.@donk1337 is FACEIT's most famous grinder, but Brazil has a new name stepping up, and he’s already proven he is hungry. Heading into his first Tier-1 event at IEM Rio, @rentufps has more than doubled donk’s (317) Season 7 match count, with a total of 658 matches played.

Falcons were 31% to even make playoffs. One insane Anubis comeback later, they're not just in, they're 8% to win the whole IEM Cologne Major. 🫨

Falcons chances of qualifying for IEM Cologne 2026 playoffs have dropped to 43% 🫨 Down from a 24h high of 81%. Are Falcons cooked?

Team Spirit survive a three-overtime scare against 9z to qualify for the IEM Cologne Major playoffs 3-0. Traders aren't sold: Spirit's title odds sit at 33%, with Vitality back in front at 39%. 🐝

PARIVISION just crashed out of the Major 0-3. In January and February, they were the most hyped team in CS: BLAST Bounty Season 1 champions, Cluj finalists, talked about as a top-three team in the world. Now they can't win a series in Cologne. Traders give them a 69% chance to make a roster change before July.

whenever they have a big lead they ALWAYS bring it to ot im not even joking

9z just pulled out the craziest upset of IEM Cologne Major so far! They beat Vitality 2-1. Vitality's chances of winning IEM Cologne Major have dropped to 46% 🫨

🤔 Is s1mple really toxic? karrigan gives his take in an interview with @BanKsEsports: «I think, obviously, you can react differently, right? He could be frustrating in practice. “Guys, guys, guys, what you do?” And that's because he wants to win. That's because the mentality to win is higher than everyone else on the team. They expect more from you. They expect more for my calls. He expects more for your teammates to play correctly. Is that toxicity? I don't think so. Can it come out the wrong way? For sure it can. That is the difference between me and Sasha. He would do it during the rounds. Do it right now. The round is live. “Why are you peeking? Why are you peeking?” So obviously the pressure he puts on you during the game is high. But does it make you perform better? That is an individual question. Some players think: he's pushing me. He's pushing me to be better, and he's right. I shouldn't have peaked. But some players who's not reflective: “I was not wrong, I'll do it one more time again”. If you have the right piece around him, he'll make them better. If he has pieces that are not strong or not can accept and let things go, it's going to be very hard for him in the team he goes to. I am completely fine with a lot of feedback, a lot of things to improve on because, yes, his mentality to winning is so high, and he expects perfect CS from everyone. But can you play perfect CS all the time? You cannot. So are you going to get a comment every day by a s1mple? Yes, you are. And you just have to accept it».

Despite the Falcons winning their opening game, traders are not convinced that they won't go for one more superstar during the player break. Is TeSeS next on the chopping block?