Bravado Gaming will be sending their current Counter-Strike team to Serbia for nearly two years.
The ESEA Season 26 Open Grand Final for South Africa was contested last Thursday night between serial finalists Bravado Gaming and debut finalists Big 5 Esports. Let’s take a closer look at what transpired going into the final and in the match itself. The lead up for Big 5 Esports Big 5 beat Energy eSports 2-1 in a closely contested…
The ESEA Season 26 Grand Final will be beamed all over the world tonight, courtesy of the fine folk from Mettlestate. First, a retrospective of the Semi Finals that predicated this Final, followed by a preview of the final. The Semi Finals in Review Bravado Gaming vs Goliath Gaming: 2 – 0 The first map was Cobblestone, and on Goliath’s…
The first of the ESEA South Africa Season 26 Semi Finals are coming your way later tonight. What happened last week after my Quarter Final preview article? What can we look forward to in the Semi Finals? Read on. The Quarter Finals in review Goliath Gaming vs Exdee Gaming: 2 – 0 After a flurry of force buys on either…
The group stages of ESEA South Africa Season 26 have come to a close. As expected, South Africa’s top two, Energy eSports and Bravado Gaming are neck and neck with each other at the top of the log. Energy took the top spot due to winning against Bravado earlier in the competition. The playoffs will be running for the next…
Damage Control (DC) are the gatekeepers to the top tier of South African Counter-Strike. While they were a highly decorated, multiple LAN winning team in previous versions of the game, a second tournament win has been elusive in CS:GO. Their last and only title in CS:GO was by beating Bravado at the IS Invitational in 2013 – SA CS:GO’s first…
The Thulani “LighteRTZ” Sishi-led Big 5 eSports has come on in leaps and bounds since their debut in Season One of the ESL African CS:GO Championships. Made up the remnants of previous White Rabbit Gaming and Aperture Gaming lineups, they’ve certainly made their mark on the championship after finishing a highly commendable third in the inaugural season. Disclaimer Some of…
When R1 million, or even R1,5 million isn’t enough, there’s a R2 million tournament for (South) Africa. Kwesé has announced the ESL African Championship which will see Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Hearthstone featured in the R2 million (or $150,000 US) series. The tournaments will be see a series of online qualifiers that will culminate in a grand final (featuring the top…
After weeks of waiting (and a fair amount of speculation and rumours), Bravado Gaming have announced their new Dota 2 team. Bravado Gaming have ‘adopted’ the current Exdee Dota 2 squad, which has prompted Exdee to pick up the Constant team. This team shuffle has seen the MGOs agree to a seed swap which sees Constant (playing under Exdee) playing in the…
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