G2 swept Team Spirit in the finals of the BLAST Premier: World Final event in Singapore, earning $500,000 in prize money. This blink-and-you’ll-miss-it tournament brought eight teams to Singapore to compete for the $1 million prize pool. This event effectively marked the end of the year-long BLAST Premier schedule.
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G2 Esports has had a pretty good year in Counter-Strike. that creaking sound. In June, the team took first place at IEM Dallas, beating Vitality in GF and winning $100,000. Things got a little choppy from there.
The team won $200,000 by winning the BLAST Premier Fall Final event, before being eliminated from IEM Rio just one week later. last place After victory naught In the end, he secured a prize worth $4,000.
And now, in another twist, the team has won the BLAST Premier World Final and won $500,000.
If this doesn’t represent the volatility of the esports business, I don’t know what does.
G2 performed well in the group stage, but Astralis’ outstanding performance meant their future was all but sealed. Astralis recorded a +24 map count during the group, more than three times the performance of any other team, including G2. However, they fell apart in the semifinals when Team Spirit forced Astralis out.
They lost to Spirit and G2 in the finals, but with incredible momentum, the latter team won the trophy with a score of 3-0, completely knocking Spirit out of the competition.
But not in Counter-Strike esports. There’s still the Perfect World Shanghai Major to be announced later this month, which carries a whopping $1.25 million prize pool. Can G2 take first place there too and end the year on an even higher note?
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