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Xantares
İsmailcan Dörtkardeş (born 7 August 1995), better known as Xantares (stylized in all caps), is a Turkish professional ''Counter-Strike 2'' player for Aurora Gaming. Playing as an entry-fragger, Xantares is considered the best Turkish FPS player. He started his career in Turkish Space Soldiers in 2015, where he played until late 2018. After signing for BIG Clan later that year, the team climbed up in ''HLTV''s world ranking and peaked at number 1 in July 2020 after winning several tournaments. In August 2021, he returned to Turkey to play with Eternal Fire. Early and personal life İsmailcan Dörtkardeş was born on 7 August 1995 in Fatih, Istanbul. In a 2016 interview with ''Sabah'', Dörtkardeş explained that his future teammates had to convince his parents to let him sign the contract that they all got offered by Space Soldiers. On 13 July 2021, he underwent a hand surgery to prevent sweating. Career Space Soldiers (2015–2018) Dörtkardeş joined Space Soldiers whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HLTV
HLTV, formerly an initialism of Half-Life Television, is a news website and forum which covers professional ''Counter-Strike 2'' esports news, tournaments and statistics. It is one of the leading websites within the ''Counter-Strike'' community with over 4 million unique visitors each month. In February 2020, the site was acquired by the sports betting group Better Collective. History HLTV was founded in 2002 by Martin "Martin" Rosenbæk and Per "Nomad" Lambæk. It was initially created to host recordings of ''Counter-Strike (video game), Counter-Strike 1.6'' matches, although it grew to include ''Counter-Strike'' and ''Half-Life (series), Half-Life'' news. HLTV started storing GOTV demos for ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' when they were introduced in 2012. It has since evolved to include news, statistics, and analysis for the professional esports scene of ''Global Offensive''. Since late 2015, HLTV ranks the teams based on their own rating system. HLTV have awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora Gaming
Aurora Gaming, or simply Aurora (stylized in all caps), is an esports organization. Founded in Serbia in 2022, Aurora currently fields professional rosters in ''Apex Legends'', ''Counter-Strike 2'' (''CS2''), ''Dota 2,'' and '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' (''MLBB'') competitions. Its ''MLBB'' team is based in the Philippines. Founding and sponsor Aurora Gaming was founded in 2022 in Serbia. Their main sponsor/partner is 1xBet. In November 2023, their ''CS2'' roster appeared in an ad campaign with Russian adult film actress Eva Elfie; the ad received criticism, with some fans calling it "misogynistic". 1xBet is one of both Aurora's and Elfie's main sponsors. History in ''Apex Legends'' A Serbian org, Aurora competes in the EMEA region for the ''Apex Legends'' Global Series (ALGS) competition. ALGS Year 3 Aurora played with an all-Russian squad to being the 2022–23 (ALGS Year 3) season, with the players previously completing on Team Empire roster, from which they were droppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
The PGL Major Antwerp 2022, also known as PGL Major 2022 or Antwerp 2022, was the seventeenth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (''CS:GO'') Major Championship. It was held in Antwerp, Belgium at the Sportpaleis from 9 to 22 May 2022. Twenty-four teams participated, with most qualifying through regional tournaments. It featured a prize pool, half of the previous Major. It was the third Major hosted by the Romanian organization PGL, after PGL Major: Kraków 2017 and PGL Major Stockholm 2021. The Major would be won by FaZe Clan, the first international team in ''CS:GO'' history to win a Major. Background ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation. It is the fourth game in the ''Counter-Strike'' series. In professional CS:GO, the Valve-sponsored Majors are the most prestigious tournaments. The defending Major Champions were Natus Vincere, who won their first Major at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternal Fire (esports)
Eternal Fire is a Turkish esports organization founded on 13 August 2021. The organization has teams competing in ''Counter-Strike 2'' and ''Valorant''. ''Counter-Strike'' Eternal Fire's ''CS:GO'' team was announced on 13 August 2021, featuring four of the most notable Turkish players in ''CS:GO'' history—woxic, XANTARES, Calyx, and imoRR—and one Jordanian player. Two months later, the Jordanian player, ISSAA, left the team and the organization became a fully Turkish roster. The team attended the Antwerp 2022 Major, but did not advance to the playoff stage. In July 2022, Calyx left the team and was replaced by MAJ3R. A week later, xfl0ud was moved to the inactive lineup and replaced by Ahmet "paz" Karahoca. The move brought the core of Space Soldiers back together. After failing to qualify for the IEM Rio Major 2022 The Intel Extreme Masters Season XVII – Rio Major 2022, also known as IEM Rio Major 2022 or Rio 2022, was the eighteenth '' Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouz
Mouz (stylized as MOUZ), formerly mousesports, is a professional esports organisation based in Germany. It fields teams in several games but is particularly known for its '' CS2'' team. MOUZ was one of the founding members of the G7 Teams. History Mousesports was formed in 2002 in Berlin, Germany, as a ''Counter-Strike'' team. The team began to compete in small tournaments, which gradually lead to their progression in larger ones, as well. By 2006, when G7 Teams was created, mousesports was one of the greatest gaming organisations in Europe, consisting of ''Counter-Strike'', ''Warcraft III'', '' Quake 4'', Battlefield 1942 and ''Unreal Tournament'' divisions. On 13 May 2007, mousesports announced that it had acquired Nihilum, the officially recognised premiere worldwide ''World of Warcraft'' organisation, with Nihilum recognised as a subsidiary of mousesports. The guild was remade into a community called "Nihilum: mousesports MMO". Nihilum was mousesports' consistently stro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Electronic Sports Games
