Rupert Hoop, the new coach of 8Sins, is no stranger to high-level competition. Being the psychologist behind teams like Metizport at a major and ALTERNATE aTTaX when they went to …
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Thomas “birdfromsky” Due-Frederiksen has done his rounds in Tier-2 Counter-Strike. Playing for prestigious Danish institutions such as ECSTATIC and Copenhagen Flames, birdfromsky knows what it’s like to succeed. Since those …
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Finui on matchups against NXT: “You can’t really call it a rivalry when you’re hanging around drinking together after the event.”
Connor “Finui” Finucane is one of the top in-game leaders in the grassroots UK scene. He consistently reaches deep placements at EPIC.LAN and finals of multiple UKIC Division 1 events. …
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Byfield: “Next [UKIC] season, they’re not going to be ready for the level that I will show”
Alex “Byfield” Byfield has been a staple of the UK scene for a long while now, but that doesn’t mean this always stays the same. Recently, he’s ventured into the …
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Pete on Endpoint returning to Counter-Strike: “I guarantee you it won’t happen this year.”
Endpoint Counter-Strike were, once upon a time, the uncontested best team in the UK for many years. They were so good that they didn’t need to concern themselves much with …
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Mason “Vacancy” Haines has just claimed his fourth UKIC Division 1 title in a row. Competing with NXT, the longstanding core of himself, Tom “arTisT” Clarke, and Matas “Extinct” Strumila …
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Wilson on winning UKIC Season 5 Varsity: “Anything less than winning would have been considered a failure for us”
The Surrey Stags – the first team of the University of Surrey – have recently reached some serious heights in the university Counter-Strike scene. After a challenging couple of years …
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TH0R: “There is nothing left for me to do in Iceland, I have won every tournament five times”
by GrimyRannarrby GrimyRannarrMost of our readers know that UKIC stands for UK & Ireland Circuit, but many might not know there is a second silent ‘I’ involved – Iceland. The most notable …
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arTisT: “If I am going to quit I will be happy with what I have done, 99% of people can’t say that.”
by GrimyRannarrby GrimyRannarrAfter holding the same core for over six years, ALASKA went out in a blaze of glory as they lifted the UKIC Season 5 Division 1 trophy, one last time …
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index: “If 8Sins were ever going to beat ALASKA, today is the time to do it”
by GrimyRannarrby GrimyRannarrAt the UKIC Season 5 Division 1 LAN finals UKCSGO catches up with one of the commentators, Harry “index” Bayliss. Working with Tim “TIMMO” Musters, the duo have worked the …