, 13-4, 13-8 in the 2-0 pool to become the second team through to the ESL Pro League Season 24 playoffs. It was the teams' first meeting since Falcons won their IEM Cologne Major quarter-final, and the win ended Vitality's five-game losing skid against Falcons. m0NESY posted a 10-1 opening duel record and 1.87 rating on Anubis, but flameZ's 2.10-rated Dust2 helped Vitality complete the comeback.