World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) is an international esports championship tournament based in Shanghai and organized by AliSports. The first edition has a total prize pool of over . The finals were held in December 2016. The World Electronic Sports Games heavily bases itself on the Olympic Games. In the first 3 years, teams had to be composed of players of the same nationality to emphasize national pride, making it unique in the esports world. As a result of this, some national teams were formed only to play in WESG. This rule was softened for the 2019 edition (and possibly onwards), with teams being allowed to have 2 foreign members. The event also has separate tournaments for men and women. Tournaments generally follow single-elimination rules. Games The following games were featured. In 2017, WESG expanded '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' and ''Hearthstone'' to include female tournaments. *'' Counter Strike'' *''Dota 2'' *''Hearthstone'' *''Starcraft II'' Tournamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fnatic
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylised as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organisation headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded on 23 July 2004, it has players from around the world competing in several games. Fnatic's ''League of Legends'' team competes in the League of Legends EMEA Championship, ''League of Legends'' EMEA Championship (LEC) and is one of the most successful organisations in the league. The team won the first League of Legends World Championship, ''League of Legends'' World Championship in 2011, and it held the record for most LEC titles from 2011 to 2020. Fnatic's ''Counter-Strike'' team, which has traditionally been located in Sweden, won the first ever Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships, ''CS:GO'' Major in Dreamhack Winter 2013, 2013 and two more between 2013 and 2015. After a series of poor results dating back to the start of 2021, Fnatic made a move towards an international roster for the first time since 2013. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitch (service)
Twitch is an American video live-streaming service popular in video game live streaming, video games, including broadcasts of esports competitions. It also offers music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life" streams. Twitch is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon (company), Amazon. It was introduced in June 2011 as a spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform Justin.tv. Content on the site can be viewed either live or via video on demand. The games shown on Twitch's homepage are listed according to audience preference and include genres such as real-time strategy games, fighting games, racing games, and first-person shooters. The popularity of Twitch eclipsed that of Justin.tv. In October 2013, the website had 45 million unique viewers, and by February 2014, it was considered the fourth-largest source of peak Internet traffic in the United States. At the same time, Justin.tv's parent company was re-branded as Twitch Interactive to represen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FaZe Clan
FaZe Clan, or simply FaZe, is a professional esports and entertainment brand. Founded on May 30, 2010, as FaZe Sniping, the organization has professional players and content creators from around the world, across multiple games. In October 2023, an agreement was announced for FaZe Clan's parent company ''FaZe Holdings'' to be acquired by GameSquare in an all stock deal. In May 2024, GameSquare announced the formation of a new company, FaZe Media, led by Richard "FaZe Banks" Bengtson. This formation spins off FaZe Holdings into an esports company, and an internet media company. History FaZe Sniping made its debut on YouTube on May 30, 2010. Originally, the group were a ''Call of Duty'' clan founded by three players, Eric "CLipZ" Rivera, Jeff "House Cat" Emann (now known as "Timid") and Ben "Resistance" Christensen. The trio garnered a reputation for innovating trickshotting in the game '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2''. Their YouTube content took off when Ted "Fakie" joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatih
Fatih () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 368,227 (2022). It is home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the mayor's office, police headquarters, metropolitan municipality and tax office) but not the courthouse. It encompasses the historical peninsula, coinciding with old Constantinople. In 2009, the district of Eminönü, which had been a separate municipality located at the tip of the peninsula, was once again remerged into Fatih because of its small population. Fatih is bordered by the Golden Horn to the north and the Sea of Marmara to the south, while the Western border is demarked by the Theodosian wall and the east by the Bosphorus Strait. History Byzantine era Historic Byzantine districts encompassed by present-day Fatih include: ''Exokiónion'', ''Aurelianae'', ''Xerólophos'', '' ta Eleuthérou'', ''Helenianae'', ''ta Dalmatoú'', ''Sígma'', '' Psamátheia'', ''ta K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Vitality
Team Vitality, or simply Vitality, is a French esport club founded in 2013 by Fabien "Neo" Devide, Nicolas Maurer, Corentin "Gotaga" Houssein, and Kevin "BrokyBrawks" Georges. Team Vitality has teams in eleven PC/console esports titles (''League of Legends'', ''Valorant'', ''Counter-Strike 2'', ''Rocket League'', ''EA FC'', ''StarCraft II'', ''Tekken'', '' Rennsport'', ''Street Fighter 6'', ''Call of Duty Warzone'' and ''Teamfight Tactics''), with several professional teams and content creators from across Europe and South Korea. Vitality also has teams in four mobile esports titles ('' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'', ''Honor of Kings'', '' Free Fire'' and '' PUBG Mobile'') under the name "Bigetron by Vitality" after they acquired the Indonesian organization Bigetron Esports in 2025. The organization has previously fielded teams in numerous other titles, including ''Call of Duty'', ''Call of Duty Mobile'', ''Fortnite'', ''Rainbow Six: Siege'', ''PUBG'', '' H1Z1'', ''Clash R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuters
Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide writing in 16 languages. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was established in London in 1851 by Paul Reuter. The Thomson Corporation of Canada acquired the agency in a 2008 corporate merger, resulting in the formation of the Thomson Reuters Corporation. In December 2024, Reuters was ranked as the 27th most visited news site in the world, with over 105 million monthly readers. History 19th century Paul Julius Reuter worked at a book-publishing firm in Berlin and was involved in distributing radical pamphlets at the beginning of the Revolutions of 1848. These publications brought much attention to Reuter, who in 1850 developed a prototype news service in Aachen using homing pigeons and electric telegraphy from 1851 on, in order to transmit messages between Brussels and Aachen, in what today is Aa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
