Not that long ago, British Counter-Strike player William “mezii” Merriman became a legend. Vitality took a 2-1 victory over The Mongolz at the BLAST.tv Austin Major final, cementing mezii as …
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dephh on BLAST Open London Finals: “You’re normally everywhere else except the UK. It’s special to be back”
Rory “dephh” Jackson is the coach of the best team in NA, but his roots lie on the other side of the pond. As a British man himself, M80 will …
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Gumpster: “If the UK teams continue to support us, we will continue to support them”
by GrimyRannarrby GrimyRannarrIt has been greatly covered that EPIC.LAN 45 brought attention from European teams because of the VRS points offered. This ended up creating the first grand finals with no UK …
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mezii: “I never thought winning a Major was possible as a UK player”
by GrimyRannarrby GrimyRannarrUK CS has been continuously making history this year, as King William ‘mezii‘ Merriman has been sitting on his throne at the top of Counter-Strike with Vitality. For anyone who …
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AdamJC on returning to UK CS: “I would be looking to play with up-and-comers to try and help them grow”
by GrimyRannarrby GrimyRannarrThe spotlight at EPIC.LAN 45 was stolen by the Tier-2 European teams that came in and took over Kettering. However, there was one underdog story that arose from UK CS. …
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wfn: “I think, genuinely, the only way to beat them [NXT] is I have to kill arTisT”
by GrimyRannarrby GrimyRannarrFor any normal EPIC.LAN, 8Sins would be coming in with the expectations of playing NXT in the finals and challenging for their first win. However, this time around, the competition …
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Extinct on EPIC.LAN going international: “I love it. This is something I have wanted for a long time”
by GrimyRannarrby GrimyRannarrThe undisputed best team in UK CS over the last year had a slightly different challenge at EPIC.LAN 45. After winning three EPIC.LANs in a row, NXT would have ordinarily …
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alex on EPIC.LAN 45: “We came here with one goal: winning the event”
by GrimyRannarrby GrimyRannarrIberian Soul came into EPIC.LAN 45 as the favourites to win it all. Utilising the help of British AWPer Owen “smooya” Butterfield, the Spaniards sat 41th in the world, and …
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eraa on playing NXT online: “I could make a lot of excuses, but it doesn’t matter, here at LAN we beat them”
Sean “eraa” Knutsson is an EPIC.LAN debutante with Alliance, he is not, however, a stranger to UK LAN events. Winning UKIC Season 1 with The Neighbours, he knows what it’s …
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Thomas “SinK” Laursen is relatively new to pro Counter-Strike at the age of 24. The Danes’ HLTV page started two months ago when he joined Preasy. Now he has guaranteed …