BIG replace Chaos in IEM Global Challenge

Winners of the two last big North American tournaments of 2020 won't participate in the European season finale.

Chaos will not take part in the $500,000 IEM Global Challenge, scheduled for December 15-20, as two of their players are unable to travel to Europe due to health reasons.

Replacing Anthony "⁠vanity⁠" Malaspina's team at the event will be BIG, currently ranked fifth in the world, after narrowly missing out on the invite at the end of November.

tiziaN and co. will slot in for the North American team

Sitting in the 18th spot of the world rankings, Chaos have won the last two events they participated in — IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 North America and DreamHack Fall 2020 North America —, and hold a spot at the IEM Katowice 2021 play-in.

However, after the Chaos organization confirmed their plans to exit CS:GO on Thursday and members of the team announcing that they might head different directions if no organization supports them, it is uncertain whether this five-man lineup will be seen playing together again.

BIG coming in as a replacement will give the German side a chance to make a final hurrah in 2020. Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz's squad climbed to the #1 spot in July, having won DreamHack Masters Spring and cs_summit 6, but have not been able to replicate the same form after the break, most recently finishing 5-6th in Flashpoint 2.

ESL added that they wanted to invite a North American team as a replacement, but neither Triumph nor TeamOne were able to make it, while Evil Geniuses pulled out of the tournament in November.

The IEM Global Challenge team list now looks as follows:

