While the tier 1 top dogs fought it out at IEM Dallas, Counter-Strike kept being played elsewhere.

Over in Mongolia, the not-quite tier-1 teams like TheMongolz and Aurora duked it out at MESA Nomadic Masters Spring.

The event being in Mongolia was quite fun, as it meant we got to see a few local teams in action, which, among others, led to Chinggis Warriors beating OG.

It even had a perfect ending: The Mongolians won the trophy for the home crowd, beating a new-look BLEED in the finals. Oh, and ngl, this BLEED team looks promising.

Over in Dallas, there was even more CS to be had.

ESL Impact S5 was happening at the same time as IEM Dallas, and it was cool to see that only one team was orgless. A big milestone for women’s pro CS.

The orgless team was Let Her Cook, and they went all the way to the finals. There, they faced Imperial fe (previous Nigma Galaxy roster) and ANa, the queen of Impact. Her reign continued at the expense of Let Her Cook, as Imperial won 2-0 despite one of their players, zAAz, being sick in the final.

It’s wild how much CS goes on these days, the crew here now all have 10 monitors so we can follow every game. Just don't tell the bosses.