CS:GO news digest for the week (fluxo replenishment, changes in BIG and Movistar Riders)

The last week has passed without competitive Counter-Strike. Yes, many teams have already presented their new lineups, while insiders have managed to tell about all the rumors. Nevertheless, the teams continued to feed us with food for thought, fueling interest in the start of the second half of the 2022 season. We will tell you about all the interesting news from the world of CS:GO that have appeared over the past week in our already traditional digest.

ESL introduced the group draw for ESL Pro League Season 16

Tournament operator ESL presented the results of the group stage draw for the upcoming ESL Pro League Season 16. It turned out interesting:

ESL Pro League Season 16 will be held from August 31st to October 2nd in a LAN format. 24 teams will compete for a prize pool of $835,000, as well as ranking points in the BLAST Premier table.

Fluxo is a new player on the Brazilian scene

At the beginning of last week, the Fluxo organization officially presented its CS:GO roster. By the way, the team has already managed to make their debut at the local qualifiers, having made it to FiReLEAGUE Latin Power Fall 2022.

According to insiders, the Fluxo organization spent about $487,833 (at the current exchange rate in Brazilian Real) to purchase their new CS:GO roster.

Fluxo is a young Brazilian organization that is widely known for its Free Fire lineup and social media activities. Note that this is not the first time Fluxo has tried to enter CS:GO. A little earlier, the Brazilian organization was one of those that negotiated with Last Dance. However, FalleN and company have given their preference to the Imperial Esports club.

Fluxo's CS:GO roster:felps,WOOD7,v$m,Lucaozy,lux,xamp (head coach).

BIG decided to change the composition

At the same time, the BIG organization announced changes in the starting lineup, excluding tiziaN from the roster. The place of the 26-year-old German player in the starting line-up was taken by k1to, who has been playing with BIG Academy in recent months.

tiziaN has been a part of BIG since February 2018, when he moved to the camp of the German giant from ALTERNATE aTTaX. In just over four seasons, the 26-year-old has helped the team win several TIER-1 championships. In turn, k1to has been in the BIG structure since January 2020. However, in the spring, the 23-year-old German left the team and moved to the BIG Academy. However, in recent championships, he again had to try on the role of the main BIG player, as well as briefly lead the team as a coach.

Updated CS:GO BIG roster:tabseN,syrsoN,faveN,Krimbo,k1to,gob b (head coach).

Movistar Riders swapped a sniper

Last week, the Movistar Riders organization announced a reshuffling of the sniper position by signing a contract with MartinezSa. The 21-year-old Spanish player, who had recently left the VELOX roster, was called upon to close the gap following the departure of SunPayus.

MartinezSa has been playing for VELOX since last summer. During this time, the 21-year-old Spanish sniper helped the team take fourth place in the Master League Portugal IX Finals, as well as get into the playoffs of the spring ESEA Advanced Season 40 Europe.

In turn, SunPayus played the last year as part of Movistar Riders, together with which he became the winner of ESL Masters España Season 10 and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Valencia 2022, and also made it to the top three winners at the end of Global Esports Tour Dubai 2022, ESL Challenger League Season 41: Europe and Intel Extreme Masters XVII - Cologne.

Movistar Riders CS:GO roster:mopoz,ALEX,DeathZz,MartinezS,dav1,bladeE (head coach).

s1mple won't help NaVi at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2022

According to the Dexerto portal, the NAVI team will arrive at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2022 without their main star. s1mple is at risk of missing the championship in Denmark for personal reasons, while headtr1ck has already gone to a training bootcamp with the team to prepare for the start of the second half of the 2022 season.

An 18-year-old Ukrainian player is heading to the Born to Win bootcamp venue and will replace s1mple if necessary, as last year's best player may miss BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2022. This information is consistent with an early announcement from Kostylev himself, who spoke on his Instagram about upcoming "big announcement".

headtr1ck is no stranger to starting the main team, as the young player played three matches for NAVI in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 15, where he replaced the ill Boombl4. The 18-year-old Ukrainian played back with an average rating of 0.97, contributing to victories over AGO, Evil Geniuses and Complexity Gaming.

NAVI roster at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2022:electroNic,Perfecto,headtr1ck (stand-in),b1t,sdy,B1ad3 (head coach).

Imperial Esports remains without a coach

The Brazilian esports organization Imperial Esports has announced the resignation of peacemaker from the post of head coach. The 34-year-old Brazilian specialist has been working with the team since the formation of the squad in February this year.

peacemaker took over the project in February this year. In five months, the 34-year-old Brazilian specialist helped the OMEN WGR European Challenge 2022 team, as well as get into the top three at FiReLEAGUE Latin Power Spring 2022 and PGL Major Antwerp 2022: American RMR.

PGL Major Antwerp 2022 is considered the peak of this roster, within which Imperial Esports almost made it to the playoffs of the championship. However, the Brazilian team went downhill further, having obtained only a couple of victories in five full-fledged tournaments.

Possible Imperial Esports CS:GO roster:FalleN,fer,chelo,boltz,VINI,horvy (head coach)

fnatic Rising is the winner of WePlay Academy League Season 5

The fnatic Rising team became the winner of WePlay Academy League Season 5. In the grand final of the championship, the fnatic academy was stronger than Spirit Academy with a score of 2:0 (Mirage - 16:14; Inferno - 16:1).

This is the first time in the history of the WePlay Academy League championship series that a team other than MOUZ NXT is the winner. Recall that the previous four seasons were held by the academy of the MOUZ organization.

WePlay Academy League Season 5 results

• 1st place: fnatic Rising — $45,000
• 2nd place: Spirit Academy - $20,000
• 3rd place: BIG Academy — $15,000
• 4th place: Astralis Talent — $8,000
• 5th-6th place: Young Ninjas and NAVI Junior — $4,000
• 7th-8th place: OG Academy and FURIA Academy - $1,500
• 9th-10th place: MOUZ NXT and ENCE Academy — $500
• 11th-12th place: Apeks Rebels and 00 Prospects
• 13th place: Eternal Fire Academy

FaZe Clan won another championship

The FaZe Clan team became the winner of the SteelSeries Nova Invitational 2022 exhibition championship, earning an additional prize of $5,000. During the tournament, the world leader beat Tricked Esport (16:14) and OG (2:0).

Results of SteelSeries Nova Invitational 2022

• 1st place: FaZe Clan — $5,000
• 2nd place: OG — $3,000
• 3rd-4th place: Tricked Esport and SINNERS — $1,000

SteelSeries Nova Invitational 2022 took place online on August 13th. As part of the exhibition championship, four European teams competed for a prize pool of $10,000.

These were the most interesting news from the world of CS:GO over the past week. If you want to stay up to date with all the latest events, feel free to go to the news tab - we keep our finger on the pulse and promptly introduce you to new insiders, as well as share high-profile transfer transitions.