Germany Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz
Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
1586
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.70
United States Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina
Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
609
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.66
#1
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Germany Germania
EZ JERMANS
2020-12-07 18:04
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17 replies
undeserved
2020-12-07 18:06
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9 replies
#45
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United States Yabashira
facts, sad :(
2020-12-07 18:19
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8 replies
#58
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Romania DDSkidrow
one of the few NA teams with potential, they lose their org now their spot at a big event, so unlucky
2020-12-07 18:25
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7 replies
They were afraid to ruin the image of the org with the end of the covid and the return of the championships in lan.
2020-12-07 20:11
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6 replies
#131
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Romania DDSkidrow
what image
2020-12-07 20:21
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#168
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Mexico Crotosobo
Man, top saying stupid things, you are always crying since you accused them of cheaters without any proof, just admit they were better than you and thats all, there's nothing wrong with that.
2020-12-08 05:14
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3 replies
1+
2020-12-08 07:35
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wait for lan championships...
2020-12-08 23:54
0
+1
2020-12-13 21:29
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Ah yes a salty brazilian. You are still not over that game, are you?
2020-12-08 18:49
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smart jerman above me
2020-12-07 18:07
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4 replies
smart jerman below you
2020-12-07 20:22
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3 replies
#135
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Brazil Snaipa_
below me?
2020-12-07 20:25
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2 replies
above you
2020-12-07 21:10
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1 reply
No, below you.
2020-12-11 11:31
0
2020-12-07 18:07
0
sehr gut für sie
2020-12-07 23:32
0
good
2020-12-07 18:04
0
2 replies
Fuck NA CS
2020-12-07 19:34
0
expected hahhahahah they would win 0 maps and never would get signed
2020-12-08 09:56
0
nice Edit: actually F, chaos is not that bad
2020-12-07 18:05
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1 reply
Exactly, the best NA team rn unable to come... So sad :(
2020-12-08 11:02
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#6
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New Zealand resistance_
F
2020-12-07 18:05
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#7
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North Macedonia whitel
group A :OOOOOO
2020-12-07 18:05
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bruh rip chaos. I actually liked them and they had a lot of potential
2020-12-07 18:06
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3 replies
Yup I enjoyed watching them as well. It's just sad.
2020-12-07 18:41
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2 replies
yah the energy they brought and their crazy style of play was really fun to watch
2020-12-07 18:42
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1 reply
Vanity also said he was excited to play some EU FPL with Loba, now I won't even get to see that...
2020-12-07 18:44
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no
2020-12-07 18:06
0
NA CS KEKW
2020-12-07 18:06
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1 reply
#61
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United States Bhu_Tang
nt fakeflagger
2020-12-07 18:26
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#11
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Latvia YungPan666
why not VP?
2020-12-07 18:06
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4 replies
Lmao
2020-12-07 18:17
0
2 replies
But why not VP?
2020-12-07 18:35
0
1 reply
It's actually weird
2020-12-07 18:42
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invites were based on esl eu rankings, and vp are not ranked that high
2020-12-07 19:04
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#12
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France Uexo
sad for NA CS
2020-12-07 18:06
0
Nothing bothers me because they are going to lose like Chaos was going to do XD Can't do anything against Astralis and Vitality...
2020-12-07 18:08
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#15
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Greece sifounasGG
I FEEL SO SAD ABOUT THEM :((
2020-12-07 18:06
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#16
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Turkey vaxxle
Good Decision btw.
2020-12-07 18:08
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
2020-12-07 18:07
0
#21
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Halton | 
Spain akproxx
FEEL FUCKING BAD FOR THESE GUYS OMG
2020-12-07 18:08
0
#22
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Brazil mibr_BARBAR
good
2020-12-07 18:08
0
Free money 4 BIG
2020-12-07 18:08
0
#24
Faceit level 7  | 
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Spain mavericko19
sad for NA cs
2020-12-07 18:09
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#26
Faceit level 8  | 
Canada dnk_
pain torment
2020-12-07 18:10
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#27
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Germany HSV_isses
Deserved for BIG, should've been invited in the first place... Unlucky for Chaos though, i like this squad. I fear that this is the final nail in the coffin and they switch to Valorant now
2020-12-07 18:10
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6 replies
#57
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France Barburo
There was no invite to Global Challenge...
2020-12-07 18:24
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5 replies
the invites were based on the ESL Ranking and somehow complexity passed BIG in that ranking on the deciding day (which didnt make much sense)
2020-12-07 19:09
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4 replies
#110
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
syrsoN | 
Germany PhoenixD!!!
i mean it does big went out against them in quarters while complexity finished in semi finals so they got more points
2020-12-07 19:18
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3 replies
but BIG did better in pretty much every other tourney + col had a roster change which should make them lose points. also big beat them in their first matchup with jks
2020-12-07 19:59
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2 replies
#127
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
syrsoN | 
Germany PhoenixD!!!
thats not how esl world ranking works though the team doesnt have the points its the players so jks joining and obo leaving had barely an impact on their points
