Sometimes there’s loads of big stories, and figuring out what to write about is easy.

Sometimes there’s loads of small stories.

And sometimes, there’s a whole bunch of stories in the middle that sort of need to be covered - that is the case today:

A whole host of teams have written an open letter to Valve to complain about ‘significant flaws’ in the VRS system that could push organisations out of Counter-Strike and into administration, or worse, VALORANT. They’re right - just look at Endpoint.

Falcons and GamerLegion have qualified for IEM Dallas, alongside BC.Game and 3DMAX. BC.Game beat Astralis thanks to a jkaem masterclass, in current year. The last spot will go to either Astralis or HEROIC, with that deciding game inexplicably coming on the 20th.

Shr and roman are the next to leave SAW. That’s just a sad, sad team now. Sad.

Speaking of which, Party Astronauts have blown up their whole team in a way only American teams seem to - by airing all their dirty laundry on Twitter. Yes, each one of those hyperlinks is different, and insane in their own way.

deko remains the best interviewee in Counter-Strike. He claims he’s been offered spots on two tier-one teams since retiring (at 23, because of course). When asked why he’s playing on EGOISTO, he says it’s just so he doesn’t get bored. When asked for the brightest moment in his career, he just says ‘I don’t think there is one’. Tortured artist. We love him.