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All it took was a small crowd.
There’s drama in MIBR and we’re giving ourselves a little of praise because we feel like you guys haven’t been giving us enough.
Holy donk.
This email marks the 500th edition of the TLDR newsletter. Think about how silly that is for a minute.
We’ve been making stupid jokes, barely covering news and brightening up your email inboxes from the darkness of LinkedIn notifications and Just Eat deals for 500 editions.
Maybe that’s just our inbox.
We started in August of 2019, according to our records, which means when we started:
Since we started, North have shut down, the whole world shut down due to COVID, the SG was found to be overpowered and nerfed, a whole new Counter-Strike has come out, we’ve had six Majors with six different winners and donk has been born.
Okay, that last one isn’t true. donk was 12 when we started.
We’ve seen and covered the end and start of hundreds of careers in the last five years, every event that’s happened, every single piece of news. You could have taken months out of CS and still been up to date with everything.
We’ve never missed an edition, and at times given you some extra ones during big events. We’ve watched countless hours of Counter-Strike and brought you dedicated fellas and gals along with us for the ride, and we wouldn’t change it for the world.
And yet, not a single one of you has given us €100m for our services. What gives?
Happy 500th, everyone!
If you feel inspired, we’d love to hear what you enjoy about the TLDR in a reply to this email 📨
He did it. The curse is broken.
Aleksib has finally won a BO5, after seven consecutive losses, leading NAVI to a nail-biting 3-2 win over Eternal Fire at EPL Season 20.
And what a final it was. After an absolute banger in Cologne, EPL said ‘hold my molly’.
Following NAVI’s impressive journey to the final - sweeping their group and taking down Spirit and G2 in the Playoffs – it’s safe to say we were all surprised by how closely matched the series turned out to be.
EF caught NAVI off guard on the first map, Nuke, with woxic going off on the AWP, backed by Calyx’s solid support. It didn’t help that b1t, jL and iM struggled to make their mark, falling short in multiple crucial duels.
Anubis and Ancient followed, both tightly contested and ending 13-11 in NAVI's favor.
On Anubis, NAVI surged to a 6-1 lead thanks to iM's clutch plays, but EF rallied to level it at 9-9. Ultimately, NAVI clinched the win on the back of iM’s 1.87 rating, highlighted by this juicy moment.
Ancient mirrored the intensity, featuring back-and-forth rounds and jL started to find his rhythm with plays like this. NAVI pulled ahead 12-7 in the second half, but B1ad3’s boys felt the pressure and were struggling to close it out, scraping through to win the final round of regulation. Classic script.
Inferno told a different tale, with EF dominating NAVI 13-4, driven by woxic's impressive 1.88 rating and nasty AWP shots.
As for decider, we were left with Dust2 – a criminally unexciting setting to wrap up such a thrilling series.
Despite the sleeper map and after nearly four hours of CS, the fans were louder than ever as EF and NAVI traded rounds back and forth. In the end, experience prevailed, with jL delivering an unbelievable 3K that propelled NAVI all the way to victory.
Fueled by the passion of their fans both back home and in Malta, EF showcased some amazing CS and put on a show that they should be very proud of.
Oh, and the best part of it all… we got another B1ad3 Instagram post. Can’t beat those.
Astralis shocked the world by reuniting “Stabbi” with the target of said duo’s back-stabbing. Now, they’re surprising us all by fielding cadiaN at the BLAST Fall Final.
How is this possible? The roster lock for the event passed on the 4th, and cadiaN wasn’t announced until nearly two weeks after.
Here’s your answer: Dodgy rules and BLAST consistently enforcing them inconsistently.
If you look at BLAST’s rules, a team can register a coach and a sub on their roster who can stand in if needed. The only person who would be able to play in br0’s place—without the need for an emergency sub—would be Astralis’ coach, rugged.
Astralis requested for cadiaN to replace br0 on an emergency substitution basis shortly before announcing cadiaN’s signing. According to br0’s agent, the player is in good health and ready to find another team.
In addition to this instance, BLAST have also faced criticism with allowing emergency subs in one case but not in another.
Allowing teams to make these “emergency substitutions” during unclear circumstances may allow teams to make under-the-table deals to circumvent tournament rules. If Astralis do very well at this event, they will shoot up in Valve’s Global Rankings.
BLAST will need to take a hard look at how they enforce their own rules in the future if they want to ensure competitive integrity in their tournaments - and credibility in the eyes of Valve.
Despite MIBR’s amazing performance at EPL, they’re still in the news for roster drama. Brazilian CS does it like no one else.
At the start of the month, media reports came out that Lucaozy was making his way to MIBR. A good move for a team that's shown it could do with more firepower. For those unfamiliar with Lucaozy, he's been Fluxo’s KSCERATO over the last two years. That should say enough really.
So, where’s the drama? This has all been quite straightforward.
MIBR just wrapped up their run as semi-finalists at EPL, which makes the situation a bit awkward. To add to the drama, drop was asked about the potential move during the playoffs. True to form, he responded bluntly with, "What the fuck is this." You can't say he isn’t honest.
His follow-up hinted that the deal was already in motion, as he said he couldn’t share any more details. In other words, that’s code for: it’s a done deal.
The only question now is, will drop be dropped? Probably not, since he’s their IGL now. But maybe exit will be shown the exit? He did take a back seat.
One thing is certain, no one on MIBR feels saffee.
For now, MIBR still consists of:
🇧🇷 exit
🇧🇷 saffee
🇧🇷 drop (IGL)
🇧🇷 brnz4n
🇧🇷 insani