2020-12-07 20:15
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1 reply
i know, and thats bullshit. Hltv handles that better
2020-12-07 21:26
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#28
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United States omaega
coach lau better buy them right the fuck now
2020-12-07 18:10
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2018 - abuse of a bug in tournaments 2020 - abuse of online to be number 1 DEC 2020 - get a place that he not win i a big tournament good achievements
2020-12-07 18:10
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13 replies
"DEC 2020 - get a place that he not win i a big tournament" excuse me, what?
2020-12-07 18:18
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1 reply
#53
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Germany HSV_isses
+1 Like Complexity? KEKW
2020-12-07 18:22
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Dh masters spring:Xaxaxaxaxaxaxa
2020-12-07 18:21
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8 replies
online era xaxaxaxaxa
2020-12-07 18:22
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7 replies
Entire 2🤡2🤡 year except start of 1st season was 🤡nline lul
2020-12-07 18:27
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6 replies
where big in 2019 full lan year?
2020-12-07 18:33
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5 replies
Reshuffles TabseN never IGLed before,and he was forced after gob b retirement
2020-12-07 19:01
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movistar riders where a are they xDDDDDDDD
2020-12-07 19:17
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3 replies
logic?
2020-12-07 22:18
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mixwell 1 major simple 0
2020-12-07 22:30
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1 reply
spanish scene is tier 99 gg
2020-12-08 16:11
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“DEC 2020 - get a place that he not win i a big tournament” excuse me, what? Asking on behalf for AbteilungsleiterDerLiebe2
2020-12-07 18:24
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#169
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Austria doMK0
Haters gonna hate.
2020-12-08 07:03
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#30
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Georgia Megobari
NA is dead, sadly :(
2020-12-07 18:11
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rip chaos NA CS scene kekw
2020-12-07 18:12
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boo
2020-12-07 18:13
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Couldn't even give these guys one last event... wow so fucking sad
2020-12-07 18:14
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GET FUCKED LMAOOOO
2020-12-07 18:14
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#40
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Mongolia Sythapilla
Why chaos gave free 20k$ to BIG? aahaahha
2020-12-07 18:14
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undeserved
2020-12-07 18:19
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wtf theres no way im waking up at 6am to watch anyone but chaos play vitality
2020-12-07 18:19
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cOVERRATEDronavirus strikes again Stupid panicers
2020-12-07 18:20
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NOOOOOOOOOOO
2020-12-07 18:20
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nice, but why not triumph? If this is was spot for iem beijing NA, where Triumph got 2nd place
2020-12-07 18:21
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7 replies
#65
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United States Bhu_Tang
"ESL added that they wanted to invite a North American team as a replacement, but neither Triumph nor TeamOne were able to make it, while Evil Geniuses pulled out of the tournament in November." in the article
2020-12-07 18:27
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3 replies
ty I didn't read the article
2020-12-07 18:30
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2 replies
#158
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Europe Nomarosa
classic
2020-12-07 22:43
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1 reply
I don't read articles which I'm not interested in, only if I really care about a situation Maybe its a little stupid that then I asked a question, but I don't really care
2020-12-07 23:45
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if Chaos hadn't been able to travel, and EG hadn't been able to travel earlier then Triumph wouldn't be able to travel as well
2020-12-07 18:31
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2 replies
but isurus did, so I think it could be possible
2020-12-07 18:39
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1 reply
Majority of the players in EG, Chaos and Triumph are from US, where the covid situation is the worst. Meanwhile in Isurus players are mostly from Argentina, where restrictions can be totally different, and therefore flying to Europe might be possible
2020-12-07 19:01
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#54
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United States miniburton
pain
2020-12-07 18:23
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1 reply
#161
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Greece hekzy
I hate NA esports, it all revolves around profit without success and not success with profit.
2020-12-07 23:34
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#56
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Vietnam andy_
why big? wtf
2020-12-07 18:24
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1 reply
ESL world ranking
2020-12-07 18:26
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Great news for BIG but i'm also a bit sad for the Chaos guys. #GoBIG
2020-12-07 18:26
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:) fuck you esl
2020-12-07 18:26
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nooooooooo rip chaos PLEASE HECZ MAKE OPTIC PICK UP CHAOS
2020-12-07 18:26
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Liquid replaces EG: OMG GREAT TEAM LIQUID BEST TEAM (Despite not being even Top 3 in NA, not winning a single event this year) BIG replaces chaos: OMG UNDESERVED!!!! (Despite winning 3 events and being literally Top 5)
2020-12-07 18:30
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4 replies
Liquid not top 3 in NA? wtf?
2020-12-07 18:32
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3 replies
EG, FURIA, Chaos >>>>
2020-12-07 18:33
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2 replies
>Brazil >NA choose one
2020-12-07 18:34
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1 reply
In the tournaments, FURIA counts as NA.
2020-12-07 18:34
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#76
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Finland Lattee
Sad
2020-12-07 18:36
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Nice!
2020-12-07 18:38
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#79
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Estonia lexz1to
Expected from cheaters
2020-12-07 18:40
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#83
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Estonia qoznyyy
undeserved slot
