NAF on NA CS in 2025: “My best advice would be to go play VALORANT”
In part two of a dive into CS2 pro thoughts about the 2025 calendar, Team Liquid’s Keith “NAF” Markovic explains the state of North American competition and why the region’s prodigies should consider moving to Europe — or another esport entirely.
Nicholas Taifalos
NAVI eliminates G2 from BLAST Premier World Final
NAVI did not have an easy task to eliminate G2.
Rafael Ferreira
FaZe defeats G2 in a tight duel at BLAST Premier World Final
G2 will play quarter-finals, FaZe will go to semi-finals.
Rafael Ferreira
“[Hooxi]’s the biggest reason why we managed to get it over the line.” NiKo after G2 win BLAST Premier World Finals
They have finally done it! After years of struggles, G2 are your BLAST Premier World Finals Abu Dhabi Champions.
Arnav Shukla
G2 m0NESY: “We just trust [HooXi] completely. He wants to win this tournament, and we’ll do it for him.”
After starting the year in a Grand Finals at Katowice, m0NESY and co are finally back with a finals locked in at BLAST Premier World Finals.
Arnav Shukla
Daps: “We want to play FaZe and get revenge. It’s nice to win a tournament by beating the best team there.”
NA’s best make it to the finals of BLAST Premier World Finals. We talked to Daps to get his thoughts on the win in this post-match interview.
Arnav Shukla
huNter- “No pressure, FaZe is the best team in the world, nothing to lose. We can just win.”
After a close victory over Vitality, huNter- discusses his thoughts on the rematch versus FaZe.
Arnav Shukla
Liquid nitr0: “I said let’s not talk about that map at all, let’s just focus on the next one, and that’s exactly what we did.”
After a big TLChoke on Ancient, nitr0 and the squad bounced back on Mirage to eliminate NaVi from BLAST Premier World Finals.
Arnav Shukla
F1KU: “Our coach said, “Guys, communicate like we always do.” And somehow, we managed to make that comeback.”
F1KU’s clutches allowed OG to take a 2-0 win over Vitality at the BLAST Premier World Finals. Here’s what the young rifler had to say in the post-match interview.
Arnav Shukla
B1ad3: “We must also understand that I don’t think S1mple can be like Prime S1mple all the time, and that is normal.”
NaVi coach B1ad3 discusses the recent performances of S1mple & B1T and talks about the integration of npl into the NaVi system.
Arnav Shukla