⁍ Evil Geniuses (4-1) produced a 2-0 victory over ImPerium (0-5) to claim the top spot in Group A on a tiebreaker.
⁍ The New England Whalers notched a 2-0 win over FURIA-15 to leave both teams level with Evil Geniuses at 4-1.
⁍ 100 Thieves (4-1) handled Mythic (1-4) by a 2-0 count while Team Liquid (4-1) recorded a 2-0 win over RBG 1-4.
– For the first time in its history, the Los Angeles Times has named the world’s top e-sports player. The honor goes to 25-year-old Ryan “Renegade” Culbreath of the Netherlands, who plays for the Complexity Complexity team in the “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” series. The Times calls him “the best player in the world” in terms of regular play in the game, which has more than 100 million views on YouTube. He’s also the highest-paid player in e-sports, with a salary of $315,000 last year. Culbreath, however, isn’t the only big name in the game. Bleacher Report has a profile of 20-year-old Oliver “Renegade” Maier of Germany, who plays for the Evil Geniuses team. Maier is one of the best-known players in the game, and the Times calls him a “rising star” in the e-sports world. He was drafted by Riot Games, which makes up the Complexity team, two years ago and went on to become one of the biggest e-sports players in the world. He was drafted by Electronic Arts, which makes up the Complexity team, two years ago and went on to become one of the biggest e-sports players in the world. He was drafted by Riot Games, which makes up the Complexity team, again two years ago. He was drafted by Electronic Arts and went on to become one of the biggest players in the game. The Times calls him “one of the best e-sports players in the world. He is one of the world’s one of the world’s one of the one of the one of the one of the one of the one of the one of the one of the one of the one of the only the one of the one of the one of the one of the one of the one of the one of the two.
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