Boombl4 Talks NiP, Crowdfunding, Major Changes, More – CS:GO Daily Recap 7/29/2019
Welcome back to another exciting day of CS:GO news! Today we’ll be taking a look at Boombl4’s allegations of being owed almost $100,000, take a look at recent updates regarding teams qualifying for the Berlin Major, and a look at the debate around crowdfunding Majors.
If you’re looking for more information on the recent Fifflaren NiP drama, we’ll be covering that in its own third article shortly.
As always we’ve got a lot to cover, so let’s dive on in.
Boombl4 with the Forze
Our first stop today is over to the CIS, where Na’Vi IGL Boombl4 came out in support of Fifflaren this weekend, leaving a rather cryptic message saying he and his teammates from 9/01/2017 to 6/20/2018 were owed $95,000 from their team at the time.
At the time, Boom was a member of the team Quantum Bellator Fire (QBF), a former Russian squad that dissolved late last year following a period of failure at small C-Tier events.
Boombl4 followed up the tweets with accusations that one of the people who stole from them is now a member of a different Russian squad in the CIS Minor, and expressed disappointment that the man was still involved with the scene.
While who Boom is referring to is unknown, several theories have been put forward, including someone on team ForZ, raising concerns they may be trying to pull the same move on a new team.
We’ll keep you updated as the situation develops.
Minors
Speaking of the Minors, today is the last day of the Minor 3rd Place Play-In, where the 3rd place team from each of the Minors fight for the last three spots at the Major.
The matches have been rather exciting to watch so far, with North taking MVP.PK in the first series, while INTZ and DreamEaters went at it in the second one.
North bodied MVP.PK in a 2-0 that saw the team win both maps 16-10 to take the first qualifier spot. While North remained in control for most of the series, it was their opening CT-side on Nuke that really set the tone for the series, with the team garnering an 11-4 scoreline in the half.
The other series started out in a similar fashion with team DreamEaters dominating INTZ 16-6 on Overpass. The team looked to break that scoreline on the second map, Mirage, with a 12-3 start on CT-side before INTZ inverted the score in the second half, taking the map to OT and winning 19-16 in an absolute nailbiter.
Map three continued the parity between the two teams, with INTZ taking a small lead in the first half 8-7 as they looked to reverse-sweep DreamEater in the series. The dream died shortly after, however, as DreamEater lived up to their name and devoured the competition, winning 9-4 in the second half and taking the map and series 16-12.
The final match between INTZ and MVP.PK should conclude by the time this article reaches publication, and we’ll finally know our final Major team.
BIG Changes
Speaking of Minor teams, it’s time to take a look at a team that surprisingly failed to qualify through it for the Major, team BIG.
The German org has now been confirmed by Dekay to be making a big change to its lineup, removing both Denis and Gob B from the starting lineup.
Most interesting in the reveal by Dekay is that Gob B will not be moving into the coach role as earlier leaks had led many to believe and that the team is looking at Smooya and Nex as possible replacements in the lineup.
While the team definitely needs a shakeup after missing their first Major since Krakow 2017, the players they’re looking to pick up are odd choices, with one being a player who already left the team and the other someone the squad already benched.
It remains to be seen how this new squad will work, but already it’s sounding like they’re going to have some internal team dynamic problems and trust issues they’ll need to work through.
Crowdfunding
Next up, we actually have a crossover with the ever-popular battle royale Fortnite, who just had its $30 million World Cup this past weekend.
One of the largest prize pools ever seen in esports, the tournament has sparked debate in the CS:GO community over prize pools at events, particularly the Majors.
As one of the worlds largest esports, many have expressed frustration that the game’s biggest tournaments have had rather small prize pools, with the largest only barely breaking $1 million.
Fans, including Dr DisRespect, have called for Valve to follow their DoTA2 International model and allowed the community to crowdfund part of the prize pool. The International regularly pulling over $20 million from this approach, so it could be a good opportunity for the scene to increase the value of its events.
At the time of this writing, Valve has yet to comment on the matter, but we’ll keep you updated as the debate rages on.
Singularity
Our last stop for today is back over to Europe, where Danish Team Singularity has officially add Fnatic player JW’s younger brother Linus “Limpone” Wecksell to the squad as an analyst for the team.
The team, who recently burned by the selection of LG to take Rogue’s forfeited EPL slot, has been on the cusp of making it into the ESL Pro League and event qualifiers for a while and will be looking to utilize the Limp’s experience to finally push them to the next level.
That’s all we have for today, thanks for reading and we’ll see you tomorrow for more exciting CS:GO news.
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