2020-12-07 18:42
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#84
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New Zealand SWARN151
Well, congrats to BIG, but this is really sad for Chaos :(
2020-12-07 18:43
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beginning of the end of chaos they had a good run but prob end up in val sad
2020-12-07 18:44
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#87
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
steel is better than big. should've kept chaos
2020-12-07 18:46
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F
2020-12-07 18:49
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#90
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Europe k1otaN
Tier 4 replaced tier 5
2020-12-07 18:54
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Being an NA CS fan :(
2020-12-07 18:55
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F :(
2020-12-07 18:55
0
this blows
2020-12-07 18:56
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Why big not G2 they are the better team. BIG suck.
2020-12-07 18:57
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1 reply
#118
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Brazil hugoooo
Every ranking has BIG ahead of G2
2020-12-07 19:40
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undeserved
2020-12-07 18:58
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#98
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland SebL
I mean BIG is showing a little bit of life left in them, but Chaos is looking insane, I think they could be TOP 10 if they would play in Europe, really sad for them. They deserved this spot.
2020-12-07 19:03
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TeamOne nr #20 in cs ranking.. staying in na without attending a big lan events for years
2020-12-07 19:02
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1 reply
ESL added that they wanted to invite a North American team as a replacement, but neither Triumph nor TeamOne were able to make it, while Evil Geniuses pulled out of the tournament in November.
2020-12-07 19:14
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na is sooo fucked, eg prob leaving too men((
2020-12-07 19:07
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Rip Chaos and NA CS :(
2020-12-07 19:13
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undeserved
2020-12-07 19:14
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#107
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Brazil Catatauu
-Cheater +Bug abuser Didnt change much.
2020-12-07 19:15
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1 reply
flag and flair checks out
2020-12-07 19:49
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#109
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Sweden pmX_
chaos org so bad
2020-12-07 19:18
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RIP Chaos team
2020-12-07 19:23
0
nice
2020-12-07 19:28
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#113
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Netherlands Evaded
What can be done to revive NA CS? or is it dead forever?
2020-12-07 19:28
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2nd L for Triumph sad, would have been a nice last hurrah for their lineup
2020-12-07 19:29
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Nooo
2020-12-07 19:39
0
They deserved this actually complexity took their spot with 4 points
2020-12-07 19:56
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1 reply
+1
2020-12-07 20:23
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#123
Faceit premium user Faceit level 9  | 
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Germany Smartest_Fakeflagger
Happy for BIG but super super sad for the Chaos boys :(
2020-12-07 20:02
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rip NA CS :D
2020-12-07 20:13
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#126
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Slovenia Rheniel
NA_KEKW
2020-12-07 20:14
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Literally the best teams during online era (mb expect Liquid) Gl!
2020-12-07 20:15
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Another absolute useless and undeserved team. Please cancel this tournament already
2020-12-07 20:20
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undeserved
2020-12-07 20:24
0
3 replies
BIG were top 1 longer this year than astralis XD
2020-12-07 20:42
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2 replies
and? they lost qualify, they had their chance
2020-12-07 21:34
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1 reply
What? The invites are ranking based as well as winners from the last iem tournaments. BIG is the highest team in the ranking that wasn't already attending, of course they are the replacement team for a team that's pulling out. How is that undeserved? Who is more deserving of the spot?
2020-12-08 02:35
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Good news
2020-12-07 20:25
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BIG KEKW
2020-12-07 20:34
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#139
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Hungary szia
RIP Chaos, but lfg BIG
2020-12-07 20:36
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BIG <3
2020-12-07 20:42
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#143
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Finland Colikko
Good luck in valorant!
2020-12-07 20:47
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Unlucky. I thought this was the first time Chaos players would get to go against zywoo / astralis in their career.
2020-12-07 20:52
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#146
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States jliat
Travelling to Europe is less online than playing from your bedroom. Pz out -Onliners
2020-12-07 20:54
0
why why why why why
2020-12-07 22:41
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FUCK
2020-12-07 23:32
0
stupid
2020-12-07 23:36
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#164
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Ukraine Dert_
nooo :(((
2020-12-08 00:01
0
#167
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
bizinha | 
Brazil stryker17
-chaos -big event pick one
2020-12-08 03:06
0
YES BIG! LETS GO! <333 Xantares ma boi!!!!!
2020-12-08 07:16
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#174
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Brazil japangood_chinabad
GL in VALORANT
2020-12-08 11:45
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why not OG or mouz?????
2020-12-08 12:11
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F :(
2020-12-08 12:46
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#181
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Albania aplasa
rest in peace chaos
2020-12-08 20:27
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#183
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Croatia de_usvult
rip chaos
2020-12-09 01:25
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wont stay together unless they get an org to support them? lol how much prize money have you won in the last 3 months? lol too cheap to buy your own plane tickets and pay your own hotel stay? what a joke
2020-12-15 00:39
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